BENTSEN TRACT I

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 217348District 04Field 415372502 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$14.2 M
Mar 2006 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
243
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 Gas112009-05-29192045
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
CondensateDisposition32,474 bbl$2,239,209
GasProduction1,984,668 Mcf$11,979,992
Total$14,219,202

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 26.5226, -98.4893. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.52263, -98.48934 · 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
9,466 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 9,466 ft.

Completions filed
Mar 2006
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4273392379,466 ftMar 2006

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 (243)

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

243 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
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 20190053.472.42$0
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 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20176043.873.09$263
Jun 201713142.493.09$555
May 201745145.373.26$2,045
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20162041.553.10$83
Aug 20166741.442.92$269
Jul 20167841.622.92$315
Jun 2016114345.352.69$614
May 20161699742.521.99$2,665
Apr 20162168736.561.99$2,136
Mar 2016241,06333.011.79$2,699
Feb 2016411,20226.472.06$3,566
Jan 2016471,15627.352.36$4,019
Dec 2015421,22432.362.00$3,809
Nov 2015481,37838.792.17$4,849
Oct 2015511,04443.552.43$4,754
Sep 2015261,07242.992.76$4,075
Aug 20151145,71740.162.87$21,000
Jul 2015694,56448.152.95$16,764
Jun 20151218,50356.152.88$31,307
May 2015618,35755.212.96$28,067
Apr 2015649,19349.822.71$28,070
Mar 20155811,90842.892.93$37,434
Feb 20154451,63944.662.98$155,653
Jan 201513513,39943.433.10$47,408
Dec 201428714,37454.693.59$67,318
Nov 2014028,77870.464.25$122,359
Oct 20143939,52878.303.90$67,940
Sep 201426233,96586.164.05$159,977
Aug 201448419,42489.394.04$121,643
Jul 201437217,62196.564.18$109,569
Jun 201419823,71198.164.74$131,752
May 2014434,89994.734.73$27,229
Apr 2014272,50295.944.81$14,623
Mar 20143342,07395.895.06$42,510
Feb 201402,87197.406.19$17,777
Jan 2014513,20790.404.86$20,199
Dec 2013524,23691.824.35$23,220
Nov 2013434,63488.853.74$21,144
Oct 201303,34297.423.78$12,631
Sep 2013433,993104.113.72$19,322
Aug 20132284,500104.253.52$39,621
Jul 2013384,783102.523.72$21,678
Jun 2013634,86594.403.93$25,083
May 2013385,50494.834.15$26,440
Apr 2013364,86093.964.28$24,196
Mar 20131094,75893.623.91$28,822
Feb 20131995,06091.233.42$35,460
Jan 2013896,93691.603.42$31,873
Dec 2012937,76586.773.42$34,627
Nov 20123498,37886.953.62$60,715
Oct 20127279089.383.40$9,121
Sep 2012736,22394.672.92$25,072
Aug 2012223,89892.662.91$13,375
Jul 20122315385.133.02$2,420
Jun 2012703,15079.822.52$13,522
May 2012212,44891.612.49$8,015
Apr 2012652,996101.652.00$12,590
Mar 20125825105.052.22$2,358
Feb 201221131101.102.57$2,460
Jan 2012232,91598.092.73$10,226
Dec 201114396.873.24$236
Nov 2011138795.723.31$1,532
Oct 2011622,56384.983.65$14,620
Sep 2011417,03583.623.99$31,469
Aug 2011387,47583.404.15$34,185
Jul 2011985,99394.144.52$36,298
Jun 20112587,85392.904.64$60,405
May 2011696,73498.134.40$36,433
Apr 2011775,947105.964.33$33,929
Mar 2011797,38596.364.06$37,576
Feb 2011396,73185.644.18$31,475
Jan 20112718,45786.504.59$62,249
Dec 2010697,44285.734.35$38,271
Nov 2010789,50680.843.80$42,384
Oct 2010845,65878.103.51$26,414
Sep 20102547,63072.633.98$48,811
Aug 2010669,19473.684.42$45,494
Jul 2010638,82172.554.74$46,351
Jun 20102508,48170.364.91$59,235
May 2010619,53171.124.24$44,704
Apr 20102778,76781.694.12$58,772
Mar 20106910,19778.394.39$50,160
Feb 20102709,41673.585.44$71,112
Jan 201021710,54674.365.96$79,033
Dec 200912710,93071.445.48$69,010
Nov 200924610,36474.593.75$57,230
Oct 20095811,75972.544.11$52,540
Sep 20092459,51665.543.06$45,221
Aug 20096212,00767.423.22$42,825
Jul 200927312,06861.133.46$58,498
Jun 20096012,06966.163.90$50,978
May 200925112,86454.743.93$64,241
Apr 200926712,45246.773.59$57,159
Mar 200930113,01942.144.06$65,528
Feb 20095211,76632.814.63$56,218
Jan 200939613,15635.865.37$84,861
Dec 200829713,59937.105.98$92,302
Nov 20085313,62855.496.86$96,434
Oct 200843214,75375.246.92$134,624
Sep 2008013,861101.767.88$109,184
Aug 200818914,982114.228.48$148,680
Jul 20084316,153131.0811.39$189,610
Jun 200828915,768131.3313.03$243,453
May 200819717,548123.1711.57$227,370
Apr 2008016,692110.3110.45$174,513
Mar 200836819,060101.909.66$221,696
Feb 200819313,79692.538.77$138,857
Jan 2008019,07390.388.21$156,508
Dec 200719719,65888.337.30$160,943
Nov 200713520,80691.677.29$164,087
Oct 200759621,11982.856.92$195,564
Sep 200719322,59175.846.24$155,699
Aug 200738622,74169.066.39$171,925
Jul 200718925,16170.906.39$174,127
Jun 200719426,52062.007.55$212,213
May 200719528,00358.747.85$231,174
Apr 200739530,10659.617.81$258,529
Mar 200757838,61956.927.30$314,895
Feb 200718129,31955.108.22$250,858
Jan 200799437,98750.306.73$305,531
Dec 200639442,24456.656.92$314,583
Nov 200659541,93154.207.62$351,658
Oct 200660050,99754.906.01$339,626
Sep 200675555,91460.085.04$327,010
Aug 200699156,50968.717.34$482,863
Jul 200697572,73769.376.34$528,989
Jun 20061,67199,93666.286.38$748,733
May 20062,603137,79066.016.42$1,057,125
Apr 20065,063158,04764.397.36$1,489,308
Mar 20062,09360,29956.707.08$545,766

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.

Jul 2017 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             6 bbl  × $ 43.87 =       $263
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  3.09 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $263

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/217348 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.