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Celestino Garza GU #9

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Starr County · Alvarado (Vicksburg) field · Producing  · Vertical

Celestino Garza GU #9 (API 42-427-33406) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed October 18, 2001 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 29, 2001, permitted to 11,600 ft.

It was permitted by Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Vicksburg, N Sand, Rincon.

Its lease has reported 23.6K barrels of oil and 2.09M mcf of gas since October 2001, last reporting volume in April 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.; 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

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitPeoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.Aug 29, 2001

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

11,600
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Aug 29, 2001
last permit issued
Oct 18, 2001
completed
23.6K
cumulative oil, bbl
2.09M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 2001 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 18, 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 lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Celestino Garza GU G-4-185594Alvarado (Vicksburg)Merit Energy Company123.6K2.09MOct 2001 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 3,317 · prior 12 3,656(-9%)

0200400600202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.Oct 2001 → Sep 2007
  2. 2Coronado Energy E&P Company, LLCOct 2007 → Dec 2010
  3. 3El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Jan 2011 → 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
513147-99DrillPeoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.Aug 29, 2001Aug 29, 2001Sep 2, 200112,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Oct 18, 2001Celestino Garza GU G-4-185594Alvarado (Vicksburg)Merit Energy CompanyProducing11,600

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 251 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Vicksburg1ST VICKSBURG6,312-6,061
Vicksburg1ST VICKSBURG SAND6,312-6,061
N Sand7,202-6,951
Rincon8,708-8,457

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,1028,134Perforated
8,2528,282Perforated
8,7128,737Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.752,24014.751,155 S
7.6258,4999.875300 S
5.510,6996.75265 S
—11,6004.75—

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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Mar 5, 2002Jan 28, 2002—
00Dec 4, 2001Nov 8, 2001Yes
00Nov 27, 2001——

Well logs

The RRC's map lists this well among those with logs online. Its monthly inventories loaded here, which start in July 2006, list none for it, so none are itemized.

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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.

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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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