WELL · 42-235-31947 · DISTRICT 7

Mertz 11 #1

Plugged

Irion County · Mertz (Canyon) field · Vertical

Mertz 11 #1 (API 42-235-31947) is a plugged well in Irion County, plugged November 1, 2002, last operated by Tucker Drilling Company Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 11, 1982, permitted to 7,500 ft.

Its lease has reported 1.43K barrels of oil and 37.8K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2003.

Operator of record

Tucker Drilling Company Inc.

Based in: San Angelo, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Oct 19, 1995
Permits on file: 294
Phone: (325) 655-6773

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Tucker Drilling Company Inc.
Production reports	Remuda Operating Companythrough Sep 2002
Latest permit	Tucker Drilling Company, Inc.Jun 11, 1982

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

7,500: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jun 11, 1982: last permit issued
Aug 22, 1982: completed
1.43K: cumulative oil, bbl
37.8K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2003

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Aug 22, 1982
Shut in: —
Plugged: Nov 1, 2002

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
Mertz "11" O-9-10086	Mertz (Canyon)	Remuda Operating Company	1	1.43K	37.8K	Jan 1993 – Mar 2003

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.

1Chico, Geraldine C. ProductionJan 1993 → Jun 1994
2Chix Oil CompanyJul 1994 → May 1996
3Remuda Operating CompanyJun 1996 → Sep 2002

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
163472-99	Drill	Tucker Drilling Company, Inc.	Jun 11, 1982	Jun 11, 1982	Jun 16, 1982	7,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-9-10086	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
6,210	6,230	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	685	11	500 S
8.625	685	12	500 S
2.375	6,151	—	—
4.5	6,416	7.875	400 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 →

Suffix	Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
00	Jan 12, 1984	Apr 21, 1983	—
00	Jan 12, 1984	Sep 21, 1982	—

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 42-235-31947 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-235-31947 → 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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