WELL · 42-389-30441 · DISTRICT 8

Meriwether #1

Reeves County · Worsham-Bayer (Devonian) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical

Meriwether #1 (API 42-389-30441) is a well in Reeves County operated by Mcdonald Richard A., completed July 23, 1995 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1978 and 1995, permitted to 15,075 ft.

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

Operator of record

McDonald Richard A.

Based in: Fredericksbrg, TX
P-5 status: Delinquent (D)
P-5 last filed: May 29, 2025
Permits on file: 1
Phone: (830) 997-8075

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	McDonald Richard A.
Production reports	McDonald, Richard A.through Oct 2012
Latest permit	McDonald, Richard A.Apr 17, 1995

15,075: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Apr 17, 1995: last permit issued
Jul 23, 1995: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
220K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: Jul 23, 1995
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Delinquent (D)

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
Meriwether G-10-78361	Worsham-Bayer (Fusselman)	McDonald, Richard A.	1	0	16.4K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026
Meriwether G-10-153778	Worsham-Bayer (Devonian)	McDonald, Richard A.	1	0	204K	Jul 1994 – 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.

1Faulkner, Bruce C.Jan 1993 → Dec 1993
2McDonald, Richard A.Jan 1994 → Oct 2012

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
433554-99	Recompletion	McDonald, Richard A.	Mar 22, 1995	Apr 17, 1995	Jul 1, 1994	15,075
16686-99	Other	Cotton Petroleum Corp.	Jan 19, 1978	Jan 19, 1978	—	15,075

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-10-78361	—	—	—	—
—	— G-10-153778	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
14,011	14,088	Perforated
14,788	14,837	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	2,310	17.5	1,711 S
9.625	10,250	12.25	1,040 S
2.875	14,453	—	—

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
Nov 17, 1995	Jul 24, 1995	—
May 30, 1995	Jan 30, 1995	Yes
May 4, 1995	—	—
Jan 12, 1984	Aug 8, 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 42-389-30441 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-389-30441 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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