EL CLARENO

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 231172District 04Field 779730502 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$6.4 M
Aug 2007 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$1 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
226
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 Gas112008-12-12186054
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
CondensateDisposition2,732 bbl$234,667
GasProduction1,054,613 Mcf$6,201,607
Total$6,436,274

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 26.8148, -99.1697. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.81485, -99.16970 · 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
9,615 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 9,615 ft.

Completions filed
Jan 2008
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-5053591089,615 ftJan 2008

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 (226)

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

226 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260698.932.87$17
Mar 2026014689.753.15$460
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 202602059.138.00$160
Dec 202501056.664.41$44
Nov 20250858.593.93$31
Oct 20250759.383.30$23
Sep 202504962.743.08$151
Aug 202507063.933.01$211
Jul 202507266.743.32$239
Jun 202504066.483.13$125
May 202502360.553.23$74
Apr 202502562.363.54$89
Mar 202501067.704.27$43
Feb 202514670.884.34$271
Jan 202508474.324.28$359
Dec 202405968.993.12$184
Nov 202406969.052.20$152
Oct 202407271.372.28$164
Sep 2024011369.612.36$267
Aug 2024014175.632.06$291
Jul 2024011079.932.15$236
Jun 2024026078.082.63$685
May 2024125778.812.20$644
Apr 2024020684.451.66$342
Mar 2024017480.301.55$269
Feb 2024014276.091.78$253
Jan 2024115373.023.30$578
Dec 2023020471.262.61$533
Nov 2023033177.892.81$929
Oct 2023136585.443.09$1,212
Sep 2023043289.042.74$1,182
Aug 2023038680.522.67$1,032
Jul 2023342774.852.64$1,353
Jun 2023040268.962.26$908
May 2023050370.622.23$1,120
Apr 2023058778.122.24$1,314
Mar 2023364672.852.39$1,765
Feb 2023053975.112.47$1,329
Jan 2023065676.533.39$2,222
Dec 2022361776.415.73$3,764
Nov 2022060085.005.65$3,388
Oct 2022076687.185.86$4,492
Sep 2022080084.888.16$6,531
Aug 20222387794.529.13$10,178
Jul 20220499101.587.54$3,764
Jun 20223849115.097.98$7,118
May 20220999109.378.43$8,425
Apr 20220968104.226.84$6,619
Mar 202241,024108.885.08$5,634
Feb 2022091391.054.86$4,436
Jan 202201,09081.844.54$4,946
Dec 202101,09171.323.90$4,254
Nov 202101,08377.435.24$5,672
Oct 202101,11479.795.71$6,365
Sep 2021741,15769.865.35$11,361
Aug 202101,16466.024.22$4,913
Jul 202101,20670.783.98$4,802
Jun 202101,15969.493.38$3,918
May 202101,22863.483.02$3,706
Apr 202101,27960.362.76$3,528
Mar 202101,24261.302.72$3,374
Feb 202101,14157.805.55$6,330
Jan 202101,30750.412.81$3,673
Dec 202041,29644.642.68$3,646
Nov 202001,27938.772.71$3,462
Oct 202011,33936.972.48$3,356
Sep 202001,40837.091.99$2,803
Aug 202001,36439.982.39$3,253
Jul 202001,33338.371.83$2,433
Jun 2020091534.901.69$1,547
May 202001,00716.921.81$1,827
Apr 202001,00314.751.80$1,810
Mar 202001,07130.341.86$1,988
Feb 202021,00349.881.98$2,086
Jan 202001,10957.252.09$2,323
Dec 201941,13959.012.30$2,861
Nov 201901,18655.302.75$3,262
Oct 201901,20353.472.42$2,910
Sep 201901,19155.052.66$3,165
Aug 201901,29153.112.30$2,975
Jul 201931,32456.272.46$3,426
Jun 201901,28052.782.49$3,189
May 201931,34758.482.74$3,867
Apr 201901,30462.632.75$3,587
Mar 201901,34756.803.06$4,125
Feb 201911,31650.852.79$3,725
Jan 201921,35846.033.23$4,476
Dec 201801,38446.594.19$5,793
Nov 201801,50552.934.24$6,377
Oct 2018082661.443.40$2,807
Sep 201801,60059.543.11$4,973
Aug 201801,08359.403.07$3,321
Jul 201801,48465.142.93$4,351
Jun 201801,50160.183.08$4,618
May 201801,57665.382.90$4,572
Apr 201801,50763.842.90$4,372
Mar 201801,53161.222.79$4,267
Feb 201801,36561.782.77$3,776
Jan 201801,60062.874.01$6,415
Dec 201701,65757.272.92$4,841
Nov 201701,55555.423.12$4,849
Oct 201701,31649.292.98$3,927
Sep 201701,09347.523.09$3,374
Aug 201701,22345.373.00$3,674
Jul 201701,35543.873.09$4,183
Jun 201701,24442.493.09$3,841
May 201701,22145.373.26$3,985
Apr 201701,22247.933.21$3,925
Mar 201701,49846.772.98$4,470
Feb 201701,37950.452.95$4,072
Jan 201701,55449.413.42$5,313
Dec 201601,59148.763.72$5,923
Nov 201601,50142.492.64$3,969
Oct 201601,64846.193.09$5,093
Sep 201601,61141.553.10$4,995
Aug 201601,71341.442.92$5,009
Jul 201601,76541.622.92$5,161
Jun 201601,82345.352.69$4,896
May 201601,85342.521.99$3,689
Apr 201601,83736.561.99$3,658
Mar 201601,75233.011.79$3,143
Feb 201601,62226.472.06$3,347
Jan 201601,73827.352.36$4,109
Dec 201501,78232.362.00$3,567
Nov 201501,75338.792.17$3,799
Oct 201501,84743.552.43$4,482
Sep 201501,88642.992.76$5,202
Aug 201502,16240.162.87$6,210
Jul 201502,17048.152.95$6,391
Jun 201502,21056.152.88$6,371
May 201502,17955.212.96$6,440
Apr 201502,20249.822.71$5,960
Mar 201502,38042.892.93$6,985
Feb 201502,16744.662.98$6,449
Jan 201502,41443.433.10$7,485
Dec 201402,27154.693.59$8,156
Nov 201401,97670.464.25$8,402
Oct 201402,47978.303.90$9,670
Sep 201402,22086.164.05$8,981
Aug 201402,51189.394.04$10,132
Jul 201402,26496.564.18$9,463
Jun 201402,34598.164.74$11,108
May 201402,43694.734.73$11,514
Apr 201402,16995.944.81$10,431
Mar 201402,27595.895.06$11,504
Feb 201402,26597.406.19$14,025
Jan 201402,53490.404.86$12,317
Dec 201302,24791.824.35$9,785
Nov 201302,36188.853.74$8,826
Oct 201302,67297.423.78$10,098
Sep 201302,909104.113.72$10,815
Aug 20131573,029104.253.52$27,037
Jul 201302,965102.523.72$11,023
Jun 201302,81494.403.93$11,069
May 201302,99794.834.15$12,435
Apr 201302,99193.964.28$12,809
Mar 201303,46493.623.91$13,554
Feb 201302,87191.233.42$9,819
Jan 201303,04691.603.42$10,417
Dec 201203,29186.773.42$11,256
Nov 201204,29486.953.62$15,566
Oct 201203,46889.383.40$11,790
Sep 201203,18294.672.92$9,286
Aug 201203,47492.662.91$10,103
Jul 201203,88285.133.02$11,727
Jun 201203,84879.822.52$9,693
May 201204,29691.612.49$10,690
Apr 201203,836101.652.00$7,660
Mar 201203,847105.052.22$8,548
Feb 201203,815101.102.57$9,805
Jan 201203,26598.092.73$8,927
Dec 201104,01096.873.24$12,991
Nov 20111444,09895.723.31$27,353
Oct 201104,26084.983.65$15,543
Sep 201104,84283.623.99$19,299
Aug 201104,97383.404.15$20,635
Jul 201104,78694.144.52$21,620
Jun 201104,88892.904.64$22,680
May 201105,40298.134.40$23,795
Apr 201105,694105.964.33$24,674
Mar 201106,21996.364.06$25,233
Feb 201105,92585.644.18$24,766
Jan 201106,88386.504.59$31,585
Dec 201006,90085.734.35$29,999
Nov 201006,36280.843.80$24,146
Oct 201006,23878.103.51$21,888
Sep 201006,33372.633.98$25,202
Aug 20101636,84073.684.42$42,238
Jul 201007,50272.554.74$35,533
Jun 201007,45170.364.91$36,587
May 201008,07571.124.24$34,199
Apr 201008,38781.694.12$34,577
Mar 201007,89378.394.39$34,640
Feb 201006,89173.585.44$37,503
Jan 201008,03974.365.96$47,945
Dec 20091958,10471.445.48$58,371
Nov 200908,43074.593.75$31,625
Oct 200909,34172.544.11$38,394
Sep 200909,29565.543.06$28,487
Aug 2009010,16967.423.22$32,729
Jul 2009010,49561.133.46$36,360
Jun 2009010,82866.163.90$42,175
May 2009011,25554.743.93$44,184
Apr 200918911,40946.773.59$49,769
Mar 2009012,44942.144.06$50,530
Feb 2009011,72932.814.63$54,340
Jan 2009013,69435.865.37$73,550
Dec 2008013,89637.105.98$83,058
Nov 200819314,60455.496.86$110,898
Oct 2008016,26875.246.92$112,607
Sep 2008016,652101.767.88$131,169
Aug 2008018,125114.228.48$153,755
Jul 200817819,069131.0811.39$240,517
Jun 2008020,056131.3313.03$261,382
May 200820022,312123.1711.57$282,880
Apr 2008023,115110.3110.45$241,664
Mar 200819725,840101.909.66$269,794
Feb 2008028,04892.538.77$245,997
Jan 200818931,39190.388.21$274,668
Dec 200719837,60088.337.30$292,043
Nov 2007046,07891.677.29$335,987
Oct 200719652,91382.856.92$382,501
Sep 200739666,08775.846.24$442,690
Aug 2007079,54069.066.39$508,097

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.

Apr 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 98.93 =         $0
Gas                    6 Mcf  × $  2.87 =        $17

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Month total                                      $17

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/231172 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.