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Boren GU #6

Shut in

Hidalgo County · Texan Gardens N. (Vicks S.) field · Temp Abandoned  · Vertical

Boren GU #6 (API 42-215-32381) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed March 28, 1997 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in April 1, 1999.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 3, 1997, permitted to 14,240 ft.

It was permitted by Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Sullivan Sand, K-1 Sand, L Sand, 0 Sand.

Its lease has reported 308 barrels of oil and 4.94K mcf of gas since March 1997, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation; 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 Mar 1999
Latest permitCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationJan 3, 1997

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

14,240
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jan 3, 1997
last permit issued
Mar 28, 1997
completed
308
cumulative oil, bbl
4.94K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 1997 THROUGH Mar 1999

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 28, 1997
Shut in
Apr 1, 1999
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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Boren GU G-4-164785Texan Gardens, N. (Vicks S.)Merit Energy Company13084.94KMar 1997 – Mar 1999

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. 1Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationMar 1997 → Mar 1999

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
456941-99DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationJan 3, 1997Jan 3, 1997Feb 1, 199717,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Mar 28, 1997Boren GU G-4-164785Texan Gardens N. (Vicks S.)Merit Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Apr 1, 199914,240

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 289 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Sullivan Sand5,424-5,135
K-1 Sand8,606-8,317
L Sand9,405-9,116
0 Sand9,908-9,619
S Sand11,242-10,953

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
11,94012,473Perforated
12,52712,898Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
2040——
13.3752,00017.51,305 S
9.6258,60012.25840 S
4.514,2396.51,705 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 29, 1997Oct 1, 1997Yes
00Oct 14, 1997——

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 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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