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Coates A #21

Shut in

Hidalgo County · Jeffress E. (Vicksburg L) field · SWR-10-Well  · Vertical

Coates A #21 (API 42-215-32662) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed September 17, 2000 and listed as swr-10-well on the RRC schedule, shut in October 1, 2019.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1999 and 2000, permitted to 12,900 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, Sullivan Sand, J1, J-1 Sand.

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

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
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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Sep 2019
Latest permitCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationNov 2, 2000

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

12,900
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Nov 2, 2000
last permit issued
Sep 17, 2000
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.51M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 1999 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Sep 17, 2000
Shut in
Oct 1, 2019
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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Coates "A" G-4-175498Jeffress, E. (Vicksburg T)Merit Energy Company101.51MAug 1999 – Jul 2026
Coates "A" G-4-179645Jeffress, E. (Vicksburg S)Merit Energy Company100Sep 2000 – Jul 2026
Coates "A" G-4-179646Jeffress, E. (Vicksburg L)Merit Energy Company100Sep 2000 – Jul 2026

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 CorporationAug 1999 → Jun 2001
  2. 2El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jul 2001 → Jul 2006
  3. 3El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Jul 2012
  4. 4EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.Aug 2012 → Oct 2013
  5. 5Cantera Operating, LLCOct 2015 → Nov 2017
  6. 6Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Sep 2019

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
501520-99RecompletionCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationNov 2, 2000Nov 2, 2000Aug 13, 200012,900
485765-99DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationJul 12, 1999Jul 12, 1999Jul 16, 199914,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Sep 29, 2004Coates A G-4-175498Jeffress E. (Vicksburg T)Merit Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Oct 1, 201912,900
Sep 17, 2000Coates A G-4-179646Jeffress E. (Vicksburg L)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200012,900
Sep 17, 2000Coates A G-4-179645Jeffress E. (Vicksburg S)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200012,900

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 281 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Sullivan5,118-4,837
Sullivan Sand5,118-4,837
J17,189-6,908
J-1 Sand7,189-6,908
K18,184-7,903
K-1 Sand8,184-7,903
L9,004-8,723
L Sand9,004-8,723
T11,848-11,567
T Sand11,848-11,567

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,0089,060Perforated
9,0089,110Perforated
9,0089,798Perforated
9,0729,110Perforated
9,7349,740Perforated
9,7349,858Perforated
9,7579,798Perforated
9,8119,858Perforated
11,83611,987Perforated
11,86311,987Perforated
11,86312,103Perforated
11,86312,398Perforated
12,02012,103Perforated
12,14012,262Perforated
12,30612,398Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3752,00017.51,310 S
9.6258,00012.25800 S
4.512,9006.5355 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 28, 2005Oct 25, 2004—
00Jan 23, 2001Nov 9, 2000—
00Nov 28, 2000——
00Apr 21, 2000Mar 1, 2000—
00Feb 18, 2000Nov 2, 1999Yes
00Feb 1, 2000——

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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