WELL · 42-199-00549 · DISTRICT 3
Kuderer Oil Unit No. 1 #4
Hardin County · Village Mills East (V-1) field · Vertical
Kuderer Oil Unit NO. 1 #4 (API 42-199-00549) is a plugged well in Hardin County, plugged September 26, 2019, last operated by Merit Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 14, 2005, permitted to 6,625 ft.
Its 2 leases have reported 44.9K barrels of oil and 215K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2020. The leases carry 5 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 | Foundation Energy Management LLCthrough Mar 2016 |
| Latest permit | Merit Energy CompanySep 14, 2005 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,625
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 14, 2005
- last permit issued
- Jun 1, 1975
- completed
- 44.9K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 215K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 1, 1975
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 26, 2019
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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuderer Oil Unit I O-3-13340 | Village Mills, East (P) | Foundation Energy Management LLC | 3 | 25.8K | 129K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2020 |
| Kuderer Oil Unit No. 1 O-3-10884 | Village Mills, East (V-1) | Merit Energy Company | 2 | 19.2K | 86.5K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2008 |
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 → Jan 2010
- 4Addison Oil, LLCFeb 2010 → Aug 2011
- 5Silver Oak Energy, LLCSep 2011 → Jun 2014
- 6Foundation Energy Management LLCJul 2014 → Mar 2016
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 606269-99 | Recompletion | Merit Energy Company | Sep 13, 2005 | Sep 14, 2005 | Oct 24, 2005 | 6,625 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-10884 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-13340 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,038 | 6,040 | Perforated |
| — | 6,477 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,841 | 14 | 1,100 S |
| 5.5 | 6,625 | 8.625 | 450 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 25, 2006 | Dec 30, 2005 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 24, 2006 | — | — |
| 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 42-199-00549 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-199-00549 → 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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