WELL · 42-215-30338 · DISTRICT 4

Dixie Mortgage Hopkins Gas Unit #1

Dixie Mortgage Hopkins Gas Unit #1 (API 42-215-30338) is a permitted well in Hidalgo County filed by Shell Western E&P Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1983 and 1999, permitted to 14,000 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Vicksburg.

Operator of record

Shell Western E&P Inc.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 7, 2000 · 2,528 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Shell Western E&P Inc.Jan 8, 1999

14,000: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Jan 8, 1999: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
2.35M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

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
Dixie Mortgage-Hopkins Gas Unit G-4-64583	McCook, E. (Vicksburg, Lo.)	Merit Energy Company	1	0	2.35M	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 35,197 · prior 12 38,786(-9%)

Chain of custody

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

1Shell Western E&P Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 1998
2Shell Western E&PAug 2000 → Apr 2011
3OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Apr 2017
4Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
481480-99	Recompletion	Shell Western E&P Inc.	Dec 14, 1998	Jan 8, 1999	Mar 12, 1999	14,000
191808-99	Recompletion	Shell Oil Company	Apr 15, 1983	Apr 15, 1983	—	12,822

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-64583	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 335 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
VicksburgVICKSBURG W	11,400	-11,065
VicksburgVICKSBURG X UPPER	12,150	-11,815
VicksburgVICKSBURG X LOWER	12,370	-12,035

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
11,437	11,714	Perforated
12,150	12,262	Perforated
12,376	12,446	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	3,001	17.5	1,480 S
9.625	9,325	12.25	1,905 S
2.875	12,559	6.75	174 S
5	12,769	6.75	1,100 S
5	12,793	6.75	1,220 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. About these reports →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Apr 21, 2021	Apr 20, 2021	—
Oct 30, 2000	Sep 11, 2000	—
Jan 12, 1984	Jan 2, 1976	—

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 42-215-30338 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-215-30338 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

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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