MERRITT, W. A. JR.

Name: MERRITT, W. A. JR. lease production and value, Jan 1993 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 MONTEATH (ATOKA, UPPER) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 91798District 09Field 62580100NGPA filingCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$255 k

Jan 1993 – Mar 2010

Value, last 12 filed months

$33 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

207

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The MONTEATH (ATOKA, UPPER) 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 32 leases and 32 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1980-08-22

as the register files it

Field class

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 08/01/2005.”

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
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	103 bbl	$3,975
Gas	Production	137,455 Mcf	$251,268
Total			$255,243

70,866 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 33.1780, -97.3908. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

33.17797, -97.39078 · 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

6,500 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

29.3 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 6,500 ft.

Completions filed

Nov 1980

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Mar 2010

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 29.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 29.3 years and 29.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-12130341	1	6,500 ft	Nov 1980	Mar 2010	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 (207)

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

207 months


Mar 2010	0	136	78.39	4.39	$597
Feb 2010	28	727	73.58	5.44	$6,017
Jan 2010	0	978	74.36	5.96	$5,833
Dec 2009	0	876	71.44	5.48	$4,804
Nov 2009	0	708	74.59	3.75	$2,656
Oct 2009	0	601	72.54	4.11	$2,470
Sep 2009	0	898	65.54	3.06	$2,752
Aug 2009	0	895	67.42	3.22	$2,881
Jul 2009	0	1,374	61.13	3.46	$4,760
Jun 2009	0	0	66.16	3.90	$0
May 2009	0	166	54.74	3.93	$652
Apr 2009	0	0	46.77	3.59	$0
Mar 2009	0	134	42.14	4.06	$544
Feb 2009	0	0	32.81	4.63	$0
Jan 2009	0	392	35.86	5.37	$2,105
Dec 2008	0	412	37.10	5.98	$2,463
Nov 2008	0	30	55.49	6.86	$206
Oct 2008	0	162	75.24	6.92	$1,121
Sep 2008	0	183	101.76	7.88	$1,442
Aug 2008	0	272	114.22	8.48	$2,307
Jul 2008	0	295	131.08	11.39	$3,360
Jun 2008	0	196	131.33	13.03	$2,554
May 2008	0	368	123.17	11.57	$4,259
Apr 2008	0	159	110.31	10.45	$1,662
Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	0	78	92.53	8.77	$684
Jan 2008	0	153	90.38	8.21	$1,255
Dec 2007	0	88	88.33	7.30	$643
Nov 2007	0	137	91.67	7.29	$999
Oct 2007	0	98	82.85	6.92	$678
Sep 2007	0	61	75.84	6.24	$381
Aug 2007	0	88	69.06	6.39	$562
Jul 2007	0	147	70.90	6.39	$939
Jun 2007	0	144	62.00	7.55	$1,087
May 2007	0	92	58.74	7.85	$722
Apr 2007	0	89	59.61	7.81	$695
Mar 2007	0	140	56.92	7.30	$1,022
Feb 2007	0	84	55.10	8.22	$690
Jan 2007	0	75	50.30	6.73	$505
Dec 2006	0	70	56.65	6.92	$484
Nov 2006	0	78	54.20	7.62	$594
Oct 2006	0	53	54.90	6.01	$319
Sep 2006	0	172	60.08	5.04	$866
Aug 2006	0	225	68.71	7.34	$1,651
Jul 2006	0	94	69.37	6.34	$596
Jun 2006	0	99	66.28	6.38	$632
May 2006	0	53	66.01	6.42	$341
Apr 2006	0	2	64.39	7.36	$15
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	0	36	57.59	7.75	$279
Jan 2006	0	21	60.59	8.93	$188
Dec 2005	0	25	54.94	13.42	$335
Nov 2005	0	72	54.69	10.59	$762
Oct 2005	0	174	58.34	13.80	$2,400
Sep 2005	0	97	61.45	12.08	$1,172
Aug 2005	0	113	61.51	9.80	$1,107
Jul 2005	0	127	55.69	7.84	$996
Jun 2005	0	67	52.33	7.38	$495
May 2005	0	91	45.22	6.65	$605
Apr 2005	0	97	49.20	7.36	$714
Mar 2005	0	87	50.37	7.15	$622
Feb 2005	0	116	45.22	6.31	$732
Jan 2005	0	84	43.16	6.32	$531
Dec 2004	0	121	39.86	6.75	$817
Nov 2004	0	165	45.28	6.33	$1,045
Oct 2004	0	128	49.70	6.52	$834
Sep 2004	0	87	43.24	5.28	$460
Aug 2004	0	85	42.37	5.55	$472
Jul 2004	0	146	38.28	6.08	$888
Jun 2004	0	170	36.10	6.43	$1,094
May 2004	0	187	37.48	6.49	$1,214
Apr 2004	0	195	34.47	5.86	$1,142
Mar 2004	0	93	34.36	5.53	$514
Feb 2004	0	68	32.45	5.51	$375
Jan 2004	0	92	32.03	6.30	$580
Dec 2003	0	128	30.26	6.30	$807
Nov 2003	0	72	28.80	4.60	$331
Oct 2003	0	101	28.17	4.76	$481
Sep 2003	0	108	26.31	4.75	$513
Aug 2003	0	92	29.76	5.13	$472
Jul 2003	0	152	29.41	5.17	$786
Jun 2003	0	187	28.56	5.98	$1,119
May 2003	0	186	26.59	5.97	$1,111
Apr 2003	0	161	26.67	5.41	$871
Mar 2003	0	263	31.14	6.10	$1,603
Feb 2003	0	280	33.48	7.93	$2,219
Jan 2003	0	301	30.31	5.58	$1,680
Dec 2002	0	209	26.91	4.85	$1,014
Nov 2002	0	391	24.66	4.14	$1,618
Oct 2002	0	245	26.46	4.23	$1,036
Sep 2002	0	350	27.44	3.64	$1,272
Aug 2002	0	263	25.96	3.16	$832
Jul 2002	0	313	24.58	3.06	$958
Jun 2002	0	191	23.73	3.34	$638
May 2002	0	232	24.66	3.58	$831
Apr 2002	0	274	23.65	3.51	$962
Mar 2002	0	375	22.00	3.10	$1,164
Feb 2002	0	422	18.22	2.38	$1,003
Jan 2002	0	492	17.17	2.38	$1,169
Dec 2001	0	556	16.93	2.36	$1,315
Nov 2001	0	501	18.07	2.41	$1,205
Oct 2001	0	523	19.78	2.53	$1,323
Sep 2001	0	512	24.26	2.25	$1,153
Aug 2001	0	496	24.87	3.05	$1,514
Jul 2001	0	272	23.93	3.20	$870
Jun 2001	0	488	24.56	3.82	$1,866
May 2001	0	551	25.52	4.31	$2,373
Apr 2001	0	573	24.68	5.34	$3,057
Mar 2001	0	552	24.54	5.38	$2,968
Feb 2001	0	533	27.75	5.77	$3,074
Jan 2001	0	701	27.47	8.40	$5,888
Dec 2000	5	520	26.88	9.12	$4,878
Nov 2000	0	763	32.21	5.66	$4,317
Oct 2000	0	481	31.23	5.15	$2,475
Sep 2000	33	834	31.87	5.19	$5,377
Aug 2000	0	1,044	29.64	4.54	$4,741
Jul 2000	0	762	28.53	4.09	$3,116
Jun 2000	0	781	29.30	4.40	$3,434
May 2000	0	795	27.26	3.68	$2,925
Apr 2000	0	681	24.51	3.12	$2,122
Mar 2000	0	787	28.42	2.86	$2,251
Feb 2000	0	814	27.62	2.73	$2,219
Jan 2000	0	941	25.27	2.48	$2,334
Dec 1999	0	890	24.28	2.42	$2,157
Nov 1999	0	729	23.19	2.43	$1,774
Oct 1999	0	819	20.98	2.80	$2,296
Sep 1999	0	727	21.75	2.62	$1,904
Aug 1999	0	357	19.26	2.88	$1,027
Jul 1999	0	374	17.89	2.37	$887
Jun 1999	0	507	15.94	2.36	$1,198
May 1999	0	731	15.79	2.32	$1,697
Apr 1999	0	810	15.10	2.21	$1,789
Mar 1999	0	777	12.47	1.84	$1,428
Feb 1999	0	637	9.98	1.82	$1,158
Jan 1999	0	776	10.38	1.90	$1,474
Dec 1998	0	804	9.20	1.77	$1,426
Nov 1998	0	950	10.89	2.19	$2,076
Oct 1998	0	1,238	12.42	1.97	$2,438
Sep 1998	0	1,070	12.59	2.08	$2,228
Aug 1998	0	1,034	11.30	1.91	$1,972
Jul 1998	0	939	11.74	2.24	$2,101
Jun 1998	0	902	11.24	2.24	$2,018
May 1998	0	466	12.62	2.21	$1,028
Apr 1998	0	763	13.04	2.51	$1,912
Mar 1998	0	843	12.80	2.31	$1,947
Feb 1998	0	721	13.95	2.30	$1,658
Jan 1998	0	845	14.70	2.15	$1,821
Dec 1997	0	892	16.32	2.41	$2,151
Nov 1997	0	861	18.19	3.09	$2,659
Oct 1997	0	906	19.25	3.15	$2,854
Sep 1997	0	887	17.74	2.95	$2,621
Aug 1997	0	900	17.86	2.55	$2,299
Jul 1997	0	956	17.58	2.25	$2,148
Jun 1997	0	989	17.24	2.26	$2,232
May 1997	0	887	18.97	2.31	$2,048
Apr 1997	0	989	17.88	2.08	$2,060
Mar 1997	0	1,153	18.95	1.94	$2,236
Feb 1997	0	1,053	20.49	2.21	$2,323
Jan 1997	0	1,132	23.48	3.54	$4,007
Dec 1996	0	901	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	0	806	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	0	890	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	22	975	22.22	—	$489
Aug 1996	0	852	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	0	1,031	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	0	678	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	0	1,179	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	0	1,177	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	0	1,068	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	0	1,126	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	0	1,287	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	0	1,587	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	15	1,462	16.00	—	$240
Oct 1995	0	1,484	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	0	1,409	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	0	1,429	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	0	1,400	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	0	1,510	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	0	1,533	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	0	1,544	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	0	1,564	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	0	1,668	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	0	1,791	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	0	1,468	15.03	—	$0
Nov 1994	0	3,472	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	0	1,646	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	0	1,586	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	0	1,664	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	0	1,759	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	0	1,896	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	0	2,125	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	0	2,061	14.14	—	$0
Mar 1994	0	1,339	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	0	1,369	12.50	—	$0
Jan 1994	0	1,521	12.66	—	$0
Dec 1993	0	1,415	12.33	—	$0
Nov 1993	0	1,404	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	0	1,493	15.85	—	$0
Sep 1993	0	1,605	15.03	—	$0
Aug 1993	0	1,399	15.66	—	$0
Jul 1993	0	1,448	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	0	1,780	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	0	1,866	17.68	—	$0
Apr 1993	0	1,743	18.05	—	$0
Mar 1993	0	1,260	18.14	—	$0
Feb 1993	0	1,395	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	0	1,801	16.93	—	$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.

Mar 2010 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 78.39 =         $0
Gas                  136 Mcf  × $  4.39 =       $597

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $597

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/91798 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.