WELL · 42-199-31855 · DISTRICT 3
Merchant Fee #C1
Hardin County · Sour Lake field · Vertical
Merchant Fee #C1 (API 42-199-31855) is a plugged well in Hardin County, plugged June 2, 2016, last operated by Clover Production Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 14, 1983, permitted to 7,000 ft.
It was permitted by Teffoil Corporation and has since transferred to Clover Production Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 878 barrels of oil since January 1993, last reporting in June 2016.
Operator of record
Permitted by Teffoil Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Sourlake, TX · P-5 Y, filed Apr 5, 2019 · 6 permits on file · (409) 287-1277
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Clover Production Company |
| Production reports | Clover Production Companythrough Feb 2013 |
| Latest permit | Teffoil CorporationMar 14, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 14, 1983
- last permit issued
- Apr 20, 1983
- completed
- 878
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 2016
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 20, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 2, 2016
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant Fee O-3-16488 | Sour Lake | Clover Production Company | 1 | 878 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Jun 2016 |
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.
- 1Atco Prod. Co., Inc.Oct 1999 → Oct 1999
- 2Radley, Terry R., OperatorDec 2001 → Dec 2001
- 3Clover Production CompanyMar 2011 → Feb 2013
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189720-99 | Drill | Teffoil Corporation | Mar 14, 1983 | Mar 14, 1983 | — | 7,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-16488 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,180 | 6,197 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,315 | 12.25 | 485 S |
| 2.375 | 6,000 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 6,491 | 7.875 | 530 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 | May 6, 1983 | — |
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 42-199-31855 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-199-31855 → 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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