WELL · 42-273-31510 · DISTRICT 4

King Ranch Los Sauces #5

Plugged

Kleberg County · Bishop E. (H-71) field · Vertical

King Ranch Los Sauces #5 (API 42-273-31510) is a plugged well in Kleberg County, plugged November 4, 2024, last operated by Eog Resources Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 16, 1980, permitted to 9,400 ft.

It was permitted by Exxon Corp. and has since transferred to Eog Resources Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 287K barrels of oil and 158K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in December 2024.

Operator of record

EOG Resources Inc.

Permitted by Exxon Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 16,348 permits on file · (713) 594-5431

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	EOG Resources Inc.
Production reports	EOG Resources, Inc.through Jul 2024
Latest permit	Exxon Corp.Oct 16, 1980

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

9,400: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Oct 16, 1980: last permit issued
Dec 11, 1980: completed
287K: cumulative oil, bbl
158K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 2024

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Dec 11, 1980
Shut in: —
Plugged: Nov 4, 2024

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
King Ranch Los Sauces O-4-9733	Bishop, E. (H-71)	EOG Resources, Inc.	1	287K	158K	Jan 1993 – Dec 2024

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 185(-100%)

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 55(-100%)

Chain of custody

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

1Exxon Corp.Jan 1993 → Mar 2000
2Exxon Mobil CorporationApr 2000 → Dec 2012
3EOG Resources, Inc.Jan 2013 → Jul 2024

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
95743-99	Drill	Exxon Corp.	Oct 16, 1980	Oct 16, 1980	Nov 2, 1980	9,400

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-4-9733	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
7,711	7,715	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	1,520	12.25	650 S
2.875	7,655	—	—
5.5	8,729	7.875	720 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 12, 1984	Dec 22, 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 42-273-31510 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-273-31510 → 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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