SALINAS GAS UNIT

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

Gas lease lease 165984District 04Field 460944002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$16.9 M
Dec 1997 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$140 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
342
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 2 leases and 2 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1997-12-03
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 2006-12-19.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: PER DOCKET #04-0249523 SPACING RULES AMENDED

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 Gas221999-06-01 – 1999-08-062 dockets
NGPA2none

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
CondensateDisposition133,332 bbl$4,044,772
GasProduction3,575,636 Mcf$12,829,740
Total$16,874,511

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 26.3936, -98.4435. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.39358, -98.44352 · 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
12,850 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 12,850 ft.

Completions filed
Jan 1998
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21532472412,850 ftJan 1998

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 (342)

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

342 months

May 2026421,853106.413.05$10,113
Apr 20261831,54198.932.87$22,526
Mar 2026121,55289.753.15$5,965
Feb 202691,42663.503.75$5,919
Jan 20261911,37059.138.00$22,251
Dec 202591,37756.664.41$6,587
Nov 202591,58258.593.93$6,739
Oct 202572,02059.383.30$7,091
Sep 20252241,98262.743.08$20,152
Aug 202552,11563.933.01$6,696
Jul 20251912,08266.743.32$19,650
Jun 202551,99766.483.13$6,580
May 202552,05560.553.23$6,945
Apr 20251941,93762.363.54$18,961
Mar 2025141,88867.704.27$9,006
Feb 2025101,60170.884.34$7,658
Jan 20252271,84574.324.28$24,765
Dec 202481,96468.993.12$6,682
Nov 20241881,91869.052.20$17,198
Oct 202462,01071.372.28$5,014
Sep 20241821,97169.612.36$17,329
Aug 202461,86875.632.06$4,309
Jul 20241931,82779.932.15$19,348
Jun 202461,74878.082.63$5,073
May 2024121,59578.812.20$4,452
Apr 2024411,85184.451.66$6,534
Mar 20241641,86680.301.55$16,052
Feb 202451,70376.091.78$3,418
Jan 20242211,78073.023.30$22,007
Dec 202381,65671.262.61$4,893
Nov 202361,68177.892.81$5,187
Oct 202381,66785.443.09$5,830
Sep 20231561,60889.042.74$18,288
Aug 202362,03280.522.67$5,914
Jul 20231921,94974.852.64$19,520
Jun 202331,89268.962.26$4,480
May 2023411,98570.622.23$7,317
Apr 20231981,86078.122.24$19,630
Mar 2023111,83572.852.39$5,193
Feb 20232411,86375.112.47$22,695
Jan 2023152,14476.533.39$8,411
Dec 20222052,18776.415.73$28,194
Nov 202292,06485.005.65$12,419
Oct 2022402,07287.185.86$15,637
Sep 20221941,96384.888.16$32,492
Aug 202282,28894.529.13$21,639
Jul 20221952,410101.587.54$37,985
Jun 2022392,374115.097.98$23,426
May 2022112,554109.378.43$22,741
Apr 20222252,477104.226.84$40,386
Mar 202292,341108.885.08$12,864
Feb 2022132,19291.054.86$11,834
Jan 20221912,44281.844.54$26,712
Dec 2021142,15171.323.90$9,385
Nov 20211842,37877.435.24$26,700
Oct 202182,31579.795.71$13,866
Sep 20211922,11769.865.35$24,741
Aug 2021132,47766.024.22$11,313
Jul 20212222,58970.783.98$26,023
Jun 202192,34569.493.38$8,553
May 202162,54263.483.02$8,052
Apr 20211952,30560.362.76$18,128
Mar 2021262,38861.302.72$8,082
Feb 20211741,95257.805.55$20,887
Jan 20212072,12250.412.81$16,398
Dec 2020112,01244.642.68$5,874
Nov 20201982,09038.772.71$13,333
Oct 2020131,78436.972.48$4,902
Sep 2020182,07637.091.99$4,801
Aug 20201911,77239.982.39$11,863
Jul 202002,28738.371.83$4,174
Jun 20201762,41934.901.69$10,231
May 202002,39316.921.81$4,343
Apr 20201922,35814.751.80$7,087
Mar 202001,80830.341.86$3,356
Feb 20201782,05349.881.98$12,945
Jan 202002,36257.252.09$4,948
Dec 201901,90459.012.30$4,388
Nov 20191752,19155.302.75$15,704
Oct 20191862,16753.472.42$15,186
Sep 201902,23655.052.66$5,942
Aug 20191842,32753.112.30$15,134
Jul 201902,69356.272.46$6,625
Jun 20191812,46052.782.49$15,682
May 201902,37458.482.74$6,506
Apr 20191932,08462.632.75$17,820
Mar 201902,23856.803.06$6,853
Feb 201901,70050.852.79$4,747
Jan 201902,24546.033.23$7,247
Dec 201802,18446.594.19$9,141
Nov 201802,09552.934.24$8,877
Oct 201802,10661.443.40$7,156
Sep 201801,78859.543.11$5,557
Aug 201802,56359.403.07$7,860
Jul 201802,60165.142.93$7,626
Jun 201802,32660.183.08$7,157
May 201802,53765.382.90$7,359
Apr 201802,51163.842.90$7,284
Mar 201802,14461.222.79$5,975
Feb 201801,76961.782.77$4,893
Jan 201802,09862.874.01$8,412
Dec 2017542,22057.272.92$9,578
Nov 20171372,67855.423.12$15,944
Oct 2017592,73849.292.98$11,077
Sep 2017262,70047.523.09$9,571
Aug 2017592,93945.373.00$11,507
Jul 201712,93843.873.09$9,114
Jun 20172742,81942.493.09$20,345
May 2017752,53045.373.26$11,659
Apr 2017342,45147.933.21$9,501
Mar 201792,63546.772.98$8,283
Feb 2017432,68350.452.95$10,091
Jan 2017403,01349.413.42$12,277
Dec 2016363,00948.763.72$12,957
Nov 201643,07942.492.64$8,312
Oct 20161753,31846.193.09$18,337
Sep 201623,20741.553.10$10,027
Aug 20161813,10941.442.92$16,592
Jul 201603,44441.622.92$10,071
Jun 20161812,98045.352.69$16,212
May 201663,38642.521.99$6,997
Apr 20161853,27036.561.99$13,274
Mar 20161833,50433.011.79$12,327
Feb 201643,38626.472.06$7,093
Jan 20161903,49627.352.36$13,462
Dec 2015273,39132.362.00$7,661
Nov 20151853,45338.792.17$14,660
Oct 2015113,29343.552.43$8,470
Sep 20151733,73542.992.76$17,740
Aug 20151103,75440.162.87$15,201
Jul 2015123,98248.152.95$12,305
Jun 20151843,64356.152.88$20,834
May 201543,35755.212.96$10,142
Apr 20151913,36449.822.71$18,621
Mar 201524,17042.892.93$12,324
Feb 20151954,21244.662.98$21,244
Jan 201564,51643.433.10$14,263
Dec 20141984,42154.693.59$26,706
Nov 20141714,23270.464.25$30,042
Oct 2014184,23978.303.90$17,946
Sep 20141843,78486.164.05$31,161
Aug 201443,79289.394.04$15,659
Jul 20142043,88796.564.18$35,944
Jun 201423,77998.164.74$18,097
May 20141953,77894.734.73$36,329
Apr 201422,57195.944.81$12,556
Mar 20141982,77095.895.06$32,994
Feb 201422,65797.406.19$16,647
Jan 20142013,90090.404.86$37,127
Dec 201314,21491.824.35$18,442
Nov 20132313,98988.853.74$35,436
Oct 20131913,82597.423.78$33,063
Sep 201314,318104.113.72$16,157
Aug 20131914,306104.253.52$35,080
Jul 20131934,466102.523.72$36,390
Jun 201303,30294.403.93$12,988
May 20131923,76394.834.15$33,820
Apr 20131974,15793.964.28$36,313
Mar 201383,10993.623.91$12,914
Feb 20131942,81791.233.42$27,333
Jan 201363,78391.603.42$13,487
Dec 20121974,05786.773.42$30,969
Nov 20122013,88886.953.62$31,571
Oct 2012164,03489.383.40$15,144
Sep 20121104,32794.672.92$23,042
Aug 20121924,46292.662.91$30,767
Jul 201244,26985.133.02$13,236
Jun 20122004,81279.822.52$28,086
May 20122135,41591.612.49$32,987
Apr 20121975,719101.652.00$31,445
Mar 20121996,210105.052.22$34,704
Feb 20121986,167101.102.57$35,868
Jan 20121966,75898.092.73$37,703
Dec 20111937,13296.873.24$41,802
Nov 20111965,46295.723.31$36,847
Oct 20111933,42684.983.65$28,901
Sep 20111943,82583.623.99$31,468
Aug 201102,96183.404.15$12,286
Jul 20111733,07694.144.52$30,181
Jun 201103,45592.904.64$16,031
May 201124,62798.134.40$20,577
Apr 20111934,591105.964.33$40,344
Mar 201143,54696.364.06$14,773
Feb 20112033,55985.644.18$32,261
Jan 201103,48586.504.59$15,992
Dec 2010123,85685.734.35$17,794
Nov 20101944,56880.843.80$33,020
Oct 20101935,11478.103.51$33,018
Sep 20101933,86572.633.98$29,398
Aug 201002,93273.684.42$12,958
Jul 201003,69172.554.74$17,482
Jun 201002,87170.364.91$14,098
May 20101902,91171.124.24$25,842
Apr 20102004,60481.694.12$35,319
Mar 20101943,33878.394.39$29,857
Feb 201033,08873.585.44$17,027
Jan 20101943,46274.365.96$35,074
Dec 200934,28971.445.48$23,734
Nov 20092084,60174.593.75$32,775
Oct 20092094,84772.544.11$35,083
Sep 20091814,66465.543.06$26,157
Aug 20091954,82267.423.22$28,667
Jul 20091944,88461.133.46$28,780
Jun 20091975,14966.163.90$33,089
May 20091835,45354.743.93$31,425
Apr 20093926,02546.773.59$39,949
Mar 2009144,07142.144.06$17,114
Feb 20091993,32232.814.63$21,920
Jan 200923,74135.865.37$20,165
Dec 20082013,80137.105.98$30,176
Nov 200823,98055.496.86$27,415
Oct 20081973,78675.246.92$41,029
Sep 200823,939101.767.88$31,231
Aug 20081974,666114.228.48$62,083
Jul 20081994,835131.0811.39$81,153
Jun 20081954,734131.3313.03$87,306
May 200819311,552123.1711.57$157,478
Apr 20081915,950110.3110.45$83,276
Mar 20081775,262101.909.66$68,889
Feb 20082025,84292.538.77$69,929
Jan 20081996,52090.388.21$71,487
Dec 20071996,80888.337.30$67,289
Nov 20073885,21391.677.29$73,580
Oct 20071956,68582.856.92$62,429
Sep 20071445,58475.846.24$45,788
Aug 20071966,23169.066.39$53,339
Jul 20071976,15570.906.39$53,285
Jun 20073796,73162.007.55$74,307
May 200706,78658.747.85$53,245
Apr 20071946,53559.617.81$62,571
Mar 20071986,76056.927.30$60,631
Feb 20073926,21355.108.22$72,645
Jan 20071976,86650.306.73$56,096
Dec 20061797,78456.656.92$63,993
Nov 20061945,09054.207.62$49,288
Oct 20061976,66354.906.01$50,885
Sep 20061795,10260.085.04$36,454
Aug 20061946,27768.717.34$59,402
Jul 20061806,92469.376.34$56,404
Jun 20063586,70466.286.38$66,526
May 20061897,42666.016.42$60,188
Apr 20063727,34964.397.36$78,045
Mar 20061817,47656.707.08$63,215
Feb 20063917,03157.597.75$77,016
Jan 20062007,77660.598.93$81,584
Dec 20051857,82254.9413.42$115,099
Nov 20054027,76054.6910.59$104,151
Oct 20051957,75158.3413.80$118,307
Sep 20054047,86661.4512.08$119,839
Aug 20051988,25261.519.80$93,023
Jul 20051997,80155.697.84$72,271
Jun 20053718,03952.337.38$78,751
May 20053828,40545.226.65$73,177
Apr 20051988,21349.207.36$70,193
Mar 20053758,99950.377.15$83,276
Feb 20052018,02745.226.31$59,755
Jan 20053938,89243.166.32$73,179
Dec 20043979,21839.866.75$78,056
Nov 20043999,86445.286.33$80,510
Oct 200419610,08449.706.52$75,439
Sep 20043938,56843.245.28$62,266
Aug 20043899,00142.375.55$66,443
Jul 20041978,90838.286.08$61,739
Jun 20043978,95936.106.43$71,965
May 20044019,35037.486.49$75,754
Apr 20041879,34334.475.86$61,181
Mar 20045919,61034.365.53$73,451
Feb 20041969,45332.455.51$58,443
Jan 200439710,21432.036.30$77,060
Dec 200339410,07930.266.30$75,437
Nov 20035869,70928.804.60$61,491
Oct 200319410,46928.174.76$55,294
Sep 200319410,23926.314.75$53,733
Aug 200335510,61729.765.13$65,027
Jul 200337311,64529.415.17$71,184
Jun 200333810,33628.565.98$71,493
May 200337511,57126.595.97$79,081
Apr 200336912,08826.675.41$75,204
Mar 200341212,48131.146.10$88,914
Feb 200358111,64433.487.93$111,741
Jan 200336312,52030.315.58$80,890
Dec 200239513,52726.914.85$76,286
Nov 200256113,50824.664.14$69,716
Oct 200237014,27626.464.23$70,165
Sep 200255613,81227.443.64$65,466
Aug 200253513,77725.963.16$57,481
Jul 200254714,17224.583.06$56,837
Jun 200218614,67823.733.34$53,412
May 200275915,30824.663.58$73,581
Apr 200237414,90023.653.51$61,179
Mar 200255315,66122.003.10$60,758
Feb 200255514,37618.222.38$44,265
Jan 200255216,25517.172.38$48,095
Dec 200157216,68716.932.36$49,139
Nov 200153916,54818.072.41$49,546
Oct 200155617,49219.782.53$55,233
Sep 200155917,11224.262.25$52,086
Aug 200153917,70924.873.05$67,473
Jul 200155318,41823.933.20$72,117
Jun 200173218,23524.563.82$87,711
May 200137518,92725.524.31$91,095
Apr 200176018,70124.685.34$118,533
Mar 200156219,66924.545.38$119,541
Feb 200136620,01827.755.77$125,602
Jan 200128324,67727.478.40$215,030
Dec 200066220,77326.889.12$207,296
Nov 200074320,42232.215.66$139,480
Oct 200074421,50031.235.15$133,863
Sep 200052921,68731.875.19$129,339
Aug 200074322,84729.644.54$125,765
Jul 200074922,94228.534.09$115,196
Jun 200090822,83629.304.40$127,020
May 20001,11325,50327.263.68$124,185
Apr 200093124,75724.513.12$99,962
Mar 20001,12026,14828.422.86$106,607
Feb 200095122,71627.622.73$88,202
Jan 20001,33027,51825.272.48$101,868
Dec 19991,16828,34824.282.42$97,067
Nov 19991,04726,74623.192.43$89,379
Oct 19991,33628,26520.982.80$107,276
Sep 19991,32929,38021.752.62$105,848
Aug 19991,31431,40619.262.88$115,619
Jul 19991,28733,39817.892.37$102,257
Jun 19991,28034,14215.942.36$101,050
May 19991,69936,73015.792.32$112,078
Apr 19991,48538,18315.102.21$106,733
Mar 19991,62138,93712.471.84$91,793
Feb 19991,28736,3139.981.82$78,854
Jan 19991,47943,00810.381.90$97,065
Dec 19981,65044,8609.201.77$94,731
Nov 19982,15348,06910.892.19$128,512
Oct 19981,96254,66512.421.97$132,015
Sep 19982,54756,05312.592.08$148,804
Aug 19982,19060,31211.301.91$139,783
Jul 19982,89866,51411.742.24$182,832
Jun 19983,05572,96511.242.24$197,581
May 19983,78391,49012.622.21$249,600
Apr 19984,190111,22013.042.51$333,280
Mar 19985,567127,56412.802.31$365,859
Feb 19986,711160,28113.952.30$462,125
Jan 199810,809268,95614.702.15$738,436
Dec 19976,993138,91816.322.41$449,071

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            42 bbl  × $106.41 =     $4,469
Gas                1,853 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $5,644

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $10,113

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/165984 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.