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

Gas lease lease 243258District 04Field 458410502 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$4.8 M
Jul 2008 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$8 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
215
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 246 leases and 246 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1995-04-25
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 2009-09-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: WITH DUPLICATE IN APRIL.

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 Gas112009-03-09190042
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
CondensateDisposition18,880 bbl$1,195,800
GasProduction713,776 Mcf$3,566,008
Total$4,761,807

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 26.5189, -98.4690. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.51889, -98.46897 · 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
11,970 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 11,970 ft.

Completions filed
Feb 2009
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-42734296F 111,970 ftFeb 2009

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 (215)

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

215 months

May 20260155106.413.05$472
Apr 2026016698.932.87$476
Mar 2026015189.753.15$476
Feb 2026012263.503.75$458
Jan 2026020759.138.00$1,656
Dec 2025015956.664.41$702
Nov 2025020058.593.93$785
Oct 2025016159.383.30$532
Sep 2025022362.743.08$686
Aug 2025018763.933.01$564
Jul 2025022166.743.32$733
Jun 2025022266.483.13$695
May 2025042860.553.23$1,383
Apr 2025089462.363.54$3,168
Mar 202501,02567.704.27$4,375
Feb 2025073570.884.34$3,191
Jan 2025099574.324.28$4,257
Dec 202401,29768.993.12$4,048
Nov 202401,47869.052.20$3,249
Oct 202401,70271.372.28$3,883
Sep 202401,59669.612.36$3,774
Aug 2024051875.632.06$1,069
Jul 2024019579.932.15$419
Jun 2024011878.082.63$311
May 2024020778.812.20$455
Apr 2024122884.451.66$463
Mar 2024028980.301.55$447
Feb 2024014676.091.78$260
Jan 2024522073.023.30$1,091
Dec 202307671.262.61$198
Nov 2023014477.892.81$404
Oct 202306685.443.09$204
Sep 202301989.042.74$52
Aug 202305180.522.67$136
Jul 20232010474.852.64$1,772
Jun 202305368.962.26$120
May 2023253170.622.23$1,835
Apr 202304278.122.24$94
Mar 2023014472.852.39$345
Feb 2023012775.112.47$313
Jan 20233019076.533.39$2,940
Dec 2022019076.415.73$1,089
Nov 2022010685.005.65$599
Oct 20224822887.185.86$5,522
Sep 2022026584.888.16$2,163
Aug 2022056294.529.13$5,129
Jul 202201,125101.587.54$8,485
Jun 202275678115.097.98$14,040
May 20220883109.378.43$7,446
Apr 2022631,264104.226.84$15,209
Mar 202201,152108.885.08$5,848
Feb 20225622991.054.86$6,211
Jan 2022028081.844.54$1,271
Dec 20215414671.323.90$4,421
Nov 2021012877.435.24$670
Oct 2021015379.795.71$874
Sep 2021064169.865.35$3,430
Aug 20216388266.024.22$7,882
Jul 202101,98270.783.98$7,892
Jun 2021611,05869.493.38$7,816
May 202102,13863.483.02$6,452
Apr 202102,83060.362.76$7,806
Mar 202102,16361.302.72$5,877
Feb 2021021557.805.55$1,193
Jan 2021025550.412.81$717
Dec 2020027244.642.68$728
Nov 2020031738.772.71$858
Oct 2020029436.972.48$729
Sep 2020018137.091.99$360
Aug 2020025439.982.39$606
Jul 2020028938.371.83$527
Jun 2020030134.901.69$509
May 2020038516.921.81$699
Apr 2020039914.751.80$720
Mar 2020042130.341.86$781
Feb 2020049849.881.98$986
Jan 2020040357.252.09$844
Dec 2019036959.012.30$850
Nov 2019041055.302.75$1,128
Oct 2019051353.472.42$1,241
Sep 2019033355.052.66$885
Aug 2019067653.112.30$1,558
Jul 2019067056.272.46$1,648
Jun 2019032452.782.49$807
May 2019072258.482.74$1,979
Apr 201901,06762.632.75$2,935
Mar 201902,40756.803.06$7,370
Feb 2019078150.852.79$2,181
Jan 2019061246.033.23$1,976
Dec 2018043246.594.19$1,808
Nov 2018043052.934.24$1,822
Oct 2018062561.443.40$2,124
Sep 2018050459.543.11$1,566
Aug 2018086859.403.07$2,662
Jul 2018075865.142.93$2,222
Jun 201801,20460.183.08$3,705
May 2018084965.382.90$2,463
Apr 2018065263.842.90$1,891
Mar 2018049961.222.79$1,391
Feb 2018057861.782.77$1,599
Jan 2018058362.874.01$2,337
Dec 2017093057.272.92$2,717
Nov 2017067455.423.12$2,102
Oct 2017064449.292.98$1,921
Sep 2017044447.523.09$1,371
Aug 2017057545.373.00$1,728
Jul 2017093643.873.09$2,890
Jun 201701,39642.493.09$4,310
May 20172677045.373.26$3,692
Apr 20176159947.933.21$4,847
Mar 20176438046.772.98$4,127
Feb 2017036950.452.95$1,090
Jan 20176440349.413.42$4,540
Dec 20166542748.763.72$4,759
Nov 20166841742.492.64$3,992
Oct 20168244846.193.09$5,172
Sep 2016043541.553.10$1,349
Aug 20169748241.442.92$5,429
Jul 2016018341.622.92$535
Jun 201610353245.352.69$6,100
May 2016088242.521.99$1,756
Apr 201610696036.561.99$5,787
Mar 201610598733.011.79$5,237
Feb 2016095226.472.06$1,965
Jan 201601,09327.352.36$2,584
Dec 201501,14132.362.00$2,284
Nov 2015042938.792.17$930
Oct 2015039743.552.43$963
Sep 20151964542.992.76$2,596
Aug 2015074140.162.87$2,129
Jul 2015055748.152.95$1,640
Jun 2015074556.152.88$2,148
May 201501,31155.212.96$3,875
Apr 2015060449.822.71$1,635
Mar 2015086942.892.93$2,550
Feb 2015078544.662.98$2,336
Jan 20151878243.433.10$3,206
Dec 20141877754.693.59$3,775
Nov 2014084570.464.25$3,593
Oct 2014181,04678.303.90$5,490
Sep 2014171,08686.164.05$5,858
Aug 2014151,00889.394.04$5,408
Jul 20143073096.564.18$5,948
Jun 2014083798.164.74$3,965
May 20141479794.734.73$5,093
Apr 20143878595.944.81$7,421
Mar 2014084495.895.06$4,268
Feb 2014471197.406.19$4,792
Jan 2014083490.404.86$4,054
Dec 2013371,25291.824.35$8,849
Nov 2013231,14588.853.74$6,324
Oct 2013301,16997.423.78$7,341
Sep 2013181,385104.113.72$7,023
Aug 2013421,421104.253.52$9,384
Jul 2013201,638102.523.72$8,140
Jun 2013561,80794.403.93$12,394
May 2013242,14094.834.15$11,155
Apr 2013511,87793.964.28$12,830
Mar 2013521,68793.623.91$11,469
Feb 2013522,44391.233.42$13,099
Jan 2013391,73691.603.42$9,509
Dec 2012402,36086.773.42$11,542
Nov 2012322,07686.953.62$10,308
Oct 2012231,28689.383.40$6,428
Sep 2012222,17194.672.92$8,419
Aug 2012161,64092.662.91$6,252
Jul 2012242,11685.133.02$8,435
Jun 2012411,82279.822.52$7,862
May 2012472,92091.612.49$11,572
Apr 2012463,067101.652.00$10,800
Mar 2012463,017105.052.22$11,536
Feb 2012542,581101.102.57$12,093
Jan 2012653,29698.092.73$15,387
Dec 2011513,37096.873.24$15,858
Nov 2011413,77095.723.31$16,408
Oct 2011412,22084.983.65$11,584
Sep 2011493,12483.623.99$16,549
Aug 2011764,15283.404.15$23,566
Jul 2011964,41794.144.52$28,990
Jun 2011844,25892.904.64$27,560
May 2011974,19898.134.40$28,010
Apr 2011594,321105.964.33$24,976
Mar 2011604,49096.364.06$23,999
Feb 20111394,29785.644.18$29,865
Jan 20111304,45586.504.59$31,688
Dec 2010874,47785.734.35$26,923
Nov 2010874,80080.843.80$25,251
Oct 2010645,31678.103.51$23,652
Sep 2010286,25572.633.98$26,925
Aug 2010513,41273.684.42$18,837
Jul 2010695,49972.554.74$31,052
Jun 20101346,17670.364.91$39,755
May 2010947,14871.124.24$36,959
Apr 20102258,30981.694.12$52,636
Mar 20102657,74178.394.39$54,746
Feb 20102199,30473.585.44$66,750
Jan 201023112,85474.365.96$93,840
Dec 20092588,97771.445.48$67,659
Nov 200924710,28274.593.75$56,997
Oct 200928411,79872.544.11$69,094
Sep 200937611,12365.543.06$58,732
Aug 200943514,36467.423.22$75,558
Jul 200999018,46861.133.46$124,501
Jun 20091,19524,40866.163.90$174,130
May 20091,40118,08354.743.93$147,680
Apr 20091,77521,51746.773.59$160,209
Mar 20091,81024,71642.144.06$176,596
Feb 20091,59920,77132.814.63$148,695
Jan 200953430,36235.865.37$182,224
Dec 200849440,64337.105.98$261,256
Nov 200855253,46055.496.86$397,385
Oct 200866479,39775.246.92$599,544
Sep 200851843,423101.767.88$394,759
Aug 20083817,795114.228.48$109,643
Jul 20084576,825131.0811.39$137,636

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                  155 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $472

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Month total                                     $472

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/243258 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.