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Sandia C #3

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

Sandia C #3 (API 42-427-32715) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed June 25, 2006 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 1994 and 1999, permitted to 13,574 ft.

It was permitted by Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation 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 5.79M mcf of gas since May 1995, 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 Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation; 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 permitCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationDec 22, 1999

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

13,574
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Dec 22, 1999
last permit issued
Jun 25, 2006
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
5.79M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 1995 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 25, 2006
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
Sandia "C" G-4-156039Bob West (L-12, 13, 14, 15)Merit Energy Company105.79MMay 1995 – Apr 2026
Sandia "C" G-4-176475Bob West (L-1-4)Merit Energy Company100Jan 2000 – —
Sandia "C" G-4-176542Bob West (L-5-10)Merit Energy Company100Jan 2000 – —

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 4,332 · prior 12 4,630(-6%)

0200400600202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Sanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.May 1995 → 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 → Jun 2008
  6. 6Merit Energy CompanyOct 2021 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
490586-99RecompletionCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationDec 22, 1999Dec 22, 1999Dec 17, 199911,150
430543-98DrillSanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.Feb 28, 1995Dec 2, 1994—14,248
430543-99DrillSanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp.Dec 2, 1994Dec 2, 1994Dec 30, 199413,248

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jun 25, 2006Sandia C G-4-156039Bob West (L-12 13 14 15)Merit Energy CompanyProducing13,574
Jan 20, 2000Sandia C G-4-176542Bob West (L-5-10)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200013,574
Jan 20, 2000Sandia C G-4-176475Bob West (L-1-4)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200013,574

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 309 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Queen CityTOP QUEEN CITY1,615-1,306
Queen CityBASE QUEEN CITY3,245-2,936
Wilcox5,400-5,091

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,4518,460Perforated
8,4868,489Perforated
8,4938,497Perforated
8,5138,530Perforated
9,1439,154Perforated
9,1659,174Perforated
9,1769,187Perforated
9,90010,046Perforated
10,23910,272Perforated
10,98810,173Perforated
10,98811,040Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,57017.5—
7.6257,5208.5—
7.6257,520——
9.6257,65012.125860 S
9.6257,65012.25—
9.6257,650——
7.62511,1769.625755 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 22, 2007Sep 25, 2006—
00Sep 8, 2005May 12, 2005—
00May 22, 2000Feb 17, 2000Yes
00May 2, 2000——
00May 1, 2000Feb 17, 2000—
00Apr 17, 2000——
00Dec 14, 1995Jun 7, 1995Yes
00Dec 1, 1995——

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.

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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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