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TEXAS · WELLS · STARR COUNTY · API 42-427-00233 · DISTRICT 04

McGill Bros. #238

Plugged

Starr County · Wildcat field  · Vertical

Mcgill Bros. #238 (API 42-427-00233) is a plugged well in Starr County, plugged February 13, 1985, last operated by Hilcorp Energy Company.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1980 and 1984, permitted to 9,515 ft.

It was permitted by Exxon Corp. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Hilcorp Energy Company

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

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Active – Extension (X)
P-5 last filed
Mar 27, 2026
Permits on file
3,458
Phone
(713) 209-2400
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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleHilcorp Energy Company
Production reportsnone
Latest permitExxon Corp.Oct 4, 1984

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

9,515
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Oct 4, 1984
last permit issued
Dec 3, 1984
completed
—
cumulative oil, bbl
—
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 3, 1984
Shut in
—
Plugged
Feb 13, 1985

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.

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
253594-99RecompletionExxon Corp.Sep 27, 1984Oct 4, 1984—9,515
176061-99RecompletionExxon Corp.Nov 1, 1982Nov 1, 1982Sep 12, 19839,515
85413-99OtherExxon Corp.Jun 30, 1980Jun 30, 1980—9,515

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Dec 3, 1984McGill Bros. O-4-9356WildcatHilcorp Energy CompanyPlugged—
Dec 3, 1984McGill Bros. O-4-9356WildcatHilcorp Energy CompanyPlugged—
Dec 3, 1984McGill Bros. O-4-9356WildcatHilcorp Energy CompanyPlugged—
—McGill Bros. G-4-59824Kelsey South (Zone 26-A)Exxon Corp.Plugged—
—McGill Bros. G-4-59879Kelsey Deep (Zone 25-II)Exxon Corp.Plugged—
—McGill Bros. O-4-5140Kelsey Deep (Zone 22-A)Exxon Mobil CorporationPlugged—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,1266,132Perforated
6,1756,183Perforated
6,6786,683Perforated
—6,244Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.752,491——
10.752,504——
78,042——

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
00Feb 28, 1985Dec 13, 1984—
00Nov 27, 1984Oct 1, 1984—
00Jan 12, 1984Nov 10, 1980—
00Jan 12, 1984Oct 31, 1974—
00Jan 12, 1984——

The source documents

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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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