TEXAS · WELLS · HARRISON COUNTY · BROWN, JOHN G. HEIRS GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-203-35190 · DISTRICT 06
Brown John G. Heirs Gas Unit #4H
Harrison County · Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) field · Producing · Horizontal
Brown John G. Heirs Gas Unit #4H (API 42-203-35190) is a horizontal well in Harrison County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed June 5, 2014 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 26, 2013, permitted to 9,892 ft.
It was permitted by BP America Production Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including Nacatoch, Blossom, Woodbine, Goodland.
Its lease has reported 24.3K barrels of oil and 2.46M mcf of gas since May 2014, last reporting volume in 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 Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | BP America Production CompanyNov 26, 2013 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,892
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 26, 2013
- last permit issued
- Jun 5, 2014
- completed
- 24.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.46M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2014 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 5, 2014
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, John G. Heirs Gas Unit G-6-273069 | Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 24.3K | 2.46M | May 2014 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 104,237 · prior 12 109,840(-5%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1BP America Production CompanyJun 2014 → Nov 2019
- 2Merit Energy CompanyDec 2019 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 773573-99 | Drill | BP America Production Company | Nov 12, 2013 | Nov 26, 2013 | Mar 22, 2014 | 15,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2014 | Brown John G. Heirs Gas Unit G-6-273069 | Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | Producing | 9,892 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 271 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| NacatochNACATOCH - OVER PRESSURED, WATER | 1,572 | -1,301 |
| Blossom | 2,494 | -2,223 |
| Woodbine | 3,167 | -2,896 |
| Goodland | 3,524 | -3,253 |
| Paluxy | 3,758 | -3,487 |
| Glen Rose | 4,094 | -3,823 |
| Rodessa | 5,734 | -5,463 |
| PettitPETTET | 6,474 | -6,203 |
| Travis Peak | 6,672 | -6,401 |
| Cotton Valley | 8,916 | -8,645 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,522 | 14,621 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,939 | 12.25 | 1,029 S |
| 7 | 10,391 | 8.75 | 1,656 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 | Aug 26, 2015 | Aug 3, 2015 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 19, 2014 | Jun 26, 2014 | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, 1 of it with a digital LAS file, the latest received May 30, 2017. While drilling (MWD). These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure While Drilling (MWD)Spans Cotton Valley | LAS + TIFF | 9,158 to 14,691 | May 30, 2017 | 2.00 + 1.16 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-203-35190 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-203-35190 → 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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