OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 561136 · STARR COUNTY
Merit Energy Company in Starr 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 23 drilling permits on file in Starr County, the first issued in 1991 and the latest on January 9, 2025.
None were issued in the last twelve months, after 1 the year before.
It is operator of record on 470 wells in the county: 289 producing, 3 shut in, 4 injection.
Its completed wells here most often report Vicksburg, Queen City, Frio.
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- permits, 12 months -100%
- 23
- permits, all time since 1991
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- horizontal, 12 months
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- ft average depth, 12 months
- 470
- wells of record
- 289
- producing · 3 shut in · 4 injection
Permits issued by month
LAST FIVE YEARS · STARR ONLY
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 1(-100%)
Latest permits here
| Issued | Lease / well | Type | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2025 | Bentsen Bros. - State #12 904745 | Recompletion | 17,450 |
| Apr 11, 2023 | Yzaguirre #1 889065 | Recompletion | 8,370 |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Slick 541 #3 888320 | Recompletion | 7,250 |
| Jun 22, 2022 | Coates 553 #13 878831 | Recompletion | 7,930 |
| Apr 21, 2022 | Slick, T. B. Estate #208 879055 | Recompletion | 11,426 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Garza, A. M. State #17 868691 | Recompletion | 8,735 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Garza, A. M. -State #19 868683 | Recompletion | 9,070 |
| Jan 29, 2021 | Slick, T. B. Estate #219 867361 | Recompletion | 11,650 |
| Dec 10, 2019 | Bentsen Tract I #10 859545 | Drill | 8,500 |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Guerra-USA Gas Unit 'C' #11 856588 | Recompletion | 15,314 |
All 23 permits in Starr County, searchable → · Wells of record here →
Permit types and formations
Permit types
- Recompletion
- 0 / 21
- Drill
- 0 / 2
12 MONTHS / ALL TIME
Formations reported
Leases it reports here
| Lease | Wells | Oil, bbl | Last reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guerra, R.A. | 2 | 179K | Jul 2026 |
| Slick, T. B. Estate | 2 | 141K | Jul 2026 |
| Slick, Earl F. | 1 | 60.7K | Jul 2026 |
| Slick 531 | 1 | 58.5K | Jul 2026 |
| Slick T.B. Estate | 2 | 33.7K | Jul 2026 |
| Urschel, C.F. | 1 | 24.4K | Jul 2026 |
| Fina Conoco Fee | 1 | 21.3K | Jul 2026 |
| Davenport, O. H. Heirs | 1 | 11.6K | Jul 2026 |
| Fina-Conoco Fee | 1 | 7.66K | Jul 2026 |
| Farias, N.A. | 1 | 6.17K | Jul 2026 |
| Fina Conoco Fee | 1 | 2.82K | Jul 2026 |
| Slick | 1 | 2.13K | Jul 2026 |
| Neblett G.E. et al Gas Unit | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| Howell, J.J. | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
| Martinez-State | 1 | 0 | Jul 2026 |
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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/561136/counties/starr, documented in the API reference.