BENTSEN BROS. "B"

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 150643District 04Field 507006202 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$13.1 M
Jul 1994 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$117 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
383
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
High Cost Gas221997-09-26 – 1999-04-202 dockets
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
CondensateDisposition49,648 bbl$2,677,963
GasProduction2,578,184 Mcf$10,460,524
Total$13,138,486

440,912 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 30 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 26.5667, -98.5146. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.56666, -98.51460 · 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
9,975 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 9,975 ft.

Completions filed
Mar 2006
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4273088999,975 ftMar 2006

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 (383)

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

383 months

May 2026162,192106.413.05$8,379
Apr 2026182,10198.932.87$7,810
Mar 2026252,17489.753.15$9,091
Feb 2026221,98063.503.75$8,823
Jan 2026262,19659.138.00$19,101
Dec 2025242,24656.664.41$11,272
Nov 2025242,19858.593.93$10,036
Oct 2025262,31759.383.30$9,201
Sep 2025192,21662.743.08$8,011
Aug 2025222,34263.933.01$8,467
Jul 2025202,33266.743.32$9,066
Jun 2025172,26666.483.13$8,220
May 2025222,31560.553.23$8,815
Apr 2025162,20862.363.54$8,821
Mar 2025162,26467.704.27$10,747
Feb 2025141,89270.884.34$9,205
Jan 2025162,08774.324.28$10,119
Dec 2024192,31468.993.12$8,534
Nov 2024152,27869.052.20$6,044
Oct 2024162,34771.372.28$6,496
Sep 2024172,22869.612.36$6,451
Aug 2024182,23375.632.06$5,969
Jul 2024162,35679.932.15$6,336
Jun 2024142,37078.082.63$7,336
May 2024122,22878.812.20$5,844
Apr 2024142,38084.451.66$5,131
Mar 2024172,31580.301.55$4,942
Feb 2024132,27276.091.78$5,042
Jan 2024152,37973.023.30$8,940
Dec 2023102,25671.262.61$6,602
Nov 2023102,41277.892.81$7,551
Oct 2023102,66685.443.09$9,085
Sep 202391,65989.042.74$5,339
Aug 2023112,08880.522.67$6,467
Jul 2023132,40874.852.64$7,335
Jun 2023162,38068.962.26$6,479
May 2023152,44570.622.23$6,505
Apr 2023162,40678.122.24$6,634
Mar 2023182,48872.852.39$7,265
Feb 2023152,21975.112.47$6,598
Jan 2023212,48076.533.39$10,009
Dec 2022182,27776.415.73$14,421
Nov 2022162,17685.005.65$13,646
Oct 2022292,56587.185.86$17,569
Sep 2022202,60684.888.16$22,972
Aug 2022182,74194.529.13$26,719
Jul 2022222,903101.587.54$24,129
Jun 2022193,002115.097.98$26,134
May 2022273,092109.378.43$29,028
Apr 2022302,638104.226.84$21,164
Mar 2022332,626108.885.08$16,924
Feb 2022282,32591.054.86$13,846
Jan 2022322,72781.844.54$14,993
Dec 2021342,65571.323.90$12,777
Nov 2021462,61477.435.24$17,251
Oct 20211362,71779.795.71$26,376
Sep 20212882,74569.865.35$34,808
Aug 20212932,72466.024.22$30,841
Jul 20212972,77570.783.98$32,072
Jun 20213812,50969.493.38$34,958
May 20213942,76463.483.02$33,352
Apr 20213442,73160.362.76$28,297
Mar 20213832,87661.302.72$31,292
Feb 20212702,37157.805.55$28,760
Jan 20213462,90950.412.81$25,617
Dec 20202092,78544.642.68$16,781
Nov 202002,84138.772.71$7,689
Oct 202002,81536.972.48$6,977
Sep 202002,79437.091.99$5,563
Aug 202003,06539.982.39$7,310
Jul 202003,01038.371.83$5,494
Jun 202002,96334.901.69$5,008
May 202002,97216.921.81$5,393
Apr 202002,78814.751.80$5,031
Mar 202002,66230.341.86$4,941
Feb 202002,76949.881.98$5,484
Jan 202003,05457.252.09$6,397
Dec 201902,94359.012.30$6,782
Nov 201902,92855.302.75$8,054
Oct 201902,95653.472.42$7,149
Sep 201903,02955.052.66$8,049
Aug 201903,10553.112.30$7,155
Jul 201903,08656.272.46$7,592
Jun 201913,17352.782.49$7,957
May 2019693,25258.482.74$12,947
Apr 2019423,10762.632.75$11,177
Mar 2019423,24756.803.06$12,328
Feb 2019392,90150.852.79$10,083
Jan 2019473,29346.033.23$12,794
Dec 2018463,39246.594.19$16,340
Nov 2018343,29852.934.24$15,774
Oct 2018373,48361.443.40$14,109
Sep 2018363,38359.543.11$12,658
Aug 2018383,52559.403.07$13,067
Jul 2018393,73965.142.93$13,503
Jun 2018383,78360.183.08$13,927
May 2018554,03065.382.90$15,286
Apr 2018714,43563.842.90$17,398
Mar 2018704,03361.222.79$15,525
Feb 2018664,14461.782.77$15,540
Jan 2018693,79162.874.01$19,537
Dec 2017674,02057.272.92$15,582
Nov 2017483,68455.423.12$14,148
Oct 201704,21149.292.98$12,564
Sep 201714,52347.523.09$14,011
Aug 2017203,61045.373.00$11,753
Jul 2017314,09143.873.09$13,990
Jun 2017284,31442.493.09$14,508
May 2017314,44845.373.26$15,922
Apr 2017524,70347.933.21$17,597
Mar 2017364,91046.772.98$16,334
Feb 2017334,46350.452.95$14,842
Jan 2017565,00849.413.42$19,888
Dec 2016434,36548.763.72$18,347
Nov 2016373,15542.492.64$9,915
Oct 2016293,04746.193.09$10,756
Sep 2016272,97741.553.10$10,352
Aug 2016283,06641.442.92$10,126
Jul 2016273,07641.622.92$10,119
Jun 2016252,74545.352.69$8,506
May 2016303,04042.521.99$7,328
Apr 2016272,79436.561.99$6,550
Mar 2016262,59333.011.79$5,510
Feb 2016242,51626.472.06$5,827
Jan 2016252,56327.352.36$6,744
Dec 2015262,84332.362.00$6,531
Nov 2015283,23538.792.17$8,097
Oct 2015323,81343.552.43$10,646
Sep 2015373,36342.992.76$10,867
Aug 2015413,52940.162.87$11,784
Jul 2015493,77948.152.95$13,489
Jun 2015603,67656.152.88$13,966
May 2015563,64555.212.96$13,864
Apr 2015583,82149.822.71$13,231
Mar 2015623,84642.892.93$13,946
Feb 2015593,65744.662.98$13,519
Jan 2015653,99543.433.10$15,210
Dec 2014673,97654.693.59$17,943
Nov 2014583,70870.464.25$19,853
Oct 2014674,40478.303.90$22,426
Sep 2014553,47286.164.05$18,785
Aug 2014724,33889.394.04$23,940
Jul 2014624,34396.564.18$24,139
Jun 2014644,51298.164.74$27,655
May 2014754,66994.734.73$29,173
Apr 2014774,69895.944.81$29,981
Mar 2014824,92095.895.06$32,742
Feb 2014663,87397.406.19$30,410
Jan 2014784,56290.404.86$29,226
Dec 2013794,56991.824.35$27,149
Nov 2013674,67288.853.74$23,418
Oct 2013724,82397.423.78$25,242
Sep 2013634,359104.113.72$22,765
Aug 2013684,781104.253.52$23,931
Jul 2013684,664102.523.72$24,311
Jun 2013664,95394.403.93$25,713
May 2013795,16994.834.15$28,938
Apr 2013774,98693.964.28$28,588
Mar 2013835,10193.623.91$27,730
Feb 2013754,75391.233.42$23,097
Jan 2013925,37691.603.42$26,813
Dec 2012834,90286.773.42$23,968
Nov 2012824,66886.953.62$24,051
Oct 2012885,50889.383.40$26,591
Sep 2012885,34894.672.92$23,939
Aug 2012905,53292.662.91$24,427
Jul 2012935,47385.133.02$24,450
Jun 2012976,03179.822.52$22,935
May 2012966,14391.612.49$24,080
Apr 2012875,788101.652.00$20,401
Mar 2012438,994105.052.22$24,503
Feb 2012986,047101.102.57$25,450
Jan 20121076,37098.092.73$27,912
Dec 20111166,72696.873.24$33,027
Nov 20111016,46895.723.31$31,085
Oct 20111026,66084.983.65$32,967
Sep 2011956,53383.623.99$33,983
Aug 2011916,45683.404.15$34,377
Jul 20111017,30994.144.52$42,525
Jun 20111056,77592.904.64$41,190
May 20111137,58298.134.40$44,486
Apr 20115312,194105.964.33$58,456
Mar 20115611,76596.364.06$53,131
Feb 20116110,73685.644.18$50,100
Jan 20116713,21986.504.59$66,455
Dec 20107113,18485.734.35$63,408
Nov 2010699,70180.843.80$42,396
Oct 20106710,79278.103.51$43,101
Sep 2010979,92972.633.98$46,557
Aug 2010967,00673.684.42$38,035
Jul 20101118,03172.554.74$46,092
Jun 2010967,62870.364.91$44,211
May 20101277,79371.124.24$42,037
Apr 201020510,74781.694.12$61,053
Mar 2010612,17778.394.39$53,911
Feb 2010410,35273.585.44$56,634
Jan 2010410,23874.365.96$61,358
Dec 2009511,68971.445.48$64,457
Nov 2009411,37874.593.75$42,983
Oct 200969,44672.544.11$39,261
Sep 200915418,07765.543.06$65,495
Aug 200921220,47667.423.22$80,195
Jul 200922621,34361.133.46$87,758
Jun 200926924,13066.163.90$111,783
May 200936918,19854.743.93$91,640
Apr 200918922,08446.773.59$88,066
Mar 200910015,27642.144.06$66,219
Feb 2009537,30732.814.63$35,592
Jan 200911115,46135.865.37$87,021
Dec 20089416,07737.105.98$99,582
Nov 20087916,47955.496.86$117,436
Oct 20086213,19675.246.92$96,007
Sep 200813810,798101.767.88$99,100
Aug 200829217,386114.228.48$180,838
Jul 200829213,050131.0811.39$186,907
Jun 200840017,856131.3313.03$285,243
May 200842618,345123.1711.57$264,801
Apr 2008016,028110.3110.45$167,571
Mar 2008017,188101.909.66$166,106
Feb 2008015,99692.538.77$140,294
Jan 2008016,04590.388.21$131,661
Dec 2007013,91588.337.30$101,607
Nov 2007212,43091.677.29$90,819
Oct 200717214,32082.856.92$113,373
Sep 200714813,66475.846.24$96,545
Aug 200721216,60069.066.39$120,681
Jul 200736612,73870.906.39$107,319
Jun 200754213,23962.007.55$133,538
May 200762115,56758.747.85$158,621
Apr 200746914,74159.617.81$143,014
Mar 200761916,97856.927.30$159,206
Feb 200758515,05455.108.22$155,917
Jan 20073,19518,17150.306.73$282,942
Dec 20062,86215,27456.656.92$267,805
Nov 20062,74617,33154.207.62$280,852
Oct 20062,74520,33754.906.01$273,003
Sep 20062,82321,48360.085.04$277,820
Aug 20062,81922,15168.717.34$356,280
Jul 200629823,77169.376.34$171,446
Jun 200630425,35366.286.38$182,000
May 200634126,35966.016.42$191,866
Apr 200631122,55564.397.36$186,041
Mar 200626217,46056.707.08$138,523
Feb 2006342,39657.597.75$20,530
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 2005101,96654.9413.42$26,924
Nov 2005213,71254.6910.59$40,453
Oct 2005336,09658.3413.80$86,024
Sep 2005305,72861.4512.08$71,032
Aug 2005325,50261.519.80$55,871
Jul 2005326,27255.697.84$50,977
Jun 2005438,03052.337.38$61,520
May 2005467,97945.226.65$55,150
Apr 2005617,18849.207.36$55,908
Mar 2005182,24450.377.15$16,962
Feb 2005171,97445.226.31$13,228
Jan 2005233,43943.166.32$22,735
Dec 2004122,24639.866.75$15,641
Nov 2004152,54245.286.33$16,771
Oct 2004446,65949.706.52$45,571
Sep 2004475,60443.245.28$31,643
Aug 2004496,54842.375.55$38,422
Jul 2004474,04538.286.08$26,410
Jun 2004595,51236.106.43$37,589
May 2004806,92237.486.49$47,954
Apr 2004967,50934.475.86$47,300
Mar 20041198,88534.365.53$53,224
Feb 2004866,36632.455.51$37,865
Jan 200407,09132.036.30$44,671
Dec 200307,72630.266.30$48,686
Nov 200306,01828.804.60$27,654
Oct 200305,62228.174.76$26,759
Sep 200307,03026.314.75$33,388
Aug 200308,62029.765.13$44,218
Jul 200303,93229.415.17$20,332
Jun 200303,46428.565.98$20,725
May 200301,93226.595.97$11,539
Apr 200302,39826.675.41$12,967
Mar 200304,13431.146.10$25,201
Feb 200316,54333.487.93$51,893
Jan 2003376,93530.315.58$39,833
Dec 2002194,70226.914.85$23,334
Nov 2002193,96824.664.14$16,884
Oct 2002112,61726.464.23$11,359
Sep 2002102,32427.443.64$8,723
Aug 2002162,59825.963.16$8,636
Jul 2002492,83124.583.06$9,872
Jun 2002704,04723.733.34$15,171
May 200219210,11924.663.58$41,001
Apr 200221711,52723.653.51$45,619
Mar 200226912,21922.003.10$43,830
Feb 200230513,96618.222.38$38,736
Jan 2002017,34717.172.38$41,211
Dec 200109,87316.932.36$23,344
Nov 2001016,06718.072.41$38,649
Oct 2001015,34319.782.53$38,801
Sep 2001022,25024.262.25$50,092
Aug 2001022,84524.873.05$69,749
Jul 200107,33823.933.20$23,460
Jun 200102,62924.563.82$10,054
May 200102,90725.524.31$12,521
Apr 200102,07224.685.34$11,055
Mar 200102,12824.545.38$11,441
Feb 200101,97827.755.77$11,407
Jan 200101,70427.478.40$14,311
Dec 200001,80226.889.12$16,439
Nov 200002,16932.215.66$12,272
Oct 200001,96531.235.15$10,111
Sep 2000082931.875.19$4,300
Aug 200001,71429.644.54$7,783
Jul 200021,67528.534.09$6,907
Jun 200023,28429.304.40$14,499
May 2000191827.263.68$3,405
Apr 200051,80024.513.12$5,731
Mar 200042,62328.422.86$7,615
Feb 200043,14327.622.73$8,680
Jan 200023,15125.272.48$7,867
Dec 199912,95524.282.42$7,186
Nov 199923,57023.192.43$8,736
Oct 199923,59520.982.80$10,121
Sep 199912,22421.752.62$5,846
Aug 199912,85719.262.88$8,235
Jul 199933,33417.892.37$7,963
Jun 199922,64015.942.36$6,268
May 199933,29815.792.32$7,702
Apr 199943,62615.102.21$8,067
Mar 199921,95312.471.84$3,615
Feb 199943,1439.981.82$5,753
Jan 199963,37710.381.90$6,478
Dec 199863,2989.201.77$5,904
Nov 199873,50610.892.19$7,739
Oct 199863,40612.421.97$6,782
Sep 199853,14712.592.08$6,617
Aug 199853,56711.301.91$6,860
Jul 1998363,94111.742.24$9,240
Jun 1998363,60911.242.24$8,479
May 1998444,45812.622.21$10,391
Apr 1998264,02713.042.51$10,428
Mar 1998323,53112.802.31$8,564
Feb 1998453,91313.952.30$9,624
Jan 199834,85114.702.15$10,497
Dec 199703,35016.322.41$8,077
Nov 199723,16718.193.09$9,817
Oct 199734,99619.253.15$15,794
Sep 199743,60217.742.95$10,714
Aug 199735,66817.862.55$14,534
Jul 199734,08817.582.25$9,238
Jun 199734,89717.242.26$11,105
May 199735,69418.972.31$13,202
Apr 199745,99117.882.08$12,549
Mar 199746,44618.951.94$12,576
Feb 199755,59320.492.21$12,440
Jan 199746,68823.483.54$23,767
Dec 199667,76323.32$140
Nov 199699,27021.97$198
Oct 199655,67123.31$117
Sep 1996107,62022.22$222
Aug 1996138,42620.26$263
Jul 1996459,45819.55$880
Jun 1996529,60018.73$974
May 1996559,60719.43$1,069
Apr 19966110,38121.51$1,312
Mar 19967312,11719.38$1,415
Feb 19967612,82816.98$1,290
Jan 19962914,25017.07$495
Dec 19953515,73717.19$602
Nov 19953212,91916.00$512
Oct 19959715,02115.43$1,497
Sep 19951,20515,99016.18$19,497
Aug 199511822,26515.92$1,879
Jul 199575334,62715.24$11,476
Jun 199529112,68616.41$4,775
May 1995598,36117.56$1,036
Apr 19957010,26617.73$1,241
Mar 1995749,30216.44$1,217
Feb 19951109,77416.58$1,824
Jan 199574716,66015.92$11,892
Dec 199484025,27815.03$12,625
Nov 199459112,72415.90$9,397
Oct 199497019,96915.58$15,113
Sep 19941,02723,03515.29$15,703
Aug 19941,33033,36616.13$21,453
Jul 199498625,94117.56$17,314

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            16 bbl  × $106.41 =     $1,703
Gas                2,192 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $6,676

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Month total                                   $8,379

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/150643 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.