FINCHER-SCHWARTZ GAS UNIT 1

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

Gas lease lease 267276District 06Field 08511800CondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.8 M
Oct 2012 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$25 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
164
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 23 leases and 23 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1985-03-28
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
no field rule filed
From a lease line
no field rule filed

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: AOF-1 AND AOF-2 EFFECTIVE 07/01/2007.

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
CondensateDisposition903 bbl$59,178
GasProduction521,499 Mcf$1,777,323
Total$1,836,501

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 31.4835, -94.7080. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.48346, -94.70798 · 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
11,696 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 11,696 ft.

Completions filed
Oct 2012
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-34732506111,696 ftOct 2012

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 (164)

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

164 months

May 20260441106.413.05$1,343
Apr 2026038098.932.87$1,090
Mar 2026042889.753.15$1,348
Feb 2026041663.503.75$1,560
Jan 2026045559.138.00$3,639
Dec 20258051456.664.41$6,801
Nov 2025055358.593.93$2,171
Oct 20251344159.383.30$2,229
Sep 2025039662.743.08$1,218
Aug 2025038563.933.01$1,161
Jul 2025038666.743.32$1,280
Jun 2025040966.483.13$1,280
May 2025037760.553.23$1,219
Apr 2025041662.363.54$1,474
Mar 2025045867.704.27$1,955
Feb 2025044070.884.34$1,910
Jan 2025037774.324.28$1,613
Dec 2024042168.993.12$1,314
Nov 2024046969.052.20$1,031
Oct 2024049671.372.28$1,132
Sep 2024047669.612.36$1,125
Aug 2024045275.632.06$933
Jul 2024045679.932.15$979
Jun 2024050878.082.63$1,338
May 2024035278.812.20$774
Apr 2024034684.451.66$574
Mar 2024036280.301.55$559
Feb 2024038876.091.78$692
Jan 2024047473.023.30$1,563
Dec 2023048471.262.61$1,264
Nov 2023051877.892.81$1,454
Oct 2023045085.443.09$1,389
Sep 2023049689.042.74$1,357
Aug 2023050780.522.67$1,355
Jul 2023051674.852.64$1,363
Jun 2023058168.962.26$1,312
May 2023065370.622.23$1,454
Apr 2023060478.122.24$1,352
Mar 2023064372.852.39$1,539
Feb 2023059075.112.47$1,455
Jan 2023070076.533.39$2,371
Dec 20221960376.415.73$4,906
Nov 2022068185.005.65$3,845
Oct 2022074687.185.86$4,374
Sep 2022072884.888.16$5,943
Aug 20221770794.529.13$8,060
Jul 20220656101.587.54$4,948
Jun 20220719115.097.98$5,736
May 20220812109.378.43$6,848
Apr 20220725104.226.84$4,957
Mar 20220771108.885.08$3,914
Feb 2022069491.054.86$3,372
Jan 2022089581.844.54$4,061
Dec 2021083771.323.90$3,264
Nov 2021085877.435.24$4,493
Oct 20219093079.795.71$12,495
Sep 2021070069.865.35$3,746
Aug 2021080466.024.22$3,393
Jul 2021083770.783.98$3,333
Jun 2021098369.493.38$3,323
May 2021084063.483.02$2,535
Apr 2021096160.362.76$2,651
Mar 202101,03561.302.72$2,812
Feb 2021083257.805.55$4,616
Jan 202101,16450.412.81$3,271
Dec 202002,81044.642.68$7,518
Nov 202002,02138.772.71$5,470
Oct 202001,95236.972.48$4,838
Sep 202002,19837.091.99$4,376
Aug 202002,52939.982.39$6,032
Jul 202002,63238.371.83$4,804
Jun 202002,69234.901.69$4,550
May 202002,78316.921.81$5,050
Apr 202002,51514.751.80$4,538
Mar 2020452,35530.341.86$5,737
Feb 202002,05149.881.98$4,062
Jan 202002,04957.252.09$4,292
Dec 201902,77959.012.30$6,404
Nov 201902,75355.302.75$7,573
Oct 201903,01153.472.42$7,282
Sep 2019243,08355.052.66$9,514
Aug 201902,92853.112.30$6,747
Jul 201903,17956.272.46$7,821
Jun 201903,19452.782.49$7,957
May 201903,44358.482.74$9,435
Apr 201903,37062.632.75$9,270
Mar 2019273,05656.803.06$10,891
Feb 201903,22250.852.79$8,997
Jan 201903,38546.033.23$10,927
Dec 2018303,31246.594.19$15,260
Nov 201802,91552.934.24$12,352
Oct 201803,55261.443.40$12,070
Sep 201802,27459.543.11$7,068
Aug 201803,18759.403.07$9,773
Jul 2018283,65465.142.93$12,537
Jun 201803,51260.183.08$10,806
May 201873,77265.382.90$11,399
Apr 2018303,24063.842.90$11,314
Mar 201803,20061.222.79$8,918
Feb 201803,60461.782.77$9,969
Jan 2018303,43762.874.01$15,666
Dec 201703,64157.272.92$10,637
Nov 201703,65855.423.12$11,407
Oct 201703,76849.292.98$11,243
Sep 2017263,70447.523.09$12,671
Aug 201703,92545.373.00$11,792
Jul 201704,09243.873.09$12,633
Jun 2017143,88642.493.09$12,592
May 201703,57545.373.26$11,667
Apr 201703,59847.933.21$11,555
Mar 2017143,66046.772.98$11,575
Feb 201703,52350.452.95$10,402
Jan 2017153,86549.413.42$13,955
Dec 2016133,88648.763.72$15,101
Nov 201603,75842.492.64$9,937
Oct 2016123,92446.193.09$12,680
Sep 201603,97641.553.10$12,328
Aug 201604,09741.442.92$11,981
Jul 2016124,08441.622.92$12,442
Jun 2016124,31945.352.69$12,144
May 201604,04742.521.99$8,058
Apr 201603,96836.561.99$7,900
Mar 2016124,40933.011.79$8,306
Feb 2016114,03326.472.06$8,614
Jan 201604,52227.352.36$10,692
Dec 201504,37732.362.00$8,760
Nov 2015224,50838.792.17$10,624
Oct 201504,47543.552.43$10,859
Sep 201504,55042.992.76$12,551
Aug 2015124,72540.162.87$14,054
Jul 201504,76448.152.95$14,030
Jun 201524,34056.152.88$12,624
May 201504,94755.212.96$14,621
Apr 2015155,08249.822.71$14,502
Mar 2015115,39742.892.93$16,310
Feb 201584,99844.662.98$15,232
Jan 2015125,56843.433.10$17,785
Dec 201405,58454.693.59$20,054
Nov 201405,46370.464.25$23,228
Oct 2014135,27678.303.90$21,599
Sep 201496,05286.164.05$25,258
Aug 201406,35589.394.04$25,643
Jul 2014105,18396.564.18$22,628
Jun 2014135,72698.164.74$28,399
May 201407,00294.734.73$33,095
Apr 2014166,97095.944.81$35,055
Mar 2014107,40395.895.06$38,394
Feb 201406,49397.406.19$40,205
Jan 201477,19290.404.86$35,591
Dec 201337,42191.824.35$32,590
Nov 201397,64688.853.74$29,383
Oct 201397,85697.423.78$30,567
Sep 201348,826104.113.72$33,229
Aug 201307,284104.253.52$25,659
Jul 201378,932102.523.72$33,924
Jun 2013128,99194.403.93$36,498
May 2013219,86894.834.15$42,935
Apr 2013299,89293.964.28$45,088
Mar 20132110,43793.623.91$42,805
Feb 2013108,49591.233.42$29,964
Jan 2013811,12291.603.42$38,769
Dec 20122212,55386.773.42$44,842
Nov 2012018,69486.953.62$67,765
Oct 2012712,75389.383.40$43,982

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                  441 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $1,343

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Month total                                   $1,343

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/267276 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.