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Jeffress J. D. #26

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Hidalgo County · Jeffress (Vicksburg T) field · SWR-10-Well  · Vertical

Jeffress J. D. #26 (API 42-215-32773) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed July 20, 2000 and listed as swr-10-well on the RRC schedule, shut in May 1, 2022.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 2000 and 2004, permitted to 12,450 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 8 formation tops, including Vicksburg, Vks 0, Vks O, Vks P.

Its 5 leases have reported 18.9K barrels of oil and 1.3M mcf of gas since July 2000, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

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 2022
Latest permitEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Mar 24, 2004

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

12,450
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Mar 24, 2004
last permit issued
Jul 20, 2000
completed
18.9K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.3M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 2000 THROUGH Apr 2022

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jul 20, 2000
Shut in
May 1, 2022
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
Jeffress, J. D. G-4-178494Jeffress, N (Vksbg, LO)Merit Energy Company116.9K1.12MJul 2000 – Apr 2022
Jeffress, J. D. G-4-178424Jeffress (Vicksburg T)Merit Energy Company11.94K174KJul 2000 – Apr 2001
Jeffress, J. D. G-4-179057Jeffress (Vicksburg P)Merit Energy Company100Aug 2000 – —
Jeffress, J. D. G-4-179059Jeffress (Vicksburg O)Merit Energy Company100Aug 2000 – —
Jeffress, J. D. G-4-179616Jeffress (Vicksburg Q)Merit Energy Company100Aug 2000 – —

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 CorporationJul 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, LLCNov 2013 → Nov 2017
  6. 6Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Apr 2022

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
543592-99RecompletionEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Mar 23, 2004Mar 24, 2004—12,386
495403-98DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationOct 12, 2000May 24, 2000—13,500
495403-99DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationMay 24, 2000May 24, 2000May 30, 200013,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jul 20, 2000Jeffress J. D. G-4-178424Jeffress (Vicksburg T)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Apr 1, 200112,450
Aug 13, 1900Jeffress J. D. G-4-179616Jeffress (Vicksburg Q)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200012,450
Aug 13, 1900Jeffress J. D. G-4-179059Jeffress (Vicksburg O)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200012,450
Aug 13, 1900Jeffress J. D. G-4-179057Jeffress (Vicksburg P)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200012,450
Aug 13, 1900Jeffress J. D. G-4-178494Jeffress N (Vksbg LO)Merit Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in May 1, 202212,450

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 307 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
VicksburgVICKSBURG O7,233-6,926
VKS 07,233-6,926
VKS O7,233-6,926
VicksburgVICKSBURG P7,929-7,622
VKS P7,929-7,622
VicksburgVICKSBURG R8,494-8,187
VKS R8,494-8,187
VicksburgVICKSBURG T9,679-9,372
VKS T9,679-9,372
VicksburgVICKSBURG LO T10,594-10,287
VKS Lo. T10,594-10,287
VicksburgVICKSBURG U11,685-11,378
VKS U11,685-11,378
VicksburgVICKSBURG LO T——
VicksburgVICKSBURG O——
VicksburgVICKSBURG P——
VicksburgVICKSBURG R——
VicksburgVICKSBURG T——
VicksburgVICKSBURG U——

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,2347,293Perforated
7,9328,073Perforated
8,4988,523Perforated
9,6829,750Perforated
9,68210,218Perforated
10,19310,197Perforated
10,21210,218Perforated
10,60810,664Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,49717.51,035 S
9.6256,20012.25905 S
4.512,4506.5585 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
00Dec 27, 2000Oct 20, 2000—
00Nov 27, 2000——
00Nov 14, 2000Aug 28, 2000—
00Nov 11, 2000Sep 11, 2000—
00Oct 18, 2000——
00Oct 17, 2000Aug 28, 2000Yes
00Sep 13, 2000——
00Sep 11, 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 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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