LA COPITA GAS UNIT

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 151468District 04Field 507006202 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$23.2 M
Sep 1994 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$313 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
381
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 Gas111997-11-10133468
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
CondensateDisposition97,961 bbl$3,019,799
GasProduction7,022,563 Mcf$20,169,721
Total$23,189,520

2,014,649 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 27 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 26.5825, -98.5087. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.58254, -98.50865 · 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
9,732 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 9,732 ft.

Completions filed
Sep 1994
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4273165929,732 ftSep 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 (381)

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

381 months

May 202606,636106.413.05$20,212
Apr 202606,45598.932.87$18,524
Mar 202606,85389.753.15$21,583
Feb 202606,03963.503.75$22,648
Jan 202607,12959.138.00$57,017
Dec 202507,14856.664.41$31,547
Nov 202506,99758.593.93$27,473
Oct 202507,33059.383.30$24,224
Sep 202506,99862.743.08$21,532
Aug 202507,28363.933.01$21,957
Jul 202507,28166.743.32$24,138
Jun 202507,13366.483.13$22,317
May 202507,26660.553.23$23,486
Apr 202507,28462.363.54$25,808
Mar 202507,50467.704.27$32,029
Feb 202506,83170.884.34$29,652
Jan 202507,50474.324.28$32,107
Dec 202407,51968.993.12$23,470
Nov 202406,91669.052.20$15,204
Oct 202407,20171.372.28$16,428
Sep 202407,21969.612.36$17,068
Aug 202407,40775.632.06$15,285
Jul 202407,32079.932.15$15,713
Jun 202407,12478.082.63$18,764
May 202406,59678.812.20$14,501
Apr 202407,14884.451.66$11,860
Mar 202407,41080.301.55$11,449
Feb 202406,86976.091.78$12,252
Jan 202405,74273.023.30$18,935
Dec 202305,93771.262.61$15,500
Nov 202306,09777.892.81$17,118
Oct 202305,96785.443.09$18,422
Sep 202306,21989.042.74$17,009
Aug 202307,15680.522.67$19,127
Jul 202307,27474.852.64$19,216
Jun 202306,92568.962.26$15,640
May 202307,06070.622.23$15,725
Apr 202306,94478.122.24$15,539
Mar 202307,19472.852.39$17,216
Feb 202306,42175.112.47$15,832
Jan 202307,12276.533.39$24,127
Dec 202227,18676.415.73$41,322
Nov 2022176,91185.005.65$40,466
Oct 2022437,58587.185.86$48,225
Sep 2022297,32384.888.16$62,244
Aug 2022277,85994.529.13$74,282
Jul 2022338,233101.587.54$65,446
Jun 2022298,706115.097.98$72,787
May 2022408,501109.378.43$76,064
Apr 2022457,818104.226.84$58,146
Mar 2022507,875108.885.08$45,421
Feb 2022416,77591.054.86$36,652
Jan 2022477,69481.844.54$38,759
Dec 2021507,71171.323.90$33,632
Nov 2021527,56177.435.24$43,622
Oct 2021717,75879.795.71$49,993
Sep 2021817,52269.865.35$45,908
Aug 2021837,28166.024.22$36,210
Jul 2021847,66270.783.98$36,456
Jun 20211087,68669.493.38$33,488
May 20211117,93363.483.02$30,985
Apr 2021977,62660.362.76$26,891
Mar 20211087,95961.302.72$28,245
Feb 2021766,96457.805.55$43,029
Jan 20211007,90350.412.81$27,251
Dec 2020858,07544.642.68$25,399
Nov 2020777,87538.772.71$24,300
Oct 2020797,91736.972.48$22,542
Sep 2020777,81737.091.99$18,420
Aug 2020768,64739.982.39$23,662
Jul 2020808,47038.371.83$18,528
Jun 2020758,11734.901.69$16,338
May 2020988,21216.921.81$16,561
Apr 2020827,95614.751.80$15,565
Mar 2020898,26230.341.86$18,036
Feb 20201007,68849.881.98$20,215
Jan 20201128,32657.252.09$23,853
Dec 20191258,25259.012.30$26,392
Nov 20191938,19755.302.75$33,220
Oct 20192328,59053.472.42$33,180
Sep 20192508,41955.052.66$36,134
Aug 20192708,84153.112.30$34,713
Jul 20192929,04656.272.46$38,685
Jun 20192998,98652.782.49$38,167
May 20191559,43558.482.74$34,919
Apr 2019839,21862.632.75$30,554
Mar 2019839,75756.803.06$34,591
Feb 2019778,85350.852.79$28,635
Jan 2019949,95546.033.23$36,463
Dec 20189310,02746.594.19$46,300
Nov 2018648,64152.934.24$40,002
Oct 20186910,01661.443.40$38,275
Sep 20186710,03259.543.11$35,169
Aug 20187010,55859.403.07$36,535
Jul 20187210,94265.142.93$36,771
Jun 20187110,74660.183.08$37,337
May 201812411,01065.382.90$40,045
Apr 201818711,04563.842.90$43,977
Mar 201819511,14761.222.79$43,003
Feb 20182599,48961.782.77$42,249
Jan 20183551,84362.874.01$29,708
Dec 201735811,97757.272.92$55,494
Nov 201735714,91255.423.12$66,286
Oct 201739917,50649.292.98$71,899
Sep 201702,76347.523.09$8,530
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 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 2016031841.442.92$930
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 2016017026.472.06$351
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20151032.362.00$32
Nov 2015186538.792.17$839
Oct 20153616143.552.43$1,958
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 2015221540.162.87$698
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 2015430155.212.96$1,110
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 2015531744.662.98$1,167
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 2014424278.303.90$1,257
Sep 20141174786.164.05$3,970
Aug 2014533389.394.04$1,791
Jul 2014425296.564.18$1,440
Jun 2014858498.164.74$3,552
May 2014312794.734.73$884
Apr 20141168095.944.81$4,326
Mar 20141269495.895.06$4,660
Feb 2014171,07697.406.19$8,318
Jan 2014527490.404.86$1,784
Dec 20131055191.824.35$3,318
Nov 2013211,41888.853.74$7,167
Oct 2013402,76597.423.78$14,347
Sep 2013221,564104.113.72$8,105
Aug 2013729104.253.52$832
Jul 201319212,854102.523.72$67,472
Jun 201325118,72894.403.93$97,359
May 201334322,44794.834.15$125,661
Apr 201338224,47793.964.28$140,718
Mar 201346429,79093.623.91$160,004
Feb 2013191,31591.233.42$6,231
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 2012214786.773.42$676
Nov 201213886.953.62$1,159
Oct 201224414,78589.383.40$72,073
Sep 201238023,06194.672.92$103,276
Aug 201242426,25992.662.91$115,653
Jul 201234120,13085.133.02$89,838
Jun 201233920,89979.822.52$79,704
May 201244728,16291.612.49$111,026
Apr 201245530,485101.652.00$107,123
Mar 201246828,599105.052.22$112,713
Feb 201254233,320101.102.57$140,437
Jan 201263638,54698.092.73$167,773
Dec 201133920,29096.873.24$98,573
Nov 20111593495.723.31$4,529
Oct 2011261,74684.983.65$8,580
Sep 2011191,16083.623.99$6,212
Aug 2011433,11783.404.15$16,520
Jul 2011312,36394.144.52$13,593
Jun 2011633792.904.64$2,121
May 20111388698.134.40$5,178
Apr 20110739105.964.33$3,202
Mar 2011044796.364.06$1,814
Feb 2011096085.644.18$4,013
Jan 2011094486.504.59$4,332
Dec 2010028885.734.35$1,252
Nov 201001,90980.843.80$7,245
Oct 20101374178.103.51$3,615
Sep 2010131,16072.633.98$5,560
Aug 2010111,53273.684.42$7,581
Jul 201003572.554.74$166
Jun 201029370.364.91$597
May 2010481,10071.124.24$8,073
Apr 20101179881.694.12$4,189
Mar 201001,45878.394.39$6,399
Feb 201002,66273.585.44$14,488
Jan 201001,46974.365.96$8,761
Dec 200901,14971.445.48$6,301
Nov 200911,46174.593.75$5,556
Oct 20092384972.544.11$5,158
Sep 2009251,80565.543.06$7,170
Aug 2009211,19867.423.22$5,272
Jul 2009472,58861.133.46$11,839
Jun 2009703,57266.163.90$18,544
May 2009652,76954.743.93$14,429
Apr 2009654746.773.59$2,243
Mar 2009445642.144.06$2,019
Feb 2009151,51232.814.63$7,497
Jan 2009232,47535.865.37$14,118
Dec 2008121,57037.105.98$9,829
Nov 2008121,93755.496.86$13,954
Oct 2008304,86075.246.92$35,898
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200801,506114.228.48$12,775
Jul 200802,802131.0811.39$31,913
Jun 200842,930131.3313.03$38,711
May 20081183,977123.1711.57$60,565
Apr 2008753,291110.3110.45$42,680
Mar 200817679101.909.66$8,294
Feb 2008723,32492.538.77$35,816
Jan 2008644,44190.388.21$42,226
Dec 200733,11588.337.30$23,011
Nov 20071263,79291.677.29$39,201
Oct 200703,73382.856.92$25,840
Sep 200704,39275.846.24$27,424
Aug 2007088069.066.39$5,621
Jul 20071040570.906.39$3,296
Jun 2007501,45862.007.55$14,106
May 20071093,29458.747.85$32,248
Apr 20071847,15659.617.81$66,822
Mar 20071826,21856.927.30$55,763
Feb 2007612,04155.108.22$20,130
Jan 2007274,48750.306.73$31,541
Dec 2006335,40056.656.92$39,229
Nov 2006305,90754.207.62$46,622
Oct 2006429,38954.906.01$58,769
Sep 20064510,66860.085.04$56,440
Aug 20065713,45368.717.34$102,660
Jul 200644,17869.376.34$26,778
Jun 200678,65766.286.38$55,729
May 2006910,42066.016.42$67,543
Apr 200677,96464.397.36$59,070
Mar 20061412,90256.707.08$92,178
Feb 20062416,40057.597.75$128,501
Jan 200672723,63060.598.93$255,143
Dec 200590134,07754.9413.42$506,658
Nov 20051,29050,70454.6910.59$607,424
Oct 20051,53461,17258.3413.80$933,408
Sep 20051,88877,33261.4512.08$1,050,111
Aug 20051,80968,67761.519.80$784,089
Jul 20053055.697.84$167
Jun 20051356,52652.337.38$55,233
May 20051908,75445.226.65$66,816
Apr 20051415,89349.207.36$50,313
Mar 20051446,61750.377.15$54,597
Feb 20051335,76745.226.31$42,415
Jan 2005116,20643.166.32$39,710
Dec 2004117,02439.866.75$47,858
Nov 2004126,88345.286.33$44,116
Oct 2004328,85049.706.52$59,249
Sep 20043710,38043.245.28$56,447
Aug 2004349,36542.375.55$53,423
Jul 200409,54238.286.08$58,055
Jun 200408,25036.106.43$53,072
May 200403,85437.486.49$25,030
Apr 2004017,23534.475.86$100,971
Mar 200475,15834.365.53$28,765
Feb 20043526,62232.455.51$147,813
Jan 20042217,65032.036.30$111,893
Dec 20034529,32030.266.30$186,126
Nov 20034730,41028.804.60$141,092
Oct 20033729,70728.174.76$142,437
Sep 20033628,88426.314.75$138,128
Aug 20033629,59729.765.13$152,896
Jul 20034428,59429.415.17$149,149
Jun 200328829,69528.565.98$185,889
May 200325331,42626.595.97$194,425
Apr 200324131,38826.675.41$176,151
Mar 200332237,16831.146.10$236,605
Feb 200336236,44733.487.93$300,994
Jan 200334139,82730.315.58$232,652
Dec 2002011,91826.914.85$57,847
Nov 200202,79624.664.14$11,567
Oct 200202,17026.464.23$9,177
Sep 200201,66127.443.64$6,038
Aug 200201,79525.963.16$5,680
Jul 2002132,31324.583.06$7,401
Jun 2002795423.733.34$3,351
May 200210316,52324.663.58$61,758
Apr 200211320,06123.653.51$73,133
Mar 200212518,57922.003.10$60,395
Feb 200214521,71818.222.38$54,237
Jan 20021924,26217.172.38$57,965
Dec 20011824,41916.932.36$58,041
Nov 20011624,09418.072.41$58,248
Oct 20011724,07319.782.53$61,214
Sep 20011923,18624.262.25$52,660
Aug 20012319,46224.873.05$59,993
Jul 2001027,01323.933.20$86,363
Jun 2001025,88924.563.82$99,004
May 2001027,76125.524.31$119,576
Apr 2001226,05724.685.34$139,072
Mar 2001027,13324.545.38$145,879
Feb 2001025,31427.755.77$145,988
Jan 2001026,35627.478.40$221,358
Dec 2000028,99426.889.12$264,498
Nov 2000028,24732.215.66$159,822
Oct 2000031,28931.235.15$160,998
Sep 2000029,19131.875.19$151,399
Aug 2000031,80929.644.54$144,437
Jul 20002732,42928.534.09$133,397
Jun 20003231,93929.304.40$141,381
May 2000109,65727.263.68$35,808
Apr 20003631,48124.513.12$98,977
Mar 20003931,96728.422.86$92,526
Feb 20003836,87627.622.73$101,592
Jan 200019539,52625.272.48$102,972
Dec 199919338,77424.282.42$98,663
Nov 199919938,64323.192.43$98,671
Oct 199922642,50220.982.80$123,905
Sep 199916137,46821.752.62$101,625
Aug 199915043,43019.262.88$127,776
Jul 199937643,85417.892.37$110,765
Jun 199939242,40215.942.36$106,406
May 199936344,44415.792.32$108,887
Apr 199939541,03715.102.21$96,576
Mar 199948345,10612.471.84$88,943
Feb 199951241,6479.981.82$80,815
Jan 199962646,91010.381.90$95,625
Dec 199861346,3299.201.77$87,796
Nov 199863146,17210.892.19$107,791
Oct 199858949,68612.421.97$105,158
Sep 199854046,22112.592.08$103,059
Aug 199849848,81111.301.91$98,727
Jul 199844049,51411.742.24$115,942
Jun 199846948,24411.242.24$113,206
May 199850151,56812.622.21$120,099
Apr 199854250,31913.042.51$133,133
Mar 199860851,64812.802.31$127,060
Feb 199856047,88713.952.30$117,910
Jan 19981,12159,59814.702.15$144,900
Dec 19971,91964,35216.322.41$186,477
Nov 19971,83560,06018.193.09$218,860
Oct 19971,88364,56019.253.15$239,600
Sep 19971,67261,13617.742.95$210,311
Aug 19971,77156,70817.862.55$176,504
Jul 19971,62777,86717.582.25$203,565
Jun 19971,50182,20017.242.26$211,419
May 19971,43575,68618.972.31$201,943
Apr 199796859,83617.882.08$141,933
Mar 199768752,18718.951.94$114,217
Feb 199788961,10520.492.21$153,007
Jan 19971,51364,33523.483.54$263,252
Dec 19961,61166,86023.32$37,569
Nov 19961,61267,51921.97$35,416
Oct 19961,95475,94323.31$45,548
Sep 19961,58670,72522.22$35,241
Aug 19961,64972,43920.26$33,409
Jul 19961,94569,14419.55$38,025
Jun 19962,31767,84718.73$43,397
May 19961,95062,06419.43$37,889
Apr 19961,50364,93721.51$32,330
Mar 19961,14955,92519.38$22,268
Feb 19962,23168,30816.98$37,882
Jan 199696470,35617.07$16,455
Dec 19951,45091,97317.19$24,926
Nov 19951,370105,24716.00$21,920
Oct 19951,514110,71315.43$23,361
Sep 19951,11998,61816.18$18,105
Aug 19951,05493,28015.92$16,780
Jul 19951,11091,83515.24$16,916
Jun 19951,09682,93216.41$17,985
May 19951,33781,99417.56$23,478
Apr 19951,36174,11917.73$24,131
Mar 199588346,04916.44$14,517
Feb 199599642,86616.58$16,514
Jan 19952,64382,61215.92$42,077
Dec 19941,99076,43015.03$29,910
Nov 19941,93774,70915.90$30,798
Oct 199474449,20515.58$11,592
Sep 19940015.29$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             0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Gas                6,636 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $20,212

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $20,212

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/151468 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.