TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · MCALLEN, A. A. 'B' LEASE · API 42-215-31981 · DISTRICT 04

McAllen A. A. B #24

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

Permitted field: McAllen Ranch (Vksbg. S-T-U, N.); The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Mcallen A. A. B #24 (API 42-215-31981) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed May 10, 1991 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 10, 1990, permitted to 14,500 ft.

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

Its lease has reported 29.5K barrels of oil and 1.97M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 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

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Merit Energy Company
Production reports	Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Shell Western E&P Inc.Aug 10, 1990

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

14,500: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Aug 10, 1990: last permit issued
May 10, 1991: completed
29.5K: cumulative oil, bbl
1.97M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: May 10, 1991
Shut in: —
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 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-4-137364	McAllen Ranch (Vksbg L-V, N Cons	Merit Energy Company	1	29.5K	1.97M	Jan 1993 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 11,013 · prior 12 13,506(-18%)

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 → Apr 2011
3OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Jul 2017
4Merit Energy CompanyAug 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
376360-99	Drill	Shell Western E&P Inc.	Aug 8, 1990	Aug 10, 1990	Sep 1, 1990	15,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
May 10, 1991	McAllen A. A. B G-4-137364	McAllen Ranch (Vksbg L-V N Cons	Merit Energy Company	Producing	14,500

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
12,191	12,225	Perforated
12,542	12,690	Perforated
12,808	12,818	Perforated
13,500	13,548	Perforated
14,177	14,277	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	1,914	17.5	1,270 S
9.625	8,941	12.25	1,574 S
5	14,500	8.5	1,440 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
Nov 13, 1995	Aug 25, 1995	—
Apr 29, 1991	Mar 18, 1991	Yes
Mar 26, 1991	—	—

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 42-215-31981 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-215-31981 → 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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