WELL · 42-215-01856 · DISTRICT 4
McAllen Fieldwide Unit #29
Hidalgo County · McAllen (Keirn 6100) field · Sidetrack
Mcallen Fieldwide Unit #29 (API 42-215-01856) is a permitted well in Hidalgo County filed by Fina Oil & Chemical Company; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 12, 1996, permitted to 11,100 ft.
It was permitted by Fina Oil & Chemical Company and has since transferred to Tenneco Oil CO. on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Fina Oil & Chemical Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 5, 2016 · 863 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Tenneco Oil Co. |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyApr 12, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,100
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 12, 1996
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.7M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAllen Fieldwide Unit G-4-163701 | McAllen-Pharr (Consolidated) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 2.43M | Sep 1996 – Jul 2026 |
| McAllen Fieldwide Unit G-4-35984 | McAllen (Coke 5800) | Fina Oil & Chemical Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Sep 1996 |
| Mc Allen Fieldwide Unit G-4-69102 | McAllen (Grissom 7900) | Fina Oil & Chemical Company | 1 | 0 | 267K | Jan 1993 – Sep 1996 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 6,290 · prior 12 8,508(-26%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyJan 1993 → Dec 2000
- 2Totalfinaelf E&P USA IncJan 2001 → Sep 2002
- 3Total E&P USA, Inc.Jan 2005 → Jan 2006
- 4Shell Western E&PFeb 2006 → Apr 2011
- 5OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Apr 2017
- 6Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 446750-99 | Recompletion · sidetrack | Fina Oil & Chemical Company | Apr 9, 1996 | Apr 12, 1996 | Apr 18, 1996 | 11,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-4-35984 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-4-69102 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-4-163701 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,222 | 6,234 | Perforated |
| 10,430 | 10,468 | Perforated |
| 10,506 | 10,514 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,504 | — | — |
| 2.375 | 6,100 | — | — |
| 7 | 8,542 | — | — |
| 7 | 8,543 | — | — |
| 2.875 | 10,850 | 4.125 | 65 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 | Jun 21, 2005 | Feb 2, 2005 | — |
| 00 | Sep 17, 1997 | Feb 18, 1997 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 5, 1997 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 8, 1976 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 2, 1965 | — |
| 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 42-215-01856 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-215-01856 → 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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