WELL · 42-165-01668 · DISTRICT 8

Flanagan Unit #72W

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Gaines County  · Vertical

Flanagan Unit #72W (API 42-165-01668) is a former disposal or injection well in Gaines County, last operated by Shell Western E&P Inc.; its UIC permit is no longer active.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 29, 1994, permitted to 6,610 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Clear Fork.

Its lease has reported 15.9M barrels of oil and 5.02M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 220 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Shell Western E&P Inc.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 7, 2000 · 2,528 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsOccidental Permian Ltd.through Apr 2026
Latest permitShell Western E&P Inc.Jun 29, 1994
6,610
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jun 29, 1994
last permit issued
—
completed
15.9M
cumulative oil, bbl
5.02M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

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 220 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Flanagan Unit O-11-66166Flanagan (Clearfork, Cons.)Occidental Permian EOR, LLC22015.9M5.02MJan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 67,449 · prior 12 59,714(+13%)

05K10K15K202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 21,262 · prior 12 30,828(-31%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Shell Western E&P Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1997
  2. 2Altura Energy Ltd.Mar 1997 → Apr 2000
  3. 3Occidental Permian Ltd.May 2000 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
425318-99OtherShell Western E&P Inc.Jun 27, 1994Jun 29, 1994—6,610

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-11-66166————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,321 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Clear ForkUPPER CLEARFORK6,330-3,009

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,3346,364Perforated
6,3846,404Perforated
6,4346,468Perforated
—6,420Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.7544515400 S
7.3754,4109.8752,066 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
00Aug 31, 1988Aug 4, 1988—
00May 25, 1988——
00May 19, 1988——
00Jan 12, 1984——

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

0
bbl, last 12 reported months
1.91M
bbl, all reported
Oct 2010
reported through
UICKindStatusPermitted bbl/dMax psiZone ft
000023222H-1 InjectionPlugged Dec 27, 20101,0002,5005,773–7,323

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

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

0120092010

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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