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Cook-Clemons GU #8

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Hidalgo County · Monte Christo N. (Rincon) field · SWR-10-Well  · Vertical

Cook-Clemons GU #8 (API 42-215-32924) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed December 23, 2001 and listed as swr-10-well on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued August 13, 2001, permitted to 18,300 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 3 formation tops, including Rincon Sd, O Sd, Q Sd.

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

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
Watch this operatorWatch Hidalgo County

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Aug 13, 2001

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

18,300
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Aug 13, 2001
last permit issued
Dec 23, 2001
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
4.29M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 2001 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 23, 2001
Shut in
—
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
Cook-Clemons GU G-4-188960Monte Christo, N. (Vicksburg Q)Merit Energy Company104.29MNov 2001 – Jul 2026
Cook-Clemons GU G-4-188963Monte Christo, N. (Rincon)Merit Energy Company100Dec 2001 – Jul 2026
Cook-Clemons GU G-4-188964Monte Christo, N. (Vicksburg O)Merit Energy Company100Dec 2001 – Jul 2026
Cook-Clemons GU G-4-189349Monte Christo, N(vicksburg T LO)Merit Energy Company100Nov 2001 – Jul 2026
Cook-Clemons GU G-4-189350Monte Christo, N. (Vicksburg T)Merit Energy Company100Nov 2001 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 9,848 · prior 12 16,969(-42%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Nov 2001 → Jul 2006
  2. 2El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Jul 2012
  3. 3EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.Aug 2012 → Oct 2013
  4. 4Cantera Operating, LLCNov 2013 → Nov 2017
  5. 5Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
512524-98DrillEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Aug 21, 2001Aug 13, 2001Aug 21, 200119,500
512524-99DrillEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Aug 13, 2001Aug 13, 2001—19,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Dec 23, 2001Cook-Clemons GU G-4-188963Monte Christo N. (Rincon)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Dec 1, 200118,300
Dec 18, 2001Cook-Clemons GU G-4-188964Monte Christo N. (Vicksburg O)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Dec 1, 200118,300
Nov 23, 2001Cook-Clemons GU G-4-189350Monte Christo N. (Vicksburg T)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Nov 1, 200118,300
Nov 19, 2001Cook-Clemons GU G-4-189349Monte Christo N(vicksburg T LO)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Nov 1, 200118,300
Nov 19, 2001Cook-Clemons GU G-4-188960Monte Christo N. (Vicksburg Q)Merit Energy CompanyProducing18,300

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 203 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Rincon SD11,969-11,766
O SD13,110-12,907
Q SD13,542-13,339

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
11,98212,027Perforated
11,98512,278Perforated
12,03612,054Perforated
12,07612,099Perforated
12,13412,153Perforated
12,17112,194Perforated
12,20712,218Perforated
12,23612,246Perforated
12,26612,278Perforated
12,40012,416Perforated
12,40012,562Perforated
12,42812,453Perforated
12,49012,510Perforated
12,51912,532Perforated
12,54112,562Perforated
12,56512,471Perforated
13,23113,360Perforated
13,54213,723Perforated
15,20515,227Perforated
15,20515,434Perforated
15,23415,239Perforated
15,24615,274Perforated
15,31415,394Perforated
15,81715,822Perforated
15,81716,062Perforated
15,84115,868Perforated
17,28117,290Perforated
17,28117,452Perforated
17,31817,340Perforated
17,35717,367Perforated
17,39017,407Perforated
17,44417,452Perforated
17,68217,688Perforated
17,68217,872Perforated
17,75217,760Perforated
17,77417,783Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3752,99817.51,431 S
9.62510,35012.251,195 S
518,3008.52,140 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
00Aug 26, 2002Mar 11, 2002—
00Aug 22, 2002Mar 11, 2002—
00Aug 13, 2002Mar 11, 2002—
00Aug 9, 2002Mar 11, 2002Yes
00Aug 1, 2002Mar 11, 2002Yes
00Jul 15, 2002——
00Jun 12, 2002——

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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