WELL · 42-435-34566 · DISTRICT 7

Shurley #61

Shurley #61 (API 42-435-34566) is a permitted well in Sutton County filed by Meridian Oil Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1994 and 1996, permitted to 6,240 ft.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Base Cretaceous (marker), Canyon.

Operator of record

Meridian Oil Inc.

Based in: Houston, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Sep 27, 1995
Permits on file: 804
Phone: (713) 624-9000

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Upp Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Meridian Oil Inc.Mar 6, 1996

6,240: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Mar 6, 1996: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
201K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 1996 THROUGH Jul 2026

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Shurley G-9-158555	Sawyer (Canyon)	Upp Operating, LLC	1	0	201K	May 1996 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 273 · prior 12 193(+41%)

Chain of custody

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

1Meridian Oil Inc.May 1996 → Jul 1996
2Burlington Resources Oil&gas Co.Aug 1996 → Dec 2000
3Burlington Resources O & G Co LPJan 2001 → May 2002
4Dominion Oklahoma Texas E&P, IncJun 2002 → Dec 2007
5Highmount Expl & Prod Texas LLCJan 2008 → Sep 2014
6Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Oct 2014 → Mar 2019
7Upp Operating, LLCApr 2019 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
445597-99	Drill	Meridian Oil Inc.	Mar 6, 1996	Mar 6, 1996	Apr 18, 1996	6,240
421929-99	Drill	Meridian Oil Inc.	Mar 10, 1994	Mar 10, 1994	—	6,240

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-9-158555	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,246 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Base Cretaceous (marker)BASE CRETACEOUS	858	1,388
Canyon	5,034	-2,788
CanyonBASE CANYON	6,062	-3,816

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
5,084	6,057	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	1,014	11	498 S
4.5	6,165	7.875	400 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 →

Suffix	Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
00	Jul 24, 1996	Jun 7, 1996	Yes
00	Jul 1, 1996	—	—

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 42-435-34566 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-435-34566 → 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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