WELL · 42-215-30890 · DISTRICT 4
Boston Texas Land Trust #12
Hidalgo County · McCook East (Vicksburg 12 250) field · Vertical
Boston Texas Land Trust #12 (API 42-215-30890) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Shell Oil Company, completed December 5, 1979.
The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1978 and 1988, permitted to 14,500 ft.
It was permitted by Shell Western E&P Inc. and has since transferred to Shell Oil Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Vicksburg.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Permitted by Shell Western E&P Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 4, 2021
- Permits on file
- 1,401
- Phone
- (281) 544-7071
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Shell Oil Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough May 2019 |
| Latest permit | Shell Western E&P Inc.Apr 14, 1988 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 14,500
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Apr 14, 1988
- last permit issued
- Dec 5, 1979
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 733K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 5, 1979
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Texas Land & Trust G-4-127829 | McCook, E. (Vicksburg 11000) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 733K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Shell Western E&P Inc.Oct 1994 → Feb 2000
- 2Shell Western E&PMar 2000 → Mar 2007
- 3OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Oct 2011
- 4Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → May 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 345134-99 | Recompletion | Shell Western E&P Inc. | Apr 13, 1988 | Apr 14, 1988 | — | 14,185 |
| 201933-99 | Recompletion | Shell Oil Company | Jul 19, 1983 | Jul 19, 1983 | — | 14,183 |
| 36845-99 | Drill | Shell Oil Company | Nov 14, 1978 | Nov 14, 1978 | Dec 24, 1978 | 14,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-4-127829 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 332 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,705 | 10,848 | Perforated |
| 10,995 | 11,188 | Perforated |
| 11,900 | 12,060 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 1,230 | 17.5 | 750 S |
| 9.625 | 7,128 | 12.25 | 850 S |
| 2.875 | 11,860 | — | — |
| 5 | 13,661 | 6.75 | 2,060 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Dec 9, 1994 | Nov 15, 1994 | — |
| 00 | Sep 2, 1988 | Jul 21, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 30, 1988 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Nov 3, 1983 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Feb 26, 1980 | — |
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 42-215-30890 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-215-30890 → 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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