TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · MECOM, J. W. LEASE · API 42-505-31085 · DISTRICT 04
Mecom J. W. #23
Zapata County · J. C. Martin (Lobo) field · Producing · Vertical
Mecom J. W. #23 (API 42-505-31085) is a well in Zapata County operated by Paleo Oil Company LLC, completed June 25, 1979 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 27, 1979, permitted to 9,200 ft.
It was permitted by Gas Producing Enterprises, Inc. and has since transferred to Paleo Oil Company LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 19 barrels of oil and 2.34M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in March 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Gas Producing Enterprises, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Corpus Christ, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 10, 2025
- Permits on file
- 47
- Phone
- (361) 904-0401
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Paleo Oil Company LLC |
| Production reports | Paleo Oil Company LLCthrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Gas Producing Enterprises, Inc.Apr 27, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 27, 1979
- last permit issued
- Jun 25, 1979
- completed
- 19
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.34M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 25, 1979
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mecom, J. W. G-4-83045 | J. C. Martin (Lobo) | Paleo Oil Company LLC | 1 | 19 | 2.34M | Jan 1993 – Mar 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 21,118 · prior 12 21,722(-3%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationJan 1993 → Jun 2001
- 2El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jul 2001 → Mar 2002
- 3United Oil & Minerals L. P.Apr 2002 → Jun 2003
- 4United Resources, LPJul 2003 → Dec 2003
- 5Westport Oil and Gas Company, LPJan 2004 → Feb 2006
- 6Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LPMar 2006 → Jan 2012
- 7Bluestone Natural Res. II, LLCFeb 2012 → Dec 2019
- 8Blackbeard Operating, LLCJan 2020 → Nov 2020
- 9Hugoton Operating Company, Inc.Dec 2020 → Dec 2024
- 10Paleo Oil Company LLCJan 2025 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47392-99 | Drill | Gas Producing Enterprises, Inc. | Apr 27, 1979 | Apr 27, 1979 | — | 11,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1979 | Mecom J. W. G-4-83045 | J. C. Martin (Lobo) | Paleo Oil Company LLC | Producing | 9,200 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,593 | 8,754 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,009 | 12.25 | 380 S |
| 2.875 | 6,187 | — | — |
| 7 | 6,500 | 6.125 | 37 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 →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 5, 1979 | — |
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 42-505-31085 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-505-31085 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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