TEXAS · WELLS · MARTIN COUNTY · HOWARD LEASE · API 42-317-32850 · DISTRICT 7B
Howard #4
Martin County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Howard #4 (API 42-317-32850) is a plugged well in Martin County, plugged November 22, 2004, last operated by Merit Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 6, 1983, permitted to 9,225 ft.
It was permitted by Adobe Oil & Gas Corp. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Spraberry, Dean, Wolfcamp.
Its lease has reported 41.4K barrels of oil and 149K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in January 2007. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Adobe Oil & Gas Corp.; 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 Mar 2004 |
| Latest permit | Adobe Oil & Gas Corp.Dec 6, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,225
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 6, 1983
- last permit issued
- Mar 1, 1984
- completed
- 41.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 149K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2007
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 1, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Nov 22, 2004
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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard O-10-21696 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Merit Energy Company | 4 | 41.4K | 149K | Jan 1993 – Jan 2007 |
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.
- 1Santa FE Energy Resources, Inc.Jan 1993 → Oct 1999
- 2Santa FE Snyder CorporationNov 1999 → Oct 2000
- 3Devon SFS Operating, Inc.Nov 2000 → Nov 2000
- 4Merit Energy CompanyDec 2000 → Mar 2004
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 222797-99 | Drill | Adobe Oil & Gas Corp. | Nov 30, 1983 | Dec 6, 1983 | — | 9,225 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 1984 | Howard O-10-21696 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Merit Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,746 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,733 | 9,051 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 363 | 17.5 | 353 S |
| 9.625 | 4,967 | 12.25 | 1,150 S |
| 5.5 | 9,210 | 7.875 | 875 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 | Apr 12, 1984 | Mar 26, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Apr 3, 1984 | Mar 26, 1984 | — |
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 42-317-32850 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-317-32850 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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