WELL · 42-263-31075 · DISTRICT 8
McMeans W. G. Operating Area #16
Kent County · Spires NW. (Strawn C-2) field · Producing · Vertical
Mcmeans W. G. Operating Area #16 (API 42-263-31075) is a well in Kent County operated by Royal Oryx OG LLC, completed January 5, 1985 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 16, 1984, permitted to 7,500 ft.
It was permitted by Amoco Production CO.-Levelland and has since transferred to Royal Oryx OG LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including San Andres, Glorieta, Wolfcamp, Canyon.
Its lease has reported 111K barrels of oil and 26.6K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 7 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Amoco Production Co.-Levelland; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Graham, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 2, 2025
- Phone
- (940) 549-0131
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Royal Oryx OG LLC |
| Production reports | Royal Oryx OG LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Amoco Production Co.-LevellandAug 16, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 16, 1984
- last permit issued
- Jan 5, 1985
- completed
- 111K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 26.6K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 5, 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; they carry 7 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMeans, W. G. Operating Area O-11-64798 | Spires, NW. (Strawn C-2) | Royal Oryx OG LLC | 7 | 111K | 26.6K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 66 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Saba Energy of Texas, Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1994
- 2Chan West Oil CorporationMar 1994 → Mar 1996
- 3Buckeye Energy, Inc.Apr 1996 → Nov 2005
- 4Three-B Oil Company, TheJul 2006 → Jan 2022
- 5Royal Oryx OG LLCNov 2025 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 248666-99 | Drill | Amoco Production Co.-Levelland | Aug 16, 1984 | Aug 16, 1984 | Nov 21, 1984 | 7,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-64798 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,165 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 1,525 | 640 |
| Glorieta | 2,109 | 56 |
| WolfcampWOLFCAMP BLACK SHALE | 4,941 | -2,776 |
| CanyonCANYON SAND (ATKINS) | 6,165 | -4,000 |
| Strawn | 6,835 | -4,670 |
| StrawnSTRAWN C-1 | 7,075 | -4,910 |
| StrawnSTRAWN C-2 | 7,134 | -4,969 |
| Mississippian | 7,480 | -5,315 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,134 | 7,152 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 325 | 17.5 | 335 S |
| 8.625 | 1,720 | 11 | 1,320 S |
| 5.5 | 7,480 | 7.875 | 1,610 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 | Jan 31, 1985 | Jan 21, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Jan 29, 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 42-263-31075 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-263-31075 → 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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