WELL · 42-199-00269 · DISTRICT 3

Geldard, Bertha #3

Geldard, Bertha #3 (API 42-199-00269) is a permitted well in Hardin County filed by Merit Energy Company; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1977 and 1999, permitted to 8,150 ft.

Its 2 leases have reported 8.82K barrels of oil and 38.5K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

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 schedule	none
Production reports	Merit Energy Companythrough Jan 2001
Latest permit	Merit Energy CompanyAug 6, 1999

8,150: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Aug 6, 1999: last permit issued
—: completed
8.82K: cumulative oil, bbl
38.5K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

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 →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Geldard, Bertha O-3-23717	Silsbee (2)	Foundation Energy Management LLC	1	1.25K	3.07K	Aug 1999 – Jul 2026
Geldard, Bertha O-3-11737	Silsbee (1)	Merit Energy Company	1	7.57K	35.4K	Jan 1993 – Nov 1999

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.

1Murphy Oil USA, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jan 1993
2Murphy Exploration & Prod. Co.Feb 1993 → Aug 1996
3Merit Energy CompanySep 1996 → Jan 2001

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
486492-99	Recompletion	Merit Energy Company	Aug 6, 1999	Aug 6, 1999	Aug 6, 1999	7,902
9737-99	Recompletion	Atlantic Richfield Co.	Oct 5, 1977	Oct 5, 1977	—	8,150

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-3-11737	—	—	—	—
—	— O-3-23717	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
6,823	6,834	Perforated
6,950	6,956	Perforated
—	6,834	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	1,141	12.25	450 S
2.875	6,719	—	—
5.5	7,808	7.625	400 S
5.5	7,855	7.625	400 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Sep 23, 1999	Sep 10, 1999	—
Sep 15, 1999	Dec 1, 1977	—
Jan 12, 1984	Dec 1, 1977	—
Jan 12, 1984	—	—

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 42-199-00269 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-199-00269 → 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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