WELL · 42-287-31051 · DISTRICT 3
Mertink Unit #1H
Lee County · Horizontal
Mertink Unit #1H (API 42-287-31051) is a permitted horizontal well in Lee County filed by Union Pacific Resources Company; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1981 and 1994, permitted to 9,300 ft.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 40.8K barrels of oil and 34.7K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in November 2012. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Union Pacific Resources Company
Fort Worth, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 9, 2001 · 5,638 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Union Pacific Resources Companythrough Jun 1997 |
| Latest permit | Union Pacific Resources CompanyJul 15, 1994 |
- 9,300
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Jul 15, 1994
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 40.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 34.7K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Nov 2012
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mertink Unit O-3-14895 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Enervest Operating, L.L.C. | 2 | 40.8K | 34.7K | Jan 1993 – Nov 2012 |
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.
- 1Union Pacific Resources CompanyJan 1993 → Jun 1997
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 425920-99 | Recompletion | Union Pacific Resources Company | Jul 15, 1994 | Jul 15, 1994 | Jul 18, 1994 | 9,100 |
| 395863-99 | Recompletion | Union Pacific Resources Company | Jan 15, 1992 | Jan 23, 1992 | — | 8,850 |
| 134035-99 | Drill | Windsor Producing Co. | Sep 23, 1981 | Sep 23, 1981 | — | 9,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-14895 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-14895 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 409 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 7,855 | -7,446 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,171 | 10,985 | Perforated |
| 8,218 | 11,044 | Perforated |
| 8,388 | 8,550 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,580 | 12.25 | 850 S |
| 2.375 | 8,578 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 8,843 | 8.75 | 500 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. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 4, 1995 | Sep 28, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 12, 1994 | Nov 23, 1981 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Nov 23, 1981 | — |
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 42-287-31051 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-31051 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.
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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