HOWELL, J.J.

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 92087District 04Field 50700620NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$13.2 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$141 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
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
CondensateDisposition67,632 bbl$1,775,290
GasProduction5,317,298 Mcf$11,424,209
Total$13,199,499

2,132,138 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 26.5926, -98.5029. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.59256, -98.50294 · 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
9,165 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 9,165 ft.

Completions filed
Jan 1981
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4273146949,165 ftJan 1981

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 202603,052106.413.05$9,296
Apr 202602,96698.932.87$8,512
Mar 202603,14289.753.15$9,896
Feb 202602,94763.503.75$11,052
Jan 202603,20359.138.00$25,617
Dec 202503,24056.664.41$14,299
Nov 202503,11258.593.93$12,219
Oct 202503,26259.383.30$10,780
Sep 202503,00262.743.08$9,237
Aug 202503,25063.933.01$9,798
Jul 202503,20666.743.32$10,629
Jun 202503,19866.483.13$10,006
May 202503,36760.553.23$10,883
Apr 202503,22262.363.54$11,416
Mar 202503,23767.704.27$13,817
Feb 202502,94970.884.34$12,801
Jan 202503,22674.324.28$13,803
Dec 202403,34168.993.12$10,429
Nov 202403,30069.052.20$7,255
Oct 202403,44271.372.28$7,853
Sep 202403,31369.612.36$7,833
Aug 202403,39075.632.06$6,996
Jul 202403,25379.932.15$6,983
Jun 202403,23678.082.63$8,524
May 202403,12178.812.20$6,861
Apr 202403,24284.451.66$5,379
Mar 202402,99980.301.55$4,634
Feb 202402,72976.091.78$4,868
Jan 202403,06173.023.30$10,094
Dec 202303,37271.262.61$8,803
Nov 202302,51577.892.81$7,061
Oct 202303,23885.443.09$9,997
Sep 202302,52489.042.74$6,903
Aug 202303,05680.522.67$8,168
Jul 202303,19774.852.64$8,446
Jun 202303,02468.962.26$6,830
May 202303,17470.622.23$7,070
Apr 202303,11078.122.24$6,959
Mar 202302,65572.852.39$6,354
Feb 202302,64575.112.47$6,522
Jan 202302,86776.533.39$9,713
Dec 202213,09076.415.73$17,779
Nov 202293,01285.005.65$17,771
Oct 2022153,50287.185.86$21,843
Sep 2022113,55884.888.16$29,980
Aug 2022103,74794.529.13$35,145
Jul 2022123,797101.587.54$29,856
Jun 2022103,682115.097.98$30,523
May 2022143,448109.378.43$30,608
Apr 2022163,376104.226.84$24,751
Mar 2022183,381108.885.08$19,123
Feb 2022153,09791.054.86$16,414
Jan 2022173,54181.844.54$17,459
Dec 2021183,58571.323.90$15,262
Nov 2021243,30877.435.24$19,182
Oct 2021602,71979.795.71$20,323
Sep 20217461269.865.35$8,444
Aug 2021764,01866.024.22$21,976
Jul 2021763,53570.783.98$19,456
Jun 2021983,90969.493.38$20,025
May 20211014,25963.483.02$19,264
Apr 2021884,37660.362.76$17,383
Mar 2021984,33661.302.72$17,788
Feb 2021693,54957.805.55$23,678
Jan 2021864,44350.412.81$16,821
Dec 2020343,81544.642.68$11,725
Nov 202005,00338.772.71$13,541
Oct 202005,30136.972.48$13,138
Sep 202005,65037.091.99$11,249
Aug 202005,81339.982.39$13,865
Jul 202006,03138.371.83$11,007
Jun 202005,93934.901.69$10,039
May 202005,92016.921.81$10,743
Apr 202005,66814.751.80$10,227
Mar 202005,78230.341.86$10,733
Feb 202005,68049.881.98$11,250
Jan 202006,25457.252.09$13,101
Dec 201906,34259.012.30$14,614
Nov 201906,10155.302.75$16,782
Oct 201906,42853.472.42$15,546
Sep 201905,97555.052.66$15,877
Aug 201906,51453.112.30$15,011
Jul 201956,55756.272.46$16,412
Jun 20191246,29452.782.49$22,224
May 20191906,59058.482.74$29,170
Apr 20191016,63262.632.75$24,568
Mar 20191026,84956.803.06$26,766
Feb 2019956,23150.852.79$22,229
Jan 20191156,86846.033.23$27,465
Dec 20181136,69046.594.19$33,265
Nov 2018226,34452.934.24$28,046
Oct 201836,98261.443.40$23,910
Sep 201836,81159.543.11$21,347
Aug 201837,09959.403.07$21,948
Jul 201837,13965.142.93$21,126
Jun 201846,89260.183.08$21,447
May 2018637,23765.382.90$25,112
Apr 20181897,08563.842.90$32,618
Mar 20181897,35561.222.79$32,068
Feb 20181786,66761.782.77$29,439
Jan 20181857,14262.874.01$40,266
Dec 20171837,18957.272.92$31,483
Nov 20171897,40255.423.12$33,556
Oct 20173326,95549.292.98$37,116
Sep 20173177,45747.523.09$38,086
Aug 20172506,38645.373.00$30,529
Jul 20173207,45943.873.09$37,066
Jun 20172957,50142.493.09$35,692
May 20173287,42845.373.26$39,122
Apr 20174967,86247.933.21$49,023
Mar 20173418,10446.772.98$40,128
Feb 20173057,32850.452.95$37,024
Jan 20175218,22449.413.42$53,859
Dec 20163867,55848.763.72$46,959
Nov 20161726,19142.492.64$23,679
Oct 20161836,69846.193.09$29,151
Sep 20161686,39641.553.10$26,812
Aug 20161746,61941.442.92$26,567
Jul 20161767,07941.622.92$28,027
Jun 20161616,29345.352.69$24,203
May 20161977,17042.521.99$22,652
Apr 2016597,81736.561.99$17,721
Mar 201608,33133.011.79$14,946
Feb 201607,18826.472.06$14,833
Jan 201607,45227.352.36$17,619
Dec 201507,24132.362.00$14,492
Nov 201505,81838.792.17$12,610
Oct 201545,89043.552.43$14,467
Sep 2015393,55142.992.76$11,472
Aug 2015524,02240.162.87$13,641
Jul 2015614,85848.152.95$17,244
Jun 2015553,30956.152.88$12,628
May 2015583,85655.212.96$14,598
Apr 2015422,67049.822.71$9,319
Mar 2015674,26442.892.93$15,387
Feb 2015503,10044.662.98$11,459
Jan 2015643,87343.433.10$14,788
Dec 2014694,09454.693.59$18,477
Nov 2014664,25670.464.25$22,746
Oct 2014714,62978.303.90$23,617
Sep 2014583,73486.164.05$20,103
Aug 2014623,73989.394.04$20,629
Jul 2014604,21896.564.18$23,423
Jun 2014644,54598.164.74$27,811
May 2014724,57094.734.73$28,421
Apr 2014623,69695.944.81$23,723
Mar 2014794,71495.895.06$31,413
Feb 2014764,51097.406.19$35,328
Jan 2014814,72790.404.86$30,299
Dec 2013875,01791.824.35$29,835
Nov 2013674,65788.853.74$23,362
Oct 2013815,35797.423.78$28,137
Sep 2013755,203104.113.72$27,152
Aug 2013775,385104.253.52$26,997
Jul 2013805,477102.523.72$28,564
Jun 2013715,36494.403.93$27,801
May 2013775,05094.834.15$28,255
Apr 2013845,43493.964.28$31,164
Mar 2013724,43193.623.91$24,079
Feb 2013694,37791.233.42$21,264
Jan 2013935,46491.603.42$27,205
Dec 2012855,01386.773.42$24,521
Nov 2012915,21186.953.62$26,802
Oct 2012925,86089.383.40$28,145
Sep 2012583,56994.672.92$15,907
Aug 2012503,06292.662.91$13,538
Jul 2012512,96685.133.02$13,301
Jun 2012563,49179.822.52$13,264
May 2012583,72191.612.49$14,572
Apr 2012523,474101.652.00$12,223
Mar 2012513,158105.052.22$12,375
Feb 2012543,344101.102.57$14,054
Jan 2012593,50398.092.73$15,365
Dec 2011754,34496.873.24$21,339
Nov 2011493,13695.723.31$15,074
Oct 2011583,79484.983.65$18,771
Sep 2011543,67383.623.99$19,155
Aug 2011533,75883.404.15$20,013
Jul 2011533,86294.144.52$22,435
Jun 2011553,52992.904.64$21,484
May 2011593,90298.134.40$22,977
Apr 2011424,885105.964.33$25,618
Mar 2011876,12496.364.06$33,230
Feb 2011764,60685.644.18$25,762
Jan 2011503,25986.504.59$19,280
Dec 2010754,26685.734.35$24,977
Nov 2010825,66180.843.80$28,114
Oct 2010696,29678.103.51$27,481
Sep 2010272,82972.633.98$13,219
Aug 2010374,84673.684.42$24,142
Jul 2010404,82672.554.74$25,760
Jun 2010374,45870.364.91$24,494
May 2010424,53271.124.24$22,181
Apr 2010423,85281.694.12$19,312
Mar 2010434,41378.394.39$22,738
Feb 2010333,99873.585.44$24,187
Jan 2010545,94274.365.96$39,454
Dec 2009546,45771.445.48$39,266
Nov 2009294,21974.593.75$17,991
Oct 2009313,50372.544.11$16,647
Sep 200943,96365.543.06$12,408
Aug 200974,70267.423.22$15,605
Jul 200984,46661.133.46$15,962
Jun 2009105,47566.163.90$21,987
May 200973,98954.743.93$16,043
Apr 200993,51546.773.59$13,031
Mar 200973,47142.144.06$14,384
Feb 200973,20932.814.63$15,097
Jan 200983,58235.865.37$19,526
Dec 200863,76137.105.98$22,703
Nov 200853,69555.496.86$25,626
Oct 200864,27575.246.92$30,043
Sep 20086989101.767.88$8,401
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200810110.3110.45$110
Mar 2008395,139101.909.66$53,638
Feb 2008395,42992.538.77$51,224
Jan 2008275,42790.388.21$46,973
Dec 2007425,74288.337.30$45,638
Nov 2007434,07191.677.29$33,626
Oct 2007366,93482.856.92$50,980
Sep 2007106,42075.846.24$40,846
Aug 2007117,00569.066.39$45,507
Jul 2007177,45970.906.39$48,853
Jun 2007114,80962.007.55$36,983
May 2007226,89158.747.85$55,361
Apr 2007124,67959.617.81$37,236
Mar 2007206,85356.927.30$51,179
Feb 2007146,00155.108.22$50,076
Jan 2007224,96350.306.73$34,492
Dec 2006286,17756.656.92$44,321
Nov 2006235,89354.207.62$46,136
Oct 2006145,07954.906.01$31,313
Sep 2006134,55960.085.04$23,746
Aug 2006175,29368.717.34$40,018
Jul 2006268,49269.376.34$55,666
Jun 2006227,55266.286.38$49,669
May 2006144,65266.016.42$30,813
Apr 2006154,41464.397.36$33,455
Mar 2006205,64156.707.08$41,089
Feb 2006154,78957.597.75$37,984
Jan 2006273,82060.598.93$35,761
Dec 2005223,86854.9413.42$53,099
Nov 2005193,36654.6910.59$36,680
Oct 200562,15558.3413.80$30,080
Sep 2005101,96461.4512.08$24,338
Aug 2005375,82661.519.80$59,352
Jul 2005325,73255.697.84$46,742
Jun 2005335,74552.337.38$44,131
May 2005426,85045.226.65$47,460
Apr 2005608,77349.207.36$67,525
Mar 2005589,63950.377.15$71,887
Feb 2005243,57245.226.31$23,631
Jan 200505,99043.166.32$37,870
Dec 200404,02839.866.75$27,193
Nov 200405,41145.286.33$34,254
Oct 2004010,51749.706.52$68,519
Sep 200405,71543.245.28$30,197
Aug 2004010,52142.375.55$58,398
Jul 200408,48438.286.08$51,618
Jun 200498,72736.106.43$56,466
May 200436610,47237.486.49$81,729
Apr 20043058,09334.475.86$57,926
Mar 20042135,35934.365.53$36,955
Feb 20041413,58132.455.51$24,305
Jan 200403,77232.036.30$23,762
Dec 200303,88930.266.30$24,507
Nov 200303,88928.804.60$17,871
Oct 200304,06228.174.76$19,334
Sep 200303,96526.314.75$18,831
Aug 200304,27229.765.13$21,914
Jul 200304,51829.415.17$23,362
Jun 200304,05928.565.98$24,285
May 200304,02026.595.97$24,010
Apr 200303,90226.675.41$21,099
Mar 200303,67331.146.10$22,391
Feb 200303,95033.487.93$31,307
Jan 2003224,19730.315.58$24,095
Dec 2002184,29026.914.85$21,307
Nov 2002204,04124.664.14$17,211
Oct 2002224,41026.464.23$19,233
Sep 2002213,89827.443.64$14,746
Aug 2002233,44125.963.16$11,485
Jul 20025210,69124.583.06$34,011
Jun 20025010,47123.733.34$36,141
May 20026411,93224.663.58$44,343
Apr 20028015,65123.653.51$56,863
Mar 20028713,88722.003.10$45,001
Feb 200212821,26318.222.38$52,846
Jan 2002022,59117.172.38$53,669
Dec 2001023,79916.932.36$56,270
Nov 2001021,22318.072.41$51,052
Oct 2001023,40719.782.53$59,193
Sep 2001022,70824.262.25$51,123
Aug 2001022,85724.873.05$69,786
Jul 2001027,54523.933.20$88,064
Jun 2001024,85524.563.82$95,050
May 2001028,40825.524.31$122,362
Apr 2001026,67624.685.34$142,325
Mar 2001027,40424.545.38$147,336
Feb 2001324,89527.755.77$143,655
Jan 200115924,88927.478.40$213,404
Dec 200017926,90426.889.12$250,243
Nov 200016126,65032.215.66$155,972
Oct 200016625,98631.235.15$138,895
Sep 200016325,38831.875.19$136,870
Aug 200018626,72829.644.54$126,878
Jul 200016527,75228.534.09$118,206
Jun 200017726,30129.304.40$120,838
May 20007617,17327.263.68$65,264
Apr 200014918,90024.513.12$62,544
Mar 200018822,97028.422.86$71,031
Feb 200015623,75827.622.73$69,085
Jan 200020828,50225.272.48$75,955
Dec 199918224,38424.282.42$63,519
Nov 199920826,88623.192.43$70,264
Oct 199925131,10220.982.80$92,467
Sep 199915924,41921.752.62$67,408
Aug 199918536,82819.262.88$109,466
Jul 199932639,28317.892.37$99,026
Jun 199935139,16615.942.36$98,109
May 199931639,90615.792.32$97,612
Apr 199933535,60915.102.21$83,685
Mar 199940439,06412.471.84$76,850
Feb 199942435,7739.981.82$69,259
Jan 199938241,52410.381.90$82,859
Dec 199837335,5349.201.77$66,445
Nov 199835536,30910.892.19$83,227
Oct 199821725,19112.421.97$52,302
Sep 199815326,25212.592.08$56,599
Aug 199820225,47311.301.91$50,869
Jul 19981,72328,21311.742.24$83,348
Jun 19981,32620,29511.242.24$60,310
May 19981,60224,59412.622.21$74,480
Apr 19981,79824,77613.042.51$85,518
Mar 19982,14927,33312.802.31$90,631
Feb 19981,75623,52813.952.30$78,590
Jan 199828125,94114.702.15$60,028
Dec 199745424,50416.322.41$66,491
Nov 199748227,93318.193.09$95,032
Oct 199740624,08019.253.15$83,663
Sep 199755529,29817.742.95$96,418
Aug 199721311,51717.862.55$33,227
Jul 199753042,64117.582.25$105,129
Jun 199747543,45217.242.26$106,269
May 199752546,61118.972.31$117,561
Apr 199741342,86117.882.08$96,654
Mar 199723129,56018.951.94$61,698
Feb 199719422,12120.492.21$52,772
Jan 199755937,65023.483.54$146,395
Dec 199661540,79323.32$14,342
Nov 199660040,08221.97$13,182
Oct 199658936,25223.31$13,730
Sep 199653637,72522.22$11,910
Aug 199657840,51320.26$11,710
Jul 199638228,03419.55$7,468
Jun 199660536,83618.73$11,332
May 199652934,59519.43$10,278
Apr 199646341,52121.51$9,959
Mar 199635335,86719.38$6,841
Feb 199648230,32216.98$8,184
Jan 199640036,77317.07$6,828
Dec 199553442,80817.19$9,179
Nov 199543341,73716.00$6,928
Oct 199550946,64215.43$7,854
Sep 199539644,19216.18$6,407
Aug 199541947,31215.92$6,670
Jul 199531942,68215.24$4,862
Jun 199531637,98416.41$5,186
May 199548447,29917.56$8,499
Apr 199547140,65817.73$8,351
Mar 199552541,18216.44$8,631
Feb 199548239,30616.58$7,992
Jan 199554746,71815.92$8,708
Dec 199465141,76915.03$9,785
Nov 199488148,72215.90$14,008
Oct 199480646,95115.58$12,557
Sep 19941,10548,68315.29$16,895
Aug 19941,04554,87016.13$16,856
Jul 199495152,29117.56$16,700
Jun 199499048,51917.09$16,919
May 199471050,28015.88$11,275
Apr 199474939,65914.14$10,591
Mar 199457535,45612.46$7,165
Feb 199451828,54212.50$6,475
Jan 199458838,89312.66$7,444
Dec 199363640,99212.33$7,842
Nov 199369237,05114.49$10,027
Oct 199398147,94015.85$15,549
Sep 199393647,34915.03$14,068
Aug 19931,30062,70015.66$20,358
Jul 19931,17657,20815.46$18,181
Jun 19931,31057,36616.79$21,995
May 199365161,25117.68$11,510
Apr 199369859,59118.05$12,599
Mar 19934360,31218.14$780
Feb 19934457,20817.90$788
Jan 19934650,70216.93$779

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                3,052 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $9,296

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $9,296

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/92087 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.