WELL · 42-291-32794 · DISTRICT 3
Merchant C #2
Liberty County · Hull field · Shut IN · Directional
Merchant C #2 (API 42-291-32794) is a well in Liberty County operated by Well-CO Solutions LLC, completed December 10, 2009 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 28, 2009, permitted to 7,000 ft.
It was permitted by Branta Production Company LLC and has since transferred to Well-CO Solutions LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Frio, Yegua.
Its lease has reported 170K barrels of oil and 94.3K mcf of gas since April 1996, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Branta Production Company LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Batson, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 4, 2025 · (936) 334-2290
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Well-Co Solutions LLC |
| Production reports | Well-Co Solutions, LLCthrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Branta Production Company LLCJul 28, 2009 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 28, 2009
- last permit issued
- Dec 10, 2009
- completed
- 170K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 94.3K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 1996 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 10, 2009
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant C O-3-22945 | Hull | Well-Co Solutions, LLC | 3 | 170K | 94.3K | Apr 1996 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,137 · prior 12 3,175(-64%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Western Gulf Oil & Gas Inc.Apr 1996 → Mar 2000
- 2Brown, C. Douglas, LLCApr 2000 → Dec 2003
- 3Riddle Engineering Corp.Jan 2004 → May 2004
- 4Sarita Energy Resources, Ltd.Jun 2004 → Oct 2005
- 5Cavalry Resources LLCNov 2005 → Nov 2007
- 6Branta Production Company LLCDec 2007 → Dec 2010
- 7Block T Operating, LLCJan 2011 → Aug 2011
- 8Block "T" Petroleum, Inc.Sep 2011 → Jun 2017
- 9Fortune Resources LLCJul 2017 → Dec 2017
- 10Five-Jab, Inc.Jan 2018 → Dec 2018
- 11Petrodome Operating, LLCJan 2019 → May 2022
- 12Olipdp II, LLCJul 2022 → Aug 2025
- 13Well-Co Solutions, LLCFeb 2026 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 683402-99 | Drill | Branta Production Company LLC | Jul 23, 2009 | Jul 28, 2009 | Aug 31, 2009 | 7,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-22945 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 11 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,812 | 5,836 | Perforated |
| 5,850 | 5,902 | Perforated |
| 5,986 | 6,024 | Perforated |
| 6,100 | 6,152 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 923 | 12.25 | 300 S |
| 7 | 4,929 | 8.75 | 235 S |
| 4.5 | 6,720 | 6.25 | 255 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 | Aug 4, 2010 | Mar 25, 2010 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 30, 2010 | — | — |
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 42-291-32794 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-291-32794 → 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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