TEXAS · WELLS · STARR COUNTY · SLICK, T. B. ESTATE LEASE · API 42-427-32954 · DISTRICT 04
Slick T. B. Estate #113
Starr County · Slick Ranch (Yegua) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Hinde (Vicksburg 11) · Hinde (Vicksburg 21)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Slick T. B. Estate #113 (API 42-427-32954) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed July 14, 1997 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in November 1, 1999.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 3, 1997, permitted to 14,800 ft.
It was permitted by Fina Oil & Chemical Company and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Vicksburg, Crash Sand.
Its lease has reported 2.42K barrels of oil and 92.8K mcf of gas since July 1997, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
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 schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough May 2017 |
| Latest permit | Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyFeb 3, 1997 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 14,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 3, 1997
- last permit issued
- Jul 14, 1997
- completed
- 2.42K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 92.8K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUL 1997 THROUGH MAY 2017
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 14, 1997
- Shut in
- Nov 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slick, T. B. Estate G-4-172153 | Slick Ranch (Yegua) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 2.42K | 92.8K | Jul 1997 – May 2017 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Slick T. B. Estate
Merit Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Starr County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Operator on the lease's P-4
Each operator named on the P-4 filings for this well's lease (a gas well is its own lease), from the date its filing took effect. The P-4 is filed by lease, so a date before the well was drilled is the lease's.
| Operator | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Energy Company | May 1, 2017 | today |
| OXY USA Inc. | May 1, 2011 | May 1, 2017 |
| Shell Western E&P | Feb 1, 2006 | May 1, 2011 |
| Total E&P USA, Inc. | Sep 1, 2003 | Feb 1, 2006 |
| Totalfinaelf E&P USA Inc | Jan 1, 2001 | Sep 1, 2003 |
| Fina Oil & Chemical Company | Jul 14, 1997 | Jan 1, 2001 |
Reporting production
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyJul 1997 → Oct 1999
- 2Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → May 2017
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 458099-99 | Drill | Fina Oil & Chemical Company | Jan 31, 1997 | Feb 3, 1997 | Mar 22, 1997 | 14,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 1997 | Slick T. B. Estate G-4-172153 | Slick Ranch (Yegua) | Merit Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Nov 1, 1999 | 14,800 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 329 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 14,175 | 14,195 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1,525 | 20 | 1,310 S |
| 11.875 | 8,450 | 17.5 | 3,250 S |
| 3.5 | 14,770 | 8.5 | 465 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Apr 26, 1999 | Jan 26, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 16, 1999 | — | — |
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 42-427-32954 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-427-32954 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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