VAN SCHERPE, P. "B"

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

Gas lease lease 166969District 04Field 46088600NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$13.1 M
Feb 1998 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
340
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 34 leases and 34 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1970-01-06
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 1999-07-27.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: 10-1. FOR TEST DUE 4-1 PRIOR TEST TO BE FILED.

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
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
CondensateDisposition117,293 bbl$2,324,364
GasProduction2,986,616 Mcf$10,802,171
Total$13,126,535

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 26.4169, -98.4832. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.41685, -98.48319 · 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
12,100 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 12,100 ft.

Completions filed
Feb 1998
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21532455612,100 ftFeb 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 (340)

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

340 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 201440090.404.86$3,616
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 201304488.853.74$164
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 201228094.672.92$2,651
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 201088771.124.24$6,288
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 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070362.007.55$23
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 2006010460.598.93$929
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20051603,35661.519.80$42,720
Jul 20051967,36455.697.84$68,676
Jun 200508,25352.337.38$60,916
May 20051939,64045.226.65$72,845
Apr 200508,55149.207.36$62,939
Mar 20051867,48350.377.15$62,909
Feb 20051919,82645.226.31$70,658
Jan 200539511,61543.166.32$90,481
Dec 200419210,73639.866.75$80,133
Nov 200419812,74645.286.33$89,653
Oct 200434914,40149.706.52$111,169
Sep 200437014,30343.245.28$91,574
Aug 200425613,98642.375.55$88,478
Jul 200448614,38338.286.08$106,113
Jun 200425014,50536.106.43$102,336
May 200454615,47637.486.49$120,974
Apr 200416613,67434.475.86$85,831
Mar 200450215,10734.365.53$100,793
Feb 200439914,53832.455.51$93,046
Jan 200419814,19832.036.30$95,784
Dec 200339114,35230.266.30$102,273
Nov 200319815,09328.804.60$75,057
Oct 200319217,26928.174.76$87,603
Sep 200321717,36726.314.75$88,191
Aug 200335617,34429.765.13$99,564
Jul 200327517,40729.415.17$98,097
Jun 200339718,66428.565.98$123,004
May 200349319,96026.595.97$132,324
Apr 200343520,15726.675.41$120,596
Mar 200353221,27531.146.10$146,260
Feb 200350819,21633.487.93$169,312
Jan 200359421,15330.315.58$136,081
Dec 200274522,24826.914.85$128,034
Nov 200258122,34124.664.14$106,751
Oct 200275923,77026.464.23$120,609
Sep 200256223,42227.443.64$100,565
Aug 200255524,94025.963.16$93,322
Jul 200257326,83424.583.06$96,244
Jun 20021,11426,46323.733.34$114,775
May 200257227,70624.663.58$113,404
Apr 200274826,72323.653.51$111,550
Mar 200274527,42122.003.10$101,470
Feb 200293926,55418.222.38$80,192
Jan 200275930,80617.172.38$86,217
Dec 200155229,80816.932.36$79,823
Nov 200174730,88018.072.41$87,781
Oct 200174632,75919.782.53$97,599
Sep 200138233,73724.262.25$85,220
Aug 200154935,12224.873.05$120,887
Jul 200189636,13323.933.20$136,961
Jun 200190934,95124.563.82$155,983
May 200173235,68625.524.31$172,392
Apr 200193534,14024.685.34$205,224
Mar 20011,28540,25724.545.38$247,973
Feb 200193336,93727.755.77$238,909
Jan 20011,12741,87327.478.40$382,640
Dec 20001,22840,83126.889.12$405,489
Nov 20001,34041,62232.215.66$278,659
Oct 20001,30043,35531.235.15$263,682
Sep 20001,31042,93931.875.19$264,453
Aug 20001,45048,16529.644.54$261,683
Jul 20001,08650,62628.534.09$238,031
Jun 20001,21850,79129.304.40$259,028
May 20001,47655,49727.263.68$244,451
Apr 20001,67554,00724.513.12$209,340
Mar 20002,25658,69028.422.86$231,954
Feb 20001,56471,82527.622.73$239,029
Jan 20002,51443,28925.272.48$170,907
Dec 19992,42455,31024.282.42$192,911
Nov 19992,18647,48923.192.43$166,281
Oct 19992,51544,91120.982.80$178,682
Sep 19992,26147,83621.752.62$174,452
Aug 19992,87051,44619.262.88$203,214
Jul 19992,89854,64717.892.37$181,488
Jun 19993,01757,62815.942.36$184,214
May 19992,82753,45915.792.32$168,718
Apr 19992,24739,46415.102.21$121,068
Mar 19992,68444,88712.471.84$115,987
Feb 19992,45542,0079.981.82$100,861
Jan 19992,91449,37510.381.90$124,057
Dec 19983,13148,7829.201.77$115,311
Nov 19983,08548,45010.892.19$139,494
Oct 19983,20253,65812.421.97$145,433
Sep 19983,42251,10212.592.08$149,509
Aug 19983,82556,66511.301.91$151,302
Jul 19983,86261,67611.742.24$183,326
Jun 19983,67856,96011.242.24$168,776
May 19983,96261,02712.622.21$184,647
Apr 19983,87058,75613.042.51$197,668
Mar 19984,43764,85112.802.31$206,563
Feb 19982,68249,52613.952.30$151,281

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.

Jan 2014 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate            40 bbl  × $ 90.40 =     $3,616
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  4.86 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $3,616

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/166969 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.