WELL · 42-103-32895 · DISTRICT 8

University "A" #4

University "A" #4 (API 42-103-32895) is a permitted well in Crane County filed by Merit Energy Company; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1982 and 1997, permitted to 9,500 ft.

Its lease has reported 116K barrels of oil and 3.26M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 1,049 permits on file · (972) 628-1559

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Scout Energy Management LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Merit Energy CompanyJun 16, 1997

9,500: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Jun 16, 1997: last permit issued
—: completed
116K: cumulative oil, bbl
3.26M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
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 lease this well is completed on; they carry 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
University -A- O-10-10538	Block 31 (Devonian)	Scout Energy Management LLC	5	116K	3.26M	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 38,153 · prior 12 41,131(-7%)

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 1,449 · prior 12 1,648(-12%)

Chain of custody

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

1Murphy Oil USA, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jan 1993
2Murphy Exploration & Prod. Co.Feb 1993 → Aug 1996
3Merit Energy CompanySep 1996 → Jan 2010
4Linn Operating, Inc.Feb 2010 → Apr 2017
5Linn Operating, LLCMay 2017 → Mar 2018
6Scout Energy Management LLCApr 2018 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
463552-99	Recompletion	Merit Energy Company	Jun 9, 1997	Jun 16, 1997	—	9,492
157260-99	Drill	Murphy Oil Corporation	Apr 19, 1982	Apr 19, 1982	—	9,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-10538	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,595	9,098	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
20	40	—	—
13.375	750	17.5	650 S
9.625	3,888	12.25	1,550 S
7	9,500	8.75	600 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	Jan 12, 1984	Aug 10, 1982	—

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 42-103-32895 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-103-32895 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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