TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · SMITH, A.H. LEASE · API 42-505-35163 · DISTRICT 04

Smith A.H. #7

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Zapata County · Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated) field · Producing  · Vertical

Smith A.H. #7 (API 42-505-35163) is a well in Zapata County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed January 17, 2005 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 7, 2004, permitted to 10,300 ft.

It was permitted by 549033s Energy Prod.-TX, L.P. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Vela 1, Vela 2, Guerra.

Its lease has reported 8.06K barrels of oil and 1.81M mcf of gas since January 2005, last reporting volume in April 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by 549033S Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.; 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 Apr 2026
Latest permit549033S Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.Dec 7, 2004

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

10,300
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Dec 7, 2004
last permit issued
Jan 17, 2005
completed
8.06K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.81M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 2005 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jan 17, 2005
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

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
Smith, A.H. G-4-206995Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated)Merit Energy Company18.06K1.81MJan 2005 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 13,948 · prior 12 30,061(-54%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.Jan 2005 → Sep 2007
  2. 2Coronado Energy E&P Company, LLCOct 2007 → Dec 2010
  3. 3El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Jan 2011 → Jul 2012
  4. 4EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.Aug 2012 → Oct 2013
  5. 5Cantera Operating, LLCNov 2013 → Nov 2017
  6. 6Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
554531-99Drill549033S Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.Dec 7, 2004Dec 7, 2004Dec 17, 200411,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jan 17, 2005Smith A.H. G-4-206995Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated)Merit Energy CompanyProducing10,300

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 372 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Vela 18,668-8,296
Vela 29,128-8,756
Guerra9,823-9,451

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,6688,680Perforated
8,6949,703Perforated
9,8249,828Perforated
9,8609,880Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,35017.5571 S
9.6257,32012.25700 S
4.510,1846.125255 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
00Jun 14, 2006Nov 14, 2005—
00Jun 6, 2005Feb 10, 2005Yes
00Mar 30, 2005——

Well logs

1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Jul 28, 2008. Density, Neutron, Resistivity. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.

Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗
Logas describedFiles Intervalft, as filedDatereceivedSizeMB
COMBINATION: RESISTIVITY/NEUTRON/DENSITY POROSITYSpans Vela 1, Vela 2, GuerraTIFF1,350 to 10,302Jul 28, 2008run Jan 11, 20053.57

"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.

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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.

The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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