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 165364District 04Field 460945002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$35.1 M
Sep 1997 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$403 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
345
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 Gas111998-03-17138260
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
CondensateDisposition166,113 bbl$5,494,877
GasProduction8,067,528 Mcf$29,581,549
Total$35,076,426

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 26.3992, -98.4421. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.39925, -98.44209 · 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
12,900 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 12,900 ft.

Completions filed
Sep 1997
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21532453812,900 ftSep 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 (345)

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

345 months

May 2026765,975106.413.05$26,286
Apr 20261935,68998.932.87$35,419
Mar 20262085,87789.753.15$37,177
Feb 20262065,44263.503.75$33,490
Jan 2026345,65059.138.00$47,199
Dec 20252096,08756.664.41$38,706
Nov 20251995,98658.593.93$35,163
Oct 2025206,62359.383.30$23,076
Sep 20252376,52662.743.08$34,949
Aug 2025136,93663.933.01$21,741
Jul 20252066,83266.743.32$36,398
Jun 20251916,68166.483.13$33,601
May 20251936,96760.553.23$34,206
Apr 2025216,40462.363.54$24,000
Mar 20252106,61667.704.27$42,456
Feb 20252006,08870.884.34$40,603
Jan 2025716,62774.324.28$33,632
Dec 20242146,35068.993.12$34,585
Nov 20241966,32069.052.20$27,428
Oct 2024256,57371.372.28$16,780
Sep 20241876,00369.612.36$27,210
Aug 20242096,25275.632.06$28,708
Jul 20242036,86179.932.15$30,954
Jun 2024226,43378.082.63$18,662
May 2024396,09378.812.20$16,469
Apr 20242536,73484.451.66$32,539
Mar 20242106,73980.301.55$27,276
Feb 2024216,31776.091.78$12,865
Jan 2024685,70073.023.30$23,762
Dec 20232097,03671.262.61$33,262
Nov 20232046,90377.892.81$35,270
Oct 2023256,70685.443.09$22,839
Sep 20232296,23489.042.74$37,440
Aug 2023216,91980.522.67$20,185
Jul 20232126,28574.852.64$32,472
Jun 20231935,92568.962.26$26,691
May 2023696,36370.622.23$19,046
Apr 20232275,96078.122.24$31,070
Mar 2023245,96472.852.39$16,021
Feb 2023686,04375.112.47$20,008
Jan 20232117,26276.533.39$40,749
Dec 20222197,72376.415.73$60,979
Nov 2022236,84285.005.65$40,586
Oct 20222606,95587.185.86$63,449
Sep 2022206,28784.888.16$53,023
Aug 20222127,51794.529.13$88,647
Jul 2022157,588101.587.54$58,753
Jun 20222467,447115.097.98$87,718
May 2022278,203109.378.43$72,129
Apr 20222508,412104.226.84$83,573
Mar 2022217,801108.885.08$41,887
Feb 20222136,98191.054.86$53,313
Jan 20222157,00681.844.54$49,387
Dec 2021307,15771.323.90$30,046
Nov 20212047,63077.435.24$55,753
Oct 20212067,56479.795.71$59,656
Sep 20212047,31869.865.35$53,409
Aug 2021328,06066.024.22$36,131
Jul 20212538,67270.783.98$52,440
Jun 2021217,51569.493.38$26,865
May 20212088,20963.483.02$37,976
Apr 2021257,73660.362.76$22,848
Mar 20212307,70261.302.72$35,025
Feb 20212066,43857.805.55$47,625
Jan 2021586,87950.412.81$22,256
Dec 20202116,49244.642.68$26,788
Nov 20202206,79238.772.71$26,912
Oct 20202046,43236.972.48$23,483
Sep 20202117,01637.091.99$21,795
Aug 2020255,65839.982.39$14,494
Jul 20202347,12738.371.83$21,986
Jun 20202037,63534.901.69$19,990
May 20202177,51816.921.81$17,315
Apr 2020207,39814.751.80$13,644
Mar 20201826,01930.341.86$16,695
Feb 20202196,88549.881.98$24,561
Jan 20201987,39257.252.09$26,820
Dec 20192235,34259.012.30$25,469
Nov 20192077,18055.302.75$31,197
Oct 20192017,12053.472.42$27,967
Sep 2019108,01355.052.66$21,843
Aug 20192318,63853.112.30$32,173
Jul 2019269,00556.272.46$23,616
Jun 20191968,21852.782.49$30,818
May 20192137,77958.482.74$33,773
Apr 20192166,67362.632.75$31,884
Mar 20192167,07956.803.06$33,945
Feb 2019215,59950.852.79$16,701
Jan 20192237,44546.033.23$34,298
Dec 20182227,00746.594.19$39,670
Nov 20182216,56652.934.24$39,519
Oct 20182066,50461.443.40$34,758
Sep 2018195,61959.543.11$18,595
Aug 2018248,12459.403.07$26,338
Jul 20181998,13765.142.93$36,820
Jun 2018327,44660.183.08$24,837
May 2018628,08565.382.90$27,507
Apr 20182108,13063.842.90$36,990
Mar 20182176,93161.222.79$32,600
Feb 2018265,91261.782.77$17,960
Jan 2018206,93962.874.01$29,078
Dec 2017126,87357.272.92$20,767
Nov 201708,88755.423.12$27,713
Oct 201709,13649.292.98$27,259
Sep 2017898,37647.523.09$30,088
Aug 201709,26945.373.00$27,848
Jul 201709,73943.873.09$30,067
Jun 201719,38942.493.09$29,029
May 201709,42645.373.26$30,761
Apr 20171889,46747.933.21$39,415
Mar 201718910,08046.772.98$38,915
Feb 2017229,27450.452.95$28,492
Jan 2017219,60449.413.42$33,872
Dec 20163210,34648.763.72$40,077
Nov 2016510,34542.492.64$27,568
Oct 201619411,10546.193.09$43,278
Sep 2016211,13141.553.10$34,596
Aug 2016511,98241.442.92$35,247
Jul 201617412,57841.622.92$44,024
Jun 201616612,70945.352.69$41,662
May 2016013,18542.521.99$26,252
Apr 2016010,18336.561.99$20,275
Mar 20161808,86933.011.79$21,853
Feb 201608,37626.472.06$17,285
Jan 201619,71127.352.36$22,988
Dec 20151619,20632.362.00$23,635
Nov 20151789,48338.792.17$27,457
Oct 201529,38643.552.43$22,863
Sep 20151619,45942.992.76$33,013
Aug 201529,99740.162.87$28,797
Jul 201518810,87148.152.95$41,068
Jun 201519210,21656.152.88$40,232
May 2015410,54155.212.96$31,374
Apr 20152019,71249.822.71$36,300
Mar 201539810,04042.892.93$46,535
Feb 201508,50344.662.98$25,307
Jan 201537410,26243.433.10$48,061
Dec 201419510,61154.693.59$48,772
Nov 201418810,38370.464.25$57,393
Oct 20141311,00978.303.90$43,964
Sep 201439110,89286.164.05$77,751
Aug 2014410,94389.394.04$44,514
Jul 201438510,75096.564.18$82,106
Jun 2014110,40998.164.74$49,404
May 201438910,72694.734.73$87,547
Apr 201419810,49295.944.81$69,453
Mar 201419510,35195.895.06$71,041
Feb 201419410,48097.406.19$83,788
Jan 201420111,66890.404.86$74,885
Dec 201319511,45391.824.35$67,777
Nov 201319511,76888.853.74$61,318
Oct 201338610,66097.423.78$77,892
Sep 201319411,729104.113.72$63,803
Aug 201318411,753104.253.52$60,583
Jul 201319311,525102.523.72$62,633
Jun 201319411,61994.403.93$64,016
May 201319311,15094.834.15$64,564
Apr 201338710,76493.964.28$82,460
Mar 201320010,25093.623.91$58,831
Feb 201320310,20791.233.42$53,427
Jan 201320712,00691.603.42$60,021
Dec 201220611,71886.773.42$57,952
Nov 201220911,10986.953.62$58,442
Oct 201221411,55489.383.40$58,407
Sep 201239711,65894.672.92$71,607
Aug 201219012,74492.662.91$54,667
Jul 201219713,20085.133.02$56,645
Jun 201241313,13479.822.52$66,051
May 201229513,85491.612.49$61,498
Apr 201220113,451101.652.00$47,291
Mar 201239414,409105.052.22$73,408
Feb 201219913,519101.102.57$54,866
Jan 201220213,56498.092.73$56,899
Dec 20113708,91896.873.24$64,734
Nov 20112019,90095.723.31$52,021
Oct 20111878,97284.983.65$48,626
Sep 201119610,38583.623.99$57,782
Aug 201119210,99783.404.15$61,643
Jul 201138311,02194.144.52$85,840
Jun 201138311,35592.904.64$88,267
May 2011612,06298.134.40$53,720
Apr 201138111,994105.964.33$92,344
Mar 201139612,63996.364.06$89,439
Feb 20111810,65385.644.18$46,071
Jan 20111886,66086.504.59$46,823
Dec 2010276,21985.734.35$29,353
Nov 20101925,97380.843.80$38,191
Oct 201006,05178.103.51$21,232
Sep 201005,69572.633.98$22,663
Aug 20101774,87873.684.42$34,599
Jul 201014,76672.554.74$22,647
Jun 201004,61170.364.91$22,642
May 20102044,77771.124.24$34,740
Apr 2010104,56781.694.12$19,645
Mar 201015,01578.394.39$22,088
Feb 20101934,64273.585.44$39,464
Jan 2010125,40674.365.96$33,134
Dec 20092015,34271.445.48$43,654
Nov 2009185,73874.593.75$22,869
Oct 20092036,86872.544.11$42,955
Sep 200915,97765.543.06$18,384
Aug 20092006,45267.423.22$34,250
Jul 200916,82361.133.46$23,699
Jun 20091978,80466.163.90$47,325
May 200920210,11854.743.93$50,778
Apr 200919710,20446.773.59$45,821
Mar 200939111,19642.144.06$61,921
Feb 200949,31532.814.63$43,288
Jan 200915,82335.865.37$31,311
Dec 20081917,74937.105.98$53,403
Nov 200819910,26755.496.86$81,478
Oct 200819910,95975.246.92$90,831
Sep 200820010,289101.767.88$101,399
Aug 200819811,536114.228.48$120,476
Jul 200839311,951131.0811.39$187,630
Jun 200819511,973131.3313.03$181,649
May 200819825,405123.1711.57$318,433
Apr 200824012,436110.3110.45$156,491
Mar 200839411,568101.909.66$151,943
Feb 200819910,69492.538.77$112,206
Jan 200820013,10490.388.21$125,604
Dec 200738712,72888.337.30$127,123
Nov 200719312,62591.677.29$109,750
Oct 200718513,02882.856.92$105,507
Sep 200719512,99275.846.24$95,913
Aug 200738714,02869.066.39$116,336
Jul 200739413,58170.906.39$114,689
Jun 200719713,57262.007.55$114,662
May 200719114,13958.747.85$122,158
Apr 200719314,38259.617.81$123,759
Mar 200739115,11956.927.30$132,654
Feb 200719913,94755.108.22$125,553
Jan 200738515,55050.306.73$123,968
Dec 200629416,03656.656.92$127,599
Nov 200640015,55654.207.62$140,178
Oct 200619416,08054.906.01$107,353
Sep 200619415,27760.085.04$88,609
Aug 200637617,05568.717.34$151,017
Jul 200619614,88369.376.34$107,996
Jun 20061689,97366.286.38$74,801
May 200636414,99666.016.42$120,377
Apr 200639316,49264.397.36$146,694
Mar 200619217,17156.707.08$132,507
Feb 200640715,79757.597.75$145,884
Jan 200620017,89660.598.93$171,989
Dec 200539818,13954.9413.42$265,208
Nov 200519518,08054.6910.59$202,103
Oct 200539418,69058.3413.80$280,829
Sep 200519118,32261.4512.08$233,048
Aug 200538619,42461.519.80$214,037
Jul 200539319,79955.697.84$177,182
Jun 200539520,41552.337.38$171,354
May 200557321,35045.226.65$167,913
Apr 200520020,82749.207.36$163,137
Mar 200539722,72550.377.15$182,592
Feb 200520220,82645.226.31$140,586
Jan 200573623,66243.166.32$181,362
Dec 200419822,66439.866.75$160,899
Nov 200460623,02445.286.33$173,191
Oct 200456224,38049.706.52$186,770
Sep 2004023,98843.245.28$126,750
Aug 200458725,08542.375.55$164,110
Jul 200438225,44238.286.08$169,417
Jun 200459425,61036.106.43$186,193
May 2004020,74937.486.49$134,756
Apr 200418815,00334.475.86$94,375
Mar 200435320,09134.365.53$123,235
Feb 200439717,32632.455.51$108,342
Jan 200440323,26632.036.30$159,476
Dec 200359920,91530.266.30$149,925
Nov 200338923,31828.804.60$118,353
Oct 200319926,30128.174.76$130,789
Sep 200335324,65026.314.75$126,359
Aug 200319117,43929.765.13$95,141
Jul 200333819,95829.415.17$113,140
Jun 200329823,71028.565.98$150,367
May 200336725,34826.595.97$161,154
Apr 200335423,71926.675.41$137,696
Mar 200341125,19631.146.10$166,394
Feb 200337723,31833.487.93$197,438
Jan 200336125,15630.315.58$151,364
Dec 200237527,15426.914.85$141,890
Nov 200237026,84624.664.14$120,185
Oct 200235427,94826.464.23$127,562
Sep 200256527,36527.443.64$114,981
Aug 200236928,30825.963.16$99,150
Jul 200274628,76024.583.06$106,393
Jun 200236128,92623.733.34$105,128
May 200257223,05224.663.58$96,724
Apr 200258022,81923.653.51$93,865
Mar 200258325,76622.003.10$92,771
Feb 200236824,83718.222.38$65,710
Jan 200252326,64817.172.38$72,287
Dec 200157430,80216.932.36$82,546
Nov 200155928,90718.072.41$79,638
Oct 200174231,54119.782.53$94,440
Sep 200137432,16124.262.25$81,478
Aug 200155828,79324.873.05$101,787
Jul 200174231,40523.933.20$118,160
Jun 200173431,48524.563.82$138,431
May 200137932,25025.524.31$148,583
Apr 200153531,84124.685.34$183,086
Mar 200175032,75024.545.38$194,483
Feb 200155932,10627.755.77$200,670
Jan 200155836,17527.478.40$319,153
Dec 200056137,08226.889.12$353,360
Nov 200075432,65132.215.66$209,026
Oct 200076337,01431.235.15$214,284
Sep 200056737,91631.875.19$214,722
Aug 200075239,26729.644.54$200,591
Jul 200073938,45028.534.09$178,335
Jun 200074036,38929.304.40$181,694
May 200092840,87027.263.68$175,689
Apr 200092139,23224.513.12$144,821
Mar 200075041,06428.422.86$138,748
Feb 200093736,72227.622.73$126,002
Jan 200075138,14625.272.48$113,599
Dec 199997442,08624.282.42$125,653
Nov 199993548,57423.192.43$139,911
Oct 19991,15240,60420.982.80$138,011
Sep 19991,12742,20121.752.62$135,030
Aug 19991,13446,25719.262.88$154,857
Jul 19991,10148,61517.892.37$135,030
Jun 19991,52460,08515.942.36$166,219
May 19991,46663,53415.792.32$170,612
Apr 19991,66063,29615.102.21$164,827
Mar 19991,84177,25512.471.84$164,977
Feb 19991,82774,9849.981.82$154,539
Jan 19991,82288,91510.381.90$187,846
Dec 19982,17895,4279.201.77$189,260
Nov 19982,009101,68010.892.19$244,122
Oct 19982,386115,54312.421.97$257,163
Sep 19982,313117,30012.592.08$273,412
Aug 19982,369114,23911.301.91$244,663
Jul 19982,891124,30111.742.24$312,035
Jun 19983,209130,68311.242.24$328,442
May 19983,210148,02312.622.21$367,099
Apr 19983,224161,63513.042.51$446,990
Mar 19984,187194,32112.802.31$502,366
Feb 19983,831202,11413.952.30$518,129
Jan 19985,886267,62514.702.15$663,200
Dec 19976,777321,12116.322.41$884,855
Nov 19978,372359,03118.193.09$1,261,068
Oct 199712,253449,53819.253.15$1,651,834
Sep 19978,527273,82217.742.95$960,380

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            76 bbl  × $106.41 =     $8,087
Gas                5,975 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $18,199

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Month total                                  $26,286

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/165364 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.