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Scherpe Peter Van #3

Shut in

Hidalgo County · Wildcat field · SWR-10-Well  · Vertical

Scherpe Peter Van #3 (API 42-215-31719) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed December 2, 2001 and listed as swr-10-well on the RRC schedule, shut in December 1, 2020.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1986 and 2002, permitted to 12,450 ft.

It was permitted by El Paso Production Oil & Gas CO. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Vicksburg.

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.; 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 scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Nov 2020
Latest permitEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Aug 14, 2002

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

12,450
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Aug 14, 2002
last permit issued
Dec 2, 2001
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
2.33M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 2, 2001
Shut in
Dec 1, 2020
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.

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Scherpe, Peter Van G-4-123372Jeffress (Vicksburg U)Merit Energy Company10323KJan 1993 – Jul 2026
Scherpe, Peter Van G-4-191199Jeffress (Vicksburg Q)Merit Energy Company102.01MNov 2001 – Jul 2026
Scherpe, Peter Van G-4-191200WildcatMerit Energy Company100Dec 2001 – Jul 2026

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.

  1. 1Oryx Energy CompanyJan 1993 → Mar 1999
  2. 2Kerr-McGee CorporationApr 1999 → Sep 1999
  3. 3Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LLCOct 1999 → Nov 2001
  4. 4El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Dec 2001 → Jul 2006
  5. 5El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Jul 2012
  6. 6EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.Aug 2012 → Oct 2013
  7. 7Cantera Operating, LLCNov 2013 → Nov 2016
  8. 8Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Nov 2020

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
522786-99RecompletionEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Aug 14, 2002Aug 14, 2002Nov 20, 200111,280
321187-99DrillSun Expl. & Prod. Co.-CorpusSep 29, 1986Sep 29, 1986—12,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Nov 22, 2004Scherpe Peter Van G-4-191199Jeffress (Vicksburg Q)Merit Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Dec 1, 202012,450
Dec 2, 2001Scherpe Peter Van G-4-191200WildcatMerit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Dec 1, 200112,450
Feb 10, 1987Scherpe Peter Van G-4-123372Jeffress (Vicksburg U)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Nov 1, 200112,450

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 281 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
VicksburgVICKSBURG U11,422-11,141

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,6766,720Perforated
8,0808,092Perforated
8,1148,134Perforated
8,1148,136Perforated
11,38411,514Perforated
11,42211,514Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,50017.51,135 S
9.6256,19212.25720 S
9.6256,19312.25720 S
512,4326.375390 S
7.625—8.5655 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Mar 7, 2005Dec 27, 2004—
00Dec 4, 2002Aug 29, 2002Yes
00Dec 3, 2002Aug 29, 2002Yes
00Nov 6, 2002——
00Jun 23, 1987Mar 17, 1987Yes
00Mar 12, 1987Feb 13, 1987Yes
00Mar 7, 1987——

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.

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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