FERGUSON, BELLE GAS UNIT

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

Gas lease lease 137163District 04Field 069273002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.5 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 15 leases and 15 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2000-01-25
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 2000-01-25.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: AOF-1 AND AOF-2 EFFECTIVE 04/01/2000.

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 Gas222003-03-28 – 2003-08-112 dockets
NGPA2none

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
CondensateDisposition14,947 bbl$331,988
GasProduction1,491,760 Mcf$2,170,360
Total$2,502,348

789,237 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 42 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 26.1641, -98.2014. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.16407, -98.20143 · 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
10,552 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 10,552 ft.

Completions filed
Jun 2001
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21531982610,552 ftJun 2001

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 2016018946.193.09$584
Sep 2016018041.553.10$558
Aug 2016016541.442.92$483
Jul 2016021741.622.92$635
Jun 2016019445.352.69$521
May 2016022142.521.99$440
Apr 2016029236.561.99$581
Mar 2016020833.011.79$373
Feb 2016027226.472.06$561
Jan 2016022927.352.36$541
Dec 2015022432.362.00$448
Nov 2015025738.792.17$557
Oct 2015022443.552.43$544
Sep 2015221842.992.76$687
Aug 2015221440.162.87$695
Jul 2015215748.152.95$559
Jun 2015319856.152.88$739
May 2015441155.212.96$1,436
Apr 2015212849.822.71$446
Mar 2015212242.892.93$444
Feb 2015425344.662.98$932
Jan 2015420343.433.10$803
Dec 2014220354.693.59$838
Nov 2014231370.464.25$1,472
Oct 2014122478.303.90$952
Sep 2014110186.164.05$495
Aug 2014123289.394.04$1,026
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 201419398.164.74$539
May 2014124894.734.73$1,267
Apr 2014125495.944.81$1,317
Mar 2014116595.895.06$930
Feb 2014112297.406.19$853
Jan 2014120590.404.86$1,087
Dec 2013128691.824.35$1,337
Nov 2013010688.853.74$396
Oct 2013116197.423.78$706
Sep 20131146104.113.72$647
Aug 20131182104.253.52$745
Jul 20131188102.523.72$801
Jun 2013117094.403.93$763
May 2013352494.834.15$2,459
Apr 201371,22693.964.28$5,908
Mar 201391,43593.623.91$6,458
Feb 201391,70891.233.42$6,662
Jan 2013111,64491.603.42$6,630
Dec 2012122,35286.773.42$9,085
Nov 2012121,85986.953.62$7,782
Oct 2012153,05289.383.40$11,717
Sep 2012329494.672.92$1,142
Aug 201291,65692.662.91$5,650
Jul 201271,36485.133.02$4,716
Jun 201292,46379.822.52$6,923
May 2012366591.612.49$1,930
Apr 201261,107101.652.00$2,820
Mar 201261,807105.052.22$4,646
Feb 201261,195101.102.57$3,678
Jan 2012586198.092.73$2,844
Dec 201181,35696.873.24$5,168
Nov 201191,56495.723.31$6,040
Oct 201181,44784.983.65$5,959
Sep 201191,78483.623.99$7,863
Aug 2011112,37883.404.15$10,784
Jul 2011112,21594.144.52$11,041
Jun 201171,45892.904.64$7,415
May 2011351,93398.134.40$11,949
Apr 20112002,224105.964.33$30,829
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 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 201002674.365.96$155
Dec 20090171.445.48$5
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 2009038372.544.11$1,574
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 20090266.163.90$8
May 2009012754.743.93$499
Apr 2009015346.773.59$549
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 20080104131.3313.03$1,355
May 20080160123.1711.57$1,852
Apr 20080592110.3110.45$6,189
Mar 20080137101.909.66$1,324
Feb 2008030692.538.77$2,684
Jan 2008018390.388.21$1,502
Dec 2007016888.337.30$1,227
Nov 200709091.677.29$656
Oct 20070682.856.92$42
Sep 2007020375.846.24$1,268
Aug 2007042569.066.39$2,715
Jul 2007036870.906.39$2,351
Jun 2007035262.007.55$2,657
May 2007036058.747.85$2,825
Apr 2007034859.617.81$2,716
Mar 2007034956.927.30$2,548
Feb 2007028755.108.22$2,358
Jan 2007031950.306.73$2,146
Dec 2006044056.656.92$3,044
Nov 2006043754.207.62$3,329
Oct 2006052254.906.01$3,139
Sep 2006048360.085.04$2,433
Aug 2006049868.717.34$3,655
Jul 2006048969.376.34$3,102
Jun 2006050866.286.38$3,243
May 2006046266.016.42$2,968
Apr 2006049464.397.36$3,636
Mar 2006048956.707.08$3,464
Feb 2006048657.597.75$3,767
Jan 2006052560.598.93$4,690
Dec 2005041854.9413.42$5,608
Nov 2005046354.6910.59$4,902
Oct 2005052258.3413.80$7,201
Sep 2005054861.4512.08$6,619
Aug 2005059161.519.80$5,790
Jul 2005055955.697.84$4,385
Jun 20055355152.337.38$6,840
May 2005061845.226.65$4,110
Apr 20057957849.207.36$8,141
Mar 2005059450.377.15$4,250
Feb 20051153745.226.31$3,887
Jan 2005059943.166.32$3,787
Dec 2004062239.866.75$4,199
Nov 2004062645.286.33$3,963
Oct 2004063349.706.52$4,124
Sep 2004061643.245.28$3,255
Aug 2004066642.375.55$3,697
Jul 2004075238.286.08$4,575
Jun 2004170336.106.43$4,559
May 2004081737.486.49$5,306
Apr 20041073734.475.86$4,662
Mar 2004081134.365.53$4,485
Feb 200418177532.455.51$10,143
Jan 2004081132.036.30$5,109
Dec 20031982330.266.30$5,761
Nov 2003080528.804.60$3,699
Oct 2003084628.174.76$4,027
Sep 2003084026.314.75$3,989
Aug 2003088029.765.13$4,514
Jul 2003088529.415.17$4,576
Jun 2003086928.565.98$5,199
May 2003085526.595.97$5,107
Apr 2003080926.675.41$4,374
Mar 20034795331.146.10$7,273
Feb 20038188033.487.93$9,687
Jan 20037697030.315.58$7,718
Dec 2002751,02126.914.85$6,974
Nov 2002099624.664.14$4,120
Oct 20027598826.464.23$6,163
Sep 200201,05127.443.64$3,821
Aug 2002741,10425.963.16$5,414
Jul 200201,10924.583.06$3,395
Jun 2002691,04823.733.34$5,136
May 2002691,13024.663.58$5,751
Apr 2002701,12323.653.51$5,600
Mar 200201,30122.003.10$4,037
Feb 20027148218.222.38$2,439
Jan 20021336,45417.172.38$17,616
Dec 20019810,59416.932.36$26,708
Nov 200123319,56318.072.41$51,270
Oct 200154050,35019.782.53$138,010
Sep 200159244,22124.262.25$113,918
Aug 20011,10265,56224.873.05$227,578
Jul 20011,44029,85123.933.20$129,895
Jun 2001839,60024.563.82$38,750
May 20011244725.524.31$2,232
Apr 20011911524.685.34$1,082
Mar 20011575424.545.38$4,422
Feb 2001194,95527.755.77$29,103
Jan 200165,89027.478.40$49,634
Dec 200055,86826.889.12$53,665
Nov 200084,71232.215.66$26,918
Oct 200055,95031.235.15$30,772
Sep 200055,96031.875.19$31,071
Aug 200075,91329.644.54$27,057
Jul 200046,45528.534.09$26,513
Jun 200085,89029.304.40$26,134
May 200076,41827.263.68$23,807
Apr 2000116,34824.513.12$20,050
Mar 2000126,75628.422.86$19,662
Feb 200035,79527.622.73$15,883
Jan 200066,04525.272.48$15,146
Dec 199956,83324.282.42$16,683
Nov 199995,63223.192.43$13,917
Oct 199997,08120.982.80$20,042
Sep 1999156,54221.752.62$17,459
Aug 1999216,84319.262.88$20,082
Jul 1999127,22517.892.37$17,355
Jun 1999236,82515.942.36$16,488
May 1999117,80015.792.32$18,278
Apr 199908,47415.102.21$18,711
Mar 1999118,53312.471.84$15,824
Feb 1999177,6769.981.82$14,123
Jan 1999288,78210.381.90$16,976
Dec 1998526,4759.201.77$11,961
Nov 1998409,05110.892.19$20,219
Oct 1998409,51212.421.97$19,228
Sep 1998648,85212.592.08$19,241
Aug 1998227,68711.301.91$14,910
Jul 1998237,98811.742.24$18,141
Jun 1998287,29711.242.24$16,640
May 1998877,55212.622.21$17,760
Apr 1998618,09013.042.51$21,064
Mar 1998638,03912.802.31$19,372
Feb 19982097,52013.952.30$20,205
Jan 19981307,74314.702.15$18,596
Dec 19971286,24816.322.41$17,154
Nov 19971375,63818.193.09$19,904
Oct 19972805,97819.253.15$24,220
Sep 19971047,56317.742.95$24,193
Aug 19971017,82817.862.55$21,802
Jul 19971008,07017.582.25$19,891
Jun 19971917,58017.242.26$20,402
May 19971899,27318.972.31$24,992
Apr 199716712,50117.882.08$29,023
Mar 199716412,38118.951.94$27,116
Feb 19971077,41520.492.21$18,549
Jan 1997359,58723.483.54$34,757
Dec 19967710,65023.32$1,796
Nov 19967810,61321.97$1,714
Oct 199621811,47923.31$5,082
Sep 19962811,57622.22$622
Aug 19964613,75820.26$932
Jul 19967012,79719.55$1,369
Jun 199612014,10118.73$2,248
May 199610515,65419.43$2,040
Apr 199634313,49821.51$7,378
Mar 19966011,29219.38$1,163
Feb 199610216,35316.98$1,732
Jan 199616416,69817.07$2,799
Dec 199521120,61517.19$3,627
Nov 199519822,48116.00$3,168
Oct 199517020,88215.43$2,623
Sep 1995822,04916.18$1,327
Aug 1995365,78815.92$573
Jul 1995968,37015.24$1,463
Jun 1995043516.41$0
May 19950017.56$0
Apr 19950017.73$0
Mar 19950016.44$0
Feb 1995065516.58$0
Jan 199518614,31915.92$2,961
Dec 199427015,14715.03$4,058
Nov 19942016,73015.90$318
Oct 19940015.58$0
Sep 199435015.29$535
Aug 19941654,79316.13$2,661
Jul 19948810,54817.56$1,545
Jun 1994106017.09$1,812
May 199429720,10915.88$4,716
Apr 199425420,86914.14$3,592
Mar 199440521,99312.46$5,046
Feb 199414920,08312.50$1,863
Jan 1994023,58012.66$0
Dec 1993024,64312.33$0
Nov 1993026,32114.49$0
Oct 1993026,07815.85$0
Sep 19932220,54515.03$331
Aug 199312824,06515.66$2,004
Jul 199325029,72615.46$3,865
Jun 199318729,96816.79$3,140
May 199327331,54717.68$4,827
Apr 199335736,72618.05$6,444
Mar 199327140,47818.14$4,916
Feb 199334740,57317.90$6,211
Jan 199334250,65216.93$5,790

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.

Oct 2016 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 46.19 =         $0
Gas                  189 Mcf  × $  3.09 =       $584

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Month total                                     $584

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/137163 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.