DE AUSTIN-CASTILLO GAS UNIT

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

Gas lease lease 163815District 04Field 460914002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$14.7 M
May 1997 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$128 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
349
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 38 leases and 38 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1985-02-20
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 1998-06-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: 10-1. FOR TEST DUE 4-1 PRIOR TEST TO BE FILED.

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 Gas111998-05-26138431
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
CondensateDisposition41,997 bbl$1,214,628
GasProduction3,566,502 Mcf$13,436,421
Total$14,651,050

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 26.4299, -98.4251. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.42994, -98.42511 · 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
14,243 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 14,243 ft.

Completions filed
May 1997
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21532397214,243 ftMay 1997

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 (349)

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

349 months

May 202672,276106.413.05$7,677
Apr 202642,30898.932.87$7,019
Mar 202642,53889.753.15$8,352
Feb 202642,73163.503.75$10,496
Jan 202663,92959.138.00$31,779
Dec 202551,77556.664.41$8,117
Nov 20251861,83958.593.93$18,118
Oct 202532,20859.383.30$7,475
Sep 202532,11762.743.08$6,702
Aug 202522,22063.933.01$6,821
Jul 202542,29966.743.32$7,889
Jun 202522,42266.483.13$7,711
May 202513,98660.553.23$12,945
Apr 202534,14762.363.54$14,880
Mar 202532,52567.704.27$10,981
Feb 202543,32470.884.34$14,712
Jan 202563,57474.324.28$15,738
Dec 202473,15268.993.12$10,321
Nov 202433,35369.052.20$7,579
Oct 202472,70271.372.28$6,664
Sep 202413,01969.612.36$7,208
Aug 202442,61175.632.06$5,691
Jul 202452,60279.932.15$5,985
Jun 202452,37678.082.63$6,649
May 2024102,51978.812.20$6,326
Apr 202452,63284.451.66$4,789
Mar 202452,50380.301.55$4,269
Feb 202452,11276.091.78$4,148
Jan 202472,37773.023.30$8,350
Dec 202352,29271.262.61$6,340
Nov 202352,26177.892.81$6,737
Oct 202352,22485.443.09$7,293
Sep 2023132,04689.042.74$6,753
Aug 2023142,16480.522.67$6,911
Jul 2023282,03774.852.64$7,477
Jun 2023101,95568.962.26$5,105
May 2023162,05470.622.23$5,705
Apr 2023201,92778.122.24$5,875
Mar 20231991,98472.852.39$19,245
Feb 2023151,89175.112.47$5,789
Jan 2023162,42776.533.39$9,446
Dec 2022132,39576.415.73$14,714
Nov 2022132,16885.005.65$13,346
Oct 2022162,15287.185.86$14,014
Sep 2022111,85884.888.16$16,102
Aug 2022122,37694.529.13$22,820
Jul 202282,304101.587.54$18,190
Jun 20221982,280115.097.98$40,976
May 2022142,478109.378.43$22,428
Apr 2022142,365104.226.84$17,630
Mar 2022102,465108.885.08$13,602
Feb 2022162,43491.054.86$13,283
Jan 2022162,39981.844.54$12,195
Dec 2021132,69571.323.90$11,435
Nov 20211682,45677.435.24$25,870
Oct 2021132,33079.795.71$14,351
Sep 2021102,46269.865.35$13,873
Aug 2021152,74666.024.22$12,580
Jul 2021182,78670.783.98$12,368
Jun 202192,62169.493.38$9,486
May 2021113,55163.483.02$11,414
Apr 2021133,53560.362.76$10,536
Mar 202193,99561.302.72$11,406
Feb 2021133,45657.805.55$19,925
Jan 2021173,23050.412.81$9,934
Dec 2020133,21944.642.68$9,193
Nov 2020162,55238.772.71$7,527
Oct 2020102,24936.972.48$5,944
Sep 2020122,27437.091.99$4,973
Aug 202061,91139.982.39$4,798
Jul 20202032,38038.371.83$12,133
Jun 2020102,57434.901.69$4,700
May 202052,48416.921.81$4,592
Apr 202072,56214.751.80$4,726
Mar 202041,93430.341.86$3,711
Feb 202082,27349.881.98$4,901
Jan 202052,43457.252.09$5,385
Dec 201962,02359.012.30$5,016
Nov 201992,38555.302.75$7,058
Oct 201952,50453.472.42$6,323
Sep 201942,65155.052.66$7,265
Aug 2019132,73353.112.30$6,988
Jul 2019102,90356.272.46$7,704
Jun 201962,54452.782.49$6,654
May 2019102,55158.482.74$7,575
Apr 2019102,21862.632.75$6,727
Mar 2019132,48156.803.06$8,335
Feb 201951,78450.852.79$5,236
Jan 2019121,34046.033.23$4,878
Dec 201891,85346.594.19$8,175
Nov 2018111,44952.934.24$6,722
Oct 201852,10861.443.40$7,470
Sep 201851,80659.543.11$5,911
Aug 201852,63559.403.07$8,377
Jul 201822,69365.142.93$8,026
Jun 201892,29760.183.08$7,609
May 2018942,61265.382.90$13,723
Apr 201862,58463.842.90$7,879
Mar 201862,32661.222.79$6,850
Feb 201861,93261.782.77$5,715
Jan 201882,22562.874.01$9,424
Dec 2017222,25157.272.92$7,836
Nov 2017922,67255.423.12$13,431
Oct 201712,79449.292.98$8,386
Sep 201712,76547.523.09$8,584
Aug 201782,93345.373.00$9,175
Jul 201733,03743.873.09$9,508
Jun 201743,15442.493.09$9,907
May 201763,27245.373.26$10,950
Apr 201743,00647.933.21$9,846
Mar 201753,38846.772.98$10,343
Feb 20171702,92650.452.95$17,216
Jan 201773,38149.413.42$11,905
Dec 201644,67748.763.72$17,607
Nov 201653,52142.492.64$9,523
Oct 201633,83046.193.09$11,974
Sep 201633,48341.553.10$10,924
Aug 201613,72241.442.92$10,926
Jul 201623,69541.622.92$10,889
Jun 201633,68545.352.69$10,033
May 201633,88142.521.99$7,855
Apr 2016963,76736.561.99$11,010
Mar 201653,86333.011.79$7,095
Feb 2016643,82226.472.06$9,581
Jan 201624,19127.352.36$9,964
Dec 2015894,00132.362.00$10,888
Nov 201503,65338.792.17$7,917
Oct 201563,94743.552.43$9,839
Sep 201513,97442.992.76$11,005
Aug 201524,37740.162.87$12,653
Jul 20151684,17848.152.95$20,394
Jun 201524,13056.152.88$12,019
May 201534,40355.212.96$13,178
Apr 201534,19049.822.71$11,490
Mar 201544,40542.892.93$13,099
Feb 20152024,17644.662.98$21,450
Jan 201544,05143.433.10$12,734
Dec 201434,18454.693.59$15,190
Nov 201454,12170.464.25$17,874
Oct 201434,48478.303.90$17,727
Sep 201443,75686.164.05$15,539
Aug 201474,18889.394.04$17,525
Jul 20141924,28396.564.18$36,441
Jun 201453,90798.164.74$18,998
May 201434,24494.734.73$20,344
Apr 201444,18695.944.81$20,515
Mar 201444,19995.895.06$21,617
Feb 201454,11697.406.19$25,973
Jan 201424,32790.404.86$21,213
Dec 201334,43791.824.35$19,596
Nov 201334,20088.853.74$15,967
Oct 20131943,29497.423.78$31,349
Sep 201323,618104.113.72$13,659
Aug 201324,441104.253.52$15,852
Jul 201314,117102.523.72$15,408
Jun 201314,08094.403.93$16,143
May 201324,01494.834.15$16,844
Apr 201313,82893.964.28$16,488
Mar 201303,81793.623.91$14,935
Feb 201313,35991.233.42$11,579
Jan 201364,17391.603.42$14,821
Dec 20121174,59186.773.42$25,854
Nov 201234,22686.953.62$15,580
Oct 201254,59889.383.40$16,079
Sep 201204,44094.672.92$12,958
Aug 20121275,31992.662.91$27,236
Jul 201214,10785.133.02$12,492
Jun 201234,63979.822.52$11,925
May 201204,95091.612.49$12,317
Apr 20121684,889101.652.00$26,840
Mar 201254,921105.052.22$11,460
Feb 201274,433101.102.57$12,102
Jan 201275,08398.092.73$14,584
Dec 20111764,97396.873.24$33,160
Nov 201134,83395.723.31$16,291
Oct 201115,12084.983.65$18,766
Sep 20111935,03383.623.99$36,199
Aug 201115,21083.404.15$21,701
Jul 201105,18194.144.52$23,404
Jun 201125,10292.904.64$23,858
May 201115,39098.134.40$23,840
Apr 201154,973105.964.33$22,079
Mar 201155,74196.364.06$23,775
Feb 20111864,46685.644.18$34,597
Jan 201135,43986.504.59$25,218
Dec 201015,43485.734.35$23,711
Nov 201025,45480.843.80$20,861
Oct 201015,43278.103.51$19,138
Sep 201015,07472.633.98$20,264
Aug 201015,28773.684.42$23,439
Jul 201005,61872.554.74$26,610
Jun 20101675,61970.364.91$39,342
May 201015,64771.124.24$23,987
Apr 201035,38181.694.12$22,429
Mar 201025,20378.394.39$22,991
Feb 201025,42073.585.44$29,645
Jan 20101966,05774.365.96$50,699
Dec 200935,66471.445.48$31,274
Nov 200936,29374.593.75$23,832
Oct 200925,02472.544.11$20,795
Sep 200905,92765.543.06$18,165
Aug 200906,28567.423.22$20,228
Jul 20091767,17861.133.46$35,627
Jun 200913,77466.163.90$14,766
May 200926,26054.743.93$24,685
Apr 200936,24246.773.59$22,533
Mar 200916,58542.144.06$26,771
Feb 200915,41032.814.63$25,097
Jan 200916,55835.865.37$35,259
Dec 200816,47137.105.98$38,715
Nov 200816,35055.496.86$43,619
Oct 200826,57075.246.92$45,628
Sep 200816,289101.767.88$49,641
Aug 200816,386114.228.48$54,287
Jul 200816,505131.0811.39$74,219
Jun 20081966,091131.3313.03$105,122
May 2008113,730123.1711.57$159,038
Apr 200807,008110.3110.45$73,268
Mar 200806,980101.909.66$67,455
Feb 200806,32092.538.77$55,430
Jan 200806,98590.388.21$57,317
Dec 200706,85388.337.30$50,040
Nov 20071766,65391.677.29$64,646
Oct 200707,34582.856.92$50,842
Sep 200706,86775.846.24$42,879
Aug 200707,51169.066.39$47,980
Jul 200707,28870.906.39$46,555
Jun 20071827,21862.007.55$65,769
May 200707,52558.747.85$59,043
Apr 200707,41059.617.81$57,837
Mar 200707,71456.927.30$56,327
Feb 200706,16555.108.22$50,652
Jan 20071777,60950.306.73$60,088
Dec 200607,63956.656.92$52,850
Nov 200607,59654.207.62$57,862
Oct 20061797,78654.906.01$56,651
Sep 200607,71460.085.04$38,857
Aug 200608,11268.717.34$59,541
Jul 20061898,17969.376.34$64,988
Jun 200608,16966.286.38$52,150
May 20061818,90666.016.42$69,169
Apr 200606,70364.397.36$49,337
Mar 200608,30156.707.08$58,795
Feb 20061847,71957.597.75$70,427
Jan 200608,60360.598.93$76,853
Dec 20051808,50754.9413.42$124,014
Nov 200508,68254.6910.59$91,928
Oct 20051578,77258.3413.80$130,176
Sep 200508,58161.4512.08$103,650
Aug 20051859,32861.519.80$102,764
Jul 200509,42755.697.84$73,942
Jun 20051798,85952.337.38$74,756
May 200509,38245.226.65$62,401
Apr 20052018,77249.207.36$74,455
Mar 200509,72950.377.15$69,610
Feb 20051948,78845.226.31$64,242
Jan 20051959,93343.166.32$71,215
Dec 20041669,84139.866.75$73,054
Nov 200409,46045.286.33$59,886
Oct 200436710,39149.706.52$85,938
Sep 200409,71943.245.28$51,354
Aug 200411910,51742.375.55$63,418
Jul 200417410,78538.286.08$72,279
Jun 2004010,30636.106.43$66,299
May 200419911,29637.486.49$80,821
Apr 200418410,78734.475.86$69,538
Mar 2004011,81634.365.53$65,344
Feb 200418410,75332.455.51$65,216
Jan 200416411,86332.036.30$79,986
Dec 200319212,07230.266.30$81,883
Nov 2003012,04528.804.60$55,349
Oct 200318212,58628.174.76$65,032
Sep 200317813,19226.314.75$67,337
Aug 200319014,80429.765.13$81,595
Jul 200317615,46429.415.17$85,138
Jun 200318716,05928.565.98$101,421
May 200318614,04026.595.97$88,802
Apr 2003013,61226.675.41$73,604
Mar 200336514,90631.146.10$102,234
Feb 2003011,16133.487.93$88,461
Jan 200318812,71630.315.58$76,680
Dec 200219312,40926.914.85$65,424
Nov 200219514,17724.664.14$63,458
Oct 200219412,74426.464.23$59,029
Sep 200218811,06227.443.64$45,371
Aug 200218811,60425.963.16$41,597
Jul 200219011,94224.583.06$41,234
Jun 2002011,59623.733.34$38,710
May 200236112,14924.663.58$52,444
Apr 2002011,78023.653.51$41,375
Mar 200217811,85422.003.10$40,696
Feb 200219210,43918.222.38$28,298
Jan 200237212,09317.172.38$35,116
Dec 2001012,37916.932.36$29,269
Nov 200118512,14718.072.41$32,563
Oct 200118413,18219.782.53$36,975
Sep 200118312,87124.262.25$33,416
Aug 200118613,60124.873.05$46,152
Jul 2001014,06223.933.20$44,957
Jun 200118514,29724.563.82$59,218
May 200119115,81725.524.31$73,003
Apr 200117716,11324.685.34$90,336
Mar 200137216,77124.545.38$99,297
Feb 200119215,77827.755.77$96,321
Jan 200136818,95827.478.40$169,333
Dec 200019016,69426.889.12$157,398
Nov 200018117,05232.215.66$102,310
Oct 200037618,15831.235.15$105,174
Sep 200019416,17231.875.19$90,059
Aug 200019014,74629.644.54$72,590
Jul 200018915,77728.534.09$69,916
Jun 200018316,06629.304.40$76,008
May 200035419,11627.263.68$79,992
Apr 200018317,65224.513.12$59,489
Mar 200039218,37128.422.86$63,677
Feb 200019216,79927.622.73$51,106
Jan 200039719,63025.272.48$58,724
Dec 199919021,83124.282.42$57,525
Nov 199918920,15823.192.43$53,447
Oct 199938022,33620.982.80$70,596
Sep 199935122,97521.752.62$67,802
Aug 199918523,79119.262.88$71,977
Jul 199938524,92017.892.37$66,007
Jun 199937025,11215.942.36$65,215
May 199937526,70315.792.32$67,899
Apr 199937326,81715.102.21$64,846
Mar 199938029,00112.471.84$58,052
Feb 199937327,2179.981.82$53,197
Jan 199918231,42010.381.90$61,586
Dec 199856133,3329.201.77$64,270
Nov 199836535,18710.892.19$80,884
Oct 199854842,84112.421.97$91,169
Sep 199837525,28212.592.08$57,374
Aug 199837127,35011.301.91$56,358
Jul 199855237,58311.742.24$90,564
Jun 199853938,37911.242.24$91,923
May 199836840,19212.622.21$93,321
Apr 199870740,66913.042.51$111,109
Mar 199854249,44512.802.31$121,128
Feb 199856547,76113.952.30$117,691
Jan 199872559,14914.702.15$138,111
Dec 19971,03566,81616.322.41$177,991
Nov 19971,06367,04218.193.09$226,379
Oct 19971,23882,71719.253.15$284,375
Sep 19971,62782,52317.742.95$272,709
Aug 19971,77596,15817.862.55$277,360
Jul 19971,962131,32917.582.25$329,580
Jun 19973,249206,38817.242.26$521,872
May 19971,523128,28418.972.31$325,035

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             7 bbl  × $106.41 =       $745
Gas                2,276 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $6,932

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $7,677

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/163815 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.