TEXAS · WELLS · STARR COUNTY · COATES 553 LEASE · API 42-427-32516 · DISTRICT 04
Coates 553 #1
Starr County · Rincon N. (Vicksburg Cons.) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 6
- Field 76723204 · Field 76723224 · Rincon, North (Vicksburg 6820) · Rincon, North (Vicksburg 7000) · Rincon, North (Vicksburg 7150) · Rincon, North (Vicksburg 7300)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Coates 553 #1 (API 42-427-32516) is a plugged well in Starr County, plugged April 17, 2018, last operated by Merit Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 24, 1992, permitted to 7,500 ft.
It was permitted by Texas Independent Explor., Inc. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Vicksburg.
Its lease has reported 6.79K barrels of oil and 731K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Texas Independent Explor., Inc.; 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 Feb 2004 |
| Latest permit | Texas Independent Explor., Inc.Apr 24, 1992 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 24, 1992
- last permit issued
- Jul 7, 1992
- completed
- 6.79K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 731K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH FEB 2004
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 7, 1992
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 17, 2018
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coates 553 G-4-141714 | Rincon, N. (Vicksburg Cons.) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 6.79K | 731K | by Jan 1993 – Feb 2004 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Coates 553
Merit Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Starr 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.
- 1Texas Independent Explor., Inc.Jan 1993 → Jan 2002
- 2Samson Lone Star LPFeb 2002 → Feb 2004
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 398689-99 | Drill | Texas Independent Explor., Inc. | Apr 24, 1992 | Apr 24, 1992 | May 13, 1992 | 7,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1992 | Coates 553 G-4-141714 | Rincon N. (Vicksburg Cons.) | Merit Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 440 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Vicksburg | 7,000 | -6,560 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,064 | 7,080 | Perforated |
| 7,114 | 7,122 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,530 | 12.25 | 1,022 S |
| 4.5 | 7,830 | 7.875 | 940 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 13, 2004 | Aug 13, 2004 | — |
| 00 | Sep 3, 1992 | Jul 28, 1992 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 30, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-427-32516 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-427-32516 → 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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