ACELA

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

Gas lease lease 165936District 04Field 804088002 tax incentive programmesGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$4.3 M
Oct 1997 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$42 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
344
no gaps in the span
Streams
1
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
1974-11-11
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
no field rule filed
From a lease line
no field rule filed

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: AOF-1 AND AOF-2 EFFECTIVE 10/01/98.

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 Gas111998-02-18137996
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
GasProduction1,120,078 Mcf$4,327,170
Total$4,327,170

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 27.0586, -99.4083. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.05862, -99.40833 · 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
8,906 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 8,906 ft.

Completions filed
Oct 1997
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-5053365918,906 ftOct 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 (344)

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

344 months

May 20261,067106.413.05$3,250
Apr 20261,00098.932.87$2,870
Mar 20261,00889.753.15$3,175
Feb 202697463.503.75$3,653
Jan 202699459.138.00$7,950
Dec 20251,11456.664.41$4,916
Nov 202597558.593.93$3,828
Oct 202578459.383.30$2,591
Sep 202574462.743.08$2,289
Aug 202585663.933.01$2,581
Jul 202582466.743.32$2,732
Jun 202584966.483.13$2,656
May 202595660.553.23$3,090
Apr 202599462.363.54$3,522
Mar 202593167.704.27$3,974
Feb 202593870.884.34$4,072
Jan 20251,00074.324.28$4,279
Dec 20241,09568.993.12$3,418
Nov 20241,05369.052.20$2,315
Oct 20241,03271.372.28$2,354
Sep 202498669.612.36$2,331
Aug 202476175.632.06$1,570
Jul 202487879.932.15$1,885
Jun 20241,21378.082.63$3,195
May 20241,04878.812.20$2,304
Apr 202487584.451.66$1,452
Mar 20241,15980.301.55$1,791
Feb 202497676.091.78$1,741
Jan 202449273.023.30$1,622
Dec 202336671.262.61$956
Nov 20236377.892.81$177
Oct 20235685.443.09$173
Sep 202322689.042.74$618
Aug 202350380.522.67$1,344
Jul 202359074.852.64$1,559
Jun 202334368.962.26$775
May 202346170.622.23$1,027
Apr 202373978.122.24$1,654
Mar 202388172.852.39$2,108
Feb 202399175.112.47$2,443
Jan 202384876.533.39$2,873
Dec 20221,14676.415.73$6,566
Nov 20221,03385.005.65$5,833
Oct 20221,10587.185.86$6,479
Sep 20221,05684.888.16$8,621
Aug 20221,17194.529.13$10,688
Jul 2022981101.587.54$7,399
Jun 2022327115.097.98$2,609
May 2022392109.378.43$3,306
Apr 2022216104.226.84$1,477
Mar 2022138108.885.08$701
Feb 20226191.054.86$296
Jan 20224481.844.54$200
Dec 20211271.323.90$47
Nov 20211777.435.24$89
Oct 20212979.795.71$166
Sep 2021669.865.35$32
Aug 20211566.024.22$63
Jul 20212870.783.98$112
Jun 20216869.493.38$230
May 20214863.483.02$145
Apr 20218960.362.76$246
Mar 20218061.302.72$217
Feb 20217757.805.55$427
Jan 20219850.412.81$275
Dec 202010944.642.68$292
Nov 202017938.772.71$484
Oct 20205536.972.48$136
Sep 2020037.091.99$0
Aug 202016239.982.39$386
Jul 2020038.371.83$0
Jun 20201434.901.69$24
May 2020016.921.81$0
Apr 2020014.751.80$0
Mar 20201230.341.86$22
Feb 2020049.881.98$0
Jan 2020057.252.09$0
Dec 2019059.012.30$0
Nov 2019055.302.75$0
Oct 2019053.472.42$0
Sep 2019755.052.66$19
Aug 2019353.112.30$7
Jul 201931656.272.46$777
Jun 20191,05852.782.49$2,636
May 20191,09858.482.74$3,009
Apr 20191,11862.632.75$3,075
Mar 20191,54756.803.06$4,737
Feb 20191,40150.852.79$3,912
Jan 20191,35246.033.23$4,365
Dec 20181,39146.594.19$5,822
Nov 20181,31052.934.24$5,551
Oct 20181,36061.443.40$4,621
Sep 20181,26759.543.11$3,938
Aug 20181,45459.403.07$4,459
Jul 20181,62765.142.93$4,770
Jun 20181,63360.183.08$5,025
May 20181,55165.382.90$4,499
Apr 20181,41463.842.90$4,102
Mar 20181,47861.222.79$4,119
Feb 20181,41161.782.77$3,903
Jan 20181,63062.874.01$6,535
Dec 20171,78657.272.92$5,218
Nov 20171,63055.423.12$5,083
Oct 20171,54149.292.98$4,598
Sep 20171,39147.523.09$4,294
Aug 20171,50845.373.00$4,531
Jul 20171,36043.873.09$4,199
Jun 201796642.493.09$2,982
May 20171,43645.373.26$4,686
Apr 20171,68947.933.21$5,424
Mar 20171,70246.772.98$5,078
Feb 20171,76050.452.95$5,197
Jan 20171,92749.413.42$6,588
Dec 20161,96548.763.72$7,315
Nov 20161,76242.492.64$4,659
Oct 201639346.193.09$1,214
Sep 2016641.553.10$19
Aug 20161,64241.442.92$4,802
Jul 20161,80641.622.92$5,281
Jun 20161,73945.352.69$4,671
May 201628342.521.99$563
Apr 20161,69336.561.99$3,371
Mar 20161,94633.011.79$3,491
Feb 20161,88626.472.06$3,892
Jan 20161,53027.352.36$3,617
Dec 20151,67032.362.00$3,342
Nov 20152,03838.792.17$4,417
Oct 20151,93043.552.43$4,683
Sep 20151,85842.992.76$5,125
Aug 20151,19940.162.87$3,444
Jul 20151,07148.152.95$3,154
Jun 20151,06456.152.88$3,067
May 20151,39455.212.96$4,120
Apr 20151,50749.822.71$4,079
Mar 20151,53842.892.93$4,514
Feb 20151,87944.662.98$5,592
Jan 20151,83243.433.10$5,680
Dec 20142,20954.693.59$7,933
Nov 20142,62870.464.25$11,174
Oct 20142,90378.303.90$11,324
Sep 20142,31786.164.05$9,373
Aug 20141,24589.394.04$5,024
Jul 20141,95196.564.18$8,154
Jun 20141,40998.164.74$6,674
May 20141,64294.734.73$7,761
Apr 20142,04095.944.81$9,811
Mar 20141,81595.895.06$9,178
Feb 20141,35097.406.19$8,359
Jan 20141,66890.404.86$8,108
Dec 20131,67291.824.35$7,281
Nov 20131,21788.853.74$4,549
Oct 20131,07497.423.78$4,059
Sep 20131,106104.113.72$4,112
Aug 2013774104.253.52$2,727
Jul 20131,395102.523.72$5,186
Jun 20131,61594.403.93$6,352
May 20131,79694.834.15$7,452
Apr 20131,82193.964.28$7,799
Mar 201363393.623.91$2,477
Feb 201367791.233.42$2,315
Jan 20131,91591.603.42$6,549
Dec 20121,83486.773.42$6,273
Nov 20121,57886.953.62$5,720
Oct 20121,85189.383.40$6,293
Sep 20121,38794.672.92$4,048
Aug 20121,75092.662.91$5,089
Jul 20121,51885.133.02$4,586
Jun 20121,87679.822.52$4,726
May 20121,79291.612.49$4,459
Apr 20121,943101.652.00$3,880
Mar 20121,842105.052.22$4,093
Feb 20121,951101.102.57$5,015
Jan 20122,06898.092.73$5,654
Dec 20112,13396.873.24$6,910
Nov 20112,00195.723.31$6,626
Oct 20111,75984.983.65$6,418
Sep 20111,92683.623.99$7,677
Aug 20111,79583.404.15$7,448
Jul 20112,00694.144.52$9,062
Jun 20111,90492.904.64$8,834
May 20111,75998.134.40$7,748
Apr 20111,881105.964.33$8,151
Mar 20112,00296.364.06$8,123
Feb 20111,56685.644.18$6,546
Jan 20112,17886.504.59$9,994
Dec 20102,23485.734.35$9,713
Nov 20102,02580.843.80$7,686
Oct 20102,02678.103.51$7,109
Sep 20101,62272.633.98$6,455
Aug 20101,79573.684.42$7,933
Jul 20101,97572.554.74$9,355
Jun 20102,04470.364.91$10,037
May 20101,87871.124.24$7,954
Apr 20101,59281.694.12$6,563
Mar 20101,77478.394.39$7,786
Feb 20101,56973.585.44$8,539
Jan 20101,91874.365.96$11,439
Dec 20092,02571.445.48$11,105
Nov 20091,70174.593.75$6,381
Oct 20091,74172.544.11$7,156
Sep 20091,56265.543.06$4,787
Aug 20091,77167.423.22$5,700
Jul 20091,90161.133.46$6,586
Jun 20091,40066.163.90$5,453
May 20092,05954.743.93$8,083
Apr 20091,97446.773.59$7,082
Mar 20092,05742.144.06$8,349
Feb 20091,70132.814.63$7,881
Jan 20092,19135.865.37$11,768
Dec 20082,35237.105.98$14,058
Nov 20082,42855.496.86$16,657
Oct 20082,51075.246.92$17,374
Sep 20082,755101.767.88$21,701
Aug 20083,083114.228.48$26,153
Jul 20082,654131.0811.39$30,228
Jun 20082,732131.3313.03$35,605
May 20082,439123.1711.57$28,230
Apr 20081,539110.3110.45$16,090
Mar 20081,713101.909.66$16,555
Feb 20081,51392.538.77$13,270
Jan 20081,73590.388.21$14,237
Dec 20071,75688.337.30$12,822
Nov 20071,22291.677.29$8,910
Oct 20071,68082.856.92$11,629
Sep 20071,96475.846.24$12,264
Aug 20072,01669.066.39$12,878
Jul 20071,32870.906.39$8,483
Jun 20071,85362.007.55$13,987
May 20071,91758.747.85$15,041
Apr 20071,98859.617.81$15,517
Mar 20072,16056.927.30$15,772
Feb 20072,09955.108.22$17,245
Jan 20071,79150.306.73$12,048
Dec 20062,70556.656.92$18,714
Nov 20062,68254.207.62$20,430
Oct 20062,14154.906.01$12,876
Sep 20062,42160.085.04$12,195
Aug 20061,91668.717.34$14,063
Jul 20062,86969.376.34$18,197
Jun 20062,23366.286.38$14,255
May 20061,92066.016.42$12,336
Apr 20062,82264.397.36$20,771
Mar 20063,32056.707.08$23,515
Feb 20063,35557.597.75$26,005
Jan 20063,83760.598.93$34,277
Dec 20053,42954.9413.42$46,001
Nov 20052,58754.6910.59$27,392
Oct 20052,59958.3413.80$35,855
Sep 20052,77561.4512.08$33,519
Aug 20053,28061.519.80$32,134
Jul 20053,41155.697.84$26,755
Jun 20053,84152.337.38$28,351
May 20053,06445.226.65$20,379
Apr 20053,09349.207.36$22,766
Mar 20053,48250.377.15$24,913
Feb 20053,08345.226.31$19,460
Jan 20053,16043.166.32$19,978
Dec 20043,31339.866.75$22,366
Nov 20043,54645.286.33$22,448
Oct 20043,61049.706.52$23,520
Sep 20044,21443.245.28$22,266
Aug 20043,50542.375.55$19,455
Jul 20043,38038.286.08$20,565
Jun 20043,48036.106.43$22,387
May 20043,58137.486.49$23,257
Apr 20043,46634.475.86$20,305
Mar 20043,88834.365.53$21,501
Feb 20043,13632.455.51$17,278
Jan 20043,28532.036.30$20,694
Dec 20033,11530.266.30$19,630
Nov 20033,76728.804.60$17,310
Oct 20034,44328.174.76$21,147
Sep 20034,01126.314.75$19,050
Aug 20033,97529.765.13$20,391
Jul 20034,10929.415.17$21,247
Jun 20032,92128.565.98$17,476
May 20032,46626.595.97$14,729
Apr 20033,76626.675.41$20,364
Mar 20033,93831.146.10$24,006
Feb 20033,62533.487.93$28,731
Jan 20033,92030.315.58$21,882
Dec 20024,77626.914.85$23,182
Nov 20024,60224.664.14$19,038
Oct 20024,80526.464.23$20,321
Sep 20024,77127.443.64$17,344
Aug 20024,77325.963.16$15,103
Jul 20024,30224.583.06$13,172
Jun 20023,66523.733.34$12,235
May 20025,04224.663.58$18,071
Apr 20024,85123.653.51$17,038
Mar 20025,37422.003.10$16,674
Feb 20024,62818.222.38$10,995
Jan 20025,32817.172.38$12,658
Dec 20016,03916.932.36$14,279
Nov 20015,89718.072.41$14,185
Oct 20016,36519.782.53$16,096
Sep 20015,57324.262.25$12,547
Aug 20015,75124.873.05$17,559
Jul 20015,93323.933.20$18,968
Jun 20016,92624.563.82$26,486
May 20017,29925.524.31$31,439
Apr 20017,22824.685.34$38,564
Mar 20016,80024.545.38$36,560
Feb 20016,37927.755.77$36,788
Jan 20016,46627.478.40$54,306
Dec 20006,68926.889.12$61,020
Nov 20007,43732.215.66$42,079
Oct 20006,49031.235.15$33,394
Sep 20007,74331.875.19$40,159
Aug 20005,26129.644.54$23,889
Jul 20005,98728.534.09$24,485
Jun 20007,43829.304.40$32,707
May 20006,99227.263.68$25,729
Apr 20008,48324.513.12$26,433
Mar 20009,47428.422.86$27,093
Feb 20007,36327.622.73$20,075
Jan 20006,18425.272.48$15,339
Dec 1999024.282.42$0
Nov 1999023.192.43$0
Oct 19994,78120.982.80$13,405
Sep 19998,41121.752.62$22,027
Aug 19998,36219.262.88$24,046
Jul 19999,37617.892.37$22,243
Jun 19998,86115.942.36$20,931
May 19998,56615.792.32$19,882
Apr 199910,91415.102.21$24,099
Mar 199912,45512.471.84$22,896
Feb 199911,3299.981.82$20,594
Jan 199912,92710.381.90$24,561
Dec 199815,8609.201.77$28,125
Nov 199816,88410.892.19$36,904
Oct 199812,56012.421.97$24,733
Sep 199812,99512.592.08$27,064
Aug 199815,58411.301.91$29,724
Jul 199817,46711.742.24$39,078
Jun 199819,92111.242.24$44,569
May 199819,05912.622.21$42,051
Apr 199821,56613.042.51$54,030
Mar 199821,24512.802.31$49,064
Feb 199822,93813.952.30$52,737
Jan 199829,33614.702.15$63,213
Dec 199736,30516.322.41$87,535
Nov 199748,24018.193.09$148,978
Oct 199739,43919.253.15$124,226

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
Gas                1,067 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $3,250

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $3,250

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/165936 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.