TEXAS · WELLS · UPTON COUNTY · NEAL, H. F., -24- B LEASE · API 42-461-32027 · DISTRICT 6E
Neal H. F. -24- B #2
Upton County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Neal H. F. -24- B #2 (API 42-461-32027) is a plugged well in Upton County, plugged May 5, 2010, last operated by Merit Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 13, 1983, permitted to 8,450 ft.
It was permitted by Hanley Petroleum Inc. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 14.9K barrels of oil and 117K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Hanley Petroleum Inc.; 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 schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Jul 2007 |
| Latest permit | Hanley Petroleum Inc.May 13, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,450
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 13, 1983
- last permit issued
- Jun 12, 1983
- completed
- 14.9K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 117K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2007
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 12, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 5, 2010
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal, H. F., -24- B O-9-3784 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 14.9K | 117K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2007 |
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.
- 1Hanley Petroleum Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1999
- 2Concho Resources Inc.Mar 1999 → Jun 2001
- 3Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Jul 2001 → Jun 2002
- 4Merit Energy CompanyJul 2002 → Jun 2007
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194950-99 | Drill | Hanley Petroleum Inc. | May 13, 1983 | May 13, 1983 | — | 8,450 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1983 | Neal H. F. -24- B O-9-3784 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Merit Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,397 | 8,308 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 365 | 17.5 | 250 S |
| 8.625 | 2,385 | 11 | 250 S |
| 2.375 | 7,728 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 8,412 | 7.875 | 600 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 →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 3, 1983 | — |
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 42-461-32027 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-32027 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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