TEXAS · WELLS · CALDWELL COUNTY · MERCER, W.F. 2H LEASE · API 42-055-34819 · DISTRICT 01
Mercer W.F. 2H #2 H
Caldwell County · Luling-Branyon field · Producing · Horizontal
Mercer W.F. 2h #2 H (API 42-055-34819) is a horizontal well in Caldwell County operated by Texas Petroleum Investment CO., completed May 18, 2005 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 4, 2005, permitted to 2,252 ft.
It was permitted by Vintage Petroleum, Inc. and has since transferred to Texas Petroleum Investment CO. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 140K barrels of oil since May 2005, last reporting in July 2026.
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.Feb 4, 2005 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,252
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 4, 2005
- last permit issued
- May 18, 2005
- completed
- 140K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 2005 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 18, 2005
- 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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer, W.F. 2H O-1-14595 | Luling-Branyon | Texas Petroleum Investment Co. | 1 | 140K | 0 | May 2005 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 6,443 · prior 12 7,559(-15%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Vintage Petroleum, Inc.May 2005 → Apr 2006
- 2Vintage Petroleum, LLCMay 2006 → Sep 2006
- 3Texas Petroleum Investment Co.Oct 2006 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 557282-99 | Drill | Vintage Petroleum, Inc. | Feb 4, 2005 | Feb 4, 2005 | Feb 5, 2005 | 2,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2005 | Mercer W.F. 2H O-1-14595 | Luling-Branyon | Texas Petroleum Investment Co. | Producing | 2,252 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,540 | 4,385 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2,466 | 8.75 | 500 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 | Jul 13, 2006 | Jul 14, 2005 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 12, 2005 | — | — |
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 42-055-34819 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-055-34819 → 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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