FIELDS · TEXAS · FIELD 8511800
Black Bayou (Travis Peak)
Field · District 06 · Nacogdoches County and 1 more · Travis Peak in every state →
Black Bayou (Travis Peak) is an RRC field with 18 leases on file reported by 14 operators, mostly in Nacogdoches County.
In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it produced 144,466 mcf of gas, up 9% on the year before, from 7 leases reporting volume.
Merit Energy Company holds the most, 9 leases and 9.3 million mcf of gas lifetime.
Lifetime, the field has reported 47,858 barrels of oil and 11 million mcf of gas.
- 18
- leases on file
- 7
- leases reporting volume
- 14
- operators, all time
- 7
- active wellbores of 22 · 2 operators today
- 233
- bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −79%
- 144,466
- Mcf gas, same 12 months · +9%
- 47,858
- bbl oil, lifetime · 11.2M Mcf gas
Every well completed in it, searchable →
Reported production by month
12 months through Aug 2026 233 · prior 12 1,097(-79%)
Black Bayou (Travis Peak): Oil by month.
Operators
BY LIFETIME OIL ON THEIR LEASES · TOP 5
| Operator | Leases | Oil, bbl | Gas, Mcf | Last reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merit Energy Company | 9 | 32K | 9.25M | Aug 2026 |
| SM Operating Company LLC | 1 | 14.1K | 1.01M | Jul 2026 |
| Southwestern Energy Prod. Co. | 1 | 908 | 533K | Jun 2011 |
| Buffco Production Inc. | 6 | 878 | 427K | Oct 2021 |
| MW Petroleum Corporation | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
Counties
- Nacogdoches County → 17 leases
- Angelina County → 1 leases
Latest completions
BY COMPLETION DATE
| Well | Operator | County | Completed | Top perf, ft | Oil, 12 mo | Gas, 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reavley #4 | Merit Energy Company | Nacogdoches | Nov 11, 2020 | — | — | — |
| Reavley #2 | Merit Energy Company | Nacogdoches | Nov 15, 2012 | — | — | — |
| Fincher-Schwartz Gas Unit 1 #1 | Merit Energy Company | Nacogdoches | Oct 18, 2012 | — | — | — |
| George Cason #3 | Buffco Production Inc. | Nacogdoches | Mar 29, 2008 | — | — | — |
| Cason George #2 | Buffco Production Inc. | Nacogdoches | Jan 18, 2008 | — | — | — |
| Cason George #1 | Buffco Production Inc. | Nacogdoches | Aug 7, 2007 | — | — | — |
| Reavley #3 | Merit Energy Company | Nacogdoches | Nov 1, 2006 | — | — | — |
| Blount L.F. #2 | Merit Energy Company | Nacogdoches | Oct 10, 2006 | — | — | — |
| Winston #2 | Merit Energy Company | Nacogdoches | Sep 6, 2006 | — | — | — |
| Isaac #2 | Merit Energy Company | Nacogdoches | Jun 3, 2006 | — | — | — |
About this data
Field 8511800 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, Aug 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, Travis Peak, is read from the field's name. Nothing is estimated.
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