BENTSEN BROS. - STATE

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

Gas lease lease 67228District 04Field 50700620NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$44.9 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$462 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
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 118 leases and 118 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
600 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 2006-03-28.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: TEST, THE PREVIOUS TEST MUST BE USED.

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
NGPA2none

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
CondensateDisposition183,384 bbl$5,328,063
GasProduction13,310,477 Mcf$39,532,526
Total$44,860,588

3,290,889 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 47 months, carries no value here. No free Texas wellhead gas price exists before 1997, so those months are left out of the total rather than valued at zero. The total above is therefore a floor, not an estimate.

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 26.5720, -98.5053. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.57197, -98.50532 · 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
10,355 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 10,355 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1995
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-42701329410,355 ftNov 1995

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 (401)

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

401 months

May 202605,804106.413.05$17,678
Apr 202607,76898.932.87$22,292
Mar 202609,41089.753.15$29,636
Feb 202609,37563.503.75$35,159
Jan 2026010,63059.138.00$85,018
Dec 2025011,04056.664.41$48,723
Nov 2025011,09758.593.93$43,572
Oct 2025011,88359.383.30$39,271
Sep 2025011,61462.743.08$35,735
Aug 2025011,08163.933.01$33,407
Jul 2025011,21066.743.32$37,163
Jun 2025010,97266.483.13$34,328
May 2025011,85360.553.23$38,313
Apr 2025011,95862.363.54$42,369
Mar 2025012,05967.704.27$51,472
Feb 2025010,95970.884.34$47,571
Jan 2025011,59974.324.28$49,628
Dec 2024010,88468.993.12$33,973
Nov 202409,09869.052.20$20,001
Oct 202409,27471.372.28$21,158
Sep 202404,06469.612.36$9,609
Aug 202403,28675.632.06$6,781
Jul 202402,05979.932.15$4,420
Jun 202401,67678.082.63$4,415
May 202401,63978.812.20$3,603
Apr 202401,59984.451.66$2,653
Mar 202401,66080.301.55$2,565
Feb 202401,71076.091.78$3,050
Jan 202401,98073.023.30$6,529
Dec 202301,67171.262.61$4,363
Nov 202301,85877.892.81$5,216
Oct 202302,17685.443.09$6,718
Sep 202301,97989.042.74$5,413
Aug 202302,06180.522.67$5,509
Jul 202302,16974.852.64$5,730
Jun 202302,09668.962.26$4,734
May 202302,45270.622.23$5,462
Apr 202302,35578.122.24$5,270
Mar 202302,52572.852.39$6,043
Feb 202302,24275.112.47$5,528
Jan 202302,22676.533.39$7,541
Dec 202212,27576.415.73$13,110
Nov 202252,42685.005.65$14,123
Oct 2022153,12587.185.86$19,632
Sep 2022112,71284.888.16$23,074
Aug 2022102,94694.529.13$27,834
Jul 2022123,203101.587.54$25,376
Jun 2022103,500115.097.98$29,071
May 2022143,741109.378.43$33,079
Apr 2022163,516104.226.84$25,709
Mar 2022173,677108.885.08$20,517
Feb 2022153,82491.054.86$19,946
Jan 2022175,54481.844.54$26,548
Dec 2021186,80171.323.90$27,802
Nov 2021247,84277.435.24$42,926
Oct 2021507,91779.795.71$49,226
Sep 2021157,03169.865.35$38,670
Aug 2021158,43566.024.22$36,591
Jul 2021168,88670.783.98$36,517
Jun 2021207,05769.493.38$25,247
May 20212110,44363.483.02$32,847
Apr 2021185,11260.362.76$15,188
Mar 2021202,83861.302.72$8,937
Feb 2021153,08457.805.55$17,977
Jan 2021195,84150.412.81$17,373
Dec 202097,54644.642.68$20,591
Nov 202006,44738.772.71$17,449
Oct 202006,57136.972.48$16,286
Sep 202003,64037.091.99$7,247
Aug 202003,55939.982.39$8,489
Jul 202003,87638.371.83$7,074
Jun 202004,17034.901.69$7,049
May 202004,99516.921.81$9,065
Apr 202005,45314.751.80$9,839
Mar 202006,04030.341.86$11,212
Feb 202007,60549.881.98$15,063
Jan 202008,65257.252.09$18,124
Dec 201907,38159.012.30$17,008
Nov 201907,30555.302.75$20,094
Oct 201908,55853.472.42$20,698
Sep 201908,94455.052.66$23,767
Aug 2019010,03453.112.30$23,122
Jul 201906,50956.272.46$16,013
Jun 2019010,49852.782.49$26,153
May 2019011,65958.482.74$31,949
Apr 2019011,22262.632.75$30,868
Mar 2019011,47856.803.06$35,147
Feb 2019010,10550.852.79$28,215
Jan 2019011,79046.033.23$38,060
Dec 2018112,29646.594.19$51,511
Nov 2018129,29152.934.24$40,003
Oct 2018138,73961.443.40$30,495
Sep 2018137,79559.543.11$25,001
Aug 2018139,28959.403.07$29,257
Jul 20181311,72565.142.93$35,223
Jun 2018189,98760.183.08$31,812
May 20181758,63665.382.90$36,493
Apr 20182379,15663.842.90$41,690
Mar 201823810,70361.222.79$44,398
Feb 201822510,53561.782.77$43,042
Jan 201823213,08362.874.01$67,040
Dec 201723014,59657.272.92$55,815
Nov 201720613,40555.423.12$53,218
Oct 2017913,60749.292.98$41,043
Sep 201711514,72947.523.09$50,937
Aug 201718211,79145.373.00$43,682
Jul 201721114,45643.873.09$53,886
Jun 201719514,25342.493.09$52,289
May 201721713,77445.373.26$54,795
Apr 201745913,90247.933.21$66,648
Mar 201732214,77246.772.98$59,135
Feb 201725711,72550.452.95$47,585
Jan 201746013,99449.413.42$70,571
Dec 201631710,91748.763.72$56,099
Nov 201621511,50042.492.64$39,545
Oct 2016614,45346.193.09$44,941
Sep 2016614,22641.553.10$44,359
Aug 2016715,94641.442.92$46,922
Jul 2016716,87341.622.92$49,634
Jun 2016615,41645.352.69$41,677
May 2016917,84542.521.99$35,913
Apr 20162317,51336.561.99$35,710
Mar 20162417,63733.011.79$32,433
Feb 20162217,04426.472.06$35,755
Jan 20162317,85827.352.36$42,852
Dec 20152218,32332.362.00$37,384
Nov 20152317,30638.792.17$38,400
Oct 20154218,81443.552.43$47,483
Sep 201520919,31742.992.76$62,269
Aug 201521219,93540.162.87$65,777
Jul 201521816,79948.152.95$59,971
Jun 201529718,06756.152.88$68,761
May 201529219,32155.212.96$73,224
Apr 201526617,49849.822.71$60,612
Mar 201525916,12542.892.93$58,431
Feb 201525415,67044.662.98$57,981
Jan 201531119,02443.433.10$72,493
Dec 201430217,90254.693.59$80,809
Nov 201426216,89670.464.25$90,300
Oct 201428318,18978.303.90$93,113
Sep 201428118,04486.164.05$97,207
Aug 201431418,98089.394.04$104,655
Jul 201426318,54196.564.18$102,889
Jun 201426018,39998.164.74$112,675
May 201431119,56894.734.73$121,950
Apr 201430218,34295.944.81$117,183
Mar 201431918,98295.895.06$126,577
Feb 201431718,74897.406.19$146,963
Jan 201434820,43390.404.86$130,778
Dec 201335720,60091.824.35$122,482
Nov 201328419,85788.853.74$99,464
Oct 201330019,94397.423.78$104,598
Sep 201328019,361104.113.72$101,130
Aug 201330621,446104.253.52$107,446
Jul 201330821,004102.523.72$109,664
Jun 201331823,92294.403.93$124,114
May 201335723,52394.834.15$131,453
Apr 201334722,35193.964.28$128,324
Mar 201337923,32593.623.91$126,750
Feb 201334221,79891.233.42$105,748
Jan 201342024,45491.603.42$122,102
Dec 201241525,81786.773.42$124,308
Nov 201216586.953.62$1,409
Oct 201228917,73789.383.40$86,131
Sep 201237223,00094.672.92$102,340
Aug 201231919,56192.662.91$86,445
Jul 201232819,36885.133.02$86,429
Jun 201233020,55679.822.52$78,122
May 201232620,91791.612.49$81,913
Apr 201227418,083101.652.00$63,960
Mar 20129213,456105.052.22$39,565
Feb 201232519,970101.102.57$84,185
Jan 201238823,06698.092.73$101,123
Dec 201141023,58596.873.24$116,126
Nov 201136223,19995.723.31$111,469
Oct 201137324,13884.983.65$119,766
Sep 201137125,40983.623.99$132,298
Aug 201134824,79683.404.15$131,910
Jul 201134925,32594.144.52$147,254
Jun 201136323,53992.904.64$142,941
May 201137525,41398.134.40$148,738
Apr 20112331,127105.964.33$137,319
Mar 20112521,04896.364.06$87,808
Feb 20112618,88085.644.18$81,145
Jan 20112821,84086.504.59$102,641
Dec 20103320,69985.734.35$92,823
Nov 20103326,66180.843.80$103,855
Oct 20103529,54678.103.51$106,407
Sep 201021521,09172.633.98$99,546
Aug 201028033,35873.684.42$168,051
Jul 201024127,70172.554.74$148,690
Jun 201025331,02270.364.91$170,132
May 201033932,44271.124.24$161,509
Apr 201038436,04881.694.12$179,984
Mar 201051733,51978.394.39$187,631
Feb 201040430,72973.585.44$196,965
Jan 201043531,80874.365.96$222,052
Dec 200943033,22571.445.48$212,917
Nov 200945635,08074.593.75$165,616
Oct 200939829,13472.544.11$148,619
Sep 20093427,49565.543.06$86,494
Aug 20094329,44767.423.22$97,674
Jul 20094528,21761.133.46$100,509
Jun 20094426,86066.163.90$107,531
May 20095625,97154.743.93$105,021
Apr 200914225,96446.773.59$99,787
Mar 200911727,48542.144.06$116,492
Feb 200911324,69432.814.63$118,115
Jan 200912226,44335.865.37$146,400
Dec 200810227,48737.105.98$168,078
Nov 20086621,61355.496.86$151,935
Oct 20085919,80875.246.92$141,550
Sep 200814118,786101.767.88$162,327
Aug 200812712,032114.228.48$116,574
Jul 200818213,748131.0811.39$180,438
Jun 200820815,478131.3313.03$229,036
May 200816816,339123.1711.57$209,805
Apr 200812115,166110.3110.45$171,906
Mar 200810813,074101.909.66$137,353
Feb 200811614,72592.538.77$139,880
Jan 200810920,34690.388.21$176,805
Dec 200724533,14688.337.30$263,672
Nov 200711231,71691.677.29$241,531
Oct 20071710,17782.856.92$71,853
Sep 20073623,65575.846.24$150,436
Aug 20076334,77669.066.39$226,498
Jul 200724333,43270.906.39$230,790
Jun 200736935,23062.007.55$288,810
May 200737237,09458.747.85$312,901
Apr 200713215,86759.617.81$131,714
Mar 200731534,28356.927.30$268,263
Feb 200730933,13755.108.22$289,279
Jan 200723236,16550.306.73$254,946
Dec 200632749,24956.656.92$359,251
Nov 200619634,84254.207.62$276,031
Oct 200618337,56254.906.01$235,937
Sep 200617336,48660.085.04$194,181
Aug 200616635,97468.717.34$275,452
Jul 200616835,76369.376.34$238,490
Jun 200615935,29066.286.38$235,826
May 200611523,43866.016.42$158,180
Apr 200611722,71364.397.36$174,712
Mar 200611921,37356.707.08$158,131
Feb 200612923,30957.597.75$188,100
Jan 200615424,31860.598.93$226,571
Dec 200515228,04454.9413.42$384,572
Nov 200513625,51654.6910.59$277,611
Oct 200511522,38758.3413.80$315,555
Sep 200512624,58461.4512.08$304,693
Aug 200513924,43761.519.80$247,955
Jul 200512923,56055.697.84$191,980
Jun 200513122,70352.337.38$174,427
May 200513922,50445.226.65$155,963
Apr 200515422,74149.207.36$174,961
Mar 200515124,38650.377.15$182,085
Feb 200516423,95845.226.31$158,637
Jan 200520727,08843.166.32$180,190
Dec 200417725,89739.866.75$181,888
Nov 20041424,46945.286.33$155,533
Oct 20041931,78949.706.52$208,053
Sep 20042431,72043.245.28$168,643
Aug 20043133,54242.375.55$187,494
Jul 200422431,74338.286.08$201,705
Jun 200425734,58836.106.43$231,783
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20041293432.455.51$5,535
Jan 200418719,46932.036.30$128,637
Dec 200339736,72830.266.30$243,460
Nov 200342541,77328.804.60$204,194
Oct 200334838,10528.174.76$191,169
Sep 200339043,91926.314.75$218,848
Aug 200337445,08529.765.13$242,404
Jul 200348841,52529.415.17$229,071
Jun 200357742,09928.565.98$268,356
May 200351344,86526.595.97$281,605
Apr 200346141,83026.675.41$238,481
Mar 200355144,40831.146.10$287,871
Feb 200355939,68433.487.93$333,246
Jan 200338442,25030.315.58$247,480
Dec 200231745,72126.914.85$230,449
Nov 200235341,98024.664.14$182,375
Oct 200232842,85726.464.23$189,926
Sep 200235141,22327.443.64$159,485
Aug 200232235,27925.963.16$119,988
Jul 200246336,97824.583.06$124,598
Jun 200257745,06623.733.34$164,133
May 200247933,15324.663.58$130,632
Apr 200262844,07223.653.51$169,647
Mar 200284050,66822.003.10$175,689
Feb 200277246,32418.222.38$124,117
Jan 20023151,08417.172.38$121,892
Dec 20012852,80516.932.36$125,326
Nov 20012752,37918.072.41$126,487
Oct 20013152,67419.782.53$133,819
Sep 20013552,11624.262.25$118,179
Aug 20013957,47224.873.05$176,441
Jul 20015455,49223.933.20$178,705
Jun 200150949,68824.563.82$202,516
May 200158651,69825.524.31$237,635
Apr 200162850,84424.685.34$286,768
Mar 200169652,17024.545.38$297,569
Feb 200161944,40527.755.77$273,264
Jan 200172048,96827.478.40$431,049
Dec 200077749,27126.889.12$470,360
Nov 200071750,91832.215.66$311,189
Oct 200084852,91731.235.15$298,767
Sep 200078552,16031.875.19$295,546
Aug 200084554,68629.644.54$273,361
Jul 200059456,28628.534.09$247,142
Jun 200066354,48829.304.40$259,023
May 200071860,47427.263.68$242,102
Apr 200075156,35524.513.12$194,009
Mar 200086259,96628.422.86$195,986
Feb 200068859,49327.622.73$181,210
Jan 200087863,22225.272.48$179,009
Dec 199988362,63524.282.42$173,249
Nov 199984161,69023.192.43$169,656
Oct 199994864,91920.982.80$201,903
Sep 199974163,58221.752.62$182,628
Aug 199961567,57119.262.88$206,152
Jul 199993966,09017.892.37$173,589
Jun 19991,01666,21415.942.36$172,599
May 19991,01975,22715.792.32$190,693
Apr 19991,19075,08015.102.21$183,749
Mar 19991,26971,55112.471.84$147,359
Feb 19991,39167,5159.981.82$136,610
Jan 19991,98484,08210.381.90$180,346
Dec 19982,01085,8749.201.77$170,774
Nov 19982,03884,36510.892.19$206,592
Oct 19981,99495,54712.421.97$212,918
Sep 19981,84989,42412.592.08$209,515
Aug 19981,70494,36911.301.91$199,250
Jul 19981,63995,09811.742.24$232,002
Jun 19981,80995,78111.242.24$234,621
May 19981,957103,50712.622.21$253,069
Apr 19982,158103,18313.042.51$286,648
Mar 19982,461107,58712.802.31$279,967
Feb 19982,269101,68513.952.30$265,440
Jan 19982,864113,42314.702.15$286,504
Dec 19970110,52616.322.41$266,489
Nov 19972,026116,80218.193.09$397,568
Oct 19972,902126,54819.253.15$454,467
Sep 19971,56681,71317.742.95$269,233
Aug 19971,42094,53717.862.55$266,879
Jul 1997995103,17117.582.25$249,311
Jun 1997991105,09217.242.26$254,299
May 19971,038108,43918.972.31$270,022
Apr 19971,288118,14917.882.08$269,108
Mar 19971,585118,23918.951.94$259,318
Feb 19971,422110,87020.492.21$273,705
Jan 1997751108,61223.483.54$402,087
Dec 1996984118,72223.32$22,947
Nov 19961,332111,18521.97$29,264
Oct 19961,581119,43723.31$36,853
Sep 19961,700123,39322.22$37,774
Aug 19962,234131,46520.26$45,261
Jul 19962,591141,61219.55$50,654
Jun 19963,078146,34318.73$57,651
May 19963,496155,09319.43$67,927
Apr 19963,927167,91021.51$84,470
Mar 19964,459188,08419.38$86,415
Feb 19964,512190,83316.98$76,614
Jan 19967,082209,48217.07$120,890
Dec 19957,673219,53017.19$131,899
Nov 19956,342169,42416.00$101,472
Oct 199512713,25315.43$1,960
Sep 199535326,38216.18$5,712
Aug 19953015.92$48
Jul 19958518,87115.24$1,295
Jun 199517236,49516.41$2,823
May 199516534,53717.56$2,897
Apr 199528125,55917.73$4,982
Mar 199543836,08316.44$7,201
Feb 199546033,36216.58$7,627
Jan 199542233,48615.92$6,718
Dec 199449929,83515.03$7,500
Nov 199461731,49915.90$9,810
Oct 199454332,48815.58$8,460
Sep 199471032,52715.29$10,856
Aug 199457931,40416.13$9,339
Jul 199424532,89917.56$4,302
Jun 199427534,24117.09$4,700
May 199427034,24415.88$4,288
Apr 199433931,95514.14$4,793
Mar 199432371,66312.46$4,025
Feb 199431027,88012.50$3,875
Jan 199453038,78412.66$6,710
Dec 199372242,20612.33$8,902
Nov 19931,26046,97814.49$18,257
Oct 19931,18635,84615.85$18,798
Sep 199391434,21815.03$13,737
Aug 199392733,90415.66$14,517
Jul 199391432,80215.46$14,130
Jun 199393528,54416.79$15,699
May 199368132,11017.68$12,040
Apr 199382032,97418.05$14,801
Mar 199393930,41718.14$17,033
Feb 19931,07429,28217.90$19,225
Jan 19931,24931,64816.93$21,146

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                5,804 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $17,678

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Month total                                  $17,678

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/67228 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.