TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · API 42-215-33600 · DISTRICT 04
Van Scherpe Gas Unit B #14
Hidalgo County · Jeffress (Vicksburg V) field · Producing · Vertical
Van Scherpe Gas Unit B #14 (API 42-215-33600) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed March 24, 2007 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued February 23, 2007, permitted to 12,420 ft.
It was permitted by El Paso E & P Company, L. P. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Vicksburg.
Its 2 leases have reported 82.8K barrels of oil and 2.17M mcf of gas since March 2007, last reporting volume in April 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
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
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Feb 23, 2007 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,420
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Feb 23, 2007
- last permit issued
- Mar 24, 2007
- completed
- 82.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.17M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 2007 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 24, 2007
- 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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Scherpe Gas Unit "B" G-4-226391 | Jeffress (Vicksburg V) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 82.8K | 2.17M | Mar 2007 – Apr 2026 |
| Van Scherpe Gas Unit "B" G-4-226393 | Jeffress (Vicksburg U) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | Mar 2007 – — |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 29,230 · prior 12 34,947(-16%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Mar 2007 → Jul 2012
- 2EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.Aug 2012 → Oct 2013
- 3Cantera Operating, LLCNov 2013 → Nov 2017
- 4Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 633425-98 | Drill | El Paso E & P Company, L. P. | Mar 8, 2007 | Feb 23, 2007 | Mar 1, 2007 | 17,000 |
| 633425-99 | Drill | El Paso E & P Company, L. P. | Feb 13, 2007 | Feb 23, 2007 | — | 17,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2007 | Van Scherpe Gas Unit B G-4-226393 | Jeffress (Vicksburg U) | Merit Energy Company | Not Eligible for Allowable · shut in Mar 1, 2007 | 12,420 |
| Mar 24, 2007 | Van Scherpe Gas Unit B G-4-226391 | Jeffress (Vicksburg V) | Merit Energy Company | Producing | 12,420 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 276 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,363 | 11,490 | Perforated |
| 11,790 | 11,962 | Perforated |
| 12,026 | 12,055 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 950 | 14.75 | 680 S |
| 7.625 | 5,785 | 9.625 | 200 S |
| 4.5 | 12,420 | 6.25 | 600 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 18, 2007 | Apr 24, 2007 | Yes |
| 00 | May 1, 2007 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Apr 5, 2010. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESISTIVITYSpans Vicksburg | TIFF | 5,782 to 12,431 | Apr 5, 2010run Mar 12, 2007 | 1.37 |
"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 42-215-33600 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-215-33600 → 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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