TEXAS · WELLS · STARR COUNTY · SLICK, T. B. ESTATE LEASE · API 42-427-34382 · DISTRICT 04

Slick T. B. Estate #209

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

Slick T. B. Estate #209 (API 42-427-34382) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed January 29, 2009 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 15, 2008, permitted to 9,960 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 lease has reported 16.4K barrels of oil and 811K mcf of gas since January 2009, last reporting volume in April 2026.

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&POct 15, 2008

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

9,960
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Oct 15, 2008
last permit issued
Jan 29, 2009
completed
16.4K
cumulative oil, bbl
811K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 2009 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jan 29, 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 lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Slick, T. B. Estate G-4-247612Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated)Merit Energy Company116.4K811KJan 2009 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 1,158 · prior 12 1,274(-9%)

050100150202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Shell Western E&PFeb 2009 → Apr 2011
  2. 2OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Apr 2017
  3. 3Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
670883-99DrillShell Western E&PSep 10, 2008Oct 15, 2008Nov 4, 200813,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jan 29, 2009Slick T. B. Estate G-4-247612Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated)Merit Energy CompanyProducing9,960

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 353 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
VicksburgVICKSBURG T98,165-7,812
VicksburgVICKSBURG T9K9,615-9,262
VicksburgVICKSBURG T109,965-9,612

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,8628,870Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,81313.5885 S
77,5958.75408 S
2.8759,9534.75311 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jun 22, 2009Mar 26, 2009Yes
00Jun 4, 2009——

Well logs

1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Nov 22, 2011. 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.

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Logas describedFiles Intervalft, as filedDatereceivedSizeMB
RESISTIVITYTIFF4,000 to 7,609Nov 22, 2011run Nov 10, 20081.13

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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.

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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