MERCHANT (CONSOLIDATED), District 03, 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.
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 8 leases in this field that have a page here — 89% of the register's 9 — 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.
| Wells | In the field | Producing | Produced in 2025 | Also produced | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil | 26 | 14 | 33,301 bbl | 51,460 mcfcasinghead | 781,772 bblsince discovery |
| Gas | 1 | 1 | 21,528 mcf | 16,712 bblcondensate | 477,358 mcfsince 1970 |
The discovery well's oil measured 32.0° API gravity, perforated at 9,600 ft.
Spacing rule
What the Commission requires of a well on this field.
| Wells | Rule | Effective | From the lease line | Between wells | Acres per unit | Max diagonal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas | B | 2006-08-22 | 330 ft | 660 ft | 20 | 2,100 ft |
| Oil | B | 2006-09-01 | 330 ft | 660 ft | 20 | 2,100 ft |
Commission remarks: SPACING & DENSITY RULES.
County
Leases in this field
Every lease here files this field's number with the Commission and has a page on this site.
Field number 60558200, from the Railroad Commission's field register. The register's own index resolves 9 leases and 29 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.