BRIGHT & SCHIFF HAMMAN GAS UNIT

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

Gas lease lease 148684District 04Field 625560302 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$10.5 M
Mar 1994 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$211 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
387
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 6 leases and 6 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1985-02-14
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
no field rule filed
From a lease line
no field rule filed

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: TO FILE MOST CURRENT TEST OR TEST FILED ON PREVIOUS SURVEY.

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 Gas112003-05-27151539
NGPA3none

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
CondensateDisposition68,639 bbl$1,826,822
GasProduction3,745,055 Mcf$8,708,912
Total$10,535,734

1,632,409 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 34 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 26.4394, -98.3166. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.43943, -98.31665 · 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
15,530 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 15,530 ft.

Completions filed
Mar 1994
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21531248515,530 ftMar 1994

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 (387)

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

387 months

May 2026753,385106.413.05$18,291
Apr 20261453,41798.932.87$24,151
Mar 202603,51989.753.15$11,083
Feb 2026803,01563.503.75$16,387
Jan 202623,16759.138.00$25,448
Dec 2025753,31456.664.41$18,875
Nov 20251463,39858.593.93$21,896
Oct 202503,74959.383.30$12,390
Sep 2025773,45362.743.08$15,456
Aug 202523,49263.933.01$10,655
Jul 20251523,41766.743.32$21,473
Jun 2025793,10766.483.13$14,973
May 202503,21960.553.23$10,405
Apr 20251522,97162.363.54$20,005
Mar 2025813,11367.704.27$18,771
Feb 202503,02370.884.34$13,122
Jan 202503,01574.324.28$12,900
Dec 20242273,27868.993.12$25,893
Nov 202403,18569.052.20$7,002
Oct 20242243,28171.372.28$23,472
Sep 202403,17069.612.36$7,495
Aug 202403,30575.632.06$6,820
Jul 20241593,23879.932.15$19,660
Jun 2024593,26078.082.63$13,193
May 202403,13778.812.20$6,897
Apr 20242043,36484.451.66$22,809
Mar 202403,39980.301.55$5,252
Feb 20241553,18276.091.78$17,469
Jan 202403,11373.023.30$10,266
Dec 20232263,32671.262.61$24,788
Nov 202303,24577.892.81$9,111
Oct 202303,25885.443.09$10,058
Sep 20233433,10889.042.74$39,041
Aug 202302,65480.522.67$7,094
Jul 202302,72474.852.64$7,196
Jun 202313,19968.962.26$7,294
May 20231923,30670.622.23$20,923
Apr 202303,23778.122.24$7,244
Mar 2023763,41672.852.39$13,712
Feb 202302,42675.112.47$5,982
Jan 202302,64276.533.39$8,950
Dec 20221772,99076.415.73$30,655
Nov 2022132,88985.005.65$17,417
Oct 202203,07087.185.86$18,002
Sep 202203,17884.888.16$25,944
Aug 2022673,34894.529.13$36,891
Jul 202203,159101.587.54$23,825
Jun 202203,463115.097.98$27,625
May 2022682,079109.378.43$24,969
Apr 202212,340104.226.84$16,104
Mar 202203,122108.885.08$15,849
Feb 2022722,29091.054.86$17,682
Jan 202202,65581.844.54$12,048
Dec 2021733,66671.323.90$19,501
Nov 2021703,52277.435.24$23,864
Oct 202113,62179.795.71$20,770
Sep 2021553,30369.865.35$21,516
Aug 202103,51466.024.22$14,831
Jul 2021593,62670.783.98$18,615
Jun 2021523,46969.493.38$15,341
May 2021113,62063.483.02$11,622
Apr 202103,50260.362.76$9,660
Mar 2021153,60261.302.72$10,706
Feb 202103,31957.805.55$18,414
Jan 202103,68050.412.81$10,342
Dec 202013,65344.642.68$9,818
Nov 202003,39638.772.71$9,192
Oct 202003,45136.972.48$8,553
Sep 202003,58137.091.99$7,130
Aug 202013,99039.982.39$9,557
Jul 202003,00038.371.83$5,475
Jun 20201053,47034.901.69$9,530
May 202003,80516.921.81$6,905
Apr 202003,66014.751.80$6,604
Mar 202053,78430.341.86$7,176
Feb 2020713,73749.881.98$10,943
Jan 2020993,93157.252.09$13,902
Dec 201953,90559.012.30$9,294
Nov 20191053,78455.302.75$16,215
Oct 2019453,79853.472.42$11,592
Sep 201903,53755.052.66$9,399
Aug 201903,76653.112.30$8,678
Jul 201903,87156.272.46$9,523
Jun 20191103,77152.782.49$15,200
May 201913,82158.482.74$10,529
Apr 2019114,35162.632.75$12,657
Mar 201904,12156.803.06$12,619
Feb 2019173,65950.852.79$11,081
Jan 2019103,94246.033.23$13,186
Dec 201804,14046.594.19$17,328
Nov 2018134,16252.934.24$18,323
Oct 20181164,16261.443.40$21,270
Sep 2018283,98059.543.11$14,037
Aug 201823,95459.403.07$12,244
Jul 2018293,94665.142.93$13,458
Jun 201813,79760.183.08$11,743
May 2018264,11665.382.90$13,640
Apr 201813,82163.842.90$11,148
Mar 201823,50061.222.79$9,876
Feb 2018273,20461.782.77$10,531
Jan 2018303,86762.874.01$17,390
Dec 201713,99457.272.92$11,726
Nov 201713,46255.423.12$10,851
Oct 2017123,37149.292.98$10,649
Sep 201713,17647.523.09$9,853
Aug 201723,49145.373.00$10,579
Jul 201703,62243.873.09$11,182
Jun 201703,72342.493.09$11,494
May 201713,94645.373.26$12,923
Apr 2017283,72847.933.21$13,315
Mar 201703,98746.772.98$11,896
Feb 2017303,67850.452.95$12,373
Jan 2017304,17149.413.42$15,742
Dec 201614,08648.763.72$15,260
Nov 201603,94242.492.64$10,424
Oct 201614,19846.193.09$13,019
Sep 2016304,36041.553.10$14,765
Aug 201615,70041.442.92$16,710
Jul 201641,41641.622.92$4,307
Jun 201611,86645.352.69$5,057
May 201612,11242.521.99$4,248
Apr 201631,50836.561.99$3,112
Mar 2016283,57033.011.79$7,329
Feb 201603,64726.472.06$7,526
Jan 201644,01927.352.36$9,612
Dec 201533,88032.362.00$7,863
Nov 201513,71638.792.17$8,093
Oct 2015273,80643.552.43$10,411
Sep 201513,70142.992.76$10,252
Aug 2015263,89440.162.87$12,230
Jul 2015313,89948.152.95$12,976
Jun 2015293,59556.152.88$11,992
May 201503,58555.212.96$10,595
Apr 2015303,35149.822.71$10,564
Mar 201513,82042.892.93$11,253
Feb 2015343,51844.662.98$11,989
Jan 2015263,98543.433.10$13,485
Dec 201404,05054.693.59$14,545
Nov 2014114,00170.464.25$17,787
Oct 201433,92578.303.90$15,546
Sep 2014143,85786.164.05$16,810
Aug 2014153,61989.394.04$15,944
Jul 201423,79996.564.18$16,071
Jun 2014143,70198.164.74$18,905
May 2014153,59294.734.73$18,399
Apr 201403,21395.944.81$15,452
Mar 2014143,45495.895.06$18,809
Feb 201402,25297.406.19$13,944
Jan 2014143,46990.404.86$18,127
Dec 201313,51391.824.35$15,389
Nov 2013213,64188.853.74$15,477
Oct 201313,61997.423.78$13,775
Sep 20131733,596104.113.72$31,380
Aug 201313,717104.253.52$13,198
Jul 201303,869102.523.72$14,384
Jun 201304,04894.403.93$15,922
May 201323,99694.834.15$16,769
Apr 201303,80593.964.28$16,295
Mar 201303,96593.623.91$15,515
Feb 201313,62691.233.42$12,492
Jan 201334,00491.603.42$13,968
Dec 201204,01686.773.42$13,735
Nov 201213,84786.953.62$14,032
Oct 201204,03489.383.40$13,714
Sep 201214,83994.672.92$14,217
Aug 20121604,09192.662.91$26,723
Jul 201244,06985.133.02$12,632
Jun 201243,87979.822.52$10,091
May 201234,06991.612.49$10,400
Apr 201204,037101.652.00$8,061
Mar 20121923,675105.052.22$28,336
Feb 201203,577101.102.57$9,194
Jan 201204,03398.092.73$11,027
Dec 201104,31696.873.24$13,983
Nov 201114,25395.723.31$14,179
Oct 201104,45984.983.65$16,269
Sep 201104,31683.623.99$17,203
Aug 201104,09483.404.15$16,987
Jul 201104,31494.144.52$19,487
Jun 20111904,16592.904.64$36,976
May 201124,37198.134.40$19,450
Apr 20111854,178105.964.33$37,707
Mar 2011124,30896.364.06$18,635
Feb 20111924,02185.644.18$33,251
Jan 201104,52486.504.59$20,760
Dec 20101944,53285.734.35$36,336
Nov 201004,39380.843.80$16,673
Oct 201004,54578.103.51$15,948
Sep 20101704,30572.633.98$29,479
Aug 201004,41073.684.42$19,489
Jul 20101944,37372.554.74$34,787
Jun 20101944,24270.364.91$34,480
May 201004,29371.124.24$18,182
Apr 20101924,29581.694.12$33,391
Mar 201004,40678.394.39$19,336
Feb 201003,84973.585.44$20,948
Jan 20101963,99074.365.96$38,371
Dec 200903,93471.445.48$21,573
Nov 20091863,86374.593.75$28,366
Oct 200923,83472.544.11$15,904
Sep 20091923,83965.543.06$24,349
Aug 200904,24067.423.22$13,646
Jul 200914,07161.133.46$14,165
Jun 20091962,52866.163.90$22,814
May 200914,10754.743.93$16,178
Apr 20091953,96646.773.59$23,348
Mar 200904,04742.144.06$16,427
Feb 200913,87532.814.63$17,986
Jan 200934,83735.865.37$26,087
Dec 200801,62937.105.98$9,737
Nov 200802,27555.496.86$15,607
Oct 200802,82875.246.92$19,575
Sep 200803,195101.767.88$25,167
Aug 20081954,319114.228.48$58,911
Jul 200805,839131.0811.39$66,503
Jun 20081995,793131.3313.03$101,633
May 200805,690123.1711.57$65,858
Apr 200805,258110.3110.45$54,972
Mar 20081985,797101.909.66$76,199
Feb 20081905,56092.538.77$66,345
Jan 200805,83090.388.21$47,839
Dec 200705,86788.337.30$42,841
Nov 200715,80891.677.29$42,442
Oct 20071506,13582.856.92$54,894
Sep 200705,82075.846.24$36,341
Aug 200705,11569.066.39$32,674
Jul 200705,20270.906.39$33,230
Jun 20071565,74962.007.55$53,068
May 200706,00258.747.85$47,093
Apr 20071645,84559.617.81$55,397
Mar 200706,25456.927.30$45,667
Feb 200715,44155.108.22$44,758
Jan 20072026,13750.306.73$51,443
Dec 20063856,19956.656.92$64,698
Nov 20061956,55054.207.62$60,463
Oct 20061996,60354.906.01$50,634
Sep 20061966,47560.085.04$44,392
Aug 200606,78968.717.34$49,831
Jul 20061936,80169.376.34$56,526
Jun 20061937,00666.286.38$57,518
May 20061937,44166.016.42$60,548
Apr 20061927,24864.397.36$65,712
Mar 20061896,20256.707.08$54,645
Feb 200606,92157.597.75$53,646
Jan 20063657,92760.598.93$92,930
Dec 20051868,11654.9413.42$119,098
Nov 20051987,97754.6910.59$95,292
Oct 20051978,29758.3413.80$125,956
Sep 20051877,93361.4512.08$107,314
Aug 20051238,84861.519.80$94,248
Jul 200509,27255.697.84$72,726
Jun 2005129,42052.337.38$70,157
May 200511210,20345.226.65$72,926
Apr 200517210,44149.207.36$85,313
Mar 2005011,25550.377.15$80,528
Feb 2005011,01445.226.31$69,519
Jan 2005013,06443.166.32$82,593
Dec 2004013,88839.866.75$93,759
Nov 2004015,65445.286.33$99,096
Oct 2004021,41749.706.52$139,534
Sep 200404,66243.245.28$24,634
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 200402936.106.43$187
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 2004014034.475.86$820
Mar 200402,15134.365.53$11,895
Feb 200406,01932.455.51$33,162
Jan 200406,82532.036.30$42,995
Dec 200307,01330.266.30$44,193
Nov 200307,34428.804.60$33,747
Oct 200308,85128.174.76$42,128
Sep 200303,18426.314.75$15,122
Aug 200304,20529.765.13$21,570
Jul 200306,63029.415.17$34,283
Jun 200307,33628.565.98$43,891
May 200303,41826.595.97$20,415
Apr 200303,08726.675.41$16,692
Mar 200307,07831.146.10$43,148
Feb 200306,00233.487.93$47,571
Jan 200307,24730.315.58$40,453
Dec 200207,61326.914.85$36,952
Nov 200206,86724.664.14$28,409
Oct 2002117,46226.464.23$31,849
Sep 2002246,85827.443.64$25,589
Aug 2002197,29625.963.16$23,579
Jul 2002227,85924.583.06$24,603
Jun 2002286,31723.733.34$21,752
May 200207,57124.663.58$27,134
Apr 200207,54023.653.51$26,483
Mar 200207,40822.003.10$22,985
Feb 200206,60318.222.38$15,687
Jan 200208,34817.172.38$19,832
Dec 200109,44216.932.36$22,325
Nov 200109,63618.072.41$23,180
Oct 200109,84319.782.53$24,892
Sep 200106,58624.262.25$14,827
Aug 200108,50724.873.05$25,973
Jul 200108,17223.933.20$26,127
Jun 200109,44424.563.82$36,115
May 200109,55525.524.31$41,156
Apr 200109,22624.685.34$49,224
Mar 200109,76424.545.38$52,496
Feb 200109,22427.755.77$53,196
Jan 2001011,06027.478.40$92,890
Dec 200004,96626.889.12$45,302
Nov 200008,14532.215.66$46,084
Oct 200006,90831.235.15$35,545
Sep 200006,24031.875.19$32,364
Aug 2000010,21329.644.54$46,375
Jul 2000010,56928.534.09$43,225
Jun 2000011,17429.304.40$49,135
May 2000011,32827.263.68$41,684
Apr 2000011,13924.513.12$34,709
Mar 2000012,51128.422.86$35,778
Feb 2000112,14627.622.73$33,144
Jan 2000414,47425.272.48$36,004
Dec 1999515,19124.282.42$36,940
Nov 1999415,92923.192.43$38,864
Oct 1999517,12920.982.80$48,130
Sep 19991615,20221.752.62$40,160
Aug 19993114,28819.262.88$41,684
Jul 19992614,45217.892.37$34,751
Jun 19992114,01515.942.36$33,440
May 19992615,68415.792.32$36,813
Apr 19994218,05115.102.21$40,492
Mar 1999962512.471.84$1,261
Feb 19995812,0969.981.82$22,567
Jan 19997116,01610.381.90$31,167
Dec 19988517,0189.201.77$30,960
Nov 199810116,72310.892.19$37,652
Oct 199812917,75912.421.97$36,573
Sep 199810918,24012.592.08$39,359
Aug 19988420,41111.301.91$39,880
Jul 19988521,82011.742.24$49,815
Jun 19987321,29811.242.24$48,470
May 19988220,20512.622.21$45,614
Apr 199810018,64313.042.51$48,011
Mar 19985011,87112.802.31$28,055
Feb 19986610,12213.952.30$24,192
Jan 199812311,85614.702.15$27,355
Dec 1997652,00316.322.41$5,890
Nov 199715117,32918.193.09$56,263
Oct 199723419,89519.253.15$67,170
Sep 199718313,51417.742.95$43,179
Aug 199718314,95417.862.55$41,472
Jul 199714723,13417.582.25$54,565
Jun 19979622,12717.242.26$51,600
May 199716814,15018.972.31$35,852
Apr 199718917,60917.882.08$40,055
Mar 199719118,14118.951.94$38,797
Feb 199719215,16620.492.21$37,389
Jan 199720017,59623.483.54$66,981
Dec 199623218,16223.32$5,410
Nov 199623420,17321.97$5,141
Oct 199624020,53023.31$5,594
Sep 199625724,24322.22$5,711
Aug 199622826,00720.26$4,619
Jul 199625427,10319.55$4,966
Jun 19963335,99418.73$6,237
May 199639632,26919.43$7,694
Apr 199646035,26821.51$9,895
Mar 199655527,20819.38$10,756
Feb 199661733,21416.98$10,477
Jan 199680535,08617.07$13,741
Dec 199597334,79417.19$16,726
Nov 199557626,60416.00$9,216
Oct 199573732,50315.43$11,372
Sep 19951,06732,20916.18$17,264
Aug 19951,06832,92915.92$17,003
Jul 19951,10132,97615.24$16,779
Jun 19951,18634,53616.41$19,462
May 19951,20734,44217.56$21,195
Apr 19951,31236,11817.73$23,262
Mar 19951,76439,59316.44$29,000
Feb 19951,82141,51416.58$30,192
Jan 19952,22752,99515.92$35,454
Dec 19942,17756,15715.03$32,720
Nov 19941,48243,77715.90$23,564
Oct 19942,25363,21715.58$35,102
Sep 19942,43966,23615.29$37,292
Aug 19942,88782,01616.13$46,567
Jul 19943,04793,04217.56$53,505
Jun 19943,993108,82117.09$68,240
May 19944,366118,34715.88$69,332
Apr 19945,718155,63014.14$80,853
Mar 19944,090108,69612.46$50,961

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            75 bbl  × $106.41 =     $7,981
Gas                3,385 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $10,310

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Month total                                  $18,291

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/148684 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.