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State Park #8

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Starr County · Bob West (L-18 20 21 22) field · SWR-10-Well  · Vertical

State Park #8 (API 42-427-33239) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed March 5, 2001 and listed as swr-10-well on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 13, 2000, permitted to 12,720 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 L14, L20, L24, L27.

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 13, 2000

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

12,720
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jun 13, 2000
last permit issued
Mar 5, 2001
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
7.81M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 2001 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 5, 2001
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
State Park G-4-182934Bob West (L-27, 28, 29)Merit Energy Company107.81MFeb 2001 – Jul 2026
State Park G-4-182935Bob West (L-24, 25, 26)Merit Energy Company100Mar 2001 – Jul 2026
State Park G-4-182936Bob West (L-12, 13, 14, 15)Merit Energy Company100Mar 2001 – Jul 2026
State Park G-4-182937Bob West (L-18, 20, 21, 22)Merit Energy Company100Mar 2001 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 101,908 · prior 12 95,963(+6%)

05K10K15K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationFeb 2001 → 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
496106-99DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationJun 13, 2000Jun 13, 2000Oct 19, 200014,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Mar 5, 2001State Park G-4-182937Bob West (L-18 20 21 22)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Mar 1, 200112,720
Mar 5, 2001State Park G-4-182936Bob West (L-12 13 14 15)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Mar 1, 200112,720
Mar 5, 2001State Park G-4-182935Bob West (L-24 25 26)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Mar 1, 200112,720
Feb 23, 2001State Park G-4-182934Bob West (L-27 28 29)Merit Energy CompanyProducing12,720

Formation tops

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

FormationMD ftSubsea
L1410,194-9,880
L2010,590-10,276
L2411,074-10,760
L2712,018-11,704
L2812,222-11,908
L2912,338-12,024

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
10,32910,349Perforated
10,32910,410Perforated
10,36710,382Perforated
10,40810,410Perforated
10,60210,616Perforated
10,60210,877Perforated
10,62610,648Perforated
10,78310,806Perforated
10,83010,838Perforated
10,85910,877Perforated
11,08411,108Perforated
11,08411,572Perforated
11,22811,266Perforated
11,52911,549Perforated
11,54911,572Perforated
12,02412,380Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,50017.51,015 S
9.6257,82112.25841 S
4.511,7156.5—
4.512,6946.5145 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
00Feb 29, 2008Dec 18, 2007—
00Sep 17, 2001Aug 23, 2001—
00Aug 10, 2001May 29, 2001—
00Aug 7, 2001May 29, 2001—
00Aug 7, 2001Apr 23, 2001Yes
00Jul 2, 2001——

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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