TEXAS · WELLS · REAGAN COUNTY · UNIVERSITY 58-18C LEASE · API 42-383-31781 · DISTRICT 6E
University 58-18C #1
Reagan County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
University 58-18c #1 (API 42-383-31781) is a plugged well in Reagan County, plugged March 4, 2011, last operated by Merit Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 27, 1980, permitted to 8,100 ft.
It was permitted by Hanley Petroleum Inc. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 7.27K barrels of oil and 34.2K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Hanley Petroleum 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 schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough May 2010 |
| Latest permit | Hanley Petroleum Inc.Oct 27, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,100
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 27, 1980
- last permit issued
- Jan 18, 1981
- completed
- 7.27K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 34.2K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2010
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 18, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 4, 2011
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University 58-18C O-9-8791 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 7.27K | 34.2K | Jan 1993 – May 2010 |
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.
- 1Hanley Petroleum Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1999
- 2Concho Resources Inc.Mar 1999 → Jun 2001
- 3Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Jul 2001 → Jun 2002
- 4Merit Energy CompanyJul 2002 → May 2010
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97079-99 | Drill | Hanley Petroleum Inc. | Oct 27, 1980 | Oct 27, 1980 | Dec 24, 1980 | 8,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 1981 | University 58-18C O-9-8791 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Merit Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,807 | 7,978 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 415 | 11 | 250 S |
| 2.375 | 7,540 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 8,125 | 7.875 | 550 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Apr 3, 1981 | — |
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 42-383-31781 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-383-31781 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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