OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 561136 · HIDALGO COUNTY
Merit Energy Company in Hidalgo 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 80 drilling permits on file in Hidalgo County, the first issued in 1992 and the latest on June 29, 2026.
1 of them came in the last twelve months, after none the year before; 0% horizontal, averaging 14,400 ft.
It is operator of record on 1,009 wells in the county: 636 producing, 5 shut in, 10 injection.
Its completed wells here most often report Vicksburg, Frio, Catahoula.
- 1
- permits, 12 months
- 80
- permits, all time since 1992
- 0%
- horizontal, 12 months
- 14,400
- ft average depth, 12 months
- 1,009
- wells of record
- 636
- producing · 5 shut in · 10 injection
Permits issued by month
LAST FIVE YEARS · HIDALGO ONLY
Last 12 months 1 · prior 12 0
Latest permits here
| Issued | Lease / well | Type | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | McAllen, A. A. #109 916390 | Recompletion | 14,400 |
| Apr 15, 2024 | Woods Christian #42 896922 | Recompletion | 10,530 |
| Feb 26, 2024 | Woods Christian #34 897120 | Recompletion | 11,150 |
| Feb 8, 2024 | Woods Christian #44 896969 | Recompletion | 11,415 |
| Feb 5, 2024 | Woods Christian #30 896781 | Recompletion | 11,130 |
| Feb 7, 2022 | Davis, W. J. 'A' #9 876657 | Recompletion | 14,500 |
| Jan 25, 2022 | Boston Texas Land & Trust #96 876082 | Drill | 13,500 |
| Jan 25, 2022 | Boston Texas Land & Trust #96 876082 | Drill | 13,500 |
| Jan 25, 2022 | Boston Texas Land & Trust #96 876082 | Drill | 14,090 |
| Dec 28, 2021 | Dixie Mortgage-Hopkins Gas Unit #16 875505 | Recompletion | 13,000 |
All 80 permits in Hidalgo County, searchable → · Wells of record here →
Permit types and formations
Permit types
- Recompletion
- 1 / 41
- Drill
- 0 / 39
12 MONTHS / ALL TIME
Leases it reports here
| Lease | Wells | Oil, bbl | Last reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Texas Land & Trust | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| Jeffress, J. D. | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| Jeffress, J. D. | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| McAllen, A. A. -B- | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| Boston Texas Land & Trust | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| Jeffress, J. D. | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| McAllen Fieldwide Unit | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| Theiss et al Gas Unit | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| Coates, George -A- | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| Jeffress, J.D. | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| McAllen Fieldwide Unit | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| Hamman Ranch | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| Van Scherpe "B" | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| Jeffress, J. D. | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| Coates "A" | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
All leases it reports → · Other operators in Hidalgo 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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