TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · DAVIS, W.J. LEASE · API 42-215-30419 · DISTRICT 04

Davis W.J. #6

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

Davis W.J. #6 (API 42-215-30419) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed June 3, 2003 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1985 and 1989, permitted to 14,901 ft.

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

Its lease has reported 18.4K barrels of oil and 1.63M mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Shell Western E&P Inc.; 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 scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough May 2005
Latest permitShell Western E&P Inc.Sep 12, 1989

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

14,901
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Sep 12, 1989
last permit issued
Jun 3, 2003
completed
18.4K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.63M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2005

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 3, 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.

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Davis, W.J. G-4-131827Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy Company118.4K1.63MJan 1993 – May 2005

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.

  1. 1Shell Western E&P Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 2000
  2. 2Shell Western E&PMar 2000 → May 2005

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
363858-99RecompletionShell Western E&P Inc.Sep 12, 1989Sep 12, 1989—14,867
292203-99RecompletionShell Western E&P Inc.Dec 2, 1985Dec 9, 1985—14,867

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jun 3, 2003Davis W.J. G-4-131827Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy CompanyProducing14,901
—Davis W. J. G-4-71514McCook E. (Vicksburg 13 700)Shell Western E&P Inc.Not on Schedule—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
12,40812,418Perforated
12,49412,500Perforated
12,51212,522Perforated
12,92512,943Perforated
12,92513,125Perforated
12,95712,978Perforated
12,98112,991Perforated
13,02713,033Perforated
13,08813,125Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,24117.5750 S
13.3751,24417.5750 S
9.6258,32012.251,710 S
514,9016.75430 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
00Jun 27, 2003Jun 5, 2003—
00Jan 17, 1990Oct 27, 1989—
00Dec 1, 1989Sep 15, 1989Yes
00Sep 29, 1989——
00Jan 12, 1984May 31, 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.

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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