TEXAS · WELLS · LIBERTY COUNTY · MERCHANT -B- LEASE · API 42-291-00812 · DISTRICT 03
Merchant -B- #3
Liberty County · Hull field · Vertical
Merchant -B- #3 (API 42-291-00812) is a plugged well in Liberty County, plugged June 19, 1992, last operated by Quail Creek Oil Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 11, 1983, permitted to 2,300 ft.
It was permitted by P & V Oil CO. and has since transferred to Quail Creek Oil Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 108K barrels of oil and 70.8K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 12 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by P & V Oil Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 7, 2026
- Permits on file
- 144
- Phone
- (713) 956-2070
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Quail Creek Oil Corporation |
| Production reports | Quail Creek Oil Corporationthrough Nov 2001 |
| Latest permit | P & V Oil Co.May 11, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 11, 1983
- last permit issued
- Oct 4, 1984
- completed
- 108K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 70.8K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Nov 2001
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 4, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 19, 1992
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 12 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant -B- O-3-2297 | Hull | Quail Creek Oil Corporation | 12 | 108K | 70.8K | Jan 1993 – Nov 2001 |
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.
- 1Riseden Services, Inc.Jan 1993 → Oct 1996
- 2Sarita Energy Resources, Ltd.Nov 1996 → Jul 1997
- 3Amicus Energy Inc.Aug 1997 → Apr 1999
- 4Quail Creek Oil CorporationMay 1999 → Nov 2001
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194335-99 | Other | P & V Oil Co. | May 11, 1983 | May 11, 1983 | — | 2,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 1984 | Merchant -B- O-3-2297 | Hull | Quail Creek Oil Corporation | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,958 | 1,978 | Perforated |
| 2,412 | 2,424 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 175 | — | — |
| 9.625 | 730 | 10.75 | 420 S |
| 2.875 | 2,395 | — | — |
| 7 | 3,279 | — | — |
| 7 | 3,968 | 7.875 | 470 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 | Nov 20, 1984 | Oct 10, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 6, 1983 | — |
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 42-291-00812 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-291-00812 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 0
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 3.57K
- bbl, all reported
- Jan 1992
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000050676 | W-14 Disposal | Plugged Jul 27, 1992 | 450 | 250 | 1,958–1,978 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
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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