HOUTS

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

Gas lease lease 178976District 04Field 625589602 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$6.4 M
Mar 2000 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$10 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
315
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 12 leases and 12 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2000-03-18
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 2000-09-25.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: TO FILE MOST CURRENT TEST OR TEST FILED ON PREVIOUS SURVEY.

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 Gas112001-11-14145307
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
CondensateDisposition1,396 bbl$76,820
GasProduction1,320,796 Mcf$6,325,744
Total$6,402,565

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 26.4775, -98.3138. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.47753, -98.31377 · 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
19,250 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 19,250 ft.

Completions filed
Jun 2005
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21532708119,250 ftJun 2005

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 (315)

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

315 months

May 20260551106.413.05$1,678
Apr 202601,32898.932.87$3,811
Mar 202601,40689.753.15$4,428
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 20200638.371.83$11
Jun 202003634.901.69$61
May 20200616.921.81$11
Apr 202003414.751.80$61
Mar 202005430.341.86$100
Feb 202006149.881.98$121
Jan 202006557.252.09$136
Dec 201906659.012.30$152
Nov 2019010655.302.75$292
Oct 2019010253.472.42$247
Sep 201904155.052.66$109
Aug 201904553.112.30$104
Jul 201907256.272.46$177
Jun 201908552.782.49$212
May 201907058.482.74$192
Apr 201905262.632.75$143
Mar 201906156.803.06$187
Feb 201906150.852.79$170
Jan 201907746.033.23$249
Dec 201808346.594.19$347
Nov 201805752.934.24$242
Oct 2018024461.443.40$829
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 201804365.142.93$126
Jun 201802260.183.08$68
May 201808965.382.90$258
Apr 20180463.842.90$12
Mar 201801961.222.79$53
Feb 201803861.782.77$105
Jan 201803362.874.01$132
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170755.423.12$22
Oct 2017011549.292.98$343
Sep 201709947.523.09$306
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 201702245.373.26$72
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 201703146.772.98$92
Feb 2017024550.452.95$723
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 201606441.553.10$198
Aug 201602941.442.92$85
Jul 201602541.622.92$73
Jun 201604745.352.69$126
May 201602942.521.99$58
Apr 201605236.561.99$104
Mar 201607033.011.79$126
Feb 201604726.472.06$97
Jan 2016015827.352.36$374
Dec 201503632.362.00$72
Nov 201507938.792.17$171
Oct 201507843.552.43$189
Sep 2015012842.992.76$353
Aug 2015014040.162.87$402
Jul 201508848.152.95$259
Jun 201507156.152.88$205
May 201508155.212.96$239
Apr 201507449.822.71$200
Mar 201503442.892.93$100
Feb 201501344.662.98$39
Jan 2015018243.433.10$564
Dec 2014012454.693.59$445
Nov 2014024570.464.25$1,042
Oct 201443078.303.90$430
Sep 2014081186.164.05$3,281
Aug 201441,39989.394.04$6,003
Jul 201431,78196.564.18$7,734
Jun 201421,89198.164.74$9,154
May 201411,44794.734.73$6,934
Apr 201401,18795.944.81$5,708
Mar 2014559995.895.06$3,508
Feb 2014010997.406.19$675
Jan 2014245490.404.86$2,388
Dec 2013145091.824.35$2,051
Nov 2013675188.853.74$3,341
Oct 201321,02597.423.78$4,069
Sep 201331,006104.113.72$4,052
Aug 201341,038104.253.52$4,073
Jul 201321,019102.523.72$3,993
Jun 201311,01294.403.93$4,075
May 201371,05894.834.15$5,054
Apr 2013095493.964.28$4,086
Mar 201321,00193.623.91$4,104
Feb 2013799191.233.42$4,028
Jan 2013121,03291.603.42$4,629
Dec 201211,39186.773.42$4,844
Nov 201251,46586.953.62$5,745
Oct 201211,39089.383.40$4,815
Sep 201221,56494.672.92$4,754
Aug 201231,34092.662.91$4,175
Jul 2012381,50885.133.02$7,790
Jun 2012191,47879.822.52$5,240
May 2012271,66391.612.49$6,612
Apr 201231,107101.652.00$2,515
Mar 20124522105.052.22$1,580
Feb 20120156101.102.57$401
Jan 2012419598.092.73$926
Dec 2011031896.873.24$1,030
Nov 2011350995.723.31$1,973
Oct 2011135884.983.65$1,391
Sep 20110283.623.99$8
Aug 201108983.404.15$369
Jul 2011131,52494.144.52$8,108
Jun 2011102,44992.904.64$12,292
May 2011123,10598.134.40$14,855
Apr 201122,903105.964.33$12,791
Mar 2011343,49096.364.06$17,436
Feb 201153,19685.644.18$13,787
Jan 201103,55386.504.59$16,304
Dec 201022,71885.734.35$11,989
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100178.103.51$4
Sep 201009972.633.98$394
Aug 2010082973.684.42$3,664
Jul 201001,67272.554.74$7,919
Jun 201041,58770.364.91$8,074
May 2010041371.124.24$1,749
Apr 2010071481.694.12$2,944
Mar 2010044878.394.39$1,966
Feb 2010076573.585.44$4,163
Jan 201041,27274.365.96$7,884
Dec 200931,35871.445.48$7,661
Nov 200941,26074.593.75$5,025
Oct 200951,33972.544.11$5,866
Sep 200931,28665.543.06$4,138
Aug 200901,36667.423.22$4,396
Jul 20091281,53461.133.46$13,139
Jun 200991,50866.163.90$6,469
May 200931,61654.743.93$6,508
Apr 200991,62746.773.59$6,258
Mar 200931,72842.144.06$7,140
Feb 2009161,48032.814.63$7,382
Jan 2009141,58335.865.37$9,004
Dec 2008211,77337.105.98$11,377
Nov 200852,85955.496.86$19,891
Oct 200802,85775.246.92$19,776
Sep 200802,875101.767.88$22,647
Aug 200802,153114.228.48$18,264
Jul 200801,609131.0811.39$18,326
Jun 200811,978131.3313.03$25,910
May 2008102,145123.1711.57$26,059
Apr 200842,030110.3110.45$21,665
Mar 200852,410101.909.66$23,800
Feb 200852,45092.538.77$21,951
Jan 200863,25090.388.21$27,211
Dec 200722,72188.337.30$20,045
Nov 20071772,49091.677.29$34,382
Oct 200732,63782.856.92$18,502
Sep 200742,64875.846.24$16,838
Aug 200722,84369.066.39$18,299
Jul 200702,83570.906.39$18,110
Jun 200702,67462.007.55$20,185
May 200702,86258.747.85$22,456
Apr 200772,82559.617.81$22,467
Mar 200713,07856.927.30$22,532
Feb 200702,91555.108.22$23,950
Jan 200703,38050.306.73$22,737
Dec 2006652,53556.656.92$21,221
Nov 200603,27254.207.62$24,924
Oct 200603,41554.906.01$20,537
Sep 200603,46360.085.04$17,444
Aug 200603,66068.717.34$26,864
Jul 200603,77569.376.34$23,944
Jun 200603,79866.286.38$24,246
May 200604,29866.016.42$27,615
Apr 200604,26864.397.36$31,415
Mar 200604,71956.707.08$33,424
Feb 200604,33657.597.75$33,609
Jan 200605,06260.598.93$45,220
Dec 200504,92654.9413.42$66,084
Nov 200505,02454.6910.59$53,196
Oct 200505,69558.3413.80$78,567
Sep 200505,77161.4512.08$69,708
Aug 200506,28261.519.80$61,544
Jul 200506,63955.697.84$52,074
Jun 200506,34552.337.38$46,833
May 200504,12045.226.65$27,403
Apr 200505,01649.207.36$36,920
Mar 200505,08550.377.15$36,383
Feb 200504,02445.226.31$25,399
Jan 200506,61443.166.32$41,815
Dec 200406,25939.866.75$42,255
Nov 200407,51045.286.33$47,541
Oct 200408,24349.706.52$53,704
Sep 200408,09443.245.28$42,768
Aug 200408,81042.375.55$48,901
Jul 200408,09638.286.08$49,258
Jun 200407,91336.106.43$50,904
May 200408,35637.486.49$54,269
Apr 200408,33834.475.86$48,848
Mar 200408,75734.365.53$48,427
Feb 200406,66032.455.51$36,694
Jan 2004012,43132.036.30$78,311
Dec 200309,19130.266.30$57,918
Nov 200309,54328.804.60$43,852
Oct 2003010,01328.174.76$47,658
Sep 2003010,07126.314.75$47,831
Aug 2003010,76629.765.13$55,227
Jul 20031810,68929.415.17$55,800
Jun 2003011,80228.565.98$70,611
May 20031812,01926.595.97$72,264
Apr 2003011,66126.675.41$63,054
Mar 2003010,24231.146.10$62,436
Feb 200359,79233.487.93$77,778
Jan 2003619,99730.315.58$57,653
Dec 20022310,95026.914.85$53,768
Nov 200210310,13224.664.14$44,456
Oct 20022111,95426.464.23$51,111
Sep 20027410,27827.443.64$39,393
Aug 20026013,07725.963.16$42,935
Jul 20026213,76624.583.06$43,672
Jun 20022612,82723.733.34$43,437
May 20024114,86724.663.58$54,294
Apr 20023611,74723.653.51$42,111
Mar 20026810,83322.003.10$35,108
Feb 2002010,49018.222.38$24,921
Jan 2002014,77717.172.38$35,105
Dec 2001013,25916.932.36$31,350
Nov 2001015,98218.072.41$38,445
Oct 2001016,76919.782.53$42,407
Sep 2001016,60724.262.25$37,388
Aug 2001017,92424.873.05$54,725
Jul 2001018,21823.933.20$58,244
Jun 2001017,97424.563.82$68,735
May 2001019,78125.524.31$85,203
Apr 2001019,68524.685.34$105,026
Mar 2001020,38124.545.38$109,577
Feb 2001019,17027.755.77$110,555
Jan 2001023,11127.478.40$194,104
Dec 2000011,61326.889.12$105,940
Nov 2000016,84132.215.66$95,286
Oct 2000020,00931.235.15$102,956
Sep 2000017,97731.875.19$93,238
Aug 2000033,58029.644.54$152,478
Jul 2000038,55128.534.09$157,664
Jun 2000049,61529.304.40$218,170
May 2000068,69527.263.68$252,780
Apr 20000107,33824.513.12$334,465
Mar 20000100,37328.422.86$287,042

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                  551 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $1,678

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Month total                                   $1,678

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/178976 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.