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State-Slick D #20

Shut in

Starr County · Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated) field · Temp Abandoned  · Vertical

State-Slick D #20 (API 42-427-32415) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed January 24, 2011 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in January 1, 1999.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 17, 1990, permitted to 8,573 ft.

It was permitted by Fina Oil & Chemical Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Vicksburg.

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Fina Oil & Chemical Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Dallas, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Nov 7, 2025
Permits on file
1,049
Phone
(972) 701-8377

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsFina Oil & Chemical Companythrough Dec 1994
Latest permitFina Oil & Chemical CompanyMay 17, 1990

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

8,573
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
May 17, 1990
last permit issued
Jan 24, 2011
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.47K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jan 24, 2011
Shut in
Jan 1, 1999
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

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
State-Slick "D" G-4-136029Hinde,west (Vicksburg-18)Merit Energy Company101.47KJan 1993 – Jul 2026

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.

  1. 1Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyJul 1993 → Dec 1994

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
373254-99DrillFina Oil & Chemical CompanyMay 11, 1990May 17, 1990—8,900

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jan 24, 2011State-Slick D G-4-136029Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated)Merit Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Jan 1, 19998,573

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 391 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Vicksburg5,326-4,935
VicksburgLOWER VICKSBURG6,744-6,353

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,9667,974Perforated
7,9357,948Perforated
7,9878,005Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,21017.5980 S
9.6256,53012.25960 S
5.58,5888.5500 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Mar 1, 2011Feb 1, 2011—
00Jan 3, 1991Sep 24, 1990Yes
00Nov 19, 1990——

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 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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