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WELL · 42-215-30431 · DISTRICT 4

Hopkins, M. A. Gas Unit #5

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Hidalgo County  · Sidetrack

Hopkins, M. A. Gas Unit #5 (API 42-215-30431) 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 1977 and 1999, permitted to 14,437 ft.

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 schedulenone
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitShell Western E&P Inc.May 17, 1999
14,437
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
May 17, 1999
last permit issued
—
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
9.26M
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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Hopkins, M. A. Gas Unit G-4-73662McCook, E. (Vicksburg, Lo.)Merit Energy Company109.26MJan 1993 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 76,092 · prior 12 78,076(-3%)

05K10K202420252026

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 → Apr 2011
  3. 3OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Apr 2017
  4. 4Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
484554-99Recompletion · sidetrackShell Western E&P Inc.May 17, 1999May 17, 1999Jun 5, 199914,437
329-99RecompletionShell Oil CompanySep 21, 1977Sep 21, 1977—14,437

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-4-73662————

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
10,19410,204Perforated
10,44210,452Perforated
10,89810,956Perforated
11,31211,414Perforated
11,97811,991Perforated
11,99012,082Perforated
12,01012,021Perforated
12,02612,030Perforated
12,06412,072Perforated
12,12012,216Perforated
12,12612,134Perforated
12,15712,162Perforated
12,20712,212Perforated
12,28612,324Perforated
12,28712,393Perforated
12,37012,376Perforated
13,01713,089Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,23517.5750 S
9.6257,94112.251,920 S
2.87512,5154.12596 S
513,5276.75875 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Feb 28, 2005Oct 25, 2004—
00May 30, 2002Apr 15, 2002—
00Sep 14, 1999Aug 13, 1999—
00Jan 12, 1984Nov 10, 1977—
00Jan 12, 1984——

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 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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