MONTE CHRISTO (FRIO 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
50
with a page here
Operators
8
Value, all time
$247.1 M
91% of the register's 55
Discovered
2003-04-08
Oil and 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 50 leases in this field that have a page here — 91% of the register's 55 — 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
Oil000 bbl0 mcfcasinghead0 bblsince discovery
Gas4118267,334 mcf397 bblcondensate38,782,792 mcfsince 1970

The discovery well's oil measured 51.1° API gravity, perforated at 10,500 ft.

Spacing rule

What the Commission requires of a well on this field.

WellsRuleEffectiveFrom the lease lineBetween wellsAcres per unitMax diagonal
GasB2003-04-08330 ft660 ft400 ft

Commission remarks: OF THE ALLOCATION FORMULA HAS BEEN APPROVED PER THIS ORDER.

County

Leases in this field

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

LeaseOperatorValue
HAMMAN AMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$21.6 M
HAMMAN AMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$19.8 M
HAMMANCANTERA OPERATING, LLC$15.0 M
BENTSENMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$13.8 M
HAMMAN "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$12.9 M
HAMMAN AMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$10.9 M
HAMMAN AMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$10.8 M
JACKSON, KATHRYNMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$10.2 M
HAMMANMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$10.2 M
BENTSEN GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$10.0 M
HAMMANCANTERA OPERATING, LLC$9.8 M
HAMMANMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$9.4 M
HAMMANMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$9.3 M
BENTSEN GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$8.7 M
HAMMAN "A"FAULCONER ENERGY, LLC$7.2 M
HAMMAN "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$6.3 M
HAMMAN 'E'MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$5.7 M
MILLER, BOBATLAS OPERATING LLC$5.3 M
HAMMAN "A"FAULCONER ENERGY, LLC$4.8 M
HAMMAN "A"FAULCONER ENERGY, LLC$4.6 M
HAMMAN 'E'MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$4.3 M
HAMMAN "A"FAULCONER ENERGY, LLC$3.9 M
MILLER, BOBATLAS OPERATING LLC$3.9 M
HOLLY TRACYMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$3.5 M
HAMMAN, JOHN "B"HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY$3.2 M
HOLLY TRACY GAS UNITMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$2.9 M
HAMMAN, JOHN "B"HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY$2.1 M
HAMMAN, JOHN "B"HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY$2.1 M
HAMMAN "D"FAULCONER ENERGY, LLC$2.1 M
HAMMAN 'D'FAULCONER ENERGY, LLC$2.0 M
HAMMAN, JOHN BHILCORP ENERGY COMPANY$1.8 M
NO. 1 ATLANTIC HAMMAN GAS UNITFAULCONER, VERNON E., INC.$1.5 M
HAMMAN "D"FAULCONER ENERGY, LLC$1.5 M
MILLER, BOBATLAS OPERATING LLC$1.4 M
HAMMAN "E"MERIT ENERGY COMPANY$1.1 M
BENTSEN, L.MOBIL PRODUCING TX. & N.M. INC.$911 k
HAMMAN, JOHN -B-NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY$554 k
HAMMAN, JOHN "B"HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY$473 k
HAMMAN 'A'FAULCONER, VERNON E., INC.$468 k
HAMMAN UNIT "A"MOBIL PRODUCING TX. & N.M. INC.$465 k
HAMMAN UNIT "A"MOBIL PRODUCING TX. & N.M. INC.$333 k
HAMMAN, JOHN "B"HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY$248 k
HAMMAN, JOHN "B"HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY$89 k
HAMMAN, JOHN "B"HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY$34 k
TURNER, EVELYNMERIT ENERGY COMPANY$17 k
BENTSEN, "A"NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY$14 k
HAMMAN, JOHN "B"MOBIL PRODUCING TX. & N.M. INC.$9 k
HAMMAN, JOHN "B"NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY
HAMMAN, JOHN "B"HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY
HAMMAN, JOHN "B"HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY

Field number 62556001, from the Railroad Commission's field register. The register's own index resolves 55 leases and 55 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.