TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · HERBST, M. V. LEASE · API 42-505-33158 · DISTRICT 04
Herbst M. V. #23
Zapata County · La Perla (Lobo Cons.) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 4
- Agarito (Lobo) · Dye (Navarro) · 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. #23 (API 42-505-33158) is a plugged well in Zapata County, plugged February 20, 2013, last operated by Conocophillips Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 2, 1994, permitted to 9,200 ft.
It was permitted by Transtexas Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Conocophillips Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including T/Wilcox, Wilcox, B/Wilcox, Wills Point.
Its lease has reported 19.8K mcf of gas since June 1994, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Transtexas Gas Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 3, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,290
- Phone
- (432) 683-7443
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Conocophillips Company |
| Production reports | Conocophillips Companythrough Jul 2001 |
| Latest permit | Transtexas Gas CorporationFeb 2, 1994 |
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
- Feb 2, 1994
- last permit issued
- Jun 29, 1994
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 19.8K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUN 1994 THROUGH JUL 2001
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 29, 1994
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 20, 2013
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbst, M. V. G-4-150574 | La Perla (Lobo Cons.) | Conocophillips Company | 1 | 0 | 19.8K | Jun 1994 – Jul 2001 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Herbst M. V.
Conocophillips Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Zapata 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.
- 1Transtexas Gas CorporationJun 1994 → May 1997
- 2Conoco Inc.Jun 1997 → Jul 2001
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 420749-99 | Drill | Transtexas Gas Corporation | Feb 2, 1994 | Feb 2, 1994 | Feb 23, 1994 | 9,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1994 | Herbst M. V. G-4-150574 | La Perla (Lobo Cons.) | Conocophillips Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 362 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| T/Wilcox | 3,620 | -3,258 |
| Wilcox | 3,620 | -3,258 |
| WilcoxBASE WILCOX | 5,600 | -5,238 |
| B/Wilcox | 5,600 | -5,238 |
| Wills Point | 8,100 | -7,738 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,647 | 7,708 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 757 | 12.25 | 330 S |
| 7 | 6,807 | 8.75 | 260 S |
| 2.875 | 7,994 | 6.125 | 285 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 28, 1994 | Nov 8, 1994 | — |
| 00 | Oct 4, 1994 | Aug 1, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 26, 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 42-505-33158 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-505-33158 → 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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