NICHOLSON, JOHN W. 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 201349District 06Field 354153002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.4 M
Feb 2004 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
268
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 Gas112005-09-08164927
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
CondensateDisposition6,811 bbl$415,573
GasProduction455,066 Mcf$2,957,674
Total$3,373,247

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 32.6144, -94.8144. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.61444, -94.81445 · 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
11,095 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 11,095 ft.

Completions filed
Feb 2004
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-45931168811,095 ftFeb 2004

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 (268)

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

268 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 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
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 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20172047.933.21$96
Mar 2017123146.772.98$654
Feb 201792950.452.95$540
Jan 2017113649.413.42$667
Dec 201683148.763.72$505
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20165041.622.92$208
Jun 2016113045.352.69$579
May 2016142042.521.99$635
Apr 20162010636.561.99$942
Mar 2016263033.011.79$912
Feb 2016222226.472.06$628
Jan 2016262327.352.36$765
Dec 2015102432.362.00$372
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 201511043.552.43$479
Sep 2015171942.992.76$783
Aug 201516840.162.87$666
Jul 20152175048.152.95$3,220
Jun 2015212256.152.88$1,243
May 201572855.212.96$469
Apr 201514049.822.71$697
Mar 2015201942.892.93$914
Feb 201519744.662.98$869
Jan 20152213943.433.10$1,386
Dec 20142331754.693.59$2,396
Nov 20142080370.464.25$4,823
Oct 2014221,19178.303.90$6,369
Sep 2014191,16986.164.05$6,366
Aug 2014181,25389.394.04$6,665
Jul 2014231,16596.564.18$7,090
Jun 2014111,02898.164.74$5,949
May 2014231,27394.734.73$8,196
Apr 2014231,27995.944.81$8,357
Mar 2014231,27895.895.06$8,668
Feb 2014241,13197.406.19$9,341
Jan 2014271,24390.404.86$8,483
Dec 2013311,24991.824.35$8,285
Nov 2013271,19088.853.74$6,848
Oct 2013271,23197.423.78$7,283
Sep 2013261,213104.113.72$7,216
Aug 2013301,279104.253.52$7,633
Jul 2013271,003102.523.72$6,497
Jun 2013271,07494.403.93$6,773
May 2013291,13894.834.15$7,472
Apr 2013351,13493.964.28$8,145
Mar 2013311,27593.623.91$7,891
Feb 20133394691.233.42$6,246
Jan 2013321,22791.603.42$7,127
Dec 2012361,41286.773.42$7,953
Nov 2012291,20286.953.62$6,879
Oct 2012351,39489.383.40$7,867
Sep 2012571,38394.672.92$9,432
Aug 2012451,33892.662.91$8,061
Jul 2012221,57285.133.02$6,622
Jun 2012291,00479.822.52$4,844
May 2012311,37591.612.49$6,261
Apr 2012311,551101.652.00$6,248
Mar 2012151,774105.052.22$5,518
Feb 2012211,326101.102.57$5,531
Jan 2012261,84898.092.73$7,603
Dec 2011231,47496.873.24$7,003
Nov 2011252,04895.723.31$9,175
Oct 2011161,14584.983.65$5,537
Sep 2011161,77183.623.99$8,397
Aug 2011152,00183.404.15$9,554
Jul 2011121,10894.144.52$6,135
Jun 2011966592.904.64$3,922
May 2011241,28198.134.40$7,998
Apr 2011101,462105.964.33$7,395
Mar 2011221,24796.364.06$7,179
Feb 2011311,44985.644.18$8,712
Jan 2011322,26786.504.59$13,171
Dec 2010481,86185.734.35$12,206
Nov 2010422,13280.843.80$11,487
Oct 2010331,83878.103.51$9,027
Sep 2010271,73272.633.98$8,853
Aug 2010181,57273.684.42$8,273
Jul 2010231,48672.554.74$8,707
Jun 2010401,92870.364.91$12,282
May 2010690971.124.24$4,277
Apr 2010291,69381.694.12$9,349
Mar 2010351,51578.394.39$9,392
Feb 2010341,61173.585.44$11,269
Jan 2010332,23374.365.96$15,772
Dec 2009322,18171.445.48$14,246
Nov 2009312,22774.593.75$10,667
Oct 2009352,88772.544.11$14,405
Sep 2009282,37365.543.06$9,108
Aug 2009131,61167.423.22$6,061
Jul 20091561661.133.46$3,051
Jun 2009302,14666.163.90$10,343
May 2009212,25854.743.93$10,014
Apr 2009232,30946.773.59$9,359
Mar 20091355942.144.06$2,817
Feb 2009252,24232.814.63$11,207
Jan 2009132,33135.865.37$12,986
Dec 2008112,32637.105.98$14,311
Nov 2008102,76055.496.86$19,489
Oct 200892,00675.246.92$14,563
Sep 20086833101.767.88$7,172
Aug 2008162,654114.228.48$24,341
Jul 2008163,303131.0811.39$39,717
Jun 2008143,006131.3313.03$41,015
May 2008142,698123.1711.57$32,952
Apr 2008153,029110.3110.45$33,322
Mar 2008233,482101.909.66$35,994
Feb 2008332,78292.538.77$27,453
Jan 2008393,85090.388.21$35,117
Dec 2007384,01188.337.30$32,645
Nov 2007373,88391.677.29$31,705
Oct 2007314,16682.856.92$31,405
Sep 2007343,87975.846.24$26,800
Aug 2007284,11369.066.39$28,207
Jul 2007344,30070.906.39$29,879
Jun 2007354,11162.007.55$33,202
May 2007384,43158.747.85$36,999
Apr 2007374,14159.617.81$34,527
Mar 2007525,08656.927.30$40,098
Feb 2007553,42855.108.22$31,195
Jan 2007854,59050.306.73$35,152
Dec 2006593,81556.656.92$29,736
Nov 2006663,50954.207.62$30,307
Oct 2006513,49454.906.01$23,812
Sep 2006483,60260.085.04$21,028
Aug 2006834,50568.717.34$38,769
Jul 20061184,69369.376.34$37,952
Jun 20061324,50866.286.38$37,527
May 2006784,62566.016.42$34,864
Apr 2006826,61264.397.36$53,947
Mar 2006865,06456.707.08$40,744
Feb 2006664,75157.597.75$40,627
Jan 2006985,94060.598.93$59,002
Dec 2005905,29654.9413.42$75,993
Nov 2005875,70954.6910.59$65,207
Oct 20051026,24058.3413.80$92,036
Sep 2005845,61461.4512.08$72,973
Aug 2005836,33561.519.80$67,168
Jul 2005885,91855.697.84$51,319
Jun 20051006,14052.337.38$50,553
May 2005857,04745.226.65$50,714
Apr 2005976,41349.207.36$51,975
Mar 20051056,64950.377.15$52,862
Feb 2005786,57745.226.31$45,041
Jan 20051087,58843.166.32$52,634
Dec 2004938,16839.866.75$58,850
Nov 2004898,33545.286.33$56,794
Oct 20042089,51249.706.52$72,309
Sep 20041688,86943.245.28$54,127
Aug 20041869,49842.375.55$60,601
Jul 200416611,66038.286.08$77,296
Jun 200419114,38036.106.43$99,402
May 200424317,35537.486.49$121,821
Apr 200436821,72234.475.86$139,942
Mar 200410124,24534.365.53$137,549
Feb 20040032.455.51$0

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 2017 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             2 bbl  × $ 47.93 =        $96
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  3.21 =         $0

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Month total                                      $96

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/201349 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.