WELL · 42-065-01013 · DISTRICT 10

Merritt #1012

Merritt #1012 (API 42-065-01013) is a permitted horizontal well in Carson County filed by Linn Operating, Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 12, 2009, permitted to 3,600 ft.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Redcave, Panhandle Lime, Brown Dolomite.

Operator of record

Linn Operating, Inc.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 8, 2019 · 1,401 permits on file · (281) 840-4000

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	High River Res Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Linn Operating, Inc.Feb 12, 2009

3,600: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Feb 12, 2009: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
664K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

Surface location

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

Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Merritt G-14-24450	Panhandle, West	High River Res Operating, LLC	1	0	664K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 10,776 · prior 12 14,535(-26%)

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Burnett Corp.Jan 1993 → Nov 1997
2Wilbanks Exploration, Inc.Dec 1997 → May 1998
3Odessa Exploration, Inc.Jun 1998 → Jul 2003
4Stallion Energy, Inc.Aug 2003 → Apr 2005
5Pogo Panhandle 2004, L.P.May 2005 → Jun 2007
6Linn Operating, Inc.Jul 2007 → Apr 2017
7Linn Operating, LLCMay 2017 → Feb 2018
8Scout Energy Management LLCMar 2018 → Dec 2024
9High River Res Operating, LLCJan 2025 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
678432-99	Recompletion	Linn Operating, Inc.	Feb 10, 2009	Feb 12, 2009	Jun 15, 2009	3,600

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-14-24450	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,269 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Redcave	1,821	1,448
Panhandle Lime	2,082	1,187
Brown Dolomite	2,460	809

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,501	4,517	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	542	—	—
7	3,042	—	—

Completion filings

W-2 and G-1 reports on record in the RRC wellbore file, newest first. The suffix identifies the wellbore or completion event. About these reports →

Suffix	Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
00	Feb 11, 2010	Aug 17, 2009	Yes
00	Jan 12, 1984	—	—

The source documents

Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.

Wellbore filings for 42-065-01013 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-065-01013 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

About this data

Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wellbore and operator of record from the EWA schedule, weekly; completions, formation tops, casing, and perforations from the dbf900 wellbore file; production from PDQ lease reports, which lag two to three months; injection from UIC permits, H-10 reports, and TexNet daily volumes; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog.

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