TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · API 42-215-32516 · DISTRICT 04
R & R Royalty #1
Hidalgo County · Texan Gardens N. (VKS-S1) field · Producing · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 4
- Texan Gardens, N. (Vicks S.) · Texan Gardens, N. (VKS-S1) · Texan Gardens, N. (Vksbg. T) · Texan Gardens, N. (Vksbg. U)
- 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.
R & R Royalty #1 (API 42-215-32516) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed May 10, 1998 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued February 18, 1998, permitted to 15,968 ft.
It was permitted by Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 12 formation tops, including Sullivan Sand, Sullivan Sd., J-1 Sand, J-1 Sd..
Its 3 leases have reported 42.8K barrels of oil and 2.37M mcf of gas since May 1998, last reporting volume in August 2026. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
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 Aug 2026 |
| Latest permit | Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationFeb 18, 1998 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 15,968
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Feb 18, 1998
- last permit issued
- May 10, 1998
- completed
- 42.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.37M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · MAY 1998 THROUGH AUG 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 10, 1998
- 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026
Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R & R Royalty G-4-170599 | Texan Gardens, N. (VKS-S1) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 42.8K | 2.37M | May 1998 – Aug 2026 |
| R & R Royalty G-4-170633 | Texan Gardens, N. (Vksbg. U) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | May 1998 – — |
| R & R Royalty G-4-170635 | Texan Gardens, N. (Vksbg. T) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | May 1998 – — |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 20,911 · prior 12 18,369(+14%)
Wells named R & R Royalty
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.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationMay 1998 → 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 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 473494-98 | Drill | Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation | Aug 21, 1998 | Feb 18, 1998 | Feb 21, 1998 | 15,968 |
| 473494-99 | Drill | Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation | Feb 18, 1998 | Feb 18, 1998 | — | 17,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1998 | R & R Royalty G-4-170635 | Texan Gardens N. (Vksbg. T) | Merit Energy Company | SWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 2000 | 15,968 |
| May 10, 1998 | R & R Royalty G-4-170633 | Texan Gardens N. (Vksbg. U) | Merit Energy Company | SWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 2000 | 15,968 |
| May 10, 1998 | R & R Royalty G-4-170599 | Texan Gardens N. (VKS-S1) | Merit Energy Company | Producing | 15,968 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 256 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Sullivan Sand | 5,490 | -5,234 |
| Sullivan Sd. | 5,490 | -5,234 |
| J-1 Sand | 7,842 | -7,586 |
| J-1 Sd. | 7,842 | -7,586 |
| K-1 Sand | 8,750 | -8,494 |
| K-1 Sd. | 8,750 | -8,494 |
| 0 Sd. | 10,030 | -9,774 |
| O Sand | 10,030 | -9,774 |
| T Sand | 13,164 | -12,908 |
| T Sd. | 13,164 | -12,908 |
| U Sand | 15,170 | -14,914 |
| U Sd. | 15,170 | -14,914 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 12,365 | 12,697 | Perforated |
| 13,249 | 13,754 | Perforated |
| 15,188 | 15,208 | Perforated |
| 15,424 | 15,444 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 50 | — | — |
| 13.375 | 2,023 | 17.5 | 1,355 S |
| 9.625 | 8,595 | 12.25 | 750 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 | Dec 28, 1998 | Oct 22, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 11, 1998 | Oct 22, 1998 | — |
| 00 | Nov 9, 1998 | — | — |
| 00 | Nov 6, 1998 | — | — |
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 42-215-32516 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-215-32516 → 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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