GOLDEN GAS UNIT

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

Gas lease lease 222041District 06Field 664612752 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$7.3 M
Apr 2006 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$125 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
242
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 2,275 leases and 2,276 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1976-11-17
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 2018-03-20.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: FIELD. EFFECTIVE 4/12/16.

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 Gas112007-04-12172826
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
CondensateDisposition2,097 bbl$164,364
GasProduction1,454,583 Mcf$7,179,665
Total$7,344,029

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 32.3400, -94.5633. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.34005, -94.56332 · 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
10,570 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 10,570 ft.

Completions filed
Apr 2006
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-40133489710,570 ftApr 2006

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 (242)

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

242 months

May 202602,674106.413.05$8,145
Apr 202602,75698.932.87$7,909
Mar 202602,80989.753.15$8,847
Feb 202602,61263.503.75$9,796
Jan 202602,72759.138.00$21,810
Dec 202502,72356.664.41$12,018
Nov 202502,84558.593.93$11,171
Oct 202502,79859.383.30$9,247
Sep 202502,79862.743.08$8,609
Aug 202502,93363.933.01$8,842
Jul 202502,91166.743.32$9,651
Jun 202502,97466.483.13$9,305
May 202503,04060.553.23$9,826
Apr 202503,03762.363.54$10,760
Mar 202501,81367.704.27$7,738
Feb 202502,76170.884.34$11,985
Jan 202503,06274.324.28$13,101
Dec 202402,99568.993.12$9,349
Nov 202402,88369.052.20$6,338
Oct 202402,90471.372.28$6,625
Sep 202402,82569.612.36$6,679
Aug 202402,87675.632.06$5,935
Jul 202402,94279.932.15$6,315
Jun 202402,77678.082.63$7,312
May 202402,97678.812.20$6,543
Apr 202402,98484.451.66$4,951
Mar 202403,14480.301.55$4,858
Feb 202403,19176.091.78$5,692
Jan 202402,31673.023.30$7,637
Dec 202302,36071.262.61$6,161
Nov 202302,38977.892.81$6,707
Oct 202302,82385.443.09$8,715
Sep 202303,12889.042.74$8,555
Aug 202302,70280.522.67$7,222
Jul 202302,83974.852.64$7,500
Jun 202302,79768.962.26$6,317
May 202303,35770.622.23$7,477
Apr 202302,79378.122.24$6,250
Mar 202303,22272.852.39$7,711
Feb 202302,81175.112.47$6,931
Jan 202302,69276.533.39$9,120
Dec 202202,40676.415.73$13,784
Nov 202202,74085.005.65$15,471
Oct 202202,91287.185.86$17,075
Sep 202202,94784.888.16$24,058
Aug 202203,18494.529.13$29,061
Jul 202202,900101.587.54$21,872
Jun 202202,939115.097.98$23,445
May 202203,242109.378.43$27,340
Apr 202202,867104.226.84$19,603
Mar 202202,954108.885.08$14,996
Feb 202202,55491.054.86$12,409
Jan 202203,40681.844.54$15,455
Dec 202103,25971.323.90$12,707
Nov 202102,87277.435.24$15,040
Oct 202101,92179.795.71$10,976
Sep 202102,13269.865.35$11,408
Aug 202102,65566.024.22$11,206
Jul 202102,57870.783.98$10,266
Jun 202106669.493.38$223
May 202102,15763.483.02$6,509
Apr 202101,52760.362.76$4,212
Mar 202101,88761.302.72$5,127
Feb 2021099457.805.55$5,515
Jan 202102,63850.412.81$7,413
Dec 202002,55244.642.68$6,828
Nov 202002,15238.772.71$5,825
Oct 202002,37036.972.48$5,874
Sep 202002,64237.091.99$5,260
Aug 202003,16539.982.39$7,549
Jul 202003,84638.371.83$7,019
Jun 202003,70134.901.69$6,256
May 202003,92816.921.81$7,128
Apr 202003,74314.751.80$6,754
Mar 202003,71230.341.86$6,890
Feb 202003,50549.881.98$6,942
Jan 202004,07857.252.09$8,542
Dec 201904,13159.012.30$9,519
Nov 201904,08755.302.75$11,242
Oct 201904,03853.472.42$9,766
Sep 201904,04555.052.66$10,749
Aug 201903,80053.112.30$8,757
Jul 201903,96256.272.46$9,747
Jun 201903,98552.782.49$9,927
May 201904,09958.482.74$11,233
Apr 201904,15962.632.75$11,440
Mar 201904,62156.803.06$14,150
Feb 201902,56850.852.79$7,170
Jan 201902,67846.033.23$8,645
Dec 201804,35846.594.19$18,240
Nov 201804,41252.934.24$18,695
Oct 201804,35061.443.40$14,782
Sep 201804,15959.543.11$12,926
Aug 201804,41259.403.07$13,530
Jul 201804,00865.142.93$11,751
Jun 201804,03260.183.08$12,406
May 201804,04765.382.90$11,740
Apr 201803,86963.842.90$11,223
Mar 201803,92161.222.79$10,927
Feb 201803,65561.782.77$10,110
Jan 201804,77162.874.01$19,128
Dec 201714,00057.272.92$11,743
Nov 201702,98855.423.12$9,318
Oct 201701,42449.292.98$4,249
Sep 201704,25247.523.09$13,127
Aug 201704,41045.373.00$13,249
Jul 201704,20343.873.09$12,976
Jun 201704,78142.493.09$14,760
May 201704,58345.373.26$14,956
Apr 201704,98247.933.21$16,000
Mar 201704,94546.772.98$14,754
Feb 201704,46350.452.95$13,177
Jan 201704,88249.413.42$16,691
Dec 201604,75448.763.72$17,698
Nov 201604,60442.492.64$12,175
Oct 201605,25246.193.09$16,230
Sep 201605,67041.553.10$17,581
Aug 201604,95841.442.92$14,499
Jul 201654,97341.622.92$14,751
Jun 2016134,91145.352.69$13,780
May 2016245,12742.521.99$11,229
Apr 201604,61836.561.99$9,195
Mar 2016515,48033.011.79$11,515
Feb 2016514,77926.472.06$11,212
Jan 2016514,95627.352.36$13,113
Dec 2015525,06032.362.00$11,810
Nov 201504,58438.792.17$9,935
Oct 201504,75843.552.43$11,546
Sep 2015524,72342.992.76$15,264
Aug 201505,05340.162.87$14,515
Jul 201505,06648.152.95$14,920
Jun 201504,86756.152.88$14,031
May 2015495,18955.212.96$18,041
Apr 201505,12449.822.71$13,868
Mar 2015985,40142.892.93$20,054
Feb 201504,71744.662.98$14,039
Jan 201505,17943.433.10$16,058
Dec 2014535,53854.693.59$22,788
Nov 201405,22370.464.25$22,207
Oct 2014495,52178.303.90$25,374
Sep 2014519,96386.164.05$44,699
Aug 2014495,42989.394.04$26,287
Jul 201405,47396.564.18$22,875
Jun 2014725,39398.164.74$32,614
May 2014455,95394.734.73$32,400
Apr 2014365,76895.944.81$31,193
Mar 201406,09695.895.06$30,826
Feb 2014235,27597.406.19$34,903
Jan 2014236,35690.404.86$32,974
Dec 2013236,75691.824.35$31,531
Nov 2013234,87588.853.74$20,268
Oct 201305,68397.423.78$21,478
Sep 201376,286104.113.72$24,098
Aug 201386,021104.253.52$22,044
Jul 201384,619102.523.72$17,992
Jun 201386,12694.403.93$24,851
May 201386,18194.834.15$26,404
Apr 201306,01093.964.28$25,738
Mar 201386,67893.623.91$26,879
Feb 201386,56791.233.42$23,188
Jan 201387,27891.603.42$25,623
Dec 2012107,06586.773.42$25,031
Nov 201207,27986.953.62$26,386
Oct 201208,01689.383.40$27,252
Sep 201207,29794.672.92$21,296
Aug 201207,37992.662.91$21,459
Jul 201208,17585.133.02$24,695
Jun 201208,61879.822.52$21,709
May 201206,44591.612.49$16,037
Apr 201207,274101.652.00$14,525
Mar 201206,449105.052.22$14,330
Feb 201207,916101.102.57$20,346
Jan 201208,44198.092.73$23,078
Dec 201107,31196.873.24$23,686
Nov 201107,52895.723.31$24,927
Oct 201108,08284.983.65$29,488
Sep 201107,64583.623.99$30,471
Aug 201109,28783.404.15$38,535
Jul 201107,37794.144.52$33,324
Jun 201108,98192.904.64$41,671
May 201107,90298.134.40$34,807
Apr 201107,247105.964.33$31,403
Mar 201109,58296.364.06$38,877
Feb 201108,34985.644.18$34,899
Jan 201108,86986.504.59$40,698
Dec 201008,37285.734.35$36,399
Nov 201009,86080.843.80$37,422
Oct 201003,25578.103.51$11,421
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 201001,05573.684.42$4,662
Jul 2010061472.554.74$2,908
Jun 2010089070.364.91$4,370
May 201003,88071.124.24$16,433
Apr 201005,63381.694.12$23,223
Mar 201003,04078.394.39$13,342
Feb 201009,40273.585.44$51,169
Jan 201001,18174.365.96$7,044
Dec 200902,55271.445.48$13,995
Nov 200905,95774.593.75$22,348
Oct 2009011,54972.544.11$47,469
Sep 200902,64565.543.06$8,106
Aug 200901,35267.423.22$4,351
Jul 200903,13461.133.46$10,858
Jun 2009085366.163.90$3,322
May 200901,42054.743.93$5,575
Apr 200901,75846.773.59$6,307
Mar 200902,40642.144.06$9,766
Feb 2009367,25032.814.63$34,770
Jan 20091163,01235.865.37$20,337
Dec 2008608,42837.105.98$52,601
Nov 2008677,65255.496.86$56,213
Oct 20081319,48575.246.92$75,511
Sep 2008507,865101.767.88$67,041
Aug 20089510,518114.228.48$100,075
Jul 2008719,606131.0811.39$118,714
Jun 20081039,739131.3313.03$140,452
May 20086010,344123.1711.57$127,115
Apr 200811710,013110.3110.45$117,591
Mar 20087510,872101.909.66$112,710
Feb 2008799,81492.538.77$93,384
Jan 20087011,72190.388.21$102,506
Dec 2007014,39188.337.30$105,083
Nov 2007011,53891.677.29$84,132
Oct 2007012,94882.856.92$89,626
Sep 2007014,32575.846.24$89,448
Aug 2007014,31269.066.39$91,424
Jul 2007016,64170.906.39$106,302
Jun 2007015,97862.007.55$120,609
May 2007016,80358.747.85$131,841
Apr 2007017,91559.617.81$139,830
Mar 2007018,00256.927.30$131,450
Feb 2007015,00455.108.22$123,273
Jan 2007018,22650.306.73$122,604
Dec 2006019,58656.656.92$135,505
Nov 2006020,37054.207.62$155,168
Oct 2006022,86354.906.01$137,494
Sep 2006025,39760.085.04$127,930
Aug 2006028,69468.717.34$210,612
Jul 2006034,26669.376.34$217,341
Jun 2006043,56166.286.38$278,088
May 2006049,19366.016.42$316,065
Apr 200602,84964.397.36$20,970

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             0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Gas                2,674 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $8,145

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Month total                                   $8,145

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/222041 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.