BELL

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 181505District 04Field 458410502 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$5.2 M
Sep 2000 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$2 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
309
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 Gas112006-07-28164056
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
CondensateDisposition6,008 bbl$323,933
GasProduction994,449 Mcf$4,848,463
Total$5,172,397

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 26.4499, -98.4196. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.44993, -98.41963 · 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
13,860 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 13,860 ft.

Completions filed
Sep 2000
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21532782213,860 ftSep 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 (309)

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

309 months

May 2026019106.413.05$58
Apr 202601198.932.87$32
Mar 202603689.753.15$113
Feb 202602363.503.75$86
Jan 202602259.138.00$176
Dec 202501356.664.41$57
Nov 202504158.593.93$161
Oct 2025012959.383.30$426
Sep 202504062.743.08$123
Aug 202502263.933.01$66
Jul 202501866.743.32$60
Jun 2025010166.483.13$316
May 2025011360.553.23$365
Apr 202507862.363.54$276
Mar 202505967.704.27$252
Feb 202505070.884.34$217
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 202403669.052.20$79
Oct 202409371.372.28$212
Sep 2024011069.612.36$260
Aug 2024016475.632.06$338
Jul 2024016679.932.15$356
Jun 2024014578.082.63$382
May 2024021578.812.20$473
Apr 2024018884.451.66$312
Mar 2024023080.301.55$355
Feb 2024017976.091.78$319
Jan 2024022373.023.30$735
Dec 2023016471.262.61$428
Nov 2023022577.892.81$632
Oct 2023021285.443.09$655
Sep 2023020489.042.74$558
Aug 2023018080.522.67$481
Jul 2023020474.852.64$539
Jun 2023016668.962.26$375
May 2023030870.622.23$686
Apr 2023027978.122.24$624
Mar 2023032272.852.39$771
Feb 2023027275.112.47$671
Jan 2023028176.533.39$952
Dec 2022015976.415.73$911
Nov 2022022985.005.65$1,293
Oct 2022028087.185.86$1,642
Sep 2022028084.888.16$2,286
Aug 2022029294.529.13$2,665
Jul 20220269101.587.54$2,029
Jun 20220244115.097.98$1,946
May 20220239109.378.43$2,016
Apr 20220189104.226.84$1,292
Mar 20220259108.885.08$1,315
Feb 2022019791.054.86$957
Jan 2022025181.844.54$1,139
Dec 2021025271.323.90$983
Nov 2021025977.435.24$1,356
Oct 2021020879.795.71$1,188
Sep 2021020869.865.35$1,113
Aug 2021018966.024.22$798
Jul 2021020170.783.98$800
Jun 2021023769.493.38$801
May 2021022863.483.02$688
Apr 2021021560.362.76$593
Mar 2021017161.302.72$465
Feb 2021012657.805.55$699
Jan 2021015050.412.81$422
Dec 2020013744.642.68$367
Nov 2020015138.772.71$409
Oct 2020017336.972.48$429
Sep 2020023037.091.99$458
Aug 2020024639.982.39$587
Jul 2020013638.371.83$248
Jun 2020018234.901.69$308
May 2020016416.921.81$298
Apr 2020024614.751.80$444
Mar 2020019530.341.86$362
Feb 2020019949.881.98$394
Jan 2020013857.252.09$289
Dec 2019011559.012.30$265
Nov 201903,09855.302.75$8,522
Oct 201904,50453.472.42$10,893
Sep 201903,95755.052.66$10,515
Aug 201904,06053.112.30$9,356
Jul 201904,21656.272.46$10,372
Jun 201904,34952.782.49$10,834
May 201904,26758.482.74$11,693
Apr 201904,24762.632.75$11,682
Mar 201901,64256.803.06$5,028
Feb 201904,21050.852.79$11,755
Jan 201904,73646.033.23$15,289
Dec 201804,06946.594.19$17,031
Nov 201801,89552.934.24$8,030
Oct 201803,48161.443.40$11,829
Sep 201804,02159.543.11$12,497
Aug 20180359.403.07$9
Jul 20180365.142.93$9
Jun 20180460.183.08$12
May 2018056365.382.90$1,633
Apr 201801,04863.842.90$3,040
Mar 201803,33161.222.79$9,283
Feb 201803,36261.782.77$9,300
Jan 201802,83262.874.01$11,354
Dec 201702,29257.272.92$6,696
Nov 201702,68255.423.12$8,363
Oct 201702,68649.292.98$8,014
Sep 201702,61147.523.09$8,061
Aug 201704,28145.373.00$12,862
Jul 201705,19943.873.09$16,051
Jun 201704,86442.493.09$15,017
May 2017152,44145.373.26$8,647
Apr 201702,67947.933.21$8,604
Mar 2017341,53346.772.98$6,164
Feb 201702,08350.452.95$6,150
Jan 201702,60049.413.42$8,889
Dec 201602,75648.763.72$10,260
Nov 201601,84942.492.64$4,889
Oct 201602,67546.193.09$8,266
Sep 201602,79841.553.10$8,676
Aug 201602,27641.442.92$6,656
Jul 201602,55941.622.92$7,483
Jun 201602,78245.352.69$7,472
May 201602,89642.521.99$5,766
Apr 201602,79136.561.99$5,557
Mar 201603,54033.011.79$6,351
Feb 201603,00726.472.06$6,205
Jan 201603,60627.352.36$8,526
Dec 201503,69932.362.00$7,403
Nov 20151162,35638.792.17$9,606
Oct 201503,29643.552.43$7,998
Sep 201502,22742.992.76$6,143
Aug 201502,55140.162.87$7,328
Jul 201502,00048.152.95$5,890
Jun 201503,21456.152.88$9,266
May 201503,54455.212.96$10,474
Apr 201503,66549.822.71$9,920
Mar 201504,12842.892.93$12,114
Feb 201503,84544.662.98$11,443
Jan 201504,03543.433.10$12,511
Dec 201403,31954.693.59$11,920
Nov 201404,58370.464.25$19,486
Oct 201403,31978.303.90$12,947
Sep 201403,94586.164.05$15,959
Aug 201404,79589.394.04$19,348
Jul 201403,42796.564.18$14,323
Jun 2014924,54998.164.74$30,579
May 201405,11994.734.73$24,195
Apr 201404,96295.944.81$23,863
Mar 201404,26295.895.06$21,552
Feb 201403,73197.406.19$23,102
Jan 201402,34890.404.86$11,413
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 201305,54797.423.78$20,964
Sep 2013186,048104.113.72$24,359
Aug 201306,131104.253.52$21,597
Jul 201304,765102.523.72$17,715
Jun 201303,45794.403.93$13,598
May 201303,87094.834.15$16,057
Apr 2013454,04893.964.28$21,564
Mar 201305,45993.623.91$21,360
Feb 201304,51491.233.42$15,437
Jan 201304,13091.603.42$14,124
Dec 201205,09886.773.42$17,436
Nov 201204,99286.953.62$18,096
Oct 2012354,92689.383.40$19,875
Sep 201204,57594.672.92$13,352
Aug 201204,42292.662.91$12,860
Jul 201204,44785.133.02$13,434
Jun 201202,68179.822.52$6,754
May 2012382,82191.612.49$10,501
Apr 201203,511101.652.00$7,011
Mar 201203,498105.052.22$7,773
Feb 201201,636101.102.57$4,205
Jan 2012381,98398.092.73$9,149
Dec 201102,13696.873.24$6,920
Nov 201102,04495.723.31$6,768
Oct 201101,97684.983.65$7,210
Sep 201101,49783.623.99$5,967
Aug 2011093083.404.15$3,859
Jul 201101,63594.144.52$7,386
Jun 2011711,79992.904.64$14,943
May 201102,11198.134.40$9,299
Apr 201102,195105.964.33$9,512
Mar 201102,54396.364.06$10,318
Feb 201102,52085.644.18$10,534
Jan 201102,32386.504.59$10,660
Dec 201002,20485.734.35$9,582
Nov 201002,08380.843.80$7,906
Oct 2010851,81178.103.51$12,993
Sep 201002,30772.633.98$9,181
Aug 201002,42773.684.42$10,726
Jul 201002,44172.554.74$11,562
Jun 201002,30670.364.91$11,323
May 201002,35771.124.24$9,982
Apr 201002,27581.694.12$9,379
Mar 201002,50178.394.39$10,976
Feb 201002,07373.585.44$11,282
Jan 20101712,42974.365.96$27,202
Dec 200902,51871.445.48$13,808
Nov 200902,42074.593.75$9,079
Oct 200902,42072.544.11$9,947
Sep 200912,41165.543.06$7,455
Aug 200972,51967.423.22$8,579
Jul 2009122,54261.133.46$9,540
Jun 200962,45666.163.90$9,963
May 2009102,54354.743.93$10,531
Apr 200952,49646.773.59$9,188
Mar 200992,74142.144.06$11,505
Feb 200952,45132.814.63$11,520
Jan 200952,74735.865.37$14,933
Dec 200842,84437.105.98$17,147
Nov 200852,76655.496.86$19,253
Oct 200852,91075.246.92$20,519
Sep 200802,743101.767.88$21,607
Aug 20082062,974114.228.48$48,758
Jul 200842,959131.0811.39$34,226
Jun 2008336,792131.3313.03$92,852
May 200803,063123.1711.57$35,452
Apr 20081242,917110.3110.45$44,175
Mar 2008883,042101.909.66$38,365
Feb 2008272,88392.538.77$27,784
Jan 2008893,10290.388.21$33,498
Dec 2007523,20888.337.30$28,018
Nov 2007253,11191.677.29$24,976
Oct 2007713,18682.856.92$27,936
Sep 200703,11675.846.24$19,457
Aug 200703,27069.066.39$20,889
Jul 2007403,31770.906.39$24,025
Jun 2007613,17762.007.55$27,763
May 20071873,29958.747.85$36,869
Apr 20071193,18159.617.81$31,922
Mar 20073393,24956.927.30$43,020
Feb 20072163,20555.108.22$38,234
Jan 2007973,64250.306.73$29,378
Dec 2006313,66656.656.92$27,119
Nov 2006533,31254.207.62$28,102
Oct 2006473,61254.906.01$24,302
Sep 2006583,57960.085.04$21,513
Aug 20062193,90368.717.34$43,695
Jul 20062943,64169.376.34$43,489
Jun 20061443,51366.286.38$31,971
May 2006123,67866.016.42$24,423
Apr 200603,26564.397.36$24,032
Mar 200603,44156.707.08$24,372
Feb 200602,97957.597.75$23,091
Jan 200603,56460.598.93$31,838
Dec 200503,57154.9413.42$47,906
Nov 200503,50354.6910.59$37,091
Oct 200503,59058.3413.80$49,527
Sep 200503,52861.4512.08$42,615
Aug 200503,57361.519.80$35,004
Jul 2005223,71655.697.84$30,372
Jun 2005333,62952.337.38$28,513
May 2005893,63945.226.65$28,228
Apr 2005323,29549.207.36$25,827
Mar 2005643,44250.377.15$27,851
Feb 2005263,37245.226.31$22,460
Jan 2005523,82743.166.32$26,439
Dec 2004283,90739.866.75$27,493
Nov 2004123,58045.286.33$23,206
Oct 200404,03449.706.52$26,282
Sep 200403,96543.245.28$20,951
Aug 200404,06542.375.55$22,563
Jul 200404,28938.286.08$26,095
Jun 200404,18036.106.43$26,890
May 200404,41337.486.49$28,661
Apr 200404,22834.475.86$24,770
Mar 200404,34834.365.53$24,045
Feb 200404,24132.455.51$23,366
Jan 200404,52232.036.30$28,487
Dec 200314,59730.266.30$28,999
Nov 200304,46328.804.60$20,508
Oct 200304,69328.174.76$22,337
Sep 200314,84126.314.75$23,018
Aug 200305,25429.765.13$26,952
Jul 200304,70829.415.17$24,344
Jun 200375,05828.565.98$30,462
May 2003105,12126.595.97$30,852
Apr 2003304,87426.675.41$27,155
Mar 200305,22831.146.10$31,870
Feb 20031454,79033.487.93$42,820
Jan 200305,08130.315.58$28,362
Dec 20021645,60926.914.85$31,638
Nov 2002845,58124.664.14$25,160
Oct 2002855,84926.464.23$26,985
Sep 2002895,99327.443.64$24,228
Aug 2002876,29725.963.16$22,183
Jul 200206,36024.583.06$19,473
Jun 2002846,35023.733.34$23,191
May 2002886,73924.663.58$26,323
Apr 2002876,67923.653.51$25,516
Mar 2002826,96022.003.10$23,399
Feb 2002886,45718.222.38$16,943
Jan 20021557,50117.172.38$20,481
Dec 2001848,17616.932.36$20,753
Nov 2001838,22018.072.41$21,273
Oct 2001868,54219.782.53$23,303
Sep 20011608,85024.262.25$23,806
Aug 2001829,57524.873.05$31,273
Jul 200109,80623.933.20$31,351
Jun 2001010,61724.563.82$40,601
May 2001010,73825.524.31$46,252
Apr 2001010,54624.685.34$56,266
Mar 2001011,42624.545.38$61,431
Feb 2001012,28027.755.77$70,820
Jan 2001015,29327.478.40$128,442
Dec 200037017,88126.889.12$173,065
Nov 2000021,54432.215.66$121,896
Oct 20003028,40831.235.15$147,110
Sep 2000043,86431.875.19$227,501

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                   19 Mcf  × $  3.05 =        $58

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Month total                                      $58

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/181505 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.