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

Gas lease lease 178872District 04Field 458410502 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.9 M
Jun 2000 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$10 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
312
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 246 leases and 246 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1995-04-25
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 2009-09-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: WITH DUPLICATE IN APRIL.

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 Gas112004-01-12150519
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
CondensateDisposition5,045 bbl$237,203
GasProduction504,343 Mcf$2,623,058
Total$2,860,261

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 26.4682, -98.4626. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.46824, -98.46258 · 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
12,950 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 12,950 ft.

Completions filed
Jun 2000
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21532758312,950 ftJun 2000

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 (312)

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

312 months

May 202601,239106.413.05$3,774
Apr 202602,21598.932.87$6,356
Mar 202609189.753.15$287
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 20167033.011.79$231
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 201442895.895.06$4,068
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 201301691.824.35$70
Nov 20130388.853.74$11
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 2013034894.403.93$1,369
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 2013025093.964.28$1,071
Mar 201301,24793.623.91$4,879
Feb 2013038291.233.42$1,306
Jan 2013032791.603.42$1,118
Dec 2012091086.773.42$3,112
Nov 201201,09586.953.62$3,969
Oct 2012097589.383.40$3,315
Sep 2012047494.672.92$1,383
Aug 2012081292.662.91$2,361
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 201201,12779.822.52$2,839
May 2012099591.612.49$2,476
Apr 201201,230101.652.00$2,456
Mar 201201,199105.052.22$2,664
Feb 201201,245101.102.57$3,200
Jan 201201,12998.092.73$3,087
Dec 201101,19996.873.24$3,884
Nov 201101,28395.723.31$4,248
Oct 201101,14584.983.65$4,178
Sep 201101,15183.623.99$4,588
Aug 201101,25083.404.15$5,187
Jul 2011092094.144.52$4,156
Jun 201101,38192.904.64$6,408
May 201104,06298.134.40$17,892
Apr 201102,996105.964.33$12,983
Mar 201101,30696.364.06$5,299
Feb 201101,13585.644.18$4,744
Jan 20111131,46686.504.59$16,502
Dec 201001,60385.734.35$6,969
Nov 201002,01880.843.80$7,659
Oct 201001,97378.103.51$6,923
Sep 201001,63772.633.98$6,514
Aug 201001,94573.684.42$8,596
Jul 201001,61472.554.74$7,645
Jun 201001,80370.364.91$8,853
May 201001,99071.124.24$8,428
Apr 2010872,11081.694.12$15,806
Mar 201001,63178.394.39$7,158
Feb 201001,63273.585.44$8,882
Jan 201001,44374.365.96$8,606
Dec 200901,28471.445.48$7,041
Nov 200901,60874.593.75$6,032
Oct 20091791,37072.544.11$18,616
Sep 2009571,50965.543.06$8,360
Aug 2009571,83767.423.22$9,755
Jul 2009512,27261.133.46$10,989
Jun 200901,55766.163.90$6,065
May 2009591,79554.743.93$10,276
Apr 20091281,64646.773.59$11,892
Mar 200901,63842.144.06$6,649
Feb 200902,02632.814.63$9,386
Jan 2009681,72235.865.37$11,687
Dec 2008691,86737.105.98$13,719
Nov 200801,17155.496.86$8,033
Oct 20081071,75575.246.92$20,199
Sep 2008331,263101.767.88$13,307
Aug 200822775114.228.48$9,087
Jul 20081691,313131.0811.39$37,107
Jun 200801,175131.3313.03$15,313
May 200801,783123.1711.57$20,637
Apr 200811,770110.3110.45$18,615
Mar 20082001,625101.909.66$36,084
Feb 200891,84892.538.77$17,041
Jan 2008241,96590.388.21$18,293
Dec 2007911,97788.337.30$22,474
Nov 2007331,45391.677.29$13,620
Oct 2007582,19082.856.92$19,964
Sep 2007291,12175.846.24$9,199
Aug 2007291,91169.066.39$14,210
Jul 2007301,78770.906.39$13,542
Jun 200701,92862.007.55$14,553
May 200702,22158.747.85$17,427
Apr 200702,00359.617.81$15,634
Mar 200702,18456.927.30$15,948
Feb 200701,76355.108.22$14,485
Jan 200702,12850.306.73$14,315
Dec 200602,16256.656.92$14,958
Nov 200602,64254.207.62$20,125
Oct 200602,02854.906.01$12,196
Sep 200601,99760.085.04$10,059
Aug 200602,25168.717.34$16,522
Jul 200602,13869.376.34$13,561
Jun 200601,87266.286.38$11,951
May 2006113,15266.016.42$20,978
Apr 200602,51464.397.36$18,504
Mar 200602,07056.707.08$14,662
Feb 200602,95857.597.75$22,928
Jan 2006090360.598.93$8,067
Dec 200506954.9413.42$926
Nov 200518254254.6910.59$15,692
Oct 2005083058.3413.80$11,450
Sep 2005091761.4512.08$11,076
Aug 200501,78761.519.80$17,507
Jul 200501,38155.697.84$10,832
Jun 2005083452.337.38$6,156
May 200501,18645.226.65$7,888
Apr 2005069849.207.36$5,138
Mar 200501,82250.377.15$13,036
Feb 200501,34445.226.31$8,483
Jan 200501,52443.166.32$9,635
Dec 200401,95239.866.75$13,178
Nov 200402,00445.286.33$12,686
Oct 200401,66649.706.52$10,854
Sep 200401,24643.245.28$6,584
Aug 200401,11342.375.55$6,178
Jul 20041322,40638.286.08$19,692
Jun 200402,75436.106.43$17,717
May 200402,84737.486.49$18,490
Apr 2004601,29034.475.86$9,626
Mar 2004086734.365.53$4,795
Feb 20049661332.455.51$6,493
Jan 2004070532.036.30$4,441
Dec 2003090630.266.30$5,709
Nov 200301,36228.804.60$6,259
Oct 200302,26128.174.76$10,762
Sep 200301,31426.314.75$6,241
Aug 2003582,28329.765.13$13,437
Jul 200301,57429.415.17$8,139
Jun 20031201,18728.565.98$10,529
May 2003068826.595.97$4,109
Apr 200303,20426.675.41$17,325
Mar 200302,05731.146.10$12,540
Feb 200362,09233.487.93$16,782
Jan 2003235630.315.58$2,048
Dec 200217334126.914.85$6,311
Nov 2002518124.664.14$872
Oct 200232,56226.464.23$10,914
Sep 20021912,95827.443.64$15,994
Aug 2002175125.963.16$4,546
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 20021873,61523.733.34$16,505
May 200265,65724.663.58$20,423
Apr 200204,77723.653.51$16,778
Mar 200284,18822.003.10$13,170
Feb 20021824,82118.222.38$14,769
Jan 200206,36617.172.38$15,124
Dec 2001210,89116.932.36$25,785
Nov 2001210,22118.072.41$24,623
Oct 2001010,00619.782.53$25,304
Sep 200107,49124.262.25$16,865
Aug 20011769,03824.873.05$31,972
Jul 200108,59323.933.20$27,473
Jun 20011877,60824.563.82$33,687
May 200108,92425.524.31$38,439
Apr 2001013,48224.685.34$71,931
Mar 200118915,68324.545.38$88,957
Feb 2001015,67127.755.77$90,376
Jan 200119418,10927.478.40$157,422
Dec 2000016,23426.889.12$148,095
Nov 2000023,32032.215.66$131,945
Oct 200019326,27931.235.15$141,246
Sep 200018829,48931.875.19$158,936
Aug 200018715,47929.644.54$75,829
Jul 200037824,74028.534.09$111,965
Jun 20000029.304.40$0

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             0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Gas                1,239 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $3,774

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Month total                                   $3,774

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/178872 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.