TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · DAVIS, W.J. LEASE · API 42-215-30395 · DISTRICT 04

Davis W.J. #5

On schedule

Hidalgo County · Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.) field · Producing · Sidetrack

Davis W.J. #5 (API 42-215-30395) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed May 1, 2003 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1992 and 2000, permitted to 14,200 ft.

It was permitted by Shell Western E&P and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 26.5K barrels of oil and 3.31M mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in August 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Shell Western E&P; 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 schedule	Merit Energy Company
Production reports	Merit Energy Companythrough Aug 2026
Latest permit	Shell Western E&POct 12, 2000

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

14,200: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Oct 12, 2000: last permit issued
May 1, 2003: completed
26.5K: cumulative oil, bbl
3.31M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH AUG 2026

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Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: May 1, 2003
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.

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Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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
Davis, W.J. G-4-69896	Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.)	Merit Energy Company	1	26.5K	3.31M	by Jan 1993 – Aug 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 102 · prior 12 0

Wells named Davis W.J.

Merit Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Hidalgo County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.

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Chain of custody

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

1Shell Western E&P Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 2000
2Shell Western E&PMay 2003 → Apr 2011
3OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Apr 2017
4Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Aug 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
500695-99	Recompletion · sidetrack	Shell Western E&P	Oct 12, 2000	Oct 12, 2000	Oct 24, 2000	14,500
403586-99	Recompletion	Shell Western E&P Inc.	Sep 17, 1992	Dec 14, 1992	—	14,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
May 1, 2003	Davis W.J. G-4-69896	Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.)	Merit Energy Company	Producing	14,200

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
11,934	11,944	Perforated
11,952	11,956	Perforated
12,054	12,060	Perforated
12,085	12,092	Perforated
12,118	12,122	Perforated
12,795	12,805	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	1,237	17.5	670 S
13.375	1,241	17.5	670 S
9.625	8,068	12.25	1,100 S
9.625	8,068	12.5	1,100 S
2.875	12,968	4.125	109 S
5	13,195	6.75	890 S
5	13,197	6.75	800 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 →

RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Jun 11, 2003	May 15, 2003	—
Dec 4, 2001	Nov 5, 2001	—
Jan 12, 1984	Feb 7, 1977	—

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 42-215-30395 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-215-30395 → scanned completion filings

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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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