SMART, VIDA GAS UNIT

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

Gas lease lease 163197District 06Field 35134500Hydrogen sulphide field2 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$6.9 M
Dec 1996 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$106 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
354
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 85 leases and 85 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1977-02-01
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,867 ft
minimum
From a lease line
1,000 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 320 acres. The field rule took effect on 1995-11-07.

The register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: PER DOCKET #06-0250378. UPDATED EFFECTIVE 5-1-07.

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 Gas112003-10-09151642
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
CondensateDisposition34,365 bbl$1,439,304
GasProduction1,377,388 Mcf$5,488,464
Total$6,927,768

10,595 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 1 month, 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 32.6078, -94.8826. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.60785, -94.88260 · 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
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
11,999 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
1 well filed both, dated out of order

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
00.0%
A plug date is filed
1100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
00.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
00.0%

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 11,999 ft.

Completions filed
Dec 1996
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Jul 1989
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: no median is published. 1 well on this lease filed both dates, and on that one the last completion is dated after the plug date, so there is no interval to take a median of. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-45930670211,999 ftDec 1996Jul 1989

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 (354)

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

354 months

May 2026661,568106.413.05$11,799
Apr 2026661,99298.932.87$12,246
Mar 20263975889.753.15$5,888
Feb 20262858863.503.75$3,983
Jan 2026611,48759.138.00$15,500
Dec 2025601,52756.664.41$10,139
Nov 2025541,32558.593.93$8,366
Oct 2025551,33259.383.30$7,668
Sep 2025391,41862.743.08$6,810
Aug 2025591,44463.933.01$8,125
Jul 2025391,50966.743.32$7,606
Jun 2025581,42166.483.13$8,302
May 2025591,54160.553.23$8,553
Apr 2025441,59062.363.54$8,377
Mar 2025841,67667.704.27$12,841
Feb 2025631,52170.884.34$11,068
Jan 2025581,55274.324.28$10,951
Dec 2024661,67068.993.12$9,766
Nov 2024631,66769.052.20$8,015
Oct 2024641,71171.372.28$8,471
Sep 2024611,66869.612.36$8,190
Aug 2024581,77775.632.06$8,054
Jul 2024361,41079.932.15$5,904
Jun 2024541,55678.082.63$8,315
May 2024831,76678.812.20$10,424
Apr 2024441,78984.451.66$6,684
Mar 2024721,90680.301.55$8,727
Feb 20241111,85476.091.78$11,753
Jan 2024841,84973.023.30$12,231
Dec 2023341,93371.262.61$7,469
Nov 2023321,88777.892.81$7,790
Oct 2023651,91285.443.09$11,456
Sep 2023301,84889.042.74$7,726
Aug 2023131,62780.522.67$5,396
Jul 2023621,06374.852.64$7,449
Jun 2023661,85668.962.26$8,743
May 202301,86370.622.23$4,150
Apr 2023541,31878.122.24$7,168
Mar 2023531,33472.852.39$7,054
Feb 2023521,15775.112.47$6,759
Jan 20235797576.533.39$7,665
Dec 202201,47676.415.73$8,456
Nov 2022471,30785.005.65$11,375
Oct 2022601,25087.185.86$12,561
Sep 2022631,65384.888.16$18,842
Aug 2022651,77094.529.13$22,299
Jul 202201,839101.587.54$13,870
Jun 2022671,997115.097.98$23,642
May 2022672,040109.378.43$24,531
Apr 20221041,856104.226.84$23,529
Mar 20220980108.885.08$4,975
Feb 2022661,49491.054.86$13,268
Jan 2022651,95181.844.54$14,173
Dec 20211211,98371.323.90$16,362
Nov 2021661,46377.435.24$12,772
Oct 202102,04279.795.71$11,668
Sep 2021691,80569.865.35$14,479
Aug 2021632,07966.024.22$12,934
Jul 2021632,05870.783.98$12,654
Jun 2021631,75669.493.38$10,314
May 202101,83963.483.02$5,550
Apr 2021612,00560.362.76$9,213
Mar 2021611,99861.302.72$9,168
Feb 2021551,50257.805.55$11,512
Jan 2021641,57550.412.81$7,652
Dec 2020692,03644.642.68$8,527
Nov 2020722,16738.772.71$8,657
Oct 2020742,36736.972.48$8,602
Sep 2020722,43037.091.99$7,509
Aug 2020532,59139.982.39$8,299
Jul 2020571,62738.371.83$5,157
Jun 2020571,94334.901.69$5,274
May 2020541,89116.921.81$4,345
Apr 20201171,84614.751.80$5,057
Mar 2020321,98430.341.86$4,654
Feb 20204864249.881.98$3,666
Jan 2020511,26257.252.09$5,563
Dec 2019601,67059.012.30$7,389
Nov 2019591,73655.302.75$8,038
Oct 2019582,30453.472.42$8,674
Sep 2019532,44955.052.66$9,425
Aug 2019492,28953.112.30$7,877
Jul 2019362,43356.272.46$8,011
Jun 2019491,40952.782.49$6,096
May 2019651,97958.482.74$9,224
Apr 2019602,41062.632.75$10,387
Mar 20191192,56956.803.06$14,626
Feb 2019642,35350.852.79$9,824
Jan 20191242,84446.033.23$14,889
Dec 2018472,86646.594.19$14,185
Nov 2018053052.934.24$2,246
Oct 2018501,64561.443.40$8,662
Sep 20181181,86959.543.11$12,835
Aug 2018482,64959.403.07$10,975
Jul 2018402,78765.142.93$10,777
Jun 2018221,39260.183.08$5,607
May 2018411,41365.382.90$6,779
Apr 2018391,47063.842.90$6,754
Mar 2018511,38361.222.79$6,976
Feb 20182446561.782.77$2,769
Jan 20183372262.874.01$4,969
Dec 2017611,12357.272.92$6,774
Nov 20173787255.423.12$4,770
Oct 2017521,30449.292.98$6,454
Sep 20171221,63847.523.09$10,854
Aug 201701,52445.373.00$4,579
Jul 2017621,73343.873.09$8,070
Jun 2017591,80442.493.09$8,076
May 2017601,96345.373.26$9,128
Apr 2017601,11547.933.21$6,457
Mar 2017601,76346.772.98$8,066
Feb 20171211,96750.452.95$11,912
Jan 20171182,17249.413.42$13,256
Dec 2016602,12248.763.72$10,825
Nov 20161212,35542.492.64$11,369
Oct 2016363,00146.193.09$10,937
Sep 2016632,24341.553.10$9,572
Aug 2016331,76141.442.92$6,517
Jul 2016651,90441.622.92$8,273
Jun 2016321,83545.352.69$6,380
May 2016732,11042.521.99$7,305
Apr 2016382,04236.561.99$5,455
Mar 2016752,27933.011.79$6,564
Feb 2016772,36426.472.06$6,917
Jan 20161222,23427.352.36$8,619
Dec 2015842,01732.362.00$6,755
Nov 2015392,42338.792.17$6,764
Oct 2015392,69943.552.43$8,248
Sep 2015712,75742.992.76$10,657
Aug 2015662,81440.162.87$10,734
Jul 2015852,86848.152.95$12,539
Jun 2015472,84056.152.88$10,826
May 2015483,07955.212.96$11,750
Apr 20151433,08449.822.71$15,471
Mar 2015653,26342.892.93$12,364
Feb 201592,94544.662.98$9,167
Jan 2015163,59643.433.10$11,845
Dec 201473,88354.693.59$14,328
Nov 2014133,97570.464.25$17,817
Oct 201471,43378.303.90$6,138
Sep 2014720686.164.05$1,436
Aug 2014714189.394.04$1,195
Jul 201475896.564.18$918
Jun 2014747898.164.74$2,951
May 201481,93794.734.73$9,913
Apr 2014112,01795.944.81$10,755
Mar 2014582,23495.895.06$16,859
Feb 2014301,69997.406.19$13,442
Jan 2014281,44690.404.86$9,560
Dec 2013571,35291.824.35$11,121
Nov 2013292,44388.853.74$11,709
Oct 2013303,04897.423.78$14,442
Sep 2013304,129104.113.72$18,474
Aug 201330669104.253.52$5,484
Jul 2013531,491102.523.72$10,977
Jun 201301,88294.403.93$7,403
May 2013502,64394.834.15$15,708
Apr 2013243,73193.964.28$18,233
Mar 2013242,42593.623.91$11,736
Feb 2013413,85291.233.42$16,914
Jan 20134828891.603.42$5,382
Dec 2012282,55086.773.42$11,151
Nov 2012853,20886.953.62$19,020
Oct 2012462,64389.383.40$13,097
Sep 2012463,20294.672.92$13,700
Aug 2012904,08192.662.91$20,208
Jul 2012432,43385.133.02$11,010
Jun 2012422,92179.822.52$10,711
May 2012284,16891.612.49$12,936
Apr 2012481,971101.652.00$8,815
Mar 201273,530105.052.22$8,579
Feb 2012224,047101.102.57$12,626
Jan 2012322,06298.092.73$8,777
Dec 2011411,89296.873.24$10,101
Nov 2011542,26795.723.31$12,676
Oct 2011252,98184.983.65$13,001
Sep 2011482,70383.623.99$14,787
Aug 2011242,93583.404.15$14,180
Jul 2011432,97194.144.52$17,469
Jun 2011212,58992.904.64$13,964
May 2011612,92998.134.40$18,888
Apr 2011222,094105.964.33$11,405
Mar 2011312,25896.364.06$12,149
Feb 2011491,57185.644.18$10,763
Jan 2011543,71886.504.59$21,732
Dec 2010521,52685.734.35$11,093
Nov 2010702,21180.843.80$14,050
Oct 2010754,01078.103.51$19,928
Sep 2010653,79372.633.98$19,815
Aug 2010732,61473.684.42$16,931
Jul 201002,56672.554.74$12,154
Jun 2010943,30570.364.91$22,843
May 20101223,93271.124.24$25,330
Apr 2010363,29181.694.12$16,509
Mar 20101193,67378.394.39$25,448
Feb 20101153,71673.585.44$28,686
Jan 2010382,10874.365.96$15,398
Dec 20091024,22671.445.48$30,461
Nov 2009204,20374.593.75$17,259
Oct 2009124,57372.544.11$19,667
Sep 2009224,61165.543.06$15,573
Aug 2009194,26867.423.22$15,018
Jul 2009102,64561.133.46$9,775
Jun 2009203,47566.163.90$14,858
May 200953,15154.743.93$12,644
Apr 200982,04746.773.59$7,718
Mar 20093042.144.06$126
Feb 2009161,13432.814.63$5,779
Jan 2009533,69535.865.37$21,746
Dec 2008724,62537.105.98$30,315
Nov 2008874,11955.496.86$33,085
Oct 2008933,28675.246.92$29,743
Sep 200846485101.767.88$8,501
Aug 2008692,241114.228.48$26,892
Jul 20082183,377131.0811.39$67,038
Jun 20081206,655131.3313.03$102,492
May 200813897123.1711.57$11,983
Apr 200882825110.3110.45$17,671
Mar 20081242,561101.909.66$37,385
Feb 2008992,64392.538.77$32,341
Jan 20081203,44290.388.21$39,090
Dec 2007744,82888.337.30$41,790
Nov 2007915,89391.677.29$51,312
Oct 2007403,28582.856.92$26,053
Sep 2007332,22875.846.24$16,415
Aug 2007482,66269.066.39$20,320
Jul 2007453,20070.906.39$23,632
Jun 2007653,63062.007.55$31,431
May 2007555,13258.747.85$43,498
Apr 2007643,26459.617.81$29,291
Mar 2007462,78656.927.30$22,962
Feb 2007433,11755.108.22$27,979
Jan 2007492,71550.306.73$20,728
Dec 2006553,44656.656.92$26,957
Nov 2006303,07754.207.62$25,065
Oct 2006263,13554.906.01$20,281
Sep 2006533,40360.085.04$20,326
Aug 2006394,71968.717.34$37,317
Jul 2006605,06869.376.34$36,307
Jun 2006245,35566.286.38$35,776
May 2006326,55566.016.42$44,228
Apr 2006173,74164.397.36$28,630
Mar 200603,62156.707.08$25,647
Feb 200603,12657.597.75$24,230
Jan 200603,07560.598.93$27,470
Dec 2005693,38854.9413.42$49,242
Nov 20052283,65854.6910.59$51,202
Oct 20053304,77158.3413.80$85,072
Sep 20052335,30461.4512.08$78,385
Aug 20051853,74961.519.80$48,108
Jul 20051923,29355.697.84$36,522
Jun 20052803,89552.337.38$43,402
May 20052535,88345.226.65$50,569
Apr 20052033,18049.207.36$33,394
Mar 20053134,07950.377.15$44,951
Feb 20052544,77245.226.31$41,606
Jan 20052252,74743.166.32$27,078
Dec 20042894,05739.866.75$38,909
Nov 20041604,81445.286.33$37,719
Oct 20041636,09149.706.52$47,785
Sep 20041375,83443.245.28$36,750
Aug 20041375,21642.375.55$34,757
Jul 20041045,60338.286.08$38,071
Jun 2004903,36736.106.43$24,909
May 20041264,51337.486.49$34,033
Apr 20041815,21234.475.86$36,773
Mar 20041796,39134.365.53$41,494
Feb 20041504,96432.455.51$32,217
Jan 20042332,70232.036.30$24,485
Dec 200304,50830.266.30$28,408
Nov 200304,37928.804.60$20,122
Oct 200304,07228.174.76$19,381
Sep 200304,55326.314.75$21,624
Aug 200305,39729.765.13$27,685
Jul 200309,03129.415.17$46,698
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20032105,52326.675.41$35,465
Mar 20032046,40531.146.10$45,398
Feb 20031896,01533.487.93$54,002
Jan 20031956,42130.315.58$41,753
Dec 200205,56426.914.85$27,006
Nov 20021726,69224.664.14$31,926
Oct 20022117,28226.464.23$36,380
Sep 200206,60427.443.64$24,007
Aug 2002185025.963.16$4,803
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 200201,26423.733.34$4,220
May 200205,03624.663.58$18,049
Apr 20022095,25523.653.51$23,400
Mar 20022125,73322.003.10$22,452
Feb 20022115,28718.222.38$16,405
Jan 200205,16617.172.38$12,273
Dec 20012104,72416.932.36$14,725
Nov 20012105,53918.072.41$17,119
Oct 200106,92019.782.53$17,500
Sep 20012117,89224.262.25$22,886
Aug 20012058,24324.873.05$30,266
Jul 20012068,45823.933.20$31,970
Jun 200172310,22424.563.82$56,855
May 20011869,28325.524.31$44,732
Apr 20012124,25624.685.34$27,939
Mar 20011856,90524.545.38$41,664
Feb 20013666,60527.755.77$48,248
Jan 20011828,38927.478.40$75,457
Dec 200007,52526.889.12$68,647
Nov 20001836,01532.215.66$39,927
Oct 200001,21031.235.15$6,226
Sep 20001774,53331.875.19$29,151
Aug 200003,86029.644.54$17,527
Jul 20001785,48428.534.09$27,507
Jun 20001837,50829.304.40$38,376
May 200007,34927.263.68$27,042
Apr 20001856,80124.513.12$25,726
Mar 20001817,55528.422.86$26,749
Feb 20001817,70927.622.73$26,018
Jan 20001847,59325.272.48$23,484
Dec 19991877,94424.282.42$23,794
Nov 19991828,22323.192.43$24,235
Oct 19991838,23320.982.80$26,922
Sep 19991787,81321.752.62$24,333
Aug 19991767,70019.262.88$25,532
Jul 19991847,21717.892.37$20,413
Jun 19991817,03415.942.36$19,500
May 19991838,42115.792.32$22,435
Apr 19991858,48815.102.21$21,535
Mar 19993718,83412.471.84$20,866
Feb 19991888,6479.981.82$17,595
Jan 19991869,07310.381.90$19,169
Dec 19981859,6539.201.77$18,820
Nov 19981849,69910.892.19$23,203
Oct 199818710,35312.421.97$22,710
Sep 19981649,21412.592.08$21,254
Aug 19983599,69311.301.91$22,545
Jul 19981819,77711.742.24$23,999
Jun 199818110,47611.242.24$25,472
May 199835411,24112.622.21$29,269
Apr 199836610,57813.042.51$31,274
Mar 199836911,50412.802.31$31,291
Feb 199818711,52313.952.30$29,102
Jan 199836911,30414.702.15$29,782
Dec 199728212,92616.322.41$35,768
Nov 199736812,61718.193.09$45,659
Oct 199736813,92419.253.15$50,942
Sep 199736414,84617.742.95$50,326
Aug 199735915,94117.862.55$47,137
Jul 199733515,65117.582.25$41,056
Jun 199735615,14917.242.26$40,332
May 199755516,89518.972.31$49,530
Apr 199755819,29317.882.08$50,160
Mar 199756721,20718.951.94$51,868
Feb 199755225,03120.492.21$66,526
Jan 199718812,84923.483.54$49,896
Dec 199618610,59523.32$4,338

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            66 bbl  × $106.41 =     $7,023
Gas                1,568 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $4,776

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Month total                                  $11,799

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/163197 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.