TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · MARTINEZ-BARRERA GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-479-35356 · DISTRICT 04
Martinez-Barrera Gas Unit #3
Webb County · Bashara-Hereford (7300) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Bashara-Hereford · 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.
Martinez-Barrera Gas Unit #3 (API 42-479-35356) is a well in Webb County operated by Columbus Energy LLC, completed September 1, 1992 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in August 1, 2012.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 10, 1991, permitted to 8,700 ft.
It was permitted by Transamerican Natural Gas Corp. and has since transferred to Columbus Energy LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Wilcox, Bottom Wilcox, Will'S Point.
Its lease has reported 196 barrels of oil and 117K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Transamerican Natural Gas Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 2, 2026
- Permits on file
- 51
- Phone
- (832) 432-8540
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Columbus Energy LLC |
| Production reports | Columbus Energy, LLCthrough Jul 2012 |
| Latest permit | Transamerican Natural Gas Corp.Dec 10, 1991 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 10, 1991
- last permit issued
- Sep 1, 1992
- completed
- 196
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 117K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH JUL 2012
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 1, 1992
- Shut in
- Aug 1, 2012
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinez-Barrera Gas Unit G-4-142702 | Bashara-Hereford (7300) | Columbus Energy, LLC | 1 | 196 | 117K | by Jan 1993 – Jul 2012 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Martinez-Barrera Gas Unit
Columbus Energy LLC'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.
Loading the lease's wellsChain 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 1997
- 3Conoco Inc.Jun 1997 → Dec 2001
- 4Houston Exploration Company, TheFeb 2002 → Jun 2007
- 5Forest Oil CorporationJul 2007 → Jun 2010
- 6Columbus Energy, LLCJul 2010 → Jul 2012
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 394775-99 | Drill | Transamerican Natural Gas Corp. | Dec 6, 1991 | Dec 10, 1991 | Dec 30, 1991 | 8,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1992 | Martinez-Barrera Gas Unit G-4-142702 | Bashara-Hereford (7300) | Columbus Energy LLC | Temp Abandoned · shut in Aug 1, 2012 | 8,700 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 491 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| WilcoxTOP WILCOX | 3,645 | -3,154 |
| Bottom Wilcox | 4,929 | -4,438 |
| Will's Point | 8,400 | -7,909 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,656 | 8,146 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 884 | 14.75 | 570 S |
| 7 | 6,700 | 8.75 | 265 S |
| 2.875 | 8,661 | 6.25 | 414 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 | Dec 15, 1992 | Sep 16, 1992 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 30, 1992 | — | — |
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 42-479-35356 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-35356 → 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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