WELL · 42-247-31756 · DISTRICT 4

Mestena Oil & Gas Co. #J 12

Plugged

Jim Hogg County · Jaron (Queen City) field · Vertical

Mestena Oil & Gas CO. #J 12 (API 42-247-31756) is a plugged well in Jim Hogg County, plugged November 6, 1997, last operated by Energy Development Corp..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 24, 1986, permitted to 9,800 ft.

It was permitted by Cabot Petroleum Corporation and has since transferred to Energy Development Corp. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Queen City.

Operator of record

Energy Development Corp.

Permitted by Cabot Petroleum Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 8, 2005 · 135 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Energy Development Corp.
Production reports	Energy Development Corp.through Aug 1997
Latest permit	Cabot Petroleum CorporationOct 24, 1986

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

9,800: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Oct 24, 1986: last permit issued
Jan 23, 1987: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
74.5K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 1998

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jan 23, 1987
Shut in: —
Plugged: Nov 6, 1997

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. G-4-123429	Jaron (Queen City)	Energy Development Corp.	1	0	74.5K	Jan 1993 – Jun 1998

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.

1Energy Development Corp.Jan 1993 → Aug 1997

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
322258-99	Drill	Cabot Petroleum Corporation	Oct 24, 1986	Oct 24, 1986	—	9,800

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-123429	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 509 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Queen City	9,488	-8,979

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,529	9,557	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	2,406	14.75	1,626 S
7.625	6,514	9.875	300 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	Mar 16, 1987	Feb 5, 1987	Yes
00	Mar 10, 1987	—	—

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 42-247-31756 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-247-31756 → 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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