TEXAS · WELLS · UPSHUR COUNTY · SHELTON, A.L. ESTATE GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-459-30840 · DISTRICT 06
Shelton A.L. Estate Gas Unit #4
Upshur County · Glenwood (Cotton Valley) field · Producing · Vertical
Shelton A.L. Estate Gas Unit #4 (API 42-459-30840) is a well in Upshur County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed March 30, 1996 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in March 1, 2014.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 26, 1996, permitted to 11,085 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), Rodessa, Pettit, Travis Peak.
Its lease has reported 20.8K barrels of oil and 1.33M mcf of gas since March 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 Aug 2015 |
| Latest permit | Amoco Production CompanyJan 26, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,085
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 26, 1996
- last permit issued
- Mar 30, 1996
- completed
- 20.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.33M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 1996 THROUGH Aug 2015
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 30, 1996
- Shut in
- Mar 1, 2014
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelton, A.L. Estate Gas Unit G-6-158537 | Glenwood (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 20.8K | 1.33M | Mar 1996 – Aug 2015 |
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 CompanyMar 1996 → Dec 2001
- 2BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Aug 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 444082-99 | Drill | Amoco Production Company | Jan 25, 1996 | Jan 26, 1996 | Feb 9, 1996 | 11,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 1996 | Shelton A.L. Estate Gas Unit G-6-158537 | Glenwood (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | Producing · shut in Mar 1, 2014 | 11,085 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 456 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Massive Anhydrite (marker)MASSIVE ANHYDRITE | 6,760 | -6,304 |
| Rodessa | 7,032 | -6,576 |
| PettitPETTET | 7,695 | -7,239 |
| Travis Peak | 7,925 | -7,469 |
| Cotton Valley | 9,540 | -9,084 |
| BossierBOSSIER SHALE | 10,960 | -10,504 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,890 | 10,950 | Perforated |
| 10,950 | 10,960 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 125 | — | — |
| 8.625 | 1,123 | 11 | 356 S |
| 4.5 | 11,085 | 7.875 | 1,649 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 | Jul 31, 1996 | Apr 12, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 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 42-459-30840 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-459-30840 → 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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