ROPER GAS UNIT

Operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 561136) in the MONTE CHRISTO (56-A, N) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 225823District 04Field 62556532CondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.4 M
Jan 2007 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$22 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
233
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 16 leases and 16 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1986-02-07
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: RULES 2 AND 3 AMENDED.

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
CondensateDisposition654 bbl$60,958
GasProduction385,523 Mcf$2,295,164
Total$2,356,123

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 26.4848, -98.3019. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.48480, -98.30186 · 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
9,640 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 9,640 ft.

Completions filed
Jan 2007
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-2153355239,640 ftJan 2007

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 (233)

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

233 months

May 20260501106.413.05$1,526
Apr 2026049598.932.87$1,421
Mar 2026054389.753.15$1,710
Feb 2026047163.503.75$1,766
Jan 2026049659.138.00$3,967
Dec 2025047956.664.41$2,114
Nov 2025046258.593.93$1,814
Oct 2025049759.383.30$1,643
Sep 2025047862.743.08$1,471
Aug 2025151963.933.01$1,629
Jul 2025050266.743.32$1,664
Jun 2025047766.483.13$1,492
May 2025051860.553.23$1,674
Apr 2025048662.363.54$1,722
Mar 2025151867.704.27$2,279
Feb 2025037970.884.34$1,645
Jan 2025047674.324.28$2,037
Dec 2024051168.993.12$1,595
Nov 2024051069.052.20$1,121
Oct 2024051371.372.28$1,170
Sep 2024048969.612.36$1,156
Aug 2024053175.632.06$1,096
Jul 2024153979.932.15$1,237
Jun 2024054778.082.63$1,441
May 2024048278.812.20$1,060
Apr 2024053684.451.66$889
Mar 2024055480.301.55$856
Feb 2024052476.091.78$935
Jan 2024056973.023.30$1,876
Dec 2023150371.262.61$1,384
Nov 2023046677.892.81$1,308
Oct 2023040985.443.09$1,263
Sep 2023042289.042.74$1,154
Aug 2023250580.522.67$1,511
Jul 2023055174.852.64$1,456
Jun 2023055368.962.26$1,249
May 2023054570.622.23$1,214
Apr 2023048678.122.24$1,088
Mar 2023062672.852.39$1,498
Feb 2023042175.112.47$1,038
Jan 2023045476.533.39$1,538
Dec 2022049176.415.73$2,813
Nov 2022046585.005.65$2,625
Oct 2022050487.185.86$2,955
Sep 2022050984.888.16$4,155
Aug 2022055794.529.13$5,084
Jul 20220539101.587.54$4,065
Jun 20220551115.097.98$4,395
May 20220485109.378.43$4,090
Apr 20220519104.226.84$3,549
Mar 20220398108.885.08$2,020
Feb 2022037091.054.86$1,798
Jan 2022046481.844.54$2,105
Dec 2021061071.323.90$2,378
Nov 2021060877.435.24$3,184
Oct 2021060979.795.71$3,480
Sep 2021059469.865.35$3,178
Aug 2021061366.024.22$2,587
Jul 2021060670.783.98$2,413
Jun 2021059169.493.38$1,998
May 2021062863.483.02$1,895
Apr 2021063160.362.76$1,741
Mar 2021064761.302.72$1,758
Feb 2021059557.805.55$3,301
Jan 2021065750.412.81$1,846
Dec 2020063244.642.68$1,691
Nov 2020058638.772.71$1,586
Oct 2020060936.972.48$1,509
Sep 2020060437.091.99$1,203
Aug 2020062639.982.39$1,493
Jul 2020062538.371.83$1,141
Jun 2020067534.901.69$1,141
May 2020069916.921.81$1,269
Apr 2020068614.751.80$1,238
Mar 2020071330.341.86$1,323
Feb 2020067749.881.98$1,341
Jan 2020068257.252.09$1,429
Dec 2019066359.012.30$1,528
Nov 2019066755.302.75$1,835
Oct 2019069653.472.42$1,683
Sep 2019066455.052.66$1,764
Aug 2019079553.112.30$1,832
Jul 2019078256.272.46$1,924
Jun 2019075652.782.49$1,883
May 2019074858.482.74$2,050
Apr 2019077162.632.75$2,121
Mar 2019078956.803.06$2,416
Feb 2019071350.852.79$1,991
Jan 2019068246.033.23$2,202
Dec 2018042346.594.19$1,770
Nov 2018060752.934.24$2,572
Oct 2018069661.443.40$2,365
Sep 2018074259.543.11$2,306
Aug 2018072759.403.07$2,229
Jul 2018053265.142.93$1,560
Jun 2018058860.183.08$1,809
May 2018078865.382.90$2,286
Apr 2018070063.842.90$2,031
Mar 2018065861.222.79$1,834
Feb 2018063861.782.77$1,765
Jan 2018073362.874.01$2,939
Dec 2017074257.272.92$2,168
Nov 2017068355.423.12$2,130
Oct 2017062049.292.98$1,850
Sep 2017268147.523.09$2,197
Aug 2017169845.373.00$2,142
Jul 2017076543.873.09$2,362
Jun 2017063042.493.09$1,945
May 2017378445.373.26$2,695
Apr 2017372547.933.21$2,472
Mar 2017280746.772.98$2,501
Feb 2017173250.452.95$2,212
Jan 2017272549.413.42$2,577
Dec 2016170748.763.72$2,681
Nov 2016269742.492.64$1,928
Oct 2016173446.193.09$2,314
Sep 2016276641.553.10$2,458
Aug 2016371641.442.92$2,218
Jul 2016366841.622.92$2,078
Jun 2016858645.352.69$1,937
May 20161057742.521.99$1,574
Apr 2016061936.561.99$1,232
Mar 2016077533.011.79$1,390
Feb 2016162826.472.06$1,322
Jan 2016356127.352.36$1,408
Dec 2015073432.362.00$1,469
Nov 2015180738.792.17$1,788
Oct 2015283543.552.43$2,113
Sep 2015077242.992.76$2,130
Aug 2015281340.162.87$2,416
Jul 2015081448.152.95$2,397
Jun 2015076756.152.88$2,211
May 2015076655.212.96$2,264
Apr 2015171549.822.71$1,985
Mar 2015476742.892.93$2,422
Feb 2015064144.662.98$1,908
Jan 2015073943.433.10$2,291
Dec 2014170354.693.59$2,579
Nov 2014080970.464.25$3,440
Oct 2014075078.303.90$2,926
Sep 2014074586.164.05$3,014
Aug 2014074389.394.04$2,998
Jul 2014080696.564.18$3,369
Jun 2014279498.164.74$3,957
May 2014077294.734.73$3,649
Apr 2014056695.944.81$2,722
Mar 2014071095.895.06$3,590
Feb 2014064997.406.19$4,019
Jan 2014273090.404.86$3,729
Dec 2013073591.824.35$3,201
Nov 2013577788.853.74$3,349
Oct 2013586497.423.78$3,752
Sep 20130825104.113.72$3,067
Aug 201301,279104.253.52$4,505
Jul 20130882102.523.72$3,279
Jun 2013094694.403.93$3,721
May 2013097494.834.15$4,041
Apr 2013088493.964.28$3,786
Mar 2013092793.623.91$3,627
Feb 2013083491.233.42$2,852
Jan 2013592991.603.42$3,635
Dec 2012398186.773.42$3,615
Nov 2012093386.953.62$3,382
Oct 201201,00489.383.40$3,413
Sep 201221,37594.672.92$4,202
Aug 201241,26992.662.91$4,061
Jul 2012971,50385.133.02$12,798
Jun 2012193079.822.52$2,423
May 2012193291.612.49$2,411
Apr 20121961101.652.00$2,021
Mar 20120989105.052.22$2,198
Feb 20122895101.102.57$2,503
Jan 201271,12698.092.73$3,765
Dec 201131,08396.873.24$3,799
Nov 201101,11295.723.31$3,682
Oct 201101,16984.983.65$4,265
Sep 2011052283.623.99$2,081
Aug 201111,07383.404.15$4,536
Jul 201101,10394.144.52$4,983
Jun 201141,15192.904.64$5,712
May 201101,15598.134.40$5,088
Apr 201131,160105.964.33$5,344
Mar 201121,34496.364.06$5,646
Feb 201111,17285.644.18$4,985
Jan 201111,63486.504.59$7,585
Dec 201001,30885.734.35$5,687
Nov 201051,32080.843.80$5,414
Oct 201021,16178.103.51$4,230
Sep 201041,33472.633.98$5,599
Aug 201061,48473.684.42$7,000
Jul 201031,46472.554.74$7,152
Jun 201061,42170.364.91$7,400
May 201021,50471.124.24$6,512
Apr 201021,54681.694.12$6,537
Mar 201011,33378.394.39$5,928
Feb 20101173.585.44$79
Jan 201021,10274.365.96$6,721
Dec 200921,38071.445.48$7,710
Nov 200911,45474.593.75$5,529
Oct 200901,64572.544.11$6,761
Sep 200921,71665.543.06$5,390
Aug 200911,89867.423.22$6,176
Jul 200921,65061.133.46$5,839
Jun 200921,84266.163.90$7,307
May 200921,73554.743.93$6,921
Apr 200901,67146.773.59$5,995
Mar 200941,98442.144.06$8,222
Feb 200911,59932.814.63$7,441
Jan 200901,96135.865.37$10,533
Dec 200801,50737.105.98$9,008
Nov 200802,56955.496.86$17,624
Oct 200803,65275.246.92$25,279
Sep 200803,065101.767.88$24,143
Aug 200802,883114.228.48$24,457
Jul 200804,147131.0811.39$47,232
Jun 200803,864131.3313.03$50,358
May 20081854,823123.1711.57$78,609
Apr 200806,006110.3110.45$62,792
Mar 200803,916101.909.66$37,845
Feb 200805,73292.538.77$50,273
Jan 200806,10690.388.21$50,104
Dec 200708,41088.337.30$61,410
Nov 200719610,18091.677.29$92,197
Oct 2007010,98582.856.92$76,038
Sep 2007011,51975.846.24$71,926
Aug 2007012,88669.066.39$82,315
Jul 2007013,61970.906.39$86,997
Jun 2007014,68262.007.55$110,826
May 2007015,90158.747.85$124,764
Apr 2007017,70659.617.81$138,199
Mar 2007022,34556.927.30$163,163
Feb 2007023,66855.108.22$194,456
Jan 200759,67850.306.73$65,354

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                  501 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $1,526

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Month total                                   $1,526

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/225823 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.