WELL · 42-247-31818 · DISTRICT 4

Mestena Inc. 'H' #16

Plugged

Mestena Inc. 'H' #16 (API 42-247-31818) is a plugged well in Jim Hogg County, plugged August 5, 1988, last operated by D. O. G. Operating, LLC.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits (amended once) between 1988 and 2022, permitted to 10,100 ft.

Completion filings report 8 formation tops, including Miocene (undifferentiated), Catahoula, Vicksburg, Jackson.

It holds an active disposal or injection permit, with 50.4K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through January 2026; TexNet located 0 M2+ earthquakes within 10 km over the last two years.

Operator of record

D. O. G. Operating, LLC

Port Aransas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 4, 2026 · 9 permits on file · (361) 774-0054

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	none
Latest permit	D. O. G. Operating, LLCNov 29, 2022

10,100: total depth, ft
4: permits on file
Nov 29, 2022: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 2023 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: Aug 5, 1988

Surface location

27.284702, -98.539611

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Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, in Jim Hogg County.

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 Inc. 'H' G-4-294802	Mestena Grande (Queen City, E.)	D. O. G. Operating, LLC	1	0	0	Feb 2023 – Jul 2026

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
885794-98	Reenter	D. O. G. Operating, LLC	May 4, 2023	Nov 29, 2022	Aug 2, 1988	7,000
885794-99	Reenter	D. O. G. Operating, LLC	Nov 16, 2022	Nov 29, 2022	—	7,000
853523-99	Reenter	D. O. G. Operating, LLC	May 28, 2019	May 30, 2019	—	7,000
347395-99	Drill	Union Texas Petroleum Corp.	Jun 6, 1988	Jun 7, 1988	—	10,100

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-294802	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 447 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE-LAGARTO-OAKVILLE - INJEC	1,430	-983
CatahoulaCATAHOULA-ANAHUAC - INJECTION/DI	2,380	-1,933
CatahoulaCATAHOULA-FRIO - INJECTION/DISPO	2,860	-2,413
VicksburgVICKSBURG - INJECTION/DISPOSAL	3,430	-2,983
JacksonJACKSON-COLE - INJECTION/DISPOSA	4,491	-4,044
Claiborne-Pettus - Injection/Dis	5,217	-4,770
Claiborne-Yegua - Injection/Disp	5,640	-5,193
Claiborne-Cook Mountain	6,408	-5,961
Claiborne-Queen City	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
5,645	5,651	Perforated
5,748	5,762	Perforated
5,767	5,787	Perforated
6,085	6,100	Perforated
6,100	6,120	Perforated
6,281	6,291	Perforated
6,314	6,324	Perforated
6,334	6,346	Perforated
6,382	6,394	Perforated
6,408	6,416	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	1,255	14.75	785 S
7.625	7,000	9.875	550 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 21, 2023	Jun 20, 2023	—

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 42-247-31818 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-247-31818 → 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.

Nearby wells and their tops

NEAREST 1 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM

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This well's tops beside its 1 nearest neighbours, subsea-aligned so they line up regardless of surface terrain.

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East Block A42-247-32469

0.5 KM · Venado Oil & Gas, LLC · Section with this well →

Jackson	1,000	-552
Miocene (undifferentiated)	1,250	-802
Catahoula	2,000	-1,552
Claiborne-Yegua - Injection/Disp	2,300	-1,852
Catahoula	2,410	-1,962
Claiborne-Pettus - Injection/Dis	2,750	-2,302
Vicksburg	3,450	-3,002
Claiborne-Cook Mountain	5,500	-5,052

9 TOPS · FIRST 8

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

50.4K: bbl, last 12 reported months
50.5K: bbl, all reported
Jan 2026: reported through

UIC	Kind	Status	Permitted bbl/d	Max psi	Zone ft
000117609	W-14 Disposal	Active	5,000	2,800	5,600–6,600

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 50,439 · prior 12 0

TexNet catalog via USGS

Seismicity near this well

0: M2+ events within 10 km, last 2 years
—: largest

A proximity count, not an attribution. How to read it →

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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