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King Ranch East Laureles #G-38

Plugged

Nueces County · Laguna Larga (B-1 IV) field  · Vertical

King Ranch East Laureles #G-38 (API 42-355-30766) is a plugged well in Nueces County, plugged March 20, 2009, last operated by Exxon Mobil Corporation.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1980 and 1982, permitted to 8,400 ft.

It was permitted by Exxon Corp. and has since transferred to Exxon Mobil Corporation on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 481K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Exxon Mobil Corporation

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

Based in
Spring, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Jul 15, 2026
Permits on file
1,223
Phone
(346) 474-9142

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleExxon Mobil Corporation
Production reportsExxon Mobil Corporationthrough Jun 1994
Latest permitExxon Corp.Aug 18, 1982

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

8,400
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Aug 18, 1982
last permit issued
Jun 20, 1989
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
481K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 1994

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 20, 1989
Shut in
—
Plugged
Mar 20, 2009

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
King Ranch East Laureles G-4-102443Laguna Larga (B-1 IV)Exxon Mobil Corporation10481KJan 1993 – Jun 1994

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. 1Exxon Corp.Jan 1993 → Jun 1994

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
169619-99RecompletionExxon Corp.Aug 18, 1982Aug 18, 1982—8,400
121820-99RecompletionExxon Corp.Jun 18, 1981Jun 18, 1981—8,400
70775-99OtherExxon Corp.Jan 24, 1980Jan 24, 1980—8,400

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jun 20, 1989King Ranch East Laureles G-4-102443Laguna Larga (B-1 IV)Exxon Mobil CorporationPlugged—
Aug 9, 1981King Ranch East Laureles G-4-95012Laguna Larga (C-1 IV)Exxon Corp.Plugged—
Feb 11, 1980King Ranch East Laureles G-4-71787Laguna Larga (M-6)Exxon Corp.Plugged—
—King Ranch East Laureles G-4-71253Laguna Larga (K-3)Exxon Corp.Plugged—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,3486,353Perforated
6,3486,385Perforated
6,3566,360Perforated
6,4176,447Perforated
8,1308,137Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,54112.25650 S
2.8758,385——
2.8758,3977.875680 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Dec 8, 1989Jul 10, 1989—
00Jan 12, 1984Oct 6, 1982—
00Jan 12, 1984Sep 1, 1981—
00Jan 12, 1984Jun 27, 1977—
00Jan 12, 1984Apr 18, 1977—

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 filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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