TEXAS · WELLS · UPSHUR COUNTY · MEDLIN, J.W. ESTATE GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-459-30963 · DISTRICT 06
Medlin J.W. Estate Gas Unit #4
Upshur County · Glenwood (Cotton Valley) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Medlin J.W. Estate Gas Unit #4 (API 42-459-30963) is a well in Upshur County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed June 9, 1998 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in May 1, 2020.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1996 and 1998, permitted to 11,140 ft.
It was permitted by C. W. Resources, Inc. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including B/Massive, T/Rodessa, T/Travis Pe.
Its lease has reported 11.4K barrels of oil and 671K mcf of gas since June 1998, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by C. W. Resources, 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 Apr 2020 |
| Latest permit | C. W. Resources, Inc.Apr 23, 1998 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,140
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Apr 23, 1998
- last permit issued
- Jun 9, 1998
- completed
- 11.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 671K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 1998 THROUGH Apr 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 9, 1998
- Shut in
- May 1, 2020
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medlin, J.W. Estate Gas Unit G-6-169578 | Glenwood (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 11.4K | 671K | Jun 1998 – Apr 2020 |
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.
- 1C. W. Resources, Inc.Jun 1998 → Aug 2000
- 2Wagner & Brown, Ltd.Sep 2000 → Dec 2002
- 3BP America Production CompanyJan 2003 → Nov 2019
- 4Merit Energy CompanyDec 2019 → Apr 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 475474-99 | Drill | C. W. Resources, Inc. | Apr 20, 1998 | Apr 23, 1998 | Apr 23, 1998 | 11,300 |
| 446417-99 | Drill | Amoco Production Company | Mar 28, 1996 | Apr 1, 1996 | — | 11,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1998 | Medlin J.W. Estate Gas Unit G-6-169578 | Glenwood (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in May 1, 2020 | 11,140 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 450 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| B/Massive | 7,155 | -6,705 |
| T/Rodessa | 7,350 | -6,900 |
| T/Travis PE | 7,975 | -7,525 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,924 | 11,062 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,118 | 11 | 315 S |
| 4.5 | 11,140 | 7.875 | 2,730 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 11, 1998 | Jul 20, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 3, 1998 | — | — |
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 42-459-30963 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-459-30963 → 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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