WELL · 42-215-30960 · DISTRICT 4

Jones Ranch A #4

Plugged

Hidalgo County · McAllen Ranch N(vksbg. LO 14700) field · Vertical

Jones Ranch A #4 (API 42-215-30960) is a plugged well in Hidalgo County, plugged November 12, 1998, last operated by King Ranch Energy Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 17, 1979, permitted to 16,500 ft.

It was permitted by Shell Oil Company and has since transferred to King Ranch Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

King Ranch Energy Inc.

Permitted by Shell Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 3, 2000 · 2 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	King Ranch Energy Inc.
Production reports	King Ranch Energy, Inc.through Aug 1998
Latest permit	Shell Oil CompanySep 17, 1979

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

16,500: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Sep 17, 1979: last permit issued
May 19, 1980: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
83.9K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 1999

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: May 19, 1980
Shut in: —
Plugged: Nov 12, 1998

Surface location

No coordinates on the permit record yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; historical master-file permits never carry one.

Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Jones Ranch "A" G-4-88057	McAllen Ranch,n(vksbg. LO 14700)	King Ranch Energy, Inc.	1	0	83.9K	Jan 1993 – Jun 1999

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Shell Western E&P Inc.Jan 1993 → May 1993
2Merit Energy CompanyJun 1993 → May 1997
3King Ranch Oil & Gas, Inc.Jun 1997 → Sep 1997
4King Ranch Energy, Inc.Mar 1998 → Aug 1998

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
58072-99	Drill	Shell Oil Company	Sep 17, 1979	Sep 17, 1979	Oct 19, 1979	16,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-88057	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
14,624	14,666	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	2,052	17.5	1,205 S
9.625	9,710	12.25	3,000 S
2.875	14,379	—	—
5	14,952	6.75	850 S

Completion filings

W-2 and G-1 reports on record in the RRC wellbore file, newest first. The suffix identifies the wellbore or completion event. About these reports →

Suffix	Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
00	Jan 12, 1984	Jun 16, 1980	—

The source documents

Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.

Wellbore filings for 42-215-30960 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-215-30960 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

About this data

Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wellbore and operator of record from the EWA schedule, weekly; completions, formation tops, casing, and perforations from the dbf900 wellbore file; production from PDQ lease reports, which lag two to three months; injection from UIC permits, H-10 reports, and TexNet daily volumes; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog.

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