WELL · 42-505-35397 · DISTRICT 4

Haynes L. #157

Y

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

Haynes L. #157 (API 42-505-35397) is a well in Zapata County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed October 7, 2006 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued October 19, 2005, permitted to 11,000 ft.

It was permitted by Pogo Producing Company LLC and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Upper Asche Marker, Upper Asche 5, Top Of Lower Asche, Note:No Log Above 8,064'.

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Pogo Producing Company LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 1,049 permits on file · (972) 628-1559

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsOXY USA Inc.through Sep 2015
Latest permitNorth Central Oil Corp.Oct 19, 2005

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

11,000
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Oct 19, 2005
last permit issued
Oct 7, 2006
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
25.1K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 2006 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 7, 2006
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active

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-4-251665Los Mogotes (Wilcox Cons.)Merit Energy Company1025.1KOct 2006 – Jul 2026

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. 1Pogo Producing CompanyOct 2006 → Aug 2007
  2. 2Pogo Producing Company LLCSep 2007 → Aug 2011
  3. 3Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 2011 → Feb 2012
  4. 4OXY USA Inc.Mar 2012 → Sep 2015

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
608104-98DrillPogo Producing Company LLCOct 13, 2009Oct 19, 2005Sep 2, 200611,000
608104-99DrillNorth Central Oil Corp.Oct 18, 2005Oct 19, 2005Sep 1, 200611,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-4-251665————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 445 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Upper Asche Marker8,377-7,932
Upper Asche 59,354-8,909
Top of Lower Asche9,797-9,352
Note:no Log Above 8,064'——

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
10,03810,047Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.62553112.25231 S
78,1188.75242 S
3.510,3936.25169 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
00Dec 2, 2009Oct 27, 2006Yes
00Oct 14, 2009——

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.

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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