WELL · 42-433-00227 · DISTRICT 7

Rutherford #3

Rutherford #3 (API 42-433-00227) is a former disposal or injection well in Stonewall County, last operated by Merit Energy Company; its UIC permit is no longer active.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 9, 2015, permitted to 4,427 ft.

Its lease has reported 12.9K barrels of oil and 11.8K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2008. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

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 schedule	none
Production reports	Petra Oleum Corp.through Dec 2000
Latest permit	Merit Energy CompanyJan 9, 2015

4,427: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jan 9, 2015: last permit issued
—: completed
12.9K: cumulative oil, bbl
11.8K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2008

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

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; they carry 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Rutherford, W. Z. O-8-4289	Flowers, W. (Canyon Sand)	Petra Oleum Corp.	5	12.9K	11.8K	Jan 1993 – Mar 2008

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Chain of custody

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

1Costilla Petroleum CorporationJan 1993 → Jan 1997
2Costilla Energy, Inc.Feb 1997 → Apr 1997
3Petra Oleum Corp.May 1997 → Apr 2000

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
802401-99	Reenter	Merit Energy Company	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 9, 2015	—	4,427

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-8-4289	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,245	4,300	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	128	13.75	100 S
5.5	4,427	8.75	125 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Jun 16, 1993	Apr 23, 1993	—
Jun 15, 1990	May 17, 1990	—
Jan 12, 1984	—	—

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.

Wellbore filings for 42-433-00227 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-433-00227 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

0: bbl, last 12 reported months
40.7K: bbl, all reported
Sep 2005: reported through

UIC	Kind	Status	Permitted bbl/d	Max psi	Zone ft
000072553	H-1 Injection	Plugged Oct 11, 2005	125	2,000	4,245–4,300

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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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