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USA #6

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Starr County · Bob West (L-12 13 14 15) field · Producing  · Directional

USA #6 (API 42-427-32598) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed November 15, 2005 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended twice) between 1993 and 2002, permitted to 11,612 ft.

It was permitted by El Paso Production Oil & Gas CO. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Queen City, Wilcox.

Its 3 leases have reported 3 barrels of oil and 12.2M mcf of gas since March 1996, last reporting volume in April 2026. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by El Paso Production Oil & Gas 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
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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jun 27, 2002

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

11,612
total depth, ft
4
permits on file
Jun 27, 2002
last permit issued
Nov 15, 2005
completed
3
cumulative oil, bbl
12.2M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 1996 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Nov 15, 2005
Shut in
—
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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
USA G-4-159481Bob West (L-12, 13, 14, 15)Merit Energy Company1312.2MMar 1996 – Apr 2026
USA G-4-189702Bob West (L-1-4)Merit Energy Company100Jun 2001 – —
USA G-4-189703Bob West (L-5-10)Merit Energy Company100Jun 2001 – —

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 17,990 · prior 12 19,051(-6%)

01K2K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Sanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.Mar 1996 → May 1998
  2. 2Sanchez Oil & Gas CorporationJun 1998 → May 1999
  3. 3Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationJun 1999 → Jun 2001
  4. 4El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jul 2001 → Jul 2006
  5. 5El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Jul 2012
  6. 6EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.Aug 2012 → Oct 2013
  7. 7Cantera Operating, LLCNov 2013 → Nov 2017
  8. 8Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
521399-99RecompletionEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jun 27, 2002Jun 27, 2002May 30, 200111,612
413977-97DrillSanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.Dec 28, 1995Jul 16, 1993Jan 28, 199614,600
413977-98DrillSanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.May 25, 1995Jul 16, 1993—13,600
413977-99DrillSanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.Jul 16, 1993Jul 16, 1993—13,600

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Nov 15, 2005USA G-4-159481Bob West (L-12 13 14 15)Merit Energy CompanyProducing11,612
Jun 13, 2001USA G-4-189702Bob West (L-1-4)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Jun 1, 200111,612
Jun 6, 2001USA G-4-189703Bob West (L-5-10)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Jun 1, 200111,612

Formation tops

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

FormationMD ftSubsea
Queen City2,350-2,023
Wilcox5,820-5,493

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,3328,342Perforated
8,3368,346Perforated
8,7828,794Perforated
8,7829,000Perforated
8,9869,000Perforated
9,3209,399Perforated
9,3249,403Perforated
9,7909,932Perforated
9,79010,173Perforated
10,14610,173Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,51517.5600 S
7.6256,2679.625120 S
9.6257,50012.25680 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
00Jun 29, 2006Nov 17, 2005—
00Aug 22, 2002Jul 11, 2002—
00Aug 13, 2002Jul 11, 2002—
00Aug 5, 2002——
00Sep 16, 1996Apr 18, 1996Yes
00Aug 26, 1996——

The source documents

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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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