WELL · 42-199-31880 · DISTRICT 3
Merchant -D- #1
Hardin County · Sour Lake field · Vertical
Merchant -D- #1 (API 42-199-31880) is a plugged well in Hardin County, plugged August 21, 2009, last operated by Tipton Well Services Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 2, 1983, permitted to 4,800 ft.
It was permitted by Teffoil Corporation and has since transferred to Tipton Well Services Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 5.82K barrels of oil and 296 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2020. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Teffoil Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Sourlake, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 3, 1992
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Tipton Well Services Inc. |
| Production reports | Radley, Terry R., Operatorthrough Apr 2002 |
| Latest permit | Teffoil CorporationMay 2, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 2, 1983
- last permit issued
- May 25, 1983
- completed
- 5.82K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 296
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 25, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 21, 2009
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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant 'D' O-3-8529 | Sour Lake | Radco Operations, L.P. | 4 | 5.82K | 296 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2020 |
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.Jan 1993 → Nov 2001
- 2Radley, Terry R., OperatorDec 2001 → Apr 2002
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194340-99 | Drill | Teffoil Corporation | May 2, 1983 | May 2, 1983 | — | 4,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-8529 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,998 | 4,020 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 332 | 12.25 | 160 S |
| 2.375 | 3,900 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 4,194 | 7.875 | 639 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 26, 1989 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jun 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 42-199-31880 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-199-31880 → 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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