TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · DAVIS, W.J. LEASE · API 42-215-32158 · DISTRICT 04

Davis W.J. #10

On schedule

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

Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
McCook, E. (Vicksburg, Lo.) · McCook, E. (Vicksburg, Lo.-Y) · McCook, E. (Vicksburg 13,700)
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.

Davis W.J. #10 (API 42-215-32158) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed May 19, 2003 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued March 3, 1994, permitted to 13,810 ft.

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

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Vicksburg, Vicksbrug Y.

Its lease has reported 110K barrels of oil and 7.01M mcf of gas since August 1994, last reporting volume in August 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 Aug 2026
Latest permitShell Western E&P Inc.Mar 3, 1994

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

13,810
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Mar 3, 1994
last permit issued
May 19, 2003
completed
110K
cumulative oil, bbl
7.01M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · AUG 1994 THROUGH AUG 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
May 19, 2003
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

Surface location

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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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Davis, W.J. G-4-150932Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy Company1110K7.01MAug 1994 – Aug 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 2,467 · prior 12 4,065(-39%)

0200400600202420252026

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.

  1. 1Shell Western E&P Inc.Aug 1994 → Feb 2000
  2. 2Shell Western E&PMar 2000 → Apr 2011
  3. 3OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Apr 2017
  4. 4Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Aug 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
421699-98DrillShell Western E&P Inc.Jun 7, 1994Mar 3, 1994Apr 21, 199414,700
421699-99DrillShell Western E&P Inc.Mar 3, 1994Mar 3, 1994—14,700

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
May 19, 2003Davis W.J. G-4-150932Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy CompanyProducing13,810

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 301 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
VicksburgVICKSBURG W11,210-10,909
VicksburgVICKSBURG X12,310-12,009
Vicksbrug Y12,930-12,629
VicksburgVICKSBURG Y12,930-12,629
VicksburgVICKSBURG Z13,500-13,199

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
11,90011,982Perforated
12,01012,354Perforated
12,39412,578Perforated
12,58812,598Perforated
12,93413,134Perforated
13,52813,565Perforated
13,63413,644Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
163,031202,588 S
11.758,89414.751,720 S
513,2566.5915 S
513,6906.5100 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 17, 2003Jun 5, 2003—
00Oct 10, 1994Sep 21, 1994Yes
00Sep 26, 1994——

The source documents

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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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