TEXAS · WELLS · REAGAN COUNTY · MERCHANT ESTATE -17- LEASE · API 42-383-31262 · DISTRICT 6E
Merchant Estate -17- #5
Reagan County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Producing · Vertical
Merchant Estate -17- #5 (API 42-383-31262) is a well in Reagan County operated by Diamondback E&P LLC, completed April 27, 1979 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 11, 1978, permitted to 7,950 ft.
It was permitted by Houston Oil & Minerals Corp. and has since transferred to Diamondback E&P LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 95.8K barrels of oil and 1.48M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 7 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Houston Oil & Minerals Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- May 4, 2026
- Permits on file
- 5,243
- Phone
- (432) 221-7400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Diamondback E&P LLC |
| Production reports | Diamondback E&P LLCthrough Feb 2026 |
| Latest permit | Houston Oil & Minerals Corp.Aug 11, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,950
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 11, 1978
- last permit issued
- Apr 27, 1979
- completed
- 95.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.48M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 27, 1979
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 7 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant Estate -17- O-9-4673 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Diamondback E&P LLC | 7 | 95.8K | 1.48M | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 14,026 · prior 12 20,898(-33%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 566 · prior 12 817(-31%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Houston Oil & Minerals Corp.Jan 1993 → Jul 1993
- 2Stephens, Autry C.Aug 1993 → Aug 2000
- 3Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.Sep 2000 → Dec 2024
- 4Diamondback E&P LLCJan 2025 → Dec 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30500-99 | Drill | Houston Oil & Minerals Corp. | Aug 11, 1978 | Aug 11, 1978 | Jan 7, 1979 | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 1979 | Merchant Estate -17- O-9-4673 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Diamondback E&P LLC | Producing | 7,950 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,206 | 7,818 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 700 | 12.25 | 160 S |
| 2.375 | 7,550 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 7,950 | 7.875 | 300 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 12, 1984 | May 2, 1979 | — |
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 42-383-31262 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-383-31262 → 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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