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Villarreal #6

Shut in

Starr County · Alvarado (Vicksburg) field · Temp Abandoned  · Vertical

Villarreal #6 (API 42-427-33514) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed September 11, 2002 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in September 1, 2023.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 19, 2002, permitted to 10,215 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 Q Sand, Rincon, Upr R.

Its lease has reported 7.43K barrels of oil and 509K mcf of gas since September 2002, last reporting volume in August 2023.

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 Feb 2024
Latest permitPeoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.Jul 19, 2002

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

10,215
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jul 19, 2002
last permit issued
Sep 11, 2002
completed
7.43K
cumulative oil, bbl
509K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 2002 THROUGH Feb 2024

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Sep 11, 2002
Shut in
Sep 1, 2023
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
Villarreal G-4-191051Alvarado (Vicksburg)Merit Energy Company17.43K509KSep 2002 – Feb 2024

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

0510202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.Sep 2002 → 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 → Aug 2023

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
522034-99DrillPeoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.Jul 19, 2002Jul 19, 2002Jul 26, 200211,300

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Sep 11, 2002Villarreal G-4-191051Alvarado (Vicksburg)Merit Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Sep 1, 202310,215

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 212 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Q Sand8,564-8,352
Rincon9,500-9,288
Upr R9,810-9,598

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,5808,604Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.752,28014.751,110 S
7.6257,9609.875190 S
4.510,2156.75320 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
00Nov 12, 2002Oct 1, 2002Yes
00Oct 29, 2002——

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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