LA COPITA GAS UNIT

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 208845District 04Field 507006202 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$22.8 M
Apr 2005 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$177 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
254
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 Gas112006-06-29167970
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
CondensateDisposition46,721 bbl$2,911,157
GasProduction2,920,790 Mcf$19,915,136
Total$22,826,293

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 26.5735, -98.5128. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.57351, -98.51281 · 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
9,115 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 9,115 ft.

Completions filed
Apr 2008
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4273376549,115 ftApr 2008

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 (254)

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

254 months

May 2026572,271106.413.05$12,982
Apr 2026642,33698.932.87$13,035
Mar 2026882,74689.753.15$16,546
Feb 2026762,10463.503.75$12,717
Jan 2026872,27959.138.00$23,372
Dec 2025822,56856.664.41$15,980
Nov 2025822,57658.593.93$14,919
Oct 2025893,17259.383.30$15,768
Sep 2025662,99762.743.08$13,362
Aug 2025752,83463.933.01$13,339
Jul 2025722,53666.743.32$13,213
Jun 2025612,52766.483.13$11,962
May 2025792,72860.553.23$13,601
Apr 2025553,05462.363.54$14,250
Mar 2025572,79667.704.27$15,793
Feb 2025512,52470.884.34$14,571
Jan 2025552,66574.324.28$15,490
Dec 2024682,59168.993.12$12,779
Nov 2024513,39169.052.20$10,976
Oct 2024553,49071.372.28$11,887
Sep 2024603,07169.612.36$11,438
Aug 2024633,40475.632.06$11,789
Jul 2024552,88879.932.15$10,596
Jun 2024482,72978.082.63$10,936
May 2024412,48578.812.20$8,694
Apr 2024482,60984.451.66$8,382
Mar 2024562,26980.301.55$8,003
Feb 2024452,70876.091.78$8,254
Jan 2024533,97673.023.30$16,982
Dec 2023362,75871.262.61$9,766
Nov 2023362,15677.892.81$8,857
Oct 2023363,23885.443.09$13,072
Sep 2023331,64989.042.74$7,448
Aug 2023371,80580.522.67$7,804
Jul 2023453,44174.852.64$12,459
Jun 2023554,52068.962.26$14,001
May 2023534,84670.622.23$14,537
Apr 2023564,80878.122.24$15,134
Mar 2023644,52372.852.39$15,487
Feb 2023523,89675.112.47$13,512
Jan 2023704,05976.533.39$19,108
Dec 2022594,20176.415.73$28,576
Nov 2022443,58785.005.65$23,993
Oct 2022684,33287.185.86$31,330
Sep 2022474,67784.888.16$42,171
Aug 2022455,37594.529.13$53,312
Jul 2022535,440101.587.54$46,413
Jun 2022475,890115.097.98$52,395
May 2022654,536109.378.43$45,361
Apr 2022744,542104.226.84$38,769
Mar 2022804,725108.885.08$32,696
Feb 2022674,62691.054.86$28,577
Jan 2022774,38181.844.54$26,181
Dec 2021824,48071.323.90$23,316
Nov 2021774,84477.435.24$31,329
Oct 2021535,24179.795.71$34,175
Sep 2021125,13569.865.35$28,315
Aug 2021125,06166.024.22$22,153
Jul 2021125,26970.783.98$21,831
Jun 2021155,21369.493.38$18,666
May 2021166,37763.483.02$20,259
Apr 2021146,10560.362.76$17,685
Mar 2021153,47461.302.72$10,358
Feb 2021114,34557.805.55$24,742
Jan 2021165,11850.412.81$15,190
Dec 2020305,11744.642.68$15,030
Nov 2020404,74138.772.71$14,383
Oct 2020414,14636.972.48$11,791
Sep 2020414,19837.091.99$9,879
Aug 2020403,03939.982.39$8,848
Jul 2020435,43638.371.83$11,571
Jun 2020395,41434.901.69$10,512
May 2020525,44216.921.81$10,756
Apr 2020444,64414.751.80$9,029
Mar 2020475,58530.341.86$11,793
Feb 2020535,55349.881.98$13,642
Jan 2020595,17357.252.09$14,214
Dec 2019635,51959.012.30$16,435
Nov 2019705,16355.302.75$18,073
Oct 2019715,97553.472.42$18,247
Sep 2019775,76355.052.66$19,553
Aug 2019836,23653.112.30$18,778
Jul 2019906,12656.272.46$20,135
Jun 2019925,67552.782.49$18,993
May 201966,31758.482.74$17,661
Apr 201906,46162.632.75$17,772
Mar 201905,78756.803.06$17,720
Feb 201905,94150.852.79$16,589
Jan 201906,62546.033.23$21,387
Dec 201826,84346.594.19$28,734
Nov 2018166,31152.934.24$27,588
Oct 2018175,63561.443.40$20,193
Sep 2018175,99659.543.11$19,648
Aug 2018176,40959.403.07$20,663
Jul 2018186,10865.142.93$19,080
Jun 2018176,92260.183.08$22,322
May 201876,37965.382.90$18,962
Apr 201806,42563.842.90$18,638
Mar 201806,20761.222.79$17,298
Feb 201806,91461.782.77$19,125
Jan 201806,95462.874.01$27,881
Dec 201726,90757.272.92$20,293
Nov 2017515,35455.423.12$19,522
Oct 20172156,19949.292.98$29,093
Sep 20171684,66447.523.09$22,382
Aug 20171325,14845.373.00$21,455
Jul 20171696,36143.873.09$27,052
Jun 20171566,27642.493.09$26,004
May 20171757,30045.373.26$31,763
Apr 20171225,79947.933.21$24,472
Mar 2017956,77946.772.98$24,670
Feb 2017856,85450.452.95$24,525
Jan 2017291,20949.413.42$5,566
Dec 2016543,90748.763.72$17,178
Nov 2016175,01742.492.64$13,989
Oct 2016257646.193.09$1,872
Sep 2016273041.553.10$2,347
Aug 2016392741.442.92$2,835
Jul 2016244441.622.92$1,382
Jun 2016113,04645.352.69$8,680
May 2016257,43442.521.99$15,864
Apr 201608536.561.99$169
Mar 2016121733.011.79$422
Feb 201661,70026.472.06$3,667
Jan 201692,84627.352.36$6,975
Dec 201551,15632.362.00$2,475
Nov 2015215,89038.792.17$13,580
Oct 2015214,91743.552.43$12,846
Sep 2015625,63142.992.76$18,198
Aug 2015756,72240.162.87$22,321
Jul 2015856,58348.152.95$23,480
Jun 20151096,70256.152.88$25,441
May 2015976,36055.212.96$24,152
Apr 20151097,16749.822.71$24,828
Mar 20151147,15342.892.93$25,881
Feb 20151066,57944.662.98$24,314
Jan 20151227,46543.433.10$28,445
Dec 20141277,56154.693.59$34,100
Nov 20141056,83170.464.25$36,443
Oct 2014966,12178.303.90$31,395
Sep 20141107,09286.164.05$38,168
Aug 20141257,51489.394.04$41,494
Jul 20141037,33796.564.18$40,611
Jun 2014906,36898.164.74$38,999
May 20141197,50494.734.73$46,741
Apr 20141157,03495.944.81$44,860
Mar 20141046,23595.895.06$41,502
Feb 2014925,44297.406.19$42,658
Jan 20141046,03890.404.86$38,751
Dec 20131227,04791.824.35$41,888
Nov 20131027,11588.853.74$35,661
Oct 20131087,12897.423.78$37,461
Sep 20131017,007104.113.72$36,565
Aug 20131077,508104.253.52$37,603
Jul 20131147,820102.523.72$40,760
Jun 20131078,03394.403.93$41,698
May 20131338,74494.834.15$48,892
Apr 20131227,86593.964.28$45,146
Mar 20131418,70393.623.91$47,254
Feb 20131298,24191.233.42$39,952
Jan 20131458,47391.603.42$42,259
Dec 20121297,65086.773.42$37,358
Nov 20121297,34486.953.62$37,838
Oct 20121388,68389.383.40$41,854
Sep 20121187,49894.672.92$33,053
Aug 2012523,10392.662.91$13,842
Jul 2012754,26485.133.02$19,265
Jun 20121368,49479.822.52$32,252
May 20121378,71591.612.49$34,236
Apr 20121248,257101.652.00$29,092
Mar 20121388,510105.052.22$33,407
Feb 20121398,555101.102.57$36,041
Jan 20121529,03698.092.73$39,615
Dec 20111689,73596.873.24$47,813
Nov 20111298,22795.723.31$39,590
Oct 20111398,97884.983.65$44,569
Sep 20111379,35583.623.99$48,743
Aug 20111339,49683.404.15$50,494
Jul 20111299,39394.144.52$54,575
Jun 20111227,83692.904.64$47,692
May 20111479,97598.134.40$58,363
Apr 2011015,018105.964.33$65,077
Mar 2011011,74696.364.06$47,658
Feb 2011011,39385.644.18$47,623
Jan 2011013,78086.504.59$63,233
Dec 2010015,13285.734.35$65,790
Nov 2010011,34380.843.80$43,050
Oct 2010010,68078.103.51$37,475
Sep 2010010,32972.633.98$41,104
Aug 201008,85773.684.42$39,142
Jul 201008,76972.554.74$41,534
Jun 201007,84570.364.91$38,522
May 201008,52071.124.24$36,084
Apr 201009,29481.694.12$38,316
Mar 2010010,54778.394.39$46,287
Feb 201009,19673.585.44$50,048
Jan 201009,94974.365.96$59,337
Dec 2009010,41371.445.48$57,102
Nov 2009011,21974.593.75$42,088
Oct 200939,46572.544.11$39,121
Sep 200918519,50965.543.06$71,915
Aug 200916213,85167.423.22$55,501
Jul 200919216,01261.133.46$67,211
Jun 200920414,23766.163.90$68,950
May 200923311,83654.743.93$59,220
Apr 200986713,39446.773.59$88,601
Mar 20091,05220,74242.144.06$128,523
Feb 20091,16921,70232.814.63$138,900
Jan 200996818,75735.865.37$135,456
Dec 20082175,34837.105.98$40,016
Nov 2008821555.496.86$1,919
Oct 2008186,23675.246.92$44,520
Sep 200810911,664101.767.88$102,970
Aug 200820316,334114.228.48$161,748
Jul 200827016,602131.0811.39$224,479
Jun 200831318,914131.3313.03$287,605
May 200840723,668123.1711.57$324,070
Apr 20089624,720110.3110.45$269,034
Mar 20086816101.909.66$8,497
Feb 20084711,50992.538.77$105,290
Jan 200811043,25190.388.21$364,848
Dec 20077521,22188.337.30$161,580
Nov 20076110,77091.677.29$84,123
Oct 2007769,63582.856.92$72,990
Sep 20078211,43075.846.24$77,590
Aug 200711313,34469.066.39$93,044
Jul 20071317,90170.906.39$59,759
Jun 20072028,37262.007.55$75,720
May 200729512,52358.747.85$115,587
Apr 200724112,95259.617.81$115,459
Mar 200723611,09356.927.30$94,434
Feb 20071828,49355.108.22$79,807
Jan 200715812,63950.306.73$92,968
Dec 2006956,88556.656.92$53,015
Nov 200613611,92154.207.62$98,179
Oct 200611411,47154.906.01$75,243
Sep 200611011,33660.085.04$63,711
Aug 200621422,52668.717.34$180,043
Jul 200620525,15969.376.34$173,798
Jun 200622028,11066.286.38$194,032
May 200625329,80766.016.42$208,211
Apr 200626329,28564.397.36$232,486
Mar 200631131,24556.707.08$238,940
Feb 200633634,61857.597.75$287,679
Jan 200699139,43060.598.93$412,286
Dec 20051,80984,42554.9413.42$1,231,982
Nov 20052,184105,80354.6910.59$1,239,727
Oct 20052,762135,91358.3413.80$2,036,158
Sep 20053,133157,80961.4512.08$2,098,698
Aug 20053,625164,40061.519.80$1,833,574
Jul 20052,929148,19655.697.84$1,325,512
Jun 20053,641132,98152.337.38$1,172,072
May 20051,91465,27945.226.65$520,732
Apr 200537118,86149.207.36$157,079

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            57 bbl  × $106.41 =     $6,065
Gas                2,271 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $6,917

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Month total                                  $12,982

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/208845 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.