TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · DONALD E WILSON GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-215-32478 · DISTRICT 04
Donald E Wilson Gas Unit #1
Hidalgo County · The Doxology (LWR Vicksburg Cons field · Producing · Vertical
Donald E Wilson Gas Unit #1 (API 42-215-32478) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed December 1, 2004 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 17, 1997, permitted to 17,773 ft.
It was permitted by Fina Oil & Chemical Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Vicksburg, L Sand, Eocene.
Its lease has reported 4.81K barrels of oil and 5.56M mcf of gas since March 1998, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Fina Oil & Chemical 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 | Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyOct 17, 1997 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 17,773
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 17, 1997
- last permit issued
- Dec 1, 2004
- completed
- 4.81K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 5.56M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 1998 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 1, 2004
- 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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald E Wilson Gas Unit G-4-169527 | The Doxology (LWR Vicksburg Cons | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 4.81K | 5.56M | Mar 1998 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 77,469 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyMay 1998 → Dec 2000
- 2Totalfinaelf E&P USA IncJan 2001 → Jul 2003
- 3Total E&P USA, Inc.Dec 2003 → Jan 2006
- 4Shell Western E&PFeb 2006 → Aug 2009
- 5Merit Energy CompanyJun 2025 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 468792-99 | Drill | Fina Oil & Chemical Company | Oct 14, 1997 | Oct 17, 1997 | Nov 17, 1997 | 18,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2004 | Donald E Wilson Gas Unit G-4-169527 | The Doxology (LWR Vicksburg Cons | Merit Energy Company | Producing | 17,773 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 231 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Vicksburg | 8,700 | -8,469 |
| L Sand | 10,155 | -9,924 |
| Eocene | 17,700 | -17,469 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 15,496 | 15,662 | Perforated |
| 15,563 | 15,612 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 2,037 | 17.5 | 1,465 S |
| 9.625 | 9,720 | 12.5 | 2,910 S |
| 7.625 | 15,328 | 8.5 | 450 S |
| 5 | 17,773 | 6.5 | 250 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 | May 25, 2005 | Jan 25, 2005 | — |
| 00 | Apr 26, 2000 | Mar 20, 2000 | — |
| 00 | Sep 8, 1998 | Jun 12, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 2, 1998 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Aug 15, 2008. Resistivity. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESISTIVITYSpans Vicksburg, L Sand, Eocene | TIFF | 2,045 to 17,774 | Aug 15, 2008run Feb 13, 1998 | 2.82 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-215-32478 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-215-32478 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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