SMITH, A.H.

Operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 561136) in the ROLETA (7483) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 165488District 04Field 779735002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.9 M
Nov 1997 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
343
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 64 leases and 64 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1955-08-16
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 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 2010-11-02.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: PERMITTED/DRILLED/COMPLETED ON THE SAME LEASE.

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 Gas112004-08-11158345
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
CondensateDisposition286 bbl$5,435
GasProduction421,225 Mcf$1,855,514
Total$1,860,949

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 26.7745, -99.1952. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.77451, -99.19522 · 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
9,990 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 9,990 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1997
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-5053300249,990 ftNov 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 (343)

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

343 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 20080374123.1711.57$4,329
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 2008063192.538.77$5,534
Jan 200801,85390.388.21$15,205
Dec 200702,15988.337.30$15,765
Nov 200701,86891.677.29$13,621
Oct 200701,66082.856.92$11,490
Sep 200701,71575.846.24$10,709
Aug 200701,63769.066.39$10,457
Jul 200701,87170.906.39$11,952
Jun 200701,91962.007.55$14,485
May 200702,16758.747.85$17,003
Apr 200702,22359.617.81$17,351
Mar 200722,30856.927.30$16,967
Feb 200702,09255.108.22$17,188
Jan 200702,43950.306.73$16,407
Dec 200612,29256.656.92$15,914
Nov 200612,35354.207.62$17,978
Oct 200602,41854.906.01$14,541
Sep 200602,21660.085.04$11,162
Aug 200612,27868.717.34$16,789
Jul 200602,23369.376.34$14,163
Jun 200612,16366.286.38$13,875
May 200602,37766.016.42$15,272
Apr 200612,41964.397.36$17,869
Mar 200602,49156.707.08$17,644
Feb 200612,27957.597.75$17,722
Jan 200612,65560.598.93$23,779
Dec 200502,64654.9413.42$35,497
Nov 200512,48154.6910.59$26,325
Oct 200502,51158.3413.80$34,641
Sep 200502,38761.4512.08$28,833
Aug 200502,52161.519.80$24,698
Jul 200502,34055.697.84$18,354
Jun 200502,29452.337.38$16,932
May 200502,19745.226.65$14,613
Apr 200502,59349.207.36$19,086
Mar 200502,77750.377.15$19,869
Feb 200502,47745.226.31$15,635
Jan 200502,66843.166.32$16,868
Dec 200402,83839.866.75$19,160
Nov 200402,92945.286.33$18,542
Oct 200403,05149.706.52$19,878
Sep 200403,04843.245.28$16,105
Aug 200403,17942.375.55$17,646
Jul 200403,70338.286.08$22,530
Jun 2004069536.106.43$4,471
May 200402,90437.486.49$18,860
Apr 200402,76434.475.86$16,193
Mar 200402,56534.365.53$14,185
Feb 200402,32632.455.51$12,815
Jan 2004091632.036.30$5,770
Dec 200301,98430.266.30$12,502
Nov 200302,21828.804.60$10,192
Oct 200302,85828.174.76$13,603
Sep 200302,32826.314.75$11,057
Aug 200302,50729.765.13$12,860
Jul 200302,56229.415.17$13,248
Jun 200302,27928.565.98$13,635
May 200312,26726.595.97$13,567
Apr 200312,49426.675.41$13,512
Mar 200302,18731.146.10$13,332
Feb 2003069833.487.93$5,532
Jan 200302,78030.315.58$15,518
Dec 200202,43926.914.85$11,838
Nov 200202,66124.664.14$11,008
Oct 200202,73026.464.23$11,546
Sep 200202,52927.443.64$9,193
Aug 200202,88125.963.16$9,116
Jul 200202,99124.583.06$9,158
Jun 200202,66723.733.34$8,903
May 200202,82724.663.58$10,132
Apr 200202,83923.653.51$9,971
Mar 200202,72922.003.10$8,467
Feb 200202,43618.222.38$5,787
Jan 200203,14917.172.38$7,481
Dec 200102,99116.932.36$7,072
Nov 200102,86218.072.41$6,885
Oct 200103,21219.782.53$8,123
Sep 200103,21124.262.25$7,229
Aug 200103,47224.873.05$10,601
Jul 200103,76623.933.20$12,040
Jun 200103,38424.563.82$12,941
May 2001453,64525.524.31$16,849
Apr 200103,72824.685.34$19,890
Mar 200104,25324.545.38$22,866
Feb 200103,60627.755.77$20,796
Jan 200103,92327.478.40$32,948
Dec 200004,09926.889.12$37,393
Nov 200003,99432.215.66$22,598
Oct 200004,15831.235.15$21,395
Sep 200003,91031.875.19$20,279
Aug 200004,25329.644.54$19,312
Jul 200024,14428.534.09$17,005
Jun 200003,79129.304.40$16,670
May 200003,66027.263.68$13,468
Apr 200004,61324.513.12$14,374
Mar 200004,40328.422.86$12,591
Feb 200005,01927.622.73$13,684
Jan 200004,37625.272.48$10,855
Dec 199904,79224.282.42$11,614
Nov 1999864,27023.192.43$12,387
Oct 199904,86920.982.80$13,651
Sep 199905,05521.752.62$13,238
Aug 199905,77419.262.88$16,604
Jul 199904,99117.892.37$11,841
Jun 199904,47415.942.36$10,568
May 199907,27015.792.32$16,874
Apr 199905,01515.102.21$11,073
Mar 199905,13812.471.84$9,445
Feb 199904,8359.981.82$8,789
Jan 199905,71110.381.90$10,851
Dec 199805,7989.201.77$10,282
Nov 199805,92010.892.19$12,939
Oct 199806,27112.421.97$12,349
Sep 199806,57112.592.08$13,685
Aug 199806,76011.301.91$12,894
Jul 199807,13111.742.24$15,954
Jun 19981416,63111.242.24$16,420
May 199806,68412.622.21$14,747
Apr 199806,92413.042.51$17,347
Mar 199807,75112.802.31$17,900
Feb 199807,08713.952.30$16,294
Jan 199807,14314.702.15$15,392
Dec 199706,80416.322.41$16,405
Nov 199703,14318.193.09$9,706

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 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $123.17 =         $0
Gas                  374 Mcf  × $ 11.57 =     $4,329

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Month total                                   $4,329

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/165488 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.