MERRELL GAS UNIT

Name: MERRELL GAS UNIT lease production and value, Sep 2001 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by AETHON ENERGY OPERATING LLC (P-5 8555) 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 188029District 09Field 652802002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$3.9 M

Sep 2001 – Sep 2018

Value, last 12 filed months

$23 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

205

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	2003-01-28	149474
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	5 bbl	$99
Gas	Production	785,869 Mcf	$3,924,852
Total			$3,924,951

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 33.0992, -97.2645. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

33.09921, -97.26452 · 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

8,182 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

17.0 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 8,182 ft.

Completions filed

Sep 2001

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Sep 2018

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 17.0 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 17.0 years and 17.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-12131089	3	8,182 ft	Sep 2001	Sep 2018	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 (205)

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

205 months


Sep 2018	0	0	59.54	3.11	$0
Aug 2018	0	0	59.40	3.07	$0
Jul 2018	0	0	65.14	2.93	$0
Jun 2018	0	0	60.18	3.08	$0
May 2018	0	0	65.38	2.90	$0
Apr 2018	0	0	63.84	2.90	$0
Mar 2018	0	388	61.22	2.79	$1,081
Feb 2018	0	806	61.78	2.77	$2,229
Jan 2018	0	1,646	62.87	4.01	$6,599
Dec 2017	0	1,796	57.27	2.92	$5,247
Nov 2017	0	1,341	55.42	3.12	$4,182
Oct 2017	0	1,368	49.29	2.98	$4,082
Sep 2017	0	1,342	47.52	3.09	$4,143
Aug 2017	0	1,405	45.37	3.00	$4,221
Jul 2017	0	1,416	43.87	3.09	$4,372
Jun 2017	0	1,387	42.49	3.09	$4,282
May 2017	0	1,454	45.37	3.26	$4,745
Apr 2017	0	1,440	47.93	3.21	$4,625
Mar 2017	0	1,427	46.77	2.98	$4,258
Feb 2017	0	1,306	50.45	2.95	$3,856
Jan 2017	0	1,423	49.41	3.42	$4,865
Dec 2016	0	1,501	48.76	3.72	$5,588
Nov 2016	0	1,396	42.49	2.64	$3,692
Oct 2016	0	1,466	46.19	3.09	$4,530
Sep 2016	0	1,418	41.55	3.10	$4,397
Aug 2016	0	1,479	41.44	2.92	$4,325
Jul 2016	0	1,495	41.62	2.92	$4,372
Jun 2016	0	1,462	45.35	2.69	$3,927
May 2016	0	1,362	42.52	1.99	$2,712
Apr 2016	0	1,433	36.56	1.99	$2,853
Mar 2016	0	1,504	33.01	1.79	$2,698
Feb 2016	0	1,408	26.47	2.06	$2,906
Jan 2016	0	1,516	27.35	2.36	$3,584
Dec 2015	0	1,488	32.36	2.00	$2,978
Nov 2015	0	1,456	38.79	2.17	$3,156
Oct 2015	0	1,431	43.55	2.43	$3,472
Sep 2015	0	1,466	42.99	2.76	$4,044
Aug 2015	0	1,518	40.16	2.87	$4,360
Jul 2015	0	1,468	48.15	2.95	$4,323
Jun 2015	0	1,494	56.15	2.88	$4,307
May 2015	0	1,559	55.21	2.96	$4,608
Apr 2015	0	1,517	49.82	2.71	$4,106
Mar 2015	0	1,535	42.89	2.93	$4,505
Feb 2015	0	1,306	44.66	2.98	$3,887
Jan 2015	0	1,445	43.43	3.10	$4,480
Dec 2014	0	1,478	54.69	3.59	$5,308
Nov 2014	0	1,144	70.46	4.25	$4,864
Oct 2014	0	1,383	78.30	3.90	$5,395
Sep 2014	0	1,558	86.16	4.05	$6,303
Aug 2014	0	1,797	89.39	4.04	$7,251
Jul 2014	0	1,634	96.56	4.18	$6,829
Jun 2014	0	2,006	98.16	4.74	$9,502
May 2014	0	1,762	94.73	4.73	$8,328
Apr 2014	0	1,760	95.94	4.81	$8,464
Mar 2014	0	1,648	95.89	5.06	$8,334
Feb 2014	0	1,456	97.40	6.19	$9,016
Jan 2014	0	1,694	90.40	4.86	$8,234
Dec 2013	0	1,740	91.82	4.35	$7,577
Nov 2013	0	2,047	88.85	3.74	$7,652
Oct 2013	0	2,512	97.42	3.78	$9,494
Sep 2013	0	2,351	104.11	3.72	$8,740
Aug 2013	0	2,275	104.25	3.52	$8,014
Jul 2013	0	2,873	102.52	3.72	$10,681
Jun 2013	0	2,770	94.40	3.93	$10,896
May 2013	0	2,412	94.83	4.15	$10,008
Apr 2013	0	2,522	93.96	4.28	$10,801
Mar 2013	0	1,337	93.62	3.91	$5,232
Feb 2013	0	2,184	91.23	3.42	$7,469
Jan 2013	0	2,701	91.60	3.42	$9,237
Dec 2012	0	2,906	86.77	3.42	$9,939
Nov 2012	0	2,698	86.95	3.62	$9,780
Oct 2012	0	2,855	89.38	3.40	$9,706
Sep 2012	0	2,201	94.67	2.92	$6,423
Aug 2012	0	2,662	92.66	2.91	$7,742
Jul 2012	0	2,890	85.13	3.02	$8,730
Jun 2012	0	2,825	79.82	2.52	$7,116
May 2012	0	2,975	91.61	2.49	$7,403
Apr 2012	0	2,840	101.65	2.00	$5,671
Mar 2012	0	2,632	105.05	2.22	$5,849
Feb 2012	0	2,927	101.10	2.57	$7,523
Jan 2012	0	3,270	98.09	2.73	$8,940
Dec 2011	0	3,289	96.87	3.24	$10,656
Nov 2011	0	3,246	95.72	3.31	$10,748
Oct 2011	0	3,171	84.98	3.65	$11,570
Sep 2011	0	3,618	83.62	3.99	$14,421
Aug 2011	0	3,991	83.40	4.15	$16,560
Jul 2011	0	1,767	94.14	4.52	$7,982
Jun 2011	0	1,956	92.90	4.64	$9,076
May 2011	0	2,086	98.13	4.40	$9,188
Apr 2011	0	2,168	105.96	4.33	$9,395
Mar 2011	0	2,003	96.36	4.06	$8,127
Feb 2011	0	1,594	85.64	4.18	$6,663
Jan 2011	0	1,908	86.50	4.59	$8,755
Dec 2010	0	1,969	85.73	4.35	$8,561
Nov 2010	0	1,962	80.84	3.80	$7,446
Oct 2010	0	2,046	78.10	3.51	$7,179
Sep 2010	0	2,197	72.63	3.98	$8,743
Aug 2010	0	2,362	73.68	4.42	$10,439
Jul 2010	0	2,406	72.55	4.74	$11,396
Jun 2010	0	2,326	70.36	4.91	$11,422
May 2010	0	2,306	71.12	4.24	$9,766
Apr 2010	0	2,423	81.69	4.12	$9,989
Mar 2010	0	2,364	78.39	4.39	$10,375
Feb 2010	0	1,706	73.58	5.44	$9,285
Jan 2010	0	2,692	74.36	5.96	$16,055
Dec 2009	0	2,575	71.44	5.48	$14,121
Nov 2009	0	2,423	74.59	3.75	$9,090
Oct 2009	0	3,174	72.54	4.11	$13,046
Sep 2009	0	2,947	65.54	3.06	$9,032
Aug 2009	0	2,337	67.42	3.22	$7,522
Jul 2009	0	3,072	61.13	3.46	$10,643
Jun 2009	0	2,729	66.16	3.90	$10,629
May 2009	0	2,797	54.74	3.93	$10,980
Apr 2009	0	2,661	46.77	3.59	$9,546
Mar 2009	0	2,913	42.14	4.06	$11,824
Feb 2009	0	3,377	32.81	4.63	$15,646
Jan 2009	0	3,497	35.86	5.37	$18,782
Dec 2008	0	2,551	37.10	5.98	$15,248
Nov 2008	0	3,327	55.49	6.86	$22,824
Oct 2008	0	2,824	75.24	6.92	$19,548
Sep 2008	0	3,004	101.76	7.88	$23,663
Aug 2008	0	2,408	114.22	8.48	$20,427
Jul 2008	0	3,678	131.08	11.39	$41,890
Jun 2008	0	2,758	131.33	13.03	$35,944
May 2008	0	3,708	123.17	11.57	$42,917
Apr 2008	0	3,251	110.31	10.45	$33,989
Mar 2008	0	3,077	101.90	9.66	$29,736
Feb 2008	0	2,519	92.53	8.77	$22,093
Jan 2008	0	5,050	90.38	8.21	$41,439
Dec 2007	0	5,694	88.33	7.30	$41,577
Nov 2007	0	4,564	91.67	7.29	$33,279
Oct 2007	0	4,731	82.85	6.92	$32,748
Sep 2007	0	3,778	75.84	6.24	$23,590
Aug 2007	0	3,914	69.06	6.39	$25,002
Jul 2007	0	2,717	70.90	6.39	$17,356
Jun 2007	0	3,338	62.00	7.55	$25,197
May 2007	0	3,955	58.74	7.85	$31,032
Apr 2007	0	3,115	59.61	7.81	$24,313
Mar 2007	0	2,665	56.92	7.30	$19,460
Feb 2007	0	2,893	55.10	8.22	$23,769
Jan 2007	0	3,354	50.30	6.73	$22,562
Dec 2006	0	3,967	56.65	6.92	$27,445
Nov 2006	0	3,990	54.20	7.62	$30,394
Oct 2006	0	4,219	54.90	6.01	$25,372
Sep 2006	0	4,485	60.08	5.04	$22,592
Aug 2006	0	4,808	68.71	7.34	$35,290
Jul 2006	0	4,953	69.37	6.34	$31,416
Jun 2006	0	4,741	66.28	6.38	$30,266
May 2006	0	4,729	66.01	6.42	$30,384
Apr 2006	0	4,571	64.39	7.36	$33,645
Mar 2006	0	4,578	56.70	7.08	$32,426
Feb 2006	0	4,128	57.59	7.75	$31,997
Jan 2006	0	4,552	60.59	8.93	$40,664
Dec 2005	0	4,474	54.94	13.42	$60,021
Nov 2005	0	5,043	54.69	10.59	$53,397
Oct 2005	0	5,829	58.34	13.80	$80,415
Sep 2005	0	2,075	61.45	12.08	$25,064
Aug 2005	0	5,002	61.51	9.80	$49,004
Jul 2005	0	5,473	55.69	7.84	$42,928
Jun 2005	0	5,263	52.33	7.38	$38,846
May 2005	0	5,484	45.22	6.65	$36,475
Apr 2005	0	5,301	49.20	7.36	$39,018
Mar 2005	0	5,631	50.37	7.15	$40,289
Feb 2005	0	5,098	45.22	6.31	$32,178
Jan 2005	0	5,826	43.16	6.32	$36,833
Dec 2004	0	6,015	39.86	6.75	$40,608
Nov 2004	0	5,764	45.28	6.33	$36,489
Oct 2004	0	6,207	49.70	6.52	$40,439
Sep 2004	0	6,064	43.24	5.28	$32,042
Aug 2004	0	6,355	42.37	5.55	$35,274
Jul 2004	0	6,549	38.28	6.08	$39,845
Jun 2004	0	6,418	36.10	6.43	$41,287
May 2004	0	6,874	37.48	6.49	$44,644
Apr 2004	0	7,048	34.47	5.86	$41,290
Mar 2004	0	6,941	34.36	5.53	$38,385
Feb 2004	0	4,782	32.45	5.51	$26,347
Jan 2004	0	0	32.03	6.30	$0
Dec 2003	0	6,795	30.26	6.30	$42,820
Nov 2003	0	7,235	28.80	4.60	$33,246
Oct 2003	0	7,059	28.17	4.76	$33,598
Sep 2003	0	6,080	26.31	4.75	$28,876
Aug 2003	0	6,400	29.76	5.13	$32,830
Jul 2003	0	6,708	29.41	5.17	$34,686
Jun 2003	0	6,551	28.56	5.98	$39,194
May 2003	0	7,400	26.59	5.97	$44,198
Apr 2003	0	7,727	26.67	5.41	$41,782
Mar 2003	0	6,623	31.14	6.10	$40,374
Feb 2003	0	6,710	33.48	7.93	$53,183
Jan 2003	0	8,110	30.31	5.58	$45,270
Dec 2002	0	8,741	26.91	4.85	$42,427
Nov 2002	0	9,085	24.66	4.14	$37,584
Oct 2002	0	10,442	26.46	4.23	$44,160
Sep 2002	0	9,547	27.44	3.64	$34,705
Aug 2002	0	11,017	25.96	3.16	$34,860
Jul 2002	0	12,433	24.58	3.06	$38,067
Jun 2002	0	11,788	23.73	3.34	$39,351
May 2002	0	12,630	24.66	3.58	$45,266
Apr 2002	0	11,518	23.65	3.51	$40,455
Mar 2002	0	12,147	22.00	3.10	$37,689
Feb 2002	0	12,211	18.22	2.38	$29,009
Jan 2002	0	15,093	17.17	2.38	$35,856
Dec 2001	0	17,014	16.93	2.36	$40,228
Nov 2001	0	18,562	18.07	2.41	$44,651
Oct 2001	5	23,370	19.78	2.53	$59,199
Sep 2001	0	12,912	24.26	2.25	$29,069

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.

Mar 2018 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 61.22 =         $0
Gas                  388 Mcf  × $  2.79 =     $1,081

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Month total                                   $1,081

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/188029 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.