WELL · 42-321-31728 · DISTRICT 3

East Matagorda Bay Unit #3

Plugged

Matagorda County · Wildcat field · Directional · Sidetrack

East Matagorda Bay Unit #3 (API 42-321-31728) is a plugged well in Matagorda County, plugged October 8, 2006, last operated by Meridian Resource & Expl LLC The.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued September 20, 1996, permitted to 18,200 ft.

It was permitted by Texas Meridian Res. Expl., Inc. and has since transferred to Meridian Resource & Expl LLC The on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Upper Tex. Miss, Lower Tex. Miss.

Operator of record

Meridian Resource & Expl LLC The

Permitted by Texas Meridian Res. Expl., Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 6, 2015 · 46 permits on file · (281) 530-0991

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Meridian Resource & Expl LLC The
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Shell Western E&P Inc.Sep 20, 1996

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

18,200: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Sep 20, 1996: last permit issued
Jan 14, 1997: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1997 THROUGH Oct 2006

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jan 14, 1997
Shut in: —
Plugged: Oct 8, 2006

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
East Matagorda Bay Unit G-3-168036	Wildcat	Meridian Resource & Expl Llc,the	1	0	0	Jan 1997 – Oct 2006

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
452950-98	Drill · sidetrack	Texas Meridian Res. Expl., Inc.	May 30, 1997	Sep 20, 1996	Oct 8, 1996	18,200
452950-99	Drill	Shell Western E&P Inc.	Sep 20, 1996	Sep 20, 1996	—	18,200

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-3-168036	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft
Upper Tex. Miss	15,160
Lower Tex. Miss	17,210

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
20	2,985	20	2,180 S
11.75	6,962	14.75	850 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	Jun 22, 1998	May 28, 1997	Yes
00	May 27, 1998	—	—

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 42-321-31728 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-321-31728 → 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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