WELL · 42-479-34050 · DISTRICT 1

Gates Ranch B #996

Plugged

Webb County · Catarina SW. (San Miguel-Gas) field · Vertical

Gates Ranch B #996 (API 42-479-34050) is a plugged well in Webb County, plugged April 15, 1993, last operated by Kerns O & G Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 4, 1984, permitted to 6,250 ft.

It was permitted by Petro-Lewis Corporation and has since transferred to Kerns O & G Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Escondido, Olmos, San Miguel.

Operator of record

Kerns O & G Inc.

Permitted by Petro-Lewis Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in: San Antonio, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Jan 4, 2005
Permits on file: 273
Phone: (210) 495-5577

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Kerns O & G Inc.
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Petro-Lewis CorporationDec 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.

6,250: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Dec 4, 1984: last permit issued
Oct 11, 1992: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 1993

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Oct 11, 1992
Shut in: —
Plugged: Apr 15, 1993

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 →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Gates Ranch B G-1-118099	Catarina, SW. (San Miguel-Gas)	Kerns O & G, Inc.	1	0	0	Jan 1993 – Apr 1993

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
259737-99	Drill	Petro-Lewis Corporation	Dec 4, 1984	Dec 4, 1984	Dec 15, 1984	6,250

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-1-118099	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 652 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Escondido	3,460	-2,808
Olmos	5,070	-4,418
San Miguel	5,700	-5,048

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
5,078	5,106	Perforated
5,740	5,750	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	614	12.25	336 S
4.5	5,957	7.875	2,720 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Mar 23, 1993	Jan 11, 1993	—
Oct 4, 1985	Sep 10, 1985	—
Oct 1, 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 42-479-34050 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-479-34050 → scanned completion filings

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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