WELL · 42-501-33095 · DISTRICT 8

Denver Unit #5617

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Yoakum County · Wildcat field  · Directional

Denver Unit #5617 (API 42-501-33095) is a well in Yoakum County operated by Shell Western E&P Inc., completed October 12, 1989.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued October 6, 1986, permitted to 5,400 ft.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, 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.

Operator of record

Shell Western E&P Inc.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Sep 16, 1999
Permits on file
2,528
Phone
(281) 544-3215

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleShell Western E&P Inc.
Production reportsOccidental Permian Ltd.through Apr 2026
Latest permitShell Western E&P Inc.Oct 6, 1986

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

5,400
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Oct 6, 1986
last permit issued
Oct 12, 1989
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
Oct 12, 1989
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
321313-98DrillShell Western E&P Inc.Oct 22, 1986Oct 6, 1986—5,400
321313-99DrillShell Western E&P Inc.Oct 1, 1986Oct 6, 1986—5,400

Completions

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

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,555 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Rustler2,0941,461
Yates2,854701
San Andres4,259-704

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,9525,169Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37543017.5425 S
9.6253,21012.251,350 S
75,4408.751,250 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00May 13, 2008Apr 14, 2008Yes
00Nov 18, 1993Oct 18, 1993—
00Oct 25, 1993——
00Dec 1, 1989Oct 30, 1989—
00Nov 23, 1989——
00Sep 24, 1987Aug 3, 1987—
00Sep 22, 1987——

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.

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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