TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · API 42-215-32562 · DISTRICT 04

Flores R. #4

Shut in

Hidalgo County · Texan Gardens N. (VKS-S1) field · Producing  · Vertical

Flores R. #4 (API 42-215-32562) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed November 6, 2006 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in March 1, 2007.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 23, 1998, permitted to 15,000 ft.

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

Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including Sullivan Sd, Sullivan Sd., J-1 Sand, J-1 Sd.

Its 2 leases have reported 72.3K barrels of oil and 1.45M mcf of gas since September 1998, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

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 Jun 2010
Latest permitCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationJun 23, 1998

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

15,000
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jun 23, 1998
last permit issued
Nov 6, 2006
completed
72.3K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.45M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 1998 THROUGH Jun 2010

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Nov 6, 2006
Shut in
Mar 1, 2007
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Flores, R. G-4-172768Texan Gardens, N. (VKS-S1)Merit Energy Company157.9K1.03MApr 1999 – Jun 2010
Flores, R. G-4-170861Texan Gardens, N. (Vksbg. T)Merit Energy Company114.3K420KSep 1998 – 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 CorporationSep 1998 → Jun 2001
  2. 2El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jul 2001 → Jul 2006
  3. 3El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Jun 2010

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
477360-99DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationJun 23, 1998Jun 23, 1998Jul 25, 199817,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Nov 6, 2006Flores R. G-4-172768Texan Gardens N. (VKS-S1)Merit Energy CompanyProducing · shut in Mar 1, 200715,000
Sep 13, 1998Flores R. G-4-170861Texan Gardens N. (Vksbg. T)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200015,000

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 265 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Sullivan SD5,450-5,185
Sullivan Sd.5,450-5,185
J-1 Sand7,626-7,361
J-1 SD7,626-7,361
K-1 Sand8,560-8,295
K-1 SD8,560-8,295
O Sand9,830-9,565
O SD9,830-9,565
T Sand13,522-13,257
T-SD13,522-13,257

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
11,54811,646Perforated
11,56011,646Perforated
12,42612,508Perforated
13,53013,886Perforated
13,95414,353Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
2050——
13.3752,00017.51,255 S
9.6258,39612.251,175 S
4.514,8868.51,650 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
00Jun 17, 2008Mar 26, 2008—
00Apr 10, 2007Dec 22, 2006—
00May 27, 1999May 4, 1999Yes
00May 11, 1999——
00Dec 10, 1998Oct 30, 1998Yes
00Dec 2, 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.

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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