WELL · 42-505-33133 · DISTRICT 4

Morgenstern #1

Plugged

Zapata County · Lopeno NE. (10 500) field  · Vertical

Morgenstern #1 (API 42-505-33133) is a plugged well in Zapata County, plugged April 15, 1999, last operated by Enron Oil & Gas Company.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 1993 and 1995, permitted to 11,800 ft.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Queen City, Wilcox.

Operator of record

Enron Oil & Gas Company

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 3, 1999 · 2,825 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleEnron Oil & Gas Company
Production reportsEnron Oil & Gas Companythrough Sep 1995
Latest permitEnron Oil & Gas CompanySep 8, 1995
11,800
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Sep 8, 1995
last permit issued
Mar 9, 1994
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
189K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 1994 THROUGH Apr 1999

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 9, 1994
Shut in
—
Plugged
Apr 15, 1999

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
Morgenstern G-4-156927Lopeno, NE (A-3)Enron Oil & Gas Company100Oct 1995 – Apr 1999
Morgenstern G-4-150539Lopeno, NE. (10,500)Enron Oil & Gas Company10189KMar 1994 – Oct 1995

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. 1Enron Oil & Gas CompanyMar 1994 → Sep 1995

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
439729-98RecompletionEnron Oil & Gas CompanyOct 3, 1995Sep 8, 1995Sep 12, 199510,400
439729-99RecompletionEnron Oil & Gas CompanySep 8, 1995Sep 8, 1995—10,400
419128-99DrillEnron Oil & Gas CompanyDec 8, 1993Dec 8, 1993Dec 18, 199311,800

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-4-150539————
—— G-4-156927————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 354 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Queen City3,522-3,168
Wilcox8,100-7,746

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,1028,112Perforated
10,51410,522Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,02312.25275 S
77,2098.75140 S
4.510,9006.25390 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
00Mar 27, 1996Feb 1, 1996Yes
00Feb 12, 1996——
00Sep 1, 1994Mar 23, 1994Yes
00Aug 25, 1994——

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.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

0
bbl, last 12 reported months
0
bbl, all reported
Jan 1997
reported through
UICKindStatusPermitted bbl/dMax psiZone ft
000085291W-14 DisposalPlugged Apr 26, 19991,5001,8753,750–4,330

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 12 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 0

011997

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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