WELL · 42-501-02509 · DISTRICT 8

Denver Unit #4405W

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Yoakum County  · Vertical

Denver Unit #4405W (API 42-501-02509) is a disposal or injection well in Yoakum County operated by Shell Western E&P Inc. under an active UIC permit.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 19, 1993, permitted to 5,354 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including San Andres.

Its 2 leases have reported 352M barrels of oil and 1.17B mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2,495 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

It holds an active disposal or injection permit, with 517K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

Operator of record

Shell Western E&P Inc.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 7, 2000 · 2,528 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsOccidental Permian Ltd.through Apr 2026
Latest permitShell Western E&P Inc.May 19, 1993
5,354
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
May 19, 1993
last permit issued
—
completed
352M
cumulative oil, bbl
1.17B
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2,495 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Denver Unit O-11-18910WassonOccidental Permian Ltd.2,471352M1.17BJan 1993 – Jul 2026
Denver Unit O-11-66396WildcatShell Western E&P Inc.2400Jan 1993 – Nov 1993

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 6,889,269 · prior 12 7,061,574(-2%)

0500K1M202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 9,464,854 · prior 12 11,150,167(-15%)

0500K1M1.5M202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Shell Western E&P Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1997
  2. 2Altura Energy Ltd.Mar 1997 → Apr 2000
  3. 3Occidental Permian Ltd.May 2000 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
411713-99OtherShell Western E&P Inc.May 13, 1993May 19, 1993—5,354

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-11-18910————
—— O-11-66396————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,598 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
San Andres4,713-1,115

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,9405,137Perforated
4,9405,288Perforated
4,9805,292Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.7532113.5125 S
10.7532113.75125 S
2.3754,664——
5.54,9317.875225 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jun 16, 2022Feb 23, 2022—
00Jun 4, 1993May 10, 1993—
00May 14, 1993——
00Jul 13, 1990Jun 18, 1990—
00Jul 3, 1990——
00Jan 17, 1989Nov 7, 1988—
00Jan 12, 1984Mar 24, 1980—

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 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

517K
bbl, last 12 reported months
5.26M
bbl, all reported
Sep 2025
reported through
UICKindStatusPermitted bbl/dMax psiZone ft
000028879H-1 InjectionActive4,5002,2004,380–5,404

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 517,015 · prior 12 344,433(+50%)

020K40K60K20242025

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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