WELL · 42-021-30963 · DISTRICT 3
Menzel #1
Bastrop County · Serbin (Taylor Sand) field · Producing · Vertical
Menzel #1 (API 42-021-30963) is a well in Bastrop County operated by Skytop Oil & Gas, completed January 22, 1987 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 15, 1986, permitted to 6,000 ft.
It was permitted by Nugget Oil Corporation and has since transferred to Skytop Oil & Gas on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Navarro, Taylor.
Its lease has reported 13.8K barrels of oil and 28 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Nugget Oil Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Giddings, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 3, 2025
- Phone
- (979) 820-5721
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Skytop Oil & Gas |
| Production reports | Skytop Oil & Gasthrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Nugget Oil CorporationDec 15, 1986 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 15, 1986
- last permit issued
- Jan 22, 1987
- completed
- 13.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 28
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 22, 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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menzel O-3-19535 | Serbin (Taylor Sand) | Skytop Oil & Gas | 1 | 13.8K | 28 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 193 · prior 12 118(+64%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Austin Energy Operations, Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 1994
- 2Progas Properties, Inc.May 1994 → Oct 1995
- 3TDK Energy CorporationMay 1996 → Dec 1998
- 4Skytop Oil & GasJan 1999 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324212-99 | Drill | Nugget Oil Corporation | Dec 11, 1986 | Dec 15, 1986 | Dec 18, 1986 | 6,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-19535 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 415 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,538 | 5,580 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 654 | 12.25 | 435 S |
| 4.5 | 5,716 | 7.875 | 1,085 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Mar 10, 1987 | Feb 23, 1987 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 28, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-021-30963 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-021-30963 → scanned completion filings
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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