COATES "E" GAS UNIT

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

Gas lease lease 156565District 04Field 460914502 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$22.0 M
Nov 1995 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$84 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
367
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 32 leases and 32 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1995-11-12
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1998-06-05.

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 Gas111996-06-20134679
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
CondensateDisposition102,076 bbl$2,315,912
GasProduction11,965,762 Mcf$19,637,091
Total$21,953,004

6,169,898 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 14 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 26.4283, -98.4177. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.42834, -98.41773 · 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
14,600 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 14,600 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1995
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21532257114,600 ftNov 1995

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 (367)

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

367 months

May 202681,868106.413.05$6,541
Apr 20261892,04098.932.87$24,552
Mar 202642,29289.753.15$7,578
Feb 202642,21363.503.75$8,553
Jan 202672,31459.138.00$18,921
Dec 2025691056.664.41$4,356
Nov 2025473058.593.93$3,101
Oct 2025275959.383.30$2,627
Sep 2025264662.743.08$2,113
Aug 2025167463.933.01$2,096
Jul 2025269866.743.32$2,447
Jun 2025146766.483.13$1,528
May 2025163260.553.23$2,103
Apr 2025236962.363.54$1,432
Mar 2025252367.704.27$2,368
Feb 2025341670.884.34$2,018
Jan 2025348574.324.28$2,298
Dec 2024359668.993.12$2,067
Nov 2024135369.052.20$845
Oct 2024441071.372.28$1,221
Sep 2024152169.612.36$1,301
Aug 2024331575.632.06$877
Jul 2024335279.932.15$995
Jun 2024329678.082.63$1,014
May 2024630578.812.20$1,143
Apr 2024332084.451.66$784
Mar 2024334180.301.55$768
Feb 2024332776.091.78$812
Jan 2024660973.023.30$2,446
Dec 2023675371.262.61$2,393
Nov 202362,32077.892.81$6,981
Oct 202362,52685.443.09$8,311
Sep 202382,46489.042.74$7,451
Aug 202362,83280.522.67$8,053
Jul 2023102,59774.852.64$7,609
Jun 202342,67268.962.26$6,311
May 202363,06370.622.23$7,246
Apr 202372,79378.122.24$6,797
Mar 202331,63372.852.39$4,127
Feb 202342,27575.112.47$5,910
Jan 2023488676.533.39$3,308
Dec 2022238476.415.73$2,353
Nov 2022223185.005.65$1,474
Oct 2022474187.185.86$4,694
Sep 2022632184.888.16$3,130
Aug 2022539494.529.13$4,069
Jul 202221,167101.587.54$9,005
Jun 202257115.097.98$631
May 2022111,618109.378.43$14,848
Apr 2022142,553104.226.84$18,915
Mar 202292,031108.885.08$11,290
Feb 2022131,81991.054.86$10,022
Jan 2022122,23381.844.54$11,115
Dec 2021132,00371.323.90$8,737
Nov 202192,14277.435.24$11,914
Oct 2021101,96779.795.71$12,037
Sep 2021102,07769.865.35$11,812
Aug 2021142,47666.024.22$11,374
Jul 2021141,78070.783.98$8,079
Jun 202191,69769.493.38$6,362
May 202182,56763.483.02$8,254
Apr 2021112,18460.362.76$6,688
Mar 202162,27261.302.72$6,541
Feb 2021131,92357.805.55$11,420
Jan 2021172,25550.412.81$7,194
Dec 2020112,44544.642.68$7,033
Nov 202061,73638.772.71$4,931
Oct 202021736.972.48$116
Sep 2020610837.091.99$438
Aug 2020413339.982.39$477
Jul 2020742738.371.83$1,048
Jun 2020724134.901.69$652
May 2020421216.921.81$452
Apr 2020754814.751.80$1,092
Mar 202041,52030.341.86$2,943
Feb 202091,74549.881.98$3,905
Jan 202041,81857.252.09$4,037
Dec 2019692559.012.30$2,486
Nov 2019782555.302.75$2,656
Oct 201961,67253.472.42$4,365
Sep 201931,41455.052.66$3,923
Aug 20191961,59553.112.30$14,085
Jul 201991,77556.272.46$4,873
Jun 201991,81752.782.49$5,002
May 2019102,04858.482.74$6,197
Apr 201982,01762.632.75$6,049
Mar 201991,18056.803.06$4,124
Feb 201951,43350.852.79$4,256
Jan 201991,49946.033.23$5,253
Dec 201881,47246.594.19$6,534
Nov 2018101,58952.934.24$7,262
Oct 201851,78261.443.40$6,363
Sep 201841,18659.543.11$3,924
Aug 201862,33859.403.07$7,526
Jul 201841,99765.142.93$6,116
Jun 201891,68960.183.08$5,739
May 201862,29765.382.90$7,055
Apr 201862,06563.842.90$6,373
Mar 201861,83961.222.79$5,492
Feb 201851,69361.782.77$4,992
Jan 201881,30962.874.01$5,751
Dec 2017911,74757.272.92$10,315
Nov 201731,41855.423.12$4,588
Oct 201712,13949.292.98$6,431
Sep 201712,42047.523.09$7,519
Aug 201782,69345.373.00$8,454
Jul 201732,41443.873.09$7,584
Jun 201732,90442.493.09$9,093
May 201782,84045.373.26$9,631
Apr 201752,60447.933.21$8,603
Mar 20171202,55846.772.98$13,245
Feb 201772,47850.452.95$7,670
Jan 201772,52949.413.42$8,992
Dec 201662,51148.763.72$9,641
Nov 201642,46542.492.64$6,688
Oct 201632,61046.193.09$8,204
Sep 201632,81841.553.10$8,862
Aug 201621,91641.442.92$5,686
Jul 201612,29141.622.92$6,741
Jun 201632,95845.352.69$8,081
May 201633,27542.521.99$6,648
Apr 201623,29336.561.99$6,630
Mar 20161443,40733.011.79$10,866
Feb 201653,21926.472.06$6,775
Jan 201622,77327.352.36$6,611
Dec 201533,31832.362.00$6,738
Nov 201503,81138.792.17$8,260
Oct 20150543.552.43$12
Sep 2015038342.992.76$1,056
Aug 201501,23740.162.87$3,553
Jul 20159288548.152.95$7,036
Jun 201523,49456.152.88$10,185
May 201522,17855.212.96$6,547
Apr 201522,16049.822.71$5,946
Mar 201532,86942.892.93$8,548
Feb 20151971,67244.662.98$13,774
Jan 201512,97043.433.10$9,252
Dec 201413,24154.693.59$11,694
Nov 201413,00570.464.25$12,847
Oct 201413,01478.303.90$11,836
Sep 201423,31186.164.05$13,567
Aug 201413,36889.394.04$13,680
Jul 201412,81496.564.18$11,858
Jun 201412,50398.164.74$11,955
May 201403,08994.734.73$14,600
Apr 20141933,28095.944.81$34,290
Mar 201413,45495.895.06$17,562
Feb 201412,78697.406.19$17,348
Jan 201412,99090.404.86$14,624
Dec 201302,79691.824.35$12,175
Nov 201303,06388.853.74$11,450
Oct 201323,41497.423.78$13,098
Sep 201313,518104.113.72$13,183
Aug 20131783,645104.253.52$31,396
Jul 201313,564102.523.72$13,353
Jun 201312,96294.403.93$11,745
May 201313,55394.834.15$14,837
Apr 201313,38993.964.28$14,608
Mar 201303,15393.623.91$12,337
Feb 201313,34391.233.42$11,524
Jan 201383,27391.603.42$11,926
Dec 201243,44386.773.42$12,123
Nov 201242,96486.953.62$11,092
Oct 20121213,31389.383.40$22,078
Sep 201213,35294.672.92$9,877
Aug 201204,04492.662.91$11,761
Jul 2012454,05885.133.02$16,089
Jun 201253,47479.822.52$9,150
May 201204,45091.612.49$11,073
Apr 20121554,440101.652.00$24,622
Mar 201244,628105.052.22$10,704
Feb 201284,092101.102.57$11,326
Jan 201264,12098.092.73$11,853
Dec 201174,30196.873.24$14,612
Nov 201143,87795.723.31$13,221
Oct 201143,57584.983.65$13,383
Sep 201133,91483.623.99$15,851
Aug 201124,18683.404.15$17,536
Jul 201113,79194.144.52$17,219
Jun 201123,84092.904.64$18,003
May 20111684,73998.134.40$37,360
Apr 201124,163105.964.33$18,251
Mar 201124,51996.364.06$18,528
Feb 201123,21485.644.18$13,606
Jan 201103,96686.504.59$18,199
Dec 201024,42585.734.35$19,410
Nov 201014,49580.843.80$17,141
Oct 201034,58778.103.51$16,330
Sep 20101914,53972.633.98$31,935
Aug 201024,74273.684.42$21,104
Jul 201024,90872.554.74$23,392
Jun 201024,79570.364.91$23,686
May 201015,06471.124.24$21,518
Apr 201014,67081.694.12$19,335
Mar 201024,99878.394.39$22,091
Feb 201014,39473.585.44$23,987
Jan 20101825,14874.365.96$44,237
Dec 200935,08271.445.48$28,083
Nov 200934,88674.593.75$18,554
Oct 200935,08672.544.11$21,122
Sep 200904,74265.543.06$14,533
Aug 200915,19967.423.22$16,800
Jul 200935,27861.133.46$18,469
Jun 200915,28966.163.90$20,667
May 200945,38954.743.93$21,375
Apr 200955,46546.773.59$19,840
Mar 20091945,94742.144.06$32,314
Feb 200944,80632.814.63$22,397
Jan 200925,47035.865.37$29,451
Dec 200815,02737.105.98$30,084
Nov 200815,16055.496.86$35,455
Oct 200815,42575.246.92$37,627
Sep 200815,062101.767.88$39,976
Aug 200815,730114.228.48$48,722
Jul 20081805,852131.0811.39$90,245
Jun 200825,286131.3313.03$69,153
May 2008112,102123.1711.57$140,195
Apr 200816,125110.3110.45$64,146
Mar 20081706,189101.909.66$77,134
Feb 200805,24392.538.77$45,984
Jan 200806,28590.388.21$51,573
Dec 200706,03988.337.30$44,097
Nov 20071796,69191.677.29$65,198
Oct 200707,61382.856.92$52,697
Sep 20071927,48175.846.24$61,274
Aug 200707,94869.066.39$50,771
Jul 200708,03170.906.39$51,302
Jun 200707,23762.007.55$54,628
May 20071978,42458.747.85$77,669
Apr 200708,40859.617.81$65,626
Mar 200707,73256.927.30$56,459
Feb 20071867,90955.108.22$75,229
Jan 200709,14850.306.73$61,537
Dec 200608,53856.656.92$59,070
Nov 20061868,11754.207.62$71,912
Oct 200608,54454.906.01$51,382
Sep 200608,10260.085.04$40,811
Aug 200609,47068.717.34$69,509
Jul 200608,60669.376.34$54,586
Jun 200609,28966.286.38$59,300
May 200609,42566.016.42$60,556
Apr 20061529,37064.397.36$78,755
Mar 200609,73356.707.08$68,938
Feb 200608,48057.597.75$65,730
Jan 20061909,36560.598.93$95,173
Dec 200509,45754.9413.42$126,869
Nov 20051979,28254.6910.59$109,055
Oct 200509,75758.3413.80$134,605
Sep 200509,62061.4512.08$116,200
Aug 200519310,36061.519.80$113,367
Jul 2005010,42155.697.84$81,739
Jun 200518910,22352.337.38$85,347
May 2005010,74445.226.65$71,460
Apr 200518110,14749.207.36$83,592
Mar 200509,73950.377.15$69,681
Feb 200508,43745.226.31$53,254
Jan 20051679,40243.166.32$66,649
Dec 20041999,99339.866.75$75,396
Nov 200408,17745.286.33$51,764
Oct 200419610,84549.706.52$80,397
Sep 2004011,53143.245.28$60,929
Aug 2004011,83142.375.55$65,670
Jul 200419412,30138.286.08$82,268
Jun 2004012,49436.106.43$80,374
May 2004013,43237.486.49$87,235
Apr 200419412,77134.475.86$81,506
Mar 200419511,54734.365.53$70,557
Feb 200409,66832.455.51$53,267
Jan 200420312,79632.036.30$87,112
Dec 200309,26430.266.30$58,378
Nov 200309,45128.804.60$43,429
Oct 200319014,23428.174.76$73,101
Sep 2003010,82226.314.75$51,398
Aug 200318712,33529.765.13$68,840
Jul 2003214,80629.415.17$76,618
Jun 200318814,55228.565.98$92,433
May 2003015,15526.595.97$90,516
Apr 200318814,74526.675.41$84,744
Mar 200318915,87931.146.10$102,684
Feb 2003014,60633.487.93$115,765
Jan 200319715,38030.315.58$91,823
Dec 200219116,51926.914.85$85,319
Nov 200218216,52024.664.14$72,831
Oct 2002017,30726.464.23$73,193
Sep 200219017,23127.443.64$67,852
Aug 200218618,09525.963.16$62,084
Jul 200218818,35724.583.06$60,826
Jun 200218718,09923.733.34$64,856
May 200219719,32724.663.58$74,126
Apr 200219618,95023.653.51$71,194
Mar 200219020,04422.003.10$66,371
Feb 200218617,87918.222.38$45,864
Jan 200218721,29017.172.38$53,789
Dec 200118421,96516.932.36$55,049
Nov 200118822,12918.072.41$56,629
Oct 200118623,95519.782.53$64,258
Sep 200119423,83424.262.25$58,364
Aug 200136725,25124.873.05$86,223
Jul 200118426,36823.933.20$88,704
Jun 200118226,77224.563.82$106,850
May 200119028,60725.524.31$128,068
Apr 200118228,03424.685.34$154,062
Mar 200118630,06824.545.38$166,223
Feb 2001028,45227.755.77$164,085
Jan 200138033,00727.478.40$287,656
Dec 200018933,85626.889.12$313,932
Nov 200038834,76932.215.66$209,220
Oct 200037937,26831.235.15$203,599
Sep 200036538,54531.875.19$211,546
Aug 200037541,21429.644.54$198,257
Jul 200056343,89128.534.09$195,566
Jun 200037644,24229.304.40$205,560
May 200079154,38727.263.68$221,693
Apr 200055352,97524.513.12$178,624
Mar 200037458,82928.422.86$178,865
Feb 200038754,40827.622.73$159,032
Jan 200076662,92625.272.48$175,445
Dec 199958368,88224.282.42$181,106
Nov 199956565,71723.192.43$173,057
Oct 199978873,84720.982.80$223,578
Sep 19991,635114,41521.752.62$335,197
Aug 199969368,84819.262.88$211,326
Jul 199936739,83017.892.37$101,057
Jun 199936343,18415.942.36$107,791
May 199937044,57415.792.32$109,299
Apr 199935248,56515.102.21$112,549
Mar 199954856,66112.471.84$110,995
Feb 199937154,1749.981.82$102,180
Jan 199936547,82210.381.90$94,648
Dec 199851239,4169.201.77$74,608
Nov 199874844,60210.892.19$105,633
Oct 199854151,64712.421.97$108,423
Sep 199820123,13312.592.08$50,708
Aug 199818044,96911.301.91$87,806
Jul 199887051,33211.742.24$125,057
Jun 199872656,12411.242.24$133,725
May 199855061,02212.622.21$141,576
Apr 199871963,41513.042.51$168,251
Mar 199872571,60912.802.31$174,657
Feb 199889668,74113.952.30$170,544
Jan 19981,06880,23014.702.15$188,578
Dec 199790483,61016.322.41$216,345
Nov 19971,06488,02418.193.09$291,195
Oct 19971,08888,37719.253.15$299,316
Sep 19971,23797,88717.742.95$311,189
Aug 199790882,71517.862.55$227,532
Jul 19971,793194,09117.582.25$467,632
Jun 19972,008204,18617.242.26$495,507
May 19972,096229,29318.972.31$569,084
Apr 19972,343232,68717.882.08$526,529
Mar 19972,696256,44318.951.94$548,368
Feb 19972,368252,47120.492.21$605,446
Jan 19972,892302,06123.483.54$1,137,109
Dec 19963,022334,88423.32$70,473
Nov 19962,776332,36121.97$60,989
Oct 19963,028400,96323.31$70,583
Sep 19963,238402,90322.22$71,948
Aug 19963,120467,29420.26$63,211
Jul 19963,846536,39519.55$75,189
Jun 19963,219469,19718.73$60,292
May 19962,688335,69319.43$52,228
Apr 19962,729346,64421.51$58,701
Mar 19963,801477,32519.38$73,663
Feb 19964,153543,58516.98$70,518
Jan 19965,044593,88317.07$86,101
Dec 19954,728590,41017.19$81,274
Nov 19952,360338,36116.00$37,760

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             8 bbl  × $106.41 =       $851
Gas                1,868 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $5,690

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Month total                                   $6,541

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/156565 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.