TEXAS · WELLS · UPSHUR COUNTY · DIXON, WILLIAM L. GAS UNIT "A" LEASE · API 42-459-30814 · DISTRICT 06
Dixon William L. Gas Unit A #2
Upshur County · Glenwood (Cotton Valley) field · Temp Abandoned · Directional
Dixon William L. Gas Unit A #2 (API 42-459-30814) is a well in Upshur County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed January 25, 1996 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in August 1, 2019.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 11, 1995, permitted to 11,275 ft.
It was permitted by Amoco Production Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Massive Anhydrite (marker), Travis Peak, Rodessa, Pettit.
Its lease has reported 16.3K barrels of oil and 1.05M mcf of gas since January 1996, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Amoco Production Company; 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 Dec 2019 |
| Latest permit | Amoco Production CompanyOct 11, 1995 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,275
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 11, 1995
- last permit issued
- Jan 25, 1996
- completed
- 16.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.05M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1996 THROUGH Dec 2019
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 25, 1996
- Shut in
- Aug 1, 2019
- 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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon, William L. Gas Unit "A" G-6-159386 | Glenwood (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 16.3K | 1.05M | Jan 1996 – Dec 2019 |
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.
- 1Amoco Production CompanyJan 1996 → Dec 2001
- 2BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Jul 2019
- 3Merit Energy CompanyDec 2019 → Dec 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 440712-99 | Drill | Amoco Production Company | Oct 9, 1995 | Oct 11, 1995 | Oct 25, 1995 | 11,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 1996 | Dixon William L. Gas Unit A G-6-159386 | Glenwood (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Aug 1, 2019 | 11,275 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 416 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Massive Anhydrite (marker)MASSIVE ANHYDRITE | 6,810 | -6,394 |
| Travis Peak | 7,010 | -6,594 |
| Rodessa | 7,060 | -6,644 |
| Pettit | 7,760 | -7,344 |
| Cotton Valley | 9,440 | -9,024 |
| BossierBOSSIER SHALE | 11,150 | -10,734 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,008 | 11,053 | Perforated |
| 11,090 | 11,180 | Perforated |
| 11,122 | 11,137 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 4,050 | 12.25 | 799 S |
| 4.5 | 11,275 | 7.875 | 1,607 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 | Sep 18, 1996 | Feb 9, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 21, 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 42-459-30814 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-459-30814 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here 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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