SHELTON, A.L. ESTATE GAS UNIT

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 159545District 06Field 354153002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$10.6 M
Jul 1996 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
359
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 Gas111996-11-01135311
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
CondensateDisposition38,429 bbl$957,948
GasProduction2,794,865 Mcf$9,672,625
Total$10,630,573

334,657 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 6 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 32.5889, -94.8885. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.58892, -94.88848 · 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
11,084 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 11,084 ft.

Completions filed
Jul 1996
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-45930841111,084 ftJul 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 (359)

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

359 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 2022061104.226.84$417
Mar 2022093108.885.08$472
Feb 202209091.054.86$437
Jan 202209881.844.54$445
Dec 2021010271.323.90$398
Nov 202109877.435.24$513
Oct 2021010479.795.71$594
Sep 2021010169.865.35$540
Aug 2021011166.024.22$468
Jul 2021011270.783.98$446
Jun 2021016369.493.38$551
May 2021011063.483.02$332
Apr 2021011260.362.76$309
Mar 2021012161.302.72$329
Feb 2021015757.805.55$871
Jan 2021012750.412.81$357
Dec 2020012644.642.68$337
Nov 2020012738.772.71$344
Oct 2020013836.972.48$342
Sep 2020015637.091.99$311
Aug 2020015439.982.39$367
Jul 2020015238.371.83$277
Jun 2020016034.901.69$270
May 2020015916.921.81$289
Apr 2020120814.751.80$390
Mar 2020123630.341.86$468
Feb 2020124749.881.98$539
Jan 2020128757.252.09$658
Dec 20191534659.012.30$1,682
Nov 2019035055.302.75$963
Oct 2019019753.472.42$476
Sep 2019120955.052.66$610
Aug 2019123753.112.30$599
Jul 2019122256.272.46$602
Jun 2019126652.782.49$715
May 2019138358.482.74$1,108
Apr 2019141562.632.75$1,204
Mar 2019241656.803.06$1,387
Feb 2019134150.852.79$1,003
Jan 2019137146.033.23$1,244
Dec 2018350846.594.19$2,266
Nov 2018027652.934.24$1,169
Oct 2018147261.443.40$1,665
Sep 2018139159.543.11$1,275
Aug 2018139659.403.07$1,274
Jul 2018146165.142.93$1,417
Jun 2018042360.183.08$1,302
May 2018148965.382.90$1,484
Apr 2018154063.842.90$1,630
Mar 2018257361.222.79$1,719
Feb 2018160061.782.77$1,721
Jan 2018123362.874.01$997
Dec 2017286457.272.92$2,639
Nov 2017171155.423.12$2,273
Oct 2017276049.292.98$2,366
Sep 2017383147.523.09$2,708
Aug 2017084545.373.00$2,539
Jul 2017229143.873.09$986
Jun 2017274442.493.09$2,382
May 2017295045.373.26$3,191
Apr 201721,25947.933.21$4,139
Mar 201722,43146.772.98$7,347
Feb 201742,33350.452.95$7,090
Jan 201743,94049.413.42$13,668
Dec 201624,75148.763.72$17,785
Nov 201642,46742.492.64$6,694
Oct 201633,40846.193.09$10,670
Sep 201654,75941.553.10$14,964
Aug 201632,51641.442.92$7,482
Jul 201653,15041.622.92$9,420
Jun 201634,30045.352.69$11,685
May 2016161,65242.521.99$3,970
Apr 201682,54136.561.99$5,352
Mar 2016154,45533.011.79$8,487
Feb 2016153,43926.472.06$7,494
Jan 2016243,61627.352.36$9,206
Dec 2015163,94932.362.00$8,421
Nov 201573,88538.792.17$8,692
Oct 201574,24943.552.43$10,615
Sep 2015143,47042.992.76$10,174
Aug 2015133,29040.162.87$9,973
Jul 2015173,19748.152.95$10,234
Jun 201593,10056.152.88$9,442
May 201594,23155.212.96$13,001
Apr 2015284,51949.822.71$13,626
Mar 2015413,43342.892.93$11,833
Feb 2015373,57644.662.98$12,295
Jan 2015672,60343.433.10$10,981
Dec 2014322,95154.693.59$12,348
Nov 2014553,39770.464.25$18,319
Oct 2014313,67878.303.90$16,775
Sep 2014303,53886.164.05$16,898
Aug 2014303,58489.394.04$17,144
Jul 2014313,05296.564.18$15,750
Jun 2014313,49898.164.74$19,613
May 2014313,32994.734.73$18,671
Apr 2014293,01595.944.81$17,282
Mar 2014363,24495.895.06$19,856
Feb 2014183,46197.406.19$23,184
Jan 2014174,08390.404.86$21,383
Dec 2013353,29691.824.35$17,566
Nov 2013183,73288.853.74$15,551
Oct 2013183,76797.423.78$15,990
Sep 2013193,567104.113.72$15,239
Aug 2013183,709104.253.52$14,942
Jul 2013313,779102.523.72$17,227
Jun 201303,56994.403.93$14,038
May 2013274,32294.834.15$20,493
Apr 2013124,82293.964.28$21,778
Mar 2013103,80393.623.91$15,817
Feb 201304,30291.233.42$14,712
Jan 201304,86791.603.42$16,645
Dec 201204,86486.773.42$16,636
Nov 201204,71586.953.62$17,092
Oct 201214,67789.383.40$15,990
Sep 201204,98294.672.92$14,539
Aug 201215,34792.662.91$15,643
Jul 201212,93685.133.02$8,954
Jun 201214,34279.822.52$11,017
May 201224,39691.612.49$11,122
Apr 201253,141101.652.00$6,780
Mar 201253,763105.052.22$8,887
Feb 2012104,141101.102.57$11,654
Jan 2012124,02998.092.73$12,193
Dec 2011124,66696.873.24$16,279
Nov 2011134,85795.723.31$17,327
Oct 201174,24784.983.65$16,090
Sep 2011163,23183.623.99$14,216
Aug 2011103,77183.404.15$16,481
Jul 2011224,51794.144.52$22,475
Jun 2011143,62392.904.64$18,111
May 2011524,45298.134.40$24,713
Apr 2011223,778105.964.33$18,702
Mar 2011384,03096.364.06$20,013
Feb 2011484,14385.644.18$21,428
Jan 2011494,48986.504.59$24,838
Dec 2010784,47485.734.35$26,139
Nov 2010554,59180.843.80$21,871
Oct 2010385,28978.103.51$21,526
Sep 2010312,69172.633.98$12,960
Aug 2010323,19973.684.42$16,495
Jul 201002,26472.554.74$10,723
Jun 2010594,24470.364.91$24,991
May 2010734,79071.124.24$25,478
Apr 2010244,05581.694.12$18,678
Mar 2010835,31078.394.39$29,810
Feb 20101045,24973.585.44$36,219
Jan 2010365,70574.365.96$36,702
Dec 2009986,07471.445.48$40,309
Nov 200993,53874.593.75$13,944
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20098065.543.06$524
Aug 2009473,17967.423.22$13,400
Jul 2009484,52261.133.46$18,601
Jun 2009334,81866.163.90$20,949
May 200934,88354.743.93$19,334
Apr 200954,56146.773.59$16,596
Mar 200945,01642.144.06$20,529
Feb 2009105,31932.814.63$24,971
Jan 2009215,94535.865.37$32,684
Dec 2008245,38737.105.98$33,089
Nov 2008195,79955.496.86$40,838
Oct 2008186,50875.246.92$46,403
Sep 2008113,992101.767.88$32,565
Aug 2008115,871114.228.48$51,060
Jul 2008205,702131.0811.39$67,564
Jun 2008186,188131.3313.03$83,010
May 200865,118123.1711.57$59,976
Apr 2008245,534110.3110.45$60,505
Mar 2008185,533101.909.66$55,306
Feb 2008125,09792.538.77$45,814
Jan 2008166,05990.388.21$51,165
Dec 2007136,33788.337.30$47,421
Nov 2007176,28991.677.29$47,416
Oct 2007125,80082.856.92$41,142
Sep 2007125,66175.846.24$36,258
Aug 2007155,64369.066.39$37,083
Jul 2007125,90570.906.39$38,572
Jun 2007155,89262.007.55$45,405
May 2007126,31958.747.85$50,286
Apr 2007195,99959.617.81$47,956
Mar 2007156,31156.927.30$46,937
Feb 2007125,28255.108.22$44,058
Jan 2007115,59850.306.73$38,210
Dec 2006115,55856.656.92$39,076
Nov 200675,37654.207.62$41,331
Oct 200675,73754.906.01$34,885
Sep 2006125,55660.085.04$28,708
Aug 200675,73368.717.34$42,561
Jul 2006125,83669.376.34$37,849
Jun 200655,79466.286.38$37,320
May 200685,68666.016.42$37,061
Apr 200656,31664.397.36$46,811
Mar 200647,19456.707.08$51,181
Feb 200626,82357.597.75$53,001
Jan 200647,46960.598.93$66,965
Dec 200547,46954.9413.42$100,419
Nov 200527,36454.6910.59$78,082
Oct 200527,61858.3413.80$105,213
Sep 200527,18261.4512.08$86,874
Aug 200527,66061.519.80$75,167
Jul 200527,58055.697.84$59,566
Jun 200537,27252.337.38$53,832
May 200528,02845.226.65$53,486
Apr 2005187,43749.207.36$55,625
Mar 2005797,77450.377.15$59,601
Feb 2005636,99945.226.31$47,026
Jan 2005867,94243.166.32$53,923
Dec 2004947,91339.866.75$57,168
Nov 20041087,78345.286.33$54,160
Oct 2004998,39049.706.52$59,582
Sep 2004877,64843.245.28$44,173
Aug 2004918,12142.375.55$48,933
Jul 2004737,13338.286.08$46,193
Jun 2004847,22636.106.43$49,517
May 20041018,23937.486.49$57,294
Apr 20041268,31234.475.86$53,039
Mar 20041198,90034.365.53$53,307
Feb 20041488,59932.455.51$52,180
Jan 2004999,50632.036.30$63,055
Dec 20031629,76930.266.30$66,463
Nov 20031409,46128.804.60$47,507
Oct 2003969,61528.174.76$48,468
Sep 2003239,89026.314.75$47,576
Aug 2003779,17529.765.13$49,357
Jul 200312410,71729.415.17$59,063
Jun 20035610,32728.565.98$63,385
May 2003466,22226.595.97$38,385
Apr 2003589,82726.675.41$54,684
Mar 200313910,55231.146.10$68,654
Feb 20031359,41733.487.93$79,158
Jan 20037210,32730.315.58$59,828
Dec 200212011,14526.914.85$57,324
Nov 20021229,89624.664.14$43,948
Oct 20029610,10826.464.23$45,288
Sep 200212210,63827.443.64$42,019
Aug 200218911,24025.963.16$40,472
Jul 200216012,41424.583.06$41,941
Jun 200215312,86123.733.34$46,564
May 200218712,19124.663.58$48,304
Apr 200216912,98223.653.51$49,594
Mar 200224413,12822.003.10$46,101
Feb 200216012,22618.222.38$31,960
Jan 200219514,11317.172.38$36,876
Dec 200115815,68216.932.36$39,753
Nov 200115818,20018.072.41$46,636
Oct 200115916,02919.782.53$43,680
Sep 200116117,70824.262.25$43,772
Aug 200116413,74024.873.05$46,029
Jul 200118413,82523.933.20$48,603
Jun 200120711,97324.563.82$50,871
May 200119513,20325.524.31$61,846
Apr 200123814,88424.685.34$85,285
Mar 2001416,31824.545.38$87,831
Feb 200120413,52027.755.77$83,632
Jan 200128615,75227.478.40$140,154
Dec 200017913,74826.889.12$130,228
Nov 200024015,83132.215.66$97,302
Oct 200040716,92731.235.15$99,808
Sep 200023316,96331.875.19$95,404
Aug 200024717,86829.644.54$88,455
Jul 200022118,91728.534.09$83,671
Jun 200025419,02429.304.40$91,095
May 200027917,93127.263.68$73,587
Apr 200024317,89024.513.12$61,701
Mar 200032918,72828.422.86$62,908
Feb 200032117,38827.622.73$56,274
Jan 200036819,19725.272.48$56,918
Dec 199936419,04824.282.42$55,005
Nov 199932519,99823.192.43$56,212
Oct 199936321,12920.982.80$66,855
Sep 199931420,53121.752.62$60,597
Aug 199933520,48319.262.88$65,353
Jul 199929920,82817.892.37$54,761
Jun 199933924,19915.942.36$62,564
May 199934325,67015.792.32$64,997
Apr 199928526,90115.102.21$63,702
Mar 199931520,81412.471.84$42,191
Feb 199927418,5579.981.82$36,467
Jan 199937622,24610.381.90$46,169
Dec 199851824,3969.201.77$48,028
Nov 199843221,52610.892.19$51,754
Oct 199840820,15712.421.97$44,761
Sep 199842322,22612.592.08$51,614
Aug 199847126,30111.301.91$55,488
Jul 199850027,12111.742.24$66,547
Jun 199846826,39611.242.24$64,315
May 199865230,20712.622.21$74,875
Apr 199859228,33313.042.51$78,703
Mar 199858030,08312.802.31$76,899
Feb 199860027,71113.952.30$72,081
Jan 199843330,33914.702.15$71,739
Dec 199744229,01016.322.41$77,159
Nov 199742429,79418.193.09$99,724
Oct 199744532,11619.253.15$109,726
Sep 199744032,45417.742.95$103,703
Aug 199747134,58917.862.55$96,778
Jul 199737733,59817.582.25$82,120
Jun 199736832,16017.242.26$78,936
May 199749640,97818.972.31$104,007
Apr 199758841,86117.882.08$97,701
Mar 199765845,08018.951.94$99,886
Feb 199799233,95320.492.21$95,223
Jan 19971,50048,17323.483.54$205,738
Dec 19961,52254,84223.32$35,493
Nov 19961,88764,59821.97$41,457
Oct 19961,83668,76223.31$42,797
Sep 19961,84171,46022.22$40,907
Aug 19961,28766,54420.26$26,075
Jul 19961878,45119.55$3,656

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.

Apr 2022 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $104.22 =         $0
Gas                   61 Mcf  × $  6.84 =       $417

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $417

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/159545 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.