GOLDEN GAS UNIT

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

Gas lease lease 140809District 06Field 664612752 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$4.0 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$74 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 2,275 leases and 2,276 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1976-11-17
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 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 2018-03-20.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: FIELD. EFFECTIVE 4/12/16.

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 Gas111992-04-11124666
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
CondensateDisposition7,325 bbl$341,202
GasProduction1,344,309 Mcf$3,678,218
Total$4,019,421

427,556 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 32.3372, -94.5643. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.33724, -94.56428 · 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
10,580 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 10,580 ft.

Completions filed
Feb 1992
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-40132347310,580 ftFeb 1992

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 202601,579106.413.05$4,809
Apr 202641,54298.932.87$4,821
Mar 202601,58989.753.15$5,004
Feb 202641,31563.503.75$5,186
Jan 202601,66259.138.00$13,293
Dec 202541,68256.664.41$7,650
Nov 202501,65158.593.93$6,483
Oct 202551,65159.383.30$5,753
Sep 202501,66362.743.08$5,117
Aug 202501,71963.933.01$5,182
Jul 202551,65866.743.32$5,830
Jun 202501,56266.483.13$4,887
May 202501,62560.553.23$5,253
Apr 202541,90662.363.54$7,003
Mar 2025088967.704.27$3,795
Feb 202551,17070.884.34$5,433
Jan 202501,61074.324.28$6,889
Dec 202451,66168.993.12$5,530
Nov 202401,58969.052.20$3,493
Oct 202401,61771.372.28$3,689
Sep 202401,49969.612.36$3,544
Aug 202451,52075.632.06$3,515
Jul 202401,63879.932.15$3,516
Jun 202461,67278.082.63$4,872
May 202401,71178.812.20$3,762
Apr 202401,86084.451.66$3,086
Mar 202461,90080.301.55$3,418
Feb 202461,79976.091.78$3,665
Jan 202401,87473.023.30$6,180
Dec 202342,06471.262.61$5,674
Nov 202301,91777.892.81$5,382
Oct 202351,92685.443.09$6,373
Sep 202301,81589.042.74$4,964
Aug 202301,83280.522.67$4,897
Jul 202351,96374.852.64$5,560
Jun 202341,75968.962.26$4,249
May 202301,92070.622.23$4,277
Apr 202301,90078.122.24$4,252
Mar 202391,89772.852.39$5,195
Feb 202301,71675.112.47$4,231
Jan 202351,93776.533.39$6,945
Dec 202201,85676.415.73$10,633
Nov 202251,91985.005.65$11,260
Oct 202202,03587.185.86$11,933
Sep 202252,03084.888.16$16,997
Aug 202252,07794.529.13$19,430
Jul 202202,069101.587.54$15,605
Jun 202201,958115.097.98$15,619
May 202252,136109.378.43$18,560
Apr 202252,058104.226.84$14,593
Mar 202202,199108.885.08$11,163
Feb 202252,00491.054.86$10,192
Jan 202202,17281.844.54$9,856
Dec 202102,16071.323.90$8,422
Nov 202152,38377.435.24$12,867
Oct 202142,16579.795.71$12,690
Sep 202101,98569.865.35$10,622
Aug 202161,91866.024.22$8,491
Jul 202102,10070.783.98$8,362
Jun 20210569.493.38$17
May 202162,21863.483.02$7,074
Apr 202102,16660.362.76$5,975
Mar 202102,07961.302.72$5,649
Feb 202151,17357.805.55$6,797
Jan 202162,07250.412.81$6,125
Dec 202002,12944.642.68$5,696
Nov 202002,01338.772.71$5,448
Oct 202072,08436.972.48$5,424
Sep 202082,03037.091.99$4,339
Aug 202002,26239.982.39$5,395
Jul 202001,33638.371.83$2,438
Jun 202092,13434.901.69$3,921
May 202002,19116.921.81$3,976
Apr 2020102,00814.751.80$3,771
Mar 202002,01830.341.86$3,746
Feb 202082,09649.881.98$4,551
Jan 202002,34157.252.09$4,904
Dec 2019111,20459.012.30$3,424
Nov 201992,26255.302.75$6,720
Oct 201902,36953.472.42$5,730
Sep 201902,06355.052.66$5,482
Aug 201991,75253.112.30$4,515
Jul 201901,92056.272.46$4,723
Jun 2019102,08552.782.49$5,722
May 2019152,72358.482.74$8,339
Apr 201902,16562.632.75$5,955
Mar 2019113,73456.803.06$12,059
Feb 2019101,28050.852.79$4,083
Jan 201901,41246.033.23$4,558
Dec 2018172,99446.594.19$13,323
Nov 201802,59952.934.24$11,013
Oct 201802,50461.443.40$8,509
Sep 201862,42259.543.11$7,885
Aug 201802,41259.403.07$7,397
Jul 201802,37865.142.93$6,972
Jun 201862,28660.183.08$7,395
May 201802,52465.382.90$7,322
Apr 201872,67263.842.90$8,198
Mar 201872,39861.222.79$7,111
Feb 201801,98361.782.77$5,485
Jan 2018132,66562.874.01$11,502
Dec 201702,03957.272.92$5,957
Nov 201751,75955.423.12$5,762
Oct 201701,18549.292.98$3,536
Sep 201702,24347.523.09$6,925
Aug 201752,57045.373.00$7,948
Jul 201702,28943.873.09$7,067
Jun 201742,30942.493.09$7,298
May 201702,41745.373.26$7,888
Apr 201732,19647.933.21$7,196
Mar 201732,18546.772.98$6,660
Feb 201701,92550.452.95$5,684
Jan 201721,99349.413.42$6,912
Dec 201602,23748.763.72$8,328
Nov 201622,43542.492.64$6,524
Oct 201622,59346.193.09$8,105
Sep 201622,42341.553.10$7,596
Aug 201622,47441.442.92$7,318
Jul 201632,78541.622.92$8,269
Jun 201642,76545.352.69$7,608
May 201632,79842.521.99$5,698
Apr 201602,59636.561.99$5,169
Mar 201602,46933.011.79$4,429
Feb 201602,41726.472.06$4,988
Jan 201602,66327.352.36$6,296
Dec 201502,88632.362.00$5,776
Nov 201502,62738.792.17$5,694
Oct 201502,94643.552.43$7,149
Sep 201503,00942.992.76$8,300
Aug 201503,18040.162.87$9,135
Jul 201503,27948.152.95$9,657
Jun 201503,24756.152.88$9,361
May 201502,89455.212.96$8,553
Apr 201501,72249.822.71$4,661
Mar 2015261,73042.892.93$6,192
Feb 201501,56044.662.98$4,643
Jan 201501,67543.433.10$5,194
Dec 2014171,75154.693.59$7,218
Nov 201401,73170.464.25$7,360
Oct 2014161,62678.303.90$7,596
Sep 2014172,74186.164.05$12,553
Aug 2014161,47789.394.04$7,390
Jul 201401,49296.564.18$6,236
Jun 2014241,48998.164.74$9,409
May 2014152,21594.734.73$11,890
Apr 2014191,20295.944.81$7,603
Mar 201401,06395.895.06$5,375
Feb 20141991197.406.19$7,492
Jan 2014201,05490.404.86$6,931
Dec 2013201,13791.824.35$6,787
Nov 20132097588.853.74$5,422
Oct 201301,08197.423.78$4,085
Sep 201325872104.113.72$5,845
Aug 201325960104.253.52$5,988
Jul 201327783102.523.72$5,679
Jun 20132692594.403.93$6,093
May 20132789894.834.15$6,286
Apr 2013096693.964.28$4,137
Mar 20132891793.623.91$6,209
Feb 20132781691.233.42$5,254
Jan 20132657991.603.42$4,362
Dec 20124840886.773.42$5,560
Nov 2012023886.953.62$863
Oct 2012443089.383.40$4,035
Sep 201205594.672.92$161
Aug 2012064192.662.91$1,864
Jul 20123158485.133.02$4,403
Jun 2012039479.822.52$993
May 20123583291.612.49$5,277
Apr 2012311,053101.652.00$5,254
Mar 201201,218105.052.22$2,706
Feb 2012251,144101.102.57$5,468
Jan 2012221,11098.092.73$5,193
Dec 201101,14596.873.24$3,710
Nov 2011151,32195.723.31$5,810
Oct 20115580184.983.65$7,596
Sep 2011097083.623.99$3,866
Aug 2011361,81883.404.15$10,546
Jul 201101,87894.144.52$8,483
Jun 20114797392.904.64$8,881
May 2011562,00998.134.40$14,345
Apr 2011522,329105.964.33$15,602
Mar 201103,05896.364.06$12,407
Feb 2011441,44885.644.18$9,821
Jan 2011401,94686.504.59$12,390
Dec 2010431,62285.734.35$10,738
Nov 20101662,35180.843.80$22,342
Oct 20101504,99578.103.51$29,242
Sep 201018072.633.98$1,307
Aug 2010631,20773.684.42$9,976
Jul 20106788472.554.74$9,048
Jun 20104851970.364.91$5,926
May 20104362971.124.24$5,722
Apr 20106658281.694.12$7,791
Mar 20106447378.394.39$7,093
Feb 201010091273.585.44$12,321
Jan 201013293274.365.96$15,374
Dec 20092401,52571.445.48$25,508
Nov 20091801,34074.593.75$18,453
Oct 2009682,17072.544.11$13,852
Sep 20094081765.543.06$5,126
Aug 2009065067.423.22$2,092
Jul 20091762661.133.46$3,208
Jun 2009647866.163.90$2,259
May 2009517254.743.93$949
Apr 2009667446.773.59$2,699
Mar 2009940842.144.06$2,035
Feb 2009642132.814.63$2,147
Jan 20091238835.865.37$2,514
Dec 20081651237.105.98$3,654
Nov 2008141,38955.496.86$10,306
Oct 20081451375.246.92$4,604
Sep 20085442101.767.88$3,990
Aug 20089471114.228.48$5,023
Jul 20087508131.0811.39$6,703
Jun 200811437131.3313.03$7,140
May 20088625123.1711.57$8,219
Apr 200818660110.3110.45$8,886
Mar 20086815101.909.66$8,488
Feb 2008192292.538.77$8,179
Jan 200821,26390.388.21$10,545
Dec 200731,57488.337.30$11,758
Nov 200722,32291.677.29$17,115
Oct 200721,91682.856.92$13,428
Sep 200722,01075.846.24$12,702
Aug 200732,24369.066.39$14,535
Jul 200722,52170.906.39$16,246
Jun 200732,37762.007.55$18,129
May 200752,92658.747.85$23,252
Apr 200732,70359.617.81$21,276
Mar 200792,80656.927.30$21,002
Feb 2007142,57655.108.22$21,936
Jan 2007212,68450.306.73$19,111
Dec 2006172,67656.656.92$19,477
Nov 2006142,94454.207.62$23,185
Oct 2006152,15354.906.01$13,771
Sep 2006122,11960.085.04$11,395
Aug 2006152,61068.717.34$20,188
Jul 2006192,72269.376.34$18,583
Jun 2006152,61066.286.38$17,656
May 2006302,76766.016.42$19,758
Apr 2006282,43064.397.36$19,689
Mar 2006302,89056.707.08$22,171
Feb 2006262,12357.597.75$17,953
Jan 2006343,85160.598.93$36,462
Dec 2005223,60854.9413.42$49,611
Nov 2005113,07354.6910.59$33,140
Oct 2005132,90758.3413.80$40,863
Sep 2005132,91361.4512.08$35,985
Aug 2005213,79661.519.80$38,481
Jul 2005102,30855.697.84$18,660
Jun 200582,61152.337.38$19,691
May 2005132,72445.226.65$18,706
Apr 2005132,85449.207.36$21,646
Mar 200592,86550.377.15$20,952
Feb 2005102,75045.226.31$17,810
Jan 2005152,40643.166.32$15,859
Dec 2004123,05539.866.75$21,103
Nov 2004103,04445.286.33$19,723
Oct 2004222,37849.706.52$16,586
Sep 2004102,74143.245.28$14,916
Aug 2004212,89042.375.55$16,931
Jul 2004172,99838.286.08$18,891
Jun 2004232,75836.106.43$18,573
May 2004272,60837.486.49$17,950
Apr 2004493,11234.475.86$19,921
Mar 2004182,83234.365.53$16,280
Feb 2004122,79432.455.51$15,783
Jan 2004122,75332.036.30$17,727
Dec 200362,82130.266.30$17,958
Nov 2003122,83728.804.60$13,382
Oct 200362,63628.174.76$12,715
Sep 200352,58726.314.75$12,418
Aug 200362,14329.765.13$11,172
Jul 2003112,47329.415.17$13,111
Jun 2003135,24828.565.98$31,770
May 2003265,79226.595.97$35,285
Apr 2003125,46426.675.41$29,865
Mar 2003234,10331.146.10$25,728
Feb 2003233,50433.487.93$28,542
Jan 2003124,05230.315.58$22,982
Dec 2002234,18426.914.85$20,927
Nov 2002244,13424.664.14$17,694
Oct 2002114,10226.464.23$17,639
Sep 2002224,11327.443.64$15,555
Aug 2002224,26025.963.16$14,050
Jul 2002124,29424.583.06$13,442
Jun 2002224,62923.733.34$15,975
May 2002214,39724.663.58$16,277
Apr 2002244,55523.653.51$16,566
Mar 2002104,67422.003.10$14,722
Feb 200203,50918.222.38$8,336
Jan 200204,13317.172.38$9,819
Dec 200103,75416.932.36$8,876
Nov 200104,13118.072.41$9,937
Oct 200104,59819.782.53$11,628
Sep 200104,40924.262.25$9,926
Aug 200185,11224.873.05$15,807
Jul 2001195,68923.933.20$18,643
Jun 200184,67924.563.82$18,090
May 200194,90325.524.31$21,348
Apr 2001204,70224.685.34$25,580
Mar 2001205,31524.545.38$29,067
Feb 2001104,51627.755.77$26,322
Jan 200194,21827.478.40$35,673
Dec 2000193,59626.889.12$33,315
Nov 2000105,77932.215.66$33,020
Oct 200095,13831.235.15$26,719
Sep 2000145,09431.875.19$26,866
Aug 2000115,59729.644.54$25,741
Jul 2000176,02828.534.09$25,138
Jun 2000167,24729.304.40$32,336
May 2000114,34227.263.68$16,277
Apr 200061,66124.513.12$5,323
Mar 2000202,52428.422.86$7,786
Feb 2000255,33227.622.73$15,228
Jan 2000174,24625.272.48$10,962
Dec 1999185,49324.282.42$13,751
Nov 1999435,07123.192.43$13,340
Oct 1999265,77820.982.80$16,745
Sep 1999166,08721.752.62$16,289
Aug 1999174,65219.262.88$13,705
Jul 1999264,83617.892.37$11,938
Jun 1999375,86015.942.36$14,432
May 1999346,54615.792.32$15,730
Apr 1999446,58215.102.21$15,198
Mar 1999454,70312.471.84$9,207
Feb 1999326,1079.981.82$11,421
Jan 1999204,98710.381.90$9,683
Dec 1998275,6869.201.77$10,332
Nov 1998145,85710.892.19$12,954
Oct 1998196,17612.421.97$12,398
Sep 1998216,43312.592.08$13,662
Aug 1998155,31211.301.91$10,301
Jul 1998175,97611.742.24$13,570
Jun 1998265,82811.242.24$13,331
May 1998166,16312.622.21$13,800
Apr 1998105,62513.042.51$14,223
Mar 199875,38912.802.31$12,535
Feb 1998215,36213.952.30$12,621
Jan 1998136,01514.702.15$13,152
Dec 1997136,32616.322.41$15,465
Nov 1997375,75418.193.09$18,443
Oct 1997135,61519.253.15$17,936
Sep 1997245,77017.742.95$17,475
Aug 1997145,86117.862.55$15,223
Jul 1997256,20717.582.25$14,386
Jun 1997265,05517.242.26$11,858
May 1997266,06718.972.31$14,499
Apr 1997266,03017.882.08$13,024
Mar 1997396,81018.951.94$13,945
Feb 1997235,78820.492.21$13,239
Jan 1997165,60123.483.54$20,202
Dec 1996106,05823.32$233
Nov 1996196,32921.97$417
Oct 1996147,79023.31$326
Sep 1996155,78122.22$333
Aug 1996136,18020.26$263
Jul 1996137,68319.55$254
Jun 199696,04518.73$169
May 1996156,37019.43$291
Apr 1996147,08621.51$301
Mar 1996246,80919.38$465
Feb 1996196,86516.98$323
Jan 1996587,21617.07$990
Dec 1995606,22917.19$1,031
Nov 199516,80816.00$16
Oct 1995647,85715.43$988
Sep 199517,08716.18$16
Aug 1995617,24015.92$971
Jul 199508,33115.24$0
Jun 1995568,69316.41$919
May 199507,88617.56$0
Apr 199508,53117.73$0
Mar 1995658,83216.44$1,069
Feb 1995749,11516.58$1,227
Jan 199523,87815.92$32
Dec 199419,04915.03$15
Nov 1994858,59415.90$1,352
Oct 1994869,51215.58$1,340
Sep 199419,76715.29$15
Aug 199418,78116.13$16
Jul 199410310,49617.56$1,809
Jun 19949410,77917.09$1,606
May 1994111,05915.88$16
Apr 199411511,89914.14$1,626
Mar 199411413,35612.46$1,420
Feb 19948814,49912.50$1,100
Jan 19941115,65912.66$139
Dec 19931627,64912.33$1,997
Nov 19931728,24614.49$2,492
Oct 199318,26415.85$16
Sep 199309,48415.03$0
Aug 199339,22315.66$47
Jul 1993010,28215.46$0
Jun 199315810,23216.79$2,653
May 199315911,55517.68$2,811
Apr 1993010,67918.05$0
Mar 1993011,60318.14$0
Feb 1993011,67417.90$0
Jan 199313114,51616.93$2,218

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                1,579 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $4,809

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $4,809

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. 06/G/140809 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.