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TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · API 42-505-33809 · DISTRICT 04

Mecom J. W. #96

Shut in

Zapata County · La Perla (Lobo Cons.) field · SWR-10-Well  · Vertical

Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
J. C. Martin (Navarro 10100) · J. C. Martin (Wilcox 8500) · J. C. Martin (Wilcox 9000)
Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Mecom J. W. #96 (API 42-505-33809) is a well in Zapata County operated by Paleo Oil Company LLC, completed January 22, 1999 and listed as swr-10-well on the RRC schedule, shut in January 1, 2026.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 18, 1998, permitted to 10,182 ft.

It was permitted by Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Paleo Oil Company LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Lobo Unconformity, Lobo 3, Lobo 6, Navarro.

Its 2 leases have reported 18 barrels of oil and 2.77M mcf of gas since June 1998, last reporting volume in December 2025. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Paleo Oil Company LLC

Permitted by Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation; 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
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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulePaleo Oil Company LLC
Production reportsPaleo Oil Company LLCthrough Dec 2025
Latest permitCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationMay 18, 1998

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

10,182
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
May 18, 1998
last permit issued
Jan 22, 1999
completed
18
cumulative oil, bbl
2.77M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 1998 THROUGH Dec 2025

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jan 22, 1999
Shut in
Jan 1, 2026
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Mecom, J. W. G-4-170356J. C. Martin (Navarro 10100)Paleo Oil Company LLC1182.77MJun 1998 – Dec 2025
Mecom, J. W. G-4-172592La Perla (Lobo Cons.)Paleo Oil Company LLC100Jan 1999 – —

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 830 · prior 12 0

0200400202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationJun 1998 → Jun 2001
  2. 2El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jul 2001 → Mar 2002
  3. 3United Oil & Minerals L. P.Apr 2002 → Jun 2003
  4. 4United Resources, LPJul 2003 → Dec 2003
  5. 5Westport Oil and Gas Company, LPJan 2004 → Feb 2006
  6. 6Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LPMar 2006 → Jan 2012
  7. 7Bluestone Natural Res. II, LLCFeb 2012 → Dec 2019
  8. 8Blackbeard Operating, LLCJan 2020 → Nov 2020
  9. 9Hugoton Operating Company, Inc.Dec 2020 → Nov 2022
  10. 10Paleo Oil Company LLCSep 2025 → Dec 2025

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
476343-99DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationMay 18, 1998May 18, 1998May 25, 199811,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jan 22, 1999Mecom J. W. G-4-172592La Perla (Lobo Cons.)Paleo Oil Company LLCSWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200010,182
Jan 22, 1999Mecom J. W. G-4-170356J. C. Martin (Navarro 10100)Paleo Oil Company LLCProducing · shut in Jan 1, 202610,182

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 424 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Lobo Unconformity8,416-7,992
Lobo 39,162-8,738
Lobo 69,602-9,178
Navarro10,034-9,610

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,1889,325Perforated
9,4669,480Perforated
9,6069,770Perforated
10,03610,043Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
1640——
10.7528514.75300 S
7.6256,8109.875740 S
4.510,1826.75530 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
00May 11, 1999Mar 10, 1999—
00May 10, 1999Mar 10, 1999—
00Apr 30, 1999——
00Nov 17, 1998Oct 20, 1998Yes
00Oct 23, 1998——

Well logs

The RRC's map lists this well among those with logs online. Its monthly inventories loaded here, which start in July 2006, list none for it, so none are itemized.

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The source documents

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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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