BENTSEN TRACT IV

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

Gas lease lease 208850District 04Field 415372502 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.8 M
Mar 2005 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$4 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
255
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 250 leases and 251 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2000-01-25
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2006-11-14.

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 Gas112009-06-12192046
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
CondensateDisposition3,418 bbl$211,455
GasProduction207,143 Mcf$1,589,057
Total$1,800,512

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 26.5307, -98.4694. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.53065, -98.46938 · 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
11,621 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 11,621 ft.

1 well

42-42733770111,621 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 (255)

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

255 months

May 2026027106.413.05$82
Apr 2026010798.932.87$307
Mar 2026011089.753.15$346
Feb 202606963.503.75$259
Jan 202607559.138.00$600
Dec 202507756.664.41$340
Nov 202507458.593.93$291
Oct 202509059.383.30$297
Sep 2025013062.743.08$400
Aug 2025010163.933.01$304
Jul 2025019166.743.32$633
Jun 202505766.483.13$178
May 202506560.553.23$210
Apr 202506862.363.54$241
Mar 202508367.704.27$354
Feb 202507170.884.34$308
Jan 202508974.324.28$381
Dec 202408268.993.12$256
Nov 202408269.052.20$180
Oct 202408671.372.28$196
Sep 202408569.612.36$201
Aug 2024012175.632.06$250
Jul 2024029879.932.15$640
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240778.812.20$15
Apr 202409584.451.66$158
Mar 2024010280.301.55$158
Feb 2024010376.091.78$184
Jan 2024011173.023.30$366
Dec 2023011171.262.61$290
Nov 2023011777.892.81$328
Oct 2023011885.443.09$364
Sep 2023011689.042.74$317
Aug 2023012980.522.67$345
Jul 2023012674.852.64$333
Jun 2023011668.962.26$262
May 2023011870.622.23$263
Apr 2023014578.122.24$324
Mar 2023022072.852.39$527
Feb 2023011575.112.47$284
Jan 2023015776.533.39$532
Dec 2022018276.415.73$1,043
Nov 2022014885.005.65$836
Oct 2022017687.185.86$1,032
Sep 2022017584.888.16$1,429
Aug 202209894.529.13$894
Jul 20220108101.587.54$815
Jun 2022071115.097.98$566
May 20220119109.378.43$1,004
Apr 20220169104.226.84$1,156
Mar 20220172108.885.08$873
Feb 2022011891.054.86$573
Jan 2022015881.844.54$717
Dec 2021016571.323.90$643
Nov 2021016477.435.24$859
Oct 2021019379.795.71$1,103
Sep 2021018969.865.35$1,011
Aug 2021023466.024.22$988
Jul 2021019370.783.98$769
Jun 2021020469.493.38$690
May 2021026263.483.02$791
Apr 2021021060.362.76$579
Mar 2021028961.302.72$785
Feb 2021027757.805.55$1,537
Jan 2021038050.412.81$1,068
Dec 2020029744.642.68$795
Nov 2020026338.772.71$712
Oct 2020023736.972.48$587
Sep 2020029737.091.99$591
Aug 2020029139.982.39$694
Jul 2020043438.371.83$792
Jun 2020041734.901.69$705
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 201929053.472.42$1,551
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 20182060.183.08$120
May 20182365.382.90$139
Apr 20181063.842.90$64
Mar 20181261.222.79$67
Feb 20181161.782.77$65
Jan 20181162.874.01$67
Dec 20171157.272.92$60
Nov 20171255.423.12$62
Oct 20171049.292.98$49
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170145.373.00$3
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20171142.493.09$46
May 20172844145.373.26$2,710
Apr 2017214547.933.21$562
Mar 2017012246.772.98$364
Feb 2017411650.452.95$544
Jan 2017712149.413.42$760
Dec 2016439348.763.72$1,658
Nov 2016024242.492.64$640
Oct 2016627446.193.09$1,124
Sep 2016334441.553.10$1,191
Aug 2016629241.442.92$1,103
Jul 2016235541.622.92$1,121
Jun 2016958845.352.69$1,987
May 2016229842.521.99$678
Apr 20164438936.561.99$2,383
Mar 20163538633.011.79$1,848
Feb 20163529326.472.06$1,531
Jan 20164429727.352.36$1,906
Dec 20153547532.362.00$2,083
Nov 20153120338.792.17$1,642
Oct 20154347243.552.43$3,018
Sep 20153831142.992.76$2,491
Aug 20154128540.162.87$2,465
Jul 20153418548.152.95$2,182
Jun 2015233456.152.88$1,075
May 2015225455.212.96$861
Apr 20155334549.822.71$3,574
Mar 2015119942.892.93$627
Feb 2015266844.662.98$2,077
Jan 2015354143.433.10$1,808
Dec 2014018454.693.59$661
Nov 2014039970.464.25$1,696
Oct 2014139078.303.90$1,600
Sep 2014058086.164.05$2,346
Aug 2014125389.394.04$1,110
Jul 2014224396.564.18$1,209
Jun 201401,41998.164.74$6,722
May 2014133794.734.73$1,688
Apr 2014230995.944.81$1,678
Mar 2014326695.895.06$1,633
Feb 2014021897.406.19$1,350
Jan 2014333890.404.86$1,914
Dec 2013128291.824.35$1,320
Nov 2013514288.853.74$975
Oct 2013019397.423.78$729
Sep 20136965104.113.72$4,212
Aug 20137766104.253.52$3,428
Jul 20136907102.523.72$3,987
Jun 2013355894.403.93$2,478
May 2013331494.834.15$1,587
Apr 2013437693.964.28$1,986
Mar 2013971493.623.91$3,636
Feb 2013051491.233.42$1,758
Jan 2013325991.603.42$1,161
Dec 2012328286.773.42$1,225
Nov 20121325086.953.62$2,037
Oct 20122914289.383.40$3,075
Sep 201262,74194.672.92$8,567
Aug 201261,06492.662.91$3,650
Jul 201245585.133.02$507
Jun 2012760279.822.52$2,075
May 2012690891.612.49$2,809
Apr 2012101612101.652.00$11,489
Mar 20123431105.052.22$1,273
Feb 20126372101.102.57$1,563
Jan 2012530398.092.73$1,319
Dec 2011741096.873.24$2,006
Nov 2011544895.723.31$1,962
Oct 2011771684.983.65$3,207
Sep 2011343583.623.99$1,985
Aug 2011345483.404.15$2,134
Jul 2011854994.144.52$3,233
Jun 2011551292.904.64$2,840
May 2011651798.134.40$2,866
Apr 20117530105.964.33$3,038
Mar 2011861196.364.06$3,250
Feb 2011387785.644.18$3,923
Jan 2011655386.504.59$3,057
Dec 2010553985.734.35$2,772
Nov 2010554280.843.80$2,461
Oct 2010753878.103.51$2,434
Sep 2010557472.633.98$2,647
Aug 2010565273.684.42$3,250
Jul 2010566672.554.74$3,517
Jun 2010568870.364.91$3,730
May 2010466371.124.24$3,092
Apr 20101069681.694.12$3,686
Mar 201061,39678.394.39$6,597
Feb 2010561273.585.44$3,699
Jan 2010271574.365.96$4,413
Dec 2009870871.445.48$4,454
Nov 2009465874.593.75$2,767
Oct 2009480872.544.11$3,611
Sep 2009583665.543.06$2,890
Aug 200951,07867.423.22$3,807
Jul 2009687761.133.46$3,405
Jun 2009487466.163.90$3,669
May 2009593054.743.93$3,925
Apr 200961,04046.773.59$4,012
Mar 200915790242.144.06$10,277
Feb 200941,00332.814.63$4,778
Jan 200981,04735.865.37$5,910
Dec 2008551937.105.98$3,288
Nov 2008496255.496.86$6,822
Oct 2008499375.246.92$7,174
Sep 20080925101.767.88$7,286
Aug 20080901114.228.48$7,643
Jul 20082873131.0811.39$10,205
Jun 200881,522131.3313.03$20,886
May 200801,005123.1711.57$11,632
Apr 200801,476110.3110.45$15,431
Mar 20081841,378101.909.66$32,067
Feb 200801,30492.538.77$11,437
Jan 200861,50890.388.21$12,917
Dec 200701,24388.337.30$9,076
Nov 200701,44991.677.29$10,566
Oct 200701,70082.856.92$11,767
Sep 200701,80875.846.24$11,289
Aug 200701,68269.066.39$10,745
Jul 200701,57970.906.39$10,087
Jun 200701,34662.007.55$10,160
May 200701,28358.747.85$10,067
Apr 200701,69559.617.81$13,230
Mar 200701,81156.927.30$13,224
Feb 20072611,64555.108.22$27,896
Jan 200701,50250.306.73$10,104
Dec 200603,67156.656.92$25,398
Nov 200603,30054.207.62$25,138
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 2006087160.085.04$4,387
Aug 200602,64768.717.34$19,429
Jul 200602,58569.376.34$16,396
Jun 20061963,77666.286.38$37,096
May 200603,70566.016.42$23,805
Apr 200604,08264.397.36$30,045
Mar 20061874,45956.707.08$42,186
Feb 200604,35757.597.75$33,772
Jan 200606,17060.598.93$55,119
Dec 20052026,62854.9413.42$100,015
Nov 2005607,89754.6910.59$86,898
Oct 200520311,60858.3413.80$171,984
Sep 200539717,31161.4512.08$233,495
Aug 200554124,20261.519.80$270,380
Jul 2005470455.697.84$5,745
Jun 2005042552.337.38$3,137
May 2005061245.226.65$4,071
Apr 200501,10649.207.36$8,141
Mar 2005026250.377.15$1,875

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                   27 Mcf  × $  3.05 =        $82

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Month total                                      $82

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/208850 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.