WELL · 42-173-30427 · DISTRICT 7
Francis Moeller #6
Glasscock County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Francis Moeller #6 (API 42-173-30427) is a plugged well in Glasscock County, plugged February 26, 1999, last operated by Merit Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 7, 1989, permitted to 6,506 ft.
It was permitted by Hanley Petroleum Inc. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including San Andres, Clear Fork, Spraberry, Dean.
Its 2 leases have reported 25.5K barrels of oil and 173K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in May 2012. The leases carry 8 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Hanley Petroleum Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 7, 2025
- Permits on file
- 1,049
- Phone
- (972) 701-8377
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Jan 2012 |
| Latest permit | Hanley Petroleum Inc.Feb 7, 1989 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,506
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 7, 1989
- last permit issued
- Jan 19, 1989
- completed
- 25.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 173K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2012
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 19, 1989
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 26, 1999
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 8 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Moeller O-10-34750 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Merit Energy Company | 4 | 13.1K | 92.3K | Nov 1995 – May 2012 |
| Moeller, Francis O-9-7038 | Calvin (Dean) | Hanley Petroleum Inc. | 4 | 12.4K | 81.1K | Jan 1993 – Jan 1996 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Hanley Petroleum Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1999
- 2Concho Resources Inc.Mar 1999 → Jun 2001
- 3Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Jul 2001 → Jun 2002
- 4Merit Energy CompanyJul 2002 → Sep 2007
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 355803-99 | Recompletion | Hanley Petroleum Inc. | Feb 3, 1989 | Feb 7, 1989 | — | 6,506 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-7038 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-10-34750 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,708 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 4,000 | -1,292 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | 6,423 | -3,715 |
| SpraberryUPPER SPRABERRY | 6,904 | -4,196 |
| SpraberryLOWER SPRABERRY | 7,800 | -5,092 |
| Dean | 8,333 | -5,625 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,425 | 6,433 | Perforated |
| 8,342 | 8,604 | Perforated |
| 8,346 | 8,604 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,317 | 11 | 500 S |
| 4.5 | 8,697 | 7.875 | 600 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Dec 27, 1995 | Feb 24, 1989 | — |
| 00 | Mar 9, 1989 | Feb 24, 1989 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Dec 7, 1976 | — |
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 42-173-30427 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-173-30427 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.
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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