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 165255District 04Field 460945002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$13.3 M
Jul 1997 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$33 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
347
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 Gas111998-03-05137973
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
CondensateDisposition106,248 bbl$2,555,182
GasProduction3,332,558 Mcf$10,794,070
Total$13,349,253

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 26.3997, -98.4457. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.39971, -98.44569 · 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
12,950 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 12,950 ft.

Completions filed
Jul 1997
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21532432712,950 ftJul 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 (347)

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

347 months

May 20260548106.413.05$1,669
Apr 2026048498.932.87$1,389
Mar 202618147589.753.15$17,741
Feb 2026030963.503.75$1,159
Jan 2026029559.138.00$2,359
Dec 2025033356.664.41$1,470
Nov 2025033558.593.93$1,315
Oct 2025039759.383.30$1,312
Sep 2025037362.743.08$1,148
Aug 2025041863.933.01$1,260
Jul 2025042866.743.32$1,419
Jun 2025033766.483.13$1,054
May 202517943160.553.23$12,232
Apr 2025041162.363.54$1,456
Mar 2025057167.704.27$2,437
Feb 202502,43370.884.34$10,561
Jan 2025050774.324.28$2,169
Dec 2024058768.993.12$1,832
Nov 2024058769.052.20$1,290
Oct 2024060771.372.28$1,385
Sep 2024045769.612.36$1,081
Aug 2024033775.632.06$695
Jul 2024034679.932.15$743
Jun 2024049978.082.63$1,314
May 2024057278.812.20$1,258
Apr 2024071184.451.66$1,180
Mar 2024072580.301.55$1,120
Feb 2024080876.091.78$1,441
Jan 2024082173.023.30$2,707
Dec 2023058571.262.61$1,527
Nov 2023061877.892.81$1,735
Oct 2023059585.443.09$1,837
Sep 2023060989.042.74$1,666
Aug 2023067280.522.67$1,796
Jul 2023063274.852.64$1,670
Jun 2023052568.962.26$1,186
May 2023032670.622.23$726
Apr 2023036178.122.24$808
Mar 2023046572.852.39$1,113
Feb 2023056975.112.47$1,403
Jan 2023074076.533.39$2,507
Dec 2022083476.415.73$4,778
Nov 202201,10085.005.65$6,211
Oct 2022088287.185.86$5,172
Sep 2022082784.888.16$6,751
Aug 2022095394.529.13$8,698
Jul 20220915101.587.54$6,901
Jun 202201,012115.097.98$8,073
May 20220857109.378.43$7,227
Apr 20220917104.226.84$6,270
Mar 20220935108.885.08$4,746
Feb 202211,02191.054.86$5,052
Jan 2022052681.844.54$2,387
Dec 2021053871.323.90$2,098
Nov 2021061577.435.24$3,221
Oct 2021066379.795.71$3,788
Sep 2021062869.865.35$3,360
Aug 2021071266.024.22$3,005
Jul 2021172470.783.98$2,954
Jun 2021057569.493.38$1,944
May 2021044863.483.02$1,352
Apr 2021051660.362.76$1,423
Mar 2021123661.302.72$703
Feb 2021093757.805.55$5,198
Jan 202121,44550.412.81$4,162
Dec 2020084044.642.68$2,247
Nov 2020070638.772.71$1,911
Oct 2020156936.972.48$1,447
Sep 2020459937.091.99$1,341
Aug 2020559239.982.39$1,612
Jul 2020111,27438.371.83$2,747
Jun 202019378534.901.69$8,063
May 2020785016.921.81$1,661
Apr 2020579114.751.80$1,501
Mar 2020368330.341.86$1,359
Feb 2020981449.881.98$2,061
Jan 2020467657.252.09$1,645
Dec 2019877759.012.30$2,263
Nov 2019761655.302.75$2,082
Oct 2019490953.472.42$2,412
Sep 2019384755.052.66$2,416
Aug 20191398253.112.30$2,953
Jul 201971,70456.272.46$4,586
Jun 201961,31852.782.49$3,600
May 201971,10358.482.74$3,432
Apr 2019101,30762.632.75$4,221
Mar 201981,49756.803.06$5,038
Feb 2019657050.852.79$1,897
Jan 2019871846.033.23$2,686
Dec 2018870846.594.19$3,336
Nov 201871,40052.934.24$6,303
Oct 2018467661.443.40$2,543
Sep 2018458059.543.11$2,041
Aug 2018694359.403.07$3,248
Jul 201821,07565.142.93$3,282
Jun 201881,32660.183.08$4,561
May 201871,46465.382.90$4,704
Apr 201851,27663.842.90$4,021
Mar 201861,32161.222.79$4,049
Feb 2018651161.782.77$1,784
Jan 2018588562.874.01$3,863
Dec 201731,46757.272.92$4,458
Nov 201701,95055.423.12$6,081
Oct 201702,08349.292.98$6,215
Sep 201701,92447.523.09$5,940
Aug 201702,05445.373.00$6,171
Jul 20171282,01243.873.09$11,827
Jun 201701,95542.493.09$6,036
May 201701,95945.373.26$6,393
Apr 201701,42447.933.21$4,573
Mar 201701,73846.772.98$5,186
Feb 2017221,96150.452.95$6,900
Jan 2017212,19849.413.42$8,552
Dec 2016312,39848.763.72$10,439
Nov 201642,25242.492.64$6,125
Oct 201652,17546.193.09$6,952
Sep 201621,51941.553.10$4,793
Aug 201651,44641.442.92$4,436
Jul 201612,42741.622.92$7,139
Jun 201612,33845.352.69$6,325
May 201603,29542.521.99$6,560
Apr 201602,35636.561.99$4,691
Mar 20161781,52033.011.79$8,603
Feb 201602,15926.472.06$4,455
Jan 201612,31627.352.36$5,503
Dec 201512,37932.362.00$4,794
Nov 201502,44038.792.17$5,288
Oct 2015472,41043.552.43$7,895
Sep 201512,22042.992.76$6,167
Aug 201522,02940.162.87$5,909
Jul 20151782,13048.152.95$14,844
Jun 201542,06956.152.88$6,189
May 201552,13755.212.96$6,592
Apr 2015122,44649.822.71$7,218
Mar 20151842,41142.892.93$14,967
Feb 201501,57544.662.98$4,688
Jan 201542,56043.433.10$8,111
Dec 201403,21154.693.59$11,532
Nov 20141942,62970.464.25$24,847
Oct 2014131,47278.303.90$6,760
Sep 201491,37786.164.05$6,346
Aug 201441,42089.394.04$6,087
Jul 201481,54196.564.18$7,213
Jun 201411,35298.164.74$6,502
May 201411,34294.734.73$6,438
Apr 201421,29695.944.81$6,425
Mar 20141931,25495.895.06$24,848
Feb 201411,05897.406.19$6,649
Jan 201462,22490.404.86$11,353
Dec 201312,33891.824.35$10,273
Nov 20132582,19888.853.74$31,140
Oct 201301,92997.423.78$7,290
Sep 201302,330104.113.72$8,662
Aug 20131622,365104.253.52$25,219
Jul 201332,392102.523.72$9,200
Jun 201302,54894.403.93$10,022
May 201303,25894.834.15$13,518
Apr 20131812,88193.964.28$29,345
Mar 2013112,69793.623.91$11,583
Feb 2013132,53991.233.42$9,869
Jan 201353,36291.603.42$11,956
Dec 201263,13786.773.42$11,250
Nov 201262,84586.953.62$10,835
Oct 2012103,07289.383.40$11,338
Sep 20121281,53794.672.92$16,603
Aug 201211,77492.662.91$5,252
Jul 201241,51385.133.02$4,911
Jun 2012101,61179.822.52$4,856
May 20121941,79591.612.49$22,239
Apr 201252,055101.652.00$4,612
Mar 201241,792105.052.22$4,402
Feb 201231,625101.102.57$4,480
Jan 20121941,86098.092.73$24,115
Dec 201102,77896.873.24$9,000
Nov 201151,58395.723.31$5,720
Oct 201102,94084.983.65$10,727
Sep 201122,98283.623.99$12,053
Aug 20111793,26183.404.15$28,460
Jul 201102,65494.144.52$11,989
Jun 201101,75392.904.64$8,134
May 201111,87098.134.40$8,335
Apr 20111781,750105.964.33$26,444
Mar 201111,78696.364.06$7,343
Feb 201162,16085.644.18$9,543
Jan 201102,66886.504.59$12,243
Dec 201033,83985.734.35$16,948
Nov 20101924,06980.843.80$30,964
Oct 201004,01178.103.51$14,074
Sep 201004,25472.633.98$16,929
Aug 20101874,57973.684.42$34,014
Jul 201014,67472.554.74$22,211
Jun 201004,56970.364.91$22,436
May 20102034,74371.124.24$34,525
Apr 201054,68581.694.12$19,723
Mar 201015,21778.394.39$22,974
Feb 201024,44573.585.44$24,338
Jan 201034,05174.365.96$24,384
Dec 20091933,72471.445.48$34,209
Nov 20092224,12874.593.75$32,045
Oct 2009384,53772.544.11$21,405
Sep 200904,34165.543.06$13,304
Aug 20092084,78267.423.22$29,414
Jul 200935,02261.133.46$17,582
Jun 200995,27266.163.90$21,130
May 20092115,42754.743.93$32,855
Apr 200975,34946.773.59$19,517
Mar 20092056,13742.144.06$33,549
Feb 2009225,52832.814.63$26,333
Jan 20091336,35635.865.37$38,907
Dec 20082076,15237.105.98$44,451
Nov 2008171,90955.496.86$14,040
Oct 2008162,55075.246.92$18,855
Sep 20081912,445101.767.88$38,696
Aug 2008162,659114.228.48$24,384
Jul 20081742,180131.0811.39$47,637
Jun 2008162,497131.3313.03$34,644
May 2008754,748123.1711.57$64,192
Apr 20081722,683110.3110.45$47,024
Mar 200802,754101.909.66$26,615
Feb 20081732,56992.538.77$38,539
Jan 200802,78190.388.21$22,820
Dec 20071912,54688.337.30$35,462
Nov 2007382,40391.677.29$21,005
Oct 20071932,88682.856.92$35,967
Sep 200702,91075.846.24$18,171
Aug 200703,04269.066.39$19,432
Jul 20071913,02470.906.39$32,859
Jun 200702,91762.007.55$22,019
May 20071963,00958.747.85$35,123
Apr 200703,05259.617.81$23,821
Mar 200702,71056.927.30$19,788
Feb 20071812,30655.108.22$28,919
Jan 200702,55150.306.73$17,160
Dec 2006882,67256.656.92$23,471
Nov 2006562,60554.207.62$22,879
Oct 20061862,71054.906.01$26,509
Sep 200602,64760.085.04$13,333
Aug 20061742,66268.717.34$31,494
Jul 200602,74669.376.34$17,417
Jun 20061802,71966.286.38$29,288
May 200603,00166.016.42$19,281
Apr 20061812,82464.397.36$32,441
Mar 200602,97456.707.08$21,065
Feb 20062002,81357.597.75$33,322
Jan 200603,23260.598.93$28,872
Dec 200503,14654.9413.42$42,205
Nov 20051833,14354.6910.59$43,288
Oct 200503,23558.3413.80$44,629
Sep 20051973,10961.4512.08$49,659
Aug 200503,36561.519.80$32,966
Jul 2005793,40755.697.84$31,123
Jun 20051983,41952.337.38$35,597
May 200503,56945.226.65$23,738
Apr 20051683,51249.207.36$34,116
Mar 20051753,69050.377.15$35,216
Feb 200503,37345.226.31$21,290
Jan 2005773,78243.166.32$27,234
Dec 20041493,81739.866.75$31,708
Nov 20041913,75745.286.33$32,432
Oct 20041973,93949.706.52$35,454
Sep 200403,79243.245.28$20,037
Aug 2004844,02142.375.55$25,878
Jul 20041694,04238.286.08$31,062
Jun 20041873,93436.106.43$32,058
May 200404,10537.486.49$26,660
Apr 20041124,01234.475.86$27,365
Mar 2004674,13934.365.53$25,191
Feb 20041893,98132.455.51$28,067
Jan 200404,27332.036.30$26,918
Dec 20031904,34830.266.30$33,149
Nov 20031704,27528.804.60$24,540
Oct 200304,82528.174.76$22,965
Sep 2003764,53926.314.75$23,557
Aug 20031314,74529.765.13$28,239
Jul 20031695,09129.415.17$31,295
Jun 2003984,75728.565.98$31,260
May 20031714,89526.595.97$33,783
Apr 20031714,92126.675.41$31,170
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20031704,80733.487.93$43,791
Jan 20031825,13030.315.58$34,152
Dec 20021876,82826.914.85$38,174
Nov 20021745,75524.664.14$28,099
Oct 20025757,94126.464.23$48,798
Sep 20023846,23127.443.64$33,188
Aug 200206,75325.963.16$21,368
Jul 20021906,29324.583.06$23,938
Jun 20021966,10723.733.34$25,038
May 20021826,64024.663.58$28,286
Apr 20023736,30223.653.51$30,956
Mar 20023636,62022.003.10$28,526
Feb 20027586,42118.222.38$29,065
Jan 20027347,81017.172.38$31,157
Dec 20011,13610,46316.932.36$43,971
Nov 200156410,96618.072.41$36,570
Oct 200117312,39119.782.53$34,757
Sep 2001012,54224.262.25$28,236
Aug 200154613,42724.873.05$54,574
Jul 200193714,59423.933.20$69,081
Jun 200118114,78824.563.82$60,997
May 20011,30515,63125.524.31$100,631
Apr 200193115,74224.685.34$106,966
Mar 200151816,66924.545.38$102,332
Feb 200175215,70927.755.77$111,463
Jan 20011818,06927.478.40$152,252
Dec 20001,67417,23526.889.12$202,223
Nov 20001,68317,54732.215.66$153,490
Oct 20001,32418,45831.235.15$136,324
Sep 20001,49018,48531.875.19$143,359
Aug 200093419,40829.644.54$115,811
Jul 200074219,69128.534.09$101,701
Jun 200090419,86229.304.40$113,825
May 200074621,07627.263.68$97,890
Apr 200093321,39224.513.12$89,525
Mar 200093923,67228.422.86$94,382
Feb 20001,31119,99527.622.73$90,726
Jan 20001,76723,96525.272.48$104,097
Dec 19991,52526,47924.282.42$101,205
Nov 199996250,02523.192.43$144,069
Oct 199975824,74520.982.80$85,281
Sep 199959026,74521.752.62$82,874
Aug 199974624,46519.262.88$84,720
Jul 199974526,76717.892.37$76,829
Jun 199972325,47015.942.36$71,687
May 199993827,22715.792.32$78,005
Apr 199990431,46015.102.21$83,116
Mar 199991331,53812.471.84$69,362
Feb 199973928,4829.981.82$59,150
Jan 199992333,20310.381.90$72,665
Dec 199890935,9759.201.77$72,158
Nov 199890438,70010.892.19$94,432
Oct 19981,45741,18012.421.97$99,188
Sep 19981,07643,91612.592.08$105,007
Aug 19981,43046,66511.301.91$105,165
Jul 19981,23341,45511.742.24$107,221
Jun 19981,24349,72711.242.24$125,224
May 19981,60055,72312.622.21$143,136
Apr 19982,18665,53913.042.51$192,702
Mar 19982,74183,14912.802.31$227,112
Feb 19982,91387,02713.952.30$240,723
Jan 19984,174117,02714.702.15$313,526
Dec 19972,735146,10216.322.41$396,902
Nov 19974,701150,57818.193.09$550,535
Oct 19976,857204,44619.253.15$775,965
Sep 199710,291321,16017.742.95$1,131,552
Aug 199711,184336,95917.862.55$1,060,589
Jul 199796,73117.582.25$15,282

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             0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Gas                  548 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $1,669

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $1,669

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/165255 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.