TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · ADAME GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-215-32565 · DISTRICT 04

Adame Gas Unit #3

Shut in

Hidalgo County · Jeffress NE. (T Lo.-FB A) field · Temp Abandoned  · Vertical

Adame Gas Unit #3 (API 42-215-32565) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed October 20, 2006 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in November 1, 2009.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 14, 1998, permitted to 14,375 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, O Sand, T Sand.

Its lease has reported 4.95K barrels of oil and 278K mcf of gas since September 1998, 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 Sep 2019
Latest permitCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationJul 14, 1998

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

14,375
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jul 14, 1998
last permit issued
Oct 20, 2006
completed
4.95K
cumulative oil, bbl
278K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 1998 THROUGH Sep 2019

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 20, 2006
Shut in
Nov 1, 2009
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
Adame Gas Unit G-4-170940Jeffress, NE. (T, Lo.-Fb,a)Merit Energy Company14.95K278KSep 1998 – Sep 2019

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 → Oct 2009
  4. 4EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.Aug 2012 → Aug 2012
  5. 5Merit Energy CompanyJul 2019 → Sep 2019

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
477890-99DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationJul 14, 1998Jul 14, 1998Jul 26, 199814,800

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Oct 20, 2006Adame Gas Unit G-4-170940Jeffress NE. (T Lo.-FB A)Merit Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Nov 1, 200914,375

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 306 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Sullivan Sand5,230-4,924
K-1 Sand8,210-7,904
O Sand9,240-8,934
T Sand11,466-11,160
U Sand13,496-13,190

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
12,28612,300Perforated
12,28612,324Perforated
12,30012,324Perforated
12,33612,375Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
2050——
13.3752,01017.51,355 S
9.6258,07512.25820 S
4.514,3626.5630 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
00Apr 4, 2007Oct 25, 2006—
00Dec 22, 1998Dec 1, 1998Yes
00Dec 8, 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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