WELL · 42-261-30543 · DISTRICT 4
State of Texas Tract 297 #4-297
Kenedy County · Potrero Lopena (Marginulina) field · Vertical
State Of Texas Tract 297 #4-297 (API 42-261-30543) is a plugged well in Kenedy County, plugged July 20, 2004, last operated by Whittington Operating Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 4, 1979, permitted to 7,700 ft.
It was permitted by Homaby Bay Petroleum Corp. and has since transferred to Whittington Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Anahuac, Marginulina, Frio.
Operator of record
Permitted by Homaby Bay Petroleum Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 9, 2011 · 25 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Whittington Operating Company |
| Production reports | Whittington Operating Companythrough Nov 1997 |
| Latest permit | Homaby Bay Petroleum Corp.Dec 4, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 4, 1979
- last permit issued
- May 27, 1993
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 714K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 1993 THROUGH Jul 2004
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 27, 1993
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 20, 2004
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Texas, Tract 297 G-4-145503 | Potrero Lopena (Marginulina) | Whittington Operating Company | 1 | 0 | 714K | May 1993 – Jul 2004 |
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.
- 1Whittington Operating CompanyMay 1993 → Nov 1997
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65463-99 | Drill | Homaby Bay Petroleum Corp. | Dec 4, 1979 | Dec 4, 1979 | Dec 21, 1979 | 7,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-4-145503 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 6 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,365 | 7,375 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 100 | 16 | 125 S |
| 9.625 | 1,608 | 13.375 | 600 S |
| 5.5 | 7,590 | 8.5 | 350 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 | Jul 23, 1993 | Jun 14, 1993 | — |
| 00 | Jun 23, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-261-30543 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-261-30543 → 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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