WELL · 42-475-31561 · DISTRICT 8
State OA #2
Ward County · Vertical
State OA #2 (API 42-475-31561) is a permitted well in Ward County filed by Merit Energy Company; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1977 and 1994, permitted to 6,900 ft.
Its lease has reported 10.9K barrels of oil and 56.1K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in May 2006.
Operator of record
- 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 | Gruy Petroleum Management Co.through Dec 2003 |
| Latest permit | Merit Energy CompanyMar 8, 1994 |
- 6,900
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Mar 8, 1994
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 10.9K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 56.1K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2006
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State "OA" O-10-24701 | Caprito (Delaware Middle) | Gruy Petroleum Management Co. | 1 | 10.9K | 56.1K | Jan 1993 – May 2006 |
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.
- 1Merit Energy CompanyJan 1993 → Jul 1996
- 2Vista Resources, Inc. (A)Aug 1996 → Feb 2000
- 3Prize Operating CompanyMar 2000 → Mar 2002
- 4Gruy Petroleum Management Co.Apr 2002 → Dec 2003
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 421596-99 | Recompletion | Merit Energy Company | Feb 28, 1994 | Mar 8, 1994 | — | 6,560 |
| 2326-99 | Drill | Gulf Oil Corp. | Sep 26, 1977 | Sep 26, 1977 | — | 6,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-24701 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,998 | 6,324 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,117 | 12.25 | 1,300 S |
| 5.5 | 6,559 | 7.875 | 550 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 12, 1977 | — |
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 42-475-31561 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-475-31561 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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