MERRITT, W. A.

Name: MERRITT, W. A. lease production and value, Sep 1996 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by J-W OPERATING CO. (P-5 427960) in the NEWARK, EAST (BARNETT SHALE) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 160629District 09Field 652802002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$257 k

Sep 1996 – Jun 2011

Value, last 12 filed months

$2 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

178

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The NEWARK, EAST (BARNETT SHALE) field

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 21,881 leases and 22,468 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1981-10-15

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 2009-09-29.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “DESIGNATED AS UFT FIELD PER DOCKET 01-0299858”

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.

Programme	Filings	With an approval date	Dated	Docket
High Cost Gas	1	1	1997-04-03	135959
NGPA	1	none	—	—

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Condensate	Disposition	4 bbl	$108
Gas	Production	76,801 Mcf	$256,666
Total			$256,773

3,704 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 3 months, carries no value here. No free Texas wellhead gas price exists before 1997, so those months are left out of the total rather than valued at zero. The total above is therefore a floor, not an estimate.

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 33.1802, -97.3927. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

33.18019, -97.39270 · centre of the wells drawn, derived⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom

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

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

Median depth

8,100 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

14.8 years

median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

1100.0%

A plug date is filed

1100.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

1100.0%

NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.

00.0%

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 8,100 ft.

Completions filed

Sep 1996

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Jun 2011

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 14.8 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 14.8 years and 14.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-12130636	5	8,100 ft	Sep 1996	Jun 2011	Yes

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 (178)

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

178 months


Jun 2011	0	0	92.90	4.64	$0
May 2011	0	0	98.13	4.40	$0
Apr 2011	0	0	105.96	4.33	$0
Mar 2011	0	0	96.36	4.06	$0
Feb 2011	0	0	85.64	4.18	$0
Jan 2011	0	0	86.50	4.59	$0
Dec 2010	0	11	85.73	4.35	$48
Nov 2010	0	12	80.84	3.80	$46
Oct 2010	0	30	78.10	3.51	$105
Sep 2010	0	147	72.63	3.98	$585
Aug 2010	0	144	73.68	4.42	$636
Jul 2010	0	105	72.55	4.74	$497
Jun 2010	0	38	70.36	4.91	$187
May 2010	0	0	71.12	4.24	$0
Apr 2010	0	64	81.69	4.12	$264
Mar 2010	0	0	78.39	4.39	$0
Feb 2010	0	0	73.58	5.44	$0
Jan 2010	0	0	74.36	5.96	$0
Dec 2009	0	0	71.44	5.48	$0
Nov 2009	0	0	74.59	3.75	$0
Oct 2009	0	0	72.54	4.11	$0
Sep 2009	0	0	65.54	3.06	$0
Aug 2009	0	41	67.42	3.22	$132
Jul 2009	0	73	61.13	3.46	$253
Jun 2009	0	46	66.16	3.90	$179
May 2009	0	137	54.74	3.93	$538
Apr 2009	0	33	46.77	3.59	$118
Mar 2009	0	113	42.14	4.06	$459
Feb 2009	0	45	32.81	4.63	$208
Jan 2009	0	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	0	0	37.10	5.98	$0
Nov 2008	0	0	55.49	6.86	$0
Oct 2008	0	141	75.24	6.92	$976
Sep 2008	0	234	101.76	7.88	$1,843
Aug 2008	0	175	114.22	8.48	$1,485
Jul 2008	0	106	131.08	11.39	$1,207
Jun 2008	0	63	131.33	13.03	$821
May 2008	0	51	123.17	11.57	$590
Apr 2008	0	66	110.31	10.45	$690
Mar 2008	0	82	101.90	9.66	$792
Feb 2008	0	86	92.53	8.77	$754
Jan 2008	0	176	90.38	8.21	$1,444
Dec 2007	0	98	88.33	7.30	$716
Nov 2007	0	160	91.67	7.29	$1,167
Oct 2007	0	165	82.85	6.92	$1,142
Sep 2007	0	46	75.84	6.24	$287
Aug 2007	0	126	69.06	6.39	$805
Jul 2007	0	106	70.90	6.39	$677
Jun 2007	0	123	62.00	7.55	$928
May 2007	0	116	58.74	7.85	$910
Apr 2007	0	112	59.61	7.81	$874
Mar 2007	0	113	56.92	7.30	$825
Feb 2007	0	59	55.10	8.22	$485
Jan 2007	0	59	50.30	6.73	$397
Dec 2006	0	63	56.65	6.92	$436
Nov 2006	0	72	54.20	7.62	$548
Oct 2006	0	48	54.90	6.01	$289
Sep 2006	0	84	60.08	5.04	$423
Aug 2006	0	146	68.71	7.34	$1,072
Jul 2006	0	77	69.37	6.34	$488
Jun 2006	0	107	66.28	6.38	$683
May 2006	0	71	66.01	6.42	$456
Apr 2006	0	22	64.39	7.36	$162
Mar 2006	0	39	56.70	7.08	$276
Feb 2006	0	232	57.59	7.75	$1,798
Jan 2006	0	288	60.59	8.93	$2,573
Dec 2005	0	255	54.94	13.42	$3,421
Nov 2005	0	136	54.69	10.59	$1,440
Oct 2005	0	92	58.34	13.80	$1,269
Sep 2005	0	57	61.45	12.08	$689
Aug 2005	0	101	61.51	9.80	$989
Jul 2005	0	85	55.69	7.84	$667
Jun 2005	0	122	52.33	7.38	$900
May 2005	0	63	45.22	6.65	$419
Apr 2005	0	81	49.20	7.36	$596
Mar 2005	0	69	50.37	7.15	$494
Feb 2005	0	89	45.22	6.31	$562
Jan 2005	0	108	43.16	6.32	$683
Dec 2004	0	175	39.86	6.75	$1,181
Nov 2004	0	66	45.28	6.33	$418
Oct 2004	0	66	49.70	6.52	$430
Sep 2004	0	133	43.24	5.28	$703
Aug 2004	0	120	42.37	5.55	$666
Jul 2004	0	105	38.28	6.08	$639
Jun 2004	0	111	36.10	6.43	$714
May 2004	0	97	37.48	6.49	$630
Apr 2004	0	111	34.47	5.86	$650
Mar 2004	0	187	34.36	5.53	$1,034
Feb 2004	0	248	32.45	5.51	$1,366
Jan 2004	0	280	32.03	6.30	$1,764
Dec 2003	0	492	30.26	6.30	$3,100
Nov 2003	0	391	28.80	4.60	$1,797
Oct 2003	0	286	28.17	4.76	$1,361
Sep 2003	0	539	26.31	4.75	$2,560
Aug 2003	0	470	29.76	5.13	$2,411
Jul 2003	0	511	29.41	5.17	$2,642
Jun 2003	0	380	28.56	5.98	$2,274
May 2003	0	389	26.59	5.97	$2,323
Apr 2003	0	416	26.67	5.41	$2,249
Mar 2003	0	348	31.14	6.10	$2,121
Feb 2003	0	320	33.48	7.93	$2,536
Jan 2003	0	340	30.31	5.58	$1,898
Dec 2002	0	430	26.91	4.85	$2,087
Nov 2002	0	331	24.66	4.14	$1,369
Oct 2002	0	315	26.46	4.23	$1,332
Sep 2002	0	160	27.44	3.64	$582
Aug 2002	0	315	25.96	3.16	$997
Jul 2002	0	340	24.58	3.06	$1,041
Jun 2002	0	302	23.73	3.34	$1,008
May 2002	0	273	24.66	3.58	$978
Apr 2002	0	237	23.65	3.51	$832
Mar 2002	0	343	22.00	3.10	$1,064
Feb 2002	0	475	18.22	2.38	$1,128
Jan 2002	0	271	17.17	2.38	$644
Dec 2001	0	472	16.93	2.36	$1,116
Nov 2001	0	792	18.07	2.41	$1,905
Oct 2001	0	849	19.78	2.53	$2,147
Sep 2001	0	847	24.26	2.25	$1,907
Aug 2001	0	710	24.87	3.05	$2,168
Jul 2001	0	582	23.93	3.20	$1,861
Jun 2001	0	480	24.56	3.82	$1,836
May 2001	0	621	25.52	4.31	$2,675
Apr 2001	0	271	24.68	5.34	$1,446
Mar 2001	0	389	24.54	5.38	$2,091
Feb 2001	0	437	27.75	5.77	$2,520
Jan 2001	0	550	27.47	8.40	$4,619
Dec 2000	4	449	26.88	9.12	$4,204
Nov 2000	0	743	32.21	5.66	$4,204
Oct 2000	0	757	31.23	5.15	$3,895
Sep 2000	0	1,014	31.87	5.19	$5,259
Aug 2000	0	1,080	29.64	4.54	$4,904
Jul 2000	0	314	28.53	4.09	$1,284
Jun 2000	0	708	29.30	4.40	$3,113
May 2000	0	0	27.26	3.68	$0
Apr 2000	0	0	24.51	3.12	$0
Mar 2000	0	727	28.42	2.86	$2,079
Feb 2000	0	801	27.62	2.73	$2,184
Jan 2000	0	508	25.27	2.48	$1,260
Dec 1999	0	750	24.28	2.42	$1,818
Nov 1999	0	869	23.19	2.43	$2,115
Oct 1999	0	777	20.98	2.80	$2,178
Sep 1999	0	655	21.75	2.62	$1,715
Aug 1999	0	519	19.26	2.88	$1,492
Jul 1999	0	450	17.89	2.37	$1,068
Jun 1999	0	487	15.94	2.36	$1,150
May 1999	0	675	15.79	2.32	$1,567
Apr 1999	0	942	15.10	2.21	$2,080
Mar 1999	0	1,034	12.47	1.84	$1,901
Feb 1999	0	766	9.98	1.82	$1,392
Jan 1999	0	1,139	10.38	1.90	$2,164
Dec 1998	0	999	9.20	1.77	$1,772
Nov 1998	0	1,151	10.89	2.19	$2,516
Oct 1998	0	980	12.42	1.97	$1,930
Sep 1998	0	815	12.59	2.08	$1,697
Aug 1998	0	543	11.30	1.91	$1,036
Jul 1998	0	260	11.74	2.24	$582
Jun 1998	0	317	11.24	2.24	$709
May 1998	0	1,178	12.62	2.21	$2,599
Apr 1998	0	866	13.04	2.51	$2,170
Mar 1998	0	1,577	12.80	2.31	$3,642
Feb 1998	0	1,058	13.95	2.30	$2,432
Jan 1998	0	947	14.70	2.15	$2,041
Dec 1997	0	1,116	16.32	2.41	$2,691
Nov 1997	0	1,098	18.19	3.09	$3,391
Oct 1997	0	1,324	19.25	3.15	$4,170
Sep 1997	0	5,805	17.74	2.95	$17,153
Aug 1997	0	1,318	17.86	2.55	$3,367
Jul 1997	0	1,506	17.58	2.25	$3,384
Jun 1997	0	1,808	17.24	2.26	$4,081
May 1997	0	2,237	18.97	2.31	$5,164
Apr 1997	0	1,857	17.88	2.08	$3,868
Mar 1997	0	2,063	18.95	1.94	$4,000
Feb 1997	0	1,899	20.49	2.21	$4,189
Jan 1997	0	829	23.48	3.54	$2,934
Dec 1996	0	711	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	0	1,074	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	0	1,919	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	0	0	22.22	—	$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.

Dec 2010 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 85.73 =         $0
Gas                   11 Mcf  × $  4.35 =        $48

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Month total                                      $48

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. 09/G/160629 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.