WELL · 42-295-32302 · DISTRICT 10

Barnes #2

Plugged

Lipscomb County · Higgins South (Morrow) field  · Vertical

Barnes #2 (API 42-295-32302) is a plugged well in Lipscomb County, plugged June 3, 2015, last operated by Mewbourne Oil Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued August 23, 1996, permitted to 12,500 ft.

It was permitted by Midwestern Exploration CO. and has since transferred to Mewbourne Oil Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Tonkawa, Marmaton, Cherokee, Morrow.

Operator of record

Mewbourne Oil Company

Permitted by Midwestern Exploration Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Tyler, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 4, 2026 · 2,059 permits on file · (903) 561-2900

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMewbourne Oil Company
Production reportsMewbourne Oil Companythrough May 2014
Latest permitWilliams, W. R.Aug 23, 1996

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

12,500
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Aug 23, 1996
last permit issued
Aug 19, 1997
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
987K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 1997 THROUGH May 2016

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Aug 19, 1997
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jun 3, 2015

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Barnes G-14-166354Higgins, South (Morrow)Mewbourne Oil Company10987KAug 1997 – May 2016

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.

  1. 1Midwestern Exploration Co.Sep 1997 → Feb 2012
  2. 2Mewbourne Oil CompanyMar 2012 → May 2014

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
448284-98DrillMidwestern Exploration Co.Jun 2, 1997Aug 23, 1996—12,500
448284-99DrillWilliams, W. R.May 20, 1996Aug 23, 1996May 9, 199711,850

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-14-166354————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,400 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Tonkawa7,454-5,054
Marmaton8,882-6,482
Cherokee9,524-7,124
MorrowMORROW SHALE10,840-8,440
Higgins Sd.11,678-9,278
ChesterCHESTER LM.12,388-9,988

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
11,68811,718Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6252,01512.25935 S
4.512,4507.875280 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Feb 17, 1998Nov 12, 1997Yes
00Feb 6, 1998——

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.

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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