TEXAS · WELLS · STARR COUNTY · API 42-427-33193 · DISTRICT 04

USA #13

Starr County · Bob West (L-12 13 14 15) field · SWR-10-Well · Directional

USA #13 (API 42-427-33193) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed November 11, 2000 and listed as swr-10-well on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended 4 times), issued September 27, 1999, permitted to 12,550 ft.

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

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including L12, L14, L20, L24.

Its 3 leases have reported 41 barrels of oil and 9.75M mcf of gas since November 2000, 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 schedule	Merit Energy Company
Production reports	Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationSep 27, 1999

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

12,550: total depth, ft
5: permits on file
Sep 27, 1999: last permit issued
Nov 11, 2000: completed
41: cumulative oil, bbl
9.75M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 2000 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: Nov 11, 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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
USA G-4-186568	Bob West (L-24, 25, 26)	Merit Energy Company	1	41	9.75M	Nov 2000 – Apr 2026
USA G-4-186580	Bob West (L-18, 20, 21, 22)	Merit Energy Company	1	0	0	Nov 2000 – —
USA G-4-186581	Bob West (L-12, 13, 14, 15)	Merit Energy Company	1	0	0	Nov 2000 – —

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 112,986 · prior 12 115,057(-2%)

Chain of custody

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

1El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Nov 2000 → Jul 2006
2El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Jul 2012
3EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.Aug 2012 → Oct 2013
4Cantera Operating, LLCNov 2013 → Nov 2017
5Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
487946-95	Drill	Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation	Jan 18, 2001	Sep 27, 1999	Aug 28, 2000	13,500
487946-96	Drill	Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation	Aug 10, 2000	Sep 27, 1999	—	13,500
487946-97	Drill	Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation	Jul 20, 2000	Sep 27, 1999	—	13,500
487946-98	Drill	Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation	Feb 4, 2000	Sep 27, 1999	—	12,000
487946-99	Drill	Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation	Sep 27, 1999	Sep 27, 1999	—	12,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Nov 11, 2000	USA G-4-186581	Bob West (L-12 13 14 15)	Merit Energy Company	SWR-10-Well · shut in Nov 1, 2000	12,550
Nov 11, 2000	USA G-4-186580	Bob West (L-18 20 21 22)	Merit Energy Company	SWR-10-Well · shut in Nov 1, 2000	12,550
Nov 11, 2000	USA G-4-186568	Bob West (L-24 25 26)	Merit Energy Company	Producing	12,550

Formation tops

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

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
L12	9,010	-8,701
L14	9,321	-9,012
L20	10,040	-9,731
L24	10,792	-10,483
L25	10,960	-10,651
L26	11,185	-10,876

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
10,115	10,180	Perforated
10,322	10,334	Perforated
10,393	10,456	Perforated
11,122	11,162	Perforated
11,198	11,252	Perforated
11,868	11,904	Perforated
12,035	12,068	Perforated
12,258	12,310	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	1,314	17.5	911 S
9.625	8,440	12.25	911 S
4.5	12,550	8.5	1,245 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 →

RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Mar 6, 2002	Mar 5, 2001	—
Mar 5, 2002	Mar 5, 2001	—
Mar 5, 2002	Jan 24, 2001	Yes
Jan 31, 2002	—	—

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 42-427-33193 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-427-33193 → scanned completion filings

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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