TEXAS · WELLS · STARR COUNTY · API 42-427-34089 · DISTRICT 04
Slick T. B. Estate #179
Starr County · Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated) field · Producing · Directional
Slick T. B. Estate #179 (API 42-427-34089) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed April 6, 2009 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2007 and 2008, permitted to 15,802 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.
Its 2 leases have reported 9.87K barrels of oil and 689K mcf of gas since April 2007, last reporting volume in April 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
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 schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Shell Western E&PDec 19, 2008 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 15,802
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Dec 19, 2008
- last permit issued
- Apr 6, 2009
- completed
- 9.87K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 689K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 2008 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 6, 2009
- 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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slick, T. B. Estate G-4-244629 | Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 9.87K | 689K | Feb 2008 – Apr 2026 |
| Slick, T.B. Estate G-4-230903 | Wildcat | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | Apr 2007 – — |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 74,841 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Shell Western E&PMay 2008 → Apr 2011
- 2OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Apr 2017
- 3Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 666640-99 | Recompletion | Shell Western E&P | Jul 14, 2008 | Dec 19, 2008 | Feb 10, 2008 | 15,802 |
| 633059-99 | Drill | Shell Western E&P | Feb 6, 2007 | Feb 8, 2007 | Feb 17, 2007 | 16,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2009 | Slick T. B. Estate G-4-244629 | Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated) | Merit Energy Company | Producing | 15,802 |
| Apr 30, 2007 | Slick T.B. Estate G-4-230903 | Wildcat | Shell Western E&P | Not on Schedule | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 356 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,318 | 7,326 | Perforated |
| 13,148 | 13,151 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 2,025 | 17.5 | 1,535 S |
| 9.875 | 7,280 | 12.25 | 1,156 S |
| 3.5 | 15,782 | 6 | 979 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 | Aug 17, 2009 | Apr 16, 2009 | — |
| 00 | Jul 16, 2009 | Apr 11, 2008 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 4, 2009 | — | — |
| 00 | Nov 30, 2007 | Aug 1, 2007 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 26, 2007 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received May 3, 2010. Resistivity. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESISTIVITYSpans Vicksburg | TIFF | 2,028 to 15,817 | May 3, 2010run Apr 8, 2007 | 1.21 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-427-34089 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-427-34089 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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