TEXAS · WELLS · HARDIN COUNTY · API 42-199-00174 · DISTRICT 03
Rafferty James Fees #1
Hardin County · Silsbee North (Yegua 4-A) field · Vertical
Rafferty James Fees #1 (API 42-199-00174) is a plugged well in Hardin County, plugged May 1, 2001, last operated by Merit Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 10, 2000, permitted to 7,596 ft.
Its 2 leases have reported 9.24K barrels of oil and 67.7K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- 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 schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Jul 2000 |
| Latest permit | Merit Energy CompanyJul 10, 2000 |
- 7,596
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 10, 2000
- last permit issued
- Jul 19, 2000
- completed
- 9.24K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 67.7K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2000
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 19, 2000
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 1, 2001
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafferty, James Fee O-3-3797 | Silsbee, North (Yegua 4-F) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 9.24K | 67.7K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2000 |
| Rafferty, James Fees O-3-23859 | Silsbee, North (Yegua 4-A) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jul 2000 – — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
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 → Jul 2000
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 497008-99 | Recompletion | Merit Energy Company | Jul 10, 2000 | Jul 10, 2000 | Jul 11, 2000 | 7,596 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2000 | Rafferty James Fees O-3-23859 | Silsbee North (Yegua 4-A) | Merit Energy Company | Plugged | — |
| — | Rafferty James Fee O-3-3797 | Silsbee North (Yegua 4-F) | Merit Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,894 | 6,896 | Perforated |
| — | 7,017 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,161 | 14.5 | 430 S |
| 5.5 | 7,642 | 9.875 | 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Sep 26, 2000 | Jul 31, 2000 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 21, 2000 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-199-00174 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-199-00174 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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