TEXAS · WELLS · VICTORIA COUNTY · SHELTON-WEST UNIT I LEASE · API 42-469-31275 · DISTRICT 02

Shelton-West Unit I #1

Plugged

Victoria County · Palo Alto (6350) field  · Vertical

Shelton-West Unit I #1 (API 42-469-31275) is a plugged well in Victoria County, plugged July 10, 2023, last operated by Paloma Operating LLC.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1978 and 1979, permitted to 7,400 ft.

It was permitted by Sun Expl. & Prod. CO.-Houston and has since transferred to Paloma Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Paloma Operating LLC

Permitted by Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Houston; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Corpus Christ, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Mar 18, 2026
Permits on file
72
Phone
(361) 888-8288

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulePaloma Operating LLC
Production reportsnone
Latest permitSun Expl. & Prod. Co.-HoustonAug 15, 1979

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

7,400
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Aug 15, 1979
last permit issued
Dec 11, 1979
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
0
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH —

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 11, 1979
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jul 10, 2023

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Shelton-West Unit I O-2-5833Palo Alto (6350)Paloma Operating, LLC100Jan 1993 – —

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
57757-99RecompletionSun Expl. & Prod. Co.-HoustonAug 15, 1979Aug 15, 1979—6,800
37083-99RecompletionSun Exploration & Production Co.Oct 23, 1978Oct 23, 1978—6,900
25144-99DrillSun Expl. & Prod. Co.-HoustonMay 10, 1978May 10, 1978Jun 14, 19787,400

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Dec 11, 1979Shelton-West Unit I O-2-5833Palo Alto (6350)Paloma Operating LLCPlugged—
Nov 15, 1978Shelton-West Unit I O-2-5653Palo Alto (6800 Frio)Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-HoustonPlugged—
Jul 11, 1978Shelton-West Unit I O-2-5602Palo Alto (6920)Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-HoustonPlugged—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,3396,343Perforated
6,8086,811Perforated
6,9216,925Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,57512.25625 S
2.3756,241——
2.3756,745——
2.3756,780——
5.57,4088.75800 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jan 12, 1984Dec 27, 1979—
00Jan 12, 1984Dec 1, 1978—
00Jan 12, 1984Jul 27, 1978—

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.

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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