WELL · 42-215-32109 · DISTRICT 4
Painter Gas Unit #12
Hidalgo County · Mercedes ( 1-L) field · Vertical
Painter Gas Unit #12 (API 42-215-32109) is a plugged well in Hidalgo County, plugged February 13, 2018, last operated by Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1992 and 2002, permitted to 8,100 ft.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Miocene (undifferentiated), Frio.
Operator of record
Spring, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 4, 2026 · 15,618 permits on file · (972) 598-8150
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. |
| Production reports | Magnum Producing, LPthrough May 2010 |
| Latest permit | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Dec 9, 2002 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,100
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Dec 9, 2002
- last permit issued
- Feb 8, 1993
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.44M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 1993 THROUGH Feb 2018
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 8, 1993
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 13, 2018
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Painter Gas Unit G-4-191941 | Mercedes ( 1-I) | Magnum Producing, LP | 1 | 0 | 144K | Dec 2002 – Feb 2018 |
| Painter Gas Unit G-4-144022 | Mercedes ( 1-L) | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 1.29M | Feb 1993 – Dec 2002 |
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.
- 1Bridge Oil Production Co., Inc.Feb 1993 → Jun 1993
- 2Bridge Oil Company, L. P.Jul 1993 → Sep 1994
- 3Parker & Parsley Development L.POct 1994 → Jan 1995
- 4Parker & Parsley Producing L.P.Feb 1995 → Oct 1997
- 5Pioneer Resources Producing, L.PNov 1997 → Feb 2001
- 6Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Mar 2001 → Jun 2004
- 7Magnum Producing, LPJul 2004 → May 2010
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 525994-99 | Recompletion | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Dec 2, 2002 | Dec 9, 2002 | Dec 11, 2002 | 7,715 |
| 406583-99 | Drill | Bridge Oil Production Co., Inc. | Nov 25, 1992 | Dec 4, 1992 | Jan 22, 1993 | 8,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-4-144022 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-4-191941 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 75 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE | 6,070 | -5,995 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated)TOP OF MIOCENE | 6,070 | -5,995 |
| Frio | 6,190 | -6,115 |
| FrioTOP OF FRIO | 6,190 | -6,115 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,511 | 7,522 | Perforated |
| 7,735 | 7,753 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,230 | 12.25 | 490 S |
| 2.875 | 8,094 | 7.875 | 600 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 | Feb 11, 2003 | Dec 23, 2002 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 3, 2003 | — | — |
| 00 | Apr 29, 1993 | Feb 17, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 1, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-215-32109 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-215-32109 → 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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