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WELL · 42-427-33282 · DISTRICT 4

Coates 553 #13

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Starr County · Rincon N. (Vicksburg Cons.) field · Producing  · Vertical

Coates 553 #13 (API 42-427-33282) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed March 31, 2022 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 2000 and 2022, permitted to 8,500 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Frio, Vicksburg, First Rincon, Vx Ii.

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

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 1,049 permits on file · (972) 628-1559

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitMerit Energy CompanyJun 22, 2022
8,500
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Jun 22, 2022
last permit issued
Mar 31, 2022
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.62M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 2000 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 31, 2022
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active

Surface location

26.579441, -98.547231

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Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, in Starr County.

Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Coates 553 G-4-181314Rincon, N. (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy Company101.62MNov 2000 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 33,255 · prior 12 43,550(-24%)

05K10K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Texas Independent Explor., Inc.Dec 2000 → Jan 2002
  2. 2Samson Lone Star LPFeb 2002 → Jun 2007
  3. 3Samson Lone Star, LLCJul 2007 → Apr 2008
  4. 4Pogo Producing Company LLCMay 2008 → Aug 2011
  5. 5Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 2011 → Feb 2012
  6. 6OXY USA Inc.Mar 2012 → Apr 2017
  7. 7Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
878831-99RecompletionMerit Energy CompanyApr 5, 2022Jun 22, 2022Mar 14, 20227,930
500601-98DrillTexas Independent Explor., Inc.Feb 15, 2001Oct 10, 2000Oct 21, 20008,500
500601-99DrillTexas Independent Explor., Inc.Oct 10, 2000Oct 10, 2000—8,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-4-181314————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 337 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
FrioFRIO B4,220-3,883
VicksburgUPPER VICKSBURG4,830-4,493
First Rincon5,930-5,593
VX II6,700-6,363

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,9387,081Perforated
7,5137,516Perforated
7,5467,552Perforated
7,5547,556Perforated
7,5727,578Perforated
7,7057,708Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6252,54012.251,150 S
4.57,9307.875625 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 10, 2022Jul 12, 2022—
00May 21, 2001Feb 20, 2001Yes
00Mar 23, 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.

Nearby wells and their tops

NEAREST 8 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM

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This well's tops beside its 5 nearest neighbours, subsea-aligned so they line up regardless of surface terrain.

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JFB Heard Estate42-427-34190

2.0 KM · Shell Western E&P · Section with this well →

Vicksburgu7,050-6,603
Vicksburg7,050-6,603
Vicksburg7,230-6,783
Vicksburg7,441-6,994

Martinez B42-427-33369

2.1 KM · Samedan Oil Corporation · Section with this well →

Jackson190262
Miocene (undifferentiated)650-198
Vicksburg700-248
Catahoula970-518
Catahoula1,200-748
Yegua1,800-1,348
Cook Mountain2,300-1,848
Queen City2,300-1,848

14 TOPS · FIRST 8

Martinez B42-427-32856

2.3 KM · Samedan Oil Corporation · Section with this well →

Jackson190260
Miocene (undifferentiated)650-200
Vicksburg700-250
Catahoula970-520
Catahoula1,200-750
Yegua1,800-1,350
Queen City2,300-1,850
VICKSBURG52005,177-4,727

11 TOPS · FIRST 8

Garza, A. M. State42-427-33303

2.6 KM · Shell Western E&P · Section with this well →

VX S Upper6,710-6,276
VX V7,028-6,594
Vicksburgv7,270-6,836
Vicksburg7,270-6,836
VX W7,567-7,133

Martinez B42-427-33080

3.0 KM · Samedan Oil Corporation · Section with this well →

P-1A3,434-2,990
F-64,332-3,888
Top Rincon5,666-5,222
VICKSBURG67006,818-6,374

Garza, A. M. -State42-427-33746

3.2 KM · Shell Western E&P · Section with this well →

VX R7,020-6,589
VX U7,070-6,639
VX W7,930-7,499

Cameron-State42-427-34816

3.8 KM · Dahco Operating, LLC · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)1,030-588
Catahoula1,950-1,508
Catahoula4,034-3,592
Vicksburg5,170-4,728
Yegua—
Cook Mountain—
Jackson—
Queen City—

9 TOPS · FIRST 8

Saenz, M. -State42-427-31950

3.8 KM · Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Corpus · Section with this well →

Vicksburg5,975-5,537
Vicksburg6,022-5,584
Vicksburg6,144-5,706

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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