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Merritt--Oil and Gas Production

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Discoveries currently listed:
Operator: Jones, Shelburne and Farmer
Lease: Merritt, Well 1
Location: 21S-20W: NE NE NE 35
Discovery Date: 09/10/1957
Producing zone: Cherokee Group 		Operator: Maguire Oil
Lease: Klepper-Musenberg, Well 1
Location: 21S-20W: 1700' FNL and 1000' FWL 36
Discovery Date: 05/07/1981
Producing zone: Cherokee and Mississippian Oil
Operator: Benson Mineral Group
Lease: Klepper, Well 2-36
Location: 21S-20W: C NW NW 36
Discovery Date: 02/17/1983
Producing zone: Chase Gas

Counties: Pawnee
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Status Info: Abandoned on 05/02/1962, Revived on 05/07/1981
Leases and Wells: View Production by Lease for this Field || View Wells Assigned to this Field
Producing Formations
Name Depth (ft.) Thickness (ft.) Oil Grav Produces Temperature
CHASE GROUP 2228 74 - Gas -
CHEROKEE - - - Oil -
MISSISSIPPIAN 4221 6 - Oil -

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Production Plots

Year Oil Gas
Production
(bbls)		 Wells Cumulative
(bbls)		 Production
(mcf)		 Wells Cumulative
(mcf)
1981 - 1 16,843 - - 0
1982 12,045 1 28,888 - - 0
1983 6,935 2 35,823 124,169 2 124,169
1984 4,127 2 39,950 - - 124,169
1985 2,995 1 42,945 - - 124,169
1986 2,304 1 45,249 - - 124,169
1987 1,611 1 46,860 - - 124,169
1988 1,678 1 48,538 - - 124,169
1989 1,862 1 50,400 3,722 2 127,891
1990 1,608 1 52,008 1,454 1 129,345
1991 1,531 2 53,539 422 2 129,767
1992 1,219 1 54,758 2,085 2 131,852
1993 1,201 1 55,959 29,588 2 161,440
1994 93 1 56,052 32,336 2 193,776
1995 - - 56,052 2,444 2 196,220
1996 - - 56,052 2,446 2 198,666
1997 - - 56,052 12,884 2 211,550
1998 - - 56,052 11,221 1 222,771
1999 - - 56,052 12,340 1 235,111
2000 - - 56,052 6,870 1 241,981
2001 - - 56,052 - - 241,981
2002 - - 56,052 - - 241,981
2003 - - 56,052 - - 241,981
2004 - - 56,052 - - 241,981
2005 - - 56,052 - - 241,981
2006 - - 56,052 80 1 242,061
2007 - - 56,052 - - 242,061
2008 - - 56,052 - - 242,061
2009 - - 56,052 - - 242,061
2010 - - 56,052 - - 242,061
2011 - - 56,052 - - 242,061
2012 - - 56,052 89 1 242,150
2013 - - 56,052 570 1 242,720
2014 - - 56,052 4,340 1 247,060
2015 - - 56,052 7,844 1 254,904
2016 - - 56,052 10,361 1 265,265
2017 - - 56,052 11,202 1 276,467
2018 - - 56,052 6,799 1 283,266
2019 - - 56,052 1,484 1 284,750
2020 - - 56,052 1,391 1 286,141
2021 - - 56,052 2,977 1 289,118
2022 - - 56,052 19 1 289,137
2023 - - 56,052 1,176 1 290,313
2024 - - 56,052 66 1 290,379
2025 - - 56,052 41 1 290,420
Updated through 3-2025.
Note: bbls is barrels; mcf is 1000 cubic feet.