WELL · 42-253-32025 · DISTRICT 7
Merritt B #1
Jones County · Big Moose (Canyon) field · Vertical
Merritt B #1 (API 42-253-32025) is a plugged well in Jones County, plugged June 6, 1991, last operated by M-Tex Resources Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 25, 1981, permitted to 3,500 ft.
It was permitted by Samisu, Incorporated and has since transferred to M-Tex Resources Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Gunsight, Swastika, Cisco.
Its lease has reported 6.94K barrels of oil and 17.9K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in December 2002. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Samisu, Incorporated; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Merkel, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 8, 2026
- Permits on file
- 23
- Phone
- (325) 668-1442
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | M-Tex Resources Inc. |
| Production reports | M-Tex Resources, Inc.through Jan 2002 |
| Latest permit | Samisu, IncorporatedSep 25, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 25, 1981
- last permit issued
- Sep 7, 1982
- completed
- 6.94K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 17.9K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 2002
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 7, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 6, 1991
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; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merritt "B" O-8-14356 | Big Moose (Canyon) | M-Tex Resources, Inc. | 2 | 6.94K | 17.9K | Jan 1993 – Dec 2002 |
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.
- 1M-Tex Resources, Inc.Jun 1995 → Jan 2002
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 134483-99 | Drill | Samisu, Incorporated | Sep 25, 1981 | Sep 25, 1981 | — | 3,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-8-14356 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,828 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,304 | 3,314 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 164 | 7.25 | 100 S |
| 8.625 | 164 | 11 | 100 S |
| 2.375 | 3,310 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 3,383 | 6.625 | 250 S |
| 4.5 | 3,383 | 7 | 250 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 | Sep 30, 1985 | Aug 21, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 28, 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 42-253-32025 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-253-32025 → 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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