TEXAS · WELLS · HUTCHINSON COUNTY · MERCHANTS ET AL LEASE · API 42-233-31438 · DISTRICT 08
Merchants et Al #3
Hutchinson County · Panhandle Hutchinson County Fld. field · Vertical
Merchants ET AL #3 (API 42-233-31438) is a plugged well in Hutchinson County, plugged June 16, 2005, last operated by Energy 2000 Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 21, 1982, permitted to 3,400 ft.
It was permitted by Edwards, W. R. JR. and has since transferred to Energy 2000 Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 6.65K barrels of oil and 87.8K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Edwards, W. R. Jr.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Reno, NV
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 9, 2004
- Permits on file
- 3
- Phone
- (888) 801-2613
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Energy 2000 Inc. |
| Production reports | Energy 2000, Inc.through Sep 2002 |
| Latest permit | Edwards, W. R. Jr.May 21, 1982 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,400
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 21, 1982
- last permit issued
- Jun 15, 1982
- completed
- 6.65K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 87.8K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Sep 2002
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 15, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 16, 2005
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; they carry 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchants et Al O-14-4670 | Panhandle Hutchinson County Fld. | Energy 2000, Inc. | 5 | 6.65K | 87.8K | Jan 1993 – Sep 2002 |
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.
- 1C & W ProducingJan 1993 → Jun 1997
- 2Karlin, Mike et AlSep 1997 → Sep 2002
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161550-99 | Drill | Edwards, W. R. Jr. | May 21, 1982 | May 21, 1982 | — | 3,400 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1982 | Merchants et Al O-14-4670 | Panhandle Hutchinson County Fld. | Energy 2000 Inc. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,907 | 3,115 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,053 | 12.25 | 525 S |
| 2.375 | 3,140 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 3,267 | 7.875 | 150 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 23, 1982 | — |
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 42-233-31438 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-233-31438 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here 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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