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 233164District 04Field 779730502 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$318 k
Dec 2007 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$2 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
222
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 Gas112008-12-12186056
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
CondensateDisposition237 bbl$12,837
GasProduction62,606 Mcf$304,776
Total$317,614

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 26.8124, -99.1736. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.81245, -99.17361 · 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
9,652 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 9,652 ft.

1 well

42-50535993109,652 ft

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 (222)

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

222 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 202501859.383.30$59
Sep 2025013862.743.08$425
Aug 2025014263.933.01$428
Jul 2025014466.743.32$477
Jun 2025014366.483.13$447
May 2025015060.553.23$485
Apr 2025013662.363.54$482
Mar 2025014867.704.27$632
Feb 202509270.884.34$399
Jan 202504474.324.28$188
Dec 202407368.993.12$228
Nov 2024013469.052.20$295
Oct 2024018471.372.28$420
Sep 2024013869.612.36$326
Aug 2024010175.632.06$208
Jul 2024010679.932.15$228
Jun 202402778.082.63$71
May 202409878.812.20$215
Apr 202405984.451.66$98
Mar 2024011180.301.55$172
Feb 2024022276.091.78$396
Jan 2024027873.023.30$917
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202210108.885.08$109
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20211069.865.35$70
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 202102969.493.38$98
May 202106663.483.02$199
Apr 202104260.362.76$116
Mar 202106261.302.72$168
Feb 202104157.805.55$227
Jan 202106550.412.81$183
Dec 2020012544.642.68$334
Nov 2020013538.772.71$365
Oct 2020012336.972.48$305
Sep 2020012437.091.99$247
Aug 2020015639.982.39$372
Jul 2020014738.371.83$268
Jun 2020012634.901.69$213
May 2020015116.921.81$274
Apr 2020016114.751.80$291
Mar 2020013730.341.86$254
Feb 2020016049.881.98$317
Jan 2020014957.252.09$312
Dec 2019018459.012.30$424
Nov 2019011855.302.75$325
Oct 2019014253.472.42$343
Sep 2019013655.052.66$361
Aug 2019013553.112.30$311
Jul 2019011156.272.46$273
Jun 2019013252.782.49$329
May 2019014658.482.74$400
Apr 2019015662.632.75$429
Mar 2019017056.803.06$521
Feb 2019014850.852.79$413
Jan 2019016946.033.23$546
Dec 2018017246.594.19$720
Nov 2018028552.934.24$1,208
Oct 2018011661.443.40$394
Sep 2018019259.543.11$597
Aug 2018015659.403.07$478
Jul 2018015265.142.93$446
Jun 2018019260.183.08$591
May 2018016265.382.90$470
Apr 2018019263.842.90$557
Mar 2018019861.222.79$552
Feb 2018016361.782.77$451
Jan 2018021662.874.01$866
Dec 20171021157.272.92$1,189
Nov 2017018855.423.12$586
Oct 2017015849.292.98$471
Sep 2017017847.523.09$550
Aug 2017020045.373.00$601
Jul 201706643.873.09$204
Jun 2017010542.493.09$324
May 2017023645.373.26$770
Apr 2017016947.933.21$543
Mar 2017019746.772.98$588
Feb 2017037750.452.95$1,113
Jan 201704949.413.42$168
Dec 2016010948.763.72$406
Nov 2016018742.492.64$494
Oct 2016021846.193.09$674
Sep 2016023141.553.10$716
Aug 2016018841.442.92$550
Jul 2016019641.622.92$573
Jun 2016020145.352.69$540
May 2016018842.521.99$374
Apr 2016024036.561.99$478
Mar 2016011333.011.79$203
Feb 2016017126.472.06$353
Jan 2016023327.352.36$551
Dec 2015029132.362.00$582
Nov 2015017438.792.17$377
Oct 2015017343.552.43$420
Sep 2015028942.992.76$797
Aug 201517865540.162.87$9,030
Jul 2015026148.152.95$769
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 201502655.212.96$77
Apr 2015022749.822.71$614
Mar 2015020742.892.93$607
Feb 2015039144.662.98$1,164
Jan 2015036043.433.10$1,116
Dec 2014028254.693.59$1,013
Nov 2014022070.464.25$935
Oct 2014032178.303.90$1,252
Sep 2014044286.164.05$1,788
Aug 2014027189.394.04$1,094
Jul 2014011796.564.18$489
Jun 2014034298.164.74$1,620
May 201401394.734.73$61
Apr 201407395.944.81$351
Mar 2014021395.895.06$1,077
Feb 2014019997.406.19$1,232
Jan 2014027190.404.86$1,317
Dec 2013022591.824.35$980
Nov 2013024688.853.74$920
Oct 2013027197.423.78$1,024
Sep 20130382104.113.72$1,420
Aug 20130104104.253.52$366
Jul 20130225102.523.72$836
Jun 2013028094.403.93$1,101
May 2013037094.834.15$1,535
Apr 2013039393.964.28$1,683
Mar 2013038293.623.91$1,495
Feb 2013035391.233.42$1,207
Jan 2013055791.603.42$1,905
Dec 2012038586.773.42$1,317
Nov 2012049286.953.62$1,783
Oct 2012033589.383.40$1,139
Sep 2012031794.672.92$925
Aug 2012034992.662.91$1,015
Jul 2012037685.133.02$1,136
Jun 2012040679.822.52$1,023
May 2012030691.612.49$761
Apr 20120410101.652.00$819
Mar 201247601105.052.22$6,273
Feb 20120290101.102.57$745
Jan 2012021298.092.73$580
Dec 2011030396.873.24$982
Nov 2011032795.723.31$1,083
Oct 2011044084.983.65$1,605
Sep 2011029883.623.99$1,188
Aug 2011049083.404.15$2,033
Jul 2011046794.144.52$2,110
Jun 2011035892.904.64$1,661
May 2011052298.134.40$2,299
Apr 20110324105.964.33$1,404
Mar 2011033396.364.06$1,351
Feb 2011037885.644.18$1,580
Jan 2011055786.504.59$2,556
Dec 2010036485.734.35$1,583
Nov 2010036380.843.80$1,378
Oct 2010062378.103.51$2,186
Sep 2010025472.633.98$1,011
Aug 2010059773.684.42$2,638
Jul 2010061672.554.74$2,918
Jun 2010037670.364.91$1,846
May 2010068571.124.24$2,901
Apr 2010035281.694.12$1,451
Mar 2010033578.394.39$1,470
Feb 2010044073.585.44$2,395
Jan 201006974.365.96$412
Dec 2009013271.445.48$724
Nov 2009045174.593.75$1,692
Oct 2009068572.544.11$2,816
Sep 2009057165.543.06$1,750
Aug 2009091667.423.22$2,948
Jul 2009052061.133.46$1,802
Jun 2009094766.163.90$3,689
May 2009081754.743.93$3,207
Apr 2009062546.773.59$2,242
Mar 200901,02842.144.06$4,173
Feb 2009077932.814.63$3,609
Jan 2009092935.865.37$4,990
Dec 200801,00837.105.98$6,025
Nov 2008085055.496.86$5,831
Oct 2008069275.246.92$4,790
Sep 20080566101.767.88$4,458
Aug 20080926114.228.48$7,855
Jul 20080282131.0811.39$3,212
Jun 20080521131.3313.03$6,790
May 20080672123.1711.57$7,778
Apr 20080979110.3110.45$10,235
Mar 200802,263101.909.66$21,870
Feb 200801,93492.538.77$16,962
Jan 200801,55390.388.21$12,744
Dec 200704,96788.337.30$36,269

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.

Oct 2025 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 59.38 =         $0
Gas                   18 Mcf  × $  3.30 =        $59

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Month total                                      $59

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/233164 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.