OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 561136 · CHEROKEE COUNTY

Merit Energy Company in Cherokee County

One operator, one county: its permits, wells of record, formations, and leases here, with the rest of the county and the rest of the operator one click away.

Merit Energy Company has 5 drilling permits on file in Cherokee County, the first issued in 2021 and the latest on December 21, 2021.

None were issued in the last twelve months.

It is operator of record on 21 wells in the county: 15 producing, 2 shut in, 0 injection.

Its completed wells here most often report Travis Peak, James Lime, Glen Rose.

0
permits, 12 months
5
permits, all time since 2021
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horizontal, 12 months
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ft average depth, 12 months
21
wells of record
15
producing · 2 shut in · 0 injection

Permits issued by month

LAST FIVE YEARS · CHEROKEE ONLY

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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Latest permits here

IssuedLease / wellTypeDepth
Dec 21, 2021Shelton #5 875369Recompletion12,268
Dec 17, 2021Hill, J. C. #4 875271Recompletion12,260
May 28, 2021Shelton #4 870028Recompletion12,057
Apr 23, 2021Shelton #8 869267Recompletion12,078
Mar 24, 2021Shelton #7 868563Recompletion12,057
Jul 19, 2018Shelton #3 842353Recompletion11,801
Jan 9, 2008Ricks #1 652270Drill12,000
Nov 14, 2007Shelton #7 647766Drill12,100
Nov 14, 2007Shelton #5 647764Drill12,100
Oct 26, 2007Shelton #4 646676Drill12,000

All 5 permits in Cherokee County, searchable → ·  Wells of record here →

Permit types and formations

Permit types

Recompletion
0 / 5

12 MONTHS / ALL TIME

Leases it reports here

LeaseWellsOil, bblLast reported
Shelton10Jul 2026
Warner, Bonnie10Jul 2026
Sessions, Rube10Jul 2026
Hill, J.C.10Jul 2026
Shelton10Jul 2026
Sessions Heirs10Jul 2026
Session, Rube10Jul 2026
Sessions Heirs10Jul 2026
Hill, J.C.10Jul 2026
Davis Bros.10Jul 2026
Hill, J. C.10Jul 2026
Sessions Heirs10Jul 2026
Shelton10Jul 2026
Sessions, Rube10Jul 2026
Ricks10Jul 2026

All leases it reports → ·  Other operators in Cherokee County →

About this data

Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record and status from the EWA wellbore schedule, weekly; formations from the dbf900 wellbore file; leases from PDQ lease reports, placed in the county by the wells completed on them.

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