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Judd Estate-State #12

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Starr County · La Copita (Vicksburg Cons.) field · Producing  · Vertical

Judd Estate-State #12 (API 42-427-33681) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed February 17, 2004 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued November 21, 2003, permitted to 10,005 ft.

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

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

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Shell Western E&P; 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 reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitShell Western E&PNov 21, 2003

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

10,005
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Nov 21, 2003
last permit issued
Feb 17, 2004
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
984K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 2004 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Feb 17, 2004
Shut in
—
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
Judd Estate-State G-4-199634La Copita (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy Company10984KFeb 2004 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 281 · prior 12 1,650(-83%)

0100200300202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Shell Western E&PFeb 2004 → Apr 2011
  2. 2OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Apr 2017
  3. 3Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
538893-98DrillShell Western E&PDec 16, 2003Nov 21, 2003Dec 27, 200311,000
538893-99DrillShell Western E&PNov 21, 2003Nov 21, 2003—11,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Feb 17, 2004Judd Estate-State G-4-199634La Copita (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy CompanyProducing10,005

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,3018,309Perforated
8,3228,328Perforated
8,3468,352Perforated
9,2019,206Perforated
9,6059,608Perforated
9,6359,637Perforated
9,6409,642Perforated
9,6789,682Perforated
9,7929,794Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,49612.25748 S
77,6418.75395 S
2.8759,9946450 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, 2004Feb 23, 2004—
00Jul 14, 2004Feb 23, 2004—
00May 11, 2004Apr 9, 2004—
00Mar 31, 2004Feb 17, 2004Yes
00Mar 9, 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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