WELL · 42-239-02937 · DISTRICT 2
Menefee Bayou State #4
Jackson County · Horizontal · Directional
Menefee Bayou State #4 (API 42-239-02937) is a permitted horizontal well in Jackson County filed by Hilcorp Energy Company; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 1992 and 2012, permitted to 6,194 ft.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Catahoula, Frio, Gretta, Menefee 5500.
Its 2 leases have reported 4.24K barrels of oil and 18.5K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 27, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,454
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Burlington Resources Oil&gas Co.through Nov 1996 |
| Latest permit | Hilcorp Energy CompanySep 25, 2012 |
- 6,194
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Sep 25, 2012
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 4.24K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 18.5K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menefee Bayou State O-2-10565 | West Ranch (Menefee 5500) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | Feb 2013 – Jul 2026 |
| Menefee Bayou State O-2-1698 | West Ranch (98-A) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 4.24K | 18.5K | Jan 1993 – Sep 2013 |
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.
- 1Exxon Corp.Jan 1993 → Nov 1993
- 2Meridian Oil Production Inc.Jan 1995 → Feb 1996
- 3Meridian Oil Inc.May 1996 → Jul 1996
- 4Burlington Resources Oil&gas Co.Aug 1996 → Nov 1996
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 748371-98 | Recompletion | Hilcorp Energy Company | Jan 29, 2013 | Sep 25, 2012 | Feb 3, 2013 | 6,194 |
| 748371-99 | Recompletion | Hilcorp Energy Company | Sep 17, 2012 | Sep 25, 2012 | — | 6,194 |
| 402285-99 | Recompletion | Exxon Corp. | Aug 13, 1992 | Aug 13, 1992 | — | 6,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-2-1698 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-2-10565 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 7 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,548 | 5,556 | Perforated |
| — | 6,149 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,437 | 12.5 | 425 S |
| 5.5 | 6,194 | 8.25 | 525 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 | Apr 20, 2018 | Nov 20, 2017 | — |
| 00 | Sep 4, 2013 | Jun 13, 2013 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-239-02937 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-239-02937 → 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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