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OPERATORS · RRC 561161  · P-5 STATUS Y

Merkaz Drilling, LLC

Dallas, TX

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Merkaz Drilling, LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 20, 2016.

The RRC wellbore file lists 70 wells under its operatorship (29 producing, 17 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 1.09K barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 52% on the year before.

It holds 9 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 8.18K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

39 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2013; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
29
producing wells, of 70 of record
2
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.

74%
spud rate · 29 of 39 mature permits
167
median days permit to spud · middle half 154–173
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
10
expired undrilled
10
permits a year over 4 active years

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Callahan county →—3970Oct 20, 2016

All 39 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Coleman Junction10
Caddo10
Tannehill10

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 →

1.09K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-52%
vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
12.3K
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 1,088 · prior 12 2,261(-52%)

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Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

70
on the schedule
29
producing
17
shut in
8
injection
0
temp. abandoned
14
plugged

How it got them

27
permitted itself
27
acquired from others
2
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

9
active UIC permits of 28
2.22K
permitted bbl/day, active
8.18K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Callahan9 active2.22K 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0037
Reenter001
Recompletion001

Fields

RRC regulatory fields with the most wells of record under this operator. The field opens its page; the count opens this operator's wells in it.

FieldWellsProducing
Callahan County Regular148200016929
Wildcat1400110

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jun 4, 2026
Oil operator
Address
4515 Dorset RD
Dallas, TX 75229
(214) 394-8645
Officers and agents
Bassichis, Michelle · President
Bassichis, Benjamin · Vice President
Merkaz Management, LLC · Managing Member

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
819235Oct 20, 2016Oct 20, 2016Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanDavis, S.M. #1013,95005937099
804875Mar 26, 2015Mar 26, 2015Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanDavis, S.M. #1004,90005937064
803620Feb 11, 2015Feb 11, 2015Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanDavis, S.M. #17A75005937061
803493Feb 10, 2015Feb 10, 2015Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanDavis, S.M. #997,00005937060
802078Jan 13, 2015Jan 13, 2015Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanDavis, S.M. #19A75005937057
801866Jan 8, 2015Jan 8, 2015Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanDavis, S.M. #12A75005937056
778295Jan 29, 2014Jan 29, 2014Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanDavis, S.M. #9A60005910938
769574Sep 12, 2013Sep 12, 2013Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanDavis, SM. #4256905935804
768653Aug 29, 2013Aug 29, 2013Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanSM Davis #961,95005937003
768652Aug 29, 2013Aug 29, 2013Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanSM Davis #951,95005937002
768651Aug 29, 2013Aug 29, 2013Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanSM Davis #941,95005937001
768650Aug 29, 2013Aug 29, 2013Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanSM Davis #931,95005937000
767255Aug 12, 2013Aug 12, 2013Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanSM Davis #851,95005936991
767605Aug 9, 2013Aug 9, 2013Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanSM Davis #921,95005936998
767603Aug 9, 2013Aug 9, 2013Merkaz Drilling, LLCCallahanSM Davis #911,95005936997

Full permit history →

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/561161, documented in the API reference.