WELL · 42-135-04992 · DISTRICT 8

Ratliff "G" #1

Ratliff "G" #1 (API 42-135-04992) is a permitted well in Ector County filed by Merit Energy Company; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1980 and 2006, permitted to 13,777 ft.

Its lease has reported 2.56K barrels of oil and 20.3K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in January 2007.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 1,049 permits on file · (972) 628-1559

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Amoco Production Companythrough Jan 1995
Latest permit	Merit Energy CompanyJul 20, 2006

13,777: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Jul 20, 2006: last permit issued
—: completed
2.56K: cumulative oil, bbl
20.3K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2007

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
Ratliff "G" O-10-26423	Headlee, N. (Devonian)	Merit Energy Company	1	2.56K	20.3K	Jan 1993 – Jan 2007

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Chain of custody

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

1Antelope Production Co.Jan 1993 → Jan 1994
2Amoco Production CompanyApr 1994 → Jan 1995

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
622739-99	Recompletion	Merit Energy Company	Jul 17, 2006	Jul 20, 2006	—	12,100
98831-99	Other	Viking Energy Corporation	Nov 12, 1980	Nov 12, 1980	—	13,777

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-26423	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
12,150	12,252	Perforated
12,210	12,370	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	360	17	300 S
9.625	5,828	—	—
9.625	5,829	12.25	2,370 S
2	12,275	—	—
2.375	12,320	—	—
5.5	13,746	8.75	1,125 S
5.5	13,754	—	—
5.5	13,777	8.75	1,125 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. About these reports →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Jul 8, 1994	Apr 22, 1994	—
Jan 12, 1984	Mar 17, 1981	—
Jan 12, 1984	May 4, 1962	—

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 42-135-04992 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-135-04992 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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