WELL · 42-317-38903 · DISTRICT 8

Bayes 16A #1

Plugged

Martin County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field  · Vertical

Bayes 16a #1 (API 42-317-38903) is a plugged well in Martin County, plugged September 19, 2025, last operated by Diamondback E&P LLC.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2013 and 2014, permitted to 12,000 ft.

It was permitted by Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Diamondback E&P LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Clear Fork, Spraberry, Dean, Wolfcamp.

Its lease has reported 65.7K barrels of oil and 438K mcf of gas since November 2013, last reporting in November 2025.

Operator of record

Diamondback E&P LLC

Permitted by Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 4, 2026 · 5,237 permits on file · (855) 247-5920

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleDiamondback E&P LLC
Production reportsEndeavor Energy Resources L.P.through Jun 2024
Latest permitCobra Oil & Gas CorporationOct 9, 2014

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

12,000
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Oct 9, 2014
last permit issued
Oct 5, 2013
completed
65.7K
cumulative oil, bbl
438K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 2013 THROUGH Nov 2025

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 5, 2013
Shut in
—
Plugged
Sep 19, 2025

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
Bayes 16A O-10-44453Spraberry (Trend Area)Diamondback E&P LLC165.7K438KNov 2013 – Nov 2025

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 54(-100%)

050100202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

050100202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Cobra Oil & Gas CorporationNov 2013 → May 2015
  2. 2Diamondback E&P LLCJun 2015 → Sep 2016
  3. 3Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.Oct 2016 → Jun 2024

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
787069-99RecompletionCobra Oil & Gas CorporationMay 14, 2014Oct 9, 2014Oct 4, 201312,000
769563-99DrillCobra Oil & Gas CorporationSep 5, 2013Sep 20, 2013Oct 4, 201312,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-10-44453————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,596 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Clear ForkCLEARFORK4,945-2,349
SpraberryUPPER SPRABERRY6,715-4,119
SpraberryLOWER SPRABERRY7,220-4,624
Dean8,010-5,414
Wolfcamp8,220-5,624
PennsylvanianPENN SHALE9,150-6,554

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,4409,376Perforated
9,6559,845Perforated
9,95810,486Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
12.7534017.5325 S
12.7534717.5325 S
8.6254,501111,050 S
8.6254,502111,050 S
5.510,6307.8751,300 S
5.510,6377.8751,300 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
00Nov 3, 2014Feb 5, 2014Yes
00May 6, 2014Dec 19, 2013Yes

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) and the University Lands library. 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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