O'BYRNE HEIRS GAS UNIT "A"

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 159390District 06Field 354153002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$8.9 M
May 1996 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$120 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 Gas111996-09-18135012
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
CondensateDisposition29,891 bbl$999,244
GasProduction2,208,801 Mcf$7,871,386
Total$8,870,630

259,738 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 32.6036, -94.8639. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.60360, -94.86390 · 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
11,336 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 11,336 ft.

Completions filed
May 1996
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-45930845211,336 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 2026262,251106.413.05$9,623
Apr 2026262,16398.932.87$8,779
Mar 2026352,13589.753.15$9,865
Feb 2026161,97063.503.75$8,404
Jan 2026262,17859.138.00$18,957
Dec 2025262,17656.664.41$11,077
Nov 2025262,12158.593.93$9,851
Oct 2025272,30559.383.30$9,221
Sep 2025182,22062.743.08$7,960
Aug 2025272,29963.933.01$8,657
Jul 2025182,34766.743.32$8,982
Jun 2025262,27066.483.13$8,831
May 2025252,28760.553.23$8,906
Apr 2025182,28462.363.54$9,215
Mar 2025342,20967.704.27$11,731
Feb 2025262,15170.884.34$11,180
Jan 2025222,09174.324.28$10,582
Dec 2024232,01768.993.12$7,883
Nov 2024211,88069.052.20$5,583
Oct 2024211,97571.372.28$6,005
Sep 2024201,92669.612.36$5,946
Aug 2024212,04275.632.06$5,802
Jul 2024152,07679.932.15$5,655
Jun 2024191,88578.082.63$6,449
May 2024271,97578.812.20$6,470
Apr 2024131,91584.451.66$4,275
Mar 2024191,74080.301.55$4,214
Feb 2024291,68476.091.78$5,210
Jan 2024211,48473.023.30$6,427
Dec 2023111,90771.262.61$5,763
Nov 2023122,23377.892.81$7,204
Oct 2023232,38185.443.09$9,316
Sep 2023182,01589.042.74$7,114
Aug 2023102,49880.522.67$7,482
Jul 2023222,82074.852.64$9,097
Jun 2023202,12668.962.26$6,181
May 202301,87670.622.23$4,179
Apr 2023282,29278.122.24$7,316
Mar 2023261,75472.852.39$6,092
Feb 2023191,92175.112.47$6,164
Jan 2023392,31676.533.39$10,831
Dec 2022192,09276.415.73$13,437
Nov 2022292,20785.005.65$14,926
Oct 2022312,22687.185.86$15,755
Sep 2022212,58084.888.16$22,845
Aug 2022182,57994.529.13$25,240
Jul 2022192,448101.587.54$20,393
Jun 2022212,504115.097.98$22,392
May 2022432,735109.378.43$27,767
Apr 2022282,750104.226.84$21,722
Mar 2022272,351108.885.08$14,874
Feb 2022181,91591.054.86$10,944
Jan 2022182,07581.844.54$10,889
Dec 2021262,10971.323.90$10,078
Nov 2021161,65177.435.24$9,885
Oct 2021131,61179.795.71$10,242
Sep 2021151,00769.865.35$6,436
Aug 2021121,35966.024.22$6,528
Jul 2021161,14670.783.98$5,696
Jun 2021181,30069.493.38$5,646
May 2021231,58663.483.02$6,246
Apr 2021282,21760.362.76$7,806
Mar 2021172,09361.302.72$6,729
Feb 2021251,87057.805.55$11,820
Jan 2021202,00550.412.81$6,643
Dec 2020221,82644.642.68$5,867
Nov 2020252,08438.772.71$6,610
Oct 2020352,43536.972.48$7,329
Sep 2020292,41537.091.99$5,884
Aug 2020312,56539.982.39$7,357
Jul 2020352,80738.371.83$6,466
Jun 2020403,37134.901.69$7,094
May 2020383,06816.921.81$6,211
Apr 2020502,53814.751.80$5,317
Mar 2020171,75530.341.86$3,773
Feb 2020492,17349.881.98$6,748
Jan 2020252,46157.252.09$6,586
Dec 2019533,08759.012.30$10,241
Nov 2019283,69255.302.75$11,704
Oct 201981,77253.472.42$4,713
Sep 2019162,52355.052.66$7,585
Aug 2019172,26153.112.30$6,113
Jul 2019182,52956.272.46$7,234
Jun 2019172,03752.782.49$5,972
May 2019191,61158.482.74$5,526
Apr 2019401,99962.632.75$8,004
Mar 2019632,81856.803.06$12,207
Feb 2019423,59350.852.79$12,168
Jan 2019654,04646.033.23$16,053
Dec 2018233,76146.594.19$16,813
Nov 2018261,53452.934.24$7,876
Oct 2018272,00261.443.40$8,462
Sep 2018362,77959.543.11$10,781
Aug 2018182,70759.403.07$9,370
Jul 2018281,97265.142.93$7,606
Jun 2018222,48060.183.08$8,955
May 2018322,58065.382.90$9,576
Apr 2018292,69263.842.90$9,660
Mar 2018312,71161.222.79$9,453
Feb 2018212,36161.782.77$7,828
Jan 2018202,03862.874.01$9,428
Dec 2017212,15657.272.92$7,501
Nov 2017282,15555.423.12$8,272
Oct 2017252,32849.292.98$8,178
Sep 2017202,78947.523.09$9,561
Aug 2017202,52845.373.00$8,503
Jul 2017252,91743.873.09$10,102
Jun 2017202,84042.493.09$9,618
May 2017262,96445.373.26$10,852
Apr 2017212,53947.933.21$9,161
Mar 2017271,92746.772.98$7,012
Feb 2017212,19050.452.95$7,526
Jan 2017252,43149.413.42$9,546
Dec 2016282,45848.763.72$10,516
Nov 2016262,53442.492.64$7,806
Oct 2016252,89146.193.09$10,089
Sep 2016242,79341.553.10$9,657
Aug 2016253,09941.442.92$10,099
Jul 2016253,37541.622.92$10,910
Jun 2016253,52745.352.69$10,607
May 2016282,98842.521.99$7,140
Apr 2016353,05136.561.99$7,354
Mar 2016452,89633.011.79$6,681
Feb 2016392,57826.472.06$6,352
Jan 2016462,97327.352.36$8,287
Dec 2015383,12232.362.00$7,478
Nov 2015452,93238.792.17$8,100
Oct 2015303,19743.552.43$9,064
Sep 2015292,30842.992.76$7,613
Aug 2015283,17540.162.87$10,245
Jul 2015373,27048.152.95$11,412
Jun 2015373,26656.152.88$11,493
May 2015383,20155.212.96$11,558
Apr 2015373,37649.822.71$10,981
Mar 2015263,50342.892.93$11,395
Feb 2015213,24944.662.98$10,608
Jan 2015253,41343.433.10$11,668
Dec 2014253,46154.693.59$13,797
Nov 2014223,51770.464.25$16,504
Oct 2014253,83578.303.90$16,918
Sep 2014203,79186.164.05$17,059
Aug 2014203,77789.394.04$17,028
Jul 2014253,98796.564.18$19,078
Jun 2014133,99098.164.74$20,176
May 2014254,40094.734.73$23,165
Apr 2014253,21295.944.81$17,845
Mar 2014252,96295.895.06$17,375
Feb 2014291,92197.406.19$14,719
Jan 2014372,24790.404.86$14,267
Dec 2013432,53191.824.35$14,969
Nov 2013373,21888.853.74$15,317
Oct 2013373,58797.423.78$17,161
Sep 2013373,801104.113.72$17,983
Aug 2013434,030104.253.52$18,679
Jul 2013373,746102.523.72$17,720
Jun 2013383,00194.403.93$15,391
May 2013413,91294.834.15$20,119
Apr 2013494,04993.964.28$21,944
Mar 2013443,99693.623.91$19,755
Feb 2013614,14891.233.42$19,751
Jan 2013993,76391.603.42$21,938
Dec 20121113,80586.773.42$22,645
Nov 2012883,42486.953.62$20,063
Oct 2012933,23489.383.40$19,307
Sep 20121224,16894.672.92$23,714
Aug 2012913,79092.662.91$19,454
Jul 2012493,41285.133.02$14,478
Jun 2012603,68779.822.52$14,077
May 2012624,26091.612.49$16,280
Apr 2012514,706101.652.00$14,581
Mar 2012424,880105.052.22$15,256
Feb 2012544,119101.102.57$16,046
Jan 2012404,72498.092.73$16,839
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20116095.723.31$574
Oct 20112268684.983.65$4,372
Sep 2011293,64683.623.99$16,957
Aug 2011303,91783.404.15$18,755
Jul 2011403,68694.144.52$20,416
Jun 2011293,09692.904.64$17,059
May 2011543,70198.134.40$21,601
Apr 2011243,337105.964.33$17,003
Mar 2011424,15596.364.06$20,905
Feb 2011283,67785.644.18$17,768
Jan 2011264,55186.504.59$23,133
Dec 2010364,11685.734.35$20,982
Nov 2010263,60480.843.80$15,780
Oct 2010232,92278.103.51$12,049
Sep 2010234,08572.633.98$17,927
Aug 2010153,24573.684.42$15,446
Jul 2010193,35372.554.74$17,260
Jun 2010293,85070.364.91$20,945
May 201041,67171.124.24$7,362
Apr 2010212,98581.694.12$14,022
Mar 2010323,86878.394.39$19,484
Feb 2010313,22573.585.44$19,833
Jan 2010524,12474.365.96$28,463
Dec 2009362,55271.445.48$16,566
Nov 2009362,70274.593.75$12,822
Oct 2009413,70972.544.11$18,219
Sep 2009342,99265.543.06$11,398
Aug 2009272,73567.423.22$10,623
Jul 2009423,51061.133.46$14,728
Jun 2009383,54166.163.90$16,306
May 2009204,45254.743.93$18,572
Apr 2009314,22346.773.59$16,600
Mar 2009296,25542.144.06$26,611
Feb 20094032.814.63$131
Jan 2009242,82335.865.37$16,023
Dec 2008284,21437.105.98$26,226
Nov 2008264,83755.496.86$34,626
Oct 2008324,21775.246.92$31,598
Sep 2008274,352101.767.88$37,029
Aug 2008375,296114.228.48$49,152
Jul 2008283,895131.0811.39$48,032
Jun 2008304,429131.3313.03$61,661
May 2008314,168123.1711.57$52,060
Apr 2008344,789110.3110.45$53,819
Mar 2008405,055101.909.66$52,928
Feb 2008273,79792.538.77$35,800
Jan 2008315,09990.388.21$44,643
Dec 2007305,15688.337.30$40,299
Nov 2007285,04391.677.29$39,339
Oct 2007235,25382.856.92$38,267
Sep 2007274,98575.846.24$33,175
Aug 2007255,81569.066.39$38,872
Jul 2007286,72670.906.39$44,950
Jun 2007153,87062.007.55$30,143
May 20072058.747.85$117
Apr 200771,44459.617.81$11,688
Mar 200781,49056.927.30$11,335
Feb 200744,60955.108.22$38,088
Jan 200775,54050.306.73$37,619
Dec 200665,69356.656.92$39,727
Nov 200675,57554.207.62$42,847
Oct 200655,92454.906.01$35,900
Sep 200645,52160.085.04$28,051
Aug 200665,87868.717.34$43,556
Jul 200665,09469.376.34$32,726
Jun 200655,77366.286.38$37,186
May 200655,84766.016.42$37,897
Apr 2006266,63064.397.36$50,474
Mar 2006605,51956.707.08$42,493
Feb 2006475,59657.597.75$46,082
Jan 2006696,63960.598.93$63,489
Dec 2005676,52154.9413.42$91,163
Nov 2005626,74854.6910.59$74,841
Oct 2005656,90658.3413.80$99,066
Sep 2005464,80561.4512.08$60,866
Aug 2005516,37261.519.80$65,562
Jul 2005556,27655.697.84$52,290
Jun 2005596,03852.337.38$47,654
May 2005496,63345.226.65$46,333
Apr 2005606,08049.207.36$47,704
Mar 2005787,05850.377.15$54,428
Feb 2005636,14545.226.31$41,636
Jan 2005856,85643.166.32$47,014
Dec 2004696,84539.866.75$48,961
Nov 2004666,82845.286.33$46,213
Oct 2004677,35749.706.52$51,261
Sep 2004697,47143.245.28$42,460
Aug 2004677,46342.375.55$44,263
Jul 2004687,32538.286.08$47,170
Jun 2004525,88736.106.43$39,748
May 2004706,20537.486.49$42,922
Apr 2004836,51934.475.86$41,052
Mar 2004747,10234.365.53$41,818
Feb 2004866,95532.455.51$41,110
Jan 2004637,82232.036.30$51,294
Dec 2003778,35830.266.30$54,999
Nov 2003628,00128.804.60$38,551
Oct 2003617,97628.174.76$39,681
Sep 2003667,83126.314.75$38,929
Aug 2003697,29429.765.13$39,470
Jul 2003657,94529.415.17$42,994
Jun 2003668,06828.565.98$50,155
May 2003608,19626.595.97$50,547
Apr 2003638,47626.675.41$47,512
Mar 2003827,73031.146.10$49,676
Feb 2003838,10833.487.93$67,042
Jan 2003898,18830.315.58$48,403
Dec 2002919,04926.914.85$46,370
Nov 2002879,14124.664.14$39,961
Oct 2002677,68626.464.23$34,278
Sep 2002688,39827.443.64$32,394
Aug 2002839,66325.963.16$32,730
Jul 2002799,19924.583.06$30,107
Jun 2002689,10423.733.34$32,005
May 2002899,38724.663.58$35,838
Apr 2002819,00923.653.51$33,558
Mar 2002928,94422.003.10$29,775
Feb 20021379,04218.222.38$23,977
Jan 20021469,90817.172.38$26,045
Dec 20011669,99016.932.36$26,431
Nov 200116911,46518.072.41$30,633
Oct 200116812,18919.782.53$34,148
Sep 200114212,53524.262.25$31,665
Aug 200112811,13924.873.05$37,193
Jul 200113512,46223.933.20$43,073
Jun 200114913,59124.563.82$55,634
May 200113810,72625.524.31$49,722
Apr 20011468,56424.685.34$49,295
Mar 200121110,40124.545.38$61,098
Feb 20011689,20227.755.77$57,731
Jan 20011899,11627.478.40$81,755
Dec 20001477,22726.889.12$69,880
Nov 20001729,94032.215.66$61,781
Oct 20001499,26131.235.15$52,306
Sep 20001409,18231.875.19$52,084
Aug 20001499,95329.644.54$49,610
Jul 20001459,94428.534.09$44,805
Jun 20001639,87229.304.40$48,186
May 200022111,54927.263.68$48,522
Apr 200018710,89524.513.12$38,532
Mar 200019011,84128.422.86$39,262
Feb 200018410,16927.622.73$32,808
Jan 200016710,84925.272.48$31,131
Dec 199917510,43124.282.42$29,531
Nov 199917911,41723.192.43$31,940
Oct 199918711,71620.982.80$36,772
Sep 199916212,68821.752.62$36,751
Aug 199920413,17019.262.88$41,801
Jul 199916512,30817.892.37$32,151
Jun 199918511,89915.942.36$31,056
May 199921712,79715.792.32$33,129
Apr 199921212,70315.102.21$31,250
Mar 199922413,22612.471.84$27,107
Feb 199922612,2619.981.82$24,543
Jan 199924712,99310.381.90$27,250
Dec 199831813,9129.201.77$27,596
Nov 199832015,37710.892.19$37,095
Oct 199834916,83012.421.97$37,476
Sep 199824613,44112.592.08$31,090
Aug 199834618,30111.301.91$38,816
Jul 199834519,86411.742.24$48,491
Jun 199840120,22511.242.24$49,756
May 199840523,61112.622.21$57,205
Apr 199848423,79613.042.51$65,928
Mar 199845023,61312.802.31$60,293
Feb 199836118,32413.952.30$47,165
Jan 199827516,18014.702.15$38,907
Dec 199727815,16916.322.41$41,111
Nov 199726313,77918.193.09$47,337
Oct 199731717,45919.253.15$61,095
Sep 199734919,28317.742.95$63,170
Aug 199730117,35017.862.55$49,701
Jul 199727617,27117.582.25$43,659
Jun 199728016,54517.242.26$42,173
May 199726913,86818.972.31$37,117
Apr 199736221,26817.882.08$50,769
Mar 199736618,97318.951.94$43,727
Feb 199742919,11120.492.21$50,947
Jan 199746520,43823.483.54$83,263
Dec 199647423,23723.32$11,054
Nov 199649626,13221.97$10,897
Oct 199651529,07923.31$12,005
Sep 199664232,88222.22$14,265
Aug 199697636,38220.26$19,774
Jul 19961,13145,40519.55$22,111
Jun 199630952,40418.73$5,788
May 199618214,21719.43$3,536

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            26 bbl  × $106.41 =     $2,767
Gas                2,251 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $6,856

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Month total                                   $9,623

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/159390 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.