TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · TALBERT, MM ESTATE LEASE · API 42-505-34269 · DISTRICT 04

Talbert MM Estate #1

On schedule

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.

Talbert MM Estate #1 (API 42-505-34269) is a well in Zapata County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed April 30, 2001 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 29, 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 Wilcox, Lobo Unconformity, Wills Point.

Its lease has reported 1.46M mcf of gas since April 2001, last reporting volume in August 2026.

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)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 scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Aug 2026
Latest permitNorth Central Oil Corp.Dec 29, 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
Dec 29, 2000
last permit issued
Apr 30, 2001
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.46M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · APR 2001 THROUGH AUG 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Apr 30, 2001
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.

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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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Talbert, MM Estate G-4-182938Hundido (Lobo)Merit Energy Company101.46MApr 2001 – Aug 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 18,586 · prior 12 19,916(-7%)

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Wells named Talbert MM Estate

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.

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Chain 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.

OperatorFromTo
Merit Energy CompanyMay 1, 2017today
OXY USA Inc.Mar 1, 2012May 1, 2017
Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 1, 2011Mar 1, 2012
Pogo Producing Company LLCFeb 1, 2008Sep 1, 2011
Pogo Producing CompanyJan 1, 2006Feb 1, 2008
North Central Oil Corp.Apr 30, 2001Jan 1, 2006

Reporting production

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

  1. 1North Central Oil Corp.Apr 2001 → Dec 2005
  2. 2Pogo Producing CompanyJan 2006 → Jan 2008
  3. 3Pogo Producing Company LLCFeb 2008 → Aug 2011
  4. 4Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 2011 → Feb 2012
  5. 5OXY USA Inc.Mar 2012 → Apr 2017
  6. 6Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Aug 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
503533-99DrillNorth Central Oil Corp.Dec 29, 2000Dec 29, 2000Feb 24, 200111,300

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Apr 30, 2001Talbert MM Estate G-4-182938Hundido (Lobo)Merit Energy CompanyProducing10,800

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 489 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
WilcoxTOP WILCOX4,930-4,441
Lobo Unconformity9,475-8,986
Wills Point10,680-10,191

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,8759,888Perforated
9,9089,912Perforated
9,9319,937Perforated
10,35610,370Perforated
10,40810,414Perforated
10,45110,456Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.62553412.25235 S
7.6254,3958.75220 S
2.87510,8004.75235 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Aug 13, 2001May 10, 2001Yes
00Jul 2, 2001——

Well logs

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The source documents

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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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