TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · BRIGHT & SCHIFF HAMMAN GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-215-32701 · DISTRICT 04
Bright & Schiff Hamman Gas Unit #17
Hidalgo County · Monte Christo (VX-Eckart-EE CNS) field · Producing · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Monte Christo (Vksbg-Eckart) · Monte Christo (Vksbg EE)
- 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.
Bright & Schiff Hamman Gas Unit #17 (API 42-215-32701) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed December 13, 1999 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in June 1, 2004.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued November 2, 1999, permitted to 9,927 ft.
It was permitted by Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Frio, Vx Bb, Vx Ee.
Its lease has reported 578K mcf of gas since December 1999, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
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 Jul 2009 |
| Latest permit | Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationNov 2, 1999 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,927
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Nov 2, 1999
- last permit issued
- Dec 13, 1999
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 578K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · DEC 1999 THROUGH JUL 2009
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 13, 1999
- Shut in
- Jun 1, 2004
- 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 lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright & Schiff Hamman Gas Unit G-4-175546 | Monte Christo (VX-Eckart-EE CNS) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 578K | Dec 1999 – Jul 2009 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Bright & Schiff Hamman Gas Unit
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 CorporationDec 1999 → Jun 2001
- 2El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jul 2001 → Jul 2006
- 3El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Jul 2009
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 489048-98 | Drill | Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation | Jan 24, 2000 | Nov 2, 1999 | Nov 10, 1999 | 11,000 |
| 489048-99 | Drill | Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation | Nov 2, 1999 | Nov 2, 1999 | — | 11,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 1999 | Bright & Schiff Hamman Gas Unit G-4-175546 | Monte Christo (VX-Eckart-EE CNS) | Merit Energy Company | Producing · shut in Jun 1, 2004 | 9,927 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 193 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,435 | 9,557 | Perforated |
| 9,594 | 9,633 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,700 | 11 | 540 S |
| 4.5 | 9,870 | 7.875 | 920 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 | Feb 23, 2000 | Jan 19, 2000 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 3, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-215-32701 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-215-32701 → 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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