TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · BOSTON TEXAS LAND & TRUST LEASE · API 42-215-34122 · DISTRICT 04
Boston Texas Land & Trust #79
Hidalgo County · Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.) field · Temp Abandoned · Directional
Boston Texas Land & Trust #79 (API 42-215-34122) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed March 27, 2020 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in March 1, 2022.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 6, 2014, permitted to 12,895 ft.
It was permitted by Oxy USA Inc. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Catahoula, Vicksburg, Jackson, Miocene (undifferentiated).
Its lease has reported 20.7K barrels of oil and 1.67M mcf of gas since June 2014, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by OXY USA Inc.; 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 Feb 2022 |
| Latest permit | OXY USA Inc.Mar 6, 2014 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,895
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 6, 2014
- last permit issued
- Mar 27, 2020
- completed
- 20.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.67M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2014 THROUGH Feb 2022
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 27, 2020
- Shut in
- Mar 1, 2022
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Texas Land & Trust G-4-272981 | Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 20.7K | 1.67M | Jun 2014 – Feb 2022 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Boston Texas Land & Trust
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.
- 1OXY USA Inc.Jun 2014 → Apr 2017
- 2Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Feb 2022
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 779531-99 | Drill | OXY USA Inc. | Feb 11, 2014 | Mar 6, 2014 | Apr 29, 2014 | 14,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2020 | Boston Texas Land & Trust G-4-272981 | Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.) | Merit Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Mar 1, 2022 | 12,895 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 329 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| CatahoulaCATAHOULA-FRIO - INJECTION/DISPO | 4,880 | -4,551 |
| VicksburgVICKSBURG - INJECTION/DISPOSAL; | 7,465 | -7,136 |
| CatahoulaCATAHOULA-ANAHUAC - INJECTION/DI | — | — |
| Jackson | — | — |
| Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE-LAGARTO-OAKVILLE - INJEC | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,554 | 10,716 | Perforated |
| 11,985 | 12,839 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 2,140 | 12.25 | 773 S |
| 7 | 7,956 | 8.75 | 745 S |
| 3.5 | 13,264 | 6.125 | 788 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 19, 2020 | Apr 3, 2020 | — |
| 00 | Apr 10, 2019 | Mar 29, 2019 | — |
| 00 | Aug 12, 2014 | Jul 1, 2014 | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Sep 23, 2014. 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 POROSITYSpans Vicksburg | TIFF | 7,956 to 13,190 | Sep 23, 2014run May 18, 2014 | 3.78 |
"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 42-215-34122 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-215-34122 → 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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