BOB WEST (L-12, 13, 14, 15), District 04, Texas

A field is the Railroad Commission's unit of geology and of regulation. Its spacing rule is what decides how many wells an acreage can hold.

Leases
49
with a page here
Operators
8
Value, all time
$274.2 M
56% of the register's 87
Discovered
1996-12-27
Gas

Our estimate: volumes the operator filed with the Commission, valued at the EIA first-purchase price for that month. It is not a payment anyone received, and it is not a royalty. It sums the 49 leases in this field that have a page here — 56% of the register's 87 — so it understates the field.

Production, 2025

The Railroad Commission's Oil and Gas Annual Report for 2025, its most recent. These are the state's figures for the whole field, not ours.

WellsIn the fieldProducingProduced in 2025Also producedCumulative
Gas7023214,733 mcf0 bblcondensate71,469,582 mcfsince 1970

Spacing rule

What the Commission requires of a well on this field.

WellsRuleEffectiveFrom the lease lineBetween wellsAcres per unitMax diagonal
GasB2008-04-24467 ft0 ft400 ft
GasO2008-04-24467 ft0 ft2099,999 ft

Commission remarks: REMAIN SUSPENDED.

County

Leases in this field

Every lease here files this field's number with the Commission and has a page on this site.

LeaseOperatorValue
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$30.5 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$20.4 M
RAMIREZ-USA GU "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$19.9 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$19.1 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$15.6 M
RAMIREZ-USA GU "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$11.3 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$11.0 M
RAMIREZ-USA GU "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$10.8 M
STATE PARKMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$9.8 M
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$8.8 M
RAMIREZ-USA GU "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$8.6 M
RAMIREZ-USA GU "E"CANTERA OPERATING, LLC$7.6 M
RAMIREZ-USA GU "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$7.4 M
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$6.6 M
USACANTERA OPERATING, LLC$6.3 M
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A'MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$5.8 M
GUERRA-USA GAS UNIT "D"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$5.5 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$5.5 M
USAEL PASO E & P COMPANY, L. P.$5.4 M
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A'MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$5.2 M
SANDIA "C"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$4.9 M
RAMIREZ-USA GU "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$4.7 M
USAEL PASO PRODUCTION OIL & GAS CO.$4.7 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$4.5 M
RAMIREZ-YZAGUIRRE GAS UNITBEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$4.4 M
U.S.A.-GUERRA "B" GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$3.2 M
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$3.1 M
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$2.8 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$2.7 M
YZAQUIRRE, J.BEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$2.2 M
YZAGUIRRE, J.BEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$1.8 M
GUERRA-USA GAS UNIT "D"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$1.6 M
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A'MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$1.5 M
YZAQUIRRE, J.BEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$1.5 M
ARRIAGA GU "F"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$1.5 M
USAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$1.4 M
GUERRA-USA GAS UNIT C.MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$1.3 M
YZAGUIRRE, JBEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$1.2 M
YZAGUIRRE, J.MILAGRO EXPLORATION, LLC$793 k
YZAGUIRRE, J.BEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$778 k
RAMIREZ/YZAGUIRREBEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$682 k
GUERRA-USA GAS UNIT DMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$586 k
YZAGUIRRE, JBEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$576 k
GUERRA GAS UNIT "A"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$268 k
RAMIREZ "A"TRANSTEXAS GAS CORPORATION$181 k
RAMIREZ-YZAGUIRREBEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC$162 k
GUERRA-USA GAS UNIT "D"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$104 k
GUERRA GU "A"COASTAL OIL & GAS CORPORATION$36 k
YZAGUIRRE, J.BEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC

Field number 10041151, from the Railroad Commission's field register. The register's own index resolves 87 leases and 87 wells to this field by name, over every lease in Texas rather than only those with a page here. It resolves a lease by NAME and refuses an ambiguous one, so it counts nothing for a field that shares its name with another — which is why the lease count above comes from the field number instead.