TEXAS · WELLS · DENTON COUNTY · MERRITT, MARCIA LEASE · API 42-121-33209 · DISTRICT 7C

Merritt Marcia #16H

Shut in

Denton County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Producing  · Horizontal

Merritt Marcia #16H (API 42-121-33209) is a horizontal well in Denton County operated by Eagleridge Operating LLC, completed December 8, 2007 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in October 1, 2020.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 5, 2007, permitted to 7,830 ft.

It was permitted by J-W Operating CO. and has since transferred to Eagleridge Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Caddo, Atoka, Marble Falls, Barnett.

Its lease has reported 21 barrels of oil and 2.48M mcf of gas since December 2007, last reporting volume in April 2026.

Operator of record

Eagleridge Operating LLC

Permitted by J-W Operating Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Dallas, TX
P-5 status
Active – Extension (X)
P-5 last filed
Apr 8, 2026
Permits on file
129
Phone
(214) 295-6704

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleEagleridge Operating LLC
Production reportsEagleridge Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitJ-W Operating Co.Sep 5, 2007

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

7,830
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Sep 5, 2007
last permit issued
Dec 8, 2007
completed
21
cumulative oil, bbl
2.48M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2007 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 8, 2007
Shut in
Oct 1, 2020
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Merritt, Marcia G-13-238823Newark, East (Barnett Shale)Eagleridge Operating, LLC1212.48MDec 2007 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 85,487 · prior 12 83,692(+2%)

05K10K15K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1J-W Operating Co.Dec 2007 → Jun 2016
  2. 2Aethon Energy Operating LLCJul 2016 → Oct 2018
  3. 31849 Energy Partners Oprtng, LLCNov 2018 → Sep 2020
  4. 4Eagleridge Operating, LLCOct 2022 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
644675-99DrillJ-W Operating Co.Aug 20, 2007Sep 5, 2007Sep 30, 200715,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Dec 8, 2007Merritt Marcia G-13-238823Newark East (Barnett Shale)Eagleridge Operating LLCProducing · shut in Oct 1, 20207,830

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 781 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Caddo4,300-3,519
CaddoCADDO CONGLOMERATE4,460-3,679
AtokaATOKA CONGLOMERATE5,560-4,779
Marble Falls6,996-6,215
Marble Falls7,120-6,339
BarnettUPPER BARNETT SHALE7,365-6,584
Forestburg7,536-6,755
BarnettLOWER BARNETT SHALE7,756-6,975
BarnettUPPER BARNETT SHALE7,800-7,019
BarnettLOWER BARNETT SHALE8,910-8,129

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,8008,078Perforated
8,2008,433Perforated
8,5558,788Perforated
8,9109,143Perforated
9,2659,498Perforated
9,6209,853Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,03612.25465 S
5.59,9087.875940 S

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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Oct 30, 2008Oct 14, 2008—
00Sep 26, 2008Apr 2, 2008Yes
00Sep 13, 2008——

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.

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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