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USA #12

Shut in

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

USA #12 (API 42-427-33228) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed July 20, 2001 and listed as swr-10-well on the RRC schedule, shut in August 1, 2026.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended twice), issued May 5, 2000, permitted to 13,050 ft.

It was permitted by El Paso Production Oil & Gas CO. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including L1, L4, L5, L13.

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

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.; 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 CorporationMay 5, 2000

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

13,050
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
May 5, 2000
last permit issued
Jul 20, 2001
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.56M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2001 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jul 20, 2001
Shut in
Aug 1, 2026
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-4-186868Bob West (L-27, 28, 29)Merit Energy Company101.56MJun 2001 – Jul 2026
USA G-4-187311Bob West (L-18, 20, 21, 22)Merit Energy Company100Jun 2001 – Jul 2026
USA G-4-187313Bob West (L-12, 13, 14, 15)Merit Energy Company100Jun 2001 – Jul 2026
USA G-4-187314Bob West (L-5-10)Merit Energy Company100Jul 2001 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 2,106 · prior 12 2,613(-19%)

05001K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

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

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
494747-97DrillEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jan 16, 2002May 5, 2000Apr 29, 200114,500
494747-98DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationMay 10, 2001May 5, 2000—14,500
494747-99DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationMay 5, 2000May 5, 2000—14,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jul 20, 2001USA G-4-187314Bob West (L-5-10)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Jul 1, 200113,050
Jun 29, 2001USA G-4-187313Bob West (L-12 13 14 15)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Jun 1, 200113,050
Jun 24, 2001USA G-4-187311Bob West (L-18 20 21 22)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Jun 1, 200113,050
Jun 17, 2001USA G-4-186868Bob West (L-27 28 29)Merit Energy CompanyProducing · shut in Aug 1, 202613,050

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 314 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
L18,591-8,277
L49,370-9,056
L59,760-9,446
L1311,100-10,786
L2711,930-11,616
L2812,133-11,819

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
11,07811,092Perforated
11,09611,100Perforated
11,26311,292Perforated
11,40811,416Perforated
11,42811,433Perforated
11,43811,441Perforated
11,57111,589Perforated
11,99912,014Perforated
12,23812,246Perforated
12,27112,284Perforated
12,29612,313Perforated
12,43012,464Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,42417.5964 S
9.6258,11012.25939 S
4.513,0508.51,262 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
00Apr 9, 2002Feb 22, 2002—
00Mar 8, 2002——
00Feb 28, 2002Jan 24, 2002Yes
00Feb 13, 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.

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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