VAN SCHERPE GAS UNIT "B"

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

Gas lease lease 221282District 04Field 460885002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$8.6 M
Jun 2006 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$55 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
240
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 36 leases and 36 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1969-04-14
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 2006-04-18.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: PER DOCKET #04-0246433 RULES 1 AND 2 CHANGED. PLATS REQUIRED.

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 Gas112007-03-26173411
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
CondensateDisposition36,186 bbl$2,534,386
GasProduction1,061,700 Mcf$6,028,581
Total$8,562,967

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 26.4141, -98.4823. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.41415, -98.48229 · 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
12,100 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 12,100 ft.

Completions filed
Aug 2006
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-215334671112,100 ftAug 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 (240)

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

240 months

May 202610814106.413.05$3,543
Apr 202641,47698.932.87$4,631
Mar 202652,25289.753.15$7,541
Feb 202641,01963.503.75$4,076
Jan 2026984259.138.00$7,266
Dec 2025672456.664.41$3,535
Nov 2025871658.593.93$3,280
Oct 202521,05759.383.30$3,612
Sep 202591,32662.743.08$4,645
Aug 202571,49463.933.01$4,952
Jul 20251480966.743.32$3,616
Jun 2025111,24166.483.13$4,614
May 2025111,65460.553.23$6,012
Apr 2025161,03262.363.54$4,654
Mar 20252093667.704.27$5,349
Feb 202581,22570.884.34$5,885
Jan 2025151,52374.324.28$7,631
Dec 2024996368.993.12$3,627
Nov 202481,80169.052.20$4,512
Oct 2024111,52871.372.28$4,271
Sep 202481,48969.612.36$4,077
Aug 202451,33975.632.06$3,141
Jul 20241861,37879.932.15$17,825
Jun 202491,35678.082.63$4,274
May 202471,07178.812.20$2,906
Apr 2024898084.451.66$2,302
Mar 20241961,24980.301.55$17,669
Feb 202491,20876.091.78$2,839
Jan 202461,16173.023.30$4,267
Dec 202320382971.262.61$16,630
Nov 2023875977.892.81$2,754
Oct 2023111,13985.443.09$4,456
Sep 202391,73689.042.74$5,549
Aug 2023476180.522.67$2,356
Jul 20231876474.852.64$3,366
Jun 20231278068.962.26$2,589
May 20231274070.622.23$2,496
Apr 202320568378.122.24$17,543
Mar 20232085372.852.39$3,498
Feb 202319952275.112.47$16,234
Jan 20232071176.533.39$3,939
Dec 20221855376.415.73$4,544
Nov 20221270385.005.65$4,989
Oct 20221581087.185.86$6,057
Sep 202220164884.888.16$22,351
Aug 20221383194.529.13$8,813
Jul 202213863101.587.54$7,829
Jun 202214934115.097.98$9,062
May 202216938109.378.43$9,660
Apr 2022211907104.226.84$28,192
Mar 2022171,198108.885.08$7,932
Feb 2022251,53791.054.86$9,744
Jan 20221749581.844.54$3,637
Dec 20212131,64071.323.90$21,586
Nov 2021181,26977.435.24$8,039
Oct 2021132,69879.795.71$16,453
Sep 20211979469.865.35$5,576
Aug 20212490166.024.22$5,387
Jul 20211991370.783.98$4,980
Jun 2021171,13769.493.38$5,025
May 202171,30563.483.02$4,382
Apr 20211981,83560.362.76$17,013
Mar 202171,01361.302.72$3,181
Feb 20212360057.805.55$4,658
Jan 2021271,16150.412.81$4,624
Dec 2020201,19144.642.68$4,079
Nov 2020281,64038.772.71$5,524
Oct 2020221,78036.972.48$5,225
Sep 2020281,61637.091.99$4,256
Aug 20202112,10639.982.39$13,459
Jul 2020201,89238.371.83$4,221
Jun 20202131,91234.901.69$10,666
May 2020102,30316.921.81$4,349
Apr 2020172,20214.751.80$4,224
Mar 202062,88130.341.86$5,530
Feb 2020162,27749.881.98$5,308
Jan 202062,30057.252.09$5,161
Dec 20191557459.012.30$2,208
Nov 201991,43955.302.75$4,456
Oct 2019171,59153.472.42$4,757
Sep 201952,62955.052.66$7,261
Aug 2019271,09553.112.30$3,957
Jul 20191584556.272.46$2,923
Jun 20192284352.782.49$3,261
May 2019211,31158.482.74$4,821
Apr 2019161,45662.632.75$5,007
Mar 2019161,28556.803.06$4,844
Feb 201971,33050.852.79$4,070
Jan 2019921346.033.23$1,102
Dec 20181275746.594.19$3,727
Nov 20181760952.934.24$3,480
Oct 2018996661.443.40$3,836
Sep 2018519459.543.11$901
Aug 2018111159.403.07$687
Jul 201812165.142.93$785
Jun 201815160.183.08$906
May 20188265.382.90$529
Apr 20186263.842.90$389
Mar 201811361.222.79$682
Feb 201832461.782.77$252
Jan 2018121862.874.01$827
Dec 201791457.272.92$556
Nov 20170455.423.12$12
Oct 201701249.292.98$36
Sep 2017010047.523.09$309
Aug 201702045.373.00$60
Jul 201705943.873.09$182
Jun 201701242.493.09$37
May 201705145.373.26$166
Apr 20176262147.933.21$4,966
Mar 201722,20146.772.98$6,661
Feb 20171112,52950.452.95$13,067
Jan 20171242,63049.413.42$15,118
Dec 2016752,74648.763.72$13,880
Nov 2016702,54542.492.64$9,704
Oct 201622,53946.193.09$7,939
Sep 20161122,43741.553.10$12,210
Aug 201602,53241.442.92$7,404
Jul 20161142,72641.622.92$12,716
Jun 201602,50445.352.69$6,725
May 20161173,11142.521.99$11,169
Apr 20161242,67736.561.99$9,863
Mar 201612,83233.011.79$5,114
Feb 20161062,80926.472.06$8,603
Jan 2016472,82727.352.36$7,970
Dec 20151323,05932.362.00$10,394
Nov 201503,18338.792.17$6,899
Oct 20152424,17343.552.43$20,665
Sep 201512,85542.992.76$7,918
Aug 2015462,60240.162.87$9,322
Jul 2015622,70348.152.95$10,946
Jun 20151873,07756.152.88$19,371
May 201502,95555.212.96$8,733
Apr 201502,55849.822.71$6,923
Mar 20151922,90442.892.93$16,757
Feb 20151952,52844.662.98$16,233
Jan 201502,82643.433.10$8,762
Dec 201402,89854.693.59$10,408
Nov 20141932,86670.464.25$25,785
Oct 201412,79378.303.90$10,974
Sep 201422,64886.164.05$10,885
Aug 20141773,01189.394.04$27,972
Jul 201413,35896.564.18$14,132
Jun 201413,11698.164.74$14,858
May 20141823,52194.734.73$33,883
Apr 20141963,72495.944.81$36,713
Mar 20141952,97495.895.06$33,737
Feb 201403,65197.406.19$22,607
Jan 20141934,17390.404.86$37,731
Dec 201302,93091.824.35$12,759
Nov 20131952,98788.853.74$28,492
Oct 201322,65297.423.78$10,218
Sep 201302,893104.113.72$10,755
Aug 20131902,968104.253.52$30,263
Jul 201323,313102.523.72$12,522
Jun 20132523,83294.403.93$38,862
May 201304,27094.834.15$17,717
Apr 20131944,97293.964.28$39,521
Mar 20131753,51493.623.91$30,133
Feb 201302,76191.233.42$9,442
Jan 20131983,98591.603.42$31,765
Dec 201222,73386.773.42$9,521
Nov 20121632,60386.953.62$23,609
Oct 201243,17989.383.40$11,165
Sep 20121682,74194.672.92$23,904
Aug 201223,06992.662.91$9,110
Jul 20121283,01185.133.02$19,992
Jun 20121953,55579.822.52$24,520
May 20121925,10491.612.49$30,290
Apr 201233,408101.652.00$7,110
Mar 20121843,117105.052.22$26,255
Feb 201262,913101.102.57$8,094
Jan 20122003,73098.092.73$29,816
Dec 20112033,05896.873.24$29,572
Nov 201103,51995.723.31$11,652
Oct 20111843,97784.983.65$30,147
Sep 20111954,40783.623.99$33,871
Aug 201115,34683.404.15$22,266
Jul 20111894,21694.144.52$36,837
Jun 20111905,35992.904.64$42,516
May 20111927,83698.134.40$53,357
Apr 20111934,624105.964.33$40,487
Mar 201132,18996.364.06$9,171
Feb 201123,45985.644.18$14,630
Jan 20111954,14086.504.59$35,865
Dec 20101824,48085.734.35$35,081
Nov 201005,32780.843.80$20,218
Oct 20101876,30878.103.51$36,739
Sep 20101925,65972.633.98$36,465
Aug 20101924,80473.684.42$35,377
Jul 201005,48272.554.74$25,965
Jun 20101905,13170.364.91$38,564
May 20102935,14271.124.24$42,616
Apr 201014,98381.694.12$20,625
Mar 201016,05678.394.39$26,656
Feb 20101925,87473.585.44$46,096
Jan 20101865,22574.365.96$44,993
Dec 20091933,42971.445.48$32,592
Nov 20091923,87074.593.75$28,840
Oct 20091814,51272.544.11$31,675
Sep 20091915,39665.543.06$29,056
Aug 20091753,40667.423.22$22,761
Jul 20091933,84961.133.46$25,133
Jun 20091963,88666.163.90$28,103
May 20091965,05654.743.93$30,578
Apr 20093775,42446.773.59$37,091
Mar 20091907,12042.144.06$36,907
Feb 20091936,56532.814.63$36,748
Jan 20091948,28835.865.37$51,472
Dec 20081958,30037.105.98$56,845
Nov 20081978,65855.496.86$70,329
Oct 20083649,10475.246.92$90,405
Sep 20081858,707101.767.88$87,411
Aug 20083909,386114.228.48$124,167
Jul 20082009,456131.0811.39$133,914
Jun 20081959,947131.3313.03$155,245
May 200839126,898123.1711.57$359,485
Apr 20082008,216110.3110.45$107,959
Mar 20082027,896101.909.66$96,891
Feb 20081979,47292.538.77$101,303
Jan 200839210,87890.388.21$124,691
Dec 200735812,29688.337.30$121,407
Nov 200737012,29891.677.29$123,591
Oct 200739113,49082.856.92$125,772
Sep 200737214,01475.846.24$115,718
Aug 200738715,45269.066.39$125,433
Jul 200738515,74870.906.39$127,894
Jun 200758815,19962.007.55$151,185
May 200758317,32058.747.85$170,143
Apr 200737618,73659.617.81$168,652
Mar 200773816,64056.927.30$163,512
Feb 200753720,44355.108.22$197,548
Jan 200783022,79050.306.73$195,054
Dec 20061,07728,88256.656.92$260,830
Nov 20061,11834,30954.207.62$321,944
Oct 20061,48818,18754.906.01$191,064
Sep 20061,90542,48260.085.04$328,443
Aug 20061,85935,27668.717.34$386,655
Jul 20062,39750,30269.376.34$485,333
Jun 20062,56045,66066.286.38$461,165

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            10 bbl  × $106.41 =     $1,064
Gas                  814 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $2,479

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Month total                                   $3,543

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/221282 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.