TEXAS · WELLS · PALO PINTO COUNTY · MELBA LEASE · API 42-363-31874 · DISTRICT 6E
Melba #1
Palo Pinto County · Van Dyke (Strawn) field · Vertical
Melba #1 (API 42-363-31874) is a plugged well in Palo Pinto County, plugged May 20, 2020, last operated by Upham Oil & Gas Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 19, 1977, permitted to 5,000 ft.
It was permitted by World Producers, Inc. and has since transferred to Upham Oil & Gas Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 79.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by World Producers, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Mineral Wells, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 19, 2025
- Permits on file
- 141
- Phone
- (940) 325-4491
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Upham Oil & Gas Company |
| Production reports | Upham Oil & Gas Companythrough Oct 2017 |
| Latest permit | World Producers, Inc.Dec 19, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 19, 1977
- last permit issued
- Mar 23, 1978
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 79.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 2017
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 23, 1978
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 20, 2020
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melba G-8-78172 | Van Dyke (Strawn) | Upham Oil & Gas Company | 1 | 0 | 79.4K | Jan 1993 – Oct 2017 |
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.
- 1Bell, O. M.Jan 1993 → May 1997
- 2Upham, Chester R., Jr.Nov 1998 → Aug 2001
- 3Upham Oil & Gas CompanySep 2001 → Oct 2017
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14417-99 | Drill | World Producers, Inc. | Dec 19, 1977 | Dec 19, 1977 | Dec 22, 1977 | 5,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1978 | Melba G-8-78172 | Van Dyke (Strawn) | Upham Oil & Gas Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,154 | 2,174 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 267 | 12.25 | 110 S |
| 2.375 | 2,259 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 2,320 | 7.875 | 125 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 31, 1978 | — |
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 42-363-31874 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-363-31874 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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