COASTAL-FEE

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

Gas lease lease 162138District 04Field 460945002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$23.8 M
Nov 1996 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$296 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
355
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 19 leases and 19 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1983-05-20
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1999-10-05.

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 Gas111997-08-18136695
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
CondensateDisposition194,333 bbl$5,777,390
GasProduction5,302,343 Mcf$17,982,679
Total$23,760,068

497,365 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 2 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 26.3949, -98.4470. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.39489, -98.44701 · 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
14,164 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 14,164 ft.

Completions filed
Sep 2004
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21532318114,164 ftSep 2004

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 (355)

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

355 months

May 2026146,285106.413.05$20,633
Apr 20261885,68398.932.87$34,907
Mar 202656,18189.753.15$19,915
Feb 202655,73063.503.75$21,807
Jan 20261936,35859.138.00$62,263
Dec 202575,55256.664.41$24,900
Nov 202554,65458.593.93$18,567
Oct 20251874,46959.383.30$25,873
Sep 2025103,02562.743.08$9,935
Aug 20251893,94063.933.01$23,961
Jul 20251883,97566.743.32$25,725
Jun 202522,21666.483.13$7,066
May 202523,74860.553.23$12,236
Apr 202554,93462.363.54$17,794
Mar 20251705,47167.704.27$34,861
Feb 202574,31670.884.34$19,231
Jan 20251964,80074.324.28$35,104
Dec 20241865,06268.993.12$28,633
Nov 202444,93069.052.20$11,115
Oct 202475,27671.372.28$12,536
Sep 20241832,65869.612.36$19,023
Aug 202463,35175.632.06$7,369
Jul 202464,00179.932.15$9,068
Jun 20241723,85078.082.63$23,571
May 2024103,82478.812.20$9,195
Apr 2024124,29784.451.66$8,143
Mar 202464,13980.301.55$6,877
Feb 202463,75876.091.78$7,159
Jan 2024134,39373.023.30$15,436
Dec 202364,79171.262.61$12,936
Nov 202364,65777.892.81$13,542
Oct 202364,80085.443.09$15,332
Sep 2023124,60589.042.74$13,663
Aug 20231935,15380.522.67$29,314
Jul 2023124,87474.852.64$13,774
Jun 202344,15068.962.26$9,649
May 2023122,91070.622.23$7,329
Apr 202392,53678.122.24$6,378
Mar 202354,29272.852.39$10,636
Feb 20231245,02275.112.47$21,696
Jan 202396,29076.533.39$21,998
Dec 202253,36876.415.73$19,678
Nov 202252,33985.005.65$13,631
Oct 2022122,69187.185.86$16,826
Sep 202262,32084.888.16$19,449
Aug 202252,74694.529.13$25,536
Jul 202242,988101.587.54$22,942
Jun 2022113,418115.097.98$28,532
May 202262,514109.378.43$21,857
Apr 2022122,807104.226.84$20,444
Mar 202252,016108.885.08$10,778
Feb 2022112,69391.054.86$14,086
Jan 202273,25481.844.54$15,338
Dec 202173,29971.323.90$13,362
Nov 202153,68577.435.24$19,685
Oct 202163,32679.795.71$19,483
Sep 202152,36869.865.35$13,020
Aug 202192,39366.024.22$10,694
Jul 20211942,63070.783.98$24,204
Jun 202152,57769.493.38$9,059
May 202152,61363.483.02$8,203
Apr 202162,00160.362.76$5,882
Mar 2021122,06561.302.72$6,346
Feb 202161,42757.805.55$8,264
Jan 2021211,80150.412.81$6,120
Dec 202062,07244.642.68$5,811
Nov 202092,19238.772.71$6,282
Oct 20201791,84036.972.48$11,178
Sep 2020182,00137.091.99$4,652
Aug 2020231,00739.982.39$3,321
Jul 202026960338.371.83$11,422
Jun 20205965334.901.69$3,163
May 20204963016.921.81$1,972
Apr 20203863114.751.80$1,699
Mar 20201352730.341.86$1,373
Feb 20204859049.881.98$3,563
Jan 20202256057.252.09$2,433
Dec 20196246259.012.30$4,723
Nov 20195055555.302.75$4,292
Oct 201921846453.472.42$12,779
Sep 20192112255.052.66$1,480
Aug 201927778653.112.30$16,523
Jul 20195049356.272.46$4,026
Jun 20194463152.782.49$3,894
May 20195597658.482.74$5,891
Apr 201925313962.632.75$16,228
Mar 20195323756.803.06$3,736
Feb 20194124250.852.79$2,761
Jan 20195544146.033.23$3,955
Dec 20185939646.594.19$4,406
Nov 20185331052.934.24$4,119
Oct 201821739761.443.40$14,682
Sep 201841731759.543.11$25,813
Aug 20184546459.403.07$4,096
Jul 20182052,19165.142.93$19,777
Jun 20182531,86460.183.08$20,961
May 20182451,46665.382.90$20,271
Apr 20182291,16963.842.90$18,010
Mar 20182371,02561.222.79$17,366
Feb 2018511,38461.782.77$6,979
Jan 20182322,24862.874.01$23,599
Dec 20171342,14057.272.92$13,926
Nov 20173312,87855.423.12$27,319
Oct 20172562,96649.292.98$21,468
Sep 20172222,95647.523.09$19,675
Aug 20174522,51845.373.00$28,072
Jul 20171903,07343.873.09$17,823
Jun 20172704,22942.493.09$24,528
May 20172053,10245.373.26$19,424
Apr 2017141,77247.933.21$6,362
Mar 20171921,41346.772.98$13,196
Feb 20173622,04350.452.95$24,295
Jan 2017242,71149.413.42$10,454
Dec 201662,41248.763.72$9,272
Nov 20161892,16842.492.64$13,764
Oct 201621,81646.193.09$5,704
Sep 20161901,18141.553.10$11,556
Aug 201601,26141.442.92$3,688
Jul 201617756441.622.92$9,016
Jun 20161871,67445.352.69$12,977
May 201653,31442.521.99$6,811
Apr 20161433,83736.561.99$12,868
Mar 20161422,96733.011.79$10,010
Feb 201618195726.472.06$6,766
Jan 2016192,00927.352.36$5,270
Dec 20152192,65632.362.00$12,403
Nov 20151863,17338.792.17$14,092
Oct 2015103,76743.552.43$9,576
Sep 20151594,08742.992.76$18,109
Aug 20151684,51540.162.87$19,716
Jul 20151754,93548.152.95$22,960
Jun 20151754,94156.152.88$24,070
May 201512,84455.212.96$8,461
Apr 20151952,40649.822.71$16,227
Mar 201503,37242.892.93$9,896
Feb 20151841,73344.662.98$13,375
Jan 201522,49143.433.10$7,811
Dec 20141591,54554.693.59$14,244
Nov 201412,83470.464.25$12,120
Oct 20141945,31678.303.90$35,928
Sep 201415,19086.164.05$21,082
Aug 20141745,21189.394.04$36,581
Jul 20141765,00096.564.18$37,893
Jun 20141934,59598.164.74$40,711
May 201403,65894.734.73$17,290
Apr 20141944,41695.944.81$39,849
Mar 201445,25895.895.06$26,972
Feb 20141804,03997.406.19$42,541
Jan 20141565,17190.404.86$39,237
Dec 201305,22591.824.35$22,752
Nov 201312,20288.853.74$8,321
Oct 20131943,17897.423.78$30,910
Sep 20131873,881104.113.72$33,897
Aug 201311,722104.253.52$6,170
Jul 20131892,757102.523.72$29,626
Jun 201301,81594.403.93$7,139
May 201301,75294.834.15$7,269
Apr 201321,64993.964.28$7,250
Mar 20131732,21893.623.91$24,875
Feb 201313,74491.233.42$12,895
Jan 201313,54491.603.42$12,212
Dec 20121993,88986.773.42$30,568
Nov 20121955,37986.953.62$36,454
Oct 201265,71989.383.40$19,979
Sep 20123895,49794.672.92$52,869
Aug 20121906,11192.662.91$35,377
Jul 201226,42585.133.02$19,579
Jun 20123986,86579.822.52$49,062
May 20122476,98091.612.49$39,996
Apr 20121996,768101.652.00$33,743
Mar 20121847,264105.052.22$35,470
Feb 20121835,647101.102.57$33,015
Jan 20121846,28898.092.73$35,240
Dec 20111935,83396.873.24$37,593
Nov 20111916,00195.723.31$38,154
Oct 20111946,47284.983.65$40,099
Sep 20111886,13683.623.99$40,177
Aug 20113816,85083.404.15$60,198
Jul 20113846,98094.144.52$67,680
Jun 20111856,58492.904.64$47,735
May 20111966,99898.134.40$50,058
Apr 20111946,638105.964.33$49,321
Mar 20113906,69096.364.06$64,724
Feb 201105,61185.644.18$23,454
Jan 20111945,87486.504.59$43,735
Dec 20102005,80685.734.35$42,389
Nov 20101925,68780.843.80$37,105
Oct 20101935,95278.103.51$35,958
Sep 20101915,86872.633.98$37,224
Aug 20101936,10873.684.42$41,214
Jul 20101925,61872.554.74$40,539
Jun 20101925,34570.364.91$39,755
May 20103995,69571.124.24$52,496
Apr 20102045,94381.694.12$41,166
Mar 20101955,90978.394.39$41,219
Feb 20103936,05173.585.44$61,849
Jan 2010177,68474.365.96$47,092
Dec 20093964,76371.445.48$54,409
Nov 2009266,85074.593.75$27,637
Oct 20094117,52472.544.11$60,739
Sep 20091977,09965.543.06$34,668
Aug 20092127,28267.423.22$37,730
Jul 20093887,54361.133.46$49,851
Jun 20092056,74766.163.90$39,842
May 20092077,04454.743.93$38,984
Apr 20091977,67746.773.59$36,755
Mar 20092272,97542.144.06$21,641
Feb 20092085,73932.814.63$33,413
Jan 20092014,77535.865.37$32,854
Dec 20082033,58837.105.98$28,977
Nov 20083944,68655.496.86$54,011
Oct 20082034,14775.246.92$43,979
Sep 20083904,341101.767.88$73,881
Aug 20082055,537114.228.48$70,386
Jul 20082005,568131.0811.39$89,632
Jun 20081985,738131.3313.03$100,785
May 200819712,469123.1711.57$168,584
Apr 20081966,604110.3110.45$90,665
Mar 20083927,099101.909.66$108,550
Feb 200801,75192.538.77$15,357
Jan 20082524,81490.388.21$62,278
Dec 20071943,93888.337.30$45,891
Nov 200703,63391.677.29$26,491
Oct 20071994,72282.856.92$49,173
Sep 20071895,16275.846.24$46,566
Aug 20075957,17269.066.39$86,905
Jul 200709,82870.906.39$62,781
Jun 200720410,45362.007.55$91,552
May 200738511,03658.747.85$109,206
Apr 200719810,72459.617.81$95,506
Mar 200719411,27856.927.30$93,394
Feb 200758510,32255.108.22$117,039
Jan 200719611,76650.306.73$89,007
Dec 200639912,15456.656.92$106,690
Nov 200620511,84654.207.62$101,348
Oct 200637711,29454.906.01$88,617
Sep 200638310,65760.085.04$76,692
Aug 200639511,15968.717.34$109,047
Jul 200618911,84369.376.34$88,228
Jun 200638011,67366.286.38$99,705
May 200636413,12866.016.42$108,375
Apr 200635312,97964.397.36$118,261
Mar 200619413,29056.707.08$105,132
Feb 200640510,61157.597.75$105,571
Jan 200638512,96460.598.93$139,139
Dec 200538413,72554.9413.42$205,223
Nov 200519914,14854.6910.59$160,688
Oct 200536514,98058.3413.80$227,955
Sep 200536715,02461.4512.08$204,027
Aug 200538115,58761.519.80$176,139
Jul 200538715,69155.697.84$144,627
Jun 200538916,61952.337.38$143,022
May 200557718,28545.226.65$147,708
Apr 200538218,68549.207.36$156,325
Mar 200558320,45550.377.15$175,719
Feb 200540019,72545.226.31$142,591
Jan 200577525,94643.166.32$197,485
Dec 200420031,61239.866.75$221,387
Nov 2004024545.286.33$1,551
Oct 200416450749.706.52$11,454
Sep 200409,19743.245.28$48,596
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20041933,28538.286.08$27,375
Jun 20041787,39936.106.43$54,024
May 20041939,26637.486.49$67,412
Apr 200439011,06134.475.86$78,244
Mar 20041959,47334.365.53$59,087
Feb 200435712,00132.455.51$77,706
Jan 200419613,04432.036.30$88,450
Dec 200339211,75030.266.30$85,906
Nov 200339612,39828.804.60$68,376
Oct 200334910,60928.174.76$60,326
Sep 200337313,97126.314.75$76,167
Aug 200335514,26229.765.13$83,725
Jul 200337814,83429.415.17$87,821
Jun 200337114,69728.565.98$98,527
May 200356015,40826.595.97$106,917
Apr 200337613,97226.675.41$85,578
Mar 200356915,08631.146.10$109,684
Feb 200339314,57033.487.93$128,638
Jan 200360315,50730.315.58$104,838
Dec 200237316,75726.914.85$91,372
Nov 200257316,71824.664.14$83,292
Oct 200238117,59026.464.23$84,471
Sep 200257017,29227.443.64$78,501
Aug 200254217,75725.963.16$70,256
Jul 200238118,07624.583.06$64,709
Jun 200275418,34023.733.34$79,116
May 200240219,08024.663.58$78,296
Apr 200276318,53723.653.51$83,153
Mar 200237519,12222.003.10$67,580
Feb 200272917,14718.222.38$54,018
Jan 200255319,44617.172.38$55,692
Dec 200155819,88516.932.36$56,463
Nov 200154819,76618.072.41$57,450
Oct 200191421,27119.782.53$71,871
Sep 200155220,88224.262.25$60,404
Aug 200172421,77424.873.05$84,485
Jul 200174022,47723.933.20$89,569
Jun 200155222,33624.563.82$98,974
May 200172423,51725.524.31$119,772
Apr 200173323,18724.685.34$141,801
Mar 200175625,43124.545.38$155,280
Feb 200175623,87927.755.77$158,691
Jan 200177227,31727.478.40$250,636
Dec 200076925,73426.889.12$255,429
Nov 200076325,96532.215.66$171,486
Oct 200094127,79331.235.15$172,396
Sep 200092628,20931.875.19$175,818
Aug 200094529,63929.644.54$162,593
Jul 200092730,44128.534.09$150,943
Jun 20001,10730,65429.304.40$167,228
May 20001,28935,26527.263.68$164,905
Apr 200074327,93024.513.12$105,241
Mar 200075936,64828.422.86$126,375
Feb 20001,14233,70627.622.73$123,441
Jan 200095537,66125.272.48$117,551
Dec 19991,38238,41224.282.42$126,655
Nov 19991,35335,79923.192.43$118,510
Oct 19991,33137,40420.982.80$132,794
Sep 19991,17338,67021.752.62$126,784
Aug 19991,50239,82619.262.88$143,452
Jul 19991,46941,17017.892.37$123,951
Jun 19991,30942,07415.942.36$120,248
May 19991,48145,03215.792.32$127,905
Apr 19991,28844,84815.102.21$118,475
Mar 19991,62247,75512.471.84$108,016
Feb 19991,45644,3019.981.82$95,061
Jan 19991,64750,58010.381.90$113,195
Dec 19981,63153,2089.201.77$109,360
Nov 19981,62550,71810.892.19$128,552
Oct 19982,50153,70412.421.97$136,817
Sep 19981,81341,51812.592.08$109,292
Aug 19981,77649,58211.301.91$114,639
Jul 19982,18354,89611.742.24$148,446
Jun 19982,35552,33011.242.24$143,547
May 19982,54264,28712.622.21$173,919
Apr 19982,57559,22313.042.51$181,951
Mar 19982,62867,07912.802.31$188,553
Feb 19983,11966,48513.952.30$196,368
Jan 19983,44670,04014.702.15$201,578
Dec 19972,74379,90516.322.41$237,425
Nov 19973,74385,99818.193.09$333,669
Oct 19973,62792,39819.253.15$360,857
Sep 19973,59480,10017.742.95$300,443
Aug 19973,53868,19317.862.55$237,404
Jul 19973,60571,34117.582.25$223,675
Jun 19973,86072,69217.242.26$230,627
May 19971,55229,15318.972.31$96,741
Apr 19973,76571,26917.882.08$215,756
Mar 19975,048103,07418.951.94$295,535
Feb 19976,065145,26620.492.21$444,714
Jan 199711,949306,05723.483.54$1,363,912
Dec 199621,029453,22123.32$490,396
Nov 19961,89244,14421.97$41,567

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            14 bbl  × $106.41 =     $1,490
Gas                6,285 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $19,143

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Month total                                  $20,633

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/162138 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.