PERMITS · 484705-98 · DISTRICT 3

Recompletion: McFaddin Ranch #12

Expired

Merit Energy Company · Jefferson County · Directional · Final completion

May 21, 1999: issued
7,520: permitted depth, ft
42-245-30237: API number
2: versions on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA MAY 21, 1999 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Lifecycle

May 18, 1999Spud · Drilling began
May 21, 1999Issued · Permit approved
Jun 3, 1999Well status · Final completion
Jun 4, 1999Received · Application received by the RRC
Jun 4, 1999Amended · Changed after issuance
Jun 23, 1999Final update · Last change in RRC records
Jun 4, 2001Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

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Surface location

Acres: 720
Nearest town: 20 mi S'LY of Port Arthur
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	Recompletion	Merit Energy Company	Jun 4, 1999	May 21, 1999	Jun 4, 1999	7,520	May 21, 1999
99	Recompletion	Merit Energy Company	May 21, 1999	May 21, 1999	—	7,520	May 21, 1999

Application records

Status entries the RRC filed against this permit number.

Status no.	Received	Status	Operator	Lease / well
484705-98	Jun 4, 1999	A	Merit Energy Company	McFaddin Ranch #12
484705-99	May 21, 1999	A	Merit Energy Company	McFaddin Ranch #12

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/484705, documented in the API reference.