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Boston Texas Land & Trust #50

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

Boston Texas Land & Trust #50 (API 42-215-33372) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed February 21, 2020 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 25, 2005, permitted to 12,700 ft.

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

Completion filings report one formation top, including Vicksburg.

Its lease has reported 112K barrels of oil and 4.13M mcf of gas since November 2005, last reporting volume in April 2026.

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&PAug 25, 2005

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

12,700
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Aug 25, 2005
last permit issued
Feb 21, 2020
completed
112K
cumulative oil, bbl
4.13M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 2005 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Feb 21, 2020
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
Boston Texas Land & Trust G-4-214125Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy Company1112K4.13MNov 2005 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 39,322 · prior 12 45,265(-13%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Shell Western E&PNov 2005 → Apr 2011
  2. 2OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Apr 2017
  3. 3Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
605458-99DrillShell Western E&PAug 25, 2005Aug 25, 2005Sep 24, 200514,250

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Feb 21, 2020Boston Texas Land & Trust G-4-214125Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy CompanyProducing12,700

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 331 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
VicksburgVICKSBURG T8,192-7,861
VicksburgVICKSBURG U9,245-8,914
VicksburgVICKSBURG V9,480-9,149
VicksburgVICKSBURG X11,495-11,164
VicksburgVICKSBURG X UPPER11,495-11,164
VicksburgVICKSBURG X LOWER11,515-11,184
VicksburgVICKSBURG Y12,278-11,947

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
10,42210,609Perforated
11,11312,410Perforated
11,50311,511Perforated
11,55811,604Perforated
12,29412,304Perforated
12,36212,366Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.752,11014.751,171 S
7.6257,2429.875749 S
3.512,6996.5825 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
00Apr 7, 2020Apr 6, 2020—
00May 9, 2018Mar 26, 2018—
00Jun 30, 2009Mar 18, 2009—
00Jun 15, 2006Nov 18, 2005Yes
00Feb 23, 2006——

Well logs

1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Oct 24, 2008. Neutron. 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 describedFiles Intervalft, as filedDatereceivedSizeMB
NEUTRON POROSITYSpans VicksburgTIFF7,243 to 12,706Oct 24, 2008run Oct 14, 20050.82

"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.

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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.

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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