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OPERATORS · RRC 561368  · P-5 STATUS Y

Merritt Oper, Inc

Mineola, TX

Watch this operator

Merritt Oper, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 13, 2009.

The RRC wellbore file lists 8 wells under its operatorship.

34 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1998; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 7, 2025.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 8 of record
13
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.

71%
spud rate · 24 of 34 mature permits
24
median days permit to spud · middle half 6–77
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
10
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 12 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Montague county →—140Jan 22, 2007
Cooke county →—120Apr 30, 2005
Kenedy county →—43Apr 13, 2009
Wise county →—30Apr 30, 2004
Webb county →—11Mar 26, 1998

All 34 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
Barnett130
Forestburg120
Marble Falls70
Frio20
Wilcox10
Queen City10
Anahuac10
Strawn10
Wills Point10

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
-100%
vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
314K
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 3,431(-100%)

0200400600202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

8
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
8
plugged

How it got them

4
permitted itself
1
acquired from others
15
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

Polk0 active0 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
Drill0025
Recompletion007
Reenter001
Field transfer001

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
Livingston5419300120
Livingston (Yegua 4050)5419371520
Gemini (Frio I-78)3437643010
Mary Lou Leitch (Lobo)5793224010
Potrero Lopena S. (G 81-87)7266090010
Wildcat800110

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Mar 7, 2025
Address
PO Box 1366
Mineola, TX 75773
(214) 697-0900
Officers and agents
Merritt, William Kevin · President,treasurer

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
680025Apr 13, 2009Apr 13, 2009Merritt Operating, Inc.KenedyKMF 78 #110,00026131519
667440Oct 14, 2008Oct 14, 2008Merritt Operating, Inc.KenedyState Tract 303 #1A8,00026130029
667440Oct 14, 2008Oct 14, 2008Merritt Operating, Inc.KenedyState Tract 303 #1A8,00026130029
632107Jan 22, 2007Jan 22, 2007Merritt Operating, Inc.MontagueEilene #18,00033733895
617184Apr 19, 2006Apr 19, 2006Merritt Operating, Inc.MontagueCora B #29,00033733824
600015Apr 30, 2005Apr 30, 2005Merritt Operating, Inc.CookeCora #19,00009733742
552871Nov 1, 2004Nov 1, 2004Merritt Operating, Inc.CookeBedrock Ranch B #29,00009733706
550840Sep 15, 2004Sep 15, 2004Merritt Operating, Inc.CookeLee, Jan B #39,00009733693
550841Sep 13, 2004Sep 13, 2004Merritt Operating, Inc.CookeBedrock Ranch C #49,00009733692
550778Sep 9, 2004Sep 9, 2004Merritt Operating, Inc.MontagueAdams #29,00033733516
546454Jun 3, 2004Jun 3, 2004Merritt Operating, Inc.CookeTower #2C9,00009733633
545160Apr 30, 2004Apr 30, 2004Merritt Operating, Inc.WiseJohnson A #2H9,00049735601
541701Feb 5, 2004Feb 5, 2004Merritt Operating, Inc.MontagueAdams #1A9,00033733530
541700Feb 5, 2004Feb 5, 2004Merritt Operating, Inc.MontagueLee, Jan #19,00033733470
541700Feb 5, 2004Feb 5, 2004Merritt Operating, Inc.MontagueLee, Jan A #19,00033733470

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/561368, documented in the API reference.