HOPKINS, M. A. GAS UNIT

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 73662District 04Field 45841050NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$37.5 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$287 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 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
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
CondensateDisposition79,416 bbl$2,989,490
GasProduction9,270,212 Mcf$34,546,058
Total$37,535,548

1,947,176 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 26.4680, -98.3997. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.46799, -98.39969 · 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
14,437 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 14,437 ft.

Completions filed
Oct 2004
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-21530431514,437 ftOct 2004

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 202606,668106.413.05$20,310
Apr 202606,15498.932.87$17,660
Mar 202606,63589.753.15$20,897
Feb 202605,96863.503.75$22,382
Jan 202606,93259.138.00$55,442
Dec 202505,94256.664.41$26,224
Nov 202506,22158.593.93$24,426
Oct 202505,84259.383.30$19,307
Sep 202506,00262.743.08$18,468
Aug 202506,38563.933.01$19,249
Jul 202506,55566.743.32$21,731
Jun 202506,60666.483.13$20,668
May 202506,85060.553.23$22,141
Apr 202506,18962.363.54$21,928
Mar 202506,17467.704.27$26,353
Feb 202506,14770.884.34$26,683
Jan 202506,06374.324.28$25,942
Dec 202407,13568.993.12$22,271
Nov 202406,53469.052.20$14,365
Oct 202406,13371.372.28$13,992
Sep 202406,87669.612.36$16,257
Aug 202406,80075.632.06$14,033
Jul 202406,82079.932.15$14,640
Jun 202406,65478.082.63$17,527
May 202406,55178.812.20$14,402
Apr 202406,23884.451.66$10,350
Mar 202407,28980.301.55$11,262
Feb 202407,12576.091.78$12,708
Jan 202407,23273.023.30$23,849
Dec 202307,20671.262.61$18,813
Nov 202305,87577.892.81$16,494
Oct 202307,30585.443.09$22,553
Sep 202308,28689.042.74$22,663
Aug 202308,72180.522.67$23,310
Jul 202309,26274.852.64$24,468
Jun 202307,59368.962.26$17,149
May 202308,31570.622.23$18,521
Apr 202307,81578.122.24$17,488
Mar 202307,37472.852.39$17,647
Feb 202306,77675.112.47$16,707
Jan 202307,82076.533.39$26,492
Dec 202207,50776.415.73$43,008
Nov 202206,57485.005.65$37,118
Oct 202206,79787.185.86$39,856
Sep 202206,75484.888.16$55,137
Aug 202207,67594.529.13$70,051
Jul 202258,118101.587.54$61,735
Jun 2022297,812115.097.98$65,656
May 2022577,402109.378.43$68,655
Apr 2022557,155104.226.84$54,655
Mar 2022646,274108.885.08$38,818
Feb 2022615,33791.054.86$31,486
Jan 2022646,74481.844.54$35,840
Dec 2021686,38571.323.90$29,746
Nov 2021705,84277.435.24$36,014
Oct 2021736,93879.795.71$45,468
Sep 2021586,21269.865.35$37,292
Aug 2021626,94466.024.22$33,401
Jul 2021727,80870.783.98$36,188
Jun 2021707,10569.493.38$28,884
May 2021787,78563.483.02$28,444
Apr 2021746,55360.362.76$22,543
Mar 2021797,25961.302.72$24,565
Feb 2021696,21257.805.55$38,452
Jan 2021817,84350.412.81$26,124
Dec 2020847,78844.642.68$24,586
Nov 2020858,03538.772.71$25,043
Oct 2020847,96136.972.48$22,836
Sep 2020817,25637.091.99$17,451
Aug 2020907,89839.982.39$22,436
Jul 2020907,64938.371.83$17,414
Jun 2020978,01034.901.69$16,925
May 2020879,01316.921.81$17,828
Apr 2020718,23914.751.80$15,914
Mar 2020938,36730.341.86$18,353
Feb 20201118,20649.881.98$21,790
Jan 2020478,42357.252.09$20,335
Dec 2019289,38359.012.30$23,274
Nov 2019297,89455.302.75$23,318
Oct 2019309,17053.472.42$23,782
Sep 2019319,46455.052.66$26,855
Aug 20193410,14753.112.30$25,188
Jul 2019519,24156.272.46$25,603
Jun 2019479,14752.782.49$25,268
May 2019529,32958.482.74$28,605
Apr 2019619,09162.632.75$28,827
Mar 20196410,67356.803.06$36,317
Feb 2019519,78850.852.79$29,924
Jan 2019599,69946.033.23$34,026
Dec 20187710,60346.594.19$47,966
Nov 20188010,16352.934.24$47,297
Oct 20188211,09961.443.40$42,753
Sep 20187210,64959.543.11$37,384
Aug 20187910,45859.403.07$36,763
Jul 2018839,76265.142.93$34,028
Jun 20188810,02960.183.08$36,154
May 201810810,83465.382.90$38,488
Apr 201810010,13163.842.90$35,772
Mar 201811910,33861.222.79$36,096
Feb 201810910,15161.782.77$34,813
Jan 201811610,43062.874.01$49,110
Dec 201712911,14257.272.92$39,939
Nov 201712111,08655.423.12$41,276
Oct 201713511,39849.292.98$40,662
Sep 201713410,33447.523.09$38,272
Aug 201712210,14545.373.00$36,015
Jul 201712212,47443.873.09$43,863
Jun 20179011,79242.493.09$40,229
May 20177813,32945.373.26$47,037
Apr 201713814,24047.933.21$52,348
Mar 201715415,16646.772.98$52,453
Feb 201714314,52850.452.95$50,110
Jan 201717316,11849.413.42$63,652
Dec 201618116,81148.763.72$71,410
Nov 201617616,84642.492.64$52,025
Oct 201617517,37746.193.09$61,783
Sep 201618119,68741.553.10$68,563
Aug 2016320,42541.442.92$59,854
Jul 201612513,99441.622.92$46,126
Jun 2016636,33245.352.69$19,864
May 2016565,37242.521.99$13,077
Apr 201612511,46536.561.99$27,397
Mar 201613111,25333.011.79$24,512
Feb 20161277,48526.472.06$18,808
Jan 20161409,32527.352.36$25,877
Dec 20151499,15632.362.00$23,147
Nov 20151559,74838.792.17$27,140
Oct 20151489,65743.552.43$29,879
Sep 2015805,13642.992.76$17,606
Aug 20151409,04640.162.87$31,607
Jul 20151167,27848.152.95$27,020
Jun 2015915,45256.152.88$20,827
May 20152178,34155.212.96$36,632
Apr 20151368,12849.822.71$28,775
Mar 20151498,42942.892.93$31,127
Feb 20151357,77444.662.98$29,166
Jan 201520011,09743.433.10$43,094
Dec 201420412,09754.693.59$54,601
Nov 201418811,57470.464.25$62,457
Oct 20141479,56778.303.90$48,831
Sep 20141167,07286.164.05$38,604
Aug 20141187,04789.394.04$38,984
Jul 20141518,57496.564.18$50,416
Jun 20141478,14098.164.74$52,988
May 201419810,34094.734.73$67,629
Apr 201424812,66295.944.81$84,686
Mar 201429713,88595.895.06$98,693
Feb 201430714,10797.406.19$117,252
Jan 201437516,72190.404.86$115,176
Dec 201335616,57691.824.35$104,868
Nov 201333217,24788.853.74$93,972
Oct 201338820,80897.423.78$116,440
Sep 201332517,798104.113.72$100,004
Aug 201336420,515104.253.52$110,213
Jul 201339421,907102.523.72$121,837
Jun 201340821,98394.403.93$124,983
May 201341922,04194.834.15$131,184
Apr 201339121,89893.964.28$130,519
Mar 201338724,36893.623.91$131,580
Feb 201337523,26091.233.42$113,758
Jan 201341525,70891.603.42$125,933
Dec 201227518,26886.773.42$86,341
Nov 2012845,76186.953.62$28,187
Oct 2012915,99189.383.40$28,501
Sep 20121006,48694.672.92$28,396
Aug 2012986,19592.662.91$27,097
Jul 20121207,53985.133.02$32,989
Jun 201216410,60779.822.52$39,810
May 2012835,11891.612.49$20,339
Apr 20121056,889101.652.00$24,429
Mar 20121626,637105.052.22$31,766
Feb 20121066,622101.102.57$27,737
Jan 2012996,73598.092.73$28,125
Dec 20111158,26796.873.24$37,923
Nov 20111117,69695.723.31$36,109
Oct 20111308,99384.983.65$43,859
Sep 20111189,34583.623.99$47,114
Aug 2011362,62983.404.15$13,911
Jul 2011916,88594.144.52$39,668
Jun 20111097,66092.904.64$45,668
May 2011987,65298.134.40$43,322
Apr 201107,739105.964.33$33,535
Mar 201108,23996.364.06$33,428
Feb 201105,92785.644.18$24,775
Jan 201107,46286.504.59$34,241
Dec 201007,52885.734.35$32,730
Nov 201008,11680.843.80$30,803
Oct 201008,73078.103.51$30,633
Sep 201009,44672.633.98$37,590
Aug 201007,87173.684.42$34,785
Jul 201004,42172.554.74$20,940
Jun 201005,78370.364.91$28,397
May 201005,29271.124.24$22,413
Apr 201005,71581.694.12$23,561
Mar 201006,84078.394.39$30,019
Feb 201004,81873.585.44$26,221
Jan 201008,07174.365.96$48,136
Dec 200908,12571.445.48$44,555
Nov 200908,60274.593.75$32,270
Oct 200908,93272.544.11$36,713
Sep 200909,14565.543.06$28,027
Aug 2009011,33167.423.22$36,469
Jul 200909,04961.133.46$31,350
Jun 200908,14666.163.90$31,729
May 200907,17354.743.93$28,159
Apr 200906,39446.773.59$22,938
Mar 200937,18242.144.06$29,278
Feb 2009828,82732.814.63$43,586
Jan 200910210,24235.865.37$58,668
Dec 2008808,25037.105.98$52,279
Nov 200810410,64555.496.86$78,799
Oct 200810110,65475.246.92$81,346
Sep 200810510,865101.767.88$96,269
Aug 200810613,078114.228.48$123,048
Jul 20085712,018131.0811.39$144,350
Jun 20086413,299131.3313.03$181,726
May 20086815,261123.1711.57$185,011
Apr 20087615,124110.3110.45$166,503
Mar 20087716,153101.909.66$163,950
Feb 20084711,48792.538.77$105,097
Jan 20089522,94090.388.21$196,826
Dec 20074913,14988.337.30$100,342
Nov 20076618,06591.677.29$137,775
Oct 20076017,53882.856.92$126,369
Sep 20076216,55475.846.24$108,068
Aug 20074917,77669.066.39$116,936
Jul 20074417,69370.906.39$116,141
Jun 20074518,71462.007.55$144,052
May 20074315,10158.747.85$121,012
Apr 20075418,16059.617.81$144,961
Mar 2007018,98356.927.30$138,613
Feb 2007022,12855.108.22$181,804
Jan 2007020,26550.306.73$136,320
Dec 2006022,10756.656.92$152,946
Nov 2006018,93454.207.62$144,229
Oct 2006121,74354.906.01$130,813
Sep 20065121,13160.085.04$109,505
Aug 20065120,51868.717.34$154,105
Jul 20065825,20769.376.34$163,905
Jun 20065828,88266.286.38$188,223
May 20066233,52766.016.42$219,504
Apr 20069834,16464.397.36$257,774
Mar 20068431,29756.707.08$226,437
Feb 20068729,29257.597.75$232,056
Jan 200610634,80960.598.93$317,382
Dec 200511836,13054.9413.42$491,181
Nov 200511137,05954.6910.59$398,466
Oct 200511034,46758.3413.80$481,916
Sep 200510237,21161.4512.08$455,740
Aug 200513346,02061.519.80$459,031
Jul 200512439,68655.697.84$318,188
Jun 200510055,39152.337.38$414,076
May 200511969,38145.226.65$466,845
Apr 200514774,16449.207.36$553,115
Mar 200566892,70150.377.15$696,912
Feb 2005731105,26645.226.31$697,486
Jan 2005927145,85943.166.32$962,159
Dec 2004958162,48739.866.75$1,135,149
Nov 2004961147,85945.286.33$979,524
Oct 2004985153,52749.706.52$1,049,198
Sep 200446153,90943.245.28$304,783
Aug 2004134142.375.55$1,935
Jul 2004299,58038.286.08$59,397
Jun 2004297,36836.106.43$48,445
May 2004439,52237.486.49$63,453
Apr 200413027,02534.475.86$162,806
Mar 20041219,62334.365.53$108,930
Feb 2004711,95432.455.51$66,089
Jan 200423,50132.036.30$22,119
Dec 200336,58530.266.30$41,587
Nov 200339,21028.804.60$42,408
Oct 200346,33528.174.76$30,265
Sep 200312020,55026.314.75$100,757
Aug 200314325,64029.765.13$135,782
Jul 200314024,19329.415.17$129,216
Jun 200319131,79428.565.98$195,677
May 200320332,67726.595.97$200,567
Apr 200322335,11726.675.41$195,835
Mar 2003028,58331.146.10$174,243
Feb 2003031,49833.487.93$249,649
Jan 2003036,86830.315.58$205,799
Dec 2002038,32926.914.85$186,040
Nov 2002033,27424.664.14$137,653
Oct 2002036,19026.464.23$153,052
Sep 20022640,88027.443.64$149,320
Aug 200214033,41925.963.16$109,377
Jul 200215232,96624.583.06$104,670
Jun 200215738,76323.733.34$133,126
May 200215334,86424.663.58$128,726
Apr 200213830,24723.653.51$109,501
Mar 20022735,96922.003.10$112,196
Feb 20022632,70018.222.38$78,158
Jan 20023035,07217.172.38$83,835
Dec 20014042,54116.932.36$101,261
Nov 20013843,37018.072.41$105,014
Oct 20014749,16519.782.53$125,262
Sep 200112048,26524.262.25$111,571
Aug 200111649,31624.873.05$153,455
Jul 200110548,30323.933.20$156,941
Jun 200110446,49324.563.82$180,351
May 200111552,84525.524.31$230,555
Apr 200112252,50724.685.34$283,153
Mar 200164255,60924.545.38$314,733
Feb 200158752,54927.755.77$319,344
Jan 200176660,95927.478.40$533,022
Dec 200083661,72826.889.12$585,585
Nov 200087461,56232.215.66$376,469
Oct 200094166,98031.235.15$374,033
Sep 20001,01368,94131.875.19$389,847
Aug 20001,03579,47229.644.54$391,540
Jul 20001,14088,05028.534.09$392,627
Jun 20001,21891,45729.304.40$437,847
May 20001,15192,09827.263.68$370,274
Apr 200097476,58624.513.12$262,515
Mar 20001,70887,05528.422.86$297,497
Feb 20001,83988,06127.622.73$290,892
Jan 20002,735110,79225.272.48$343,933
Dec 19993,130124,87624.282.42$378,661
Nov 19993,624146,29023.192.43$440,109
Oct 19994,083167,34920.982.80$554,859
Sep 19994,014178,92921.752.62$555,893
Aug 19993,656156,07619.262.88$519,227
Jul 199961531,87117.892.37$86,612
Jun 19990015.942.36$0
May 19990015.792.32$0
Apr 19990015.102.21$0
Mar 19990012.471.84$0
Feb 1999009.981.82$0
Jan 19990010.381.90$0
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 19980010.892.19$0
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 19980012.592.08$0
Aug 19980011.301.91$0
Jul 19980011.742.24$0
Jun 19980011.242.24$0
May 19980012.622.21$0
Apr 19980013.042.51$0
Mar 19980012.802.31$0
Feb 19980013.952.30$0
Jan 19980014.702.15$0
Dec 19970016.322.41$0
Nov 19970018.193.09$0
Oct 19970019.253.15$0
Sep 19970017.742.95$0
Aug 1997112,94417.862.55$7,718
Jul 199710028,38917.582.25$65,546
Jun 199710830,68817.242.26$71,131
May 199710831,09018.972.31$73,820
Apr 19979728,82917.882.08$61,779
Mar 19975231,46618.951.94$62,002
Feb 19974527,78320.492.21$62,209
Jan 19975331,48423.483.54$112,688
Dec 19965029,55823.32$1,166
Nov 19964929,81121.97$1,077
Oct 19965332,04023.31$1,235
Sep 19968027,30722.22$1,778
Aug 19969433,27020.26$1,904
Jul 19969634,35119.55$1,877
Jun 199611735,01318.73$2,191
May 199611435,55519.43$2,215
Apr 19968533,63921.51$1,828
Mar 199610636,13719.38$2,054
Feb 199610734,42416.98$1,817
Jan 199610529,12917.07$1,792
Dec 199511330,05817.19$1,942
Nov 199510928,31116.00$1,744
Oct 199511731,40715.43$1,805
Sep 199515231,85516.18$2,459
Aug 199517035,26815.92$2,706
Jul 199515936,99315.24$2,423
Jun 199517941,06916.41$2,937
May 199519236,40417.56$3,372
Apr 199519034,62717.73$3,369
Mar 199515235,24016.44$2,499
Feb 19958329,02216.58$1,376
Jan 19959534,97915.92$1,512
Dec 199410033,85315.03$1,503
Nov 199413035,46615.90$2,067
Oct 19949960115.58$1,542
Sep 1994307,59915.29$459
Aug 199420050,22116.13$3,226
Jul 199419947,21117.56$3,494
Jun 199418943,94117.09$3,230
May 199416038,60815.88$2,541
Apr 199422545,43414.14$3,182
Mar 199426652,67312.46$3,314
Feb 199425351,75312.50$3,163
Jan 199426358,71912.66$3,330
Dec 199328062,25312.33$3,452
Nov 199326660,19114.49$3,854
Oct 199324858,17615.85$3,931
Sep 199325157,34915.03$3,773
Aug 199325258,36515.66$3,946
Jul 19933961,75215.46$603
Jun 19934866,00316.79$806
May 199388680,22917.68$15,664
Apr 199390087,62018.05$16,245
Mar 199359354,70218.14$10,757
Feb 19931,75737617.90$31,450
Jan 19931,92938,61416.93$32,658

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                6,668 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $20,310

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Month total                                  $20,310

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/73662 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.