TEXAS · WELLS · HARRISON COUNTY · API 42-203-32121 · DISTRICT 06
Pope Gas Unit #5
Harrison County · Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) field · Producing · Vertical
Pope Gas Unit #5 (API 42-203-32121) is a well in Harrison County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed May 23, 1993 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in October 1, 2025.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 18, 1992, permitted to 10,090 ft.
It was permitted by Amoco Production Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 7 formation tops, including Massive Anhydrite (marker), Rodess, Rodessa, Pettit.
Its 2 leases have reported 24.4K barrels of oil and 2.19M mcf of gas since May 1993, last reporting volume in September 2025. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
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 | Merit Energy Companythrough Sep 2025 |
| Latest permit | Amoco Production CompanyMay 18, 1992 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,090
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 18, 1992
- last permit issued
- May 23, 1993
- completed
- 24.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.19M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 1993 THROUGH Sep 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 23, 1993
- Shut in
- Oct 1, 2025
- 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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pope Gas Unit G-6-145570 | Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 19.8K | 1.56M | May 1993 – Sep 2025 |
| Pope Gas Unit G-6-146849 | Woodlawn (Travis Peak) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 4.56K | 633K | Oct 1993 – Dec 1999 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 747 · prior 12 3,243(-77%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Amoco Production CompanyMay 1993 → Dec 2001
- 2BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Nov 2019
- 3Merit Energy CompanyDec 2019 → Sep 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 398599-99 | Drill | Amoco Production Company | Apr 21, 1992 | May 18, 1992 | Jul 9, 1992 | 10,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 1993 | Pope Gas Unit G-6-146849 | Woodlawn (Travis Peak) | Merit Energy Company | Shut In-Multi-Compl · shut in Oct 1, 2000 | 10,090 |
| May 23, 1993 | Pope Gas Unit G-6-145570 | Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | Producing · shut in Oct 1, 2025 | 10,090 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 296 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Massive Anhydrite (marker)MASSIVE ANHYDRITE | 5,342 | -5,046 |
| Rodess | 5,619 | -5,323 |
| Rodessa | 5,619 | -5,323 |
| Pettit | 6,350 | -6,054 |
| Travis Peak | 6,607 | -6,311 |
| Cotton Valley | 8,543 | -8,247 |
| BossierBOSSIER SHALE | 9,832 | -9,536 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,930 | 6,938 | Perforated |
| 8,614 | 8,644 | Perforated |
| 8,670 | 8,680 | Perforated |
| 8,726 | 8,739 | Perforated |
| 8,760 | 8,776 | Perforated |
| 8,780 | 8,790 | Perforated |
| 8,800 | 8,808 | Perforated |
| 8,836 | 8,836 | Perforated |
| 8,840 | 8,845 | Perforated |
| 8,850 | 8,880 | Perforated |
| 9,595 | 9,610 | Perforated |
| 9,665 | 9,690 | Perforated |
| 9,699 | 9,704 | Perforated |
| 9,712 | 9,717 | Perforated |
| 9,730 | 9,740 | Perforated |
| 9,760 | 9,768 | Perforated |
| 9,776 | 9,791 | Perforated |
| 9,794 | 9,799 | Perforated |
| 9,810 | 9,815 | Perforated |
| 9,914 | 9,929 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,095 | 14.75 | 725 S |
| 2.875 | 7,048 | 9.875 | 460 S |
| 4.5 | 10,071 | 7.875 | 1,050 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 →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Nov 16, 1993 | Oct 13, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 26, 1993 | — | — |
| 00 | Jul 7, 1993 | May 28, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 28, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-203-32121 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-203-32121 → 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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