WELL · 42-447-33973 · DISTRICT 7
McCarson Melba #1
Throckmorton County · McCarson field · Vertical
Mccarson Melba #1 (API 42-447-33973) is a plugged well in Throckmorton County, plugged February 28, 1997, last operated by Spence Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 10, 1984, permitted to 4,975 ft.
It was permitted by Texas-Petrotech, Inc. and has since transferred to Spence Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Mississippian.
Its lease has reported 1.52K barrels of oil and 23 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in May 1997. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Texas-Petrotech, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 4, 2026 · 96 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Spence Energy Company |
| Production reports | Spence Energy Companythrough Mar 1997 |
| Latest permit | Texas-Petrotech, Inc.Feb 10, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,975
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 10, 1984
- last permit issued
- May 4, 1984
- completed
- 1.52K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 23
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 1997
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 4, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 28, 1997
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCarson, Melba O-8-21113 | McCarson | Spence Energy Company | 2 | 1.52K | 23 | Jan 1993 – May 1997 |
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.
- 1Baytide Petr. Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 1993
- 2Exp, Inc.Aug 1995 → Sep 1995
- 3Spence Energy CompanyOct 1995 → Dec 1996
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 228890-99 | Drill | Texas-Petrotech, Inc. | Feb 6, 1984 | Feb 10, 1984 | — | 4,975 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-8-21113 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,202 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| MississippianMISSISSIPPI | 4,857 | -3,655 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,750 | 4,818 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 308 | 12.25 | 175 sx |
| 4.5 | 4,857 | 7.875 | 150 sx |
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 11, 1984 | May 16, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Jun 2, 1984 | May 16, 1984 | — |
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 42-447-33973 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-447-33973 → 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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