TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · TURNER, EVELYN LEASE · API 42-215-32919 · DISTRICT 04

Turner Evelyn #3

Shut in

Hidalgo County · Monte Christo N(vicksburg T LO) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical

Turner Evelyn #3 (API 42-215-32919) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed October 12, 2006 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in June 1, 2011.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 2001 and 2005, permitted to 18,784 ft.

It was permitted by El Paso E & P Company, L. P. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 36.7K barrels of oil and 7.89M mcf of gas since November 2001, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by El Paso E & P Company, L. P.; 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 schedule	Merit Energy Company
Production reports	Merit Energy Companythrough Jan 2014
Latest permit	El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Nov 18, 2005

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

18,784: total depth, ft
3: permits on file
Nov 18, 2005: last permit issued
Oct 12, 2006: completed
36.7K: cumulative oil, bbl
7.89M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2001 THROUGH Jan 2014

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: Oct 12, 2006
Shut in: Jun 1, 2011
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 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
Turner, Evelyn G-4-188856	Monte Christo, N(vicksburg T LO)	Merit Energy Company	1	36.7K	7.89M	Nov 2001 – Jan 2014

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.

1El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Dec 2001 → May 2006
2El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Aug 2011
3Cantera Operating, LLCJan 2014 → Jan 2014

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
609606-98	Recompletion	El Paso E & P Company, L. P.	Apr 18, 2007	Nov 18, 2005	Feb 17, 2006	20,500
609606-99	Recompletion	El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.	Nov 16, 2005	Nov 18, 2005	—	20,500
511544-99	Drill	El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.	Jul 17, 2001	Jul 17, 2001	Aug 7, 2001	20,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Oct 12, 2006	Turner Evelyn G-4-188856	Monte Christo N(vicksburg T LO)	Merit Energy Company	Temp Abandoned · shut in Jun 1, 2011	18,784
Oct 12, 2006	Turner Evelyn G-4-188856	Monte Christo N(vicksburg T LO)	Merit Energy Company	Temp Abandoned · shut in Jun 1, 2011	18,784

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
16,480	16,600	Perforated
16,486	16,582	Perforated
16,486	16,768	Perforated
16,586	16,680	Perforated
16,630	16,690	Perforated
16,684	16,690	Perforated
16,737	16,768	Perforated
17,318	17,362	Perforated
17,318	17,602	Perforated
17,426	17,452	Perforated
17,484	17,602	Perforated
18,082	18,124	Perforated
18,402	18,518	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	3,005	17.5	2,335 S
9.625	12,650	12.25	2,140 S
5	18,784	8.5	1,365 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 →

RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Oct 18, 2007	May 30, 2007	—
Jan 26, 2006	Aug 18, 2005	—
Jun 3, 2003	Apr 21, 2003	—
Jul 8, 2002	May 16, 2002	Yes
Jun 6, 2002	—	—

Well logs

The RRC's map lists this well among those with logs online. Its monthly inventories loaded here, which start in July 2006, list none for it, so none are itemized.

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The source documents

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Wellbore filings for 42-215-32919 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-215-32919 → scanned completion filings

The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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