TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · RATHMELL, J.G. LEASE · API 42-505-30941 · DISTRICT 04

Rathmell J.G. #2

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Zapata County · Hundido (9300) field · Producing  · Vertical

Rathmell J.G. #2 (API 42-505-30941) is a well in Zapata County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed December 7, 1988 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1977 and 2001, permitted to 10,878 ft.

It was permitted by North Central Oil Corp. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Wilcox, 9300, Lobo 6.

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

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 scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitNorth Central Oil Corp.Dec 19, 2001

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

10,878
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Dec 19, 2001
last permit issued
Dec 7, 1988
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.79M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 7, 1988
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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Rathmell, J.G. G-4-83214Hundido (9300)Merit Energy Company101.79MJan 1993 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 7,151 · prior 12 4,700(+52%)

05001K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Conoco Inc.Jan 1993 → Oct 1998
  2. 2North Central Oil Corp.Nov 1998 → 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 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
515509-99RecompletionNorth Central Oil Corp.Nov 20, 2001Dec 19, 2001—10,878
30459-99RecompletionConoco Inc.Aug 11, 1978Aug 11, 1978—10,878
12580-99DrillContinental Oil CompanyNov 22, 1977Nov 22, 1977—11,300

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Dec 7, 1988Rathmell J.G. G-4-83214Hundido (9300)Merit Energy CompanyProducing10,878
—Rathmell J.G. -A- G-4-75826Hundido (Lobo)Conoco Inc.Not on Schedule—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 504 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
WilcoxWILCOX A6,876-6,372
93009,305-8,801
Lobo 610,012-9,508

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,3059,314Perforated
9,3059,321Perforated
9,3179,321Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.751,02014.754,640 S
7.6256,6489.8754,960 S
2.3759,200——

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. About these reports →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jan 9, 1992Dec 16, 1991—
00Dec 18, 1989Nov 17, 1989—
00Jan 12, 1984Jul 26, 1979—
00Jan 12, 1984——

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.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

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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