{"name":"Merit Energy Company Drilling Activity in Finney County, Kansas","publisher":"Buckhead Energy","url":"https://www.buckheadenergy.com/operators/merit-energy-company/kansas/finney","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","dataAsOf":"2026-07-04","source":"Public state oil & gas well-header records (permits, spuds, completions).","operator":"Merit Energy Company","operatorSlug":"merit-energy-company","state":"KS","county":"Finney","totalWells":190,"producingWells":116,"permits24mo":8,"spuds24mo":5,"ducCount":42,"topFormation":null,"rankInCounty":4,"firstPermitDate":"1992-09-16","lastPermitDate":"2025-07-24"}