TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · BELL LEASE · API 42-215-33174 · DISTRICT 04
Bell #3
Hidalgo County · Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.) field · Producing · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 4
- Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.) · Jeffress, NE. (Cons. U\v) · Jeffress, NE. (T, Lo.-Fb,a) · Jeffress, NE. (Vicksburg T)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Bell #3 (API 42-215-33174) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed February 28, 2004 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued January 12, 2004, permitted to 14,376 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 Vicksburg.
Its lease has reported 58K barrels of oil and 1.4M mcf of gas since February 2004, last reporting volume in August 2026.
Operator of record
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 schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Aug 2026 |
| Latest permit | El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jan 12, 2004 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 14,376
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jan 12, 2004
- last permit issued
- Feb 28, 2004
- completed
- 58K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.4M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · FEB 2004 THROUGH AUG 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 28, 2004
- 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell G-4-200532 | Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 58K | 1.4M | Feb 2004 – Aug 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 13,651 · prior 12 13,937(-2%)
Wells named Bell
Merit Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Hidalgo County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Feb 2004 → Mar 2006
- 2Smith Production Inc.Apr 2006 → Aug 2009
- 3Sheridan Production Company, LLCSep 2009 → Dec 2013
- 4OXY USA Inc.Jan 2014 → Apr 2017
- 5Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 540577-98 | Drill | El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co. | Mar 23, 2004 | Jan 12, 2004 | Jan 18, 2004 | 15,800 |
| 540577-99 | Drill | El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co. | Jan 9, 2004 | Jan 12, 2004 | — | 15,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2004 | Bell G-4-200532 | Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.) | Merit Energy Company | Producing | 14,376 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 336 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 12,264 | 12,286 | Perforated |
| 12,318 | 12,464 | Perforated |
| 12,760 | 12,824 | Perforated |
| 13,600 | 13,642 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 2,020 | 17.5 | 1,560 S |
| 9.625 | 7,900 | 12.25 | 950 S |
| 4.5 | 14,376 | 8.5 | 2,298 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 →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | May 7, 2004 | Mar 29, 2004 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 26, 2004 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Mar 19, 2007. Density, Neutron, Resistivity. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combination: Resistivity/Neutron Density PorositySLIMXTREME ARRAY INDUCTION HOSTILE LITHO-DENSITY SLIMXTREME COMPENSATED NEUTRONSpans Vicksburg | TIFF | 7,914 to 14,370 | Mar 19, 2007run Feb 16, 2004 | — |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-215-33174 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-215-33174 → 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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