HOPKINS, M. A. GAS UNIT

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

Gas lease lease 142972District 04Field 458410502 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$19.1 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$113 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 246 leases and 246 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
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 2009-09-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: WITH DUPLICATE IN APRIL.

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 Gas111993-01-31126879
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
CondensateDisposition177,484 bbl$3,397,424
GasProduction11,707,974 Mcf$15,706,404
Total$19,103,828

7,821,660 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 26.4744, -98.3964. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.47441, -98.39636 · 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
13,160 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 13,160 ft.

Completions filed
Feb 2005
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21532012713,160 ftFeb 2005

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 2026171,656106.413.05$6,853
Apr 2026201,59498.932.87$6,553
Mar 2026211,69989.753.15$7,236
Feb 2026221,89563.503.75$8,504
Jan 2026252,08459.138.00$18,146
Dec 2025232,44156.664.41$12,076
Nov 2025252,18558.593.93$10,044
Oct 2025222,17959.383.30$8,508
Sep 2025252,31862.743.08$8,701
Aug 2025232,31963.933.01$8,462
Jul 2025272,30666.743.32$9,447
Jun 2025242,27266.483.13$8,704
May 2025252,45360.553.23$9,443
Apr 2025232,52262.363.54$10,370
Mar 2025272,87267.704.27$14,087
Feb 2025232,66270.884.34$13,186
Jan 2025332,85674.324.28$14,672
Dec 2024323,02568.993.12$11,650
Nov 2024292,91969.052.20$8,420
Oct 2024231,67571.372.28$5,463
Sep 20241342769.612.36$1,915
Aug 20241244275.632.06$1,820
Jul 2024141,01179.932.15$3,289
Jun 20242092578.082.63$3,998
May 2024201,82478.812.20$5,586
Apr 2024262,45784.451.66$6,272
Mar 2024221,86880.301.55$4,653
Feb 2024211,87676.091.78$4,944
Jan 2024252,10773.023.30$8,774
Dec 2023262,28771.262.61$7,823
Nov 2023272,11777.892.81$8,047
Oct 2023282,22285.443.09$9,252
Sep 2023252,15089.042.74$8,106
Aug 2023282,61980.522.67$9,255
Jul 2023392,63574.852.64$9,880
Jun 2023592,45368.962.26$9,609
May 2023752,77870.622.23$11,484
Apr 2023732,84778.122.24$12,074
Mar 2023702,52372.852.39$11,137
Feb 2023693,23975.112.47$13,169
Jan 2023833,86376.533.39$19,439
Dec 2022703,98676.415.73$28,185
Nov 2022583,12985.005.65$22,597
Oct 20225497487.185.86$10,419
Sep 2022633,24584.888.16$31,839
Aug 2022703,44394.529.13$38,041
Jul 2022553,139101.587.54$29,261
Jun 2022303,380115.097.98$30,416
May 2022234,148109.378.43$37,496
Apr 2022234,317104.226.84$31,915
Mar 2022264,375108.885.08$25,040
Feb 2022253,78991.054.86$20,686
Jan 2022264,36981.844.54$21,953
Dec 2021284,56071.323.90$19,777
Nov 2021284,84677.435.24$27,546
Oct 2021305,19479.795.71$32,072
Sep 2021245,26069.865.35$29,822
Aug 2021294,35066.024.22$20,274
Jul 2021803,94170.783.98$21,356
Jun 2021784,29769.493.38$19,947
May 2021873,93963.483.02$17,409
Apr 2021834,44560.362.76$17,271
Mar 2021883,89661.302.72$15,980
Feb 2021773,79357.805.55$25,494
Jan 2021904,03550.412.81$15,876
Dec 2020944,33144.642.68$15,784
Nov 2020944,41438.772.71$15,591
Oct 2020934,91136.972.48$15,610
Sep 2020904,91137.091.99$13,116
Aug 20201015,38639.982.39$16,884
Jul 2020995,41738.371.83$13,685
Jun 2020726,27334.901.69$13,116
May 202005,71116.921.81$10,364
Apr 202005,70414.751.80$10,292
Mar 202005,59930.341.86$10,393
Feb 202055,90849.881.98$11,951
Jan 20201526,54657.252.09$22,414
Dec 20191947,00659.012.30$27,592
Nov 20191958,71855.302.75$34,764
Oct 20192047,99853.472.42$30,251
Sep 20192137,65455.052.66$32,064
Aug 20192268,08853.112.30$30,641
Jul 20191978,46756.272.46$31,915
Jun 20191218,88652.782.49$28,523
May 201913510,09258.482.74$35,550
Apr 20191589,20362.632.75$35,210
Mar 201916510,11856.803.06$40,354
Feb 201913110,59250.852.79$36,237
Jan 201917712,44846.033.23$48,332
Dec 201832613,83146.594.19$73,077
Nov 201834114,27252.934.24$78,523
Oct 201834916,18961.443.40$76,454
Sep 201830117,41559.543.11$72,047
Aug 20189320,43459.403.07$68,186
Jul 20183335865.142.93$3,199
Jun 20184117760.183.08$3,012
May 2018313865.382.90$596
Apr 201814963.842.90$206
Mar 201815361.222.79$209
Feb 201816161.782.77$231
Jan 201817962.874.01$380
Dec 2017110157.272.92$352
Nov 2017310255.423.12$484
Oct 2017428449.292.98$2,321
Sep 2017686747.523.09$3,438
Aug 20176311645.373.00$3,207
Jul 20173716143.873.09$2,120
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 201707445.373.26$241
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 201608441.622.92$246
Jun 2016012545.352.69$336
May 2016012242.521.99$243
Apr 2016017536.561.99$348
Mar 2016016533.011.79$296
Feb 201604026.472.06$83
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 2015066232.362.00$1,325
Nov 201512,04638.792.17$4,473
Oct 2015332,10543.552.43$6,545
Sep 2015312,02842.992.76$6,927
Aug 2015322,05440.162.87$7,185
Jul 2015342,15448.152.95$7,981
Jun 2015261,60656.152.88$6,090
May 2015795655.212.96$3,212
Apr 2015382,21749.822.71$7,894
Mar 2015372,35642.892.93$8,501
Feb 2015351,86544.662.98$7,114
Jan 2015271,50043.433.10$5,824
Dec 2014271,57254.693.59$7,122
Nov 2014251,56670.464.25$8,420
Oct 2014221,44078.303.90$7,340
Sep 2014241,43286.164.05$7,861
Aug 2014261,58289.394.04$8,708
Jul 2014301,70496.564.18$10,019
Jun 2014311,72898.164.74$11,228
May 2014351,82994.734.73$11,960
Apr 2014371,88695.944.81$12,620
Mar 2014391,82295.895.06$12,953
Feb 2014391,79497.406.19$14,907
Jan 2014451,99690.404.86$13,770
Dec 2013502,34991.824.35$14,820
Nov 2013452,33588.853.74$12,727
Oct 2013462,46397.423.78$13,790
Sep 2013442,420104.113.72$13,578
Aug 2013442,488104.253.52$13,351
Jul 2013351,925102.523.72$10,745
Jun 2013472,54794.403.93$14,455
May 2013492,58894.834.15$15,384
Apr 2013452,52993.964.28$15,059
Mar 2013432,70193.623.91$14,594
Feb 2013422,58391.233.42$12,665
Jan 2013372,24591.603.42$11,067
Dec 2012392,49986.773.42$11,931
Nov 2012402,76786.953.62$13,508
Oct 2012452,97889.383.40$14,146
Sep 2012452,90394.672.92$12,732
Aug 2012533,39092.662.91$14,770
Jul 2012422,67985.133.02$11,668
Jun 2012472,99379.822.52$11,291
May 2012513,13691.612.49$12,475
Apr 2012503,324101.652.00$11,720
Mar 2012311,505105.052.22$6,601
Feb 2012472,944101.102.57$12,318
Jan 2012533,61898.092.73$15,091
Dec 2011503,56096.873.24$16,377
Nov 2011503,48895.723.31$16,336
Oct 2011533,69384.983.65$17,978
Sep 2011453,47583.623.99$17,614
Aug 2011453,54583.404.15$18,462
Jul 2011534,06694.144.52$23,357
Jun 2011453,15292.904.64$18,805
May 2011393,05398.134.40$17,275
Apr 201101,659105.964.33$7,189
Mar 201104,41496.364.06$17,909
Feb 201104,25385.644.18$17,777
Jan 201104,59786.504.59$21,095
Dec 201001,52185.734.35$6,613
Nov 2010050980.843.80$1,932
Oct 201002,54378.103.51$8,923
Sep 201005,34572.633.98$21,270
Aug 201002,52273.684.42$11,146
Jul 201004,16472.554.74$19,723
Jun 201001,34870.364.91$6,619
May 2010027571.124.24$1,165
Apr 201003981.694.12$161
Mar 2010015478.394.39$676
Feb 2010022973.585.44$1,246
Jan 2010011774.365.96$698
Dec 2009019371.445.48$1,058
Nov 2009019774.593.75$739
Oct 2009010972.544.11$448
Sep 200902,28265.543.06$6,994
Aug 200902,82167.423.22$9,079
Jul 200903,20361.133.46$11,097
Jun 200902,71966.163.90$10,591
May 200903,99954.743.93$15,699
Apr 200904,48246.773.59$16,079
Mar 200903,75642.144.06$15,246
Feb 200902,52832.814.63$11,712
Jan 200906,53135.865.37$35,078
Dec 200806,42137.105.98$38,379
Nov 200806,10655.496.86$41,889
Oct 200807,47375.246.92$51,728
Sep 200807,380101.767.88$58,133
Aug 200807,833114.228.48$66,448
Jul 2008277,190131.0811.39$85,429
Jun 2008277,560131.3313.03$102,073
May 2008267,566123.1711.57$90,774
Apr 2008277,444110.3110.45$80,804
Mar 2008358,901101.909.66$89,586
Feb 2008266,65392.538.77$60,756
Jan 2008246,49890.388.21$55,490
Dec 200705,95988.337.30$43,512
Nov 200707,47891.677.29$54,527
Oct 200707,68382.856.92$53,182
Sep 200707,80675.846.24$48,742
Aug 200708,93069.066.39$57,044
Jul 200705,64570.906.39$36,060
Jun 200709,27162.007.55$69,982
May 2007010,08558.747.85$79,130
Apr 2007010,77859.617.81$84,124
Mar 2007012,04556.927.30$87,952
Feb 2007010,01955.108.22$82,316
Jan 2007012,94750.306.73$87,093
Dec 2006013,59756.656.92$94,070
Nov 2006012,43254.207.62$94,701
Oct 2006111,26354.906.01$67,788
Sep 20063413,60560.085.04$70,574
Aug 20063315,44268.717.34$115,610
Jul 20063315,34969.376.34$99,644
Jun 20063415,06766.286.38$98,439
May 20063815,64166.016.42$103,002
Apr 20065616,12264.397.36$122,272
Mar 20064817,72556.707.08$128,266
Feb 20065517,89257.597.75$141,850
Jan 20062810,20560.598.93$92,861
Dec 2005196,01654.9413.42$81,751
Nov 20052711,40654.6910.59$122,248
Oct 20054617,25758.3413.80$240,757
Sep 2005022,26061.4512.08$268,879
Aug 2005028,95061.519.80$283,619
Jul 2005032,99755.697.84$258,817
Jun 2005033,68752.337.38$248,645
May 2005035,31545.226.65$234,886
Apr 2005038,53749.207.36$283,651
Mar 2005038,99950.377.15$279,033
Feb 2005048,38745.226.31$305,415
Jan 2005680843.166.32$5,367
Dec 20049723,36239.866.75$161,585
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 200407343.245.28$386
Aug 200402,33442.375.55$12,955
Jul 200429,70538.286.08$59,124
Jun 200429,40236.106.43$60,555
May 2004210,08437.486.49$65,566
Apr 2004514,97134.475.86$87,879
Mar 2004315,86334.365.53$87,828
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 2004210,33732.036.30$65,183
Dec 200328,34430.266.30$52,641
Nov 2003213,59728.804.60$62,538
Oct 2003313,56128.174.76$64,630
Sep 20038812,55426.314.75$61,939
Aug 2003679,73929.765.13$51,952
Jul 20038512,14729.415.17$65,310
Jun 20039212,24928.565.98$75,913
May 200313817,92726.595.97$110,742
Apr 200310413,48926.675.41$75,712
Mar 20031711,45631.146.10$70,366
Feb 20031710,52133.487.93$83,957
Jan 20031811,16230.315.58$62,852
Dec 2002159,08626.914.85$44,505
Nov 20022212,95524.664.14$54,137
Oct 20021811,14026.464.23$47,589
Sep 20025011,27727.443.64$42,366
Aug 20025011,53625.963.16$37,800
Jul 20027416,99524.583.06$53,854
Jun 20027620,55123.733.34$70,408
May 20028119,30224.663.58$71,176
Apr 200213127,76023.653.51$100,600
Mar 20027725,62122.003.10$81,189
Feb 20027023,19518.222.38$56,379
Jan 20029929,89417.172.38$72,718
Dec 20017922,43016.932.36$54,371
Nov 200110730,49618.072.41$75,292
Oct 200112435,45219.782.53$92,107
Sep 2001029,54024.262.25$66,504
Aug 2001025,50724.873.05$77,877
Jul 2001033,71223.933.20$107,780
Jun 200109,23924.563.82$35,331
May 2001017,44625.524.31$75,146
Apr 2001916,94024.685.34$90,602
Mar 200144224,69124.545.38$143,596
Feb 200137621,85427.755.77$136,468
Jan 200133016,53227.478.40$147,913
Dec 200039318,50626.889.12$179,385
Nov 200049823,44832.215.66$148,709
Oct 200062831,83431.235.15$183,414
Sep 20001228,34031.875.19$147,368
Aug 2000825,72629.644.54$117,052
Jul 2000422,27628.534.09$91,217
Jun 2000517,02929.304.40$75,027
May 2000422,35227.263.68$82,359
Apr 2000226,62524.513.12$83,013
Mar 2000016,94928.422.86$48,470
Feb 2000030,43827.622.73$82,989
Jan 2000025,38225.272.48$62,960
Dec 1999030,29924.282.42$73,436
Nov 1999030,51323.192.43$74,268
Oct 1999332,43320.982.80$90,996
Sep 199919934,01821.752.62$93,416
Aug 199920733,96619.262.88$101,659
Jul 199921231,93417.892.37$79,552
Jun 199921733,88215.942.36$83,492
May 199923838,59215.792.32$93,331
Apr 199920434,83315.102.21$79,993
Mar 199916436,48012.471.84$69,107
Feb 199920536,0429.981.82$67,563
Jan 199923241,85410.381.90$81,929
Dec 199819138,1349.201.77$69,381
Nov 199819335,93610.892.19$80,648
Oct 199814326,58012.421.97$54,118
Sep 199836240,46612.592.08$88,833
Aug 199835042,80911.301.91$85,607
Jul 199838341,83011.742.24$98,081
Jun 199836041,67611.242.24$97,287
May 199838039,77212.622.21$92,546
Apr 199840940,07813.042.51$105,742
Mar 199831841,69012.802.31$100,351
Feb 199829738,02213.952.30$91,561
Jan 199842036,37714.702.15$84,559
Dec 199738541,41216.322.41$106,132
Nov 199738745,98318.193.09$149,047
Oct 199740447,15419.253.15$156,304
Sep 199765949,32417.742.95$157,437
Aug 199765548,70317.862.55$136,122
Jul 199774850,52617.582.25$126,679
Jun 199784856,92317.242.26$143,106
May 199782755,77018.972.31$144,433
Apr 199791660,25617.882.08$141,878
Mar 199759165,10418.951.94$137,445
Feb 199753258,31220.492.21$139,531
Jan 199762364,41323.483.54$242,631
Dec 199659368,80323.32$13,829
Nov 199657465,96621.97$12,611
Oct 199661170,61923.31$14,242
Sep 199657763,22522.22$12,821
Aug 199666572,92820.26$13,473
Jul 199666774,84319.55$13,040
Jun 199682075,74518.73$15,359
May 199683980,00719.43$16,302
Apr 199670677,78321.51$15,186
Mar 19964,12081,05319.38$79,846
Feb 19964,36280,71016.98$74,067
Jan 19964,36887,42317.07$74,562
Dec 19954,82788,35017.19$82,976
Nov 19954,88489,99716.00$78,144
Oct 19955,18498,25415.43$79,989
Sep 19951,61095,11116.18$26,050
Aug 19951,71396,65915.92$27,271
Jul 19951,667100,84615.24$25,405
Jun 19951,82799,09216.41$29,981
May 19952,018104,79117.56$35,436
Apr 19952,561128,79617.73$45,407
Mar 19952,329142,86016.44$38,289
Feb 19951,367134,91616.58$22,665
Jan 19951,320132,65915.92$21,014
Dec 19941,417128,58915.03$21,298
Nov 19941,816124,21015.90$28,874
Oct 19942,102140,00015.58$32,749
Sep 19942,533141,88915.29$38,730
Aug 19943,088157,33316.13$49,809
Jul 19943,264167,88717.56$57,316
Jun 19943,373170,88917.09$57,645
May 19943,648177,35415.88$57,930
Apr 19944,442210,05914.14$62,810
Mar 19945,057222,43412.46$63,010
Feb 19944,770199,83012.50$59,625
Jan 19945,440236,05412.66$68,870
Dec 19936,062258,81712.33$74,744
Nov 19936,477277,13914.49$93,852
Oct 19936,949314,72015.85$110,142
Sep 19936,562293,03915.03$98,627
Aug 19937,186343,21815.66$112,533
Jul 19934,988314,55415.46$77,114
Jun 19934,985263,51316.79$83,698
May 19934,905292,96717.68$86,720
Apr 19935,011287,38718.05$90,449
Mar 19935,497321,41018.14$99,716
Feb 19930252,03917.90$0
Jan 19930314,89316.93$0

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            17 bbl  × $106.41 =     $1,809
Gas                1,656 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $5,044

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Month total                                   $6,853

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/142972 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.