SALINAS, M.

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 164134District 04Field 460945002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$22.8 M
May 1997 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$257 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 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 Gas111997-11-19137584
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
CondensateDisposition121,528 bbl$3,215,800
GasProduction6,143,053 Mcf$19,570,630
Total$22,786,430

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 26.3983, -98.4373. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.39827, -98.43729 · 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
12,800 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 12,800 ft.

Completions filed
Oct 2004
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21532412512,800 ftOct 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 (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 20262044,206106.413.05$34,518
Apr 202693,72498.932.87$11,577
Mar 20261964,20989.753.15$30,847
Feb 2026113,75363.503.75$14,773
Jan 2026163,96259.138.00$32,634
Dec 20252034,14656.664.41$29,800
Nov 2025114,23358.593.93$17,265
Oct 2025104,60559.383.30$15,813
Sep 20251974,30862.743.08$25,615
Aug 202564,43163.933.01$13,742
Jul 2025154,37466.743.32$15,502
Jun 202554,62166.483.13$14,790
May 20251654,62160.553.23$24,927
Apr 2025104,30662.363.54$15,880
Mar 2025114,15767.704.27$18,488
Feb 20251763,75170.884.34$28,757
Jan 2025234,40774.324.28$20,566
Dec 2024184,54568.993.12$15,428
Nov 202494,39669.052.20$10,286
Oct 20241784,55371.372.28$23,091
Sep 202444,30269.612.36$10,450
Aug 2024133,83875.632.06$8,903
Jul 2024134,55879.932.15$10,823
Jun 2024144,39678.082.63$12,672
May 20242023,22978.812.20$23,018
Apr 2024194,36284.451.66$8,842
Mar 2024133,26980.301.55$6,095
Feb 2024134,17076.091.78$8,427
Jan 20241944,74973.023.30$29,826
Dec 2023145,03471.262.61$14,140
Nov 2023145,18177.892.81$15,636
Oct 2023144,93285.443.09$16,423
Sep 20231264,05689.042.74$22,312
Aug 20231864,88680.522.67$28,036
Jul 2023254,65574.852.64$14,169
Jun 202394,49868.962.26$10,779
May 20231974,78870.622.23$24,577
Apr 2023194,32078.122.24$11,151
Mar 2023103,51272.852.39$9,133
Feb 20231923,81375.112.47$23,823
Jan 2023164,63476.533.39$16,923
Dec 20221184,57576.415.73$35,227
Nov 2022124,20385.005.65$24,751
Oct 20221964,81887.185.86$45,339
Sep 2022103,80084.888.16$31,871
Aug 2022114,57494.529.13$42,787
Jul 20221994,755101.587.54$56,077
Jun 2022185,014115.097.98$42,069
May 2022135,203109.378.43$45,299
Apr 20222015,209104.226.84$56,565
Mar 202294,598108.885.08$24,321
Feb 2022164,39691.054.86$22,816
Jan 20222005,27481.844.54$40,300
Dec 2021135,11071.323.90$20,852
Nov 20211855,15577.435.24$41,321
Oct 2021124,86679.795.71$28,761
Sep 202194,77369.865.35$26,169
Aug 20211965,26266.024.22$35,149
Jul 2021224,74570.783.98$20,452
Jun 20211954,05269.493.38$27,249
May 2021114,78263.483.02$15,129
Apr 2021114,79460.362.76$13,888
Mar 2021143,60961.302.72$10,664
Feb 2021123,91157.805.55$22,392
Jan 2021224,62250.412.81$14,098
Dec 2020124,46944.642.68$12,492
Nov 2020164,47538.772.71$12,732
Oct 202093,76936.972.48$9,674
Sep 2020144,21337.091.99$8,908
Aug 2020123,43239.982.39$8,665
Jul 2020364,40338.371.83$9,417
Jun 2020275,00734.901.69$9,406
May 2020214,87116.921.81$9,195
Apr 2020174,51414.751.80$8,396
Mar 202093,85430.341.86$7,427
Feb 20201944,37649.881.98$18,344
Jan 2020135,07557.252.09$11,375
Dec 2019244,31759.012.30$11,364
Nov 2019245,03155.302.75$15,166
Oct 2019135,07153.472.42$12,960
Sep 20191895,30755.052.66$24,507
Aug 2019405,61353.112.30$15,059
Jul 2019235,97956.272.46$16,003
Jun 2019185,30652.782.49$14,168
May 2019243,95358.482.74$12,236
Apr 2019302,91362.632.75$9,892
Mar 2019233,57956.803.06$12,266
Feb 2019172,76850.852.79$8,593
Jan 2019264,65446.033.23$16,221
Dec 20182184,86946.594.19$30,536
Nov 2018244,03852.934.24$18,380
Oct 2018123,95461.443.40$14,173
Sep 2018153,73959.543.11$12,514
Aug 20182055,42259.403.07$28,804
Jul 201865,59265.142.93$16,786
Jun 2018265,40060.183.08$18,180
May 2018225,56765.382.90$17,587
Apr 20181395,85763.842.90$25,864
Mar 2018204,90061.222.79$14,880
Feb 2018214,18761.782.77$12,879
Jan 20182145,11962.874.01$33,978
Dec 2017104,85957.272.92$14,768
Nov 201706,37155.423.12$19,867
Oct 20171936,58949.292.98$29,172
Sep 201705,58647.523.09$17,246
Aug 201706,30545.373.00$18,943
Jul 201707,00043.873.09$21,611
Jun 20171887,19742.493.09$30,207
May 201707,06945.373.26$23,069
Apr 20171926,91947.933.21$31,424
Mar 20171907,66346.772.98$31,750
Feb 2017127,22150.452.95$21,926
Jan 20171957,31749.413.42$34,650
Dec 2016275,90548.763.72$23,300
Nov 201645,88742.492.64$15,737
Oct 20161956,66946.193.09$29,616
Sep 201627,22841.553.10$22,494
Aug 201657,15441.442.92$21,128
Jul 20161777,21841.622.92$28,475
Jun 20161767,21045.352.69$27,346
May 201607,74042.521.99$15,411
Apr 201606,75036.561.99$13,440
Mar 20161727,48333.011.79$19,102
Feb 201606,97526.472.06$14,394
Jan 201607,36327.352.36$17,409
Dec 20151797,31732.362.00$20,437
Nov 201506,32638.792.17$13,711
Oct 201526,60843.552.43$16,122
Sep 20151783,61642.992.76$17,627
Aug 2015512,51340.162.87$9,267
Jul 201572,19048.152.95$6,787
Jun 201531,94556.152.88$5,776
May 20151992,18655.212.96$17,447
Apr 201592,03649.822.71$5,959
Mar 20151813,18642.892.93$17,113
Feb 201503,77344.662.98$11,229
Jan 201535,06543.433.10$15,835
Dec 201414,79154.693.59$17,261
Nov 201414,73470.464.25$20,199
Oct 20141934,59378.303.90$33,029
Sep 201494,71786.164.05$19,858
Aug 201444,74889.394.04$19,516
Jul 201484,88296.564.18$21,177
Jun 20141874,66498.164.74$40,449
May 201414,91294.734.73$23,312
Apr 20141934,75695.944.81$41,389
Mar 20141834,94095.895.06$42,528
Feb 201414,40597.406.19$27,373
Jan 20142015,32890.404.86$44,068
Dec 201305,38891.824.35$23,462
Nov 20131695,42488.853.74$35,292
Oct 20131904,70297.423.78$36,280
Sep 20131815,148104.113.72$37,983
Aug 201305,240104.253.52$18,458
Jul 20131875,079102.523.72$38,054
Jun 201305,13394.403.93$20,190
May 20131925,01894.834.15$39,027
Apr 201334,40793.964.28$19,155
Mar 20132044,37593.623.91$36,217
Feb 201304,55191.233.42$15,564
Jan 201305,13791.603.42$17,568
Dec 2012124,93286.773.42$17,909
Nov 2012113,37486.953.62$13,187
Oct 2012194,54389.383.40$17,143
Sep 2012894,87494.672.92$22,650
Aug 201215,60292.662.91$16,384
Jul 20121985,73685.133.02$34,183
Jun 2012116,05179.822.52$16,121
May 2012197,16891.612.49$19,577
Apr 20121987,891101.652.00$35,883
Mar 20121948,761105.052.22$39,847
Feb 201237,823101.102.57$20,410
Jan 201254,94298.092.73$14,002
Dec 20111853,98896.873.24$30,841
Nov 201174,37895.723.31$15,167
Oct 20111864,74584.983.65$33,119
Sep 201125,39383.623.99$21,663
Aug 201102,57283.404.15$10,672
Jul 20111872,63394.144.52$29,498
Jun 201102,53892.904.64$11,776
May 201132,69098.134.40$12,143
Apr 201133,500105.964.33$15,484
Mar 20111973,72096.364.06$34,076
Feb 2011122,82685.644.18$12,840
Jan 20111804,39686.504.59$35,742
Dec 2010164,70585.734.35$21,828
Nov 20101774,70780.843.80$32,173
Oct 20101933,88178.103.51$28,691
Sep 201003,62972.633.98$14,442
Aug 201003,24773.684.42$14,350
Jul 201002,87472.554.74$13,613
Jun 201002,80670.364.91$13,779
May 2010122,67271.124.24$12,170
Apr 20102012,82381.694.12$28,058
Mar 201013,37478.394.39$14,886
Feb 201023,16873.585.44$17,389
Jan 20102057,16474.365.96$57,971
Dec 200937,20871.445.48$39,741
Nov 20092056,97374.593.75$41,450
Oct 2009166,82672.544.11$29,217
Sep 200924,96165.543.06$15,335
Aug 20091927,63467.423.22$37,515
Jul 2009299,21061.133.46$33,681
Jun 20091958,36466.163.90$45,479
May 20092009,15254.743.93$46,876
Apr 200979,86546.773.59$35,718
Mar 20092189,01442.144.06$45,774
Feb 20092048,93932.814.63$48,108
Jan 20091399,88535.865.37$58,077
Dec 20082049,70237.105.98$65,559
Nov 20081979,27855.496.86$74,582
Oct 200869,31975.246.92$64,957
Sep 20081928,321101.767.88$85,083
Aug 20081969,171114.228.48$100,185
Jul 20082099,228131.0811.39$132,497
Jun 200858,577131.3313.03$112,438
May 200811116,151123.1711.57$200,608
Apr 20081957,326110.3110.45$98,103
Mar 20081918,199101.909.66$98,699
Feb 20082309,05992.538.77$100,735
Jan 200809,70590.388.21$79,637
Dec 20071979,61888.337.30$87,631
Nov 20071989,34791.677.29$86,306
Oct 20071969,29382.856.92$80,565
Sep 200709,12575.846.24$56,978
Aug 20071818,97569.066.39$69,832
Jul 200719110,36970.906.39$79,778
Jun 20072016,52362.007.55$61,701
May 200707,78858.747.85$61,107
Apr 200704,53959.617.81$35,428
Mar 20071907,69256.927.30$66,982
Feb 20071846,91255.108.22$66,927
Jan 200719410,87050.306.73$82,879
Dec 200609,63256.656.92$66,638
Nov 20063356,73054.207.62$69,423
Oct 200605,25554.906.01$31,603
Sep 200605,66460.085.04$28,531
Aug 20061806,03568.717.34$56,664
Jul 200605,51769.376.34$34,993
Jun 20061955,78366.286.38$49,843
May 200606,35966.016.42$40,857
Apr 20061775,71964.397.36$53,492
Mar 20061925,68356.707.08$51,139
Feb 200604,51657.597.75$35,004
Jan 20061864,22660.598.93$49,022
Dec 200505,37954.9413.42$72,161
Nov 20051984,68854.6910.59$60,467
Oct 200504,93958.3413.80$68,137
Sep 200505,12461.4512.08$61,893
Aug 20051795,87061.519.80$68,518
Jul 200506,24055.697.84$48,944
Jun 200503,62852.337.38$26,778
May 200505,57745.226.65$37,094
Apr 20051755,67949.207.36$50,410
Mar 200506,28950.377.15$44,997
Feb 20052055,56945.226.31$44,421
Jan 200505,97143.166.32$37,750
Dec 200406,59839.866.75$44,544
Nov 200406,79645.286.33$43,022
Oct 20042124,47449.706.52$39,685
Sep 200405,40843.245.28$28,575
Aug 200407,34842.375.55$40,786
Jul 20041946,32538.286.08$45,909
Jun 200405,53936.106.43$35,633
May 20041706,82637.486.49$50,704
Apr 20041875,96734.475.86$41,403
Mar 200405,84834.365.53$32,340
Feb 20042006,59032.455.51$42,798
Jan 200406,72332.036.30$42,352
Dec 20032005,89630.266.30$43,206
Nov 200305,33228.804.60$24,501
Oct 20031836,38328.174.76$35,536
Sep 200307,83226.314.75$37,197
Aug 200308,16229.765.13$41,869
Jul 20031918,19029.415.17$47,966
Jun 20032708,47128.565.98$58,393
May 20031858,86626.595.97$57,873
Apr 20031838,43426.675.41$50,486
Mar 200308,29331.146.10$50,554
Feb 20032417,74333.487.93$69,439
Jan 20031898,56530.315.58$53,539
Dec 200209,22226.914.85$44,761
Nov 20021879,35324.664.14$43,304
Oct 20022759,86526.464.23$48,997
Sep 20021729,65227.443.64$39,807
Aug 20021839,69925.963.16$35,440
Jul 20021829,94424.583.06$34,920
Jun 200218710,52723.733.34$39,579
May 200218111,06924.663.58$44,135
Apr 200218910,39123.653.51$40,966
Mar 200238311,19022.003.10$43,145
Feb 200219310,29918.222.38$27,984
Jan 200220111,76117.172.38$31,392
Dec 200119512,30616.932.36$32,398
Nov 200119512,87818.072.41$34,502
Oct 200138614,76319.782.53$44,969
Sep 200133915,32024.262.25$42,714
Aug 200118317,80024.873.05$58,897
Jul 200137318,98123.933.20$69,610
Jun 200136819,05324.563.82$81,900
May 200137819,34625.524.31$92,976
Apr 200136618,01124.685.34$105,127
Mar 200138119,13524.545.38$112,228
Feb 200137722,58027.755.77$140,682
Jan 200137125,26127.478.40$222,352
Dec 200019520,75126.889.12$194,543
Nov 200037821,84532.215.66$135,774
Oct 200037524,07531.235.15$135,589
Sep 200038423,79031.875.19$135,625
Aug 200056721,69729.644.54$115,327
Jul 200038023,55828.534.09$107,188
Jun 200037228,33729.304.40$135,504
May 200075429,70427.263.68$129,857
Apr 200037129,47524.513.12$100,937
Mar 200055133,30828.422.86$110,912
Feb 200057527,69027.622.73$91,378
Jan 200040132,88925.272.48$91,714
Dec 199974834,92224.282.42$102,803
Nov 199957432,94623.192.43$93,501
Oct 199976935,33620.982.80$115,206
Sep 199958236,96221.752.62$109,456
Aug 199975337,40519.262.88$122,065
Jul 199938331,42117.892.37$81,394
Jun 199937026,53215.942.36$68,569
May 199955827,59715.792.32$72,864
Apr 199972633,53615.102.21$85,012
Mar 19991,09755,45212.471.84$115,619
Feb 199991760,3769.981.82$118,903
Jan 19991,12471,30410.381.90$147,141
Dec 19981,08184,7929.201.77$160,309
Nov 19981,25389,42510.892.19$209,103
Oct 19982,18295,16212.421.97$214,494
Sep 19981,81894,25712.592.08$219,190
Aug 19982,520102,38211.301.91$223,754
Jul 19982,684108,53011.742.24$274,321
Jun 19982,851114,06311.242.24$287,235
May 19982,907126,18812.622.21$315,100
Apr 19983,266133,14113.042.51$376,151
Mar 19983,828153,73012.802.31$404,029
Feb 19983,504153,15513.952.30$401,004
Jan 19985,108193,75514.702.15$492,589
Dec 19972,874218,46616.322.41$573,647
Nov 19974,727209,31718.193.09$732,409
Oct 19976,462242,22419.253.15$887,356
Sep 19975,909244,30117.742.95$826,706
Aug 19977,640294,37517.862.55$888,502
Jul 19978,380358,72917.582.25$953,363
Jun 19979,430422,08117.242.26$1,115,294
May 1997258,04718.972.31$19,051

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           204 bbl  × $106.41 =    $21,708
Gas                4,206 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $12,811

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Month total                                  $34,518

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/164134 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.