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 93203District 04Field 50700620NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$15.3 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$235 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
CondensateDisposition34,353 bbl$2,166,260
GasProduction3,034,604 Mcf$13,144,049
Total$15,310,309

381,729 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 26.5912, -98.4984. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.59125, -98.49844 · 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
9,325 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 9,325 ft.

1 well

42-4273152159,325 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 (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 202605,549106.413.05$16,901
Apr 202605,43898.932.87$15,606
Mar 202605,58289.753.15$17,580
Feb 202605,08763.503.75$19,078
Jan 202605,52459.138.00$44,181
Dec 202505,11656.664.41$22,579
Nov 202505,19658.593.93$20,402
Oct 202505,39659.383.30$17,833
Sep 202505,13962.743.08$15,812
Aug 202504,97763.933.01$15,004
Jul 202504,62066.743.32$15,316
Jun 202504,76666.483.13$14,911
May 202505,19560.553.23$16,792
Apr 202503,81762.363.54$13,524
Mar 202504,61367.704.27$19,690
Feb 202504,25570.884.34$18,470
Jan 202504,60474.324.28$19,699
Dec 202404,54968.993.12$14,199
Nov 202404,54469.052.20$9,990
Oct 202404,42871.372.28$10,102
Sep 202403,68169.612.36$8,703
Aug 202404,17875.632.06$8,622
Jul 202404,20579.932.15$9,026
Jun 202404,15878.082.63$10,952
May 202403,63678.812.20$7,994
Apr 202403,97084.451.66$6,587
Mar 202403,55980.301.55$5,499
Feb 202403,68776.091.78$6,576
Jan 202404,04873.023.30$13,349
Dec 202304,01171.262.61$10,472
Nov 202303,98477.892.81$11,185
Oct 202303,81585.443.09$11,778
Sep 202303,88089.042.74$10,612
Aug 202304,27880.522.67$11,435
Jul 202304,19374.852.64$11,077
Jun 202303,82268.962.26$8,632
May 202304,01870.622.23$8,950
Apr 202304,06878.122.24$9,103
Mar 202303,30972.852.39$7,919
Feb 202303,65075.112.47$9,000
Jan 202303,87576.533.39$13,127
Dec 202213,79676.415.73$21,824
Nov 202254,40285.005.65$25,280
Oct 202284,44887.185.86$26,779
Sep 202254,28184.888.16$35,373
Aug 202254,39194.529.13$40,550
Jul 202264,475101.587.54$34,360
Jun 202254,221115.097.98$34,247
May 202274,444109.378.43$38,242
Apr 202284,278104.226.84$30,085
Mar 202294,377108.885.08$23,199
Feb 202274,28591.054.86$21,457
Jan 202284,03681.844.54$18,969
Dec 202194,65871.323.90$18,804
Nov 2021144,52577.435.24$24,781
Oct 2021444,55879.795.71$29,555
Sep 2021574,61669.865.35$28,682
Aug 2021594,75066.024.22$23,943
Jul 2021594,68870.783.98$22,844
Jun 2021764,79269.493.38$21,481
May 2021784,47963.483.02$18,468
Apr 2021685,02960.362.76$17,977
Mar 2021765,14261.302.72$18,629
Feb 2021534,53457.805.55$28,218
Jan 2021765,20450.412.81$18,456
Dec 20201136,15844.642.68$21,520
Nov 20201416,01338.772.71$21,741
Oct 20201446,15436.972.48$20,576
Sep 20201416,01037.091.99$17,196
Aug 20201406,88339.982.39$22,014
Jul 20201476,56438.371.83$17,620
Jun 20201376,03934.901.69$14,989
May 20201806,27816.921.81$14,439
Apr 20201516,17314.751.80$13,366
Mar 20201626,39430.341.86$16,784
Feb 20201836,19049.881.98$21,388
Jan 20202057,17157.252.09$26,758
Dec 20192207,35559.012.30$29,931
Nov 20192447,22155.302.75$33,356
Oct 20192487,30953.472.42$30,938
Sep 20192677,00755.052.66$33,318
Aug 20192897,37953.112.30$32,353
Jul 20193087,42656.272.46$35,600
Jun 20192337,25652.782.49$30,374
May 201908,45058.482.74$23,156
Apr 201908,21562.632.75$22,597
Mar 201908,59756.803.06$26,325
Feb 201907,75950.852.79$21,665
Jan 201908,51446.033.23$27,485
Dec 201858,40046.594.19$35,391
Nov 2018568,24052.934.24$37,879
Oct 2018678,27761.443.40$32,242
Sep 2018648,22459.543.11$29,371
Aug 2018678,39359.403.07$29,717
Jul 2018708,74765.142.93$30,205
Jun 2018668,48460.183.08$30,076
May 2018389,04365.382.90$28,716
Apr 201808,58763.842.90$24,909
Mar 201808,95461.222.79$24,953
Feb 201808,20161.782.77$22,685
Jan 201808,72962.874.01$34,997
Dec 201709,02557.272.92$26,367
Nov 2017129,16655.423.12$29,248
Oct 20171929,06749.292.98$36,517
Sep 20172089,44347.523.09$39,037
Aug 20171655,68145.373.00$24,554
Jul 20172105,63143.873.09$26,597
Jun 20171946,98142.493.09$29,795
May 20172167,37445.373.26$33,864
Apr 20171996,27747.933.21$29,697
Mar 2017662,98646.772.98$11,996
Feb 2017783,61650.452.95$14,612
Jan 20171404,04749.413.42$20,753
Dec 20161696,09848.763.72$30,942
Nov 2016288,00742.492.64$22,363
Oct 2016298,55546.193.09$27,777
Sep 2016278,38841.553.10$27,130
Aug 2016288,67441.442.92$26,526
Jul 2016289,08941.622.92$27,745
Jun 2016278,46145.352.69$23,949
May 2016329,24042.521.99$19,758
Apr 2016329,39636.561.99$19,878
Mar 2016349,66033.011.79$18,452
Feb 2016319,27826.472.06$19,967
Jan 2016339,75427.352.36$23,965
Dec 2015319,86732.362.00$20,751
Nov 2015318,55238.792.17$19,738
Oct 2015399,55243.552.43$24,877
Sep 2015958,75542.992.76$28,234
Aug 20151029,98940.162.87$32,790
Jul 20151108,64548.152.95$30,757
Jun 20151237,49056.152.88$28,499
May 20151197,82255.212.96$29,688
Apr 20151167,52449.822.71$26,143
Mar 20151459,07642.892.93$32,854
Feb 20151388,56044.662.98$31,639
Jan 20151579,57343.433.10$36,501
Dec 20141649,74654.693.59$43,971
Nov 20141318,43670.464.25$45,099
Oct 20141408,99378.303.90$46,043
Sep 20141489,50886.164.05$51,216
Aug 201416810,12389.394.04$55,865
Jul 201414410,18796.564.18$56,482
Jun 20141399,83698.164.74$60,236
May 201416210,17194.734.73$63,420
Apr 201416610,09695.944.81$64,479
Mar 201417410,44895.895.06$69,518
Feb 20141549,07297.406.19$71,173
Jan 201417710,42490.404.86$66,669
Dec 20131729,96191.824.35$59,168
Nov 20131047,30988.853.74$36,563
Oct 20131107,05097.423.78$37,361
Sep 201314510,063104.113.72$52,508
Aug 201315410,779104.253.52$54,025
Jul 201315010,230102.523.72$53,410
Jun 201315011,29594.403.93$58,588
May 201316911,08594.834.15$62,019
Apr 201317411,20293.964.28$64,323
Mar 201318411,32693.623.91$61,543
Feb 201316110,29691.233.42$49,899
Jan 201319211,20291.603.42$55,897
Dec 201218510,94686.773.42$53,490
Nov 201218610,62486.953.62$54,684
Oct 201218611,59889.383.40$56,054
Sep 201218811,53594.672.92$51,462
Aug 201218011,14892.662.91$49,099
Jul 20121508,85185.133.02$39,507
Jun 20121579,76679.822.52$37,133
May 201216110,31991.612.49$40,426
Apr 20121359,068101.652.00$31,830
Mar 20121277,670105.052.22$30,385
Feb 201217110,572101.102.57$44,461
Jan 201219011,36298.092.73$49,702
Dec 20111699,68296.873.24$47,738
Nov 201116510,48195.723.31$50,499
Oct 201118512,02584.983.65$59,595
Sep 201117011,55783.623.99$60,279
Aug 201117112,17083.404.15$64,759
Jul 201117612,75794.144.52$74,195
Jun 201118712,07792.904.64$73,408
May 201120813,49098.134.40$79,832
Apr 201133421,357105.964.33$127,937
Mar 201137314,29896.364.06$93,954
Feb 201139912,78685.644.18$87,616
Jan 201139513,88386.504.59$97,874
Dec 201039511,87585.734.35$85,493
Nov 20101003,80180.843.80$22,510
Oct 20101236,10378.103.51$31,021
Sep 201004,18772.633.98$16,662
Aug 201007,66773.684.42$33,883
Jul 2010014,86772.554.74$70,417
Jun 2010016,99970.364.91$83,472
May 2010017,06371.124.24$72,266
Apr 2010515,04581.694.12$62,434
Mar 201033814,15278.394.39$88,604
Feb 20101748,67273.585.44$59,999
Jan 201025211,94274.365.96$89,962
Dec 200937418,71871.445.48$129,363
Nov 200923311,58774.593.75$60,848
Oct 20091878,84172.544.11$49,904
Sep 200913513,00165.543.06$48,693
Aug 20091209,36867.423.22$38,241
Jul 2009614,61461.133.46$19,714
Jun 2009946,43966.163.90$31,299
May 20091578,77254.743.93$43,031
Apr 20094011,69846.773.59$43,837
Mar 2009196,82642.144.06$28,507
Feb 20093411,15232.814.63$52,783
Jan 2009299,80935.865.37$53,724
Dec 20083414,04337.105.98$85,198
Nov 20082713,39755.496.86$93,406
Oct 2008168,64875.246.92$61,065
Sep 20086316,441101.767.88$135,918
Aug 20085611,209114.228.48$101,482
Jul 20089313,909131.0811.39$170,606
Jun 20088211,904131.3313.03$165,909
May 200812416,314123.1711.57$204,096
Apr 200838215,395110.3110.45$203,091
Mar 200826510,750101.909.66$130,892
Feb 20082008,34492.538.77$91,688
Jan 200820512,41890.388.21$120,427
Dec 200742418,49788.337.30$172,516
Nov 200725616,26591.677.29$142,067
Oct 200713918,88482.856.92$142,231
Sep 200713620,14475.846.24$136,097
Aug 200718323,87069.066.39$165,118
Jul 20076015,71270.906.39$104,621
Jun 20077713,99162.007.55$110,384
May 200710820,12958.747.85$164,282
Apr 20078319,66359.617.81$158,421
Mar 20078717,60956.927.30$133,532
Feb 20078417,10455.108.22$145,155
Jan 20074819,47150.306.73$133,393
Dec 20063512,82256.656.92$90,691
Nov 20063816,10854.207.62$124,762
Oct 20063919,91254.906.01$121,888
Sep 20062111,61160.085.04$59,749
Aug 2006103,59468.717.34$27,067
Jul 200621220,41369.376.34$144,181
Jun 200614414,62566.286.38$102,909
May 200611510,66366.016.42$76,101
Apr 200622419,61564.397.36$158,799
Mar 200622517,90856.707.08$139,598
Feb 200613811,35157.597.75$95,930
Jan 200634412,96260.598.93$136,637
Dec 200535615,68654.9413.42$229,993
Nov 200527412,47154.6910.59$147,033
Oct 200535916,60958.3413.80$250,078
Sep 200529113,75061.4512.08$183,968
Aug 200532513,91861.519.80$156,343
Jul 200521116,68555.697.84$142,622
Jun 200522917,16252.337.38$138,657
May 200528119,77145.226.65$144,207
Apr 200532420,56949.207.36$167,339
Mar 200532022,27050.377.15$175,458
Feb 200530819,66645.226.31$138,058
Jan 200542323,90643.166.32$169,395
Dec 200429618,19739.866.75$134,648
Nov 200436121,69245.286.33$153,666
Oct 200450625,12549.706.52$188,840
Sep 200455424,98243.245.28$155,957
Aug 200435825,77542.375.55$158,237
Jul 200430827,52238.286.08$179,239
Jun 200425622,43036.106.43$153,534
May 20041275,94837.486.49$43,390
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 20020023.733.34$0
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 20020023.653.51$0
Mar 2002055122.003.10$1,710
Feb 2002093618.222.38$2,224
Jan 200201,25417.172.38$2,979
Dec 2001094716.932.36$2,239
Nov 200101,12318.072.41$2,701
Oct 2001053119.782.53$1,343
Sep 2001083224.262.25$1,873
Aug 2001084024.873.05$2,565
Jul 200101,35223.933.20$4,322
Jun 200101,31324.563.82$5,021
May 200101,00425.524.31$4,325
Apr 200101,36024.685.34$7,256
Mar 200101,26124.545.38$6,780
Feb 2001263027.755.77$3,689
Jan 2001781,51327.478.40$14,850
Dec 2000681,42326.889.12$14,809
Nov 2000631,48932.215.66$10,454
Oct 20004580131.235.15$5,527
Sep 2000561,01531.875.19$7,049
Aug 2000491,09729.644.54$6,434
Jul 20001099328.534.09$4,346
Jun 20001393529.304.40$4,492
May 2000101,07227.263.68$4,217
Apr 20002992124.513.12$3,581
Mar 2000181,26528.422.86$4,129
Feb 2000181,54927.622.73$4,721
Jan 2000791325.272.48$2,442
Dec 1999131,57624.282.42$4,135
Nov 1999131,44323.192.43$3,814
Oct 1999111,20420.982.80$3,606
Sep 1999131,97321.752.62$5,450
Aug 199992,21419.262.88$6,540
Jul 199921,01317.892.37$2,439
Jun 199941,78815.942.36$4,287
May 1999156315.792.32$1,323
Apr 199951,97115.102.21$4,428
Mar 1999262212.471.84$1,168
Feb 199931,0299.981.82$1,900
Jan 199921,60910.381.90$3,078
Dec 199818849.201.77$1,577
Nov 1998196210.892.19$2,114
Oct 199811,45612.421.97$2,880
Sep 199821,82512.592.08$3,826
Aug 199811,87611.301.91$3,589
Jul 199821,79511.742.24$4,039
Jun 199822,22511.242.24$5,000
May 199821,80112.622.21$3,999
Apr 199811,39213.042.51$3,500
Mar 199833,12812.802.31$7,262
Feb 199822,02413.952.30$4,681
Jan 199821,75314.702.15$3,807
Dec 199741,44816.322.41$3,557
Nov 199773,31718.193.09$10,371
Oct 199742,70419.253.15$8,594
Sep 199792,25717.742.95$6,829
Aug 199742,57817.862.55$6,658
Jul 199753,05917.582.25$6,961
Jun 199721,54417.242.26$3,520
May 199743,04018.972.31$7,094
Apr 199722,65517.882.08$5,566
Mar 199732,88118.951.94$5,644
Feb 199743,09220.492.21$6,903
Jan 19971356,44523.483.54$25,983
Dec 1996733,44123.32$1,702
Nov 1996177,76821.97$373
Oct 19964317,34623.31$1,002
Sep 19962612,52422.22$578
Aug 19965625,26620.26$1,135
Jul 199611353,13519.55$2,209
Jun 19966123,75718.73$1,143
May 199641,57819.43$78
Apr 199641,77821.51$86
Mar 199684,07719.38$155
Feb 199662,65816.98$102
Jan 199634,45717.07$51
Dec 199533,53717.19$52
Nov 199544,09316.00$64
Oct 199522,60815.43$31
Sep 199511,99816.18$16
Aug 199535,33215.92$48
Jul 1995755,63415.24$1,143
Jun 1995473,09616.41$771
May 1995894,89717.56$1,563
Apr 19951175,73017.73$2,074
Mar 19951175,07316.44$1,923
Feb 19951567,21516.58$2,586
Jan 1995556,78115.92$876
Dec 199410610,34715.03$1,593
Nov 199414210,91315.90$2,258
Oct 199413611,95415.58$2,119
Sep 199418612,38015.29$2,844
Aug 199417513,56516.13$2,823
Jul 199417314,27217.56$3,038
Jun 19941379,99417.09$2,341
May 199453,88515.88$79
Apr 19940014.14$0
Mar 199431,98012.46$37
Feb 199452,95212.50$63
Jan 199442,87412.66$51
Dec 199332,48512.33$37
Nov 1993263,94114.49$377
Oct 1993233,12415.85$365
Sep 1993375,55715.03$556
Aug 1993385,41115.66$595
Jul 1993496,30315.46$758
Jun 1993545,91916.79$907
May 19931016,70117.68$1,786
Apr 19931078,15018.05$1,931
Mar 199328,64818.14$36
Feb 199328,02117.90$36
Jan 199328,57416.93$34

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                5,549 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $16,901

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $16,901

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/93203 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.