TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · WOODS CHRISTIAN LEASE · API 42-215-30974 · DISTRICT 04
Woods Christian #24
Hidalgo County · McAllen Ranch (Vksbg P-V S Cons) field · Producing · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- McAllen Ranch (Vicksburg P) · McAllen Ranch (Vicksburg Q)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Woods Christian #24 (API 42-215-30974) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed July 10, 1980 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 25, 1979, permitted to 12,340 ft.
It was permitted by Shell Oil Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 25.1K barrels of oil and 928K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Shell Oil Company; 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 schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Shell Oil CompanyOct 25, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,340
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 25, 1979
- last permit issued
- Jul 10, 1980
- completed
- 25.1K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 928K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH APR 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 10, 1980
- 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Christian G-4-89860 | McAllen Ranch (Vksbg P-V,s Cons) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 25.1K | 928K | by Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 3,859 · prior 12 3,441(+12%)
Wells named Woods Christian
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.
Loading the lease's wellsChain 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&PMar 2000 → Apr 2011
- 3OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Jul 2017
- 4Merit Energy CompanyAug 2017 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61854-99 | Drill | Shell Oil Company | Oct 25, 1979 | Oct 25, 1979 | Feb 15, 1980 | 12,340 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 1980 | Woods Christian G-4-89860 | McAllen Ranch (Vksbg P-V S Cons) | Merit Energy Company | Producing | 12,340 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,655 | 10,705 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 1,750 | 17.5 | 900 S |
| 9.625 | 8,250 | 12.25 | 2,205 S |
| 2.875 | 10,570 | — | — |
| 5 | 11,100 | 6.75 | 500 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 →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Apr 28, 1992 | Mar 19, 1992 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 25, 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 42-215-30974 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-215-30974 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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