PERMITS · 434741-98 · DISTRICT 4

Drill: Santa Cruz Farms #17

Expired

Merit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · Vertical · Final completion

Apr 11, 1995: issued
8,950: permitted depth, ft
42-215-32230: API number
2: versions on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA APR 11, 1995 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Lifecycle

Apr 11, 1995Issued · Permit approved
Apr 30, 1995Spud · Drilling began
May 11, 1995Well status · Final completion
Aug 7, 1995Received · Application received by the RRC
Aug 15, 1995Amended · Changed after issuance
Sep 14, 1995Final update · Last change in RRC records
Aug 15, 1997Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

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Surface location

Acres: 5,000
Nearest town: 5.5 mi SE of Faysville
Nearest lease line: 0 ft

No coordinates yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; permits from the historical master file never carry one.

Versions

The RRC numbers versions down from 99: 99 is the original filing, 98 the first amendment. Current version first.

Seq	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Amended	Depth	Seen
98	Drill	Merit Energy Company	Aug 7, 1995	Apr 11, 1995	Aug 15, 1995	8,950	Apr 11, 1995
99	Drill	Texas Fuel Company	Apr 11, 1995	Apr 11, 1995	—	9,000	Apr 11, 1995

Application records

Status entries the RRC filed against this permit number.

Status no.	Received	Status	Operator	Lease / well
434741-98	Aug 7, 1995	A	Merit Energy Company	Santa Cruz Farms #17
434741-99	Apr 11, 1995	A	Texas Fuel Company	Santa Cruz Farms #17

About this data

W-1 drilling permit from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files, refreshed every business day. Surface coordinates come from the daily file only. Amendments appear as sequence numbers on the same permit; the lowest is current.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/permits/tx/434741, documented in the API reference.