TEXAS · WELLS · REAGAN COUNTY · MERCHANT ESTATE 16 LEASE · API 42-383-31537 · DISTRICT 6E
Merchant Estate 16 #3
Reagan County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Merchant Estate 16 #3 (API 42-383-31537) is a plugged well in Reagan County, plugged August 26, 2026, last operated by Diamondback E&P LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 27, 1979, permitted to 8,000 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 40.8K barrels of oil and 718K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 4 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 | Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.through Feb 2023 |
| Latest permit | Houston Oil & Minerals Corp.Dec 27, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 27, 1979
- last permit issued
- May 15, 1980
- completed
- 40.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 718K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 15, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 26, 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant Estate 16 O-9-4697 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Diamondback E&P LLC | 4 | 40.8K | 718K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Houston Oil & Minerals Corp.Jan 1993 → Jul 1993
- 2Stephens, Autry C.Aug 1993 → Aug 2000
- 3Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.Sep 2000 → Oct 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67669-99 | Drill | Houston Oil & Minerals Corp. | Dec 27, 1979 | Dec 27, 1979 | — | 8,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1980 | Merchant Estate 16 O-9-4697 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Diamondback E&P LLC | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,175 | 7,781 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 700 | 12.25 | 360 S |
| 2.375 | 7,508 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 7,950 | 7.875 | 650 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 19, 1980 | — |
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 42-383-31537 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-383-31537 → 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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