TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · MCALLEN, A.A. -B- LEASE · API 42-215-30368 · DISTRICT 04

McAllen A.A. -B- #6

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Hidalgo County · McAllen Ranch (Vksbg L-V N Cons field · Temp Abandoned · Sidetrack

Mcallen A.A. -B- #6 (API 42-215-30368) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed March 7, 2003 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in April 1, 2006.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 13, 2001, permitted to 14,335 ft.

It was permitted by Shell Western E&P and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 22.6K barrels of oil and 1.91M mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Shell Western E&P; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

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

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Merit Energy Company
Production reports	Merit Energy Companythrough Mar 2006
Latest permit	Shell Western E&PJun 13, 2001

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

14,335: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jun 13, 2001: last permit issued
Mar 7, 2003: completed
22.6K: cumulative oil, bbl
1.91M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH MAR 2006

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Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: Mar 7, 2003
Shut in: Apr 1, 2006
Plugged: —

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

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.

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Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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
McAllen, A.A. -B- G-4-68916	McAllen Ranch (Vksbg L-V, N Cons	Merit Energy Company	1	22.6K	1.91M	by Jan 1993 – Mar 2006

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Wells named McAllen A.A. -B-

Merit Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Hidalgo County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.

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Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Shell Western E&P Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 2000
2Shell Western E&PMar 2000 → Mar 2006

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
510222-99	Recompletion · sidetrack	Shell Western E&P	Jun 13, 2001	Jun 13, 2001	Jul 13, 2001	14,335

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Mar 7, 2003	McAllen A.A. -B- G-4-68916	McAllen Ranch (Vksbg L-V N Cons	Merit Energy Company	Temp Abandoned · shut in Apr 1, 2006	14,335

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
13,000	13,020	Perforated
13,142	13,148	Perforated
13,242	13,250	Perforated
13,279	13,289	Perforated
13,416	13,426	Perforated
13,512	13,526	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	1,732	14.75	900 S
7.625	9,232	9.875	1,127 S
2.875	14,200	5	100 S
5	14,305	6.75	800 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 →

RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
May 1, 2003	Mar 26, 2003	—
Dec 6, 2001	Oct 15, 2001	—
Nov 20, 2001	Oct 1, 2001	—
Jan 12, 1984	Nov 17, 1976	—

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 42-215-30368 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-215-30368 → scanned completion filings

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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