WELL · 42-123-31547 · DISTRICT 2
Mergele J.L. #1
DE Witt County · Daniels Ranch (9500) field · Vertical
Mergele J.L. #1 (API 42-123-31547) is a plugged well in De Witt County, plugged January 27, 1992, last operated by Frost Kenneth Oil & Gas Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 27, 1987, permitted to 10,700 ft.
It was permitted by Atapco and has since transferred to Frost Kenneth Oil & Gas Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Yegua, Wilcox, L. Wilcox.
Operator of record
Permitted by Atapco; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 2, 1995
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Frost Kenneth Oil & Gas Inc. |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | AtapcoAug 27, 1987 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 27, 1987
- last permit issued
- Feb 9, 1988
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 9, 1988
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 27, 1992
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — G-2-126630 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Permits
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-2-126630 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 269 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,500 | 9,524 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,892 | 12.25 | 640 S |
| 5.5 | 10,600 | 8.75 | 845 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 | Apr 6, 1988 | Feb 24, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 18, 1988 | — | — |
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 42-123-31547 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-123-31547 → 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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