WELL · 42-371-35500 · DISTRICT 8
Mendel Estate -38- #1
Pecos County · Maralo (Wolfcamp) field · Vertical
Mendel Estate -38- #1 (API 42-371-35500) is a plugged well in Pecos County, plugged September 22, 1999, last operated by Primexx Operating Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 16, 1985, permitted to 11,300 ft.
It was permitted by Maralo, Inc. and has since transferred to Primexx Operating Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Rustler, Delaware, Brushy Canyon, Bone Spring.
Its lease has reported 40.6K barrels of oil and 1.88M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 2018. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Maralo, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 11, 2022
- Permits on file
- 310
- Phone
- (214) 369-5909
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Primexx Operating Corporation |
| Production reports | Primexx Operating Corporationthrough Feb 2017 |
| Latest permit | Maralo, Inc.Apr 16, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 16, 1985
- last permit issued
- Jul 5, 1985
- completed
- 40.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.88M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2018
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 5, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 22, 1999
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; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mendel Estate -38- O-10-29950 | Maralo (Wolfcamp) | Primexx Operating Corporation | 3 | 40.6K | 1.88M | Jan 1993 – Feb 2018 |
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.
- 1Maralo, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 1998
- 2Maralo, LLCJan 1999 → Nov 2004
- 3COG Operating LLCDec 2004 → Feb 2009
- 4WJC, Inc.Mar 2009 → May 2013
- 5Primexx Operating CorporationMar 2014 → Sep 2016
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 272521-99 | Drill | Maralo, Inc. | Apr 15, 1985 | Apr 16, 1985 | May 10, 1985 | 11,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-29950 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,948 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Rustler | 1,473 | 1,475 |
| Delaware | 5,069 | -2,121 |
| Brushy Canyon | 6,827 | -3,879 |
| Bone SpringBONE SPRINGS | 7,545 | -4,597 |
| Wolfcamp | 10,015 | -7,067 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,838 | 10,904 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 697 | 17.5 | 350 S |
| 9.625 | 3,870 | 12.25 | 2,150 S |
| 7 | 10,200 | 8.75 | 350 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 | Jul 25, 1985 | Jul 12, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Jul 19, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-371-35500 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-371-35500 → scanned completion filings
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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