WELL · 42-055-34785 · DISTRICT 1
Mercer Alf 2ST-H #H 2ST
Caldwell County · Luling-Branyon field · Horizontal
Mercer Alf 2st-H #H 2ST (API 42-055-34785) is a horizontal well in Caldwell County operated by Texas Petroleum Investment CO., completed January 29, 2003.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1998 and 2001, permitted to 2,500 ft.
It was permitted by Vintage Petroleum, Inc. and has since transferred to Texas Petroleum Investment CO. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Eagle Ford, Buda, Del Rio.
Its 2 leases have reported 1.06M barrels of oil and 55 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 40 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Texas Petroleum Investment Co.
Permitted by Vintage Petroleum, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 1, 2025
- Permits on file
- 233
- Phone
- (713) 789-9225
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Texas Petroleum Investment Co. |
| Production reports | Texas Petroleum Investment Co.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Vintage Petroleum, Inc.May 3, 2001 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,500
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- May 3, 2001
- last permit issued
- Jan 29, 2003
- completed
- 1.06M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 55
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 29, 2003
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 40 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer, Alf O-1-1086 | Luling-Branyon | Texas Petroleum Investment Co. | 39 | 892K | 55 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Mercer, Alf 2ST-H O-1-14466 | Luling-Branyon | Texas Petroleum Investment Co. | 1 | 170K | 0 | Jan 2003 – Oct 2015 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 22,116 · prior 12 27,303(-19%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Meridian Oil Production Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1996
- 2Meridian Oil Inc.Mar 1996 → Jul 1996
- 3Burlington Resources Oil&gas Co.Aug 1996 → Mar 1997
- 4Vintage Petroleum, Inc.Apr 1997 → Apr 2006
- 5Vintage Petroleum, LLCMay 2006 → Sep 2006
- 6Texas Petroleum Investment Co.Oct 2006 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 508531-99 | Recompletion | Vintage Petroleum, Inc. | May 3, 2001 | May 3, 2001 | Jan 21, 2003 | 2,500 |
| 476651-99 | Drill | Vintage Petroleum, Inc. | May 27, 1998 | May 28, 1998 | Jun 4, 1998 | 2,224 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-1086 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-1-1086 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-1-14466 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 497 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 1,660 | -1,163 |
| Eagle FordEAGLEFORD | 1,835 | -1,338 |
| Buda | 1,907 | -1,410 |
| Del Rio | 1,987 | -1,490 |
| Georgetown | 2,029 | -1,532 |
| Edwards | 2,104 | -1,607 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,327 | 5,105 | Open hole |
| 2,378 | 4,160 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 62 | — | — |
| 7 | 2,327 | 8.75 | 440 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Oct 14, 2015 | Jun 18, 2003 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 17, 2003 | Jun 18, 2003 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 6, 2003 | — | — |
| 00 | Aug 26, 1998 | Jul 30, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 17, 1998 | — | — |
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 42-055-34785 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-055-34785 → scanned completion filings
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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