TEXAS · WELLS · RUSK COUNTY · KANGERGA, MICHAEL 'B' GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-401-32338 · DISTRICT 06

Kangerga Michael B Gas Unit #2

On schedule

Rusk County · Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) field · Producing · Vertical

Kangerga Michael B Gas Unit #2 (API 42-401-32338) is a well in Rusk County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed August 31, 1991 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued May 15, 1991, permitted to 10,650 ft.

It was permitted by Amoco Production Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Massive Anhydrite (marker), Rodessa, James Lime, Pettit.

Its lease has reported 3.75K barrels of oil and 1.02M mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in August 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Amoco Production Company; 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

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Merit Energy Company
Production reports	Merit Energy Companythrough Aug 2026
Latest permit	Amoco Production CompanyMay 15, 1991

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

10,650: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
May 15, 1991: last permit issued
Aug 31, 1991: completed
3.75K: cumulative oil, bbl
1.02M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH AUG 2026

On this page6 formation tops Lease production

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: Aug 31, 1991
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.

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Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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
Kangerga, Michael 'B' Gas Unit G-6-139338	Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)	Merit Energy Company	1	3.75K	1.02M	by Jan 1993 – Aug 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 1,204 · prior 12 1,215(-1%)

Wells named Kangerga Michael B Gas Unit

Merit Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Rusk County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.

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Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Amoco Production CompanyJan 1993 → Dec 2001
2BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Nov 2019
3Merit Energy CompanyDec 2019 → Aug 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
387715-98	Drill	Amoco Production Company	May 21, 1991	May 15, 1991	Jun 21, 1991	11,100
387715-99	Drill	Amoco Production Company	May 9, 1991	May 15, 1991	—	11,100

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Aug 31, 1991	Kangerga Michael B Gas Unit G-6-139338	Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)	Merit Energy Company	Producing	10,650

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 380 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Massive Anhydrite (marker)MASSIVE ANHYDRITE	6,230	-5,850
Rodessa	6,490	-6,110
James Lime	6,939	-6,559
Pettit	7,165	-6,785
Travis Peak	7,495	-7,115
Cotton Valley	9,405	-9,025

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,096	9,100	Perforated
9,105	9,114	Perforated
9,144	9,175	Perforated
9,216	9,226	Perforated
9,242	9,257	Perforated
9,338	9,374	Perforated
9,406	9,422	Perforated
9,434	9,438	Perforated
9,438	9,453	Perforated
10,156	10,175	Perforated
10,184	10,234	Perforated
10,288	10,308	Perforated
10,314	10,322	Perforated
10,326	10,328	Perforated
10,334	10,337	Perforated
10,346	10,359	Perforated
10,363	10,370	Perforated
10,374	10,383	Perforated
10,433	10,440	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	1,818	11	625 S
5.5	10,650	7.875	2,315 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	Oct 7, 1991	Sep 13, 1991	Yes
00	Sep 30, 1991	—	—

The source documents

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Wellbore filings for 42-401-32338 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-401-32338 → scanned completion filings

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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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