USA

Operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 561136) in the BOB WEST (L-18, 20, 21, 22) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 161980District 04Field 100412282 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$18.3 M
Dec 1996 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
354
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 95 leases and 95 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1992-08-31
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 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 2008-04-24.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: REMAIN SUSPENDED.

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 Gas111997-05-14136254
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
CondensateDisposition1 bbl$47
GasProduction5,217,705 Mcf$18,255,708
Total$18,255,755

112,146 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 1 month, 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 26.5619, -99.1457. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.56190, -99.14565 · 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
13,500 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 13,500 ft.

Completions filed
Dec 1996
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4273292210513,500 ftDec 1996

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 (354)

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

354 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 202406778.812.20$147
Apr 2024027484.451.66$455
Mar 2024030680.301.55$473
Feb 2024023076.091.78$410
Jan 2024025773.023.30$848
Dec 2023026871.262.61$700
Nov 2023031277.892.81$876
Oct 2023024285.443.09$747
Sep 2023031689.042.74$864
Aug 2023032080.522.67$855
Jul 2023037674.852.64$993
Jun 2023020268.962.26$456
May 2023025970.622.23$577
Apr 2023019378.122.24$432
Mar 2023028772.852.39$687
Feb 2023016675.112.47$409
Jan 2023023076.533.39$779
Dec 2022020776.415.73$1,186
Nov 2022030285.005.65$1,705
Oct 2022036987.185.86$2,164
Sep 2022052184.888.16$4,253
Aug 202201,32594.529.13$12,093
Jul 20220334101.587.54$2,519
Jun 20220299115.097.98$2,385
May 20220345109.378.43$2,909
Apr 20220497104.226.84$3,398
Mar 20220467108.885.08$2,371
Feb 202201,10091.054.86$5,345
Jan 2022031181.844.54$1,411
Dec 2021041071.323.90$1,599
Nov 2021036277.435.24$1,896
Oct 2021030879.795.71$1,760
Sep 2021044769.865.35$2,392
Aug 2021052466.024.22$2,212
Jul 2021046070.783.98$1,832
Jun 2021077969.493.38$2,634
May 2021028363.483.02$854
Apr 2021038760.362.76$1,068
Mar 2021047761.302.72$1,296
Feb 2021051757.805.55$2,868
Jan 202102,02650.412.81$5,694
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 2020034838.772.71$942
Oct 2020051736.972.48$1,281
Sep 2020029537.091.99$587
Aug 2020038839.982.39$925
Jul 2020052538.371.83$958
Jun 2020037634.901.69$636
May 2020088916.921.81$1,613
Apr 2020052114.751.80$940
Mar 2020057530.341.86$1,067
Feb 2020042949.881.98$850
Jan 2020053157.252.09$1,112
Dec 2019065059.012.30$1,498
Nov 2019069055.302.75$1,898
Oct 2019057853.472.42$1,398
Sep 2019057655.052.66$1,531
Aug 2019065053.112.30$1,498
Jul 2019053856.272.46$1,324
Jun 2019056352.782.49$1,403
May 2019056058.482.74$1,535
Apr 2019063262.632.75$1,738
Mar 2019053056.803.06$1,623
Feb 2019068550.852.79$1,913
Jan 2019047946.033.23$1,546
Dec 2018055746.594.19$2,331
Nov 2018045552.934.24$1,928
Oct 2018042761.443.40$1,451
Sep 2018053059.543.11$1,647
Aug 201801,21059.403.07$3,711
Jul 2018050465.142.93$1,478
Jun 2018052360.183.08$1,609
May 2018069665.382.90$2,019
Apr 2018087163.842.90$2,527
Mar 2018097661.222.79$2,720
Feb 2018038061.782.77$1,051
Jan 2018087762.874.01$3,516
Dec 201703,64357.272.92$10,643
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 2017020445.373.00$613
Jul 2017073443.873.09$2,266
Jun 2017077542.493.09$2,393
May 2017064345.373.26$2,098
Apr 2017073147.933.21$2,348
Mar 2017168046.772.98$2,076
Feb 2017068250.452.95$2,014
Jan 201702,23549.413.42$7,641
Dec 2016057148.763.72$2,126
Nov 2016046942.492.64$1,240
Oct 2016044746.193.09$1,381
Sep 201601,08641.553.10$3,367
Aug 2016062041.442.92$1,813
Jul 2016062941.622.92$1,839
Jun 201601,12945.352.69$3,032
May 2016055042.521.99$1,095
Apr 2016055136.561.99$1,097
Mar 2016063333.011.79$1,136
Feb 2016096626.472.06$1,993
Jan 201601,69927.352.36$4,017
Dec 201501,47832.362.00$2,958
Nov 201503,35838.792.17$7,278
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 2015033749.822.71$912
Mar 2015040742.892.93$1,194
Feb 2015044444.662.98$1,321
Jan 2015061343.433.10$1,901
Dec 2014049454.693.59$1,774
Nov 2014072670.464.25$3,087
Oct 201401,89778.303.90$7,400
Sep 201403,56986.164.05$14,438
Aug 201404,06789.394.04$16,411
Jul 201405,65496.564.18$23,631
Jun 201405,10498.164.74$24,177
May 201405,05794.734.73$23,902
Apr 201404,68495.944.81$22,526
Mar 201406,54895.895.06$33,112
Feb 201405,08697.406.19$31,493
Jan 201406,54590.404.86$31,813
Dec 201305,90091.824.35$25,691
Nov 201305,15488.853.74$19,267
Oct 201305,89797.423.78$22,287
Sep 201306,009104.113.72$22,340
Aug 201307,777104.253.52$27,395
Jul 201309,577102.523.72$35,605
Jun 201304,75494.403.93$18,699
May 201305,07394.834.15$21,048
Apr 201305,53193.964.28$23,687
Mar 201307,80393.623.91$30,532
Feb 201302,90891.233.42$9,945
Jan 201301,19191.603.42$4,073
Dec 201207,47086.773.42$25,549
Nov 201201,59986.953.62$5,796
Oct 201205,31389.383.40$18,063
Sep 201204,09694.672.92$11,954
Aug 201205,65992.662.91$16,457
Jul 201205,94485.133.02$17,956
Jun 201208,66279.822.52$21,820
May 201207,16591.612.49$17,829
Apr 201201,597101.652.00$3,189
Mar 201201,631105.052.22$3,624
Feb 201201,826101.102.57$4,693
Jan 201201,84298.092.73$5,036
Dec 201103,13996.873.24$10,170
Nov 201105,14295.723.31$17,027
Oct 201107,97684.983.65$29,101
Sep 201108,09483.623.99$32,261
Aug 2011011,01783.404.15$45,713
Jul 2011011,43894.144.52$51,668
Jun 201105,40992.904.64$25,097
May 201107,95798.134.40$35,049
Apr 201102,737105.964.33$11,860
Mar 201108,68096.364.06$35,218
Feb 201103,63685.644.18$15,198
Jan 2011099686.504.59$4,570
Dec 2010077185.734.35$3,352
Nov 2010054180.843.80$2,053
Oct 201002,05578.103.51$7,211
Sep 201001,97372.633.98$7,851
Aug 201001,60673.684.42$7,097
Jul 201002,01372.554.74$9,535
Jun 201001,89470.364.91$9,300
May 201001,76071.124.24$7,454
Apr 201001,74681.694.12$7,198
Mar 201001,84378.394.39$8,088
Feb 201002,22873.585.44$12,126
Jan 201003,23174.365.96$19,270
Dec 200903,62471.445.48$19,873
Nov 200901,78774.593.75$6,704
Oct 200905,81072.544.11$23,881
Sep 200906,19265.543.06$18,977
Aug 200905,04967.423.22$16,250
Jul 200906,71161.133.46$23,250
Jun 200906,67966.163.90$26,015
May 200907,21854.743.93$28,336
Apr 200905,96346.773.59$21,392
Mar 200907,83042.144.06$31,782
Feb 200907,47332.814.63$34,622
Jan 200908,03835.865.37$43,172
Dec 200807,53937.105.98$45,062
Nov 200807,79055.496.86$53,442
Oct 200808,71575.246.92$60,325
Sep 200809,354101.767.88$73,682
Aug 2008011,369114.228.48$96,443
Jul 200807,367131.0811.39$83,906
Jun 200808,131131.3313.03$105,968
May 200808,948123.1711.57$103,567
Apr 200806,544110.3110.45$68,417
Mar 200808,016101.909.66$77,467
Feb 200808,27192.538.77$72,541
Jan 2008011,07990.388.21$90,911
Dec 200706,25288.337.30$45,652
Nov 200709,06191.677.29$66,070
Oct 200708,37782.856.92$57,985
Sep 200709,25375.846.24$57,777
Aug 2007011,11469.066.39$70,996
Jul 2007010,34070.906.39$66,051
Jun 200704,97262.007.55$37,531
May 200705,37458.747.85$42,166
Apr 200706,91159.617.81$53,942
Mar 200709,97356.927.30$72,823
Feb 200706,80455.108.22$55,902
Jan 200708,70750.306.73$58,571
Dec 200608,28056.656.92$57,285
Nov 200608,09254.207.62$61,641
Oct 200609,41354.906.01$56,608
Sep 200608,10460.085.04$40,821
Aug 200609,89568.717.34$72,629
Jul 200608,94869.376.34$56,755
Jun 2006010,28866.286.38$65,677
May 2006011,02666.016.42$70,842
Apr 2006010,46764.397.36$77,042
Mar 200609,87456.707.08$69,937
Feb 2006010,54357.597.75$81,720
Jan 2006010,17160.598.93$90,861
Dec 2005011,81654.9413.42$158,516
Nov 2005010,35254.6910.59$109,611
Oct 2005010,70758.3413.80$147,711
Sep 200509,78661.4512.08$118,205
Aug 2005010,34461.519.80$101,339
Jul 2005010,76255.697.84$84,413
Jun 200509,93052.337.38$73,294
May 2005010,53545.226.65$70,070
Apr 2005010,86949.207.36$80,001
Mar 2005012,17850.377.15$87,132
Feb 2005012,07945.226.31$76,242
Jan 200508,40143.166.32$53,113
Dec 2004011,71339.866.75$79,075
Nov 2004011,67045.286.33$73,876
Oct 2004012,36449.706.52$80,553
Sep 2004012,09243.245.28$63,893
Aug 2004011,08742.375.55$61,540
Jul 2004012,48038.286.08$75,931
Jun 2004012,70336.106.43$81,719
May 2004013,78637.486.49$89,534
Apr 2004015,42534.475.86$90,367
Mar 2004015,68834.365.53$86,757
Feb 2004014,83132.455.51$81,713
Jan 2004015,32732.036.30$96,555
Dec 2003014,14630.266.30$89,143
Nov 2003013,94128.804.60$64,061
Oct 2003011,71128.174.76$55,740
Sep 2003012,13126.314.75$57,614
Aug 2003015,42929.765.13$79,146
Jul 2003017,20629.415.17$88,969
Jun 2003015,58728.565.98$93,256
May 2003016,13026.595.97$96,339
Apr 2003017,33026.675.41$93,708
Mar 2003014,65631.146.10$89,344
Feb 2003015,90333.487.93$126,045
Jan 2003016,88930.315.58$94,275
Dec 2002018,37026.914.85$89,164
Nov 2002018,56324.664.14$76,794
Oct 2002020,82226.464.23$88,059
Sep 2002021,09127.443.64$76,670
Aug 2002023,90425.963.16$75,636
Jul 2002020,65824.583.06$63,250
Jun 2002018,15923.733.34$60,619
May 2002021,30324.663.58$76,350
Apr 2002016,88523.653.51$59,306
Mar 2002018,80022.003.10$58,331
Feb 2002018,54718.222.38$44,062
Jan 2002019,79817.172.38$47,034
Dec 2001019,40916.932.36$45,891
Nov 2001021,65018.072.41$52,080
Oct 2001024,08419.782.53$60,906
Sep 2001025,28424.262.25$56,922
Aug 2001027,50124.873.05$83,965
Jul 2001028,66723.933.20$91,651
Jun 2001024,08524.563.82$92,105
May 2001023,14925.524.31$99,710
Apr 2001024,98524.685.34$133,303
Mar 2001027,90024.545.38$150,003
Feb 2001027,60427.755.77$159,194
Jan 2001031,03127.478.40$260,622
Dec 2000032,44626.889.12$295,989
Nov 2000033,06132.215.66$187,059
Oct 2000035,02131.235.15$180,201
Sep 2000036,33231.875.19$188,436
Aug 2000037,92129.644.54$172,190
Jul 2000041,25728.534.09$168,731
Jun 2000046,46829.304.40$204,331
May 2000054,95627.263.68$202,224
Apr 2000047,55224.513.12$148,172
Mar 2000036,71228.422.86$104,987
Feb 2000037,69527.622.73$102,775
Jan 2000050,72925.272.48$125,833
Dec 1999056,02324.282.42$135,784
Nov 1999037,85623.192.43$92,141
Oct 1999034,95720.982.80$98,009
Sep 1999035,29521.752.62$92,432
Aug 1999038,79219.262.88$111,550
Jul 1999039,29317.892.37$93,218
Jun 1999039,60615.942.36$93,553
May 1999043,66615.792.32$101,350
Apr 1999046,99315.102.21$103,763
Mar 1999042,28812.471.84$77,739
Feb 1999036,2169.981.82$65,833
Jan 1999046,25510.381.90$87,882
Dec 1998050,1829.201.77$88,989
Nov 1998052,75010.892.19$115,297
Oct 1998050,77812.421.97$99,993
Sep 1998051,61712.592.08$107,499
Aug 1998057,24411.301.91$109,184
Jul 1998060,60111.742.24$135,581
Jun 1998061,14611.242.24$136,800
May 1998064,05312.622.21$141,323
Apr 1998065,30413.042.51$163,608
Mar 1998070,78012.802.31$163,462
Feb 1998066,88413.952.30$153,775
Jan 1998077,17314.702.15$166,292
Dec 1997082,63916.322.41$199,251
Nov 1997086,08818.193.09$265,862
Oct 1997096,49219.253.15$303,932
Sep 1997099,23517.742.95$293,228
Aug 19970115,77417.862.55$295,772
Jul 19970122,40317.582.25$275,032
Jun 19970131,08017.242.26$295,874
May 19970157,27918.972.31$363,079
Apr 19970166,62717.882.08$347,047
Mar 19970194,64018.951.94$377,434
Feb 19970186,60820.492.21$411,639
Jan 19970220,92523.483.54$782,008
Dec 19960112,14623.32$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 2024 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 78.81 =         $0
Gas                   67 Mcf  × $  2.20 =       $147

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $147

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/161980 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.