TEXAS · WELLS · STARR COUNTY · MARTINEZ, F.F. LEASE · API 42-427-31158 · DISTRICT 04
Martinez F.F. #1
Starr County · Rincon N. (Vicksburg Cons.) field · Producing · Vertical
Martinez F.F. #1 (API 42-427-31158) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed July 7, 1977 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in August 1, 2026.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 2, 1977, permitted to 7,542 ft.
It was permitted by Harkins & Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 10.7K barrels of oil and 1.44M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Harkins & Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 7, 2025
- Permits on file
- 1,049
- Phone
- (972) 701-8377
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Harkins & CompanyJun 2, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,542
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 2, 1977
- last permit issued
- Jul 7, 1977
- completed
- 10.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.44M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 7, 1977
- Shut in
- Aug 1, 2026
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinez, F.F. G-4-72144 | Rincon, N. (Vicksburg Cons.) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 10.7K | 1.44M | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 7,043 · prior 12 8,181(-14%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Amax Oil & Gas Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 1994
- 2Union Pacific Resources CompanyApr 1994 → Oct 1996
- 3M. J. G., Inc.Nov 1996 → Sep 1998
- 4Texas Independent Explor., Inc.Oct 1998 → Jan 2002
- 5Samson Lone Star LPFeb 2002 → Jun 2007
- 6Samson Lone Star, LLCJul 2007 → Apr 2008
- 7Pogo Producing Company LLCMay 2008 → Aug 2011
- 8Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 2011 → Feb 2012
- 9OXY USA Inc.Mar 2012 → Apr 2017
- 10Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2796-99 | Drill | Harkins & Company | Jun 2, 1977 | Jun 2, 1977 | — | 8,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1977 | Martinez F.F. G-4-72144 | Rincon N. (Vicksburg Cons.) | Merit Energy Company | Producing · shut in Aug 1, 2026 | 7,542 |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,422 | 12.25 | 250 S |
| 5.5 | 7,519 | 8.75 | 300 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 | Jul 25, 1977 | — |
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 42-427-31158 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-427-31158 → 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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