TEXAS · WELLS · STARR COUNTY · MAYFAIR LA BRISA LEASE · API 42-427-32371 · DISTRICT 04

Mayfair la Brisa #1

Shut in

Starr County · Rincon (Vicksburg Cons.) field · Temp Abandoned  · Vertical

Permitted field
Frost, West (VX-Wood)
The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Mayfair La Brisa #1 (API 42-427-32371) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed January 8, 1990 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in June 1, 2017.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 25, 1989, permitted to 8,000 ft.

It was permitted by Hanson Minerals CO. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Frio, Vicksburg, Top Of Orive.

Its lease has reported 1.52K barrels of oil and 276K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Hanson Minerals Co.; 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 May 2017
Latest permitHanson Minerals Co.Oct 25, 1989

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

8,000
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Oct 25, 1989
last permit issued
Jan 8, 1990
completed
1.52K
cumulative oil, bbl
276K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2017

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jan 8, 1990
Shut in
Jun 1, 2017
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
Mayfair la Brisa G-4-133679Rincon (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy Company11.52K276KJan 1993 – May 2017

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. 1Hanson Minerals Co.Jan 1993 → Aug 1993
  2. 2Hanson Production CompanySep 1993 → Jun 1999
  3. 3Texas Independent Explor., Inc.Jul 1999 → Jan 2002
  4. 4Samson Lone Star LPFeb 2002 → Jun 2007
  5. 5Samson Lone Star, LLCJul 2007 → Apr 2008
  6. 6Pogo Producing Company LLCMay 2008 → Aug 2011
  7. 7Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 2011 → Feb 2012
  8. 8OXY USA Inc.Mar 2012 → Jan 2017
  9. 9Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → May 2017

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
365626-99DrillHanson Minerals Co.Oct 25, 1989Oct 25, 1989—8,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jan 8, 1990Mayfair la Brisa G-4-133679Rincon (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Jun 1, 20178,000

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 415 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
FrioTOP OF FRIO3,590-3,175
VicksburgTOP OF VICKSBURG5,280-4,865
Top of Orive6,197-5,782

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,1966,222Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6252,61713.51,386 S
4.57,1148.751,024 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
00Mar 21, 1990Feb 2, 1990Yes
00Mar 16, 1990——

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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