TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · BEAURLINE, A. W. LEASE · API 42-215-32422 · DISTRICT 04

Beaurline A. W. #22

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Hidalgo County · McAllen Ranch (Vicksburg S E.) field · Producing  · Vertical

Beaurline A. W. #22 (API 42-215-32422) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed August 11, 1997 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued May 13, 1997, permitted to 13,117 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 2 formation tops, including Vx S, Vx U, V.

Its lease has reported 221K barrels of oil and 2.74M mcf of gas since August 1997, 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

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 13, 1997

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

13,117
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
May 13, 1997
last permit issued
Aug 11, 1997
completed
221K
cumulative oil, bbl
2.74M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 1997 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Aug 11, 1997
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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Beaurline, A. W. G-4-165269McAllen Ranch (Vicksburg S, E.)Merit Energy Company1221K2.74MAug 1997 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 15,901 · prior 12 10,899(+46%)

01K2K3K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Shell Western E&P Inc.Aug 1997 → Feb 2000
  2. 2Shell Western E&PMar 2000 → Apr 2011
  3. 3OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Jul 2017
  4. 4Merit Energy CompanyAug 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
462341-98DrillShell Western E&P Inc.Aug 6, 1997May 13, 1997Jun 28, 199714,000
462341-99DrillShell Western E&P Inc.May 13, 1997May 13, 1997—14,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Aug 11, 1997Beaurline A. W. G-4-165269McAllen Ranch (Vicksburg S E.)Merit Energy CompanyProducing13,117

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 109 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
VX S11,770-11,661
VX U, V12,462-12,353

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
11,78011,820Perforated
11,87611,918Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3752,43817.51,511 S
9.6258,58912.251,710 S
3.513,0936.51,532 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
00Jan 8, 1998Oct 23, 1997Yes
00Dec 2, 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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