{"name":"Merit Energy Company Drilling Activity in Zapata County, Texas","publisher":"Buckhead Energy","url":"https://www.buckheadenergy.com/operators/merit-energy-company/texas/zapata","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":"TX","county":"Zapata","totalWells":405,"producingWells":390,"permits24mo":0,"spuds24mo":0,"ducCount":13,"topFormation":"Wilcox Lobo","rankInCounty":2,"firstPermitDate":"1978-06-09","lastPermitDate":"2019-11-04"}