WELL · 42-245-32273 · DISTRICT 3

Melton #1

Plugged

Jefferson County · Taylor Bayou (Frio 8540) field · Directional

Melton #1 (API 42-245-32273) is a plugged well in Jefferson County, plugged November 24, 2004, last operated by Touchstone Resources USA Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 23, 2001, permitted to 10,500 ft.

It was permitted by Zackson Resources, Inc. and has since transferred to Touchstone Resources USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Touchstone Resources USA Inc.

Permitted by Zackson Resources, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 4, 2006 · 39 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Touchstone Resources USA Inc.
Production reports	Touchstone Resources USA, Inc.through Aug 2003
Latest permit	Zackson Resources, Inc.Apr 23, 2001

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

10,500: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Apr 23, 2001: last permit issued
Mar 11, 2002: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
159K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 2002 THROUGH Nov 2004

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Mar 11, 2002
Shut in: —
Plugged: Nov 24, 2004

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
Melton G-3-190752	Taylor Bayou (Frio 8540)	Touchstone Resources USA, Inc.	1	0	159K	Mar 2002 – Nov 2004

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.

1Touchstone Resources USA, Inc.Oct 2002 → Aug 2003

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
503805-99	Drill	Zackson Resources, Inc.	Jan 8, 2001	Apr 23, 2001	Dec 1, 2001	10,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-3-190752	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,539	8,544	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	2,593	13.5	904 S
7.625	9,097	9.875	555 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	Nov 21, 2002	Apr 19, 2002	Yes
00	Oct 9, 2002	—	—

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 42-245-32273 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-245-32273 → 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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