{"name":"Merit Energy Company Drilling Activity in Stanton County, Kansas","publisher":"Buckhead Energy","url":"https://www.buckheadenergy.com/operators/merit-energy-company/kansas/stanton","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":"Stanton","totalWells":29,"producingWells":17,"permits24mo":0,"spuds24mo":0,"ducCount":11,"topFormation":null,"rankInCounty":4,"firstPermitDate":"1989-03-08","lastPermitDate":"2019-09-26"}