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Britton Gas Unit #8

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Harrison County · Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) field · Producing  · Vertical

Britton Gas Unit #8 (API 42-203-32538) is a well in Harrison County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed November 12, 1998 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1998 and 2003, permitted to 9,975 ft.

It was permitted by BP America 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 3 leases have reported 12.4K barrels of oil and 1.19M mcf of gas since November 1998, last reporting volume in April 2026. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by BP America 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
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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitBP America Production CompanyJan 15, 2003

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

9,975
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Jan 15, 2003
last permit issued
Nov 12, 1998
completed
12.4K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.19M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 1998 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Nov 12, 1998
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.

Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Britton Gas Unit G-6-171676Woodlawn (Cotton Valley)Merit Energy Company112.4K1.19MNov 1998 – Apr 2026
Britton Gas Unit G-6-194769Woodlawn (Pettit)BP America Production Company100Apr 2003 – —
Britton Gas Unit G-6-194770Woodlawn (Pettit-Page)BP America Production Company100Apr 2003 – —

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 1,420 · prior 12 1,374(+3%)

050100150202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Amoco Production CompanyNov 1998 → Dec 2001
  2. 2BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Nov 2019
  3. 3Merit Energy CompanyDec 2019 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
527175-99RecompletionBP America Production CompanyJan 10, 2003Jan 15, 2003Apr 2, 200310,000
479040-99DrillAmoco Production CompanyAug 27, 1998Aug 31, 1998Sep 21, 199810,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Nov 12, 1998Britton Gas Unit G-6-171676Woodlawn (Cotton Valley)Merit Energy CompanyProducing9,975
Apr 12, 2003Britton Gas Unit G-6-194770Woodlawn (Pettit-Page)BP America Production CompanyNot on Schedule—
Apr 12, 2003Britton Gas Unit G-6-194769Woodlawn (Pettit)BP America Production CompanyNot on Schedule—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 268 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Massive Anhydrite (marker)MASSIVE ANHYDRITE5,300-5,032
Rodessa5,650-5,382
Pettit6,400-6,132
Travis Peak6,700-6,432
Cotton Valley8,500-8,232
BossierBOSSIER SHALE9,890-9,622

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,4606,467Perforated
6,4606,660Perforated
6,5336,536Perforated
8,4928,498Perforated
8,4928,514Perforated
8,5088,514Perforated
9,5589,561Perforated
9,5589,792Perforated
9,5949,596Perforated
9,6609,666Perforated
9,6949,696Perforated
9,7309,733Perforated
9,7689,772Perforated
9,7909,792Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
164020—
8.6251,05511325 S
4.59,9757.8751,485 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Sep 28, 2006Jun 2, 2006—
00Nov 3, 2005Aug 18, 2005—
00Jun 17, 2003May 19, 2003—
00Jun 17, 2003Apr 12, 2003—
00Jun 9, 2003——
00Feb 16, 1999Jan 15, 1999Yes
00Feb 9, 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.

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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