WELL · 42-427-33292 · DISTRICT 4

Southwest Farm & Ranch-State #14

Y

Starr County · Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated) field · Temp Abandoned  · Vertical

Southwest Farm & Ranch-State #14 (API 42-427-33292) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed January 15, 2001 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 16, 2000, permitted to 10,000 ft.

It was permitted by Fina Oil & Chemical Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including T-2, T-3, T-4, T-5.

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

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Fina Oil & Chemical Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

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 Aug 2018
Latest permitFina Oil & Chemical CompanyNov 16, 2000

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

10,000
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Nov 16, 2000
last permit issued
Jan 15, 2001
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
824K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 2001 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jan 15, 2001
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active

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 lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Southwest Farm & Ranch-State G-4-184559Hinde, West (Marker III Sd.)Merit Energy Company10824KJan 2001 – Jul 2026

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Totalfinaelf E&P USA IncJan 2001 → Aug 2003
  2. 2Total E&P USA, Inc.Sep 2003 → Jan 2006
  3. 3Shell Western E&PFeb 2006 → Apr 2011
  4. 4OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Mar 2015
  5. 5Merit Energy CompanySep 2017 → Aug 2018

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
502005-99DrillFina Oil & Chemical CompanyNov 15, 2000Nov 16, 2000Dec 8, 200010,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-4-184559————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 366 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
T-24,730-4,364
T-35,970-5,604
T-46,704-6,338
T-57,285-6,919
T-67,748-7,382
T-88,309-7,943

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,7557,780Perforated
7,8607,878Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.751,53414.75910 S
7.6257,1609.875870 S
3.58,4996.75244 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 9, 2001Sep 17, 2001Yes
00Sep 27, 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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