WELL · 42-479-36381 · DISTRICT 4

Leyendecker #5

Plugged

Webb County · Leyendecker (6900) field  · Vertical

Leyendecker #5 (API 42-479-36381) is a plugged well in Webb County, plugged September 11, 1998, last operated by Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued October 18, 1995, permitted to 9,500 ft.

It was permitted by Sanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp. and has since transferred to Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Carrizo, Lower Wx, Lobo.

Operator of record

Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation

Permitted by Sanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 4, 2026 · 541 permits on file · (956) 722-8092

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleSanchez Oil & Gas Corporation
Production reportsSanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.through May 1998
Latest permitSanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.Oct 18, 1995

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

9,500
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Oct 18, 1995
last permit issued
Jan 26, 1996
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
201K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1996 THROUGH Sep 1998

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jan 26, 1996
Shut in
—
Plugged
Sep 11, 1998

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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Leyendecker G-4-157344Leyendecker (6900)Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation1015.3KJan 1996 – Sep 1998
Leyendecker G-4-157825Barrera (Lobo 6)Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation10186KJan 1996 – Sep 1998

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. 1Sanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.Jan 1996 → May 1998

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
441005-98DrillSanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.Jan 25, 1996Oct 18, 1995Nov 23, 19959,500
441005-99DrillSanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.Oct 18, 1995Oct 18, 1995—9,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-4-157344————
—— G-4-157825————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 516 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
CarrizoCARRIZO WX3,780-3,264
Lower WX5,830-5,314
Lower WX5,836-5,320
Lobo7,300-6,784
CarrizoCARRIZO WX7,380-6,864

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,2717,278Perforated
7,2987,302Perforated
7,9397,958Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,02812.25365 S
76,2478.75320 S
4.58,5006.125210 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
00Aug 16, 1996May 28, 1996—
00Jun 28, 1996May 28, 1996—
00Jun 20, 1996May 30, 1996—
00May 30, 1996Mar 4, 1996Yes
00May 13, 1996——
00Mar 26, 1996——

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). 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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