WELL · 42-247-31289 · DISTRICT 4

Mestena Oil & Gas Co. #J-2

Plugged

Jim Hogg County · Jaron (4900) field · Vertical

Mestena Oil & Gas CO. #J-2 (API 42-247-31289) is a plugged well in Jim Hogg County, plugged January 17, 1996, last operated by Cody Energy Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 4, 1981, permitted to 5,500 ft.

It was permitted by Texas, L. Inc. and has since transferred to Cody Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 10.1K barrels of oil and 7.6K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 1996.

Operator of record

Cody Energy Inc.

Permitted by Texas, L. Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 6, 2000 · 74 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Cody Energy Inc.
Production reports	Cody Energy, Inc.through Jan 1996
Latest permit	Texas, L. Inc.Mar 4, 1981

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

5,500: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Mar 4, 1981: last permit issued
Mar 28, 1981: completed
10.1K: cumulative oil, bbl
7.6K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 1996

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Mar 28, 1981
Shut in: —
Plugged: Jan 17, 1996

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
Mestena Oil & Gas Co. O-4-9731	Jaron (4900)	Cody Energy, Inc.	1	10.1K	7.6K	Jan 1993 – Feb 1996

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.

1Williams-Cody, Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 1993
2Cody Energy, Inc.May 1993 → Jan 1996

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
110682-99	Drill	Texas, L. Inc.	Mar 4, 1981	Mar 4, 1981	—	5,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-4-9731	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,900	4,906	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	335	12.25	210 S
2.375	4,842	—	—
5.5	5,161	7.875	900 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	Apr 9, 1981	Yes

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 42-247-31289 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-247-31289 → 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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