BENTSEN BROS. "B" RPU

Operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 561136) in the LA COPITA (VICKSBURG CONS.) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 100061District 04Field 50700620NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$4.6 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, gas

The Railroad Commission's own record for the field this lease produces from, including the spacing rule that governs how close together its wells may be drilled.

These are facts about the field, not about this lease. The field holds 118 leases and 118 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1995-04-25
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
600 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 2006-03-28.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: TEST, THE PREVIOUS TEST MUST BE USED.

Severance-tax incentive filings

Applications the operator filed to have this lease's gas taxed at a reduced state rate. A filing is an application, and this page never calls one a reduction that was granted.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
NGPA1none

This says nothing about a royalty. A severance tax is charged to the operator. Whether a reduced rate reaches a royalty owner depends on the wording of the lease instrument, which is a private contract this site does not hold.

What this lease produced, and what it was worth

Oil and condensate are valued on the volume the state records as disposed of; gas and casinghead gas on the volume produced. They are different columns of different files, and the difference is not cosmetic.

StreamBasisVolumeValue
CondensateDisposition14,171 bbl$475,547
GasProduction1,193,015 Mcf$4,091,413
Total$4,566,960

343,499 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 months, carries no value here. No free Texas wellhead gas price exists before 1997, so those months are left out of the total rather than valued at zero. The total above is therefore a floor, not an estimate.

Wells on this lease (1)

Every wellbore the Railroad Commission records against this lease key, with the depth, the last completion and the plug date exactly as filed. A well with no plug date is not stated to be producing — the state files no such flag.

These wells centre on 26.5663, -98.5208. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.56628, -98.52082 · centre of the wells drawn, derived

What these wells add up to

Every figure below is counted over all of this lease's wells, not over the rows listed above. The Railroad Commission files two facts about a well's state — a plug date and a proration-schedule flag — and a well can carry both, so they are published as separate counts and never merged into a status.

On the schedule
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
Median depth
10,127 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
00.0%
A plug date is filed
00.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
00.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
1100.0%

A plug date is the date the Commission recorded the wellbore as sealed with cement and abandoned. It is the only end-of-life fact Texas files. There is no "active" flag on a well, so this page does not print one — a well with no plug date is not stated to be producing.

How deep they were drilled

The one well that filed a depth was drilled to 10,127 ft.

Completions filed
Feb 2013
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-427312781010,127 ftFeb 2013

The API number is the state's, prefixed 42 for Texas. A well is matched to this lease by the lease key the Commission files on the wellbore record, so a well that has moved between leases appears under each one it was filed against.

Every month this lease reported (401)

Volume × price = value, one row per cycle. The price columns are the same series published on the prices page — nothing here is modelled.

401 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 2012029101.652.00$58
Mar 2012194105.052.22$314
Feb 201208101.102.57$21
Jan 20120298.092.73$5
Dec 20110296.873.24$6
Nov 20110595.723.31$17
Oct 201101284.983.65$44
Sep 201116883.623.99$355
Aug 2011110283.404.15$507
Jul 201115294.144.52$329
Jun 201119092.904.64$510
May 201102998.134.40$128
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 201044571.124.24$475
Apr 20104360581.694.12$6,007
Mar 20105356778.394.39$6,643
Feb 20104960773.585.44$6,909
Jan 20105161574.365.96$7,460
Dec 20094246471.445.48$5,545
Nov 20091011,04874.593.75$11,465
Oct 20095475072.544.11$7,000
Sep 2009981,42665.543.06$10,793
Aug 2009951,11367.423.22$9,987
Jul 20091511,73461.133.46$15,238
Jun 20092242,51166.163.90$24,600
May 20091771,43754.743.93$15,330
Apr 2009512,05346.773.59$9,750
Mar 2009341,69442.144.06$8,309
Feb 2009371,81332.814.63$9,614
Jan 2009663,10935.865.37$19,065
Dec 2008321,92037.105.98$12,663
Nov 2008221,42155.496.86$10,969
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 20085447114.228.48$4,363
Jul 20088602131.0811.39$7,905
Jun 20085421131.3313.03$6,143
May 200814851123.1711.57$11,574
Apr 200810758110.3110.45$9,028
Mar 200812871101.909.66$9,640
Feb 2008231,93192.538.77$19,064
Jan 2008440290.388.21$3,660
Dec 20071195888.337.30$7,967
Nov 2007426091.677.29$2,263
Oct 2007202,71082.856.92$20,416
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 200791,18869.066.39$8,210
Jul 2007423570.906.39$1,785
Jun 2007412,40862.007.55$20,719
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 2007425556.927.30$2,090
Feb 20071598655.108.22$8,927
Jan 2007151,11750.306.73$8,268
Dec 20061386656.656.92$6,728
Nov 2006171,43054.207.62$11,814
Oct 2006121,18754.906.01$7,797
Sep 2006181,82360.085.04$10,264
Aug 2006232,23268.717.34$17,963
Jul 2006193,41269.376.34$22,960
Jun 2006152,94266.286.38$19,776
May 2006203,33866.016.42$22,767
Apr 2006193,07664.397.36$23,864
Mar 2006294,26956.707.08$31,881
Feb 2006213,19357.597.75$25,959
Jan 2006055960.598.93$4,994
Dec 200502,55154.9413.42$34,223
Nov 200501,72454.6910.59$18,254
Oct 200504,33158.3413.80$59,749
Sep 200503,24361.4512.08$39,172
Aug 200512,76961.519.80$27,189
Jul 2005313,31255.697.84$27,705
Jun 2005454,75152.337.38$37,422
May 2005434,18845.226.65$29,800
Apr 2005433,69449.207.36$29,305
Mar 2005545,36250.377.15$41,084
Feb 2005504,47045.226.31$30,475
Jan 2005666,17943.166.32$41,913
Dec 2004586,06339.866.75$43,244
Nov 2004676,71745.286.33$45,555
Oct 2004816,86849.706.52$48,771
Sep 200417412,81443.245.28$75,232
Aug 20041488,92042.375.55$55,783
Jul 20041028,94138.286.08$58,303
Jun 200412713,27036.106.43$89,951
May 200411011,04037.486.49$75,823
Apr 200414112,98834.475.86$80,950
Mar 200415713,19034.365.53$78,337
Feb 200438731,08532.455.51$183,825
Jan 200498236,14532.036.30$259,154
Dec 20031,38252,08830.266.30$370,059
Nov 20031,69866,82128.804.60$355,956
Oct 20032,03686,69228.174.76$469,977
Sep 20032,07892,07626.314.75$491,974
Aug 200326517,44729.765.13$97,385
Jul 20031257,98229.415.17$44,950
Jun 20031675,91028.565.98$40,129
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 20021023.733.34$24
May 2002803,69424.663.58$15,212
Apr 200220910,80823.653.51$42,904
Mar 20021797,67022.003.10$27,736
Feb 20021707,38518.222.38$20,642
Jan 2002011,80317.172.38$28,040
Dec 2001012,43916.932.36$29,411
Nov 2001015,75818.072.41$37,906
Oct 2001014,63619.782.53$37,013
Sep 2001821,81424.262.25$49,304
Aug 20011266,45024.873.05$22,827
Jul 20010023.933.20$0
Jun 200108,75324.563.82$33,473
May 20010025.524.31$0
Apr 20010024.685.34$0
Mar 20010024.545.38$0
Feb 20010027.755.77$0
Jan 20010027.478.40$0
Dec 20000026.889.12$0
Nov 20000032.215.66$0
Oct 20000031.235.15$0
Sep 20000031.875.19$0
Aug 20000029.644.54$0
Jul 20000028.534.09$0
Jun 20000029.304.40$0
May 20000027.263.68$0
Apr 20000024.513.12$0
Mar 20000028.422.86$0
Feb 200003,31427.622.73$9,036
Jan 2000111,42825.272.48$3,820
Dec 1999182,55224.282.42$6,622
Nov 1999233,06323.192.43$7,989
Oct 19990020.982.80$0
Sep 19990021.752.62$0
Aug 19990019.262.88$0
Jul 19990017.892.37$0
Jun 199977,88615.942.36$18,739
May 199934,09815.792.32$9,559
Apr 199911,52115.102.21$3,374
Mar 1999141112.471.84$768
Feb 199932,9299.981.82$5,354
Jan 199933,29510.381.90$6,291
Dec 199822,5859.201.77$4,602
Nov 199865,35510.892.19$11,770
Oct 199844,01412.421.97$7,954
Sep 199855,40612.592.08$11,322
Aug 199822,77111.301.91$5,308
Jul 199814,62111.742.24$10,350
Jun 199814,11411.242.24$9,215
May 199813,76512.622.21$8,319
Apr 199814,23313.042.51$10,618
Mar 199824,85512.802.31$11,238
Feb 1998361513.952.30$1,456
Jan 1998152614.702.15$1,148
Dec 19970016.322.41$0
Nov 1997099618.193.09$3,076
Oct 199711,55619.253.15$4,920
Sep 199753,50517.742.95$10,446
Aug 199721,80517.862.55$4,647
Jul 199721,96017.582.25$4,439
Jun 199743,63717.242.26$8,278
May 199755,53418.972.31$12,870
Apr 199776,61617.882.08$13,905
Mar 199764,66818.951.94$9,166
Feb 199765,62320.492.21$12,527
Jan 199785,26623.483.54$18,828
Dec 199696,41223.32$210
Nov 199683,57621.97$176
Oct 199692,95523.31$210
Sep 1996165,71622.22$356
Aug 1996175,96720.26$344
Jul 199674,76019.55$137
Jun 1996106,41418.73$187
May 199694,60919.43$175
Apr 1996147,72621.51$301
Mar 1996105,14919.38$194
Feb 199641,39016.98$68
Jan 1996145,61317.07$239
Dec 1995134,69017.19$223
Nov 1995133,93916.00$208
Oct 199561,58215.43$93
Sep 1995275,27016.18$437
Aug 1995326,32815.92$509
Jul 199505,08515.24$0
Jun 199506,70816.41$0
May 199504,95417.56$0
Apr 199506,57317.73$0
Mar 199506,17116.44$0
Feb 199516,04316.58$17
Jan 1995205,72915.92$318
Dec 1994166,09815.03$240
Nov 1994206,44015.90$318
Oct 1994205,30815.58$312
Sep 1994215,74515.29$321
Aug 19943210,53816.13$516
Jul 199488,32017.56$140
Jun 199485,90117.09$137
May 1994108,81415.88$159
Apr 1994128,22614.14$170
Mar 1994118,26312.46$137
Feb 1994129,53012.50$150
Jan 1994169,63612.66$203
Dec 1993189,44012.33$222
Nov 19932711,28414.49$391
Oct 1993309,38115.85$476
Sep 19933515,35515.03$526
Aug 1993259,74415.66$392
Jul 19933510,18615.46$541
Jun 1993309,04316.79$504
May 1993148,52117.68$248
Apr 1993199,82218.05$343
Mar 19932714,05518.14$490
Feb 19937010,89217.90$1,253
Jan 1993819,59816.93$1,371

How to read this page

The arithmetic is one multiplication per stream per month. Here it is, worked, on a real row from the table above.

Apr 2012 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $101.65 =         $0
Gas                   29 Mcf  × $  2.00 =        $58

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Month total                                      $58

The volumes are the state's, unchanged

Every barrel and every Mcf on this page is a number the Railroad Commission of Texas published in its monthly production query. Nothing is modelled, estimated or filled in.

The dollars are a multiplication, not a valuation

Volume × a published monthly price. It is not what the operator was paid: it takes no account of a contract, a differential, a transportation deduction, or the share any one owner holds.

Oil and gas are priced differently

Oil is a Texas realisation — the crude oil first purchase price. Gas is a benchmark, because no free Texas wellhead gas series exists at any date. The prices page publishes the difference rather than correcting it away.

A lease is not a well

The state reports oil on lease and gas on well, and this page is the lease grain. 04/G/100061 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.