WELL · 42-427-33913 · DISTRICT 4

Slick T. B. Estate #168

Y

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

Slick T. B. Estate #168 (API 42-427-33913) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed August 31, 2006 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued December 5, 2005, permitted to 13,500 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.

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 permitTotal E&P USA, Inc.Dec 5, 2005

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

13,500
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Dec 5, 2005
last permit issued
Aug 31, 2006
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
2.07M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2006 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Aug 31, 2006
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-4-220750Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated)Merit Energy Company102.07MJun 2006 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 5,584 · prior 12 7,343(-24%)

05001K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Shell Western E&PJun 2006 → Apr 2011
  2. 2OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Apr 2017
  3. 3Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
610490-98DrillShell Western E&PMar 8, 2006Dec 5, 2005Apr 30, 200613,500
610490-99DrillTotal E&P USA, Inc.Dec 5, 2005Dec 5, 2005—12,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-4-220750————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 358 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
VicksburgVICKSBURG T111,100-742
VicksburgVICKSBURG T98,260-7,902
VicksburgVICKSBURG T109,790-9,432
VicksburgVICKSBURG T1111,000-10,642

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,6748,684Perforated
8,9888,998Perforated
9,2349,238Perforated
9,3829,388Perforated
9,5649,604Perforated
10,48610,496Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,80213.5975 S
77,7048.75441 S
2.87512,0986551 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 16, 2007Sep 14, 2006—
00Mar 7, 2007Jul 6, 2006Yes
00Nov 3, 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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