TEXAS · WELLS · RUSK COUNTY · ARMSTRONG, IONA FAYE GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-401-32580 · DISTRICT 06
Armstrong Iona Faye Gas Unit #3
Rusk County · Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) field · Temp Abandoned · Directional
Armstrong Iona Faye Gas Unit #3 (API 42-401-32580) is a well in Rusk County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed May 26, 1995 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in July 1, 2019.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued October 24, 1994, permitted to 10,985 ft.
It was permitted by Amoco Production Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 4.35K barrels of oil and 1.12M mcf of gas since May 1995, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
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 schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Dec 2019 |
| Latest permit | Amoco Production CompanyOct 24, 1994 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,985
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Oct 24, 1994
- last permit issued
- May 26, 1995
- completed
- 4.35K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.12M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · MAY 1995 THROUGH DEC 2019
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 26, 1995
- Shut in
- Jul 1, 2019
- 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong, Iona Faye Gas Unit G-6-154931 | Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 4.35K | 1.12M | May 1995 – Dec 2019 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Armstrong Iona Faye 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.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Amoco Production CompanyMay 1995 → Dec 2001
- 2BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Jun 2019
- 3Merit Energy CompanyDec 2019 → Dec 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 427832-98 | Drill | Amoco Production Company | Nov 10, 1994 | Oct 24, 1994 | Feb 16, 1995 | 10,800 |
| 427832-99 | Drill | Amoco Production Company | Sep 8, 1994 | Oct 24, 1994 | — | 10,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1995 | Armstrong Iona Faye Gas Unit G-6-154931 | Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Jul 1, 2019 | 10,985 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,508 | 10,548 | Perforated |
| 10,606 | 10,650 | Perforated |
| 10,664 | 10,671 | Perforated |
| 10,686 | 10,704 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,095 | 12.25 | 420 S |
| 4.5 | 10,985 | 7.875 | 1,685 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 24, 1995 | Jun 12, 1995 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 9, 1995 | — | — |
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 42-401-32580 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-401-32580 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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