BENTSEN BROS. "B"

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

Gas lease lease 203830District 04Field 507006202 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$51.9 M
Jul 2004 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$22 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
263
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 118 leases and 118 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
600 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 2006-03-28.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: TEST, THE PREVIOUS TEST MUST BE USED.

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 Gas112005-05-20161130
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
CondensateDisposition101,547 bbl$5,604,558
GasProduction6,474,910 Mcf$46,247,420
Total$51,851,978

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 26.5690, -98.5129. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.56903, -98.51290 · 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
9,621 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 9,621 ft.

1 well

42-42733732159,621 ft

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 (263)

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

263 months

May 20260457106.413.05$1,392
Apr 2026044698.932.87$1,280
Mar 2026050489.753.15$1,587
Feb 2026043063.503.75$1,613
Jan 2026048559.138.00$3,879
Dec 2025041856.664.41$1,845
Nov 2025048958.593.93$1,920
Oct 2025054459.383.30$1,798
Sep 2025045962.743.08$1,412
Aug 2025064063.933.01$1,929
Jul 2025047766.743.32$1,581
Jun 2025056266.483.13$1,758
May 2025058360.553.23$1,884
Apr 2025064462.363.54$2,282
Mar 2025056167.704.27$2,395
Feb 2025055670.884.34$2,414
Jan 2025056674.324.28$2,422
Dec 2024050968.993.12$1,589
Nov 2024054269.052.20$1,192
Oct 2024054671.372.28$1,246
Sep 2024055769.612.36$1,317
Aug 2024062175.632.06$1,282
Jul 2024062879.932.15$1,348
Jun 2024064078.082.63$1,686
May 2024058478.812.20$1,284
Apr 2024065084.451.66$1,078
Mar 2024064980.301.55$1,003
Feb 2024066176.091.78$1,179
Jan 2024061473.023.30$2,025
Dec 2023066871.262.61$1,744
Nov 2023074477.892.81$2,089
Oct 2023068085.443.09$2,099
Sep 2023072889.042.74$1,991
Aug 2023067580.522.67$1,804
Jul 2023075174.852.64$1,984
Jun 2023073968.962.26$1,669
May 2023076870.622.23$1,711
Apr 2023063878.122.24$1,428
Mar 2023070972.852.39$1,697
Feb 2023066275.112.47$1,632
Jan 2023075476.533.39$2,554
Dec 2022061876.415.73$3,541
Nov 2022069185.005.65$3,902
Oct 2022066987.185.86$3,923
Sep 2022060284.888.16$4,915
Aug 2022066694.529.13$6,079
Jul 20220697101.587.54$5,257
Jun 20220965115.097.98$7,698
May 20220773109.378.43$6,519
Apr 20220968104.226.84$6,619
Mar 20220938108.885.08$4,762
Feb 202201,05491.054.86$5,121
Jan 2022099581.844.54$4,515
Dec 2021094171.323.90$3,669
Nov 2021196977.435.24$5,152
Oct 202141,33679.795.71$7,953
Sep 202151,07669.865.35$6,107
Aug 202151,17866.024.22$5,302
Jul 202151,10970.783.98$4,770
Jun 202171,00469.493.38$3,881
May 202171,16763.483.02$3,966
Apr 2021661860.362.76$2,067
Mar 2021679061.302.72$2,514
Feb 2021575657.805.55$4,483
Jan 2021683350.412.81$2,643
Dec 202061,16544.642.68$3,385
Nov 2020141,41238.772.71$4,364
Oct 2020152,38336.972.48$6,461
Sep 2020152,40937.091.99$5,353
Aug 2020152,52339.982.39$6,617
Jul 2020162,53838.371.83$5,246
Jun 2020142,32934.901.69$4,425
May 2020192,34616.921.81$4,579
Apr 2020162,52514.751.80$4,792
Mar 2020172,29930.341.86$4,783
Feb 2020192,29149.881.98$5,485
Jan 2020222,56357.252.09$6,628
Dec 2019232,63559.012.30$7,429
Nov 2019262,72755.302.75$8,939
Oct 2019262,96053.472.42$8,549
Sep 2019282,81055.052.66$9,008
Aug 2019302,75253.112.30$7,935
Jul 2019332,95156.272.46$9,117
Jun 2019332,99652.782.49$9,205
May 201923,44858.482.74$9,566
Apr 201903,51462.632.75$9,666
Mar 201904,15756.803.06$12,729
Feb 201903,56150.852.79$9,943
Jan 201903,96846.033.23$12,809
Dec 2018154,21246.594.19$18,328
Nov 20181114,66152.934.24$25,625
Oct 20181213,43461.443.40$19,103
Sep 20181174,11659.543.11$19,759
Aug 20181213,97159.403.07$19,365
Jul 20181274,07365.142.93$20,214
Jun 20181203,95860.183.08$19,400
May 2018574,11865.382.90$15,672
Apr 2018113,89563.842.90$12,001
Mar 2018114,38661.222.79$12,897
Feb 2018104,36061.782.77$12,678
Jan 2018114,55562.874.01$18,954
Dec 2017114,51057.272.92$13,806
Nov 201784,91555.423.12$15,770
Oct 201704,13649.292.98$12,341
Sep 201701,23647.523.09$3,816
Aug 201704,02445.373.00$12,090
Jul 201706,37243.873.09$19,672
Jun 201705,65342.493.09$17,452
May 201707,20745.373.26$23,519
Apr 201707,56247.933.21$24,286
Mar 201706,89646.772.98$20,575
Feb 201707,76050.452.95$22,912
Jan 201708,64749.413.42$29,562
Dec 201656,43148.763.72$24,185
Nov 2016806,81842.492.64$21,428
Oct 20161385,97646.193.09$24,842
Sep 20161295,74441.553.10$23,170
Aug 20161506,63641.442.92$25,622
Jul 20161818,73341.622.92$33,071
Jun 20161376,31345.352.69$23,169
May 20161677,16742.521.99$21,371
Apr 2016662,89136.561.99$8,169
Mar 2016492,04533.011.79$5,286
Feb 2016371,63226.472.06$4,347
Jan 2016331,40927.352.36$4,234
Dec 2015431,98332.362.00$5,360
Nov 2015351,44338.792.17$4,485
Oct 2015251,08243.552.43$3,714
Sep 2015141,16942.992.76$3,826
Aug 2015312,67140.162.87$8,917
Jul 2015362,91248.152.95$10,309
Jun 2015321,87356.152.88$7,196
May 2015442,78455.212.96$10,657
Apr 2015714,68049.822.71$16,204
Mar 2015704,62342.892.93$16,569
Feb 20152095844.662.98$3,744
Jan 2015824,96743.433.10$18,962
Dec 2014985,79854.693.59$26,182
Nov 2014875,60370.464.25$29,953
Oct 20141006,41178.303.90$32,839
Sep 2014976,27186.164.05$33,726
Aug 20141016,27789.394.04$34,357
Jul 2014372,39896.564.18$13,595
Jun 2014715,02098.164.74$30,749
May 2014935,84094.734.73$36,413
Apr 2014855,23895.944.81$33,345
Mar 2014764,48695.895.06$29,972
Feb 2014804,68097.406.19$36,771
Jan 2014945,55090.404.86$35,475
Dec 2013885,05291.824.35$30,079
Nov 2013745,10588.853.74$25,659
Oct 2013865,63097.423.78$29,656
Sep 2013916,302104.113.72$32,903
Aug 2013916,382104.253.52$31,968
Jul 20131006,837102.523.72$35,670
Jun 2013957,07894.403.93$36,809
May 20131197,82894.834.15$43,764
Apr 20131086,99193.964.28$40,087
Mar 20131026,21993.623.91$33,883
Feb 20131106,95891.233.42$33,831
Jan 20131418,20291.603.42$40,966
Dec 20121428,86686.773.42$42,644
Nov 201241186.953.62$388
Oct 2012804,85589.383.40$23,656
Sep 20121126,82694.672.92$30,524
Aug 20121126,84992.662.91$30,296
Jul 20121207,11685.133.02$31,712
Jun 20121046,46479.822.52$24,584
May 20121278,06691.612.49$31,705
Apr 20121157,703101.652.00$27,071
Mar 2012304,303105.052.22$12,713
Feb 20121308,127101.102.57$34,031
Jan 20121016,01598.092.73$26,353
Dec 20111136,47496.873.24$31,920
Nov 20111278,15295.723.31$39,150
Oct 20111338,61984.983.65$42,749
Sep 20111389,48383.623.99$49,337
Aug 20111329,29283.404.15$49,564
Jul 201115110,94194.144.52$63,638
Jun 20111509,72392.904.64$59,049
May 201115510,16098.134.40$59,963
Apr 201120116,155105.964.33$91,302
Mar 201123611,47396.364.06$69,291
Feb 201126910,88385.644.18$68,528
Jan 20112279,98586.504.59$65,454
Dec 201027210,48585.734.35$68,905
Nov 201030514,66280.843.80$80,303
Oct 201026816,38578.103.51$78,424
Sep 201010313,44772.633.98$60,993
Aug 201012720,15873.684.42$98,443
Jul 20109213,95672.554.74$72,777
Jun 201012918,42770.364.91$99,560
May 201014618,71571.124.24$89,646
Apr 201020722,55981.694.12$109,914
Mar 201029424,69178.394.39$131,407
Feb 201023522,76273.585.44$141,170
Jan 201024822,98274.365.96$155,508
Dec 200925525,07871.445.48$155,739
Nov 200928027,36074.593.75$123,526
Oct 200924822,97072.544.11$112,402
Sep 20096018,55465.543.06$60,796
Aug 20096817,01267.423.22$59,338
Jul 20098119,55861.133.46$72,710
Jun 20096714,74366.163.90$61,857
May 20099517,46254.743.93$73,752
Apr 2009018,41046.773.59$66,046
Mar 2009026,20042.144.06$106,346
Feb 2009024,87832.814.63$115,260
Jan 2009027,05435.865.37$145,307
Dec 2008027,44837.105.98$164,061
Nov 2008030,35655.496.86$208,253
Oct 2008221,26675.246.92$147,353
Sep 200814125,278101.767.88$213,465
Aug 200829740,041114.228.48$373,592
Jul 200837538,798131.0811.39$491,042
Jun 200846047,093131.3313.03$674,157
May 200847745,603123.1711.57$586,574
Apr 200830650,192110.3110.45$558,505
Mar 200824745,270101.909.66$462,662
Feb 20089115,63192.538.77$145,513
Jan 20086515,94990.388.21$136,748
Dec 200718833,86188.337.30$263,858
Nov 200719422,49891.677.29$181,833
Oct 200716525,38582.856.92$189,385
Sep 200728348,43575.846.24$323,899
Aug 200735552,50169.066.39$359,890
Jul 200738725,47470.906.39$190,165
Jun 20071,02747,79562.007.55$424,452
May 20071,27261,22258.747.85$555,082
Apr 200766239,45259.617.81$347,393
Mar 20071,16060,87456.927.30$510,527
Feb 20071,19062,15755.108.22$576,251
Jan 200773159,41350.306.73$436,432
Dec 200631223,13956.656.92$177,761
Nov 200663556,52754.207.62$465,010
Oct 200674578,49554.906.01$512,954
Sep 200650653,77860.085.04$301,291
Aug 200677284,23268.717.34$671,300
Jul 200663493,78069.376.34$638,805
Jun 2006674104,30966.286.38$710,569
May 2006805115,58666.016.42$795,778
Apr 200641155,01264.397.36$431,379
Mar 200659072,03056.707.08$543,636
Feb 200667485,09457.597.75$698,389
Jan 20061,12598,27760.598.93$946,104
Dec 20051,189120,76854.9413.42$1,685,475
Nov 20051,247130,81954.6910.59$1,453,362
Oct 20051,506160,67058.3413.80$2,304,425
Sep 20051,663181,07961.4512.08$2,289,445
Aug 20052,232212,99561.519.80$2,223,968
Jul 20053,688239,15755.697.84$2,081,246
Jun 20054,226262,71652.337.38$2,160,264
May 20054,964290,72545.226.65$2,158,131
Apr 20055,890307,58949.207.36$2,553,791
Mar 20058,224319,90050.377.15$2,703,089
Feb 20056,928246,45145.226.31$1,868,863
Jan 20058,278262,83043.166.32$2,018,942
Dec 20046,660231,16439.866.75$1,826,074
Nov 20047,277222,54945.286.33$1,738,331
Oct 20046,326188,46849.706.52$1,542,290
Sep 200482550,63843.245.28$303,239
Aug 200437635,38342.375.55$212,330
Jul 20041058,74338.286.08$57,213

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                  457 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $1,392

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $1,392

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/203830 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.