TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · MCALLEN, A.A. "B" LEASE · API 42-215-31757 · DISTRICT 04

McAllen A.A. B #15

On schedule

Hidalgo County · McAllen Ranch (Vksbg L-V N Cons field · Producing  · Vertical

Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
Field 58742658 · McAllen Ranch (Vicksburg T)
Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Mcallen A.A. B #15 (API 42-215-31757) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed July 12, 2000 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 19, 1987, permitted to 14,653 ft.

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

Completion filings report one formation top, including Vicksburg.

Its lease has reported 26.6K barrels of oil and 1.29M mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in August 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Shell Western E&P Inc.; 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

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitShell Western E&P Inc.May 19, 1987

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

14,653
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
May 19, 1987
last permit issued
Jul 12, 2000
completed
26.6K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.29M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH AUG 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jul 12, 2000
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

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

Surface location

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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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
McAllen, A.A. "B" G-4-125254McAllen Ranch (Vksbg L-V, N ConsMerit Energy Company126.6K1.29Mby Jan 1993 – Aug 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 5,101 · prior 12 2,445(+109%)

0200400600202420252026

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.

  1. 1Shell Western E&P Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 2000
  2. 2Shell Western E&PMar 2000 → Apr 2011
  3. 3OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Jul 2017
  4. 4Merit Energy CompanyAug 2017 → Aug 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
330226-99DrillShell Western E&P Inc.May 13, 1987May 19, 1987—16,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jul 12, 2000McAllen A.A. B G-4-125254McAllen Ranch (Vksbg L-V N ConsMerit Energy CompanyProducing14,653

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 356 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Vicksburg8,160-7,804
VicksburgVICKSBURG L11,470-11,114
VicksburgVICKSBURG S13,084-12,728

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
13,09613,139Perforated
13,31513,492Perforated
13,58413,692Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,89017.51,390 S
9.6259,49612.251,270 S
514,6478.51,130 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Oct 18, 2000Aug 18, 2000—
00Oct 23, 1991Sep 6, 1991—
00Nov 19, 1987Oct 2, 1987—
00Nov 13, 1987——

The source documents

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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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