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Palmer 347 #15

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Brooks County · Home Run (Vicksburg Cons.) field · Producing  · Vertical

Palmer 347 #15 (API 42-047-32507) is a well in Brooks County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed August 16, 2014 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 6, 2014, permitted to 12,878 ft.

It was permitted by Oxy USA Inc. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Catahoula, Vicksburg, Miocene (undifferentiated).

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by OXY USA Inc.; 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 permitOXY USA Inc.Jun 6, 2014

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

12,878
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jun 6, 2014
last permit issued
Aug 16, 2014
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.26M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 2014 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Aug 16, 2014
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
Palmer 347 G-4-274967Home Run (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy Company101.26MAug 2014 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 25,786 · prior 12 28,571(-10%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1OXY USA Inc.Aug 2014 → Apr 2017
  2. 2Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
786190-99DrillOXY USA Inc.May 5, 2014Jun 6, 2014Jul 19, 201413,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Aug 16, 2014Palmer 347 G-4-274967Home Run (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy CompanyProducing12,878

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 94 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
CatahoulaCATAHOULA-FRIO - INJECTION/DISPO6,613-6,519
VicksburgVICKSBURG - INJECTION/DISPOSAL;9,856-9,762
CatahoulaCATAHOULA-ANAHUAC - INJECTION/DI——
Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE-LAGARTO-OAKVILLE - INJEC——

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
10,20012,688Perforated
10,33212,688Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6252,02312.25685 S
79,8848.75760 S
3.512,8726.125376 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
00Mar 4, 2015Jan 16, 2015—
00Dec 5, 2014Sep 11, 2014Yes

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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