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Hereford -T- #32

On schedule

Webb County · Bashara-Hereford (7300) field · Producing  · Vertical

Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
Bashara-Hereford (Navarro) · Bashara-Hereford (7300)
Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Hereford -T- #32 (API 42-479-34759) is a well in Webb County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed January 8, 1989 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 18, 1988, permitted to 8,502 ft.

It was permitted by Transamerican Natural Gas Corp. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Wilcox, B/Carrizo, Wills Pt..

Its lease has reported 5.31K barrels of oil and 2.05M mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in August 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Transamerican Natural Gas Corp.; 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 scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Aug 2026
Latest permitTransamerican Natural Gas Corp.Oct 18, 1988

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

8,502
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Oct 18, 1988
last permit issued
Jan 8, 1989
completed
5.31K
cumulative oil, bbl
2.05M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH AUG 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jan 8, 1989
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

Surface location

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Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Hereford -T- G-4-129652Bashara-Hereford (7300)Merit Energy Company15.31K2.05Mby Jan 1993 – Aug 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 10,400 · prior 12 11,629(-11%)

05001K1.5K202420252026

Wells named Hereford -T-

Merit Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Webb County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.

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Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Transamerican Natural Gas Corp.Jan 1993 → Mar 1997
  2. 2North Central Oil Corp.Apr 1997 → Dec 2005
  3. 3Pogo Producing CompanyJan 2006 → Jan 2008
  4. 4Pogo Producing Company LLCFeb 2008 → Aug 2011
  5. 5Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 2011 → Feb 2012
  6. 6OXY USA Inc.Mar 2012 → Apr 2017
  7. 7Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Aug 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
352320-99DrillTransamerican Natural Gas Corp.Oct 17, 1988Oct 18, 1988—8,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jan 8, 1989Hereford -T- G-4-129652Bashara-Hereford (7300)Merit Energy CompanyProducing8,502

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 463 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
WilcoxWILCOX (CARRIZO)3,004-2,541
B/Carrizo4,170-3,707
Wills Pt.7,753-7,290

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,8417,591Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.7585014.75600 S
7.6255,7009.875365 S
58,5026.75410 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Mar 13, 1989Jan 26, 1989Yes
00Feb 10, 1989——

The source documents

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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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