OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 561136 · ZAPATA COUNTY
Merit Energy Company in Zapata 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 11 drilling permits on file in Zapata County, the first issued in 2003 and the latest on November 4, 2019.
None were issued in the last twelve months.
It is operator of record on 403 wells in the county: 290 producing, 0 shut in, 0 injection.
Its completed wells here most often report Wilcox, Queen City, Wills Point.
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- permits, 12 months
- 11
- permits, all time since 2003
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- horizontal, 12 months
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- ft average depth, 12 months
- 403
- wells of record
- 290
- producing · 0 shut in · 0 injection
Permits issued by month
LAST FIVE YEARS · ZAPATA ONLY
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Latest permits here
| Issued | Lease / well | Type | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2019 | Haynes, L. #147 858617 | Recompletion | 9,200 |
| Mar 15, 2018 | Haynes, L. #205 837590 | Drill | 8,700 |
| Mar 15, 2018 | Haynes, L. #204 837589 | Drill | 8,700 |
| Jan 23, 2018 | Benavides Trust #14 835120 | Recompletion | 11,800 |
| Jan 23, 2018 | Benavides Trust #13 835119 | Recompletion | 12,000 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | Haynes, L. #147 828202 | Recompletion | 9,200 |
| Jun 4, 2015 | Smith A.H. #9 807048 | Recompletion | 10,300 |
| Mar 27, 2014 | Smith A. H. #6 781576 | Recompletion | 10,026 |
| Mar 14, 2014 | Smith A.H. #9 780506 | Recompletion | 7,520 |
| Nov 27, 2013 | El Clareno #16 774390 | Recompletion | 8,425 |
All 11 permits in Zapata County, searchable → · Wells of record here →
Permit types and formations
Permit types
- Recompletion
- 0 / 7
- Drill
- 0 / 4
12 MONTHS / ALL TIME
Formations reported
Leases it reports here
| Lease | Wells | Oil, bbl | Last reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haynes, L. | 1 | 21K | Apr 2026 |
| Gutierrez et Al | 1 | 20.3K | Apr 2026 |
| Guerra "L" | 1 | 17.5K | Apr 2026 |
| Haynes, L. | 1 | 17K | Apr 2026 |
| Gutierrez et Al | 1 | 13.2K | Apr 2026 |
| Haynes, L. | 1 | 12.3K | Apr 2026 |
| Benavides Trust | 1 | 11.7K | Apr 2026 |
| El Clareno | 1 | 11.4K | Apr 2026 |
| Haynes, L. | 1 | 11.3K | Apr 2026 |
| Gutierrez et Al | 1 | 8.96K | Apr 2026 |
| Smith, A.H. | 1 | 8.06K | Apr 2026 |
| Haynes, L. | 1 | 7.94K | Apr 2026 |
| Vela, G. O. | 1 | 7.76K | Apr 2026 |
| Benavides "A" | 1 | 7.48K | Apr 2026 |
| El Clareno | 1 | 7.36K | Apr 2026 |
All leases it reports → · Other operators in Zapata 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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