WELL · 42-247-31542 · DISTRICT 4
Mestena Oil & Gas Company #S3
Jim Hogg County · Hebbronville SE. (Pettus) field · Vertical
Mestena Oil & Gas Company #S3 (API 42-247-31542) is a plugged well in Jim Hogg County, plugged April 12, 1993, last operated by Mestena Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 20, 1983, permitted to 6,300 ft.
It was permitted by Bayou Resources, Inc. and has since transferred to Mestena Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 180 barrels of oil and 2 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in May 1993. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Bayou Resources, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Corpus Chrsti, TX
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 28, 2000
- Permits on file
- 77
- Phone
- (361) 884-2191
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Mestena Inc. |
| Production reports | Mestena, Inc.through Feb 1993 |
| Latest permit | Bayou Resources, Inc.Jun 20, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 20, 1983
- last permit issued
- Dec 8, 1984
- completed
- 180
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 1993
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 8, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 12, 1993
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; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mestena Oil & Gas Company O-4-8637 | Hebbronville, SE. (Pettus) | Mestena, Inc. | 2 | 180 | 2 | Jan 1993 – May 1993 |
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.
- 1Mestena, Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1993
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 198746-99 | Drill | Bayou Resources, Inc. | Nov 26, 1984 | Jun 20, 1983 | Jun 24, 1983 | 6,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-4-8637 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,094 | 5,098 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 2,747 | 14.75 | 1,950 S |
| 7 | 6,901 | 8.75 | 705 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 29, 1985 | Dec 28, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Jan 19, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-247-31542 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-247-31542 → 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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