TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · HAYNES, LEONARD LEASE · API 42-505-32292 · DISTRICT 04

Haynes Leonard #12

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Zapata County · Los Mogotes (Wilcox Cons.) field · Producing  · Vertical

Permitted field
Charco (9900)
The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Haynes Leonard #12 (API 42-505-32292) is a well in Zapata County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed June 27, 1987 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued February 23, 1987, permitted to 10,800 ft.

It was permitted by Amerada Hess Corporation and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Charco(9900), Wilcox.

Its lease has reported 760 barrels of oil and 1.89M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Amerada Hess Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Dallas, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Nov 7, 2025
Permits on file
1,049
Phone
(972) 701-8377

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitAmerada Hess CorporationFeb 23, 1987

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

10,800
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Feb 23, 1987
last permit issued
Jun 27, 1987
completed
760
cumulative oil, bbl
1.89M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 27, 1987
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Haynes, Leonard G-4-124485Los Mogotes (Wilcox Cons.)Merit Energy Company17601.89MJan 1993 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 10,292 · prior 12 17,185(-40%)

01K2K202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Amerada Hess CorporationJan 1993 → Jun 1996
  2. 2Hunt, Wm. Herbert, Trust Est.Jul 1996 → Sep 1998
  3. 3Petro-Hunt, L.L.C.Oct 1998 → Apr 1999
  4. 4North Central Oil Corp.May 1999 → Dec 2005
  5. 5Pogo Producing CompanyJan 2006 → Jan 2008
  6. 6Pogo Producing Company LLCFeb 2008 → Aug 2011
  7. 7Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 2011 → Feb 2012
  8. 8OXY USA Inc.Mar 2012 → Apr 2017
  9. 9Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
326904-98DrillAmerada Hess CorporationJun 23, 1987Feb 23, 1987—10,805
326904-99DrillAmerada Hess CorporationFeb 20, 1987Feb 23, 1987—10,800

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jun 27, 1987Haynes Leonard G-4-124485Los Mogotes (Wilcox Cons.)Merit Energy CompanyProducing10,800

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 408 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
CHARCO(9900)——
Wilcox——

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
10,01410,050Perforated
10,01410,136Perforated
10,08210,096Perforated
10,10210,136Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
1612526—
10.751,11514.75510 S
7.6258,7049.8751,050 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jan 20, 1994Nov 19, 1993—
00Aug 20, 1987Jun 29, 1987Yes
00Jul 18, 1987——

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 filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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