WELL · 42-247-31576 · DISTRICT 4
Mestena Oil & Gas #E8
Jim Hogg County · Mestena Grande (Queen City) field · Vertical
Mestena Oil & Gas #E8 (API 42-247-31576) is a plugged well in Jim Hogg County, plugged January 25, 1996, last operated by Cody Energy Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 10, 1984, permitted to 10,000 ft.
It was permitted by Enstar Petroleum Company and has since transferred to Cody Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Queen City.
Operator of record
Permitted by Enstar Petroleum Company; 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 | Enstar Petroleum CompanyFeb 10, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 10, 1984
- last permit issued
- Mar 16, 1984
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 23.7K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 1996
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 16, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 25, 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 G-4-109911 | Mestena Grande (Queen City) | Cody Energy, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 23.7K | Jan 1993 – Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 229055-99 | Drill | Enstar Petroleum Company | Feb 7, 1984 | Feb 10, 1984 | Feb 14, 1984 | 10,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-4-109911 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 450 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Queen City | 9,582 | -9,132 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,582 | 9,600 | Perforated |
| 9,617 | 9,654 | Perforated |
| 9,686 | 9,690 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 541 | 14.75 | 536 S |
| 7 | 6,580 | 9.875 | 2,098 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 24, 1984 | Apr 5, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Apr 15, 1984 | Apr 5, 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 42-247-31576 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-247-31576 → 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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