MELTON, W. B.

Operated by BURNETT OIL CO., INC. (P-5 110016) in the TAYLOR-INA field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 1998District 01Field 88534001OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$786 k
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead gas

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 230 leases and 2,444 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1936-02-02
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
300 ft
minimum
From a lease line
150 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 2 acres.

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.

StreamBasisVolumeValue
OilDisposition16,119 bbl$785,991
Casinghead gasProduction35 Mcf$0
Total$785,991

35 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 35 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 (40)

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 29.2002, -99.1072. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.0 miles.

29.20076, -99.10891 · centre of the wells drawn, derived

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
47.5%
19 of 40 wells
With a plug date
47.5%
19 of 40 wells
Median depth
960 ft
25 wells filed one
Completion to plug
51.8 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1947.5%
A plug date is filed
1947.5%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1947.5%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
2152.5%

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

Total depth in feet, 25 of 40 wells. Median 960 ft, with the middle half between 948 and 975 ft; the shallowest is 897 ft and the deepest 1,297 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 7 of 40 wells, Mar 1957 – Oct 2003. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Mar 1957 – Oct 2003
7 of 40 wells; 33 filed none
Plug dates filed
Oct 1988 – Dec 2008
19 of 40 wells; 21 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 51.8 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 51.8 years and 51.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

40 wells

42-325010483948 ftJul 2002Yes
42-325010494975 ftNov 2006Yes
42-325010516975 ftNov 2006Yes
42-325010527941 ftDec 2008Yes
42-325010538954 ftMay 2003Yes
42-325010549978 ftMar 2002Yes
42-3250105712972 ftJul 2005Yes
42-3250105914975 ftOct 2006Yes
42-3258024617950 ftMar 2002Yes
42-3258024718954 ftSep 2001Yes
42-3258024920960 ftApr 2002Yes
42-3258025021960 ftApr 2002Yes
42-3258025122975 ftOct 2006Yes
42-32580254251,297 ftApr 2002Yes
42-3258025829946 ftApr 2002Yes
42-3258025930936 ftMay 2002Yes
42-3258026031940 ftMay 2002Yes
42-3258026133897 ftOct 1988Yes
42-325010461
42-325010472
42-325010505
42-3250105510
42-3250105813
42-3258024415
42-3258024516
42-3258025223
42-3258025324
42-3258025526
42-3258025627
42-325806784 A
42-325806793 A
42-325806802 A
42-325806811 A
42-3250105611974 ftOct 2003
42-3258024819953 ftApr 2002
42-3253344137980 ftMar 2001
42-3253344236981 ftMar 2001
42-3253343935976 ftNov 1987
42-3253344034975 ftNov 1987
42-3250176428941 ftMar 1957Dec 2008Yes

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 (401)

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

401 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 2022152091.054.86$13,840
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 2021151066.024.22$9,969
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 2020145034.901.69$5,061
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 2019144053.472.42$7,700
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 2019134062.632.75$8,392
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 2019141046.033.23$6,490
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 2018145065.142.93$9,445
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 2018155063.842.90$9,895
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 2018159062.874.01$9,996
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 2017160047.523.09$7,603
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 2017157042.493.09$6,671
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 2017159047.933.21$7,621
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 2017143049.413.42$7,066
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 2016148042.492.64$6,289
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 2016147041.553.10$6,108
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 2016147041.622.92$6,118
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 2016152042.521.99$6,463
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 2016131033.011.79$4,324
Feb 2016120026.472.06$3,176
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 2015133032.362.00$4,304
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 2015120043.552.43$5,226
Sep 2015117042.992.76$5,030
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 2015142048.152.95$6,837
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 2015139055.212.96$7,674
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 2015145042.892.93$6,219
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 2015144043.433.10$6,254
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 2014150070.464.25$10,569
Oct 2014175078.303.90$13,703
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 2014144089.394.04$12,872
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 2014156098.164.74$15,313
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 2014161095.944.81$15,446
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 20131390104.253.52$14,491
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 2013142093.964.28$13,342
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 2013151091.603.42$13,832
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 2012156089.383.40$13,943
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 2012148085.133.02$12,599
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 2012148091.612.49$13,558
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 2011146095.723.31$13,975
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 2011149083.404.15$12,427
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 2011148092.904.64$13,749
May 2011142098.134.40$13,934
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 2011143096.364.06$13,779
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 2011148086.504.59$12,802
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 2010148078.103.51$11,559
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 2010148072.554.74$10,737
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 2010149081.694.12$12,172
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 2009138061.133.46$8,436
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 2009143046.773.59$6,688
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 2009142032.814.63$4,659
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 2008144037.105.98$5,342
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 20081420114.228.48$16,219
Jul 20081630131.0811.39$21,366
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 2008146090.388.21$13,195
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 2007147082.856.92$12,179
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 2007145056.927.30$8,253
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 2006148056.656.92$8,384
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 2006147054.906.01$8,070
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 2006307068.717.34$21,094
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 2006147066.286.38$9,743
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 2006149064.397.36$9,594
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 2006147057.597.75$8,466
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 2005149054.9413.42$8,186
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 2005149061.519.80$9,165
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 2005153045.226.65$6,919
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 2004151034.475.86$5,205
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 2004149032.455.51$4,835
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 2003149030.266.30$4,509
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 2003160028.174.76$4,507
Sep 2003151026.314.75$3,973
Aug 2003149029.765.13$4,434
Jul 2003148029.415.17$4,353
Jun 2003154028.565.98$4,398
May 2003146026.595.97$3,882
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 2003149031.146.10$4,640
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 20020023.733.34$0
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 20020023.653.51$0
Mar 2002156022.003.10$3,432
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 2001165016.932.36$2,793
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 2001165019.782.53$3,264
Sep 20010024.262.25$0
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 20010023.933.20$0
Jun 2001160024.563.82$3,930
May 2001155025.524.31$3,956
Apr 20010024.685.34$0
Mar 20010024.545.38$0
Feb 2001310027.755.77$8,603
Jan 20010027.478.40$0
Dec 2000145026.889.12$3,898
Nov 20000032.215.66$0
Oct 20000031.235.15$0
Sep 20000031.875.19$0
Aug 2000330029.644.54$9,781
Jul 2000155028.534.09$4,422
Jun 2000150029.304.40$4,395
May 20000027.263.68$0
Apr 2000158024.513.12$3,873
Mar 2000158028.422.86$4,490
Feb 2000161027.622.73$4,447
Jan 2000161025.272.48$4,068
Dec 1999315024.282.42$7,648
Nov 19990023.192.43$0
Oct 1999155020.982.80$3,252
Sep 1999160021.752.62$3,480
Aug 1999165019.262.88$3,178
Jul 19990017.892.37$0
Jun 19990015.942.36$0
May 19990015.792.32$0
Apr 1999313015.102.21$4,726
Mar 19990012.471.84$0
Feb 1999009.981.82$0
Jan 1999327010.381.90$3,394
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 19980010.892.19$0
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 1998155012.592.08$1,951
Aug 1998316011.301.91$3,571
Jul 19980011.742.24$0
Jun 19980011.242.24$0
May 19980012.622.21$0
Apr 19980013.042.51$0
Mar 19980012.802.31$0
Feb 19980013.952.30$0
Jan 19980014.702.15$0
Dec 19970016.322.41$0
Nov 19970018.193.09$0
Oct 19970019.253.15$0
Sep 19970017.742.95$0
Aug 19970017.862.55$0
Jul 19970017.582.25$0
Jun 19970017.242.26$0
May 19970018.972.31$0
Apr 19970017.882.08$0
Mar 19970018.951.94$0
Feb 19970020.492.21$0
Jan 19970023.483.54$0
Dec 19960023.32$0
Nov 19960021.97$0
Oct 19960023.31$0
Sep 19960022.22$0
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 19960019.55$0
Jun 19960018.73$0
May 19960019.43$0
Apr 19960021.51$0
Mar 19960119.38$0
Feb 19960116.98$0
Jan 19960117.07$0
Dec 19950117.19$0
Nov 19950116.00$0
Oct 19950115.43$0
Sep 19950116.18$0
Aug 19950115.92$0
Jul 19950115.24$0
Jun 1995320116.41$5,251
May 19950117.56$0
Apr 19950117.73$0
Mar 19950116.44$0
Feb 19950116.58$0
Jan 19950115.92$0
Dec 19940115.03$0
Nov 19940115.90$0
Oct 19940115.58$0
Sep 19940115.29$0
Aug 19940116.13$0
Jul 1994160117.56$2,810
Jun 19940117.09$0
May 19940115.88$0
Apr 19940114.14$0
Mar 19940112.46$0
Feb 19940112.50$0
Jan 19940112.66$0
Dec 1993171112.33$2,108
Nov 19930114.49$0
Oct 19930115.85$0
Sep 19930115.03$0
Aug 19930115.66$0
Jul 19930115.46$0
Jun 19930116.79$0
May 19930117.68$0
Apr 19930018.05$0
Mar 19930018.14$0
Feb 19930017.90$0
Jan 19930016.93$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.

Feb 2022 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  152 bbl  × $ 91.05 =    $13,840
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.86 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $13,840

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. 01/O/1998 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.