BRIGHT & SCHIFF HAMMAN GAS UNIT

Operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 561136) in the MONTE CHRISTO (VX-ECKART-EE CNS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 173045District 04Field 625560882 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$16.3 M
Feb 1999 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$299 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
328
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 58 leases and 58 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2005-12-01
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 2006-05-16.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ALLOCATION FORMULA SUSPENDED.

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 Gas111999-09-28140903
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
CondensateDisposition12,932 bbl$573,053
GasProduction3,550,829 Mcf$15,731,998
Total$16,305,050

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 26.4340, -98.3104. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.43399, -98.31037 · 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
10,200 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 10,200 ft.

Completions filed
Feb 1999
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-215326001410,200 ftFeb 1999

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 (328)

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

328 months

May 2026155,624106.413.05$18,726
Apr 2026335,62398.932.87$19,401
Mar 202606,58389.753.15$20,733
Feb 2026166,40763.503.75$25,044
Jan 202658,29559.138.00$66,638
Dec 2025157,01956.664.41$31,827
Nov 2025296,59158.593.93$27,578
Oct 202505,70459.383.30$18,851
Sep 2025154,24362.743.08$13,996
Aug 202552,91163.933.01$9,096
Jul 2025305,75566.743.32$21,081
Jun 2025168,07466.483.13$26,325
May 202508,48660.553.23$27,429
Apr 2025305,88162.363.54$22,708
Mar 2025205,88467.704.27$26,469
Feb 202506,13170.884.34$26,614
Jan 202506,31074.324.28$26,998
Dec 2024456,70068.993.12$24,018
Nov 202406,48769.052.20$14,261
Oct 2024446,70471.372.28$18,435
Sep 202406,62169.612.36$15,654
Aug 202406,49275.632.06$13,397
Jul 2024347,15479.932.15$18,074
Jun 2024116,97978.082.63$19,241
May 202405,65978.812.20$12,441
Apr 2024407,15984.451.66$15,256
Mar 202407,34180.301.55$11,343
Feb 2024316,97276.091.78$14,794
Jan 202407,94173.023.30$26,187
Dec 2023487,95771.262.61$24,194
Nov 202307,93077.892.81$22,264
Oct 202308,03985.443.09$24,819
Sep 2023256,82889.042.74$20,901
Aug 202308,32880.522.67$22,260
Jul 202308,60474.852.64$22,730
Jun 202318,09568.962.26$18,351
May 202305,94470.622.23$13,240
Apr 202305,34178.122.24$11,952
Mar 202307,11272.852.39$17,020
Feb 202304,35575.112.47$10,738
Jan 202303,87376.533.39$13,121
Dec 2022132,79776.415.73$17,018
Nov 202223,62785.005.65$20,649
Oct 202205,11787.185.86$30,005
Sep 202204,72284.888.16$38,549
Aug 2022295,52394.529.13$53,150
Jul 202205,238101.587.54$39,505
Jun 202204,424115.097.98$35,291
May 2022304,909109.378.43$44,679
Apr 202205,659104.226.84$38,694
Mar 202205,809108.885.08$29,489
Feb 2022326,08091.054.86$32,455
Jan 202207,04881.844.54$31,982
Dec 2021326,93671.323.90$29,327
Nov 2021437,01477.435.24$40,061
Oct 202146,87979.795.71$39,625
Sep 20211146,34169.865.35$41,894
Aug 202106,55866.024.22$27,679
Jul 20211326,98070.783.98$37,138
Jun 20211166,31669.493.38$29,413
May 20211736,54763.483.02$30,739
Apr 202106,00760.362.76$16,570
Mar 2021846,93261.302.72$23,983
Feb 2021146,48057.805.55$36,760
Jan 202106,86050.412.81$19,278
Dec 202026,09044.642.68$16,383
Nov 202005,77538.772.71$15,630
Oct 2020925,66136.972.48$17,432
Sep 202006,67237.091.99$13,284
Aug 202037,18639.982.39$17,259
Jul 202007,04538.371.83$12,858
Jun 2020187,73334.901.69$13,699
May 202007,96016.921.81$14,445
Apr 202007,20114.751.80$12,993
Mar 202007,68030.341.86$14,256
Feb 202037,42649.881.98$14,858
Jan 202058,00357.252.09$17,050
Dec 201907,82159.012.30$18,022
Nov 201977,59255.302.75$21,270
Oct 201947,87153.472.42$19,250
Sep 201907,36855.052.66$19,579
Aug 201907,81753.112.30$18,013
Jul 201908,03456.272.46$19,764
Jun 2019637,67052.782.49$22,433
May 201927,88058.482.74$21,711
Apr 201977,99962.632.75$22,441
Mar 201907,65656.803.06$23,443
Feb 201996,95650.852.79$19,880
Jan 201957,94346.033.23$25,872
Dec 201807,68846.594.19$32,178
Nov 201888,09952.934.24$34,741
Oct 20181478,29861.443.40$37,229
Sep 20181566,60959.543.11$29,829
Aug 201897,85459.403.07$24,619
Jul 20181627,21865.142.93$31,715
Jun 201837,51660.183.08$23,307
May 20181438,39965.382.90$33,713
Apr 201867,86663.842.90$23,201
Mar 201896,75461.222.79$19,373
Feb 20181516,16261.782.77$26,374
Jan 20181666,58962.874.01$36,854
Dec 201767,31257.272.92$21,706
Nov 201756,84255.423.12$21,613
Oct 2017616,62749.292.98$22,780
Sep 201726,22347.523.09$19,307
Aug 201737,07445.373.00$21,389
Jul 201707,44843.873.09$22,994
Jun 201717,42442.493.09$22,962
May 201777,99845.373.26$26,418
Apr 20171478,16947.933.21$33,281
Mar 201727,56846.772.98$22,674
Feb 20171607,48750.452.95$30,178
Jan 20171518,44549.413.42$36,333
Dec 201608,42848.763.72$31,376
Nov 201607,13342.492.64$18,862
Oct 201608,36446.193.09$25,847
Sep 20161628,14541.553.10$31,986
Aug 201608,21341.442.92$24,018
Jul 201648,51341.622.92$25,061
Jun 201618,06445.352.69$21,704
May 201616,56742.521.99$13,118
Apr 201625,35536.561.99$10,735
Mar 20161547,62933.011.79$18,770
Feb 201606,96626.472.06$14,375
Jan 201637,83927.352.36$18,616
Dec 201528,02432.362.00$16,124
Nov 201517,58338.792.17$16,474
Oct 20151377,95343.552.43$25,265
Sep 201557,77842.992.76$21,670
Aug 20151328,29040.162.87$29,114
Jul 20151508,17548.152.95$31,299
Jun 20151617,63556.152.88$31,051
May 201507,89655.212.96$23,336
Apr 20151627,85149.822.71$29,320
Mar 201518,46342.892.93$24,879
Feb 20151597,72344.662.98$30,086
Jan 20151688,19443.433.10$32,703
Dec 201408,36954.693.59$30,056
Nov 20141667,95970.464.25$45,537
Oct 201437,31778.303.90$28,778
Sep 20141497,65486.164.05$43,802
Aug 20141517,47189.394.04$43,644
Jul 201417,94996.564.18$33,320
Jun 20141527,99998.164.74$52,811
May 20141517,74394.734.73$50,902
Apr 201406,62695.944.81$31,865
Mar 20141346,80495.895.06$47,256
Feb 201406,57897.406.19$40,731
Jan 20141406,40290.404.86$43,774
Dec 201317,07391.824.35$30,891
Nov 20131397,49288.853.74$40,357
Oct 201317,01197.423.78$26,595
Sep 201397,071104.113.72$27,225
Aug 201317,283104.253.52$25,759
Jul 201307,603102.523.72$28,266
Jun 201308,05094.403.93$31,664
May 201327,90894.834.15$33,001
Apr 201307,46193.964.28$31,952
Mar 201307,91593.623.91$30,970
Feb 201316,91991.233.42$23,754
Jan 201338,70991.603.42$30,059
Dec 201209,19986.773.42$31,462
Nov 201218,68886.953.62$31,581
Oct 201209,20689.383.40$31,297
Sep 201209,99594.672.92$29,169
Aug 201219,33892.662.91$27,249
Jul 201229,27185.133.02$28,176
Jun 201238,97379.822.52$22,843
May 201239,47391.612.49$23,847
Apr 201209,849101.652.00$19,666
Mar 201209,616105.052.22$21,368
Feb 201209,308101.102.57$23,924
Jan 2012210,04598.092.73$27,660
Dec 2011010,86196.873.24$35,187
Nov 2011110,38695.723.31$34,487
Oct 2011110,84184.983.65$39,639
Sep 201109,81883.623.99$39,133
Aug 2011010,26883.404.15$42,605
Jul 2011210,97994.144.52$49,783
Jun 2011210,85092.904.64$50,529
May 2011211,45998.134.40$50,671
Apr 201109,203105.964.33$39,879
Mar 201109,56696.364.06$38,813
Feb 2011010,12685.644.18$42,326
Jan 2011010,71686.504.59$49,173
Dec 2010011,84785.734.35$51,508
Nov 2010010,50080.843.80$39,851
Oct 2010010,31778.103.51$36,201
Sep 201009,53272.633.98$37,932
Aug 201009,33573.684.42$41,255
Jul 2010010,83472.554.74$51,315
Jun 2010310,99370.364.91$54,191
May 2010011,79971.124.24$49,971
Apr 2010011,84281.694.12$48,821
Mar 2010010,92078.394.39$47,924
Feb 201009,75473.585.44$53,085
Jan 201028,30874.365.96$49,698
Dec 200909,57871.445.48$52,523
Nov 200919,57374.593.75$35,988
Oct 2009211,39072.544.11$46,961
Sep 2009011,57565.543.06$35,474
Aug 2009011,17867.423.22$35,976
Jul 2009211,76861.133.46$40,893
Jun 2009210,94066.163.90$42,744
May 2009110,92154.743.93$42,928
Apr 2009410,91846.773.59$39,355
Mar 2009110,58842.144.06$43,019
Feb 200949,64232.814.63$44,803
Jan 200939,17435.865.37$49,381
Dec 2008613,79837.105.98$82,695
Nov 2008112,62555.496.86$86,668
Oct 2008012,15675.246.92$84,144
Sep 200804,967101.767.88$39,126
Aug 2008014,384114.228.48$122,020
Jul 2008013,187131.0811.39$150,192
Jun 200809,589131.3313.03$124,970
May 2008414,099123.1711.57$163,679
Apr 2008213,757110.3110.45$144,048
Mar 2008113,381101.909.66$129,417
Feb 20081113,99092.538.77$123,718
Jan 2008114,51990.388.21$119,229
Dec 2007114,88288.337.30$108,756
Nov 2007411,61991.677.29$85,089
Oct 20074713,83882.856.92$99,680
Sep 2007213,76175.846.24$86,078
Aug 2007114,01369.066.39$89,583
Jul 2007012,34770.906.39$78,872
Jun 20074814,97962.007.55$116,044
May 2007016,11858.747.85$126,466
Apr 20073216,27859.617.81$128,961
Mar 2007015,05856.927.30$109,953
Feb 2007115,72355.108.22$129,235
Jan 2007016,26450.306.73$109,405
Dec 200606,96956.656.92$48,215
Nov 2006010,68154.207.62$81,362
Oct 200604,69354.906.01$28,223
Sep 200602,78360.085.04$14,019
Aug 2006012,10568.717.34$88,850
Jul 200608,64369.376.34$54,820
Jun 2006010,61666.286.38$67,771
May 2006010,11666.016.42$64,995
Apr 2006011,66864.397.36$85,882
Mar 2006012,53456.707.08$88,777
Feb 2006014,77957.597.75$114,554
Jan 2006016,41060.598.93$146,596
Dec 2005015,46654.9413.42$207,483
Nov 2005014,87254.6910.59$157,471
Oct 2005014,12858.3413.80$194,907
Sep 200507,21061.4512.08$87,090
Aug 20052245,04661.519.80$63,213
Jul 200518111,01255.697.84$96,454
Jun 200518212,04052.337.38$98,392
May 20058413,20145.226.65$91,600
Apr 20052615,38449.207.36$114,513
Mar 2005012,99350.377.15$92,963
Feb 2005011,24845.226.31$70,996
Jan 2005013,64443.166.32$86,260
Dec 2004014,18039.866.75$95,730
Nov 200409,33145.286.33$59,069
Oct 2004012,29149.706.52$80,077
Sep 2004012,73743.245.28$67,301
Aug 2004011,20842.375.55$62,212
Jul 200408,66338.286.08$52,707
Jun 200407,98436.106.43$51,361
May 200409,90837.486.49$64,348
Apr 200405,62634.475.86$32,960
Mar 200404,82234.365.53$26,666
Feb 200464,25732.455.51$23,649
Jan 2004235,25432.036.30$33,835
Dec 20031111,99730.266.30$75,934
Nov 2003013,93828.804.60$64,047
Oct 20032514,23528.174.76$68,458
Sep 20033815,12826.314.75$72,848
Aug 20031515,11829.765.13$77,998
Jul 20031314,96029.415.17$77,738
Jun 20031214,28428.565.98$85,803
May 20031515,52926.595.97$93,149
Apr 20031314,27826.675.41$77,552
Mar 2003016,05631.146.10$97,878
Feb 2003013,92733.487.93$110,384
Jan 200322915,95130.315.58$95,980
Dec 200261816,22226.914.85$95,368
Nov 200243516,61624.664.14$79,467
Oct 200223117,43726.464.23$79,855
Sep 2002017,42827.443.64$63,354
Aug 2002017,31825.963.16$54,797
Jul 2002018,31924.583.06$56,088
Jun 2002816,91323.733.34$56,649
May 20026718,60124.663.58$68,318
Apr 20025611,74523.653.51$42,577
Mar 20028518,22422.003.10$58,414
Feb 20028117,41518.222.38$42,848
Jan 20028820,09617.172.38$49,253
Dec 200110719,78516.932.36$48,591
Nov 200111019,54718.072.41$49,008
Oct 200112719,75919.782.53$52,480
Sep 200112718,82224.262.25$45,455
Aug 200115620,67124.873.05$66,992
Jul 200116520,92523.933.20$70,847
Jun 200119419,50424.563.82$79,351
May 200125819,79825.524.31$91,860
Apr 200126418,98724.685.34$107,817
Mar 200131220,52324.545.38$117,997
Feb 200132519,89527.755.77$123,755
Jan 200145323,52227.478.40$210,000
Dec 200020110,62726.889.12$102,348
Nov 200015915,56932.215.66$93,211
Oct 20008413,75131.235.15$73,379
Sep 20005812,80831.875.19$68,277
Aug 20003622,40729.644.54$102,812
Jul 20004023,61128.534.09$97,704
Jun 20007125,20929.304.40$112,931
May 20003825,22727.263.68$93,865
Apr 20003425,46224.513.12$80,173
Mar 20002329,99328.422.86$86,426
Feb 20002330,86127.622.73$84,778
Jan 20005135,23925.272.48$88,699
Dec 19995141,51824.282.42$101,866
Nov 19994241,69123.192.43$102,449
Oct 19995942,61020.982.80$120,704
Sep 199913442,23121.752.62$113,511
Aug 199913839,02819.262.88$114,887
Jul 19995611,00917.892.37$27,119
Jun 19997921,42515.942.36$51,867
May 199912523,87415.792.32$57,386
Apr 19998729,20615.102.21$65,802
Mar 199911234,57212.471.84$64,951
Feb 199906,5409.981.82$11,888

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            15 bbl  × $106.41 =     $1,596
Gas                5,624 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $17,130

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Month total                                  $18,726

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/173045 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.