TEXAS · WELLS · KENEDY COUNTY · API 42-261-31127 · DISTRICT 04

Potrero Farias South O & GU #4

Plugged

Kenedy County · Wildcat field · Directional

Permitted field: Potrero Farias, S. (G-55); The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Potrero Farias South O & GU #4 (API 42-261-31127) is a plugged well in Kenedy County, plugged May 29, 1996, last operated by Exxon Corp..

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits (amended 3 times) between 1991 and 1994, permitted to 19,500 ft.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including G-40, G-55, H-35.

Its 2 leases have reported 113 barrels of oil and 49.2K mcf of gas since July 1994, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Exxon Corp.

Based in: Houston, TX
P-5 status: See remarks (S)
P-5 last filed: Mar 15, 1999
Permits on file: 19,549
Phone: (713) 431-1125

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Exxon Corp.
Production reports	Exxon Corp.through Dec 1994
Latest permit	Exxon Corp.Nov 15, 1994

19,500: total depth, ft
6: permits on file
Nov 15, 1994: last permit issued
Dec 5, 1994: completed
113: cumulative oil, bbl
49.2K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUL 1994 THROUGH DEC 1994

On this page3 formation tops Lease production 2 completions

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Dec 5, 1994
Shut in: —
Plugged: May 29, 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.

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Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Potrero Farias South O&gu G-4-150975	Potrero Farias, S. (H-35)	Exxon Corp.	1	113	49.2K	Jul 1994 – Dec 1994
Potrero Farias South O & GU G-4-153878	Wildcat	Exxon Corp.	1	0	0	Dec 1994 – —

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

Wells named Potrero Farias South O & GU

Exxon Corp.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Kenedy County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.

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Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Exxon Corp.Jul 1994 → Dec 1994

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
430079-99	Recompletion	Exxon Corp.	Nov 15, 1994	Nov 15, 1994	Nov 28, 1994	7,015
417126-97	Drill	Exxon Corp.	Aug 1, 1994	Oct 15, 1993	Feb 2, 1994	14,150
417126-98	Drill	Exxon Corp.	Jan 18, 1994	Oct 15, 1993	—	14,150
417126-99	Drill	Exxon Corp.	Oct 15, 1993	Oct 15, 1993	—	14,000
390949-98	Drill	Exxon Corp.	Aug 30, 1991	Aug 19, 1991	—	19,500
390949-99	Drill	Exxon Corp.	Aug 16, 1991	Aug 19, 1991	—	14,200

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Dec 5, 1994	Potrero Farias South O & GU G-4-153878	Wildcat	Exxon Corp.	Plugged	—
Jul 26, 1994	Potrero Farias South O&gu G-4-150975	Potrero Farias S. (H-35)	Exxon Corp.	Plugged	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 42 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
G-40	6,768	-6,726
G-55	6,960	-6,918
H-35	7,442	-7,400

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
6,768	6,778	Perforated
7,446	7,458	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
16	2,078	20	2,870 S
16	2,079	20	2,870 S
12.167	12,077	14.75	23,600 S
12.063	12,077	14.75	23,600 S
9.625	16,078	10.625	840 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →

RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Nov 9, 1995	Apr 20, 1995	Yes
May 9, 1995	—	—
Oct 11, 1994	Sep 16, 1994	Yes
Sep 28, 1994	—	—

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 42-261-31127 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-261-31127 → scanned completion filings

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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