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Sandia C #4

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Starr County · Bob West (L-1-4) field · SWR-10-Well  · Directional

Sandia C #4 (API 42-427-33429) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed June 6, 2002 and listed as swr-10-well on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended twice), issued November 29, 2001, permitted to 13,475 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 L-1, L-5, L-7, L-10.

Its 4 leases have reported 19 barrels of oil and 3.34M mcf of gas since May 2002, last reporting volume in April 2026. The leases carry 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

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

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Nov 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.

13,475
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Nov 29, 2001
last permit issued
Jun 6, 2002
completed
19
cumulative oil, bbl
3.34M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 2002 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 6, 2002
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
Sandia "C" G-4-192763Bob West (Roleta)Merit Energy Company1193.34MMay 2002 – Apr 2026
Sandia "C" G-4-192766Bob West (L-12, 13, 14, 15)Merit Energy Company100Jun 2002 – —
Sandia "C" G-4-192767Bob West (L-1-4)Merit Energy Company100Jun 2002 – —
Sandia "C" G-4-192768Bob West (L-5-10)Merit Energy Company100Jun 2002 – —

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 9,975 · prior 12 10,160(-2%)

05001K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.May 2002 → 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
515703-97DrillEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Feb 4, 2003Nov 29, 2001—14,000
515703-98DrillEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Feb 19, 2002Nov 29, 2001Mar 29, 200214,000
515703-99DrillEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Nov 29, 2001Nov 29, 2001—14,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jun 6, 2002Sandia C G-4-192767Bob West (L-1-4)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Jun 1, 200213,475
Jun 5, 2002Sandia C G-4-192768Bob West (L-5-10)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Jun 1, 200213,475
Jun 1, 2002Sandia C G-4-192766Bob West (L-12 13 14 15)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Jun 1, 200213,475
May 28, 2002Sandia C G-4-192763Bob West (Roleta)Merit Energy CompanyProducing13,475

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 310 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
L-17,580-7,270
L-58,220-7,910
L-78,475-8,165
L-108,880-8,570
L-129,455-9,145
L-139,870-9,560

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,6408,655Perforated
9,2269,266Perforated
9,6289,668Perforated
9,9049,968Perforated
10,44610,464Perforated
11,52211,534Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,00017.5440 S
9.6258,06712.251,307 S
4.513,4758.51,495 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. 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
00Sep 5, 2003Aug 6, 2003—
00Apr 24, 2003Aug 16, 2002—
00Apr 11, 2003Aug 29, 2002Yes
00Feb 12, 2003——

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

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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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