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USA #11

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Starr County · Bob West (L-5-10) field · SWR-10-Well  · Directional

USA #11 (API 42-427-33169) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed March 8, 2000 and listed as swr-10-well on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended twice), issued June 23, 1999, permitted to 12,866 ft.

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

Completion filings report 15 formation tops, including L-1, L-3, L-4, L-7.

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 2026
Latest permitCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationJun 23, 1999

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

12,866
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Jun 23, 1999
last permit issued
Mar 8, 2000
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
12.3M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 2000 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 8, 2000
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 4 leases this well is completed on; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
USA G-4-178096Bob West (L-24, 25, 26)Merit Energy Company1012.3MFeb 2000 – Jul 2026
USA G-4-178097Bob West (L-5-10)Merit Energy Company100Mar 2000 – Jul 2026
USA G-4-178098Bob West (L-18, 20, 21, 22)Merit Energy Company100Feb 2000 – Jul 2026
USA G-4-178100Bob West (L-12, 13, 14, 15)Merit Energy Company100Mar 2000 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 70,309 · prior 12 62,324(+13%)

05K10K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationFeb 2000 → 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 → Nov 2017
  6. 6Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
485389-97DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationMay 9, 2000Jun 23, 1999Dec 24, 199913,000
485389-98DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationDec 17, 1999Jun 23, 1999—13,000
485389-99DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationJun 23, 1999Jun 23, 1999—13,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Mar 8, 2000USA G-4-178097Bob West (L-5-10)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200012,866
Mar 1, 2000USA G-4-178100Bob West (L-12 13 14 15)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200012,866
Feb 19, 2000USA G-4-178098Bob West (L-18 20 21 22)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Oct 1, 200012,866
Feb 10, 2000USA G-4-178096Bob West (L-24 25 26)Merit Energy CompanyProducing12,866

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 354 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
L-18,073-7,719
L-38,408-8,054
L-48,559-8,205
L-78,901-8,547
L-129,092-8,738
L-139,243-8,889
L-149,353-8,999
L-159,584-9,230
L-189,645-9,291
L-199,744-9,390
L-209,943-9,589
L-2110,286-9,932
L-2410,668-10,314
L-2510,810-10,456
L-2611,004-10,650

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,7009,727Perforated
9,70011,846Perforated
9,7509,788Perforated
9,9199,953Perforated
10,14410,170Perforated
10,19410,210Perforated
10,23110,266Perforated
10,38010,412Perforated
10,43610,447Perforated
10,74810,791Perforated
10,82010,865Perforated
11,08011,130Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,50017.5970 S
9.6258,25512.25939 S
4.512,8048.51,162 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
00Oct 18, 2000May 10, 2000—
00Oct 6, 2000May 10, 2000—
00Oct 5, 2000May 10, 2000—
00Aug 16, 2000——

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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