OPERATORS · RRC 561140 · P-5 STATUS Y
Merit Oil Co
San Angelo, TX
Watch this operatorMerit Oil CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 16, 1992.
10 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 3, 1996.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 0 of record
- 0
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026
From permit to spud
FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME
A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.
- 30%
- spud rate · 3 of 10 mature permits
- 55
- median days permit to spud · middle half 36–60
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 7
- expired undrilled
- 1
- permits a year over 14 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irion county → | — | 4 | 0 | Nov 10, 1980 |
| Tom Green county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jul 6, 1987 |
| Schleicher county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 16, 1992 |
| Jones county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 1, 1982 |
All 10 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →
Formations in its completed wells
Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Pinto | 2 | 0 |
| Strawn | 2 | 0 |
Production by month
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- —
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 16.6K
- bbl oil since reporting began
No lease production reported under this operator number in the last three years.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 0
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 6
- permitted, now run by others
Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 0
- active UIC permits of 2
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Tom Green | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
Permit types
Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed May 3, 1996
- Address
- 1885 Pecos
- San Angelo, TX 76901
- Officers and agents
- Rascoe, Clyde M. · Texas Resident Agent
- Rascoe, Clyde M · President/Director
- Roach, Warren D. · Vice President/Director
- Potter, Lori Lynn · Secretary/Director
- Potter, Dale · Director
- Faircloth, George · Director
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 407289 | Dec 16, 1992 | Dec 16, 1992 | Merit Oil Company | Schleicher | Deal, Otis #1 | 7,650 | 41331836 |
| 399445 | May 21, 1992 | May 21, 1992 | Merit Oil Company | Schleicher | Reynolds, R.W. & B.J. #1 | 4,000 | 41310099 |
| 332483 | Jul 6, 1987 | Jul 6, 1987 | Merit Oil Company | Tom Green | Wilde, Myrl #1 | 4,770 | 45100463 |
| 290057 | Nov 8, 1985 | Nov 8, 1985 | Merit Oil Company | Tom Green | Halfmann, E. A. "C" #1C | 4,725 | 45131653 |
| 280349 | Jul 17, 1985 | Jul 17, 1985 | Merit Oil Company | Tom Green | Sparks, O. B. #2 | 4,725 | 45131605 |
| 149506 | Feb 1, 1982 | Feb 1, 1982 | Merit Oil Company | Jones | Chittenden Estate #1 | 3,200 | 25332136 |
| 98489 | Nov 10, 1980 | Nov 10, 1980 | Merit Oil Company | Irion | Lackey, Mark #4 | 1,585 | 23531661 |
| 89945 | Aug 11, 1980 | Aug 11, 1980 | Merit Oil Company | Irion | Lackey, Mark #3 | 1,529 | 23531536 |
| 61807 | Oct 25, 1979 | Oct 25, 1979 | Merit Oil Company | Irion | Lackey, Mark #2 | 7,850 | 23530661 |
| 50053 | Jun 5, 1979 | Jun 5, 1979 | Merit Oil Company | Irion | Lackey, Mark #1 | 1,644 | 23500091 |
About this data
Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/561140, documented in the API reference.