WELL · 42-355-30378 · DISTRICT 4

Chapman, J. O. #52

Chapman, J. O. #52 (API 42-355-30378) is a permitted well in Nueces County filed by Shell Western E&P Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1980 and 1997, permitted to 7,800 ft.

Its lease has reported 8.87K barrels of oil and 5.65K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in September 2002. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Shell Western E&P Inc.

Based in: Houston, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Sep 16, 1999
Permits on file: 2,528
Phone: (281) 544-3215

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Neg Operating LLCthrough Jun 2002
Latest permit	Shell Western E&P Inc.May 19, 1997

7,800: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
May 19, 1997: last permit issued
—: completed
8.87K: cumulative oil, bbl
5.65K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Sep 2002

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

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; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Chapman, J. O. O-4-9665	Chapman Ranch (O-18)	Neg Operating LLC	4	8.87K	5.65K	Jan 1993 – Sep 2002

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Chain of custody

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

1Texaco E & P Inc.Jan 1993 → Jul 1994
2Royal Production Company, Inc.Aug 1994 → May 1995
3Shana Petroleum CompanyOct 2001 → Feb 2002
4Neg Operating LLCJun 2002 → Jun 2002

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
462630-99	Recompletion	Shell Western E&P Inc.	May 19, 1997	May 19, 1997	—	4,280
88356-99	Recompletion	Texaco Inc.	Jul 31, 1980	Jul 31, 1980	—	7,800

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-4-9665	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,006	4,010	Perforated
4,014	4,017	Perforated
4,636	4,640	Perforated
7,010	7,017	Perforated
—	4,662	Perforated
—	7,017	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	1,551	12.25	375 S
8.875	1,562	12.25	575 S
2.375	3,902	—	—
4.5	6,986	—	940 S
4.5	7,800	7.875	940 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Nov 5, 1997	Oct 8, 1997	—
Jun 29, 1989	Jun 2, 1989	—
Jan 12, 1984	Oct 21, 1980	—
Jan 12, 1984	Jul 9, 1976	—
Jan 12, 1984	—	—

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 42-355-30378 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-355-30378 → scanned completion filings

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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