WELL · 42-427-33746 · DISTRICT 4

Garza A. M. -State #19

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Starr County · Rincon North (4350) field  · Vertical

Garza A. M. -State #19 (API 42-427-33746) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed June 4, 2021.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2004 and 2021, permitted to 10,000 ft.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Vx R, Vx U, Vx W.

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

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

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 Apr 2026
Latest permitMerit Energy CompanyMar 31, 2021
10,000
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Mar 31, 2021
last permit issued
Jun 4, 2021
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
2M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 2004 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 4, 2021
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Surface location

26.604331, -98.531547

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Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, in Starr County.

Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Garza, A. M. -State G-4-293153Rincon, North (4350)Merit Energy Company1062KApr 2022 – Jul 2026
Garza, A. M. -State O-4-14155Rincon, North (4350)Merit Energy Company100Apr 2021 – Oct 2022
Garza, A. M. -State G-4-204641Rincon, N. (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy Company101.93MSep 2004 – Jun 2021

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 12,002 · prior 12 13,511(-11%)

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Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Shell Western E&PSep 2004 → Apr 2011
  2. 2OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Feb 2015
  3. 3Merit Energy CompanyApr 2022 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
868683-99RecompletionMerit Energy CompanyMar 26, 2021Mar 31, 2021Apr 5, 20219,070
548311-99DrillShell Western E&PJul 15, 2004Jul 19, 2004—10,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-4-204641————
—— G-4-293153————
—— O-4-14155————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 431 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
VX R7,020-6,589
VX U7,070-6,639
VX W7,930-7,499

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,4504,464Perforated
6,0806,089Perforated
7,0227,026Perforated
7,0767,086Perforated
7,4867,491Perforated
7,6507,654Perforated
7,9387,948Perforated
8,0008,005Perforated
8,4768,486Perforated
8,8798,889Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.751,50514.251,195 S
7.6257,1259.875535 S
2.8759,0606.5400 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
00Sep 26, 2022Aug 9, 2022—
00Jun 23, 2021Jun 8, 2021—
00Jun 9, 2021May 25, 2021—
00May 27, 2021May 25, 2021—
00May 27, 2021May 13, 2021—
00Feb 22, 2005Oct 1, 2004Yes
00Dec 14, 2004——

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.

Nearby wells and their tops

NEAREST 8 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM

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This well's tops beside its 5 nearest neighbours, subsea-aligned so they line up regardless of surface terrain.

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Garza, A. M. State42-427-33303

0.7 KM · Shell Western E&P · Section with this well →

VX S Upper6,710-6,276
VX V7,028-6,594
Vicksburgv7,270-6,836
Vicksburg7,270-6,836
VX W7,567-7,133

Martinez B42-427-33369

1.8 KM · Samedan Oil Corporation · Section with this well →

Jackson190262
Miocene (undifferentiated)650-198
Vicksburg700-248
Catahoula970-518
Catahoula1,200-748
Yegua1,800-1,348
Queen City2,300-1,848
Cook Mountain2,300-1,848

14 TOPS · FIRST 8

Martinez B42-427-33080

1.9 KM · Samedan Oil Corporation · Section with this well →

P-1A3,434-2,990
F-64,332-3,888
Top Rincon5,666-5,222
VICKSBURG67006,818-6,374

Martinez B42-427-32856

2.4 KM · Samedan Oil Corporation · Section with this well →

Jackson190260
Miocene (undifferentiated)650-200
Vicksburg700-250
Catahoula970-520
Catahoula1,200-750
Yegua1,800-1,350
Queen City2,300-1,850
VICKSBURG52005,177-4,727

11 TOPS · FIRST 8

Coates 55342-427-33282

3.2 KM · Texas Independent Explor., Inc. · Section with this well →

Frio4,220-3,883
Vicksburg4,830-4,493
First Rincon5,930-5,593
VX II6,700-6,363

Saenz, M. -State42-427-31950

3.5 KM · Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Corpus · Section with this well →

Vicksburg5,975-5,537
Vicksburg6,022-5,584
Vicksburg6,144-5,706

M. Saenz State42-427-34775

3.8 KM · Killam Oil Co., Ltd. · Section with this well →

Catahoula1,330-886
Catahoula2,937-2,493
Vicksburg4,928-4,484
Cook Mountain—
Queen City—
Wilcox—
Yegua—
Jackson—

9 TOPS · FIRST 8

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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