TEXAS · WELLS · REAGAN COUNTY · MERCHANT "16" LEASE · API 42-383-33221 · DISTRICT 6E
Merchant 16 #5
Reagan County · Calvin (Dean) field · Vertical
Merchant 16 #5 (API 42-383-33221) is a plugged well in Reagan County, plugged May 10, 1995, last operated by Parker & Parsley Development L.P.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 25, 1984, permitted to 8,250 ft.
It was permitted by Cities Service Oil & Gas Corp. and has since transferred to Parker & Parsley Development L.P on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Spraberry, Dean.
Its lease has reported 2.74K barrels of oil and 18.8K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Parker & Parsley Development L.P
Permitted by Cities Service Oil & Gas Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 5, 1996
- Permits on file
- 1,422
- Phone
- (432) 683-4768
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Parker & Parsley Development L.P |
| Production reports | Parker & Parsley Development L.Pthrough Apr 1995 |
| Latest permit | Cities Service Oil & Gas Corp.Sep 25, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,250
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 25, 1984
- last permit issued
- Nov 11, 1984
- completed
- 2.74K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 18.8K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 1995
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 11, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 10, 1995
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant "16" O-9-11082 | Calvin (Dean) | Parker & Parsley Development L.P | 1 | 2.74K | 18.8K | Jan 1993 – Apr 1995 |
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.
- 1Parker & Parsley Development Co.Jan 1993 → Feb 1995
- 2Parker & Parsley Development L.PMar 1995 → Apr 1995
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 252539-99 | Drill | Cities Service Oil & Gas Corp. | Sep 24, 1984 | Sep 25, 1984 | — | 8,250 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 1984 | Merchant 16 O-9-11082 | Calvin (Dean) | Parker & Parsley Development L.P | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,667 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,986 | 8,156 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,405 | 12.25 | 760 S |
| 5.5 | 8,250 | 7.875 | 450 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 | Jan 11, 1985 | Dec 27, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Jan 8, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-383-33221 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-383-33221 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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