BENTSEN

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

Gas lease lease 226871District 04Field 625560012 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$13.8 M
Mar 2007 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$138 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
231
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 55 leases and 55 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2003-04-08
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
660 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 2003-04-08.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: OF THE ALLOCATION FORMULA HAS BEEN APPROVED PER THIS ORDER.

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 Gas112007-08-13175583
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
CondensateDisposition9,973 bbl$745,746
GasProduction2,228,555 Mcf$13,011,827
Total$13,757,573

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 26.4096, -98.2749. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.40958, -98.27488 · 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
9,700 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 9,700 ft.

Completions filed
Mar 2007
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-2153360519,700 ftMar 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 (231)

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

231 months

May 202603,384106.413.05$10,307
Apr 202603,20498.932.87$9,195
Mar 2026213,32189.753.15$12,344
Feb 202602,85063.503.75$10,688
Jan 202602,75759.138.00$22,050
Dec 202502,97356.664.41$13,121
Nov 202502,87258.593.93$11,277
Oct 202502,93059.383.30$9,683
Sep 202502,87862.743.08$8,855
Aug 202503,21063.933.01$9,677
Jul 2025183,14366.743.32$11,621
Jun 202502,95466.483.13$9,242
May 202503,03660.553.23$9,813
Apr 202502,83462.363.54$10,041
Mar 202503,57367.704.27$15,251
Feb 202502,82870.884.34$12,276
Jan 202503,59674.324.28$15,386
Dec 202403,30668.993.12$10,319
Nov 202403,44369.052.20$7,569
Oct 202403,55971.372.28$8,120
Sep 202403,58469.612.36$8,474
Aug 202403,23575.632.06$6,676
Jul 202403,98279.932.15$8,548
Jun 202403,85278.082.63$10,146
May 202403,22478.812.20$7,088
Apr 202403,40184.451.66$5,643
Mar 202403,82180.301.55$5,904
Feb 202403,55476.091.78$6,339
Jan 2024103,25073.023.30$11,448
Dec 202302,85671.262.61$7,456
Nov 202302,51577.892.81$7,061
Oct 202302,19985.443.09$6,789
Sep 20231302,35889.042.74$18,024
Aug 202302,42380.522.67$6,476
Jul 202303,36574.852.64$8,890
Jun 202372,85868.962.26$6,937
May 20231933,42370.622.23$21,254
Apr 202303,62678.122.24$8,114
Mar 2023502,96572.852.39$10,738
Feb 202303,05575.112.47$7,533
Jan 202303,41176.533.39$11,556
Dec 2022203,12576.415.73$19,432
Nov 202263,12285.005.65$18,137
Oct 20221943,50387.185.86$37,454
Sep 202203,34384.888.16$27,291
Aug 202203,55594.529.13$32,447
Jul 202203,269101.587.54$24,655
Jun 202202,704115.097.98$21,570
May 202243,222109.378.43$27,609
Apr 202293,125104.226.84$22,305
Mar 202203,327108.885.08$16,889
Feb 2022103,39191.054.86$17,387
Jan 202204,02481.844.54$18,260
Dec 202194,04371.323.90$16,406
Nov 2021103,28977.435.24$17,998
Oct 2021183,00679.795.71$18,612
Sep 202103,86569.865.35$20,681
Aug 202104,36766.024.22$18,431
Jul 20211704,32170.783.98$29,239
Jun 202104,70869.493.38$15,916
May 202105,04363.483.02$15,218
Apr 202103,08560.362.76$8,510
Mar 2021221,35361.302.72$5,025
Feb 2021211,77957.805.55$11,084
Jan 202101,93050.412.81$5,424
Dec 202091,76844.642.68$5,132
Nov 202001,93038.772.71$5,224
Oct 2020202,11136.972.48$5,971
Sep 202002,50737.091.99$4,992
Aug 2020352,91739.982.39$8,357
Jul 202002,85538.371.83$5,211
Jun 20202122,99234.901.69$12,456
May 202003,10016.921.81$5,626
Apr 202002,89414.751.80$5,222
Mar 2020113,40030.341.86$6,645
Feb 2020172,46149.881.98$5,722
Jan 202003,13457.252.09$6,565
Dec 2019102,77259.012.30$6,978
Nov 2019323,06655.302.75$10,203
Oct 201902,86453.472.42$6,927
Sep 2019152,73855.052.66$8,101
Aug 201902,97353.112.30$6,851
Jul 201993,68156.272.46$9,562
Jun 2019163,61352.782.49$9,845
May 201903,10858.482.74$8,517
Apr 2019183,21562.632.75$9,971
Mar 201903,52156.803.06$10,782
Feb 2019171,39250.852.79$4,751
Jan 2019101,83046.033.23$6,368
Dec 201802,25046.594.19$9,417
Nov 2018152,79952.934.24$12,654
Oct 2018103,51661.443.40$12,562
Sep 20181052,75959.543.11$14,827
Aug 2018162,75059.403.07$9,383
Jul 2018103,21365.142.93$10,072
Jun 201862,91160.183.08$9,318
May 2018102,71665.382.90$8,532
Apr 2018102,89563.842.90$9,036
Mar 2018173,40961.222.79$10,541
Feb 201802,86561.782.77$7,925
Jan 2018103,08962.874.01$13,013
Dec 2017113,19457.272.92$9,961
Nov 201773,25755.423.12$10,544
Oct 20171122,55549.292.98$13,144
Sep 201722,87347.523.09$8,965
Aug 201733,79645.373.00$11,541
Jul 201703,66643.873.09$11,318
Jun 201713,66142.493.09$11,345
May 2017123,85145.373.26$13,112
Apr 201733,93047.933.21$12,765
Mar 20171124,24646.772.98$17,907
Feb 201714,13650.452.95$12,262
Jan 201703,60349.413.42$12,318
Dec 201603,90848.763.72$14,549
Nov 201604,04542.492.64$10,696
Oct 201613,74746.193.09$11,625
Sep 201603,72141.553.10$11,537
Aug 201613,79741.442.92$11,145
Jul 201643,64541.622.92$10,826
Jun 201613,56545.352.69$9,620
May 201613,75942.521.99$7,527
Apr 20161803,72936.561.99$14,005
Mar 201604,14933.011.79$7,443
Feb 201603,92426.472.06$8,098
Jan 201634,37627.352.36$10,428
Dec 201524,50432.362.00$9,079
Nov 201513,48338.792.17$7,588
Oct 201514,33443.552.43$10,560
Sep 2015103,79042.992.76$10,884
Aug 20151834,07840.162.87$19,063
Jul 201504,28248.152.95$12,611
Jun 201504,62756.152.88$13,339
May 201514,84955.212.96$14,386
Apr 201524,72849.822.71$12,896
Mar 201514,77942.892.93$14,068
Feb 201564,18244.662.98$12,714
Jan 201504,62543.433.10$14,340
Dec 201403,92154.693.59$14,082
Nov 201422,85270.464.25$12,267
Oct 201434,27278.303.90$16,900
Sep 20141864,36786.164.05$33,692
Aug 201414,29389.394.04$17,412
Jul 201424,60196.564.18$19,423
Jun 201414,46298.164.74$21,234
May 201404,69194.734.73$22,172
Apr 201414,65695.944.81$22,487
Mar 201434,73495.895.06$24,227
Feb 201414,69097.406.19$29,138
Jan 20141804,65590.404.86$38,899
Dec 201315,47591.824.35$23,933
Nov 201344,93588.853.74$18,804
Oct 201325,48797.423.78$20,932
Sep 201335,504104.113.72$20,775
Aug 201335,882104.253.52$21,033
Jul 201336,016102.523.72$22,673
Jun 201306,01394.403.93$23,652
May 201336,20694.834.15$26,034
Apr 201306,55893.964.28$28,085
Mar 20131706,99593.623.91$43,286
Feb 201306,20091.233.42$21,203
Jan 201305,97291.603.42$20,424
Dec 201206,00686.773.42$20,541
Nov 201225,21886.953.62$19,089
Oct 201205,23889.383.40$17,808
Sep 201235,22494.672.92$15,530
Aug 201215,12592.662.91$14,997
Jul 201245,32585.133.02$16,426
Jun 20122279.822.52$165
May 201256,02791.612.49$15,455
Apr 201205,886101.652.00$11,753
Mar 201206,283105.052.22$13,961
Feb 201205,478101.102.57$14,080
Jan 201206,82998.092.73$18,671
Dec 201107,35696.873.24$23,832
Nov 201117,57195.723.31$25,165
Oct 20111948,76684.983.65$48,469
Sep 201109,45383.623.99$37,678
Aug 201108,27183.404.15$34,319
Jul 201117,45594.144.52$33,770
Jun 201107,43592.904.64$34,498
May 201108,59498.134.40$37,855
Apr 201107,985105.964.33$34,601
Mar 201117,68296.364.06$31,265
Feb 201107,15185.644.18$29,891
Jan 20111948,44186.504.59$55,515
Dec 201038,50185.734.35$37,217
Nov 201018,96780.843.80$34,114
Oct 201009,72978.103.51$34,138
Sep 20101819,90972.633.98$52,579
Aug 201019210,88373.684.42$62,242
Jul 2010010,87472.554.74$51,505
Jun 2010410,79670.364.91$53,294
May 201017111,98371.124.24$62,912
Apr 2010012,05081.694.12$49,678
Mar 2010012,51578.394.39$54,924
Feb 201019411,96273.585.44$79,376
Jan 2010313,87674.365.96$82,981
Dec 2009114,65771.445.48$80,447
Nov 200918715,13674.593.75$70,731
Oct 2009314,22972.544.11$58,702
Sep 2009116,29665.543.06$50,009
Aug 200919117,46767.423.22$69,095
Jul 2009318,51761.133.46$64,336
Jun 200918818,26966.163.90$83,596
May 2009120,02854.743.93$78,680
Apr 200919620,32746.773.59$82,090
Mar 2009121,70042.144.06$88,122
Feb 200919420,57932.814.63$101,708
Jan 2009024,05735.865.37$129,210
Dec 200818625,70937.105.98$160,567
Nov 2008026,46355.496.86$181,546
Oct 200819329,75975.246.92$220,513
Sep 200817030,928101.767.88$260,922
Aug 200819927,407114.228.48$255,224
Jul 200839330,395131.0811.39$397,696
Jun 2008032,300131.3313.03$420,954
May 200817837,176123.1711.57$452,210
Apr 200819239,453110.3110.45$433,655
Mar 200819942,954101.909.66$435,389
Feb 2008045,33792.538.77$397,632
Jan 200819752,55790.388.21$449,073
Dec 200719059,66488.337.30$452,447
Nov 200740462,57191.677.29$493,284
Oct 200718072,79882.856.92$518,819
Sep 200720779,58275.846.24$512,622
Aug 200739992,17869.066.39$616,382
Jul 200758392,85070.906.39$634,455
Jun 200739751,99062.007.55$417,058
May 2007592100,40858.747.85$822,603
Apr 200719879,73459.617.81$634,143
Mar 2007027,28256.927.30$199,212

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                3,384 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $10,307

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Month total                                  $10,307

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/226871 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.