TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · GUTIERREZ, B. G. LEASE · API 42-505-34315 · DISTRICT 04

Gutierrez B. G. #13

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Zapata County · Hundido (Lobo) field · Producing  · Vertical

Gutierrez B. G. #13 (API 42-505-34315) is a well in Zapata County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed June 15, 2001 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 16, 2001, 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 3 formation tops, including Wilcox, Lobo Unconformity, Wills Point.

Its lease has reported 578K mcf of gas since June 2001, last reporting volume in April 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)
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 Apr 2026
Latest permitNorth Central Oil Corp.Mar 16, 2001

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
1
permits on file
Mar 16, 2001
last permit issued
Jun 15, 2001
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
578K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2001 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 15, 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.

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Gutierrez, B. G. G-4-183085Hundido (Lobo)Merit Energy Company10578KJun 2001 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 2,462 · prior 12 2,645(-7%)

0200400202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1North Central Oil Corp.Jun 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 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
506580-99DrillNorth Central Oil Corp.Mar 16, 2001Mar 16, 2001Apr 16, 200111,400

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jun 15, 2001Gutierrez B. G. G-4-183085Hundido (Lobo)Merit Energy CompanyProducing10,900

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 527 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
WilcoxTOP WILCOX4,895-4,368
Lobo Unconformity9,675-9,148
Wills Point10,875-10,348

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,9619,972Perforated
9,99810,008Perforated
10,01710,021Perforated
10,04210,046Perforated
10,22810,248Perforated
10,25610,260Perforated
10,52410,534Perforated
10,55210,568Perforated
10,62010,628Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.62551012.25240 S
77,3008.75515 S
4.510,9006.25380 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, 2001Jun 26, 2001Yes
00Jul 11, 2001——

Well logs

The RRC's map lists this well among those with logs online. Its monthly inventories loaded here, which start in July 2006, list none for it, so none are itemized.

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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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