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Guerra-USA Gas Unit D #13

Shut in

Starr County · Bob West (L-5-10) field · SWR-10-Well  · Directional

Guerra-USA Gas Unit D #13 (API 42-427-33530) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed September 21, 2003 and listed as swr-10-well on the RRC schedule, shut in July 1, 2024.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 2002 and 2003, permitted to 14,575 ft.

It was permitted by El Paso Production Oil & Gas CO. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

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

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
Watch this operatorWatch Starr County

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Jun 2024
Latest permitEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Oct 1, 2003

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

14,575
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Oct 1, 2003
last permit issued
Sep 21, 2003
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
3.87M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 2002 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Sep 21, 2003
Shut in
Jul 1, 2024
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 6 leases this well is completed on; they carry 6 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit "D" G-4-192694Bob West (L-34-47)Merit Energy Company103.87MNov 2002 – Jul 2026
Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit "D" G-4-192865Bob West (L-30, 31, 32, 33)Merit Energy Company100Nov 2002 – Jul 2026
Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit "D" G-4-192868Bob West (L-27, 28, 29)Merit Energy Company100Nov 2002 – Jul 2026
Guerra-USA Gas Unit "D" G-4-196179Bob West (L-12, 13, 14, 15)Merit Energy Company100Jun 2003 – Jul 2026
Guerra-USA Gas Unit "D" G-4-196180Bob West (L-24, 25, 26)Merit Energy Company100Jun 2003 – Jul 2026
Guerra-USA Gas Unit "D" G-4-197650Bob West (L-5-10)Merit Energy Company100Sep 2003 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 2(-100%)

024202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Nov 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 → Jun 2024

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
536827-98RecompletionEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Oct 10, 2003Oct 1, 2003Sep 13, 200314,500
536827-99RecompletionEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Sep 25, 2003Oct 1, 2003—14,500
523222-99DrillEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Aug 29, 2002Aug 29, 2002Sep 4, 200214,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Sep 21, 2003Guerra-USA Gas Unit D G-4-197650Bob West (L-5-10)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Sep 1, 200314,575
Sep 21, 2003Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit D G-4-192694Bob West (L-34-47)Merit Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Jul 1, 202414,575
Jun 18, 2003Guerra-USA Gas Unit D G-4-196180Bob West (L-24 25 26)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Jun 1, 200314,575
Jun 18, 2003Guerra-USA Gas Unit D G-4-196179Bob West (L-12 13 14 15)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Jun 1, 200314,575
Nov 21, 2002Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit D G-4-192868Bob West (L-27 28 29)Merit Energy CompanyNot Eligible for Allowable · shut in Nov 1, 200214,575
Nov 21, 2002Guerra-U.S.A. Gas Unit D G-4-192865Bob West (L-30 31 32 33)Merit Energy CompanySWR-10-Well · shut in Nov 1, 200214,575

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
10,47010,480Perforated
10,74710,770Perforated
11,38511,405Perforated
11,72211,734Perforated
11,98611,996Perforated
12,58412,608Perforated
13,01613,080Perforated
13,01613,082Perforated
13,18413,194Perforated
13,31213,328Perforated
13,43013,486Perforated
13,55313,575Perforated
13,70013,736Perforated
13,79213,808Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,49417.51,305 S
9.6258,45912.25710 S
9.6258,48912.25710 S
4.514,5758.51,485 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
00Jan 6, 2004Oct 22, 2003—
00Dec 22, 2003Oct 22, 2003—
00Nov 21, 2003——
00Sep 11, 2003Jul 8, 2003—
00Aug 29, 2003——
00Apr 10, 2003Dec 27, 2002Yes
00Feb 18, 2003——
00Feb 7, 2003——

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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