TEXAS · WELLS · REAGAN COUNTY · MERCHANT LEASE · API 42-383-38994 · DISTRICT 6E
Merchant #1401BU
Reagan County · Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc field · Horizontal
Merchant #1401BU (API 42-383-38994) is a plugged horizontal well in Reagan County, plugged September 20, 2023, last operated by Oxy USA Wtp LP.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 19, 2014, permitted to 11,000 ft.
Completion filings report 8 formation tops, including Clear Fork, Ellenburger, Fusselman, Grayburg.
Its lease has reported 6.84M barrels of oil and 51.2M mcf of gas since June 2014, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 35 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 16, 2025
- Permits on file
- 2,289
- Phone
- (713) 215-7000
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | OXY USA WTP LP |
| Production reports | OXY USA WTP LPthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | OXY USA WTP LPJul 19, 2014 |
- 11,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 19, 2014
- last permit issued
- Jan 7, 2015
- completed
- 6.84M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 51.2M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 2014 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 7, 2015
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 20, 2023
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 35 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant O-9-18787 | Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc | OXY USA WTP LP | 35 | 6.84M | 51.2M | Jun 2014 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 2,547,279 · prior 12 4,274,820(-40%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 106,673 · prior 12 151,007(-29%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1OXY USA WTP LPOct 2014 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 789303-99 | Drill | OXY USA WTP LP | Jun 11, 2014 | Jul 19, 2014 | Dec 9, 2014 | 11,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2015 | Merchant O-9-18787 | Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc | OXY USA WTP LP | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,670 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | — | — |
| Ellenburger | — | — |
| Fusselman | — | — |
| Grayburg | — | — |
| Queen | — | — |
| San AndresSAN ANDRES - SALTWATER FLOW, POS | — | — |
| Spraberry | — | — |
| Strawn | — | — |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.75 | 590 | 14.75 | 380 S |
| 8.625 | 7,810 | 10.625 | 690 S |
| 5.5 | 16,735 | 7.875 | 1,330 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 | Aug 28, 2015 | Jul 16, 2015 | — |
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 42-383-38994 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-383-38994 → 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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