BOZMAN, J. H. LEASE

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

Gas lease lease 159044District 06Field 354153002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$5.2 M
May 1996 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$53 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
361
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 351 leases and 351 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1980-12-20
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
600 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 2017-12-05.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: BE FILED IF THE OPERATOR CHOOSES. THIS IS A UFT FIELD.

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 Gas111996-09-17134952
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
CondensateDisposition16,197 bbl$588,859
GasProduction1,353,275 Mcf$4,582,733
Total$5,171,593

198,651 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 8 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 32.5458, -94.9039. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.54576, -94.90389 · 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
11,000 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 11,000 ft.

Completions filed
May 1996
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-18331216111,000 ftMay 1996

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 (361)

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

361 months

May 202611831106.413.05$3,702
Apr 20261292298.932.87$3,833
Mar 20261797089.753.15$4,581
Feb 2026889663.503.75$3,868
Jan 2026131,00959.138.00$8,839
Dec 2025131,03456.664.41$5,300
Nov 2025131,10958.593.93$5,116
Oct 20251179959.383.30$3,294
Sep 2025895162.743.08$3,428
Aug 2025131,00963.933.01$3,873
Jul 2025899566.743.32$3,833
Jun 20251296666.483.13$3,820
May 20251298560.553.23$3,910
Apr 2025998962.363.54$4,065
Mar 2025171,06267.704.27$5,684
Feb 20251190870.884.34$4,721
Jan 20251188474.324.28$4,600
Dec 2024131,05268.993.12$4,181
Nov 20241295469.052.20$2,926
Oct 2024131,06971.372.28$3,367
Sep 2024121,08269.612.36$3,394
Aug 2024131,15975.632.06$3,375
Jul 202491,17879.932.15$3,248
Jun 2024121,13278.082.63$3,919
May 2024171,19378.812.20$3,963
Apr 202491,15484.451.66$2,675
Mar 2024151,26580.301.55$3,159
Feb 2024231,22676.091.78$3,937
Jan 2024171,17573.023.30$5,116
Dec 2023431,27771.262.61$6,398
Nov 2023381,20177.892.81$6,332
Oct 202301,78685.443.09$5,514
Sep 2023081789.042.74$2,235
Aug 202310461280.522.67$10,010
Jul 2023866374.852.64$2,350
Jun 20231270968.962.26$2,429
May 2023028570.622.23$635
Apr 2023131,12178.122.24$3,524
Mar 20231299372.852.39$3,251
Feb 20231282575.112.47$2,936
Jan 20231181176.533.39$3,589
Dec 2022079876.415.73$4,572
Nov 20221398885.005.65$6,683
Oct 2022141,18887.185.86$8,187
Sep 2022121,16384.888.16$10,513
Aug 2022131,07394.529.13$11,022
Jul 202201,178101.587.54$8,885
Jun 2022131,318115.097.98$12,010
May 2022111,192109.378.43$11,255
Apr 202227944104.226.84$9,269
Mar 202201,236108.885.08$6,274
Feb 2022141,05591.054.86$6,401
Jan 2022141,31681.844.54$7,117
Dec 2021261,33671.323.90$7,064
Nov 2021111,24477.435.24$7,366
Oct 202101,18479.795.71$6,765
Sep 2021896169.865.35$5,701
Aug 2021776766.024.22$3,699
Jul 20211357170.783.98$3,194
Jun 2021121,22869.493.38$4,985
May 202101,18463.483.02$3,573
Apr 202191,21060.362.76$3,881
Mar 2021998861.302.72$3,236
Feb 20211168657.805.55$4,442
Jan 2021111,09550.412.81$3,632
Dec 2020121,06544.642.68$3,385
Nov 2020101,19738.772.71$3,627
Oct 202071,02436.972.48$2,797
Sep 20201069237.091.99$1,749
Aug 2020101,16839.982.39$3,186
Jul 202061,02738.371.83$2,105
Jun 20201064534.901.69$1,439
May 2020121,15916.921.81$2,306
Apr 2020171,43114.751.80$2,833
Mar 2020969530.341.86$1,563
Feb 2020960749.881.98$1,651
Jan 20201366657.252.09$2,139
Dec 2019151,28759.012.30$3,851
Nov 2019111,49255.302.75$4,712
Oct 2019101,31953.472.42$3,725
Sep 201971,31555.052.66$3,880
Aug 201941,13453.112.30$2,826
Jul 2019633356.272.46$1,157
Jun 2019572252.782.49$2,063
May 2019358258.482.74$1,770
Apr 2019326162.632.75$906
Mar 2019441156.803.06$1,486
Feb 2019314850.852.79$566
Jan 20191148146.033.23$2,059
Dec 2018790746.594.19$4,122
Nov 201806052.934.24$254
Oct 2018111,19061.443.40$4,720
Sep 2018171,24359.543.11$4,875
Aug 201891,15359.403.07$4,070
Jul 201881,36465.142.93$4,520
Jun 2018588460.183.08$3,021
May 2018987965.382.90$3,138
Apr 2018111,06763.842.90$3,797
Mar 2018221,29461.222.79$4,953
Feb 20181371061.782.77$2,767
Jan 2018111,40062.874.01$6,305
Dec 2017251,15757.272.92$4,812
Nov 2017111,42455.423.12$5,050
Oct 201771,24649.292.98$4,063
Sep 2017161,59347.523.09$5,678
Aug 201701,33045.373.00$3,996
Jul 2017898643.873.09$3,395
Jun 201781,14542.493.09$3,875
May 201781,48845.373.26$5,219
Apr 201781,28647.933.21$4,514
Mar 201781,74846.772.98$5,590
Feb 2017151,28750.452.95$4,557
Jan 2017151,40949.413.42$5,558
Dec 201681,78448.763.72$7,032
Nov 2016151,47842.492.64$4,546
Oct 201691,17846.193.09$4,056
Sep 2016181,44541.553.10$5,228
Aug 201691,54141.442.92$4,879
Jul 2016182,19441.622.92$7,165
Jun 201691,74845.352.69$5,103
May 2016211,95942.521.99$4,793
Apr 2016111,59536.561.99$3,578
Mar 2016221,46033.011.79$3,345
Feb 2016231,92526.472.06$4,581
Jan 2016351,98527.352.36$5,651
Dec 2015241,88932.362.00$4,557
Nov 2015111,26338.792.17$3,164
Oct 2015112,21543.552.43$5,854
Sep 2015211,75042.992.76$5,730
Aug 2015191,39240.162.87$4,762
Jul 2015251,97748.152.95$7,026
Jun 2015141,91756.152.88$6,313
May 2015141,80055.212.96$6,093
Apr 2015421,91349.822.71$7,270
Mar 2015272,04442.892.93$7,157
Feb 2015131,74544.662.98$5,774
Jan 2015231,81243.433.10$6,617
Dec 2014111,38054.693.59$5,558
Nov 2014191,61570.464.25$8,205
Oct 2014112,46978.303.90$10,493
Sep 2014111,81386.164.05$8,282
Aug 2014112,05989.394.04$9,292
Jul 2014111,48896.564.18$7,281
Jun 2014111,82298.164.74$9,710
May 2014111,98294.734.73$10,410
Apr 2014112,61995.944.81$13,650
Mar 2014261,87195.895.06$11,954
Feb 2014141,35997.406.19$9,779
Jan 2014131,57090.404.86$8,807
Dec 2013261,26891.824.35$7,909
Nov 2013131,51488.853.74$6,815
Oct 2013141,93997.423.78$8,692
Sep 2013141,825104.113.72$8,242
Aug 2013141,846104.253.52$7,962
Jul 2013251,852102.523.72$9,448
Jun 201301,93694.403.93$7,615
May 2013242,18994.834.15$11,358
Apr 2013121,97793.964.28$9,594
Mar 20131353893.623.91$3,322
Feb 2013291,39191.233.42$7,403
Jan 2013311,82091.603.42$9,064
Dec 2012182,24086.773.42$9,223
Nov 2012471,00086.953.62$7,712
Oct 2012251,43389.383.40$7,106
Sep 2012261,34294.672.92$6,378
Aug 2012571,55992.662.91$9,815
Jul 2012281,24185.133.02$6,132
Jun 2012261,62379.822.52$6,164
May 2012211,66891.612.49$6,074
Apr 2012261,467101.652.00$5,572
Mar 2012131,908105.052.22$5,605
Feb 2012251,507101.102.57$6,401
Jan 2012251,50098.092.73$6,553
Dec 2011251,39196.873.24$6,928
Nov 2011241,70695.723.31$7,946
Oct 2011121,59884.983.65$6,850
Sep 2011241,17083.623.99$6,670
Aug 2011121,84783.404.15$8,665
Jul 2011231,50194.144.52$8,946
Jun 2011121,48492.904.64$8,000
May 2011351,99598.134.40$12,222
Apr 2011121,704105.964.33$8,655
Mar 2011171,68096.364.06$8,454
Feb 2011221,95985.644.18$10,073
Jan 2011232,18986.504.59$12,034
Dec 2010352,17985.734.35$12,474
Nov 2010212,23980.843.80$10,195
Oct 2010171,89578.103.51$7,977
Sep 2010222,09472.633.98$9,931
Aug 2010222,49473.684.42$12,643
Jul 201001,74372.554.74$8,256
Jun 2010262,03370.364.91$11,812
May 2010372,36471.124.24$12,644
Apr 2010122,44681.694.12$11,064
Mar 2010312,59478.394.39$13,814
Feb 2010531,70873.585.44$13,195
Jan 2010232,31374.365.96$15,505
Dec 2009812,22571.445.48$17,988
Nov 2009522,44874.593.75$13,062
Oct 2009302,38372.544.11$11,971
Sep 2009552,35465.543.06$10,819
Aug 2009502,27167.423.22$10,680
Jul 2009382,24261.133.46$10,090
Jun 2009702,33166.163.90$13,710
May 2009292,29254.743.93$10,585
Apr 20091012,68546.773.59$14,356
Mar 2009593,00442.144.06$14,680
Feb 2009412,22032.814.63$11,630
Jan 2009412,63535.865.37$15,623
Dec 2008452,48037.105.98$16,493
Nov 2008312,14755.496.86$16,449
Oct 2008342,66275.246.92$20,984
Sep 2008221,990101.767.88$17,914
Aug 2008222,834114.228.48$26,554
Jul 2008332,574131.0811.39$33,642
Jun 2008271,732131.3313.03$26,118
May 2008111,988123.1711.57$24,365
Apr 2008522,620110.3110.45$33,128
Mar 2008433,176101.909.66$35,075
Feb 2008302,11792.538.77$21,343
Jan 2008452,93490.388.21$28,143
Dec 2007282,83688.337.30$23,182
Nov 2007311,71691.677.29$15,354
Oct 2007312,13982.856.92$17,374
Sep 2007382,69475.846.24$19,704
Aug 2007473,58469.066.39$26,140
Jul 2007302,15970.906.39$15,919
Jun 2007412,71062.007.55$22,998
May 2007333,06158.747.85$25,956
Apr 2007542,83559.617.81$25,347
Mar 2007402,89556.927.30$23,416
Feb 2007283,07655.108.22$26,815
Jan 2007332,97650.306.73$21,679
Dec 2006363,34256.656.92$25,161
Nov 2006223,23154.207.62$25,804
Oct 2006213,50554.906.01$22,231
Sep 2006332,89960.085.04$16,585
Aug 2006223,26468.717.34$25,469
Jul 2006343,64569.376.34$25,478
Jun 2006123,58066.286.38$23,650
May 2006233,83466.016.42$26,152
Apr 2006193,23064.397.36$24,998
Mar 2006473,49756.707.08$27,434
Feb 2006403,02357.597.75$25,735
Jan 2006463,40360.598.93$33,187
Dec 2005423,70254.9413.42$51,971
Nov 2005222,12654.6910.59$23,714
Oct 2005373,85658.3413.80$55,355
Sep 2005243,00261.4512.08$37,736
Aug 2005273,61861.519.80$37,106
Jul 2005273,25955.697.84$27,066
Jun 2005333,31652.337.38$26,202
May 2005263,44945.226.65$24,116
Apr 2005253,12949.207.36$24,261
Mar 2005234,23850.377.15$31,481
Feb 2005194,04545.226.31$26,391
Jan 2005264,59143.166.32$30,147
Dec 2004284,64039.866.75$32,441
Nov 2004314,18645.286.33$27,903
Oct 2004294,30749.706.52$29,502
Sep 2004274,92643.245.28$27,196
Aug 2004304,59042.375.55$26,749
Jul 2004225,82438.286.08$36,276
Jun 2004101,93336.106.43$12,796
May 2004325837.486.49$1,788
Apr 2004202,06334.475.86$12,775
Mar 2004344,11934.365.53$23,947
Feb 2004634,07432.455.51$24,491
Jan 2004434,84332.036.30$31,886
Dec 2003644,47930.266.30$30,162
Nov 2003524,11928.804.60$20,425
Oct 2003494,50328.174.76$22,813
Sep 2003654,59326.314.75$23,524
Aug 2003554,61729.765.13$25,321
Jul 2003525,65729.415.17$30,781
Jun 2003465,03928.565.98$31,462
May 2003203,17226.595.97$19,477
Apr 2003594,49626.675.41$25,885
Mar 2003445,03131.146.10$32,039
Feb 2003454,41233.487.93$36,476
Jan 2003395,24130.315.58$30,438
Dec 2002284,87426.914.85$24,411
Nov 2002455,17824.664.14$22,531
Oct 2002485,29126.464.23$23,646
Sep 2002225,77127.443.64$21,582
Aug 2002445,85125.963.16$19,656
Jul 2002275,79624.583.06$18,410
Jun 2002365,59423.733.34$19,528
May 2002386,05224.663.58$22,627
Apr 2002305,64223.653.51$20,526
Mar 2002516,51722.003.10$21,342
Feb 2002715,17918.222.38$13,597
Jan 2002896,19917.172.38$16,255
Dec 20011037,63916.932.36$19,805
Nov 20011108,81318.072.41$23,188
Oct 2001686,67919.782.53$18,235
Sep 2001666,83224.262.25$16,982
Aug 2001715,98624.873.05$20,042
Jul 2001705,17423.933.20$18,217
Jun 2001906,28524.563.82$26,245
May 2001805,62825.524.31$26,283
Apr 2001805,64324.685.34$32,082
Mar 200115,38524.545.38$28,977
Feb 2001634,17427.755.77$25,820
Jan 20011025,66427.478.40$50,373
Dec 2000655,08526.889.12$48,135
Nov 2000875,76432.215.66$35,415
Oct 20001506,46631.235.15$37,955
Sep 2000755,41231.875.19$30,460
Aug 2000896,59729.644.54$32,593
Jul 2000776,56928.534.09$29,062
Jun 2000916,90429.304.40$33,025
May 20001026,62427.263.68$27,155
Apr 2000836,68924.513.12$22,877
Mar 2000177,17328.422.86$20,996
Feb 2000196,74027.622.73$18,901
Jan 2000217,24025.272.48$18,489
Dec 1999207,35424.282.42$18,310
Nov 1999187,37223.192.43$18,361
Oct 1999208,11120.982.80$23,160
Sep 1999177,72621.752.62$20,603
Aug 1999187,22619.262.88$21,126
Jul 1999247,30917.892.37$17,769
Jun 19991108,04415.942.36$20,754
May 19991158,90815.792.32$22,492
Apr 19991258,68815.102.21$21,071
Mar 19991319,46312.471.84$19,030
Feb 19991127,8919.981.82$15,462
Jan 19991348,85210.381.90$18,209
Dec 1998868,7469.201.77$16,301
Nov 1998818,81310.892.19$20,145
Oct 1998849,08612.421.97$18,936
Sep 1998839,77912.592.08$21,411
Aug 1998769,05811.301.91$18,136
Jul 199810510,09111.742.24$23,809
Jun 19981019,80011.242.24$23,060
May 199814111,59212.622.21$27,355
Apr 199812310,12113.042.51$26,960
Mar 199812111,12712.802.31$27,246
Feb 199813310,20213.952.30$25,311
Jan 199815912,32714.702.15$28,899
Dec 199722112,72316.322.41$34,283
Nov 199721413,21318.193.09$44,698
Oct 199722514,48519.253.15$49,956
Sep 199719412,59317.742.95$40,652
Aug 199720713,42517.862.55$37,994
Jul 199716315,30717.582.25$37,259
Jun 199716815,96017.242.26$38,921
May 199719016,71818.972.31$42,198
Apr 199722717,49217.882.08$40,491
Mar 199720415,30518.951.94$33,544
Feb 199721817,22120.492.21$42,455
Jan 199718213,41923.483.54$51,773
Dec 199619215,96823.32$4,477
Nov 199624118,97721.97$5,295
Oct 199625720,84023.31$5,991
Sep 199652823,17722.22$11,732
Aug 199648827,43520.26$9,887
Jul 199652930,04619.55$10,342
Jun 199650641,05518.73$9,477
May 199648721,15319.43$9,462

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            11 bbl  × $106.41 =     $1,171
Gas                  831 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $2,531

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Month total                                   $3,702

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/159044 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.