TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · COATES "E" GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-215-32436 · DISTRICT 04
Coates E Gas Unit #3
Hidalgo County · Jeffress NE. (T Lo.-FB A) field · Producing · Vertical
Coates E Gas Unit #3 (API 42-215-32436) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed August 1, 1997 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued June 6, 1997, permitted to 12,340 ft.
It was permitted by Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Sullivan Sand, K-1 Sand, S Sand.
Its lease has reported 13.9K barrels of oil and 826K mcf of gas since August 1997, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
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 schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Jul 2023 |
| Latest permit | Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationJun 6, 1997 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,340
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jun 6, 1997
- last permit issued
- Aug 1, 1997
- completed
- 13.9K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 826K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 1997 THROUGH Jul 2023
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 1, 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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coates "E" Gas Unit G-4-164454 | Jeffress, NE. (T, Lo.-Fb,a) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 13.9K | 826K | Aug 1997 – Jul 2023 |
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.
- 1Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationAug 1997 → Jun 2001
- 2El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jul 2001 → Jul 2006
- 3El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Jul 2012
- 4EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.Aug 2012 → Oct 2013
- 5Cantera Operating, LLCNov 2013 → Nov 2017
- 6Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Dec 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 463424-98 | Drill | Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation | Sep 9, 1999 | Jun 6, 1997 | — | 12,340 |
| 463424-99 | Drill | Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation | Jun 6, 1997 | Jun 6, 1997 | Jun 19, 1997 | 15,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 1997 | Coates E Gas Unit G-4-164454 | Jeffress NE. (T Lo.-FB A) | Merit Energy Company | Producing | 12,340 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 304 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Sullivan Sand | 5,280 | -4,976 |
| K-1 Sand | 8,388 | -8,084 |
| S Sand | 10,728 | -10,424 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,938 | 12,089 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 2,000 | 17.5 | 1,235 S |
| 9.625 | 8,240 | 12.25 | 465 S |
| 4.5 | 12,340 | 8.5 | 1,040 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 →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Oct 6, 1997 | Sep 25, 1997 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 30, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-215-32436 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-215-32436 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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