HOLTZCLAW 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 158856District 06Field 664612752 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$7.0 M
Apr 1996 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$8 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
362
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 Gas111997-09-19137255
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
CondensateDisposition7,291 bbl$317,424
GasProduction1,685,260 Mcf$6,635,255
Total$6,952,679

173,664 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 9 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 32.3486, -94.5920. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.34864, -94.59198 · 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
10,530 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 10,530 ft.

Completions filed
Apr 1999
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-40132624310,530 ftApr 1999

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 (362)

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

362 months

May 20260312106.413.05$950
Apr 202679498.932.87$962
Mar 2026010289.753.15$321
Feb 202659063.503.75$655
Jan 2026010859.138.00$864
Dec 2025612956.664.41$909
Nov 2025011658.593.93$455
Oct 2025624159.383.30$1,153
Sep 2025012762.743.08$391
Aug 2025013163.933.01$395
Jul 2025714266.743.32$938
Jun 2025015366.483.13$479
May 2025018360.553.23$592
Apr 2025721762.363.54$1,205
Mar 202505467.704.27$230
Feb 20251016470.884.34$1,421
Jan 2025020574.324.28$877
Dec 20241218668.993.12$1,408
Nov 2024022569.052.20$495
Oct 2024025871.372.28$589
Sep 2024028769.612.36$679
Aug 20241226675.632.06$1,456
Jul 2024028479.932.15$610
Jun 20241329578.082.63$1,792
May 2024029378.812.20$644
Apr 2024026184.451.66$433
Mar 20241431780.301.55$1,614
Feb 20241428276.091.78$1,568
Jan 2024030573.023.30$1,006
Dec 20231035271.262.61$1,632
Nov 2023032877.892.81$921
Oct 2023735985.443.09$1,706
Sep 2023018589.042.74$506
Aug 2023021380.522.67$569
Jul 2023815074.852.64$995
Jun 2023820868.962.26$1,021
May 2023020470.622.23$454
Apr 2023025578.122.24$571
Mar 20232326072.852.39$2,298
Feb 2023026575.112.47$653
Jan 20231640276.533.39$2,586
Dec 2022077076.415.73$4,411
Nov 2022830185.005.65$2,380
Oct 2022030387.185.86$1,777
Sep 2022635484.888.16$3,399
Aug 2022438294.529.13$3,865
Jul 2022032101.587.54$241
Jun 20220174115.097.98$1,388
May 20226293109.378.43$3,127
Apr 20228131104.226.84$1,729
Mar 20220180108.885.08$914
Feb 20221117291.054.86$1,837
Jan 2022026281.844.54$1,189
Dec 2021039171.323.90$1,525
Nov 20211135677.435.24$2,716
Oct 20211036179.795.71$2,861
Sep 2021038469.865.35$2,055
Aug 20211442566.024.22$2,718
Jul 2021032870.783.98$1,306
Jun 202101269.493.38$41
May 20211329463.483.02$1,712
Apr 2021028960.362.76$797
Mar 2021027761.302.72$753
Feb 20211226757.805.55$2,175
Jan 20211136550.412.81$1,580
Dec 202007944.642.68$211
Nov 2020034438.772.71$931
Oct 20201836636.972.48$1,573
Sep 20202238637.091.99$1,585
Aug 2020039839.982.39$949
Jul 2020037838.371.83$690
Jun 20202035434.901.69$1,296
May 2020030216.921.81$548
Apr 20201531814.751.80$795
Mar 2020020930.341.86$388
Feb 2020923249.881.98$908
Jan 2020020057.252.09$419
Dec 2019107759.012.30$768
Nov 20192225155.302.75$1,907
Oct 2019026953.472.42$651
Sep 2019044455.052.66$1,180
Aug 20192653253.112.30$2,607
Jul 2019053556.272.46$1,316
Jun 20192354352.782.49$2,567
May 2019879058.482.74$2,633
Apr 2019028262.632.75$776
Mar 2019810356.803.06$770
Feb 2019732350.852.79$1,258
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 201817046.594.19$792
Nov 201806952.934.24$292
Oct 2018031861.443.40$1,081
Sep 20183060559.543.11$3,667
Aug 2018066859.403.07$2,048
Jul 2018069265.142.93$2,029
Jun 20182770460.183.08$3,791
May 2018084865.382.90$2,460
Apr 201801,23063.842.90$3,568
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20172045.373.00$91
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 201722142.493.09$938
May 201702945.373.26$95
Apr 20171245847.933.21$2,046
Mar 20171053846.772.98$2,073
Feb 2017012450.452.95$366
Jan 201711049.413.42$544
Dec 2016044848.763.72$1,668
Nov 20161148942.492.64$1,760
Oct 20161161146.193.09$2,396
Sep 20161155541.553.10$2,178
Aug 20161161241.442.92$2,246
Jul 20161863341.622.92$2,600
Jun 20162065545.352.69$2,666
May 20161366142.521.99$1,869
Apr 201601,04136.561.99$2,073
Mar 2016084833.011.79$1,521
Feb 2016095026.472.06$1,960
Jan 201601,29927.352.36$3,071
Dec 2015098832.362.00$1,977
Nov 2015066738.792.17$1,446
Oct 2015069343.552.43$1,682
Sep 2015061742.992.76$1,702
Aug 2015065840.162.87$1,890
Jul 2015071648.152.95$2,109
Jun 2015072456.152.88$2,087
May 2015072555.212.96$2,143
Apr 2015071249.822.71$1,927
Mar 2015075642.892.93$2,219
Feb 2015052444.662.98$1,560
Jan 2015071843.433.10$2,226
Dec 2014049354.693.59$1,771
Nov 201401,57770.464.25$6,705
Oct 2014079478.303.90$3,097
Sep 201401,48086.164.05$5,987
Aug 2014086389.394.04$3,482
Jul 2014064196.564.18$2,679
Jun 201401,31498.164.74$6,224
May 201411,27594.734.73$6,121
Apr 201491,67195.944.81$8,900
Mar 201401,75595.895.06$8,875
Feb 20141572797.406.19$5,963
Jan 20141573390.404.86$4,919
Dec 20131588791.824.35$5,240
Nov 20131533388.853.74$2,578
Oct 2013053097.423.78$2,003
Sep 20130678104.113.72$2,521
Aug 20130630104.253.52$2,219
Jul 201351,459102.523.72$5,937
Jun 2013090194.403.93$3,544
May 2013280094.834.15$3,509
Apr 2013077793.964.28$3,328
Mar 2013080593.623.91$3,150
Feb 2013071491.233.42$2,442
Jan 2013083591.603.42$2,856
Dec 2012083686.773.42$2,859
Nov 2012080886.953.62$2,929
Oct 2012091189.383.40$3,097
Sep 2012081894.672.92$2,387
Aug 2012089692.662.91$2,606
Jul 2012090385.133.02$2,728
Jun 2012083379.822.52$2,098
May 201201,01291.612.49$2,518
Apr 20120672101.652.00$1,342
Mar 20120942105.052.22$2,093
Feb 20120983101.102.57$2,527
Jan 2012083598.092.73$2,283
Dec 2011043796.873.24$1,416
Nov 2011083895.723.31$2,775
Oct 2011196884.983.65$3,617
Sep 2011088183.623.99$3,511
Aug 2011192983.404.15$3,938
Jul 2011077094.144.52$3,478
Jun 2011283192.904.64$4,042
May 2011688298.134.40$4,474
Apr 201111948105.964.33$5,274
Mar 201101,05896.364.06$4,293
Feb 20112194185.644.18$5,732
Jan 2011211,16886.504.59$7,176
Dec 2010221,21885.734.35$7,182
Nov 2010521,43680.843.80$9,654
Oct 2010511,30778.103.51$8,569
Sep 201035172.633.98$2,546
Aug 20101113,04273.684.42$21,622
Jul 2010951,53572.554.74$14,163
Jun 2010951,21170.364.91$12,631
May 20101141,89971.124.24$16,150
Apr 20102622,95181.694.12$33,569
Mar 20102542,86078.394.39$32,463
Feb 2010561,10673.585.44$10,140
Jan 2010341,35974.365.96$10,633
Dec 2009421,40671.445.48$10,711
Nov 2009271,23774.593.75$6,655
Oct 2009141,34172.544.11$6,527
Sep 2009211,46265.543.06$5,857
Aug 200901,60667.423.22$5,169
Jul 200981,96161.133.46$7,283
Jun 200951,58066.163.90$6,485
May 200971,32954.743.93$5,601
Apr 200991,92546.773.59$7,327
Mar 200992,75142.144.06$11,546
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200850131.0811.39$655
Jun 2008292,597131.3313.03$37,654
May 2008255,493123.1711.57$66,657
Apr 2008515,375110.3110.45$61,821
Mar 2008255,854101.909.66$59,121
Feb 2008205,63492.538.77$51,264
Jan 2008246,82890.388.21$58,198
Dec 2007197,40388.337.30$55,735
Nov 2007146,15591.677.29$46,164
Oct 2007156,06282.856.92$43,204
Sep 200796,18475.846.24$39,296
Aug 2007166,35469.066.39$41,694
Jul 2007146,78470.906.39$44,328
Jun 2007166,28862.007.55$48,457
May 2007226,10258.747.85$49,170
Apr 2007166,33059.617.81$50,361
Mar 2007166,59356.927.30$49,053
Feb 200795,73955.108.22$47,648
Jan 2007146,49350.306.73$44,382
Dec 2006116,46056.656.92$45,316
Nov 200696,10454.207.62$46,985
Oct 2006136,43954.906.01$39,437
Sep 200696,21560.085.04$31,847
Aug 2006116,47868.717.34$48,304
Jul 2006146,70969.376.34$43,525
Jun 2006136,39466.286.38$41,680
May 2006305,74666.016.42$38,898
Apr 2006305,85464.397.36$45,020
Mar 2006306,22756.707.08$45,806
Feb 2006265,35857.597.75$43,028
Jan 2006266,23560.598.93$57,275
Dec 2005256,43254.9413.42$87,661
Nov 2005156,26454.6910.59$67,146
Oct 2005186,49358.3413.80$90,626
Sep 2005166,13261.4512.08$75,052
Aug 2005246,50761.519.80$65,224
Jul 2005186,72655.697.84$53,759
Jun 2005136,46452.337.38$48,391
May 2005227,18445.226.65$48,777
Apr 2005247,02349.207.36$52,873
Mar 2005286,97850.377.15$51,337
Feb 2005296,11845.226.31$39,928
Jan 2005476,45443.166.32$42,832
Dec 2004356,99139.866.75$48,592
Nov 2004306,77545.286.33$44,247
Oct 2004716,38749.706.52$45,141
Sep 2004306,53343.245.28$35,817
Aug 2004707,16342.375.55$42,725
Jul 2004528,65738.286.08$54,661
Jun 2004637,66036.106.43$51,551
May 2004677,87437.486.49$53,649
Apr 20041219,29434.475.86$58,619
Mar 2004458,79134.365.53$50,162
Feb 2004328,86432.455.51$49,876
Jan 20043610,08332.036.30$64,672
Dec 20031810,25930.266.30$65,193
Nov 20034210,57628.804.60$49,808
Oct 20032610,92828.174.76$52,746
Sep 20032611,18726.314.75$53,815
Aug 20033112,83529.765.13$66,763
Jul 20032117,64629.415.17$91,862
Jun 2003129,51428.565.98$57,265
May 2003235,80526.595.97$35,283
Apr 2003116,49626.675.41$35,419
Mar 2003176,37431.146.10$39,386
Feb 2003106,03633.487.93$48,175
Jan 200356,51430.315.58$36,513
Dec 200296,25726.914.85$30,612
Nov 200295,94424.664.14$24,812
Oct 200245,87426.464.23$24,948
Sep 200295,99927.443.64$22,055
Aug 200296,18525.963.16$19,804
Jul 200246,44724.583.06$19,837
Jun 200296,27423.733.34$21,158
May 200297,36924.663.58$26,632
Apr 2002126,05223.653.51$21,540
Mar 20023111,93622.003.10$37,716
Feb 20021410,79418.222.38$25,898
Jan 2002711,90417.172.38$28,400
Dec 2001910,02816.932.36$23,863
Nov 20013210,14718.072.41$24,987
Oct 20012711,48619.782.53$29,581
Sep 2001298,49024.262.25$19,817
Aug 20012811,93724.873.05$37,142
Jul 20016312,32623.933.20$40,915
Jun 20013412,80524.563.82$49,803
May 20013515,33025.524.31$66,924
Apr 20016413,37224.685.34$72,923
Mar 20016112,00624.545.38$66,046
Feb 20013110,85927.755.77$63,485
Jan 20013010,09127.478.40$85,576
Dec 2000659,80026.889.12$91,148
Nov 20003314,78232.215.66$84,699
Oct 20003514,21531.235.15$74,236
Sep 20006618,65331.875.19$98,847
Aug 20003820,70529.644.54$95,143
Jul 20004721,29228.534.09$88,420
Jun 20004020,24029.304.40$90,172
May 20005017,59927.263.68$66,123
Apr 20004418,80124.513.12$59,662
Mar 20008915,70328.422.86$47,436
Feb 20008732,38727.622.73$90,706
Jan 20003516,68425.272.48$42,269
Dec 19993614,82524.282.42$36,806
Nov 19999315,67723.192.43$40,314
Oct 19996017,94020.982.80$51,557
Sep 19993220,98021.752.62$55,639
Aug 19993219,32719.262.88$56,193
Jul 19995222,13317.892.37$53,438
Jun 19998527,24915.942.36$65,720
May 19999438,54215.792.32$90,941
Apr 199913837,72815.102.21$85,389
Mar 1999355,50812.471.84$10,562
Feb 1999297,9929.981.82$14,817
Jan 1999228,87410.381.90$17,089
Dec 19983410,4549.201.77$18,851
Nov 19981811,99510.892.19$26,414
Oct 1998257,22212.421.97$14,532
Sep 1998357,81912.592.08$16,725
Aug 1998289,84711.301.91$19,098
Jul 1998279,61111.742.24$21,819
Jun 1998368,13611.242.24$18,607
May 1998237,80712.622.21$17,515
Apr 1998267,51013.042.51$19,154
Mar 1998787,44312.802.31$18,188
Feb 1998157,18213.952.30$16,722
Jan 199837,98014.702.15$17,239
Dec 199738,70216.322.41$21,030
Nov 1997128,82518.193.09$27,472
Oct 199749,12819.253.15$28,829
Sep 199789,12317.742.95$27,099
Aug 1997179,90017.862.55$25,596
Jul 19973410,44217.582.25$24,060
Jun 19973510,17417.242.26$23,568
May 19973411,40318.972.31$26,969
Apr 19973410,69517.882.08$22,883
Mar 19975311,58918.951.94$23,477
Feb 19975810,89520.492.21$25,222
Jan 19977511,95723.483.54$44,085
Dec 19964413,09723.32$1,026
Nov 19968012,64521.97$1,758
Oct 19965713,87123.31$1,329
Sep 19968614,45022.22$1,911
Aug 19967417,77220.26$1,499
Jul 19969019,11119.55$1,760
Jun 19968923,15618.73$1,667
May 199613830,45919.43$2,681
Apr 19968229,10321.51$1,764

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                  312 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $950

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $950

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/158856 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.