TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · HERBST, M.V. LEASE · API 42-505-32963 · DISTRICT 04
Herbst M.V. #16
Zapata County · La Perla (Lobo Cons.) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- Agarito (Lobo) · Field 73292260 · Vidaurri (Lobo)
- 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.
Herbst M.V. #16 (API 42-505-32963) is a well in Zapata County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed March 9, 1993 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in February 1, 2018.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 18, 1992, permitted to 9,200 ft.
It was permitted by Transamerican Natural Gas Corp. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Wilcox, B/Wilcox, Wills Point.
Its lease has reported 6.91K barrels of oil and 1.37M mcf of gas since March 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 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
- Mar 27, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,458
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Feb 2019 |
| Latest permit | Transamerican Natural Gas Corp.Nov 18, 1992 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 18, 1992
- last permit issued
- Mar 9, 1993
- completed
- 6.91K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.37M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 1993 THROUGH Feb 2019
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 9, 1993
- Shut in
- Feb 1, 2018
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbst, M.V. G-4-144565 | La Perla (Lobo Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 6.91K | 1.37M | Mar 1993 – Feb 2019 |
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.
- 1Transamerican Natural Gas Corp.Mar 1993 → Jul 1993
- 2Transtexas Gas CorporationAug 1993 → May 1997
- 3Conoco Inc.Jun 1997 → Dec 2002
- 4Conocophillips CompanyJan 2003 → Dec 2015
- 5Hilcorp Energy CompanyJan 2016 → Feb 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 406262-99 | Drill | Transamerican Natural Gas Corp. | Nov 18, 1992 | Nov 18, 1992 | Nov 22, 1992 | 9,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 1993 | Herbst M.V. G-4-144565 | La Perla (Lobo Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Feb 1, 2018 | 9,200 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 366 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 3,600 | -3,234 |
| B/Wilcox | 5,600 | -5,234 |
| Wills Point | 8,200 | -7,834 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,510 | 7,705 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 750 | 14.75 | 530 S |
| 7 | 6,500 | 8.75 | 265 S |
| 4.5 | 8,085 | 6.125 | 200 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 | Apr 8, 1993 | Mar 29, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 2, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-505-32963 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-505-32963 → 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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