TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · API 42-215-32801 · DISTRICT 04

Jeffress J. D. #31

Shut in

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

Jeffress J. D. #31 (API 42-215-32801) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed April 11, 2001 and listed as swr-10-well on the RRC schedule, shut in August 1, 2018.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued September 6, 2000, permitted to 11,200 ft.

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

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including T, Lo T.

Its 2 leases have reported 8.31K barrels of oil and 1.1M mcf of gas since April 2001, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

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 Mar 2019
Latest permitCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationSep 6, 2000

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

11,200
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Sep 6, 2000
last permit issued
Apr 11, 2001
completed
8.31K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.1M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 2001 THROUGH Mar 2019

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Apr 11, 2001
Shut in
Aug 1, 2018
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
Jeffress, J. D. G-4-182813Jeffress, N (Vksbg, LO)Merit Energy Company18.31K1.1MApr 2001 – Mar 2019
Jeffress, J. D. G-4-183769Jeffress (Vicksburg T)Merit Energy Company100Apr 2001 – —

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 CorporationApr 2001 → 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 → Mar 2019

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
499273-98DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationSep 15, 2000Sep 6, 2000Mar 15, 200112,200
499273-99DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationSep 6, 2000Sep 6, 2000—12,200

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Apr 11, 2001Jeffress J. D. G-4-183769Jeffress (Vicksburg T)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Apr 1, 200111,200
Apr 11, 2001Jeffress J. D. G-4-182813Jeffress N (Vksbg LO)Merit Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Aug 1, 201811,200

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 318 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
T9,622-9,304
LO T10,765-10,447

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,6229,697Perforated
10,76510,820Perforated
10,86410,869Perforated
10,89210,907Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,52017.51,030 S
9.6256,39712.25875 S
4.511,2008.51,100 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
00Sep 10, 2001Jul 25, 2001—
00Aug 14, 2001——
00Aug 6, 2001Jun 7, 2001Yes
00Jun 13, 2001——

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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