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Judd Estate-State #14

Shut in

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

Judd Estate-State #14 (API 42-427-33902) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed May 19, 2005 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in October 1, 2022.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 26, 2005, permitted to 9,061 ft.

It was permitted by Shell Western E&P 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 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 Sep 2022
Latest permitShell Western E&POct 26, 2005

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

9,061
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Oct 26, 2005
last permit issued
May 19, 2005
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
813K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2005 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
May 19, 2005
Shut in
Oct 1, 2022
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-4-215481La Copita (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy Company10813KDec 2005 – 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. 1Shell Western E&PDec 2005 → Apr 2011
  2. 2OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Apr 2017
  3. 3Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Sep 2022

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
608423-99DrillShell Western E&POct 25, 2005Oct 26, 2005Nov 20, 200510,100

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
May 19, 2005Judd Estate-State G-4-215481La Copita (Vicksburg Cons.)Merit Energy CompanyProducing · shut in Oct 1, 20229,061

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 406 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
VicksburgVICKSBURG U7,455-7,049
VicksburgVICKSBURG W7,890-7,484
VicksburgVICKSBURG XY8,750-8,344

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,8706,880Perforated
7,1767,486Perforated
7,4807,486Perforated
7,4907,496Perforated
8,7498,755Perforated
8,7658,772Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,52513.5730 S
77,0608.75375 S
2.8759,0616310 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 9, 2007Jul 31, 2006—
00Feb 10, 2007May 25, 2006—
00Aug 17, 2006Jan 12, 2006Yes
00Apr 27, 2006——

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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