TEXAS · WELLS · WISE COUNTY · VAUGHT, E. L. LEASE · API 42-497-33278 · DISTRICT 7C
Vaught E. L. #3
Wise County · Boonsville (Bend Congl. Gas) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Boonsville (Bend Congl., Gas) · Risch, East (Atoka Congl.)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated.
Vaught E. L. #3 (API 42-497-33278) is a plugged well in Wise County, plugged November 29, 2006, last operated by Merit Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 11, 1987, permitted to 6,000 ft.
It was permitted by EP Operating Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including T/Caddo, T/Atoka.
Its lease has reported 9 barrels of oil and 48.9K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by EP Operating Company; 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 Feb 2004 |
| Latest permit | EP Operating CompanyDec 11, 1987 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 11, 1987
- last permit issued
- Feb 26, 1988
- completed
- 9
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 48.9K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH FEB 2004
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 26, 1988
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Nov 29, 2006
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaught, E. L. G-13-126985 | Boonsville (Bend Congl., Gas) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 9 | 48.9K | by Jan 1993 – Feb 2004 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Vaught E. L.
Merit Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Wise County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1EP Operating Limited PartnershipJan 1993 → Feb 1995
- 2Enserch Exploration, IncMar 1995 → Dec 1997
- 3Merit Energy CompanyJan 1998 → Feb 2004
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 339988-99 | Drill | EP Operating Company | Dec 10, 1987 | Dec 11, 1987 | — | 6,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 1988 | Vaught E. L. G-13-126985 | Boonsville (Bend Congl. Gas) | Merit Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,056 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| T/Caddo | 4,235 | -3,179 |
| T/Atoka | 4,840 | -3,784 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,410 | 4,416 | Perforated |
| 4,546 | 4,549 | Perforated |
| 5,083 | 5,089 | Perforated |
| 5,155 | 5,168 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,235 | 12.25 | 450 S |
| 5.5 | 5,940 | 7.875 | 360 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 | Jun 7, 1988 | Mar 18, 1988 | — |
| 00 | May 6, 1988 | — | — |
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 42-497-33278 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-497-33278 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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