LEASES · O-10-51800 · OIL · DISTRICT 08
Merlin B
SM Energy Company · Howard County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field
Merlin B is an RRC oil lease (O-10-51800) in Howard County operated by SM Energy Company, with 4 wells completed on it.
It has reported 887K barrels of oil and 7.39M mcf of gas since February 2019, last reporting volume in April 2026 (statewide data runs through April 2026).
It reported 10K barrels of oil in the 12 months through April 2026, down 25% on the year before; the lease peaked at 115K barrels in March 2019.
- 887K
- bbl oil, all reported
- 7.39M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead
- 10K
- bbl oil, 12 months through Apr 2026
- -25%
- vs the 12 before
- 4
- wells completed on it
- 115K
- peak month, bbl (Mar 2019)
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · FIRST FEB 2019 · LAST VOLUME APR 2026 · STATEWIDE DATA THROUGH APR 2026
Oil by month
Barrels reported on Form PR for the whole lease. The latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive.
12 months through Apr 2026 10,030 · prior 12 13,418(-25%)
Gas by month
Gas-well gas plus casinghead gas, mcf. On an oil lease all gas is reported as casinghead. The latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive.
12 months through Apr 2026 655,223 · prior 12 786,034(-17%)
Decline curve
A MODEL FITTED TO THE REPORTS, NOT A REPORT
An Arps hyperbolic curve fitted to the 86 reporting months of oil since the peak in Mar 2019. The dashed line below is that curve, drawn over the months it was fitted to and then 24 months past the last report; where it parts from the columns is where the model stops describing the lease. It describes the trend of past reports. It does not know about recompletions, shut-ins, or new wells, and it is shown only when the lease reported within the last year and the curve explains most of the history.
- 86%
- first-year decline from the peak (nominal Di 335%)
- 0.5
- b factor (hyperbolic)
- 0.98
- fit R²
- 60.1K
- bbl remaining on the curve, to 1 per month
Oil, barrels reported months since the peak, with the fitted curve and its projection
Last 12 months 10,030 · prior 12 13,418(-25%)
Fitted hyperbolic curve from the Mar 2019 peak, dashed 24 months past the last report
| Projected month | Oct 2026 | Apr 2027 | Oct 2027 | Apr 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the curve, bbl per month | 663 | 589 | 526 | 473 |
Quoting a projected figure as if it were reported would be wrong; the reported figures are the ones in the charts and the table view. How production is reported →
Who reported it
Each run of months one operator filed the production report, oldest first.
- SM Energy CompanyFeb 2019 → Jul 2026 · 90 mo
Wells on the lease
FROM COMPLETION REPORTS · PRODUCTION ABOVE IS THEIR TOTAL
4
wells completed on the lease
- Shut In
- 3
- Producing
- 1
Operates them now
About this data
Monthly oil, gas, and casinghead from the RRC PDQ production dump, which lags the reporting month by two to three months; figures shown through Apr 2026. Wells from completion reports; operator runs from who filed each month's report.
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