WHALEY, PATRICIA POPE GAS UNIT

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

Gas lease lease 264818District 06Field 985630832 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$18.0 M
Nov 2011 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$241 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
175
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 368 leases and 368 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1965-01-10
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 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 2010-11-02.

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 Gas222013-02-15 – 2013-03-132 dockets
NGPA2none

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
CondensateDisposition76,187 bbl$7,013,559
GasProduction3,342,405 Mcf$10,980,054
Total$17,993,613

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 32.6135, -94.3305. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.61352, -94.33051 · 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
9,952 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 9,952 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 2011
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-203350604H9,952 ftNov 2011

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 (175)

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

175 months

May 2026154,649106.413.05$15,756
Apr 2026154,48398.932.87$14,349
Mar 2026144,76689.753.15$16,267
Feb 2026144,70863.503.75$18,546
Jan 2026175,29059.138.00$43,314
Dec 2025185,31556.664.41$24,477
Nov 2025185,19258.593.93$21,441
Oct 2025175,37559.383.30$18,773
Sep 2025165,18062.743.08$16,942
Aug 2025165,26363.933.01$16,890
Jul 2025145,09166.743.32$17,812
Jun 2025154,95866.483.13$16,509
May 2025165,10160.553.23$17,457
Apr 2025164,92662.363.54$18,451
Mar 2025185,31367.704.27$23,896
Feb 2025154,92570.884.34$22,442
Jan 2025195,34574.324.28$24,282
Dec 2024205,85468.993.12$19,652
Nov 2024176,59969.052.20$15,681
Oct 2024195,99771.372.28$15,038
Sep 2024195,83769.612.36$15,123
Aug 2024166,06175.632.06$13,718
Jul 2024196,15879.932.15$14,737
Jun 2024176,00378.082.63$17,139
May 2024206,27978.812.20$15,380
Apr 2024206,08784.451.66$11,789
Mar 2024226,29280.301.55$11,489
Feb 2024226,03976.091.78$12,445
Jan 2024216,25073.023.30$22,144
Dec 2023205,93371.262.61$16,915
Nov 2023186,03877.892.81$18,354
Oct 2023206,23085.443.09$20,943
Sep 2023186,11389.042.74$18,322
Aug 2023186,28680.522.67$18,251
Jul 2023206,45974.852.64$18,560
Jun 2023166,41868.962.26$15,598
May 2023246,75170.622.23$16,732
Apr 2023236,57478.122.24$16,508
Mar 2023266,89472.852.39$18,393
Feb 2023206,30675.112.47$17,051
Jan 2023267,04976.533.39$25,870
Dec 2022257,09676.415.73$42,564
Nov 2022227,01185.005.65$41,456
Oct 2022247,31687.185.86$44,992
Sep 2022187,08884.888.16$59,392
Aug 2022227,13894.529.13$67,229
Jul 2022217,379101.587.54$57,786
Jun 2022217,110115.097.98$59,135
May 2022237,529109.378.43$66,008
Apr 2022247,436104.226.84$53,346
Mar 2022267,728108.885.08$42,061
Feb 2022256,71091.054.86$34,879
Jan 2022297,43881.844.54$36,125
Dec 2021277,81271.323.90$32,386
Nov 2021257,39877.435.24$40,678
Oct 2021247,88279.795.71$46,952
Sep 2021247,77969.865.35$43,301
Aug 2021258,46866.024.22$37,390
Jul 2021268,52570.783.98$35,788
Jun 2021268,24969.493.38$29,693
May 2021278,43263.483.02$27,159
Apr 2021328,39560.362.76$25,088
Mar 2021309,02161.302.72$26,349
Feb 2021266,99057.805.55$40,283
Jan 2021338,75050.412.81$26,253
Dec 2020329,05944.642.68$25,665
Nov 2020328,81938.772.71$25,110
Oct 2020329,20536.972.48$23,997
Sep 2020269,44737.091.99$19,774
Aug 2020269,35339.982.39$23,347
Jul 2020279,45438.371.83$18,291
Jun 2020279,34834.901.69$16,743
May 2020309,66516.921.81$18,047
Apr 2020369,48414.751.80$17,644
Mar 2020339,66630.341.86$18,944
Feb 2020338,88349.881.98$19,240
Jan 2020329,31657.252.09$21,347
Dec 20193210,65459.012.30$26,439
Nov 20193910,86655.302.75$32,046
Oct 20193412,07153.472.42$31,012
Sep 20193211,28655.052.66$31,752
Aug 20193111,59853.112.30$28,372
Jul 20193411,74756.272.46$30,812
Jun 20193411,99352.782.49$31,671
May 20194111,72058.482.74$34,514
Apr 20194211,75362.632.75$34,959
Mar 20194012,54656.803.06$40,689
Feb 20193811,10350.852.79$32,934
Jan 20194212,29146.033.23$41,611
Dec 20183912,24846.594.19$53,080
Nov 20183412,00352.934.24$52,659
Oct 20183612,71461.443.40$45,415
Sep 20183211,86959.543.11$38,794
Aug 20183412,86759.403.07$41,477
Jul 20184012,00065.142.93$37,788
Jun 20183913,34260.183.08$43,399
May 20183313,07965.382.90$40,097
Apr 2018179,63063.842.90$29,020
Mar 20182714,05561.222.79$40,822
Feb 20183012,97661.782.77$37,747
Jan 20185813,51062.874.01$57,812
Dec 20177413,94757.272.92$44,984
Nov 20176814,51555.423.12$49,032
Oct 20177515,56249.292.98$50,129
Sep 20173614,27747.523.09$45,788
Aug 20173414,25845.373.00$44,379
Jul 20173712,58043.873.09$40,461
Jun 20173513,26442.493.09$42,437
May 20174012,80345.373.26$43,596
Apr 20174013,77247.933.21$46,147
Mar 20174214,31846.772.98$44,685
Feb 20174012,97450.452.95$40,325
Jan 20174214,18249.413.42$50,561
Dec 20164314,45648.763.72$55,914
Nov 20164016,41142.492.64$45,096
Oct 20163118,10446.193.09$57,378
Sep 20162417,78341.553.10$56,136
Aug 20162319,01541.442.92$56,559
Jul 20162319,04641.622.92$56,654
Jun 20162218,87145.352.69$51,682
May 20162119,67742.521.99$40,071
Apr 20162119,21236.561.99$39,020
Mar 20162421,54033.011.79$39,435
Feb 20162020,52926.472.06$42,894
Jan 20162522,98627.352.36$55,031
Dec 20152423,04532.362.00$46,899
Nov 20156323,71638.792.17$53,844
Oct 20157225,86643.552.43$65,902
Sep 20157621,87642.992.76$63,610
Aug 20157621,55040.162.87$64,954
Jul 20158722,06148.152.95$69,160
Jun 20158521,92756.152.88$67,985
May 20159023,38155.212.96$74,070
Apr 20159723,10849.822.71$67,376
Mar 201511425,20542.892.93$78,859
Feb 201510622,87744.662.98$72,820
Jan 201513326,14443.433.10$86,839
Dec 201412727,03554.693.59$104,038
Nov 20148926,98870.464.25$121,020
Oct 20147728,37778.303.90$116,727
Sep 20147927,87786.164.05$119,581
Aug 20148328,59289.394.04$122,792
Jul 20148129,58896.564.18$131,487
Jun 20148826,97998.164.74$136,434
May 20149730,33894.734.73$152,583
Apr 20149530,61195.944.81$156,326
Mar 201410633,99395.895.06$182,060
Feb 201410134,92397.406.19$226,081
Jan 201417615,15990.404.86$89,594
Dec 20132,20229,96191.824.35$332,652
Nov 20132,12633,94488.853.74$315,787
Oct 20132,28738,32297.423.78$367,632
Sep 20131,96837,681104.113.72$344,977
Aug 20132,50941,649104.253.52$408,276
Jul 20132,60161,336102.523.72$494,686
Jun 20132,20948,22494.403.93$398,214
May 20132,68649,17194.834.15$458,728
Apr 20132,72249,46793.964.28$467,606
Mar 20133,14841,56293.623.91$457,342
Feb 20133,30544,32491.233.42$453,099
Jan 20133,35246,05691.603.42$464,551
Dec 20122,93047,84986.773.42$417,887
Nov 20122,40550,70286.953.62$392,907
Oct 20121,98557,41089.383.40$372,595
Sep 20123,07454,42694.672.92$449,852
Aug 20123,53357,38292.662.91$494,244
Jul 20123,28061,84685.133.02$466,051
Jun 20122,96163,00879.822.52$395,067
May 20123,49871,28691.612.49$497,834
Apr 20123,36376,881101.652.00$495,365
Mar 20123,52682,496105.052.22$553,719
Feb 20124,26484,633101.102.57$648,618
Jan 20124,56879,71298.092.73$666,014
Dec 20110116,43496.873.24$377,216
Nov 2011078,65895.723.31$260,459

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            15 bbl  × $106.41 =     $1,596
Gas                4,649 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $14,160

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Month total                                  $15,756

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/264818 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.