TEXAS · WELLS · HARRISON COUNTY · BRITTON GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-203-00304 · DISTRICT 06
Britton Gas Unit #1
Harrison County · Woodlawn (Rodessa) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Britton Gas Unit #1 (API 42-203-00304) is a well in Harrison County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed May 26, 1988 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in January 1, 1998.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1977 and 1988, permitted to 7,050 ft.
It was permitted by Amoco Production Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Massive Anhydrite (marker), Rodessa, James Lime, Pettit.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Permitted by Amoco Production Company; 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 | none |
| Latest permit | Amoco Production CompanyMar 21, 1988 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,050
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Mar 21, 1988
- last permit issued
- May 26, 1988
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH —
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 26, 1988
- Shut in
- Jan 1, 1998
- 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.
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britton Gas Unit G-6-127605 | Woodlawn (Rodessa) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 344013-99 | Recompletion | Amoco Production Company | Mar 17, 1988 | Mar 21, 1988 | — | 7,050 |
| 13843-99 | Recompletion | Amoco Production Company | Dec 12, 1977 | Dec 12, 1977 | — | 8,400 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1988 | Britton Gas Unit G-6-127605 | Woodlawn (Rodessa) | Merit Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Jan 1, 1998 | 7,050 |
| Jul 21, 1978 | Britton Gas Unit G-6-77934 | Woodlawn (Travis Peak -B-) | Amoco Production Company | Not on Schedule | — |
| — | Britton Gas Unit G-6-17017 | Woodlawn (Pettit) | Amoco Production Company | Not on Schedule | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 329 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Massive Anhydrite (marker)MASSIVE ANHYDRITE | 5,360 | -5,031 |
| Rodessa | 5,729 | -5,400 |
| James Lime | 6,103 | -5,774 |
| Pettit | 6,380 | -6,051 |
| Travis Peak | 6,638 | -6,309 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,737 | 5,744 | Perforated |
| 5,747 | 5,752 | Perforated |
| 6,451 | 6,561 | Perforated |
| 6,875 | 6,894 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,819 | 13.75 | 1,000 S |
| 7 | 6,617 | 8.75 | 350 S |
| 2.375 | 6,750 | — | — |
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 | Jul 11, 1988 | Jun 17, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 5, 1988 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 4, 1978 | — |
| 00 | Jan 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-203-00304 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-203-00304 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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