WELL · 42-247-31651 · DISTRICT 4
Mestena Oil & Gas #8
Jim Hogg County · Mestena Grande (Queen City Cons) field · Producing · Vertical
Mestena Oil & Gas #8 (API 42-247-31651) is a well in Jim Hogg County operated by Bordertown Energy Resources LLC, completed May 2, 1985 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 19, 1985, permitted to 11,000 ft.
It was permitted by Union Texas Petroleum Corp. and has since transferred to Bordertown Energy Resources LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Jackson, Hockley, Government Wells, Pettus.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Bordertown Energy Resources LLC
Permitted by Union Texas Petroleum Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Bryan, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 8, 2025
- Permits on file
- 2
- Phone
- (832) 233-2191
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Bordertown Energy Resources LLC |
| Production reports | Bordertown Energy Resources, LLCthrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Union Texas Petroleum Corp.Mar 19, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 19, 1985
- last permit issued
- May 2, 1985
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.11M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 2, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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-4-116607 | Mestena Grande (Queen City, E.) | Bordertown Energy Resources, LLC | 1 | 0 | 1.11M | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 5,000 · prior 12 0
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 1999
- 3Cody Energy LLCFeb 1999 → Sep 2012
- 4Bluestone Natural Res. II, LLCOct 2012 → Dec 2019
- 5Blackbeard Operating, LLCJan 2020 → Nov 2020
- 6Hugoton Operating Company, Inc.Dec 2020 → Aug 2023
- 7Bordertown Energy Resources, LLCMay 2025 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 269877-99 | Drill | Union Texas Petroleum Corp. | Apr 8, 1985 | Mar 19, 1985 | Mar 29, 1985 | 11,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-4-116607 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 503 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| JacksonJACKSON MKR | 3,794 | -3,291 |
| Hockley | 4,175 | -3,672 |
| Government Wells | 4,431 | -3,928 |
| Pettus | 4,989 | -4,486 |
| Yegua | 5,212 | -4,709 |
| YeguaLOWER YEGUA | 5,671 | -5,168 |
| Queen CityQUEEN CITY MKR | 9,086 | -8,583 |
| Queen City | 9,316 | -8,813 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,821 | 9,839 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,205 | 14.75 | 785 S |
| 7.625 | 7,000 | 9.875 | 1,599 S |
| 5 | 10,157 | 6.75 | 567 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 | Jun 7, 1985 | May 15, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Jun 6, 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 42-247-31651 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-247-31651 → 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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