LA COPITA (VICKSBURG CONS.), 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
115
with a page here
Operators
10
Value, all time
$1.14 bn
97% of the register's 118
Discovered
1995-04-25
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 115 leases in this field that have a page here — 97% of the register's 118 — 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
Gas105641,948,042 mcf24,962 bblcondensate228,511,662 mcfsince 1970

Spacing rule

What the Commission requires of a well on this field.

WellsRuleEffectiveFrom the lease lineBetween wellsAcres per unitMax diagonal
GasB2006-03-28467 ft600 ft3206,500 ft
GasO2006-03-28467 ft600 ft201,700 ft
GasO2006-03-28467 ft600 ft402,100 ft

Commission remarks: TEST, THE PREVIOUS TEST MUST BE USED.

County

Leases in this field

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

LeaseOperatorValue
BENTSEN BROS. "B"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$51.9 M
G. E. NEBLETT ET AL GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$48.6 M
BENTSEN BROS. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$44.9 M
BENTSEN BROS. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$38.0 M
NEBLETT, G. E., ET AL GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$34.0 M
NEBLETT, G.E. ET AL GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$33.8 M
BENTSEN BROS. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$33.4 M
LA COPITA GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$32.9 M
G. E. NEBLETT ET AL GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$30.8 M
BENTSEN BROS. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$24.1 M
LA COPITA GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$23.2 M
LA COPITA GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$22.8 M
LA COPITA GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$22.5 M
BRANNANWAGNER OIL COMPANY$22.3 M
HOWELL, J.J.MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$19.6 M
LA COPITA GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$19.1 M
BENTSEN BROS. "B"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$18.9 M
BARRERA, F. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$18.8 M
JUDD ESTATE-STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$18.3 M
BRANNANWAGNER OIL COMPANY$17.2 M
JUDD ESTATE-STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$17.1 M
MARTINEZ-STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$16.9 M
NEBLETT, G.E. ET AL GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$16.1 M
SAGAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$16.0 M
BENTSEN BROS. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$15.5 M
HOWELL, J.J.MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$15.3 M
JUDD ESTATE-STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$14.1 M
BENTSEN BROS. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$13.8 M
BENTSEN BROS. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$13.4 M
HOWELL, J.J.MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$13.2 M
BENTSEN BROS. "B"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$13.1 M
JUDD ESTATE-STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$12.9 M
BENTSEN BROS. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$12.2 M
BARRERA, F. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$12.2 M
HOWELL J JHILCORP ENERGY COMPANY$11.7 M
NEBLETT, G. E. ET AL GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$11.2 M
BRANNANWAGNER OIL COMPANY$11.2 M
NIMMO GAS UNIT NO. 1WAGNER OIL COMPANY$10.7 M
HOWELL, J. J.MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$10.5 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$10.3 M
HOWELL, J. J.MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$9.7 M
SAGAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$9.6 M
BRANNANWAGNER OIL COMPANY$9.4 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$9.3 M
NEBLETT G.E. ET AL GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$9.2 M
HOWELL, J.J.HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY$8.1 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$8.0 M
HOWELL, J.J.HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY$7.7 M
BRANNANWAGNER OIL COMPANY$7.4 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$7.4 M
JUDD ESTATE-STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$7.3 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$7.3 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$7.3 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$7.2 M
BENTSEN BROS. "B"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$7.1 M
HEARDWAGNER OIL COMPANY$6.9 M
BRANNANWAGNER OIL COMPANY$6.9 M
NIMMO GAS UNIT NO. 1WAGNER OIL COMPANY$6.8 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$6.8 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$6.6 M
DON CAMERON ET AL G.U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$6.2 M
BENTSEN BROS. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$5.4 M
HOWELL, J.J.HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY$5.3 M
HOWELL, J.J.OXY USA INC.$5.1 M
BARRERA, F. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$5.1 M
BENTSEN BROS. "B"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$5.0 M
BENTSEN BROS. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$4.9 M
SAGAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$4.8 M
HEARDWAGNER OIL COMPANY$4.7 M
JUDD ESTATE-STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$4.7 M
JUDD ESTATE-STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$4.7 M
BENTSEN BROS. "B" RPUMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$4.6 M
BENTSEN BROS. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$4.6 M
DON CAMERON ET AL GAS UNITWAGNER OIL COMPANY$4.4 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK G.U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$4.3 M
DON CAMERON ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$4.3 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$4.2 M
BENTSEN BROS. "B"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$4.1 M
JUDD ESTATE-STATEOXY USA INC.$4.0 M
JUDD ESTATE-STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$3.7 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$3.5 M
NIMMO GAS UNIT NO. 1WAGNER OIL COMPANY$3.3 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$3.1 M
HEARDWAGNER OIL COMPANY$3.1 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$3.0 M
DON CAMERON ET AL G.U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$3.0 M
BRANNANWAGNER OIL COMPANY$2.9 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$2.8 M
SAGAMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$2.5 M
HOWELL, J. J.MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$2.4 M
HEARDWAGNER OIL COMPANY$2.4 M
JUDD ESTATE- STATE RPUMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$2.3 M
BENTSEN BROS. "B"OXY USA INC.$2.0 M
NIMMO GAS UNIT NO.1WAGNER OIL COMPANY$1.8 M
BARRERA, F. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$1.6 M
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL UNITWAGNER OIL COMPANY$1.4 M
AL-MARTINEZ STATE #1MARWELL PETROLEUM LTD PARTNRSHIP$1.3 M
BENTSEN BROS. "B"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$1.2 M
JUDD ESTATE-STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$949 k
GARZA HITCHCOCK ET AL UNITWAGNER OIL COMPANY$942 k
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL UNITWAGNER OIL COMPANY$766 k
BARRERA, F. - STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$747 k
BRANNANWAGNER OIL COMPANY$597 k
BENTSEN BROS. -A-FAULCONER, VERNON E., INC.$587 k
GARZA-HITCHCOCK ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$576 k
HEARDWAGNER OIL COMPANY$541 k
JUDD ESTATE-STATEMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$491 k
BENTSEN BROS. -B-SHELL WESTERN E&P$241 k
CAMERON GAS UNITDEWBRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION$212 k
HEARDWAGNER OIL COMPANY$206 k
HIDALGO-WILLACYMISSION RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.$192 k
HOWELL, J.J.MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$124 k
DON CAMERON ET AL G. U.WAGNER OIL COMPANY$76 k
BENTSEN BROS.-STATESHELL WESTERN E&P$37 k
BENTSEN BROS. "B"PEARL ENERGY, L.L.C.$25 k

Field number 50700620, from the Railroad Commission's field register. The register's own index resolves 118 leases and 118 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.