TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · SANCHEZ-MCMURREY LEASE · API 42-505-34143 · DISTRICT 04
Sanchez-McMurrey #25
Zapata County · Hundido (Lobo) field · Producing · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Hundido (Lobo) · Hundido (9300)
- 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.
Sanchez-Mcmurrey #25 (API 42-505-34143) is a well in Zapata County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed July 29, 2000 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 30, 2000, permitted to 10,800 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 Queen City, Wilcox, Wills Point.
Its lease has reported 1.15M mcf of gas since July 2000, last reporting volume in August 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)RRC P-5 file of Oct 22, 2026
- 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 Aug 2026 |
| Latest permit | North Central Oil Corp.May 30, 2000 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 30, 2000
- last permit issued
- Jul 29, 2000
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.15M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUL 2000 THROUGH AUG 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 29, 2000
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanchez-McMurrey G-4-178254 | Hundido (Lobo) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 1.15M | Jul 2000 – Aug 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 34,294 · prior 12 20,467(+68%)
Wells named Sanchez-McMurrey
Merit Energy 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
Operator on the lease's P-4
Each operator named on the P-4 filings for this well's lease (a gas well is its own lease), from the date its filing took effect. The P-4 is filed by lease, so a date before the well was drilled is the lease's.
| Operator | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Energy Company | May 1, 2017 | today |
| OXY USA Inc. | Mar 1, 2012 | May 1, 2017 |
| Plains Exploration & Prod. Co. | Sep 1, 2011 | Mar 1, 2012 |
| Pogo Producing Company LLC | Feb 1, 2008 | Sep 1, 2011 |
| Pogo Producing Company | Jan 1, 2006 | Feb 1, 2008 |
| North Central Oil Corp. | Jul 29, 2000 | Jan 1, 2006 |
Reporting production
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1North Central Oil Corp.Jul 2000 → Dec 2005
- 2Pogo Producing CompanyJan 2006 → Jan 2008
- 3Pogo Producing Company LLCFeb 2008 → Aug 2011
- 4Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 2011 → Feb 2012
- 5OXY USA Inc.Mar 2012 → Apr 2017
- 6Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 495608-99 | Drill | North Central Oil Corp. | May 30, 2000 | May 30, 2000 | Jun 13, 2000 | 11,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2000 | Sanchez-McMurrey G-4-178254 | Hundido (Lobo) | Merit Energy Company | Producing | 10,800 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 540 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Queen City | 2,432 | -1,892 |
| WilcoxTOP OF WILCOX | 4,978 | -4,438 |
| Wills Point | 10,745 | -10,205 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,754 | 9,773 | Perforated |
| 9,785 | 9,798 | Perforated |
| 9,813 | 9,828 | Perforated |
| 10,118 | 10,140 | Perforated |
| 10,461 | 10,466 | Perforated |
| 10,480 | 10,489 | Perforated |
| 10,546 | 10,551 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 535 | 12.25 | 235 S |
| 7 | 7,385 | 8.75 | 260 S |
| 3.5 | 10,800 | 6.25 | 555 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 | Oct 4, 2000 | Aug 21, 2000 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 31, 2000 | — | — |
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 42-505-34143 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-505-34143 → 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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