TEXAS · WELLS · WISE COUNTY · CRAFT-WATER BOARD UNIT 21 LEASE · API 42-497-32118 · DISTRICT 7C

Craft-Water Board Unit 21 #4

Plugged

Wise County · Boonsville (Bend Congl. Gas) field  · Vertical

Craft-Water Board Unit 21 #4 (API 42-497-32118) is a plugged well in Wise County, plugged November 18, 2009, last operated by Merit Energy Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 6, 1981, permitted to 5,700 ft.

It was permitted by Enserch Exploration, Inc and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 3.96K barrels of oil and 485K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Enserch Exploration, 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 scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Feb 2008
Latest permitEnserch Exploration, IncMar 6, 1981

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

5,700
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Mar 6, 1981
last permit issued
Aug 17, 1981
completed
3.96K
cumulative oil, bbl
485K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2008

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Aug 17, 1981
Shut in
—
Plugged
Nov 18, 2009

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Craft-Water Board Unit 21 G-13-94868Boonsville (Bend Congl., Gas)Merit Energy Company13.96K485KJan 1993 – Feb 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.

  1. 1EP Operating Limited PartnershipJan 1993 → Feb 1995
  2. 2Enserch Exploration, IncMar 1995 → Dec 1997
  3. 3Merit Energy CompanyJan 1998 → Feb 2008

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
111083-99DrillEnserch Exploration, IncMar 6, 1981Mar 6, 1981Jun 26, 19815,700

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Aug 17, 1981Craft-Water Board Unit 21 G-13-94868Boonsville (Bend Congl. Gas)Merit Energy CompanyPlugged—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
5,2705,894Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.62560312.25320 S
2.3755,876——
4.55,9438.75440 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jan 12, 1984Aug 28, 1981—

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 filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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