TEXAS · WELLS · CALLAHAN COUNTY · DAVIS, S. M. LEASE · API 42-059-32884 · DISTRICT 6E
Davis S. M. #20
Callahan County · Callahan County Regular field · Vertical
Davis S. M. #20 (API 42-059-32884) is a plugged well in Callahan County, plugged October 12, 2016, last operated by Merkaz Drilling LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 10, 1980, permitted to 600 ft.
It was permitted by Tidwell Brothers and has since transferred to Merkaz Drilling LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Tallehill, Tannehill, Flippen, Cook Sand.
Its lease has reported 27.2K barrels of oil and 14 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in March 2026. The lease carries 67 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Tidwell Brothers; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 16, 2025
- Permits on file
- 39
- Phone
- (214) 394-8645
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Merkaz Drilling LLC |
| Production reports | Merkaz Drilling, LLCthrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Tidwell BrothersNov 10, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 600
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 10, 1980
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 27.2K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 14
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 12, 2016
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; they carry 67 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis, S. M. O-8-6429 | Callahan County Regular | Merkaz Drilling, LLC | 67 | 27.2K | 14 | Jan 1993 – Mar 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,088 · prior 12 2,261(-52%)
Wells named Davis S. M.
Merkaz Drilling LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Callahan 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.
- 1Momentum Operating Co., Inc.Jan 1993 → Jul 1994
- 2Sequoia Fossil Fuels, Inc.Aug 1994 → Jul 2003
- 3IpactAug 2003 → Apr 2008
- 4Ziegler-Peru, Inc.Oct 2011 → Aug 2012
- 5Merkaz Drilling, LLCOct 2012 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98540-99 | Drill | Tidwell Brothers | Nov 10, 1980 | Nov 10, 1980 | — | 600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Davis S. M. O-8-6429 | Callahan County Regular | Merkaz Drilling LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft |
|---|---|
| Tallehill | 240 |
| Tannehill | 240 |
| Flippen | 410 |
| Cook Sand | 446 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 446 | 456 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.375 | 456 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 493 | 6.25 | 65 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 | Dec 11, 2001 | Sep 5, 2001 | — |
| 00 | Sep 26, 1985 | Aug 5, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 14, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-059-32884 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-059-32884 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 0
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 498K
- bbl, all reported
- Feb 2017
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000055762 | H-1 Injection | Plugged Dec 19, 2016 | 220 | 210 | 446–456 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
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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