TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · HAYNES, L. LEASE · API 42-505-32909 · DISTRICT 04

Haynes L. #26

Shut in

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

Permitted field
Los Mogotes (7400)
The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Haynes L. #26 (API 42-505-32909) is a well in Zapata County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed October 13, 1992 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in January 1, 2013.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued August 7, 1992, permitted to 7,800 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 Queen City, Wilcox.

Its lease has reported 778 barrels of oil and 863K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through 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 Feb 2016
Latest permitAmerada Hess CorporationAug 7, 1992

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

7,800
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Aug 7, 1992
last permit issued
Oct 13, 1992
completed
778
cumulative oil, bbl
863K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2016

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 13, 1992
Shut in
Jan 1, 2013
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, L. G-4-143002Los Mogotes (Wilcox Cons.)Merit Energy Company1778863KJan 1993 – Feb 2016

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. 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 → Feb 2016

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
402033-98DrillAmerada Hess CorporationAug 18, 1992Aug 7, 1992Aug 28, 19927,800
402033-99DrillAmerada Hess CorporationAug 5, 1992Aug 7, 1992—7,800

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Oct 13, 1992Haynes L. G-4-143002Los Mogotes (Wilcox Cons.)Merit Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Jan 1, 20137,800

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 504 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Queen City2,075-1,571
WilcoxUPPER WILCOX4,615-4,111
WilcoxMIDDLE WILCOX6,670-6,166

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,4207,494Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37511217.5100 S
8.6254,64711920 S
5.57,8007.875705 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, 1993Nov 16, 1992Yes
00Dec 4, 1992——

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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