WELL · 42-427-32556 · DISTRICT 4

USA 2 #4

Starr County · Bob West (L-24 25 26) field · Directional

USA 2 #4 (API 42-427-32556) is a well in Starr County operated by Sanchez-O Brien Oil & Gas Corp., completed October 24, 1993.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) in 1993, permitted to 14,000 ft.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Queen City, Wilcox, Lopeno.

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

Operator of record

Sanchez-O Brien Oil & Gas Corp.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 6, 1998 · 493 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Sanchez-O Brien Oil & Gas Corp.
Production reports	Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Sanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.Dec 23, 1993

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

14,000: total depth, ft
3: permits on file
Dec 23, 1993: last permit issued
Oct 24, 1993: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
29.9M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Oct 24, 1993
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
USA G-4-148252	Bob West (L-18, 20, 21, 22)	Merit Energy Company	1	0	29.6M	Feb 1994 – Jul 2026
USA 2 G-4-147612	Bob West (L-24, 25, 26)	Sanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.	1	0	284K	Oct 1993 – Feb 1994

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 3,301 · prior 12 11,233(-71%)

Chain of custody

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

1Sanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.Nov 1993 → May 1998
2Sanchez Oil & Gas CorporationJun 1998 → May 1999
3Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationJun 1999 → Jun 2001
4EL Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jul 2001 → Jul 2006
5EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Jul 2012
6EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.Aug 2012 → Oct 2013
7Cantera Operating, LLCNov 2013 → Nov 2017
8Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
419633-99	Other	Sanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.	Dec 23, 1993	Dec 23, 1993	Jan 11, 1994	14,000
409113-98	Drill	Sanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.	Aug 18, 1993	Feb 18, 1993	Aug 15, 1993	14,000
409113-99	Drill	Sanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.	Feb 18, 1993	Feb 18, 1993	—	14,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-147612	—	—	—	—
—	— G-4-148252	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 327 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Queen City	2,350	-2,023
Wilcox	6,070	-5,743
Lopeno	8,130	-7,803

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,898	9,920	Perforated
10,208	10,312	Perforated
10,492	10,620	Perforated
10,718	10,738	Perforated
11,398	11,446	Perforated
11,651	11,706	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	1,515	17.5	1,110 S
7.625	7,173	9.625	100 S
9.625	7,466	12.25	930 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Apr 22, 1994	Feb 18, 1994	—
Mar 4, 1994	—	—
Feb 8, 1994	Dec 9, 1993	Yes
Jan 7, 1994	—	—

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 42-427-32556 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-427-32556 → scanned completion filings

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

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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