VAN SCHERPE,P.GAS UNIT "B"

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

Gas lease lease 132343District 04Field 460886002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$15.3 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$159 k
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 34 leases and 34 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1970-01-06
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1999-07-27.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: 10-1. FOR TEST DUE 4-1 PRIOR TEST TO BE FILED.

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
High Cost Gas112001-06-01144050
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
CondensateDisposition79,585 bbl$2,914,367
GasProduction3,171,214 Mcf$12,350,579
Total$15,264,946

116,388 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 26.4176, -98.4878. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.41763, -98.48777 · 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
12,264 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 12,264 ft.

Completions filed
Oct 1989
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21531839512,264 ftOct 1989

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 20261971,974106.413.05$26,975
Apr 202641,90898.932.87$5,871
Mar 2026252,18789.753.15$9,132
Feb 2026161,79963.503.75$7,763
Jan 20262131,90859.138.00$27,855
Dec 2025122,07756.664.41$9,846
Nov 2025202,80958.593.93$12,201
Oct 20251902,09659.383.30$18,209
Sep 2025171,92562.743.08$6,990
Aug 2025102,13463.933.01$7,073
Jul 2025152,06266.743.32$7,837
Jun 20251952,06166.483.13$19,412
May 2025121,94260.553.23$7,004
Apr 2025212,02062.363.54$8,467
Mar 2025332,03167.704.27$10,903
Feb 20252001,78570.884.34$21,924
Jan 2025201,98074.324.28$9,958
Dec 2024121,81168.993.12$6,481
Nov 202481,67269.052.20$4,228
Oct 2024111,94171.372.28$5,213
Sep 20241941,74569.612.36$17,630
Aug 202491,70775.632.06$4,203
Jul 202491,80679.932.15$4,596
Jun 20241931,95178.082.63$20,208
May 2024131,67878.812.20$4,714
Apr 2024221,78584.451.66$4,820
Mar 2024252,02380.301.55$5,133
Feb 202491,71776.091.78$3,747
Jan 20241971,78973.023.30$20,284
Dec 20232121,79571.262.61$19,793
Nov 202391,93377.892.81$6,128
Oct 2023171,65985.443.09$6,574
Sep 202391,77689.042.74$5,659
Aug 202341,83780.522.67$5,232
Jul 20232201,79574.852.64$21,209
Jun 2023132,10468.962.26$5,648
May 2023281,89870.622.23$6,205
Apr 2023312,02178.122.24$6,944
Mar 2023432,15972.852.39$8,299
Feb 20232101,65975.112.47$19,864
Jan 2023461,93876.533.39$10,086
Dec 2022361,51176.415.73$11,407
Nov 2022231,55185.005.65$10,712
Oct 2022351,73387.185.86$13,213
Sep 20222081,89284.888.16$33,101
Aug 2022211,69994.529.13$17,492
Jul 2022211,720101.587.54$15,106
Jun 2022241,494115.097.98$14,680
May 2022161,699109.378.43$16,078
Apr 20222111,526104.226.84$32,425
Mar 2022161,809108.885.08$10,925
Feb 2022251,54791.054.86$9,793
Jan 2022151,67981.844.54$8,846
Dec 20212111,73971.323.90$21,829
Nov 2021181,66677.435.24$10,118
Oct 2021161,86079.795.71$11,904
Sep 2021211,80769.865.35$11,136
Aug 2021251,89566.024.22$9,649
Jul 2021221,87070.783.98$9,004
Jun 2021191,73669.493.38$7,189
May 20211971,82163.483.02$18,001
Apr 2021222,21660.362.76$7,441
Mar 202191,72561.302.72$5,238
Feb 20212022,30657.805.55$24,469
Jan 2021202,23850.412.81$7,298
Dec 2020162,41244.642.68$7,167
Nov 2020252,26538.772.71$7,100
Oct 2020202,67336.972.48$7,364
Sep 2020222,57137.091.99$5,935
Aug 2020222,59439.982.39$7,067
Jul 2020182,22638.371.83$4,753
Jun 2020262,14134.901.69$4,526
May 2020102,09616.921.81$3,973
Apr 2020172,40814.751.80$4,596
Mar 202073,07930.341.86$5,928
Feb 20202092,70549.881.98$15,783
Jan 202083,19457.252.09$7,149
Dec 2019173,28659.012.30$8,575
Nov 2019133,24855.302.75$9,653
Oct 20192052,86653.472.42$17,893
Sep 201972,85655.052.66$7,975
Aug 2019351,88253.112.30$6,196
Jul 2019173,07556.272.46$8,521
Jun 2019262,06152.782.49$6,507
May 20192152,55958.482.74$19,586
Apr 2019192,77662.632.75$8,826
Mar 2019252,69756.803.06$9,678
Feb 2019143,08650.852.79$9,329
Jan 2019193,10246.033.23$10,888
Dec 20181872,65346.594.19$19,816
Nov 2018272,82952.934.24$13,416
Oct 2018172,80961.443.40$10,590
Sep 2018102,79859.543.11$9,292
Aug 2018183,03859.403.07$10,385
Jul 2018242,75465.142.93$9,638
Jun 2018252,69860.183.08$9,806
May 2018142,68465.382.90$8,701
Apr 2018122,40163.842.90$7,731
Mar 2018552,18061.222.79$9,442
Feb 20181553,68161.782.77$19,758
Jan 2018214,19962.874.01$18,155
Dec 20171124,47357.272.92$19,482
Nov 2017893,63055.423.12$16,252
Oct 20171073,80749.292.98$16,633
Sep 2017693,63947.523.09$14,513
Aug 2017783,81545.373.00$15,001
Jul 2017683,91543.873.09$15,070
Jun 2017583,86242.493.09$14,388
May 20171664,19545.373.26$21,221
Apr 201703,81947.933.21$12,265
Mar 20171274,14446.772.98$18,304
Feb 20171093,83050.452.95$16,808
Jan 2017754,25249.413.42$18,242
Dec 2016684,25148.763.72$19,141
Nov 20161234,18542.492.64$16,293
Oct 2016964,49546.193.09$18,325
Sep 2016814,51141.553.10$17,352
Aug 2016864,84241.442.92$17,723
Jul 2016684,88641.622.92$17,118
Jun 2016744,92845.352.69$16,592
May 20161755,30642.521.99$18,005
Apr 20161815,43136.561.99$17,431
Mar 201614,61633.011.79$8,314
Feb 2016833,73226.472.06$9,898
Jan 20161873,99827.352.36$14,567
Dec 2015454,07132.362.00$9,604
Nov 201504,00938.792.17$8,689
Oct 20151324,14743.552.43$15,812
Sep 2015994,09342.992.76$15,546
Aug 2015874,24040.162.87$15,673
Jul 201514,45448.152.95$13,166
Jun 20151884,21656.152.88$22,710
May 201504,41555.212.96$13,048
Apr 20151854,01549.822.71$20,084
Mar 201514,28742.892.93$12,624
Feb 20151713,81344.662.98$18,985
Jan 20151964,29543.433.10$21,829
Dec 201404,32854.693.59$15,543
Nov 20141934,13970.464.25$31,197
Oct 201414,46378.303.90$17,488
Sep 201424,35286.164.05$17,778
Aug 201414,39389.394.04$17,816
Jul 20141704,68096.564.18$35,976
Jun 201414,55498.164.74$21,670
May 20141924,70594.734.73$40,427
Apr 201404,49895.944.81$21,631
Mar 20141954,82795.895.06$43,108
Feb 201403,92997.406.19$24,328
Jan 20141545,67790.404.86$41,516
Dec 201316,64691.824.35$29,032
Nov 20131956,80088.853.74$42,746
Oct 20131926,59897.423.78$43,641
Sep 201306,634104.113.72$24,663
Aug 20131886,935104.253.52$44,028
Jul 201317,123102.523.72$26,584
Jun 20131947,53694.403.93$47,956
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 201304,40693.964.28$18,869
Mar 201304,59193.623.91$17,964
Feb 201304,26791.233.42$14,593
Jan 20131944,93791.603.42$34,655
Dec 201214,86286.773.42$16,716
Nov 2012634,70586.953.62$22,533
Oct 20121754,80489.383.40$31,974
Sep 201204,62394.672.92$13,492
Aug 201215,11592.662.91$14,968
Jul 20121845,31585.133.02$31,719
Jun 201215,38279.822.52$13,637
May 20121935,37591.612.49$31,055
Apr 201215,305101.652.00$10,695
Mar 20121975,617105.052.22$33,176
Feb 20121995,245101.102.57$33,600
Jan 201235,37398.092.73$14,984
Dec 20111805,21796.873.24$34,338
Nov 20111935,11795.723.31$35,418
Oct 201115,37884.983.65$19,707
Sep 20111895,35283.623.99$37,136
Aug 20111905,80383.404.15$39,925
Jul 201105,59194.144.52$25,256
Jun 20111844,80892.904.64$39,402
May 20111944,89798.134.40$40,608
Apr 20111984,744105.964.33$41,537
Mar 20111975,06296.364.06$39,521
Feb 201114,58985.644.18$19,268
Jan 201114,89686.504.59$22,553
Dec 20101965,18185.734.35$39,329
Nov 20101935,16180.843.80$35,190
Oct 20101935,69678.103.51$35,060
Sep 201005,60072.633.98$22,285
Aug 20101925,75073.684.42$39,558
Jul 20101835,94872.554.74$41,449
Jun 201015,77170.364.91$28,408
May 20101906,06671.124.24$39,204
Apr 20101866,21681.694.12$40,821
Mar 20101946,57478.394.39$44,059
Feb 201005,90773.585.44$32,148
Jan 20101916,61574.365.96$53,655
Dec 20091756,52571.445.48$48,283
Nov 200916,27274.593.75$23,604
Oct 20091946,52672.544.11$40,896
Sep 20091616,32565.543.06$29,936
Aug 20091826,55867.423.22$33,377
Jul 20091756,80761.133.46$34,281
Jun 200916,71266.163.90$26,209
May 20091906,88554.743.93$37,429
Apr 20091946,54746.773.59$32,561
Mar 20091756,81142.144.06$35,020
Feb 20091966,25232.814.63$35,396
Jan 20091936,93035.865.37$44,142
Dec 20081866,79737.105.98$47,527
Nov 20082016,92955.496.86$58,689
Oct 20081797,33275.246.92$64,220
Sep 20081996,713101.767.88$73,129
Aug 200806,774114.228.48$57,464
Jul 200816,197131.0811.39$70,711
Jun 20081897,085131.3313.03$117,158
May 200819515,704123.1711.57$205,781
Apr 200807,527110.3110.45$78,694
Mar 20083867,398101.909.66$110,828
Feb 200807,25092.538.77$63,587
Jan 20083998,44090.388.21$105,318
Dec 200718,79588.337.30$64,309
Nov 20073789,10191.677.29$101,013
Oct 20071987,77482.856.92$70,216
Sep 20071737,63075.846.24$60,763
Aug 20071998,71969.066.39$69,439
Jul 200738811,35770.906.39$100,057
Jun 200706,07862.007.55$45,879
May 20070258.747.85$16
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20072015,56556.927.30$52,076
Feb 20071947,69455.108.22$73,903
Jan 20071988,61350.306.73$67,898
Dec 20061498,75856.656.92$69,033
Nov 20063728,64454.207.62$86,008
Oct 20061865,36154.906.01$42,451
Sep 20061757,87160.085.04$50,162
Aug 20062027,66368.717.34$70,125
Jul 20061627,07169.376.34$56,088
Jun 20063377,04766.286.38$67,324
May 20061829,35466.016.42$72,113
Apr 20061999,40664.397.36$82,046
Mar 20063809,61056.707.08$89,613
Feb 20062018,72357.597.75$79,189
Jan 20061969,82460.598.93$99,637
Dec 20053859,65854.9413.42$150,718
Nov 20052009,72854.6910.59$113,942
Oct 20051859,54058.3413.80$142,404
Sep 20051969,80961.4512.08$130,527
Aug 200517310,32261.519.80$111,764
Jul 200538310,46655.697.84$103,421
Jun 200519710,32452.337.38$86,511
May 200519810,46945.226.65$78,585
Apr 200539810,23549.207.36$94,916
Mar 200517010,63050.377.15$84,619
Feb 20053109,77145.226.31$75,692
Jan 200518110,56643.166.32$74,612
Dec 200419910,81839.866.75$80,965
Nov 200432010,81445.286.33$82,947
Oct 200421511,53849.706.52$85,857
Sep 200437511,96443.245.28$79,432
Aug 200427811,72742.375.55$76,871
Jul 200424712,18638.286.08$83,597
Jun 200412311,94236.106.43$81,263
May 200432512,73037.486.49$94,857
Apr 200445812,58034.475.86$89,487
Mar 200425413,05034.365.53$80,896
Feb 200439112,60632.455.51$82,142
Jan 200419413,33732.036.30$90,232
Dec 200339213,38730.266.30$96,222
Nov 200338713,74028.804.60$74,283
Oct 200319815,08128.174.76$77,358
Sep 200323915,21026.314.75$78,526
Aug 200331516,92329.765.13$96,185
Jul 200329216,57529.415.17$94,294
Jun 200336517,26328.565.98$113,708
May 200341218,42026.595.97$120,972
Apr 200335018,24926.675.41$108,012
Mar 200353520,00431.146.10$138,605
Feb 200337118,03933.487.93$155,396
Jan 200337421,00830.315.58$128,603
Dec 200253222,99626.914.85$125,933
Nov 200258423,92924.664.14$113,395
Oct 200237725,73226.464.23$118,799
Sep 200258626,97827.443.64$114,150
Aug 200236629,00025.963.16$101,262
Jul 200256733,49424.583.06$116,487
Jun 200275734,56323.733.34$133,343
May 200293434,94824.663.58$148,286
Apr 200294140,07723.653.51$163,018
Mar 20021,50854,37022.003.10$201,871
Feb 20021,87474,20418.222.38$210,429
Jan 20022,78668,03817.172.38$209,472
Dec 20011887,76816.932.36$21,550
Nov 200109,96518.072.41$23,971
Oct 200119410,47419.782.53$30,325
Sep 200135910,38324.262.25$32,085
Aug 2001010,88424.873.05$33,231
Jul 200118910,91523.933.20$39,419
Jun 200118210,48624.563.82$44,570
May 200138111,59525.524.31$59,667
Apr 200155911,93024.685.34$77,446
Mar 200137414,91724.545.38$89,378
Feb 200137012,52827.755.77$82,517
Jan 200102,06327.478.40$17,327
Dec 20001872,70126.889.12$29,666
Nov 200002,18032.215.66$12,334
Oct 200002,84731.235.15$14,649
Sep 200002,55331.875.19$13,241
Aug 20001915,25029.644.54$29,500
Jul 20001885,75828.534.09$28,912
Jun 20001857,41929.304.40$38,044
May 20001868,86427.263.68$37,688
Apr 200036710,59624.513.12$42,012
Mar 200037910,81428.422.86$41,697
Feb 200019714,34027.622.73$44,539
Jan 200037413,25525.272.48$42,330
Dec 199918314,06924.282.42$38,543
Nov 199919612,81123.192.43$35,727
Oct 199937313,47920.982.80$45,617
Sep 199939014,34521.752.62$46,050
Aug 199956014,01819.262.88$51,096
Jul 199937815,91817.892.37$44,526
Jun 199938116,73615.942.36$45,605
May 199937918,39015.792.32$48,668
Apr 199938019,54215.102.21$48,888
Mar 199958421,09512.471.84$46,062
Feb 199939920,0899.981.82$40,500
Jan 199958323,23110.381.90$50,189
Dec 199858224,4259.201.77$48,668
Nov 199875424,61910.892.19$62,021
Oct 199859723,76912.421.97$54,221
Sep 199858520,05412.592.08$49,130
Aug 199879021,99911.301.91$50,887
Jul 199860123,31311.742.24$59,213
Jun 199875724,16811.242.24$62,579
May 199876226,41212.622.21$67,890
Apr 199896927,09013.042.51$80,505
Mar 199876528,13112.802.31$74,759
Feb 199898627,45113.952.30$76,868
Jan 199876531,55214.702.15$79,233
Dec 19971,30535,68016.322.41$107,326
Nov 19971,07239,88918.193.09$142,687
Oct 19971,59345,57419.253.15$174,215
Sep 19971,23751,45617.742.95$173,991
Aug 19971,99268,51017.862.55$210,602
Jul 19972,619103,51217.582.25$278,627
Jun 19972314,44217.242.26$14,009
May 199761,64518.972.31$3,911
Apr 19971901,62417.882.08$6,780
Mar 199741,67318.951.94$3,320
Feb 199721,48320.492.21$3,312
Jan 199711,64023.483.54$5,829
Dec 199611,72023.32$23
Nov 19961871,66321.97$4,108
Oct 199611,81423.31$23
Sep 19961891,74422.22$4,200
Aug 19961841,76720.26$3,728
Jul 199601,79019.55$0
Jun 199601,74618.73$0
May 199601,71019.43$0
Apr 19961971,92721.51$4,237
Mar 199601,98619.38$0
Feb 19962001,98716.98$3,396
Jan 199601,31617.07$0
Dec 199501,99117.19$0
Nov 199511,78116.00$16
Oct 199502,37515.43$0
Sep 19951822,13816.18$2,945
Aug 19951832,38215.92$2,913
Jul 199512,61815.24$15
Jun 199502,68316.41$0
May 199502,52817.56$0
Apr 19951802,29417.73$3,191
Mar 19953662,36016.44$6,017
Feb 199511,69116.58$17
Jan 19951952,52415.92$3,104
Dec 199412,54015.03$15
Nov 199412,72015.90$16
Oct 199401,11115.58$0
Sep 1994018115.29$0
Aug 19941852,68416.13$2,984
Jul 199412,66417.56$18
Jun 199412,68517.09$17
May 199412,77015.88$16
Apr 199412,71614.14$14
Mar 19941822,94812.46$2,268
Feb 19941812,74812.50$2,263
Jan 199413,15312.66$13
Dec 19931863,10412.33$2,293
Nov 19931843,10014.49$2,666
Oct 19931803,27315.85$2,853
Sep 19931883,11815.03$2,826
Aug 19931843,20515.66$2,881
Jul 19931803,20815.46$2,783
Jun 199313,04416.79$17
May 19931843,33217.68$3,253
Apr 19931793,27018.05$3,231
Mar 19931863,47918.14$3,374
Feb 199313,21417.90$18
Jan 19931893,58616.93$3,200

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.

May 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate           197 bbl  × $106.41 =    $20,963
Gas                1,974 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $6,012

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Month total                                  $26,975

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/132343 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.