OPERATORS · RRC 561245 · P-5 STATUS Y
Merlin Petro Co
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorMerlin Petro CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 12, 1985.
The RRC wellbore file lists 3 wells under its operatorship.
5 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1983; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 15, 1989.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 3 of record
- 0
- leases it reports
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- 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.
- 80%
- spud rate · 4 of 5 mature permits
- 109
- median days permit to spud · middle half 68–126
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 1
- expired undrilled
- 3
- permits a year over 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris county → | — | 3 | 0 | Aug 12, 1985 |
| Brooks county → | — | 1 | 1 | Jan 20, 1984 |
| Wharton county → | — | 1 | 1 | Sep 14, 1983 |
All 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vicksburg | 1 | 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
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 0
- 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
- 3
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 3
- plugged
How it got them
- 1
- permitted itself
- 1
- acquired from others
- 1
- permitted, now run by others
Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →
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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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.
| Field | Wells | Producing |
|---|---|---|
| Boedecker NW. (Frio Middle)10098500 | 1 | 0 |
| Bonus (Frio)10509358 | 1 | 0 |
| Wipff (Rodessa)98218965 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jun 15, 1989
- Address
- 1908 Augusta Drive #18
- Houston, TX 77057
- Officers and agents
- Anniboli, Linn · Texas Resident Agent
- Savage, Michael J. · President
- Silbergh, Michael · Vice President
- Shipman, Tana · Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 282146 | Aug 12, 1985 | Aug 12, 1985 | Merlin Petroleum Company | Harris | City of Houston-Hobby Airport #1 | 9,000 | 20131960 |
| 275173 | May 14, 1985 | May 14, 1985 | Merlin Petroleum Company | Harris | R. E. (Bob) Smith Estate Unit #2 | 8,818 | 20131649 |
| 226967 | Jan 20, 1984 | Jan 20, 1984 | Merlin Petroleum Company | Brooks | Ed Rachal Foundation #1 | 7,800 | 04730926 |
| 216506 | Oct 6, 1983 | Oct 6, 1983 | Merlin Petroleum Company | Harris | Smith, R. E. (Bob) Estate #2 | 8,818 | 20131649 |
| 212404 | Sep 14, 1983 | Sep 14, 1983 | Merlin Petroleum Company | Wharton | Wintermann, D. #2 | 8,000 | 48132562 |
| 124440 | Jul 9, 1981 | Jul 9, 1981 | Ark Energy, Inc. | Maverick | Wipff, R. C. #1 | 9,000 | 32331826 |
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/561245, documented in the API reference.