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Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit D #14

Shut in

Starr County · Bob West (L-24 25 26) field · SWR-10-Well  · Directional

Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit D #14 (API 42-427-33137) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed December 29, 1998 and listed as swr-10-well on the RRC schedule, shut in May 1, 2018.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 20, 1998, permitted to 14,447 ft.

It was permitted by Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 13 formation tops, including L-1, L-24, L-26, L-27.

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

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
Watch this operatorWatch Starr County

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2018
Latest permitCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationOct 20, 1998

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

14,447
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Oct 20, 1998
last permit issued
Dec 29, 1998
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
6.68M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 1998 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 29, 1998
Shut in
May 1, 2018
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 4 leases this well is completed on; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit "D" G-4-173039Bob West (L-34-47)Merit Energy Company106.68MDec 1998 – Jul 2026
Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit "D" G-4-173041Bob West (L-30, 31, 32, 33)Merit Energy Company100Dec 1998 – Jul 2026
Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit "D" G-4-173042Bob West (L-27, 28, 29)Merit Energy Company100Dec 1998 – Jul 2026
Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit "D" G-4-173043Bob West (L-24, 25, 26)Merit Energy Company100Dec 1998 – Jul 2026

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationDec 1998 → Jun 2001
  2. 2El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jul 2001 → Jul 2006
  3. 3El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Jul 2012
  4. 4EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.Aug 2012 → Oct 2013
  5. 5Cantera Operating, LLCNov 2013 → Oct 2017
  6. 6Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Apr 2018

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
480298-99DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationOct 20, 1998Oct 20, 1998Oct 28, 199815,040

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jun 14, 2006Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit D G-4-173039Bob West (L-34-47)Merit Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in May 1, 201814,447
Dec 29, 1998Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit D G-4-173043Bob West (L-24 25 26)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200014,447
Dec 29, 1998Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit D G-4-173042Bob West (L-27 28 29)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200014,447
Dec 29, 1998Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit D G-4-173041Bob West (L-30 31 32 33)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200014,447

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 380 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
L-19,257-8,877
L-2411,851-11,471
L-2612,085-11,705
L-2712,399-12,019
L-2812,582-12,202
L-3013,028-12,648
L-3113,246-12,866
L-3213,418-13,038
L-3313,586-13,206
L-3413,724-13,344
L-3513,772-13,392
L-3613,890-13,510
L-3713,978-13,598

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
11,86011,888Perforated
11,86012,647Perforated
12,09212,120Perforated
12,43412,450Perforated
12,47212,476Perforated
12,58612,647Perforated
13,05913,129Perforated
13,05913,451Perforated
13,05913,637Perforated
13,25313,284Perforated
13,42513,451Perforated
13,60213,637Perforated
13,73414,014Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
2040——
13.3751,54817.5620 S
4.57,4708.51,400 S
9.6258,34912.25460 S
9.6258,84912.25460 S
4.514,4478.51,400 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Mar 27, 2007Jun 27, 2006—
00Jun 22, 1999Apr 8, 1999Yes
00Jun 11, 1999——

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.

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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