TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · MCALLEN, A. A. LEASE · API 42-215-34126 · DISTRICT 04
McAllen A. A. #159
Hidalgo County · McAllen Ranch (Vksbg L-V N Cons field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Mcallen A. A. #159 (API 42-215-34126) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed February 13, 2015 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in May 1, 2020.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 26, 2014, permitted to 12,369 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 18.9K barrels of oil and 1.41M mcf of gas since February 2015, with no volume in the three years through August 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 May 2020 |
| Latest permit | OXY USA Inc.Jun 26, 2014 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,369
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 26, 2014
- last permit issued
- Feb 13, 2015
- completed
- 18.9K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.41M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · FEB 2015 THROUGH MAY 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 13, 2015
- Shut in
- May 1, 2020
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAllen, A. A. G-4-275942 | McAllen Ranch (Vksbg L-V, N Cons | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 18.9K | 1.41M | Feb 2015 – May 2020 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named McAllen A. A.
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.Feb 2015 → Jul 2017
- 2Merit Energy CompanyAug 2017 → May 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 787937-99 | Drill | OXY USA Inc. | May 27, 2014 | Jun 26, 2014 | Jan 8, 2015 | 14,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2015 | McAllen A. A. G-4-275942 | McAllen Ranch (Vksbg L-V N Cons | Merit Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in May 1, 2020 | 12,369 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 149 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| CatahoulaCATAHOULA-FRIO - INJECTION/DISPO | 4,725 | -4,576 |
| VicksburgVICKSBURG - INJECTION/DISPOSAL; | 9,302 | -9,153 |
| CatahoulaCATAHOULA-ANAHUAC - INJECTION/DI | — | — |
| Jackson | — | — |
| Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE-LAGARTO-OAKVILLE - INJEC | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,803 | 12,100 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,821 | 12.25 | 679 S |
| 7 | 9,017 | 8.75 | 628 S |
| 3.5 | 12,361 | 6.125 | 382 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 | Mar 10, 2015 | Mar 5, 2015 | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Apr 13, 2015. 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 Catahoula, Vicksburg | TIFF | 9,017 to 12,300 | Apr 13, 2015run Jan 20, 2015 | 2.94 |
"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 42-215-34126 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-215-34126 → 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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