WELL · 42-427-33569 · DISTRICT 4

Slick T. B. Estate #146

Y

Starr County · Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated) field · Producing  · Vertical

Slick T. B. Estate #146 (API 42-427-33569) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed February 22, 2003 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 23, 2002, permitted to 10,500 ft.

It was permitted by Totalfinaelf E&P USA Inc and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including T-4, T-8, T-10, T-11.

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

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Totalfinaelf E&P USA Inc; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 1,049 permits on file · (972) 628-1559

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitTotalfinaelf E&P USA IncDec 23, 2002

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

10,500
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Dec 23, 2002
last permit issued
Feb 22, 2003
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.59M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 2003 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Feb 22, 2003
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active

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
Slick, T. B. Estate G-4-199234Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated)Merit Energy Company101.59MFeb 2003 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 6,695 · prior 12 2,143(+212%)

01K2K3K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Total E&P USA, Inc.Feb 2003 → Jan 2006
  2. 2Shell Western E&PFeb 2006 → Apr 2011
  3. 3OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Apr 2017
  4. 4Merit Energy CompanyJun 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
526628-99DrillTotalfinaelf E&P USA IncDec 23, 2002Dec 23, 2002Jan 10, 200310,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-4-199234————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 360 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
T-46,210-5,850
T-87,425-7,065
T-107,819-7,459
T-118,230-7,870
T-128,875-8,515
Nicholson9,534-9,174

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,8888,899Perforated
8,8888,948Perforated
8,9388,948Perforated
9,0189,022Perforated
9,5899,594Perforated
9,6289,638Perforated
9,6289,702Perforated
9,6969,702Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.752,50214.751,165 S
7.6257,4009.875652 S
3.510,5406.5800 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
00Jul 16, 2004Oct 2, 2003—
00May 25, 2004May 2, 2003Yes
00Feb 24, 2004——

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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