HOWELL, J.J.

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 151766District 04Field 507006202 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$19.6 M
Sep 1994 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$13 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 Gas111997-09-26133487
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
CondensateDisposition66,899 bbl$2,506,161
GasProduction5,540,369 Mcf$17,094,100
Total$19,600,260

1,651,742 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 28 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 26.5893, -98.4991. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.58927, -98.49914 · 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
10,240 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 10,240 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1994
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-42730882210,240 ftNov 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 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260389.753.15$9
Feb 20260463.503.75$15
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20252062.743.08$125
Aug 20253063.933.01$192
Jul 20252540566.743.32$3,011
Jun 2025611,77466.483.13$9,606
May 2025771,83560.553.23$10,594
Apr 2025541,60962.363.54$9,068
Mar 2025561,73267.704.27$11,184
Feb 2025471,65270.884.34$10,502
Jan 2025481,83774.324.28$11,427
Dec 2024684,35068.993.12$18,269
Nov 2024514,09369.052.20$12,520
Oct 2024553,65571.372.28$12,264
Sep 2024582,15069.612.36$9,121
Aug 2024602,96375.632.06$10,652
Jul 2024554,83679.932.15$14,777
Jun 2024473,48778.082.63$12,854
May 2024372,17978.812.20$7,706
Apr 2024442,19384.451.66$7,354
Mar 2024532,32180.301.55$7,842
Feb 2024454,90076.091.78$12,164
Jan 2024545,65173.023.30$22,578
Dec 2023365,39871.262.61$16,658
Nov 2023353,12477.892.81$11,497
Oct 2023343,06485.443.09$12,364
Sep 2023323,41089.042.74$12,176
Aug 2023375,33080.522.67$17,226
Jul 2023423,93774.852.64$13,544
Jun 2023533,95668.962.26$12,589
May 2023534,89570.622.23$14,646
Apr 2023525,26978.122.24$15,853
Mar 2023534,68072.852.39$15,061
Feb 2023524,79875.112.47$15,736
Jan 2023735,55376.533.39$24,399
Dec 2022625,28476.415.73$35,010
Nov 2022565,45385.005.65$35,549
Oct 2022865,73387.185.86$41,114
Sep 2022615,74384.888.16$52,062
Aug 2022576,28594.529.13$62,752
Jul 2022642,799101.587.54$27,611
Jun 2022615,620115.097.98$51,852
May 2022835,604109.378.43$56,336
Apr 2022955,867104.226.84$50,017
Mar 20221046,578108.885.08$44,716
Feb 2022865,88491.054.86$36,420
Jan 2022996,67481.844.54$38,387
Dec 20211056,67071.323.90$33,496
Nov 2021854,87677.435.24$32,116
Oct 2021166,58479.795.71$38,897
Sep 202107,31069.865.35$39,115
Aug 202107,86366.024.22$33,187
Jul 202107,04270.783.98$28,042
Jun 202106,51369.493.38$22,018
May 202107,12263.483.02$21,492
Apr 202104,54660.362.76$12,540
Mar 202107,37061.302.72$20,024
Feb 202104,88957.805.55$27,124
Jan 202104,76150.412.81$13,380
Dec 202007,90044.642.68$21,136
Nov 202006,90038.772.71$18,675
Oct 202008,48136.972.48$21,020
Sep 202008,64237.091.99$17,207
Aug 202007,06539.982.39$16,851
Jul 202006,14638.371.83$11,217
Jun 202006,09334.901.69$10,299
May 202005,26116.921.81$9,547
Apr 202008,92414.751.80$16,102
Mar 202009,31230.341.86$17,285
Feb 202008,04249.881.98$15,929
Jan 202009,67857.252.09$20,273
Dec 201907,91059.012.30$18,227
Nov 201908,49355.302.75$23,362
Oct 201906,19053.472.42$14,971
Sep 201902,87355.052.66$7,634
Aug 201901,36053.112.30$3,134
Jul 201901,38356.272.46$3,402
Jun 201901,37452.782.49$3,423
May 201901,39258.482.74$3,815
Apr 201901,38062.632.75$3,796
Mar 201901,46656.803.06$4,489
Feb 201901,32450.852.79$3,697
Jan 201901,41846.033.23$4,578
Dec 201801,41146.594.19$5,906
Nov 201801,30752.934.24$5,538
Oct 201801,35861.443.40$4,615
Sep 201801,16959.543.11$3,633
Aug 201801,35159.403.07$4,143
Jul 201801,35265.142.93$3,964
Jun 201801,39060.183.08$4,277
May 201801,65265.382.90$4,792
Apr 201801,45763.842.90$4,226
Mar 201801,70061.222.79$4,738
Feb 201801,67661.782.77$4,636
Jan 201801,59562.874.01$6,395
Dec 201702,26557.272.92$6,617
Nov 201723,58455.423.12$11,287
Oct 2017263,15649.292.98$10,698
Sep 2017364,19647.523.09$14,665
Aug 2017292,57545.373.00$9,052
Jul 2017374,37043.873.09$15,115
Jun 2017333,21842.493.09$11,337
May 2017383,76445.373.26$14,008
Apr 2017274,35147.933.21$15,268
Mar 2017112,42346.772.98$7,744
Feb 2017184,25650.452.95$13,474
Jan 2017233,43349.413.42$12,873
Dec 2016203,65948.763.72$14,597
Nov 201603,54142.492.64$9,364
Oct 201603,90146.193.09$12,055
Sep 201602,94541.553.10$9,131
Aug 201605,93741.442.92$17,362
Jul 201605,14841.622.92$15,055
Jun 201604,53645.352.69$12,183
May 201604,42742.521.99$8,814
Apr 201604,75136.561.99$9,459
Mar 201604,80433.011.79$8,618
Feb 201604,81526.472.06$9,936
Jan 201604,57127.352.36$10,807
Dec 201504,31332.362.00$8,632
Nov 201504,12438.792.17$8,938
Oct 201543,92143.552.43$9,689
Sep 2015443,83542.992.76$12,470
Aug 2015736,05540.162.87$20,325
Jul 2015493,83448.152.95$13,651
Jun 2015653,96556.152.88$15,080
May 2015644,14955.212.96$15,796
Apr 2015754,82549.822.71$16,796
Mar 20151036,32542.892.93$22,980
Feb 20151247,68344.662.98$28,404
Jan 20151398,57243.433.10$32,615
Dec 2014965,75854.693.59$25,929
Nov 2014603,72070.464.25$20,044
Oct 20141066,47778.303.90$33,566
Sep 201417010,95386.164.05$58,957
Aug 201417910,90689.394.04$60,008
Jul 20141178,16196.564.18$45,407
Jun 20141349,75098.164.74$59,338
May 2014724,34494.734.73$27,353
Apr 20141257,52395.944.81$48,172
Mar 20141589,44695.895.06$62,917
Feb 20141539,08197.406.19$71,132
Jan 20141569,14190.404.86$58,534
Dec 20131689,73091.824.35$57,795
Nov 20131238,51488.853.74$42,756
Oct 201315610,30097.423.78$54,125
Sep 201314910,318104.113.72$53,872
Aug 201315610,926104.253.52$54,751
Jul 201315310,443102.523.72$54,510
Jun 201314510,94594.403.93$56,739
May 201315810,39094.834.15$58,092
Apr 201316110,38293.964.28$59,589
Mar 201316810,33293.623.91$56,156
Feb 201315810,08991.233.42$48,918
Jan 201318710,90291.603.42$54,413
Dec 201219011,19786.773.42$54,782
Nov 201220011,62686.953.62$59,534
Oct 20121438,81089.383.40$42,733
Sep 201217710,81294.672.92$48,310
Aug 201218311,30592.662.91$49,834
Jul 20121518,90885.133.02$39,764
Jun 20121458,99079.822.52$34,220
May 201216110,14791.612.49$39,998
Apr 201215910,672101.652.00$37,472
Mar 20121529,309105.052.22$36,653
Feb 201216810,362101.102.57$43,618
Jan 201218310,91898.092.73$47,801
Dec 20111689,68896.873.24$47,661
Nov 20111509,54695.723.31$45,967
Oct 201116810,88184.983.65$53,976
Sep 201116511,26383.623.99$58,689
Aug 201115711,21883.404.15$59,641
Jul 201116111,71494.144.52$68,071
Jun 201116510,64592.904.64$64,720
May 201118111,91498.134.40$70,241
Apr 201121818,644105.964.33$103,889
Mar 201124412,54696.364.06$74,415
Feb 201127011,52585.644.18$71,297
Jan 201126712,58386.504.59$80,836
Dec 201027711,34985.734.35$73,090
Nov 201030415,60580.843.80$83,801
Oct 201025316,45178.103.51$77,484
Sep 201014511,80672.633.98$57,513
Aug 201020019,81373.684.42$102,297
Jul 201018017,19972.554.74$94,522
Jun 201020718,44770.364.91$105,147
May 201023919,42171.124.24$99,250
Apr 201025817,76681.694.12$94,320
Mar 201032315,29878.394.39$92,458
Feb 201026014,59473.585.44$98,557
Jan 201028615,39274.365.96$113,066
Dec 200928415,88871.445.48$107,415
Nov 200924916,62674.593.75$80,945
Oct 2009010,60672.544.11$43,593
Sep 2009011,54865.543.06$35,392
Aug 2009013,67267.423.22$44,003
Jul 2009012,73961.133.46$44,134
Jun 2009012,78766.163.90$49,805
May 2009013,46354.743.93$52,852
Apr 2009612,12246.773.59$43,768
Mar 200948,55442.144.06$34,889
Feb 2009510,27532.814.63$47,768
Jan 2009510,27135.865.37$55,345
Dec 2008412,00337.105.98$71,892
Nov 200838,97455.496.86$61,731
Oct 200839,50975.246.92$66,047
Sep 2008257,292101.767.88$59,984
Aug 2008204,413114.228.48$39,720
Jul 2008233,680131.0811.39$44,928
Jun 2008376,064131.3313.03$83,889
May 20089510,006123.1711.57$127,514
Apr 20088811,835110.3110.45$133,441
Mar 200810113,747101.909.66$143,144
Feb 20089113,26692.538.77$124,771
Jan 20086413,51390.388.21$116,668
Dec 200710114,49588.337.30$114,763
Nov 200713612,68891.677.29$104,984
Oct 20077414,87582.856.92$109,095
Sep 20071214,15475.846.24$89,290
Aug 20071616,37069.066.39$105,676
Jul 20076511,68170.906.39$79,226
Jun 200712816,29062.007.55$130,900
May 200712616,59458.747.85$137,602
Apr 20078213,30459.617.81$108,728
Mar 200710915,53856.927.30$119,662
Feb 200710414,17955.108.22$122,225
Jan 200738415,87850.306.73$126,124
Dec 200635813,99156.656.92$117,077
Nov 200633715,51154.207.62$136,420
Oct 200630516,54654.906.01$116,249
Sep 200622712,73560.085.04$77,787
Aug 20061347,53868.717.34$64,535
Jul 200612415,92469.376.34$109,604
Jun 200612216,12466.286.38$111,020
May 200613516,51466.016.42$115,014
Apr 200613816,14864.397.36$127,743
Mar 200615916,57556.707.08$126,415
Feb 200614715,89857.597.75$131,693
Jan 200615716,56860.598.93$157,520
Dec 200513917,19554.9413.42$238,314
Nov 200511614,89354.6910.59$164,037
Oct 200513818,09058.3413.80$257,616
Sep 200512416,67361.4512.08$209,013
Aug 200514217,36961.519.80$178,896
Jul 20056317,54155.697.84$141,094
Jun 20057118,64752.337.38$141,350
May 20059121,76545.226.65$148,878
Apr 200510322,49549.207.36$170,642
Mar 20058720,93250.377.15$154,148
Feb 20057115,98045.226.31$104,075
Jan 20056619,49043.166.32$126,068
Dec 20044815,65539.866.75$107,601
Nov 20046018,66845.286.33$120,893
Oct 20045314,23349.706.52$95,364
Sep 2004519,90043.245.28$54,516
Aug 20044411,13342.375.55$63,660
Jul 20043911,44238.286.08$71,108
Jun 20044212,73236.106.43$83,421
May 200417318,16037.486.49$124,426
Apr 200419118,35934.475.86$114,139
Mar 200425712,92234.365.53$80,291
Feb 200423211,30032.455.51$69,787
Jan 200434813,34532.036.30$95,215
Dec 200340115,75030.266.30$111,385
Nov 20032269,11528.804.60$48,394
Oct 20031778,55028.174.76$45,681
Sep 20031487,25626.314.75$38,355
Aug 20031829,72129.765.13$55,282
Jul 200321911,62329.415.17$66,541
Jun 200319514,21528.565.98$90,617
May 200320518,05326.595.97$113,276
Apr 200314813,51726.675.41$77,037
Mar 200317514,57231.146.10$94,281
Feb 200385,24333.487.93$41,823
Jan 2003319,01330.315.58$51,251
Dec 200293,39026.914.85$16,696
Nov 2002176,23524.664.14$26,213
Oct 2002124,64326.464.23$19,953
Sep 2002144,68927.443.64$17,430
Aug 2002184,52525.963.16$14,785
Jul 20026612,78624.583.06$40,770
Jun 20027614,11723.733.34$48,929
May 200211019,81624.663.58$73,733
Apr 20029216,04823.653.51$58,542
Mar 200214221,38022.003.10$69,460
Feb 200215822,75818.222.38$56,944
Jan 200221724,57817.172.38$62,115
Dec 200120225,08716.932.36$62,736
Nov 200118624,03218.072.41$61,170
Oct 200119824,36819.782.53$65,540
Sep 200121222,17424.262.25$55,064
Aug 200122121,85324.873.05$72,217
Jul 200122419,30423.933.20$67,077
Jun 200119016,17824.563.82$66,534
May 200122017,36025.524.31$80,389
Apr 200125318,04624.685.34$102,525
Mar 200128420,02924.545.38$114,654
Feb 200120414,90027.755.77$91,590
Jan 200125922,75827.478.40$198,254
Dec 200033027,03426.889.12$255,488
Nov 200068722,89332.215.66$151,657
Oct 200083120,58031.235.15$131,847
Sep 2000021,19931.875.19$109,949
Aug 2000725,83029.644.54$117,495
Jul 200087726,63528.534.09$133,951
Jun 200020222,93729.304.40$106,778
May 2000768,74727.263.68$34,259
Apr 200016915,35824.513.12$51,998
Mar 200020018,48628.422.86$58,549
Feb 200018821,69027.622.73$64,330
Jan 200017123,90525.272.48$63,618
Dec 199916722,77924.282.42$59,265
Nov 199918324,11223.192.43$62,932
Oct 199921327,64020.982.80$81,963
Sep 199910817,24821.752.62$47,519
Aug 1999519,33419.262.88$27,823
Jul 19995310,58317.892.37$26,055
Jun 19995210,49215.942.36$25,612
May 19996213,45215.792.32$32,201
Apr 19996212,01515.102.21$27,466
Mar 19999015,81812.471.84$30,201
Feb 199910114,8239.981.82$27,953
Jan 199917721,51310.381.90$42,711
Dec 199817922,1159.201.77$40,864
Nov 199815818,67210.892.19$42,532
Oct 199817323,67712.421.97$48,774
Sep 199819026,68812.592.08$57,973
Aug 199817227,49411.301.91$54,384
Jul 199818327,11411.742.24$62,810
Jun 199819426,14911.242.24$60,683
May 199821328,54812.622.21$65,675
Apr 199822927,68313.042.51$72,341
Mar 199825228,11612.802.31$68,158
Feb 199822225,22013.952.30$61,081
Jan 199825427,82914.702.15$63,699
Dec 199743027,63416.322.41$73,646
Nov 199741228,17918.193.09$94,518
Oct 199743030,33819.253.15$103,837
Sep 199741530,19717.742.95$96,591
Aug 199744128,96217.862.55$81,867
Jul 199739034,35717.582.25$84,054
Jun 199727727,82217.242.26$67,575
May 199729728,33918.972.31$71,055
Apr 199725328,39817.882.08$63,670
Mar 199715120,99018.951.94$43,564
Feb 199722928,47820.492.21$67,512
Jan 199741135,29323.483.54$134,577
Dec 199647840,00023.32$11,147
Nov 199647940,61921.97$10,524
Oct 199652941,20123.31$12,331
Sep 199647542,39922.22$10,555
Aug 199651745,72920.26$10,474
Jul 199644344,67019.55$8,661
Jun 199654745,54418.73$10,245
May 199652046,91619.43$10,104
Apr 199642551,74721.51$9,142
Mar 199639054,15019.38$7,558
Feb 199651744,59116.98$8,779
Jan 199658057,66617.07$9,901
Dec 199570660,49317.19$12,136
Nov 199558159,99716.00$9,296
Oct 199570669,70715.43$10,894
Sep 199559570,61416.18$9,627
Aug 199556666,27915.92$9,011
Jul 19951,31569,25915.24$20,041
Jun 19951,47069,98216.41$24,123
May 19952,00476,76217.56$35,190
Apr 19952,00868,48117.73$35,602
Mar 19952,28269,94916.44$37,516
Feb 19952,20670,78716.58$36,575
Jan 19952,04788,90515.92$32,588
Dec 19942,974100,44115.03$44,699
Nov 19941,14697,37715.90$18,221
Oct 199484928,67515.58$13,227
Sep 199431928,80215.29$4,878

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.

Mar 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 89.75 =         $0
Gas                    3 Mcf  × $  3.15 =         $9

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                       $9

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/151766 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.