FIELDS · TEXAS · FIELD 8511700
Black Bayou (Pettit)
Field · District 06 · Nacogdoches County · Pettit in every state →
Black Bayou (Pettit) is an RRC field with 3 leases on file reported by 5 operators, in Nacogdoches County.
In the 12 months reported through April 2026 it produced 17,437 mcf of gas, up 4% on the year before, from 1 lease reporting volume.
Merit Energy Company holds the most, 2 leases and 5.6 million mcf of gas lifetime.
Lifetime, the field has reported 55,609 barrels of oil and 5.8 million mcf of gas.
- 3
- leases on file
- 1
- leases reporting volume
- 5
- operators, all time
- 3
- active wellbores of 4 · 2 operators today
- 61
- bbl oil, 12 months through Apr 2026 · −44%
- 17,437
- Mcf gas, same 12 months · +4%
- 55,609
- bbl oil, lifetime · 5.8M Mcf gas
Every well completed in it, searchable →
Reported production by month
12 months through Apr 2026 61 · prior 12 108(-44%)
Black Bayou (Pettit): Oil by month.
Operators
BY LIFETIME OIL ON THEIR LEASES · TOP 2
| Operator | Leases | Oil, bbl | Gas, Mcf | Last reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merit Energy Company | 2 | 54.4K | 5.56M | Apr 2026 |
| Valence Operating Company | 1 | 1.18K | 225K | Aug 2012 |
Counties
- Nacogdoches County → 3 leases
Latest completions
BY COMPLETION DATE
| Well | Operator | County | Completed | Top perf, ft | Oil, 12 mo | Gas, 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fincher-Schwartz Gas Unit 1 #1 | Merit Energy Company | Nacogdoches | Oct 18, 2012 | — | — | — |
| John Tubbe #1 | Valence Operating Company | Nacogdoches | Dec 16, 2010 | — | — | — |
| Fincher-Schwartz Gas Unit 1 #2 | Merit Energy Company | Nacogdoches | Feb 13, 2008 | — | — | — |
| Mast A. #2 L | Eclipse Services Inc. * | Nacogdoches | Mar 24, 1986 | — | — | — |
About this data
Field 8511700 from RRC PDQ lease reports: lifetime totals and lease and operator counts from the field summary; the monthly series summed from every lease report naming the field, cut at the statewide reported-through month, Apr 2026. Oil includes condensate from gas leases and gas includes casinghead gas from oil leases, as the RRC totals them. Counties from the wells completed on each lease. Completions are the wellbores the RRC schedule ties to the field. The formation, Pettit, is read from the field's name. Nothing is estimated.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/fields/tx/8511700, documented in the API reference.