WELL · 42-459-30818 · DISTRICT 6
East Mountain SW Disposal System #1
Upshur County · Glenwood (Cotton Valley) field · Injection · Vertical
East Mountain SW Disposal System #1 (API 42-459-30818) is a well in Upshur County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed April 12, 1996 and listed as injection on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 10, 1995, permitted to 5,700 ft.
It was permitted by Amoco Production Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Woodbine.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
It holds an active disposal or injection permit, with 18.6K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through November 2025.
Operator of record
Permitted by Amoco Production Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 1,049 permits on file · (972) 628-1559
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Amoco Production CompanyNov 10, 1995 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 10, 1995
- last permit issued
- Apr 12, 1996
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 1996 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 12, 1996
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Mountain SW Disposal System G-6-160188 | Glenwood (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | Apr 1996 – Jul 2026 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 441746-99 | Drill | Amoco Production Company | Nov 9, 1995 | Nov 10, 1995 | Feb 10, 1996 | 5,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-6-160188 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 445 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 3,790 | -3,345 |
| Woodbine | 3,820 | -3,375 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,820 | 3,836 | Perforated |
| 3,850 | 3,880 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,225 | 14.75 | 835 S |
| 7.75 | 3,986 | 9.875 | 250 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 | Nov 5, 1996 | Apr 17, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 28, 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 42-459-30818 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-459-30818 → 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.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 18.6K
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 6.71M
- bbl, all reported
- Nov 2025
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000084835 | H-1 Injection | Active | 10,000 | 1,900 | 3,820–3,880 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 18,589 · prior 12 21,246(-13%)
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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