TEXAS · WELLS · RUSK COUNTY · CULLERS, J. EDGAR GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-401-32363 · DISTRICT 06

Cullers J. Edgar Gas Unit #3

Shut in

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

Cullers J. Edgar Gas Unit #3 (API 42-401-32363) is a well in Rusk County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed March 20, 1992 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in May 1, 2011.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 20, 1991, permitted to 10,560 ft.

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

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Massive Anhydrite (marker), Rodessa, Pettit, Travis Peak.

Its lease has reported 2.62K barrels of oil and 915K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 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

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Mar 2011
Latest permitAmoco Production CompanySep 20, 1991

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

10,560
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Sep 20, 1991
last permit issued
Mar 20, 1992
completed
2.62K
cumulative oil, bbl
915K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2011

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 20, 1992
Shut in
May 1, 2011
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Cullers, J. Edgar Gas Unit G-6-141111Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)Merit Energy Company12.62K915KJan 1993 – Mar 2011

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.

  1. 1Amoco Production CompanyJan 1993 → Dec 2001
  2. 2BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Mar 2011

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
391835-99DrillAmoco Production CompanySep 12, 1991Sep 20, 1991Jan 17, 199212,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Mar 20, 1992Cullers J. Edgar Gas Unit G-6-141111Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)Merit Energy CompanyProducing · shut in May 1, 201110,560

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 375 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Massive Anhydrite (marker)MASSIVE ANHYDRITE6,230-5,855
Rodessa6,490-6,115
Pettit7,165-6,790
Travis Peak7,495-7,120
Cotton Valley9,405-9,030

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,1549,174Perforated
9,2109,220Perforated
9,2449,250Perforated
9,2949,320Perforated
9,3649,380Perforated
10,17610,186Perforated
10,20010,220Perforated
10,30610,316Perforated
10,36610,380Perforated
10,44010,446Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,82011550 S
5.510,5607.8751,200 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Apr 27, 1992Apr 3, 1992Yes
00Apr 16, 1992——

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.

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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