Well 4305H, MERCHANT ESTATE WEST E 17-8, Reagan County, Texas
API 38342078 — recorded on 1 lease.
Well API 38342078 is recorded on the MERCHANT ESTATE WEST E 17-8 lease in Reagan County, Texas, operated by DE CENTRAL OPERATING, LLC. The state files a total depth of 8,309 ft, a last completion filed Feb 20 2026, 1 drilling permit and 1 hydraulic fracturing disclosure. The state holds no plugging record for it.
Leases
| Lease | Well no. | Operator | Field | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MERCHANT ESTATE WEST E 17-8 | 4305H | DE CENTRAL OPERATING, LLC | SPRABERRY (TREND AREA) | Off |
The hole
- Total depth
- 8,309 ft
- Casing strings
- 8
- Deepest casing
- 24,535 ft
- Survey
- L&SV RR CO
- Abstract
- 268
- Block / section
- A / 17
- Plugging records
- not filed
- Bottom hole location
- 31.61937, -101.56584
Drilling permits
From the Railroad Commission's drilling permit master — the application record, not a record of drilling. A permit is an application the Commission filed and numbered; the spud date is the only field here that says a hole was started. This file carries no approval status, so none is shown.
| Permit | Issued | Type | Lease | Depth | Spud |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 907890 | May 14 2025 | Drillhorizontal | MERCHANT ESTATE WEST E 17-8no. 4305H | 10,605 ft | Aug 15 2025 |
What the lease produced
Texas reports oil and gas by lease, never by wellbore, so this is the whole lease. Values are volume multiplied by the published monthly price, the same arithmetic the lease page shows in full.
Hydraulic fracturing
Disclosed to FracFocus, the registry Texas designates by statute (Natural Resources Code §91.851; 16 TAC §3.29). FracFocus is run by the Ground Water Protection Council and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, not by a state agency — but the filing itself is required by Texas rule.