WHALEY, PATRICIA POPE GU B (SA)

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 274953District 06Field 985630832 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$12.9 M
Jul 2014 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$484 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
143
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 Gas112015-02-13215331
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
CondensateDisposition45,141 bbl$2,357,098
GasProduction3,249,548 Mcf$10,586,166
Total$12,943,265

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 32.6202, -94.4248. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.62021, -94.42483 · 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
9,998 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 9,998 ft.

Completions filed
Jul 2014
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-203352045H9,998 ftJul 2014

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 (143)

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

143 months

May 2026010,881106.413.05$33,142
Apr 2026010,26998.932.87$29,469
Mar 2026010,72689.753.15$33,781
Feb 2026010,62863.503.75$39,858
Jan 2026010,88759.138.00$87,073
Dec 2025010,56656.664.41$46,632
Nov 2025010,48758.593.93$41,177
Oct 2025010,82659.383.30$35,778
Sep 2025010,94162.743.08$33,665
Aug 2025010,86763.933.01$32,761
Jul 2025011,27766.743.32$37,386
Jun 2025010,71866.483.13$33,534
May 2025011,07760.553.23$35,804
Apr 2025010,46562.363.54$37,079
Mar 2025010,97067.704.27$46,823
Feb 2025010,34170.884.34$44,889
Jan 2025011,36874.324.28$48,640
Dec 2024012,46068.993.12$38,892
Nov 2024013,88469.052.20$30,523
Oct 2024011,25471.372.28$25,675
Sep 2024011,22769.612.36$26,545
Aug 2024011,31575.632.06$23,350
Jul 2024011,46079.932.15$24,600
Jun 2024011,02078.082.63$29,026
May 2024011,61678.812.20$25,537
Apr 2024011,26484.451.66$18,689
Mar 2024011,99780.301.55$18,537
Feb 2024011,64176.091.78$20,763
Jan 2024010,62573.023.30$35,038
Dec 2023011,50671.262.61$30,039
Nov 2023012,20477.892.81$34,263
Oct 2023012,19385.443.09$37,643
Sep 2023011,91889.042.74$32,596
Aug 2023012,33980.522.67$32,981
Jul 2023012,17274.852.64$32,156
Jun 2023012,02668.962.26$27,160
May 2023012,51370.622.23$27,871
Apr 2023011,88578.122.24$26,596
Mar 2023012,74972.852.39$30,510
Feb 2023011,79575.112.47$29,083
Jan 2023013,33776.533.39$45,182
Dec 2022314,35576.415.73$82,470
Nov 20222512,33885.005.65$71,788
Oct 20223113,88287.185.86$84,103
Sep 20222313,57484.888.16$112,766
Aug 20223014,15694.529.13$132,040
Jul 20222814,334101.587.54$110,952
Jun 20222913,970115.097.98$114,779
May 20223214,136109.378.43$122,709
Apr 20223214,155104.226.84$100,121
Mar 20223514,541108.885.08$77,627
Feb 20223412,75391.054.86$65,060
Jan 20223914,31981.844.54$68,167
Dec 20213614,35271.323.90$58,528
Nov 20213414,36977.435.24$77,881
Oct 20213315,27679.795.71$89,918
Sep 20213214,92069.865.35$82,071
Aug 20213315,89466.024.22$69,261
Jul 20213515,95070.783.98$65,991
Jun 20213817,09469.493.38$60,429
May 20214218,42763.483.02$58,273
Apr 20214918,69260.362.76$54,518
Mar 20214018,17761.302.72$51,838
Feb 20212810,38657.805.55$59,239
Jan 20214215,94550.412.81$46,927
Dec 20204016,38344.642.68$45,618
Nov 20204015,42338.772.71$43,294
Oct 20204116,65936.972.48$42,804
Sep 20203417,76537.091.99$36,632
Aug 20203216,80739.982.39$41,366
Jul 20203315,98038.371.83$30,432
Jun 20203015,47334.901.69$27,201
May 20203516,09816.921.81$29,806
Apr 20204115,54114.751.80$28,647
Mar 20203815,69130.341.86$30,279
Feb 20203915,06549.881.98$31,784
Jan 20204117,27657.252.09$38,536
Dec 20196218,80859.012.30$46,999
Nov 201942714,73955.302.75$64,156
Oct 201940514,80153.472.42$57,452
Sep 201938414,61755.052.66$59,981
Aug 201942215,04153.112.30$57,072
Jul 201939615,66856.272.46$60,827
Jun 201941314,91852.782.49$58,962
May 201948217,58758.482.74$76,381
Apr 201944317,10962.632.75$74,807
Mar 201962520,49856.803.06$98,267
Feb 201952616,52550.852.79$72,889
Jan 201961117,29246.033.23$83,946
Dec 201865319,40646.594.19$111,646
Nov 201860319,71952.934.24$115,471
Oct 201855221,40361.443.40$106,644
Sep 201851118,93559.543.11$89,275
Aug 201857023,16359.403.07$104,889
Jul 20183421,20665.142.93$64,388
Jun 201848719,16560.183.08$88,277
May 201851220,52665.382.90$93,016
Apr 201867921,26563.842.90$105,033
Mar 201870920,33761.222.79$100,081
Feb 201862019,85361.782.77$93,219
Jan 201866722,47862.874.01$132,056
Dec 201767321,60157.272.92$101,650
Nov 201775122,03255.423.12$110,324
Oct 201777023,26549.292.98$107,369
Sep 201760723,87947.523.09$102,566
Aug 201761324,29645.373.00$100,807
Jul 201765722,42243.873.09$98,046
Jun 201767924,50742.493.09$104,511
May 201772028,24645.373.26$124,844
Apr 201793428,64347.933.21$136,756
Mar 20171,00930,89446.772.98$139,369
Feb 201799228,08250.452.95$132,961
Jan 20171,06332,31349.413.42$162,995
Dec 20161,07731,00348.763.72$167,933
Nov 201659926,52742.492.64$95,598
Oct 201652129,07146.193.09$113,902
Sep 201644728,34841.553.10$106,470
Aug 201645929,97441.442.92$106,675
Jul 201646830,91741.622.92$109,890
Jun 201644431,47645.352.69$104,675
May 201647232,13742.521.99$84,055
Apr 201650631,40236.561.99$81,022
Mar 201656934,99233.011.79$81,559
Feb 201659634,90926.472.06$87,815
Jan 201665839,42427.352.36$111,209
Dec 201570439,51032.362.00$101,857
Nov 20151,21140,22138.792.17$134,147
Oct 201595342,97543.552.43$145,785
Sep 201568942,54542.992.76$146,977
Aug 201569046,26840.162.87$160,615
Jul 201579548,55448.152.95$181,275
Jun 201577451,20256.152.88$191,068
May 201581853,55655.212.96$203,444
Apr 201588455,35249.822.71$193,855
Mar 20151,03662,09242.892.93$226,656
Feb 201595955,99844.662.98$209,490
Jan 20151,20666,31943.433.10$258,007
Dec 20141,16269,92954.693.59$314,690
Nov 201481970,05070.464.25$355,548
Oct 201482580,05678.303.90$376,893
Sep 201484178,62986.164.05$390,549
Aug 2014879104,27289.394.04$499,324
Jul 201459286,75196.564.18$419,748

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               10,881 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $33,142

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Month total                                  $33,142

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/274953 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.