WELL · 42-115-33589 · DISTRICT 8

West Welch Unit #4971

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Dawson County · Welch field · Injection  · Directional

West Welch Unit #4971 (API 42-115-33589) is a well in Dawson County operated by Oxy USA Wtp Eor LLC, completed February 12, 2014 and listed as injection on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued May 28, 2013, permitted to 5,200 ft.

It was permitted by Oxy USA Wtp LP and has since transferred to Oxy USA Wtp Eor LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Yates, Grayburg, San Andres.

Its lease has reported 20.4M barrels of oil and 7.45M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 687 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

It holds an active disposal or injection permit, with 128K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through August 2025.

Operator of record

OXY USA WTP EOR LLC

Permitted by OXY USA WTP LP; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 7, 2026 · (713) 209-2400

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleOXY USA WTP EOR LLC
Production reportsOXY USA WTP LPthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitOXY USA WTP LPMay 28, 2013

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

5,200
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
May 28, 2013
last permit issued
Feb 12, 2014
completed
20.4M
cumulative oil, bbl
7.45M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Feb 12, 2014
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active

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; they carry 687 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
West Welch Unit O-11-14783WelchOXY USA WTP EOR, LLC68720.4M7.45MJan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 150,556 · prior 12 191,736(-21%)

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Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 76,284 · prior 12 90,932(-16%)

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Chain of custody

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

  1. 1OXY USA Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 2000
  2. 2OXY USA WTP LPJan 2001 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
763242-98DrillOXY USA WTP LPJul 5, 2013May 28, 2013Dec 24, 20135,200
763242-99DrillOXY USA WTP LPMay 22, 2013May 28, 2013—5,200

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-11-14783————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,116 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Yates3,04175
Grayburg4,232-1,116
San Andres4,454-1,338

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,9865,085Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6252,19412.251,060 S
5.55,1877.8751,080 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. About these reports →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Sep 15, 2014Apr 29, 2014Yes

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 are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. then paste it into their search.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

128K
bbl, last 12 reported months
1.97M
bbl, all reported
Aug 2025
reported through
UICKindStatusPermitted bbl/dMax psiZone ft
000108401H-1 InjectionActive5,3002,3004,600–5,200

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 127,881 · prior 12 142,639(-10%)

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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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