TEXAS · WELLS · STARR COUNTY · BTLT LEASE · API 42-427-34206 · DISTRICT 04

Btlt #1

Shut in

Starr County · Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical

Fields on the latest permit · any of 3: Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.) · Jeffress (Vicksburg S) · Jeffress (Vicksburg T); Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Btlt #1 (API 42-427-34206) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed May 16, 2009 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in December 1, 2014.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 5, 2007, permitted to 12,340 ft.

It was permitted by Smith Production Inc. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Marker 2, Rincon, O Sand.

Its lease has reported 26.2K barrels of oil and 1.72M mcf of gas since February 2008, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Smith Production Inc.; 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

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Merit Energy Company
Production reports	Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2015
Latest permit	Smith Production Inc.Dec 5, 2007

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

12,340: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Dec 5, 2007: last permit issued
May 16, 2009: completed
26.2K: cumulative oil, bbl
1.72M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · FEB 2008 THROUGH APR 2015

On this page3 formation tops Lease production

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: May 16, 2009
Shut in: Dec 1, 2014
Plugged: —

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

Surface location

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Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Btlt G-4-235132	Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.)	Merit Energy Company	1	26.2K	1.72M	Feb 2008 – Apr 2015

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Wells named Btlt

Merit Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Starr County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.

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Chain of custody

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

1Smith Production Inc.Feb 2008 → Aug 2009
2Sheridan Production Company, LLCSep 2009 → Dec 2013
3OXY USA Inc.Jan 2014 → Apr 2015

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
650101-99	Drill	Smith Production Inc.	Nov 21, 2007	Dec 5, 2007	Dec 30, 2007	14,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
May 16, 2009	Btlt G-4-235132	Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.)	Merit Energy Company	Temp Abandoned · shut in Dec 1, 2014	12,340

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 361 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Marker 2	8,413	-8,052
Rincon	9,382	-9,021
O Sand	11,450	-11,089

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,453	9,461	Perforated
9,526	9,536	Perforated
9,578	9,586	Perforated
9,760	9,770	Perforated
11,454	11,460	Perforated
11,506	11,530	Perforated
11,560	11,570	Perforated
11,698	11,728	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	3,003	17.5	2,320 S
9.625	9,760	12.25	835 S
4.5	12,323	8.5	740 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 →

RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Sep 15, 2009	Jul 10, 2009	—
Jul 16, 2009	Jun 8, 2009	—
Jun 2, 2009	Feb 13, 2009	—
Feb 28, 2009	Jan 20, 2009	—
Aug 14, 2008	Apr 16, 2008	—
Jun 2, 2008	Mar 6, 2008	—
May 22, 2008	—	—

The source documents

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Wellbore filings for 42-427-34206 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-427-34206 → scanned completion filings

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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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