VELA, G. O. ET AL "A"

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

Gas lease lease 218027District 04Field 779730502 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$6.6 M
Jan 2006 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$85 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
245
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 345 leases and 345 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1995-01-09
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 2010-11-02.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: PERMITTED/DRILLED/COMPLETED ON THE SAME LEASE.

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 Gas112007-04-23174209
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
CondensateDisposition1,452 bbl$94,137
GasProduction1,210,915 Mcf$6,544,700
Total$6,638,837

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 26.8308, -99.1931. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.83080, -99.19311 · 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
11,210 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 11,210 ft.

1 well

42-50535419111,210 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 (245)

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

245 months

May 202601,851106.413.05$5,638
Apr 202601,90698.932.87$5,470
Mar 202602,06789.753.15$6,510
Feb 202601,64963.503.75$6,184
Jan 202601,81159.138.00$14,484
Dec 202502,01056.664.41$8,871
Nov 202501,95258.593.93$7,664
Oct 202501,89259.383.30$6,253
Sep 202502,41662.743.08$7,434
Aug 202501,08263.933.01$3,262
Jul 202502,09766.743.32$6,952
Jun 202501,95666.483.13$6,120
May 202502,04660.553.23$6,613
Apr 2025292,00362.363.54$8,905
Mar 202502,07767.704.27$8,865
Feb 202501,86070.884.34$8,074
Jan 202502,02774.324.28$8,673
Dec 202401,97768.993.12$6,171
Nov 2024301,80769.052.20$6,044
Oct 202402,12671.372.28$4,850
Sep 202402,17769.612.36$5,147
Aug 202402,15975.632.06$4,455
Jul 202402,14879.932.15$4,611
Jun 202402,05278.082.63$5,405
May 202402,17278.812.20$4,775
Apr 202402,24284.451.66$3,720
Mar 202402,33880.301.55$3,613
Feb 202401,99576.091.78$3,558
Jan 202401,93973.023.30$6,394
Dec 2023272,08071.262.61$7,354
Nov 202301,91677.892.81$5,379
Oct 202301,71885.443.09$5,304
Sep 202301,82489.042.74$4,989
Aug 202301,96280.522.67$5,244
Jul 202301,85874.852.64$4,908
Jun 202301,81168.962.26$4,090
May 202362,14770.622.23$5,206
Apr 202302,09678.122.24$4,690
Mar 2023162,16472.852.39$6,344
Feb 202301,95775.112.47$4,825
Jan 202302,43276.533.39$8,239
Dec 202202,37176.415.73$13,584
Nov 202201,93485.005.65$10,920
Oct 202202,25587.185.86$13,223
Sep 202202,17384.888.16$17,740
Aug 202202,58194.529.13$23,557
Jul 2022481,781101.587.54$18,308
Jun 202241,828115.097.98$15,043
May 202202,238109.378.43$18,873
Apr 202202,215104.226.84$15,145
Mar 202202,344108.885.08$11,899
Feb 2022292,04591.054.86$12,577
Jan 202202,25181.844.54$10,214
Dec 202102,28371.323.90$8,902
Nov 202102,02677.435.24$10,610
Oct 2021242,06579.795.71$13,714
Sep 202102,35869.865.35$12,617
Aug 202102,14366.024.22$9,045
Jul 202102,31770.783.98$9,226
Jun 202102,46569.493.38$8,333
May 202102,28963.483.02$6,907
Apr 202102,25860.362.76$6,229
Mar 202102,12261.302.72$5,765
Feb 202102,36457.805.55$13,115
Jan 202102,38250.412.81$6,694
Dec 202002,31744.642.68$6,199
Nov 202002,37238.772.71$6,420
Oct 202002,60636.972.48$6,459
Sep 2020282,28837.091.99$5,594
Aug 202002,47039.982.39$5,891
Jul 202002,44538.371.83$4,462
Jun 202002,53234.901.69$4,280
May 202002,55016.921.81$4,628
Apr 202002,39914.751.80$4,329
Mar 202002,59930.341.86$4,824
Feb 2020182,42849.881.98$5,707
Jan 202002,64057.252.09$5,530
Dec 201902,64959.012.30$6,104
Nov 201902,53855.302.75$6,981
Oct 201902,70453.472.42$6,540
Sep 2019262,66855.052.66$8,521
Aug 201902,71853.112.30$6,263
Jul 201902,64156.272.46$6,497
Jun 201902,79952.782.49$6,973
May 2019252,97658.482.74$9,617
Apr 201902,66262.632.75$7,322
Mar 2019632,83156.803.06$12,247
Feb 201902,56250.852.79$7,154
Jan 2019263,03246.033.23$10,985
Dec 201803,30946.594.19$13,850
Nov 201803,57652.934.24$15,152
Oct 201801,91761.443.40$6,514
Sep 201803,15359.543.11$9,800
Aug 201802,28159.403.07$6,995
Jul 2018132,85465.142.93$9,214
Jun 201803,17160.183.08$9,757
May 201803,01965.382.90$8,758
Apr 201802,91663.842.90$8,459
Mar 201803,18361.222.79$8,871
Feb 2018132,85261.782.77$8,692
Jan 201803,16562.874.01$12,690
Dec 201712,86257.272.92$8,419
Nov 201703,22455.423.12$10,054
Oct 201703,59349.292.98$10,720
Sep 201703,28347.523.09$10,136
Aug 201702,99745.373.00$9,004
Jul 201705,48343.873.09$16,928
Jun 201702,35542.493.09$7,271
May 201702,85545.373.26$9,317
Apr 201702,54247.933.21$8,164
Mar 201703,01146.772.98$8,984
Feb 201702,73550.452.95$8,075
Jan 201702,88649.413.42$9,867
Dec 201602,82148.763.72$10,502
Nov 201602,69642.492.64$7,129
Oct 201602,84046.193.09$8,776
Sep 201602,82041.553.10$8,744
Aug 201602,77141.442.92$8,103
Jul 201603,11341.622.92$9,103
Jun 201602,97145.352.69$7,980
May 201603,04842.521.99$6,069
Apr 201603,01236.561.99$5,997
Mar 201602,95733.011.79$5,305
Feb 201602,99726.472.06$6,185
Jan 201603,01727.352.36$7,133
Dec 201503,28432.362.00$6,573
Nov 201502,81138.792.17$6,092
Oct 201503,31243.552.43$8,037
Sep 201502,19342.992.76$6,049
Aug 201502,94740.162.87$8,465
Jul 201503,25448.152.95$9,583
Jun 201503,34356.152.88$9,637
May 201503,56255.212.96$10,527
Apr 201503,04949.822.71$8,252
Mar 201503,65542.892.93$10,726
Feb 201503,63444.662.98$10,815
Jan 201503,56043.433.10$11,038
Dec 201403,11554.693.59$11,187
Nov 201403,11970.464.25$13,261
Oct 201403,76278.303.90$14,675
Sep 201403,22986.164.05$13,063
Aug 2014313,21989.394.04$15,760
Jul 2014943,33296.564.18$23,003
Jun 201402,76498.164.74$13,093
May 201403,14894.734.73$14,879
Apr 201403,31495.944.81$15,937
Mar 201403,76995.895.06$19,059
Feb 201403,29697.406.19$20,409
Jan 201403,19890.404.86$15,545
Dec 201303,05791.824.35$13,312
Nov 201373,46988.853.74$13,590
Oct 201303,66097.423.78$13,832
Sep 201303,889104.113.72$14,458
Aug 201304,080104.253.52$14,372
Jul 201304,033102.523.72$14,994
Jun 201304,05994.403.93$15,966
May 201303,43194.834.15$14,235
Apr 201303,37093.964.28$14,432
Mar 201304,32193.623.91$16,908
Feb 201304,34791.233.42$14,866
Jan 201304,16591.603.42$14,244
Dec 201204,83386.773.42$16,530
Nov 201207,67086.953.62$27,803
Oct 201203,91489.383.40$13,306
Sep 201203,06994.672.92$8,957
Aug 201204,10392.662.91$11,932
Jul 201202,86785.133.02$8,661
Jun 201202,59179.822.52$6,527
May 201204,12591.612.49$10,264
Apr 201205,149101.652.00$10,282
Mar 201206,079105.052.22$13,508
Feb 201202,385101.102.57$6,130
Jan 201203,09798.092.73$8,467
Dec 2011099396.873.24$3,217
Nov 2011112,85595.723.31$10,507
Oct 201104,13884.983.65$15,098
Sep 201104,40483.623.99$17,553
Aug 201104,96283.404.15$20,589
Jul 201104,02894.144.52$18,195
Jun 201104,16892.904.64$19,339
May 201105,03698.134.40$22,183
Apr 201104,675105.964.33$20,258
Mar 201104,83196.364.06$19,601
Feb 201104,29985.644.18$17,970
Jan 201104,80186.504.59$22,031
Dec 201004,88985.734.35$21,256
Nov 201005,16380.843.80$19,595
Oct 201005,21478.103.51$18,295
Sep 201004,92472.633.98$19,595
Aug 201005,53973.684.42$24,479
Jul 201005,55872.554.74$26,325
Jun 201004,93770.364.91$24,243
May 201004,98071.124.24$21,091
Apr 201005,14281.694.12$21,199
Mar 201006,18678.394.39$27,148
Feb 201005,41273.585.44$29,454
Jan 201004,43574.365.96$26,451
Dec 200905,44671.445.48$29,865
Nov 200905,96474.593.75$22,374
Oct 200906,28772.544.11$25,841
Sep 200905,44665.543.06$16,691
Aug 200906,20867.423.22$19,980
Jul 200906,40261.133.46$22,180
Jun 200905,21466.163.90$20,309
May 200906,49254.743.93$25,486
Apr 200906,08846.773.59$21,841
Mar 200906,87342.144.06$27,898
Feb 200905,70832.814.63$26,445
Jan 200907,04535.865.37$37,839
Dec 200805,86637.105.98$35,062
Nov 200806,30955.496.86$43,282
Oct 200805,78675.246.92$40,051
Sep 200806,584101.767.88$51,863
Aug 200806,991114.228.48$59,305
Jul 200807,182131.0811.39$81,799
Jun 200806,727131.3313.03$87,671
May 200807,146123.1711.57$82,710
Apr 200807,475110.3110.45$78,150
Mar 200807,754101.909.66$74,935
Feb 200808,50492.538.77$74,585
Jan 200808,10390.388.21$66,491
Dec 200707,95188.337.30$58,058
Nov 200709,20991.677.29$67,149
Oct 200707,19182.856.92$49,776
Sep 200709,40475.846.24$58,720
Aug 200709,21369.066.39$58,852
Jul 2007010,63270.906.39$67,917
Jun 2007011,12962.007.55$84,007
May 2007010,87258.747.85$85,305
Apr 200715611,33959.617.81$97,802
Mar 2007015,13856.927.30$110,537
Feb 2007011,62055.108.22$95,470
Jan 2007015,54150.306.73$104,542
Dec 2006024,69356.656.92$170,837
Nov 200618423,46354.207.62$188,702
Oct 2006010,88454.906.01$65,454
Sep 2006013,55960.085.04$68,299
Aug 2006118,29768.717.34$134,367
Jul 2006015,19269.376.34$96,359
Jun 2006121,51866.286.38$137,435
May 200617218,71066.016.42$131,565
Apr 2006129,79164.397.36$219,340
Mar 2006129,53056.707.08$209,215
Feb 200636770,71257.597.75$569,233
Jan 2006056,92860.598.93$508,556

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                1,851 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $5,638

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Month total                                   $5,638

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/218027 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.