BALES 9400' SAND UNIT

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

Gas lease lease 214171District 04Field 58749500CondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.1 M
Aug 2005 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$18 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
250
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 99 leases and 99 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2013-09-24
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and 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 2013-09-24.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: TRANSFER IS 10/01/13.

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
CondensateDisposition1,024 bbl$66,504
GasProduction182,105 Mcf$1,010,946
Total$1,077,450

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 26.1718, -98.2328. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.17177, -98.23280 · 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
9,125 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 9,125 ft.

Completions filed
Aug 2005
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-2153200219,125 ftAug 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 (250)

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

250 months

May 20260118106.413.05$359
Apr 2026036898.932.87$1,056
Mar 2026023089.753.15$724
Feb 2026051563.503.75$1,931
Jan 2026051059.138.00$4,079
Dec 2025029356.664.41$1,293
Nov 2025044658.593.93$1,751
Oct 2025043259.383.30$1,428
Sep 2025044262.743.08$1,360
Aug 2025046163.933.01$1,390
Jul 2025038666.743.32$1,280
Jun 2025043266.483.13$1,352
May 2025045160.553.23$1,458
Apr 2025043162.363.54$1,527
Mar 2025046867.704.27$1,998
Feb 2025040070.884.34$1,736
Jan 2025047174.324.28$2,015
Dec 2024057968.993.12$1,807
Nov 2024035769.052.20$785
Oct 2024045771.372.28$1,043
Sep 2024044169.612.36$1,043
Aug 2024045775.632.06$943
Jul 2024043579.932.15$934
Jun 2024045278.082.63$1,191
May 2024047478.812.20$1,042
Apr 2024048584.451.66$805
Mar 2024058580.301.55$904
Feb 2024052876.091.78$942
Jan 2024074873.023.30$2,467
Dec 2023053071.262.61$1,384
Nov 2023064477.892.81$1,808
Oct 2023086385.443.09$2,664
Sep 2023068089.042.74$1,860
Aug 2023048280.522.67$1,288
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 2023027178.122.24$606
Mar 2023041172.852.39$984
Feb 2023048375.112.47$1,191
Jan 2023046176.533.39$1,562
Dec 2022042976.415.73$2,458
Nov 2022049385.005.65$2,784
Oct 2022049787.185.86$2,914
Sep 2022247784.888.16$4,064
Aug 2022446994.529.13$4,659
Jul 20224527101.587.54$4,381
Jun 20226460115.097.98$4,360
May 20227614109.378.43$5,943
Apr 20224290104.226.84$2,400
Mar 20227490108.885.08$3,250
Feb 2022348591.054.86$2,630
Jan 2022352581.844.54$2,628
Dec 2021452871.323.90$2,344
Nov 2021259177.435.24$3,250
Oct 2021157079.795.71$3,337
Sep 2021459769.865.35$3,474
Aug 2021352066.024.22$2,393
Jul 2021446770.783.98$2,143
Jun 2021346369.493.38$1,774
May 2021052363.483.02$1,578
Apr 2021052260.362.76$1,440
Mar 2021053361.302.72$1,448
Feb 2021050257.805.55$2,785
Jan 2021058750.412.81$1,650
Dec 2020060044.642.68$1,605
Nov 2020058438.772.71$1,581
Oct 2020059236.972.48$1,467
Sep 2020055337.091.99$1,101
Aug 2020057339.982.39$1,367
Jul 2020058938.371.83$1,075
Jun 2020055734.901.69$942
May 2020058216.921.81$1,056
Apr 2020060114.751.80$1,084
Mar 2020062230.341.86$1,155
Feb 2020060449.881.98$1,196
Jan 2020064857.252.09$1,357
Dec 2019063659.012.30$1,466
Nov 2019062655.302.75$1,722
Oct 2019062653.472.42$1,514
Sep 2019060255.052.66$1,600
Aug 2019063253.112.30$1,456
Jul 2019060956.272.46$1,498
Jun 2019058352.782.49$1,452
May 2019062258.482.74$1,704
Apr 2019062362.632.75$1,714
Mar 2019066556.803.06$2,036
Feb 2019054950.852.79$1,533
Jan 2019065846.033.23$2,124
Dec 2018066046.594.19$2,762
Nov 2018072352.934.24$3,064
Oct 2018056361.443.40$1,913
Sep 2018063059.543.11$1,958
Aug 2018073559.403.07$2,254
Jul 2018065365.142.93$1,915
Jun 2018072560.183.08$2,231
May 2018073065.382.90$2,118
Apr 2018071563.842.90$2,074
Mar 2018073061.222.79$2,034
Feb 2018062861.782.77$1,737
Jan 2018075262.874.01$3,015
Dec 2017078957.272.92$2,305
Nov 2017079055.423.12$2,464
Oct 2017080549.292.98$2,402
Sep 2017090547.523.09$2,794
Aug 2017063745.373.00$1,914
Jul 2017085043.873.09$2,624
Jun 2017083842.493.09$2,587
May 201701,19645.373.26$3,903
Apr 2017094147.933.21$3,022
Mar 2017095446.772.98$2,846
Feb 2017087050.452.95$2,569
Jan 2017093949.413.42$3,210
Dec 2016091648.763.72$3,410
Nov 2016091542.492.64$2,420
Oct 2016093446.193.09$2,886
Sep 2016089141.553.10$2,763
Aug 2016090741.442.92$2,652
Jul 2016097041.622.92$2,837
Jun 2016071145.352.69$1,910
May 2016093442.521.99$1,860
Apr 2016094636.561.99$1,884
Mar 201601,09233.011.79$1,959
Feb 201601,03126.472.06$2,128
Jan 201601,02327.352.36$2,419
Dec 201501,00632.362.00$2,013
Nov 2015097238.792.17$2,107
Oct 201521,00543.552.43$2,526
Sep 201581,00542.992.76$3,116
Aug 2015101,12740.162.87$3,639
Jul 2015121,16048.152.95$3,994
Jun 2015131,17656.152.88$4,120
May 2015161,31255.212.96$4,761
Apr 2015201,52849.822.71$5,132
Mar 2015342,32842.892.93$8,290
Feb 2015857144.662.98$2,057
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 201414089.394.04$251
Jul 2014345296.564.18$2,179
Jun 2014489298.164.74$4,618
May 2014595794.734.73$4,997
Apr 201451,01895.944.81$5,375
Mar 201451,10295.895.06$6,052
Feb 201451,06197.406.19$7,057
Jan 201471,16290.404.86$6,281
Dec 201371,09891.824.35$5,424
Nov 201351,11388.853.74$4,605
Oct 201361,15397.423.78$4,942
Sep 201351,096104.113.72$4,595
Aug 201351,116104.253.52$4,452
Jul 201351,019102.523.72$4,301
Jun 2013595194.403.93$4,213
May 201351,09794.834.15$5,026
Apr 2013590593.964.28$4,346
Mar 201361,11593.623.91$4,925
Feb 201351,05091.233.42$4,047
Jan 201361,00891.603.42$3,997
Dec 2012589586.773.42$3,495
Nov 2012593486.953.62$3,820
Oct 2012692589.383.40$3,681
Sep 2012492194.672.92$3,067
Aug 2012699392.662.91$3,444
Jul 201251,08285.133.02$3,694
Jun 2012498679.822.52$2,803
May 201251,12191.612.49$3,247
Apr 201251,059101.652.00$2,623
Mar 2012131,207105.052.22$4,048
Feb 201261,034101.102.57$3,264
Jan 201261,21198.092.73$3,900
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 2007020659.617.81$1,608
Mar 200701,38056.927.30$10,077
Feb 200701,26155.108.22$10,360
Jan 200701,52550.306.73$10,258
Dec 200601,73556.656.92$12,003
Nov 200601,55554.207.62$11,845
Oct 200601,74654.906.01$10,500
Sep 200602,30360.085.04$11,601
Aug 200601,69568.717.34$12,441
Jul 200601,99169.376.34$12,628
Jun 200601,69066.286.38$10,789
May 200601,62866.016.42$10,460
Apr 2006171,44764.397.36$11,745
Mar 20061031,42956.707.08$15,962
Feb 2006552,02057.597.75$18,825
Jan 2006943,09460.598.93$33,335
Dec 2005983,77054.9413.42$55,960
Nov 2005884,65454.6910.59$54,091
Oct 2005916,51558.3413.80$95,188
Sep 20057613,67861.4512.08$169,887
Aug 2005487,42061.519.80$75,645

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                  118 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $359

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Month total                                     $359

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/214171 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.