TEXAS · WELLS · HARRISON COUNTY · API 42-203-32534 · DISTRICT 06
Pope Gas Unit #8
Harrison County · Woodlawn (Travis Peak) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Pope Gas Unit #8 (API 42-203-32534) is a well in Harrison County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed October 25, 1998 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in July 1, 2025.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 11, 1998, permitted to 10,010 ft.
It was permitted by Amoco Production Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Massive Anhydrite (marker), Rodessa, Pettit, Travis Peak.
Its 2 leases have reported 19.6K barrels of oil and 1.81M mcf of gas since October 1998, last reporting volume in June 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 Jun 2025 |
| Latest permit | Amoco Production CompanyAug 11, 1998 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,010
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 11, 1998
- last permit issued
- Oct 25, 1998
- completed
- 19.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.81M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 1998 THROUGH Jun 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 25, 1998
- Shut in
- Jul 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-6-171226 | Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 18.9K | 1.66M | Oct 1998 – Jun 2025 |
| Pope Gas Unit G-6-171231 | Woodlawn (Travis Peak) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 631 | 147K | Oct 1998 – Sep 2002 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 2 · prior 12 24,245(-100%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Amoco Production CompanyOct 1998 → Dec 2001
- 2BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Nov 2019
- 3Merit Energy CompanyDec 2019 → Jun 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 478642-99 | Drill | Amoco Production Company | Aug 11, 1998 | Aug 11, 1998 | Aug 19, 1998 | 10,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 1998 | Pope Gas Unit G-6-171231 | Woodlawn (Travis Peak) | Merit Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Sep 1, 2002 | 10,010 |
| Oct 7, 1998 | Pope Gas Unit G-6-171226 | Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Jul 1, 2025 | 10,010 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 295 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Massive Anhydrite (marker)MASSIVE ANHYDRITE | 5,300 | -5,005 |
| Rodessa | 5,670 | -5,375 |
| Pettit | 6,400 | -6,105 |
| Travis Peak | 6,700 | -6,405 |
| Cotton Valley | 8,500 | -8,205 |
| BossierBOSSIER SHALE | 9,900 | -9,605 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,346 | 7,358 | Perforated |
| 8,474 | 8,480 | Perforated |
| 8,520 | 8,522 | Perforated |
| 8,538 | 8,542 | Perforated |
| 8,590 | 8,594 | Perforated |
| 9,512 | 9,515 | Perforated |
| 9,546 | 9,548 | Perforated |
| 9,558 | 9,560 | Perforated |
| 9,624 | 9,630 | Perforated |
| 9,657 | 9,660 | Perforated |
| 9,690 | 9,692 | Perforated |
| 9,734 | 9,740 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 40 | 20 | 8 Y |
| 10.75 | 1,000 | 13.5 | 380 S |
| 2.875 | 8,387 | 9.875 | 1,776 S |
| 4.5 | 9,996 | 9.875 | 1,776 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 | Jan 20, 1999 | Dec 3, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 11, 1999 | — | — |
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 42-203-32534 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-203-32534 → 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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