TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · MARTIN-VOLZ FEE LEASE · API 42-479-33428 · DISTRICT 04
Martin-Volz Fee #1
Webb County · Volz (Lobo) field · Producing · Vertical
Martin-Volz Fee #1 (API 42-479-33428) is a well in Webb County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed November 12, 1982 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 23, 1982, permitted to 7,900 ft.
It was permitted by Tdc Engineering, Inc. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 3.1K barrels of oil and 1.39M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by TDC Engineering, Inc.; 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 | TDC Engineering, Inc.Aug 23, 1982 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,900
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 23, 1982
- last permit issued
- Nov 12, 1982
- completed
- 3.1K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.39M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 12, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin-Volz Fee G-4-104050 | Volz (Lobo) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 3.1K | 1.39M | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 7,556 · prior 12 8,297(-9%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Transamerican Natural Gas Corp.Jan 1993 → Jul 1993
- 2Transtexas Gas CorporationAug 1993 → May 1996
- 3North Central Oil Corp.Jun 1996 → Dec 2005
- 4Pogo Producing CompanyJan 2006 → Jan 2008
- 5Pogo Producing Company LLCFeb 2008 → Aug 2011
- 6Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 2011 → Feb 2012
- 7OXY USA Inc.Mar 2012 → Apr 2017
- 8Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169960-99 | Drill | TDC Engineering, Inc. | Aug 23, 1982 | Aug 23, 1982 | Aug 24, 1982 | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 1982 | Martin-Volz Fee G-4-104050 | Volz (Lobo) | Merit Energy Company | Producing | 7,900 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,167 | 6,325 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 906 | 12.25 | 375 S |
| 7 | 5,515 | 8.75 | 375 S |
| 2.375 | 6,035 | — | — |
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 | Dec 13, 1982 | — |
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 42-479-33428 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-33428 → 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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