WELL · 42-427-32780 · DISTRICT 4

Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit C #5

Starr County · Bob West (L-27 28 29) field · Directional

Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit C #5 (API 42-427-32780) is a well in Starr County operated by Cantera Operating LLC, completed March 24, 1996.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended twice), issued July 14, 1995, permitted to 14,500 ft.

It was permitted by Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Cantera Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 8 formation tops, including L-1, L-12, L-18, L-20.

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

Operator of record

Cantera Operating LLC

Permitted by Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in: The Woodlands, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Nov 2, 2016
Permits on file: 117
Phone: (832) 246-6100

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Cantera Operating LLC
Production reports	Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationJul 14, 1995

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

14,500: total depth, ft
3: permits on file
Jul 14, 1995: last permit issued
Mar 24, 1996: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
8.07M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 1996 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Mar 24, 1996
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 4 leases this well is completed on; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Gas, mcf	Reported
Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit "C" G-4-160864	Bob West (L-30, 31, 32, 33)	Merit Energy Company	1	8.07M	Mar 1996 – Jul 2026
Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit "C" G-4-190817	Bob West (L-18, 20, 21, 22)	Merit Energy Company	1	0	Sep 2000 – Jul 2026
Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit "C" G-4-190818	Bob West (L-24, 25, 26)	Merit Energy Company	1	0	Sep 2000 – Jul 2026
Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit "C" G-4-190819	Bob West (L-27, 28, 29)	Cantera Operating, LLC	1	0	Sep 2000 – Apr 2015

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 73,595 · prior 12 89,537(-18%)

Chain of custody

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

1Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationMar 1996 → Jun 2001
2EL Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jul 2001 → Jul 2006
3EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Jul 2012
4EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.Aug 2012 → Oct 2013
5Cantera Operating, LLCNov 2013 → Nov 2017
6Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
437881-97	Drill	Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation	Apr 24, 1996	Jul 14, 1995	—	14,500
437881-98	Drill	Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation	Feb 23, 1996	Jul 14, 1995	Dec 15, 1995	14,500
437881-99	Drill	Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation	Jul 14, 1995	Jul 14, 1995	—	14,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-160864	—	—	—	—
—	— G-4-190817	—	—	—	—
—	— G-4-190818	—	—	—	—
—	— G-4-190819	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 323 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
L-1	8,566	-8,243
L-12	9,878	-9,555
L-18	10,545	-10,222
L-20	10,729	-10,406
L-26	11,797	-11,474
L-30	13,036	-12,713
L-31	13,279	-12,956
L-32	13,466	-13,143

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
10,619	11,121	Perforated
10,619	13,574	Perforated
11,530	11,564	Perforated
11,530	11,696	Perforated
11,530	11,920	Perforated
11,656	13,574	Perforated
12,371	12,443	Perforated
12,371	12,761	Perforated
12,592	12,761	Perforated
13,138	13,574	Perforated
13,202	13,222	Perforated
13,352	13,574	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	1,532	17.5	990 S
9.625	8,030	12.25	560 S
5.5	13,760	8.5	1,432 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
Oct 28, 2002	Sep 27, 2002	—
Oct 10, 2002	—	—
Jul 30, 2002	Jun 21, 2002	—
Apr 7, 1998	Mar 13, 1998	—
Jan 9, 1997	Feb 3, 1997	Yes
Dec 30, 1996	—	—

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 42-427-32780 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-427-32780 → 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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