TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · HEREFORD -T- LEASE · API 42-479-36079 · DISTRICT 04
Hereford -T- #40
Webb County · Bashara-Hereford (7300) field · Producing · Vertical
Hereford -T- #40 (API 42-479-36079) is a well in Webb County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed June 10, 1994 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued April 14, 1994, permitted to 8,200 ft.
It was permitted by Transtexas Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including T/Wilcox, B/Wilcox, Wills Point.
Its lease has reported 48.3K barrels of oil and 6M mcf of gas since June 1994, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Transtexas Gas Corporation; 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 | Transtexas Gas CorporationApr 14, 1994 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,200
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Apr 14, 1994
- last permit issued
- Jun 10, 1994
- completed
- 48.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 6M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 1994 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 10, 1994
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hereford -T- G-4-150205 | Bashara-Hereford (7300) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 48.3K | 6M | Jun 1994 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 11,517 · prior 12 11,576(-1%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Transtexas Gas CorporationJun 1994 → May 1996
- 2North Central Oil Corp.Jun 1996 → Dec 2005
- 3Pogo Producing CompanyJan 2006 → Jan 2008
- 4Pogo Producing Company LLCFeb 2008 → Aug 2011
- 5Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 2011 → Feb 2012
- 6OXY USA Inc.Mar 2012 → Apr 2017
- 7Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 423015-98 | Drill | Transtexas Gas Corporation | Jul 18, 1994 | Apr 14, 1994 | — | 8,200 |
| 423015-99 | Drill | Transtexas Gas Corporation | Apr 14, 1994 | Apr 14, 1994 | Apr 24, 1994 | 8,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 1994 | Hereford -T- G-4-150205 | Bashara-Hereford (7300) | Merit Energy Company | Producing | 8,200 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 525 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| T/Wilcox | 3,578 | -3,053 |
| B/Wilcox | 4,811 | -4,286 |
| Wills Point | 7,900 | -7,375 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,460 | 7,614 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 772 | 12.25 | 350 S |
| 7 | 6,299 | 8.75 | 265 S |
| 4.5 | 8,199 | 6.125 | 260 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 | Sep 20, 1994 | Jul 12, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 1, 1994 | — | — |
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 42-479-36079 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-36079 → 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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