TEXAS · WELLS · GAINES COUNTY · DENVER UNIT LEASE · API 42-165-32078 · DISTRICT 7B

Denver Unit #6538WC

On schedule

Gaines County · Wasson field · Injection · Vertical

Denver Unit #6538WC (API 42-165-32078) is a well in Gaines County operated by Occidental Permian Ltd., completed February 11, 2022 and listed as injection on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1981 and 2011, permitted to 5,245 ft.

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

Its lease has reported 352M barrels of oil and 1.17B mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 2,471 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

It holds an active disposal or injection permit, with 124K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

Operator of record

Occidental Permian Ltd.

Based in: Houston, TX
P-5 status: Active (A)
P-5 last filed: Feb 2, 2026
Permits on file: 6,251
Phone: (713) 215-7000

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Occidental Permian Ltd.
Production reports	Occidental Permian Ltd.through Apr 2026
Latest permit	Occidental Permian Ltd.Dec 28, 2011

5,245: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Dec 28, 2011: last permit issued
Feb 11, 2022: completed
352M: cumulative oil, bbl
1.17B: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH APR 2026

On this page4 formation tops Lease production 2 completions Injection volumes

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: Feb 11, 2022
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.

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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 2,471 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Denver Unit O-11-18910	Wasson	Occidental Permian Ltd.	2,471	352M	1.17B	by Jan 1993 – Apr 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 6,889,269 · prior 12 7,061,574(-2%)

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 9,464,854 · prior 12 11,150,167(-15%)

Wells named Denver Unit

Occidental Permian Ltd.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Gaines 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.

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Chain of custody

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

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

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
730025-99	Recompletion	Occidental Permian Ltd.	Dec 14, 2011	Dec 28, 2011	—	5,800
117705-99	Drill	Shell Oil Company	May 6, 1981	May 6, 1981	Jun 27, 1981	5,200

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Feb 11, 2022	Denver Unit O-11-18910	Wasson	Occidental Permian Ltd.	Injection	5,245
Sep 25, 1981	Denver Unit O-11-18910	Wasson	Occidental Permian Ltd.	Not on Schedule	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,549 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Yates	2,980	569
Grayburg	4,045	-496
San Andres	4,310	-761
San Andres	4,658	-1,109

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,890	5,056	Perforated
4,890	5,075	Perforated
4,906	5,110	Perforated
5,127	5,245	Open hole

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	420	12.25	275 S
2.875	5,087	—	—
7	5,109	8.75	1,500 S
7	5,110	8.75	1,500 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 →

RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Apr 2, 2024	Feb 15, 2023	—
Apr 7, 1989	Mar 20, 1989	—
Aug 17, 1988	Jul 29, 1988	—
Aug 12, 1988	Nov 9, 1981	—
Jan 12, 1984	Nov 9, 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 42-165-32078 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-165-32078 → scanned completion filings

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its search.

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Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

124K: bbl, last 12 reported months
4.75M: bbl, all reported
Sep 2025: reported through

UIC	Kind	Status	Permitted bbl/d	Max psi	Zone ft
000064333	H-1 Injection	Active	2,000	2,000	4,600–5,495

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

Last 12 months 124,056 · prior 12 365,434(-66%)

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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