WELL · 42-427-32437 · DISTRICT 4

Yzaguirre #1

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Starr County  · Vertical

Yzaguirre #1 (API 42-427-32437) is a permitted well in Starr County filed by Merit Energy Company; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1990 and 2023, permitted to 9,500 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Frio, T2, Vicksburg, Same As Before.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 1,049 permits on file · (972) 628-1559

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitMerit Energy CompanyApr 11, 2023
9,500
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Apr 11, 2023
last permit issued
—
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.35M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Surface location

26.543903, -98.542519

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Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, in Starr County.

Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Yzaguirre G-4-139924Yzaguirre (6800)Merit Energy Company10677KJan 1993 – Jul 2026
Yzaguirre G-4-136500Yzaguirre (7990)Samson Lone Star LP10675KJan 1993 – Jan 2005

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 100,196 · prior 12 17,310(+479%)

020K40K60K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Texas Independent Explor., Inc.Jan 1993 → Jan 2002
  2. 2Samson Lone Star LPFeb 2002 → Jun 2007
  3. 3Samson Lone Star, LLCJul 2007 → Sep 2007
  4. 4Pogo Producing Company LLCMay 2009 → Aug 2011
  5. 5Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 2011 → Feb 2012
  6. 6OXY USA Inc.Mar 2012 → Jan 2016
  7. 7Merit Energy CompanyMay 2023 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
889065-99RecompletionMerit Energy CompanyMar 15, 2023Apr 11, 2023—8,370
384268-99OtherTexas Independent Explor., Inc.Feb 5, 1991Feb 11, 1991Oct 12, 19916,610
377339-99DrillTexas Independent Explor., Inc.Aug 30, 1990Sep 11, 1990Sep 18, 19909,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-4-136500————
—— G-4-139924————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 15 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Frio4,300-4,285
T25,320-5,305
Vicksburg6,150-6,135
Same AS Before——

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
5,3285,350Perforated
6,1526,170Perforated
6,6136,624Perforated
6,6136,639Perforated
6,6336,639Perforated
6,6606,710Perforated
7,0427,183Perforated
7,5187,774Perforated
8,0258,038Perforated
8,0528,061Perforated
8,0658,071Perforated
8,0768,086Perforated
8,0948,098Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,53712.25596 S
4.58,3147.8751,400 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. About these reports →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Aug 12, 2025May 6, 2025—
00Jun 7, 2023May 25, 2023—
00Aug 27, 2009May 19, 2009—
00Oct 13, 2004Sep 3, 2004—
00Mar 26, 2004Feb 9, 2004—
00Jan 10, 1992Nov 21, 1991Yes
00Dec 3, 1991——
00Feb 26, 1991Jan 9, 1991Yes
00Jan 17, 1991——

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 are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

Nearby wells and their tops

NEAREST 8 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM

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This well's tops beside its 5 nearest neighbours, subsea-aligned so they line up regardless of surface terrain.

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Slick Estate42-427-34805

0.6 KM · Royal Production Company, Inc. · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)1,300-879
Miocene (undifferentiated)1,300-879
Catahoula3,470-3,049
Catahoula3,470-3,049
Catahoula3,760-3,339
Catahoula3,760-3,339
Vicksburg7,620-7,199
Vicksburg7,620-7,199

13 TOPS · FIRST 8

Slick Estate42-427-34818

1.0 KM · Royal Production Company, Inc. · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)1,300-886
Catahoula3,470-3,056
Catahoula4,180-3,766
Vicksburg5,250-4,836
Yegua—
Cook Mountain—
Jackson—
Queen City—

9 TOPS · FIRST 8

Bentsen Bros.-State42-427-33918

4.0 KM · Shell Western E&P · Section with this well →

Vicksburg8,140-7,728
Vicksburg8,890-8,478
Vicksburg11,200-10,788

Coates 55342-427-33282

4.0 KM · Texas Independent Explor., Inc. · Section with this well →

Frio4,220-3,883
Vicksburg4,830-4,493
First Rincon5,930-5,593
VX II6,700-6,363

Cameron-State42-427-34816

4.0 KM · Dahco Operating, LLC · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)1,030-588
Catahoula1,950-1,508
Catahoula4,034-3,592
Vicksburg5,170-4,728
Wilcox—
Queen City—
Yegua—
Jackson—

9 TOPS · FIRST 8

JFB Heard Estate42-427-34190

4.3 KM · Shell Western E&P · Section with this well →

Vicksburg7,050-6,603
Vicksburgu7,050-6,603
Vicksburg7,230-6,783
Vicksburg7,441-6,994

Heard42-427-33597

5.3 KM · Noble Energy Inc · Section with this well →

Catahoula3,925-3,489
Vicksburg6,706-6,270
Queen City—
Wilcox—
Yegua—
Jackson—
Catahoula—
Miocene (undifferentiated)—

9 TOPS · FIRST 8

Slick, T. B. Estate42-427-34442

5.8 KM · Shell Western E&P · Section with this well →

T-88,642-8,285
Vicksburg8,642-8,285
Vicksburg8,762-8,405
T-98,762-8,405
Vicksburg9,849-9,492
T-109,849-9,492
Vicksburg11,012-10,655

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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