WELL · 42-413-30651 · DISTRICT 7

Mertz #1

Plugged

Schleicher County · Mertz-Hamill (Strawn) field · Vertical

Mertz #1 (API 42-413-30651) is a plugged well in Schleicher County, plugged January 14, 2025, last operated by Blanks Energy Corporation.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1977 and 1980, permitted to 6,700 ft.

Operator of record

Blanks Energy Corporation

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 2, 1995 · 71 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Blanks Energy Corporation
Production reports	Silver Oil & Gas Inc.through Sep 2024
Latest permit	Blanks Energy CorporationJul 10, 1980

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

6,700: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Jul 10, 1980: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
372K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2025

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: Jan 14, 2025

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 G-9-88533	Flying Anchor (Wolfcamp)	Silver Oil & Gas Inc.	1	0	372K	Jan 1993 – Jan 2025

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 84(-100%)

Chain of custody

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

1Franklin, J.W. Oil OperatorJan 1993 → Jun 1999
2Mexco Energy CorporationJul 1999 → May 2004
3Silver Oil & Gas Inc.Apr 2005 → Sep 2024

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
86282-99	Recompletion	Blanks Energy Corporation	Jul 10, 1980	Jul 10, 1980	—	6,482
14730-99	Drill	Sterling Company	Dec 30, 1977	Dec 30, 1977	Jan 17, 1978	6,700

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-9-88533	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
3,384	3,399	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	618	11	400 S
8.625	631	11	400 S
2.375	3,386	—	—
4.5	6,482	7.875	275 S
4.5	6,516	7.875	275 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	Jul 2, 1980	—
00	Jan 12, 1984	Feb 27, 1978	—

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 42-413-30651 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-413-30651 → 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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