TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · HEREFORD -T- LEASE · API 42-479-37222 · DISTRICT 04
Hereford -T- #51
Webb County · Bashara-Hereford (7300) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Hereford -T- #51 (API 42-479-37222) is a well in Webb County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed April 8, 1999 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in March 1, 2009.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 27, 1999, permitted to 7,400 ft.
It was permitted by North Central Oil Corp. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Lobo 1.
Its lease has reported 191 barrels of oil and 137K mcf of gas since April 1999, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by North Central Oil 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 schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Mar 2012 |
| Latest permit | North Central Oil Corp.Jan 27, 1999 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,400
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 27, 1999
- last permit issued
- Apr 8, 1999
- completed
- 191
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 137K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 1999 THROUGH Mar 2012
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 8, 1999
- Shut in
- Mar 1, 2009
- 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-4-173097 | Bashara-Hereford (7300) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 191 | 137K | Apr 1999 – Mar 2012 |
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.
- 1North Central Oil Corp.Apr 1999 → Dec 2005
- 2Pogo Producing CompanyJan 2006 → Dec 2007
- 3Pogo Producing Company LLCFeb 2008 → Feb 2009
- 4OXY USA Inc.Mar 2012 → Mar 2012
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 482299-99 | Drill | North Central Oil Corp. | Jan 27, 1999 | Jan 27, 1999 | Mar 21, 1999 | 7,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 1999 | Hereford -T- G-4-173097 | Bashara-Hereford (7300) | Merit Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Mar 1, 2009 | 7,400 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 442 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Lobo 1 | 7,085 | -6,643 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,090 | 7,118 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 920 | 12.5 | 342 S |
| 7 | 5,695 | 8.75 | 288 S |
| 3.5 | 7,400 | 6.25 | 255 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 | Jul 19, 1999 | Jul 6, 1999 | — |
| 00 | Jun 29, 1999 | Jun 2, 1999 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 14, 1999 | — | — |
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 42-479-37222 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-37222 → 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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