TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · TURNER, EVELYN LEASE · API 42-215-32997 · DISTRICT 04

Turner Evelyn #7

Shut in

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

Turner Evelyn #7 (API 42-215-32997) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed October 29, 2002 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in February 1, 2007.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 20, 2002, permitted to 18,655 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 one formation top, including Lo T.

Its lease has reported 3.7K barrels of oil and 2.09M mcf of gas since October 2002, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

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

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Jan 2007
Latest permitEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jun 20, 2002

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

18,655
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jun 20, 2002
last permit issued
Oct 29, 2002
completed
3.7K
cumulative oil, bbl
2.09M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 2002 THROUGH Jan 2007

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 29, 2002
Shut in
Feb 1, 2007
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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Turner, Evelyn G-4-193949Monte Christo, N(vicksburg T LO)Merit Energy Company13.7K2.09MOct 2002 – Jan 2007

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. 1El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Nov 2002 → Jul 2006
  2. 2El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Jan 2007

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
521231-99DrillEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jun 20, 2002Jun 20, 2002Aug 9, 200220,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Oct 29, 2002Turner Evelyn G-4-193949Monte Christo N(vicksburg T LO)Merit Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Feb 1, 200718,655

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 116 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
LO T16,828-16,712

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
16,82817,018Perforated
17,04417,110Perforated
18,38418,438Perforated
18,56618,593Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3753,00717.52,890 S
9.62512,27012.251,693 S
518,6558.52,575 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
00May 15, 2003Apr 1, 2003Yes
00Apr 25, 2003——

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

Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.

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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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