TEXAS · WELLS · KLEBERG COUNTY · KING RANCH ALAZAN LEASE · API 42-273-31457 · DISTRICT 04
King Ranch Alazan #344
Kleberg County · Alazan (All Zones) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Field 1095860 · Field 1095923
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
King Ranch Alazan #344 (API 42-273-31457) is a plugged well in Kleberg County, plugged January 4, 1996, last operated by Exxon Corp..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 23, 1980, permitted to 9,900 ft.
Its lease has reported 116K barrels of oil and 129K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 34 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- 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
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Exxon Corp. |
| Production reports | Exxon Corp.through Jun 1997 |
| Latest permit | Exxon Corp.Apr 23, 1980 |
- 9,900
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 23, 1980
- last permit issued
- May 6, 1986
- completed
- 116K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 129K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 1997
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 6, 1986
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 4, 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 34 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Ranch Alazan O-4-6998 | Alazan (All Zones) | Exxon Corp. | 34 | 116K | 129K | Jan 1993 – Jun 1997 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named King Ranch Alazan
Exxon Corp.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Kleberg 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.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Exxon Corp.Jan 1993 → Jun 1997
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78939-99 | Drill | Exxon Corp. | Apr 23, 1980 | Apr 23, 1980 | May 17, 1980 | 9,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1986 | King Ranch Alazan O-4-6998 | Alazan (All Zones) | Exxon Corp. | Plugged | — |
| Jun 27, 1980 | King Ranch G-4-90873 | Alazan (J-37) | Exxon Corp. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,382 | 5,388 | Perforated |
| 9,394 | 9,397 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,527 | 12.25 | 585 S |
| 2.875 | 9,213 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 9,498 | 7.875 | 1,964 S |
| 5.5 | 9,499 | 7.875 | 1,964 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 →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jun 18, 1986 | May 27, 1986 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 14, 1986 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Nov 5, 1980 | — |
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 42-273-31457 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-273-31457 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for 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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