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Hamman Ranch #42

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Hidalgo County · Monte Christo (Vksbg GG) field · Producing  · Vertical

Hamman Ranch #42 (API 42-215-32610) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed December 28, 2005 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 1998 and 2005, permitted to 17,054 ft.

It was permitted by El Paso Production Oil & Gas CO. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Vicksburg.

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.; 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
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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Aug 8, 2005

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

17,054
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Aug 8, 2005
last permit issued
Dec 28, 2005
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.64M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 1999 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 28, 2005
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 5 leases this well is completed on; they carry 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Hamman Ranch G-4-173993Monte Christo (Vksbg MM)Merit Energy Company100Feb 1999 – Jul 2026
Hamman Ranch G-4-173994Monte Christo (Vksbg-Brown)Merit Energy Company100Feb 1999 – Jul 2026
Hamman Ranch G-4-218597Monte Christo (Vksbg GG)Merit Energy Company10661KOct 2005 – Jul 2026
Hamman Ranch G-4-218598Monte Christo (Vksbg HH)Merit Energy Company100Oct 2005 – Jul 2026
Hamman Ranch G-4-172514Monte Christo (Vksbg O-15)El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.10980KFeb 1999 – Oct 2005

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 5,662 · prior 12 5,549(+2%)

05001K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationFeb 1999 → Jun 2001
  2. 2El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jul 2001 → Sep 2005
  3. 3El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Oct 2005 → Jul 2012
  4. 4EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.Aug 2012 → Oct 2013
  5. 5Cantera Operating, LLCNov 2013 → Nov 2017
  6. 6Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
604482-98RecompletionEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Oct 13, 2005Aug 8, 2005Aug 15, 200517,054
604482-99RecompletionEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Aug 5, 2005Aug 8, 2005—17,054
481310-99DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationDec 7, 1998Dec 8, 1998Dec 10, 199818,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Dec 28, 2005Hamman Ranch G-4-218597Monte Christo (Vksbg GG)Merit Energy CompanyProducing17,054
Oct 10, 2005Hamman Ranch G-4-218598Monte Christo (Vksbg HH)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200517,054
Feb 20, 1999Hamman Ranch G-4-173994Monte Christo (Vksbg-Brown)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200017,054
Feb 20, 1999Hamman Ranch G-4-173993Monte Christo (Vksbg MM)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200017,054
Feb 20, 1999Hamman Ranch G-4-172514Monte Christo (Vksbg O-15)El Paso E & P Company L. P.Not on Schedule—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 207 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
VicksburgVICKSBURG EE9,396-9,189
VicksburgVICKSBURG KK12,776-12,569
VicksburgVICKSBURG MM13,028-12,821
VicksburgVICKSBURG NN13,336-13,129
VicksburgVICKSBURG OO13,750-13,543

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
11,41711,438Perforated
11,45411,498Perforated
11,45411,644Perforated
11,50911,644Perforated
13,03013,182Perforated
13,36913,432Perforated
14,22414,378Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
2050——
13.3753,00017.52,000 S
9.62510,50012.251,840 S
4.517,0548.51,670 S
4.571,0548.51,670 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. About these reports →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Mar 5, 2007Jun 22, 2006—
00Jan 12, 2007Apr 10, 2006Yes
00Aug 31, 2006——
00Sep 27, 1999Aug 4, 1999—
00Sep 21, 1999Aug 4, 1999—
00Sep 3, 1999——
00May 3, 1999Apr 15, 1999Yes
00Apr 26, 1999——

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 are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

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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