PERMITS · 497557-98 · DISTRICT 10

Recompletion: Texas -AA- #9

Expired

Merit Energy Company · Andrews County · Vertical · Final completion

Jul 24, 2000: issued
11,084: permitted depth, ft
42-003-36275: API number
2: versions on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA JUL 24, 2000 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Lifecycle

Jul 24, 2000Issued · Permit approved
Jul 25, 2000Spud · Drilling began
Feb 12, 2001Well status · Final completion
Mar 23, 2001Received · Application received by the RRC
Mar 23, 2001Amended · Changed after issuance
Jun 1, 2001Final update · Last change in RRC records
Mar 23, 2003Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

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Surface location

Acres: 320
Nearest town: 13 mi W of Andrews
Nearest lease line: 550 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	Mar 23, 2001	Jul 24, 2000	Mar 23, 2001	11,084	Jul 24, 2000
99	Recompletion	Merit Energy Company	Jul 24, 2000	Jul 24, 2000	—	11,084	Jul 24, 2000

Application records

Status entries the RRC filed against this permit number.

Status no.	Received	Status	Operator	Lease / well
497557-98	Mar 23, 2001	A	Merit Energy Company	Texas -AA- #9
497557-99	Jul 24, 2000	A	Merit Energy Company	Texas -AA- #9

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/497557, documented in the API reference.