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Sanchez - McMurrey #23

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Zapata County · M & F (Wilcox 6500) field · SWR-10-Well  · Vertical

Sanchez - Mcmurrey #23 (API 42-505-34297) is a well in Zapata County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed May 28, 2005 and listed as swr-10-well on the RRC schedule, shut in April 1, 2013.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 2001 and 2003, permitted to 10,900 ft.

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

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Asche Marker, Lobo Unconformity, Wills Point, Note:Top Of Wilcox Not Logged In.

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
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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsOXY USA Inc.through Mar 2013
Latest permitNorth Central Oil Corp.Aug 1, 2003

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

10,900
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Aug 1, 2003
last permit issued
May 28, 2005
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
153K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 2001 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
May 28, 2005
Shut in
Apr 1, 2013
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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Sanchez-McMurrey G-4-183989Hundido (Lobo)Merit Energy Company10153KJul 2001 – Jul 2026
Sanchez - McMurrey G-4-184873Hundido (9300)Merit Energy Company100Sep 2001 – Jul 2026
Sanchez - McMurrey G-4-210478M & F (Wilcox 6500)Merit Energy Company100May 2005 – Jul 2026

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.

  1. 1North Central Oil Corp.Jul 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 → Mar 2013

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
534676-99RecompletionNorth Central Oil Corp.Jul 28, 2003Aug 1, 2003May 24, 200510,900
512155-99RecompletionNorth Central Oil Corp.Aug 2, 2001Aug 30, 2001Sep 15, 200110,900
505374-99DrillNorth Central Oil Corp.Feb 15, 2001May 17, 2001Jul 2, 200111,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
May 29, 2005Sanchez-McMurrey G-4-183989Hundido (Lobo)Merit Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Apr 1, 201310,900
May 28, 2005Sanchez - McMurrey G-4-210478M & F (Wilcox 6500)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in May 1, 200510,900
Sep 23, 2001Sanchez - McMurrey G-4-184873Hundido (9300)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Sep 1, 200110,900

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 529 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Asche Marker6,845-6,316
Lobo Unconformity9,780-9,251
Wills Point10,810-10,281
Asche Marker——
Lobo Unconformity——
Note:top of Wilcox Not Logged In——
Well——
Wills Point——

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,9166,924Perforated
6,9167,146Perforated
7,1357,146Perforated
7,1877,198Perforated
7,1877,234Perforated
7,2147,220Perforated
7,2257,234Perforated
9,5689,573Perforated
9,5769,592Perforated
9,5969,606Perforated
9,9189,926Perforated
9,9349,938Perforated
9,9419,947Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.62552812.25240 S
77,4108.75280 S
2.87510,8806.25630 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. About these reports →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Nov 15, 2005Jun 16, 2005—
00Sep 8, 2005——
00Oct 23, 2001Oct 1, 2001—
00Oct 10, 2001——
00Sep 19, 2001Aug 6, 2001Yes
00Aug 31, 2001——

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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