WELL · 42-287-31984 · DISTRICT 3
Moerbe Victor #5
Lee County · Serbin (Taylor Sand) field · Vertical
Moerbe Victor #5 (API 42-287-31984) is a plugged well in Lee County, plugged November 20, 2015, last operated by Riley Exploration Opg CO LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 28, 1986, permitted to 5,900 ft.
It was permitted by Tex-Lee Operating Company and has since transferred to Riley Exploration Opg CO LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Navarro, Taylor.
Its lease has reported 16.9K barrels of oil and 67.9K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Tex-Lee Operating Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
LA Grange, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 2, 2018 · 63 permits on file · (405) 485-8200
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Riley Exploration Opg Co LLC |
| Production reports | Riley Exploration Opg Co, LLCthrough Jan 2015 |
| Latest permit | Tex-Lee Operating CompanyOct 28, 1986 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,900
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 28, 1986
- last permit issued
- Nov 21, 2015
- completed
- 16.9K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 67.9K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 21, 2015
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Nov 20, 2015
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; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moerbe, Victor O-3-19471 | Serbin (Taylor Sand) | Riley Exploration Opg Co, LLC | 2 | 16.9K | 67.9K | Jan 1993 – 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.
- 1San Antonio Gas & Oil, Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 2000
- 2Seay Oil & Gas, Ltd.Mar 2000 → Mar 2013
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322401-99 | Drill | Tex-Lee Operating Company | Oct 28, 1986 | Oct 28, 1986 | — | 5,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-19471 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 500 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,608 | 5,618 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 603 | 12.25 | 350 S |
| 4.5 | 5,707 | 7.875 | 1,135 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 23, 2016 | Dec 7, 2015 | — |
| 00 | Feb 17, 1987 | Jan 12, 1987 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 27, 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 42-287-31984 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-31984 → 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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