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Coates A #32

Shut in

Hidalgo County · Jeffress E. (Vicksburg O\p) field · Producing  · Vertical

Coates A #32 (API 42-215-32762) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed June 4, 2000 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in August 1, 2026.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued April 18, 2000, permitted to 11,000 ft.

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

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Sullivan Sand, Sullivan Sd, Heard Sand, Heard Sd..

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

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Jan 2026
Latest permitCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationApr 18, 2000

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

11,000
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Apr 18, 2000
last permit issued
Jun 4, 2000
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.46M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 2000 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 4, 2000
Shut in
Aug 1, 2026
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
Coates "A" G-4-178021Jeffress, E. (Vicksburg O\p)Merit Energy Company101.46MMay 2000 – Jul 2026
Coates "A" G-4-178022Jeffress, E. (Vicksburg L)Merit Energy Company100May 2000 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 485 · prior 12 1,142(-58%)

0200400600202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationMay 2000 → 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, LLCFeb 2014 → Nov 2017
  6. 6Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Jan 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
494197-98DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationJun 30, 2000Apr 18, 2000Apr 22, 200011,000
494197-99DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationApr 18, 2000Apr 18, 2000—11,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jun 4, 2000Coates A G-4-178021Jeffress E. (Vicksburg O\p)Merit Energy CompanyProducing · shut in Aug 1, 202611,000
May 14, 2000Coates A G-4-178022Jeffress E. (Vicksburg L)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200011,000

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 283 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Sullivan Sand5,022-4,739
Sullivan SD5,022-4,739
Heard Sand6,742-6,459
Heard Sd.6,742-6,459
K-1 SD7,808-7,525
VicksburgVICKSBURG L SD8,595-8,312
VicksburgVICKSBURG L SD.8,595-8,312
VicksburgVICKSBURG O SD9,172-8,889
VicksburgVICKSBURG O SD.9,172-8,889

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,5988,714Perforated
9,1869,340Perforated
9,3849,500Perforated
9,5589,640Perforated
9,6889,808Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.752,00014.751,030 S
7.6257,7009.875580 S
4.511,0006.5395 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
00Nov 11, 2000Jul 3, 2000Yes
00Nov 4, 2000Sep 6, 2000—
00Oct 31, 2000Sep 6, 2000—
00Aug 10, 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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