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HITCH 'B' 1 Lease 		Save To File
Lease: HITCH 'B' 1
Operator: Merit Energy Company, LLC
Location: NE NE NE SW T32S, R34W, Sec. 29
Cumulative Production: 4044994 mcf (from 1957 to 2019)
KS Dept. of Revenue Lease Code: 201820
KS Dept. of Revenue Lease Name: HITCH 1-B
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Field: Hugoton Gas Area
County: Seward
Producing Zone: Chase Group
Well Data (may be an incomplete list):
T32S R34W, Sec. 29, NE NE NE SW
Lease: Hitch 'B' 1
Operator: Cities Service Co.
Current Operator: Merit Energy Company, LLC
API Number: 15-175-00314
Cumulative production pre-1958 is 858467

Data are received monthly from the Kansas Department of Revenue.


Annual Gas Production, (mcf)

Year Production Wells
Production Plots

1958 86,454 1
1959 87,937 1
1960 80,468 1
1961 81,062 1
1962 72,153 1
1963 106,113 1
1964 110,281 1
1965 55,121 1
1966 34,098 1
1967 62,530 1
1968 35,983 1
1969 37,577 1
1970 68,763 1
1971 76,789 1
1972 72,946 1
1973 89,441 1
1974 84,599 1
1975 93,269 1
1976 59,194 1
1977 78,939 1
1978 52,499 1
1979 154,469 1
1980 137,860 1
1981 101,319 1
1982 17,629 1
1983 39,979 1
1984 59,589 1
1985 45,589 1
1986 20,474 1
1987 59,252 1
1988 72,243 1
1989 69,022 1
1990 57,955 1
1991 67,656 1
1992 53,843 1
1993 68,461 1
1994 63,429 1
1995 59,975 1
1996 52,769 1
1997 53,513 1
1998 41,358 1
1999 42,825 1
2000 38,338 1
2001 30,921 1
2002 29,757 1
2003 27,267 1
2004 27,991 1
2005 25,865 1
2006 17,674 1
2007 19,803 1
2008 17,075 1
2009 16,098 1
2010 13,855 1
2011 10,488 1
2012 8,024 1
2013 6,759 1
2014 6,404 1
2015 6,369 1
2016 5,883 1
2017 5,245 1
2018 5,026 1
2019 2,260 1
Reported through 9-2019.
Note: bbls is barrels; mcf is 1000 cubic feet. 		  Recent Monthly Gas Production, (mcf)
(Complete production available in file saved
using blue button at top of page.)
Year Month Production Wells Reporter or Purchaser/
Reporting Customer
2014 1 499 1 OCCIDENTAL ENERGY MARKETING, INC. (100%)
2014 2 256 1 OCCIDENTAL ENERGY MARKETING, INC. (100%)
2014 3 699 1 OCCIDENTAL ENERGY MARKETING, INC. (100%)
2014 4 650 1 OCCIDENTAL ENERGY MARKETING, INC. (100%)
2014 5 223 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2014 6 635 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2014 7 618 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2014 8 592 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2014 9 543 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2014 10 542 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2014 11 568 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2014 12 579 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2015 1 574 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2015 2 528 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2015 3 572 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2015 4 554 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2015 5 574 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2015 6 537 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2015 7 516 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2015 8 511 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2015 9 482 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2015 10 512 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2015 11 501 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2015 12 508 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2016 1 507 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2016 2 489 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2016 3 534 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2016 4 523 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2016 5 526 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2016 6 485 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2016 7 476 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2016 8 476 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2016 9 457 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2016 10 470 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2016 11 466 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2016 12 474 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 1 478 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 2 420 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 3 473 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 4 453 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 5 467 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 6 439 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 7 468 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 8 401 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 9 390 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 10 427 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 11 407 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 12 422 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 1 421 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 2 384 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 3 442 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 4 456 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 5 439 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 6 446 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 7 453 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 8 449 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 9 409 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 10 380 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 11 370 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 12 377 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 1 389 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 2 318 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 3 372 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 4 323 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 5 350 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 6 316 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 7 190 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 8 1 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 9 1 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)


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Programs Updated May 27, 2014
Data from Kansas Dept. of Revenue files monthly.