TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · DAVIS, W.J. LEASE · API 42-215-32930 · DISTRICT 04

Davis W.J. #12

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

Davis W.J. #12 (API 42-215-32930) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed December 10, 2001 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 13, 2001, permitted to 14,250 ft.

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

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Shell Western E&P; 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 Apr 2026
Latest permitShell Western E&PSep 13, 2001

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

14,250
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Sep 13, 2001
last permit issued
Dec 10, 2001
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
4.66M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2001 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 10, 2001
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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Davis, W.J. G-4-186797Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy Company104.66MDec 2001 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 46,767 · prior 12 46,128(+1%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Shell Western E&PDec 2001 → Apr 2011
  2. 2OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Apr 2017
  3. 3Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
513559-99DrillShell Western E&PSep 13, 2001Sep 13, 2001Oct 11, 200115,300

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Dec 10, 2001Davis W.J. G-4-186797Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy CompanyProducing14,250

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
12,10612,109Perforated
12,24612,249Perforated
12,35912,365Perforated
12,45012,454Perforated
12,81312,823Perforated
12,90012,910Perforated
13,00013,010Perforated
13,03013,040Perforated
13,07013,080Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3752,50017.51,491 S
9.6258,79012.25834 S
3.514,2034.75600 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
00Mar 28, 2005Oct 18, 2004—
00Feb 25, 2002Jan 2, 2002Yes
00Feb 11, 2002——

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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