BENAVIDES TRUST

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

Gas lease lease 226978District 04Field 435935002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.9 M
Apr 2007 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$48 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
230
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 122 leases and 122 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1976-08-26
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 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 1992-10-19.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ALLOCATION FORMULA ADMINISTRATIVELY SUSPENDED EFFECTIVE 8/1/94.

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 Gas112008-03-26180256
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
CondensateDisposition131 bbl$8,153
GasProduction564,964 Mcf$2,926,406
Total$2,934,559

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 27.1194, -99.2514. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.11940, -99.25136 · 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
11,250 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 11,250 ft.

Completions filed
Apr 2007
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-505357981411,250 ftApr 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 (230)

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

230 months

May 202601,286106.413.05$3,917
Apr 202601,13298.932.87$3,249
Mar 202601,04689.753.15$3,294
Feb 202601,05863.503.75$3,968
Jan 202601,52959.138.00$12,229
Dec 2025070156.664.41$3,094
Nov 202501,12358.593.93$4,409
Oct 2025072959.383.30$2,409
Sep 2025093962.743.08$2,889
Aug 2025084463.933.01$2,544
Jul 202511,02466.743.32$3,462
Jun 2025067766.483.13$2,118
May 202501,08260.553.23$3,497
Apr 2025076562.363.54$2,710
Mar 2025075367.704.27$3,214
Feb 2025081570.884.34$3,538
Jan 2025077874.324.28$3,329
Dec 202401,17868.993.12$3,677
Nov 202401,07269.052.20$2,357
Oct 202401,17371.372.28$2,676
Sep 202401,02069.612.36$2,412
Aug 202401,23375.632.06$2,544
Jul 202401,08179.932.15$2,320
Jun 2024087978.082.63$2,315
May 2024044878.812.20$985
Apr 2024070984.451.66$1,176
Mar 2024092180.301.55$1,423
Feb 2024076976.091.78$1,372
Jan 2024083673.023.30$2,757
Dec 2023077571.262.61$2,023
Nov 2023069877.892.81$1,960
Oct 2023183185.443.09$2,651
Sep 2023068589.042.74$1,874
Aug 2023065680.522.67$1,753
Jul 2023171374.852.64$1,958
Jun 2023259768.962.26$1,486
May 202311,07570.622.23$2,465
Apr 202321,10978.122.24$2,638
Mar 202301,37172.852.39$3,281
Feb 2023154775.112.47$1,424
Jan 2023297876.533.39$3,466
Dec 2022184676.415.73$4,923
Nov 202221,16285.005.65$6,731
Oct 202211,13687.185.86$6,748
Sep 2022289084.888.16$7,435
Aug 202211,12294.529.13$10,335
Jul 202221,181101.587.54$9,110
Jun 202201,162115.097.98$9,270
May 202221,295109.378.43$11,140
Apr 20221973104.226.84$6,757
Mar 202211,207108.885.08$6,236
Feb 2022192491.054.86$4,581
Jan 2022184681.844.54$3,921
Dec 2021288871.323.90$3,605
Nov 2021180177.435.24$4,272
Oct 202121,18779.795.71$6,942
Sep 2021198669.865.35$5,346
Aug 202111,14366.024.22$4,890
Jul 2021183470.783.98$3,392
Jun 2021190769.493.38$3,136
May 202111,01163.483.02$3,114
Apr 202111,02560.362.76$2,888
Mar 2021296061.302.72$2,731
Feb 2021187857.805.55$4,929
Jan 202111,43750.412.81$4,089
Dec 202011,37144.642.68$3,713
Nov 2020174838.772.71$2,063
Oct 202011,30436.972.48$3,269
Sep 2020186637.091.99$1,761
Aug 202011,20539.982.39$2,914
Jul 2020186138.371.83$1,610
Jun 2020195134.901.69$1,642
May 202021,08716.921.81$2,006
Apr 202021,40014.751.80$2,556
Mar 2020170130.341.86$1,332
Feb 202021,21849.881.98$2,512
Jan 202021,13857.252.09$2,498
Dec 201921,24559.012.30$2,987
Nov 201921,12555.302.75$3,205
Oct 201911,42753.472.42$3,505
Sep 2019189755.052.66$2,439
Aug 201931,77653.112.30$4,252
Jul 201911,13956.272.46$2,858
Jun 2019183852.782.49$2,140
May 201901,60958.482.74$4,409
Apr 2019278862.632.75$2,293
Mar 201901,50456.803.06$4,605
Feb 201911,36550.852.79$3,862
Jan 201901,43646.033.23$4,636
Dec 201812,07446.594.19$8,727
Nov 201806752.934.24$284
Oct 2018075961.443.40$2,579
Sep 201801,06159.543.11$3,298
Aug 201801,75259.403.07$5,373
Jul 2018099765.142.93$2,923
Jun 2018081860.183.08$2,517
May 2018128265.382.90$883
Apr 201811,24363.842.90$3,670
Mar 201811,37161.222.79$3,882
Feb 201811,43061.782.77$4,017
Jan 2018035462.874.01$1,419
Dec 201701,22657.272.92$3,582
Nov 201711,30555.423.12$4,125
Oct 201701,34749.292.98$4,019
Sep 201701,20647.523.09$3,723
Aug 201701,67745.373.00$5,038
Jul 201701,72443.873.09$5,322
Jun 201721,55142.493.09$4,873
May 201751,08445.373.26$3,764
Apr 2017151,05547.933.21$4,107
Mar 201701,40046.772.98$4,177
Feb 201711,52950.452.95$4,565
Jan 201701,67849.413.42$5,737
Dec 201601,83448.763.72$6,828
Nov 201601,70542.492.64$4,509
Oct 201602,14746.193.09$6,635
Sep 201602,55941.553.10$7,935
Aug 201602,77341.442.92$8,109
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20161145.352.69$48
May 2016074742.521.99$1,487
Apr 201601,27736.561.99$2,543
Mar 201601,89533.011.79$3,400
Feb 201631,40826.472.06$2,985
Jan 201601,42627.352.36$3,372
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 201501,80538.792.17$3,912
Oct 201511,36643.552.43$3,358
Sep 201501,99542.992.76$5,503
Aug 201501,70740.162.87$4,903
Jul 201501,52148.152.95$4,479
Jun 201521,73256.152.88$5,105
May 201501,83755.212.96$5,429
Apr 201502,21649.822.71$5,998
Mar 201512,72442.892.93$8,037
Feb 201502,49744.662.98$7,432
Jan 201515,28143.433.10$16,418
Dec 201403,66654.693.59$13,166
Nov 201403570.464.25$149
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 201412,20694.734.73$10,522
Apr 201401,71195.944.81$8,228
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 201401,18890.404.86$5,775
Dec 201303,53091.824.35$15,371
Nov 201313,62188.853.74$13,625
Oct 201303,27097.423.78$12,359
Sep 201303,760104.113.72$13,979
Aug 201303,790104.253.52$13,351
Jul 201303,773102.523.72$14,027
Jun 201313,35394.403.93$13,283
May 201303,19894.834.15$13,269
Apr 201303,56093.964.28$15,246
Mar 201303,92893.623.91$15,370
Feb 201303,47291.233.42$11,874
Jan 201303,77791.603.42$12,917
Dec 201202,69486.773.42$9,214
Nov 201202,48286.953.62$8,997
Oct 201202,50089.383.40$8,499
Sep 201202,99594.672.92$8,741
Aug 201202,90492.662.91$8,445
Jul 201214,03985.133.02$12,286
Jun 201202,31979.822.52$5,842
May 201203,50591.612.49$8,722
Apr 201202,521101.652.00$5,034
Mar 201201,547105.052.22$3,438
Feb 201203,171101.102.57$8,150
Jan 201203,34898.092.73$9,154
Dec 201101,99196.873.24$6,450
Nov 201101,92695.723.31$6,378
Oct 201102,39184.983.65$8,724
Sep 201102,32983.623.99$9,283
Aug 201103,02583.404.15$12,552
Jul 201105,25794.144.52$23,747
Jun 201102,40492.904.64$11,154
May 201102,99098.134.40$13,170
Apr 201102,809105.964.33$12,172
Mar 201104,99096.364.06$20,246
Feb 201102,41985.644.18$10,111
Jan 201102,44886.504.59$11,233
Dec 201002,38385.734.35$10,361
Nov 201001,94280.843.80$7,371
Oct 201002,76778.103.51$9,709
Sep 201002,29172.633.98$9,117
Aug 201012,20473.684.42$9,814
Jul 201002,20772.554.74$10,453
Jun 201002,21570.364.91$10,877
May 201002,09271.124.24$8,860
Apr 201012,62781.694.12$10,912
Mar 201002,66278.394.39$11,683
Feb 201002,48773.585.44$13,535
Jan 201003,16674.365.96$18,882
Dec 200903,08071.445.48$16,890
Nov 200913,13374.593.75$11,828
Oct 200903,36472.544.11$13,827
Sep 200903,49865.543.06$10,721
Aug 200903,07267.423.22$9,887
Jul 200912,91961.133.46$10,174
Jun 200903,29766.163.90$12,842
May 200903,63254.743.93$14,258
Apr 200914,77146.773.59$17,163
Mar 200904,45942.144.06$18,099
Feb 200914,62232.814.63$21,447
Jan 200904,50635.865.37$24,202
Dec 200815,92337.105.98$35,440
Nov 200805,78355.496.86$39,673
Oct 200807,10775.246.92$49,195
Sep 200817,837101.767.88$61,835
Aug 2008111,421114.228.48$96,999
Jul 200815,436131.0811.39$62,044
Jun 200804,680131.3313.03$60,993
May 200804,897123.1711.57$56,679
Apr 200809,047110.3110.45$94,585
Mar 200816,183101.909.66$59,855
Feb 200817,06492.538.77$62,048
Jan 200807,62190.388.21$62,536
Dec 200717,24388.337.30$52,977
Nov 200719,49991.677.29$69,356
Oct 2007011,31682.856.92$78,329
Sep 200709,67775.846.24$60,425
Aug 2007215,93269.066.39$101,911
Jul 2007014,75570.906.39$94,254
Jun 2007217,83362.007.55$134,736
May 2007024,57158.747.85$192,791
Apr 2007015,02359.617.81$117,258

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                1,286 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $3,917

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Month total                                   $3,917

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/226978 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.