TEXAS · WELLS · HARRISON COUNTY · BELL, ORAN GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-203-32748 · DISTRICT 06
Bell Oran Gas Unit #1
Harrison County · Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Hallsville, E. (Pettit) · Woodlawn (Cotton Valley)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Bell Oran Gas Unit #1 (API 42-203-32748) is a well in Harrison County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed November 1, 2002 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in December 1, 2010.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 2002 and 2003, permitted to 10,205 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 lease has reported 6.04K barrels of oil and 227K mcf of gas since November 2002, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
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
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Nov 2010 |
| Latest permit | BP America Production CompanyApr 7, 2003 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,205
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Apr 7, 2003
- last permit issued
- Nov 1, 2002
- completed
- 6.04K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 227K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 2002 THROUGH Nov 2010
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 1, 2002
- Shut in
- Dec 1, 2010
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell, Oran Gas Unit G-6-192564 | Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 6.04K | 227K | Nov 2002 – Nov 2010 |
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.
- 1BP America Production CompanyNov 2002 → Nov 2010
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 529326-99 | Recompletion | BP America Production Company | Mar 7, 2003 | Apr 7, 2003 | — | 10,500 |
| 522891-98 | Drill | BP America Production Company | Sep 4, 2002 | Aug 30, 2002 | Sep 15, 2002 | 10,500 |
| 522891-99 | Drill | BP America Production Company | Aug 19, 2002 | Aug 30, 2002 | — | 10,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2002 | Bell Oran Gas Unit G-6-192564 | Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Dec 1, 2010 | 10,205 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 409 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Massive Anhydrite (marker)MASSIVE ANHYDRITE | 5,380 | -4,971 |
| Rodessa | 5,750 | -5,341 |
| Pettit | 6,450 | -6,041 |
| Travis Peak | 6,750 | -6,341 |
| Cotton Valley | 8,580 | -8,171 |
| BossierBOSSIER SHALE | 9,850 | -9,441 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,717 | 8,856 | Perforated |
| 9,801 | 9,994 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 40 | 20 | — |
| 8.625 | 1,057 | 11 | 285 S |
| 5.5 | 10,205 | 7.875 | 850 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 | Mar 5, 2003 | Jan 29, 2003 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 5, 2003 | — | — |
Well logs
The RRC's map lists this well among those with logs online. Its monthly inventories loaded here, which start in July 2006, list none for it, so none are itemized.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗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 42-203-32748 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-203-32748 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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