MELTON, W. B.

Operated by KLAEGER OPERATING COMPANY, LLC (P-5 469907) 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 2551District 01Field 88534001OilCasinghead gasSave
Value, all time
$3.2 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$107 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead gas

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
OilDisposition66,519 bbl$3,167,534
Casinghead gasProduction21 Mcf$0
Total$3,167,534

21 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 21 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 (22)

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 29.1978, -99.0909. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.1 miles.

29.19712, -99.09050 · 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
22.7%
5 of 22 wells
With a plug date
22.7%
5 of 22 wells
Median depth
975 ft
12 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
522.7%
A plug date is filed
522.7%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
522.7%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
1777.3%

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

0k
2k
4k
6k
8k
10k
12k
15k
20k+

Total depth in feet, 12 of 22 wells. Median 975 ft, with the middle half between 960 and 984 ft; the shallowest is 871 ft and the deepest 1,010 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

70s

Last completion by decade, 5 of 22 wells, Jun 1975 – Nov 1978. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Jun 1975 – Nov 1978
5 of 22 wells; 17 filed none
Plug dates filed
Apr 2004 – May 2004
5 of 22 wells; 17 filed none

22 wells

42-325010306962 ftApr 2004Yes
42-325010331A983 ftApr 2004Yes
42-325010351986 ftApr 2004Yes
42-325010363871 ftApr 2004Yes
42-3258040513900 ftMay 2004Yes
42-325010294
42-3250103110
42-325010342A
42-3250169017
42-3253006919960 ft
42-325804022
42-3258040311
42-3258040412
42-3258040614
42-3258040715
42-3258040818
42-3258041020975 ft
42-3253079629960 ftNov 1978
42-3258041121997 ftApr 1976
42-3258041426979 ftApr 1976
42-32580413241,010 ftDec 1975
42-3258041222974 ftJun 1975

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 2026141098.932.87$13,949
Mar 2026145089.753.15$13,014
Feb 2026143063.503.75$9,081
Jan 2026147059.138.00$8,692
Dec 2025144056.664.41$8,159
Nov 2025145058.593.93$8,496
Oct 2025142059.383.30$8,432
Sep 2025143062.743.08$8,972
Aug 2025142063.933.01$9,078
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 2025293066.483.13$19,479
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 2025147062.363.54$9,167
Mar 2025293067.704.27$19,836
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 2025144074.324.28$10,702
Dec 2024147068.993.12$10,142
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 2024148071.372.28$10,563
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 2024149075.632.06$11,269
Jul 2024146079.932.15$11,670
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 2024152078.812.20$11,979
Apr 2024150084.451.66$12,668
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 2024147076.091.78$11,185
Jan 2024148073.023.30$10,807
Dec 2023148071.262.61$10,546
Nov 2023304077.892.81$23,679
Oct 2023143085.443.09$12,218
Sep 2023147089.042.74$13,089
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 2023148068.962.26$10,206
May 2023201070.622.23$14,195
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 2023130072.852.39$9,471
Feb 2023155075.112.47$11,642
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 2022151076.415.73$11,538
Nov 2022143085.005.65$12,155
Oct 2022143087.185.86$12,467
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 2022144094.529.13$13,611
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 20221440115.097.98$16,573
May 20221370109.378.43$14,984
Apr 20221280104.226.84$13,340
Mar 20221450108.885.08$15,788
Feb 2022145091.054.86$13,202
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 2021146077.435.24$11,305
Oct 2021122079.795.71$9,734
Sep 2021146069.865.35$10,200
Aug 2021144066.024.22$9,507
Jul 2021145070.783.98$10,263
Jun 2021143069.493.38$9,937
May 2021137063.483.02$8,697
Apr 2021141060.362.76$8,511
Mar 2021146061.302.72$8,950
Feb 2021149057.805.55$8,612
Jan 2021142050.412.81$7,158
Dec 2020140044.642.68$6,250
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 2020295036.972.48$10,906
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 2020150039.982.39$5,997
Jul 2020142038.371.83$5,449
Jun 2020288034.901.69$10,051
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 2020142014.751.80$2,095
Mar 2020136030.341.86$4,126
Feb 2020145049.881.98$7,233
Jan 2020141057.252.09$8,072
Dec 2019144059.012.30$8,497
Nov 2019133055.302.75$7,355
Oct 2019142053.472.42$7,593
Sep 2019122055.052.66$6,716
Aug 2019148053.112.30$7,860
Jul 2019146056.272.46$8,215
Jun 2019144052.782.49$7,600
May 2019144058.482.74$8,421
Apr 2019134062.632.75$8,392
Mar 2019142056.803.06$8,066
Feb 2019142050.852.79$7,221
Jan 2019151046.033.23$6,951
Dec 2018150046.594.19$6,989
Nov 2018150052.934.24$7,940
Oct 2018150061.443.40$9,216
Sep 2018150059.543.11$8,931
Aug 2018147059.403.07$8,732
Jul 2018148065.142.93$9,641
Jun 2018148060.183.08$8,907
May 2018151065.382.90$9,872
Apr 2018145063.842.90$9,257
Mar 2018148061.222.79$9,061
Feb 2018150061.782.77$9,267
Jan 2018130062.874.01$8,173
Dec 2017149057.272.92$8,533
Nov 2017134055.423.12$7,426
Oct 2017121049.292.98$5,964
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 2017138045.373.00$6,261
Jul 2017139043.873.09$6,098
Jun 2017139042.493.09$5,906
May 2017135045.373.26$6,125
Apr 2017136047.933.21$6,518
Mar 2017139046.772.98$6,501
Feb 2017134050.452.95$6,760
Jan 2017139049.413.42$6,868
Dec 2016153048.763.72$7,460
Nov 2016140042.492.64$5,949
Oct 2016141046.193.09$6,513
Sep 2016137041.553.10$5,692
Aug 2016144041.442.92$5,967
Jul 2016144041.622.92$5,993
Jun 2016148045.352.69$6,712
May 2016143042.521.99$6,080
Apr 2016144036.561.99$5,265
Mar 2016271033.011.79$8,946
Feb 2016119026.472.06$3,150
Jan 2016125027.352.36$3,419
Dec 2015125032.362.00$4,045
Nov 2015242038.792.17$9,387
Oct 2015121043.552.43$5,270
Sep 2015220042.992.76$9,458
Aug 2015128040.162.87$5,140
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 2015149056.152.88$8,366
May 2015300055.212.96$16,563
Apr 2015287049.822.71$14,298
Mar 2015142042.892.93$6,090
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 2014147054.693.59$8,039
Nov 2014293070.464.25$20,645
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 2014147086.164.05$12,666
Aug 2014147089.394.04$13,140
Jul 2014150096.564.18$14,484
Jun 2014149098.164.74$14,626
May 2014159094.734.73$15,062
Apr 2014151095.944.81$14,487
Mar 2014318095.895.06$30,493
Feb 2014150097.406.19$14,610
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 2013149088.853.74$13,239
Oct 2013149097.423.78$14,516
Sep 20131530104.113.72$15,929
Aug 20131510104.253.52$15,742
Jul 20131660102.523.72$17,018
Jun 2013144094.403.93$13,594
May 2013147094.834.15$13,940
Apr 2013152093.964.28$14,282
Mar 2013143093.623.91$13,388
Feb 2013148091.233.42$13,502
Jan 2013146091.603.42$13,374
Dec 2012149086.773.42$12,929
Nov 2012143086.953.62$12,434
Oct 2012148089.383.40$13,228
Sep 2012151094.672.92$14,295
Aug 2012164092.662.91$15,196
Jul 2012141085.133.02$12,003
Jun 2012151079.822.52$12,053
May 2012145091.612.49$13,283
Apr 20121450101.652.00$14,739
Mar 20121540105.052.22$16,178
Feb 20121450101.102.57$14,660
Jan 2012152098.092.73$14,910
Dec 2011151096.873.24$14,627
Nov 2011141095.723.31$13,497
Oct 2011153084.983.65$13,002
Sep 2011152083.623.99$12,710
Aug 2011149083.404.15$12,427
Jul 2011150094.144.52$14,121
Jun 2011148092.904.64$13,749
May 2011152098.134.40$14,916
Apr 20111580105.964.33$16,742
Mar 2011154096.364.06$14,839
Feb 2011295085.644.18$25,264
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 2010151085.734.35$12,945
Nov 2010149080.843.80$12,045
Oct 2010150078.103.51$11,715
Sep 2010156072.633.98$11,330
Aug 2010153073.684.42$11,273
Jul 2010152072.554.74$11,028
Jun 2010149070.364.91$10,484
May 2010150071.124.24$10,668
Apr 2010154081.694.12$12,580
Mar 2010154078.394.39$12,072
Feb 2010146073.585.44$10,743
Jan 2010148074.365.96$11,005
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 2009154074.593.75$11,487
Oct 2009153072.544.11$11,099
Sep 2009161065.543.06$10,552
Aug 2009150067.423.22$10,113
Jul 2009155061.133.46$9,475
Jun 2009152066.163.90$10,056
May 2009153054.743.93$8,375
Apr 2009150046.773.59$7,016
Mar 2009151042.144.06$6,363
Feb 2009147032.814.63$4,823
Jan 2009148035.865.37$5,307
Dec 2008152037.105.98$5,639
Nov 2008149055.496.86$8,268
Oct 2008151075.246.92$11,361
Sep 20083030101.767.88$30,833
Aug 20081480114.228.48$16,905
Jul 20081490131.0811.39$19,531
Jun 20082990131.3313.03$39,268
May 20081480123.1711.57$18,229
Apr 20082930110.3110.45$32,321
Mar 20083050101.909.66$31,080
Feb 2008148092.538.77$13,694
Jan 2008150090.388.21$13,557
Dec 2007153088.337.30$13,514
Nov 2007298091.677.29$27,318
Oct 2007152082.856.92$12,593
Sep 2007152075.846.24$11,528
Aug 2007299069.066.39$20,649
Jul 2007148070.906.39$10,493
Jun 2007147062.007.55$9,114
May 2007149058.747.85$8,752
Apr 2007150059.617.81$8,942
Mar 2007144056.927.30$8,196
Feb 2007137055.108.22$7,549
Jan 2007152050.306.73$7,646
Dec 2006149056.656.92$8,441
Nov 2006142054.207.62$7,696
Oct 2006152054.906.01$8,345
Sep 2006152060.085.04$9,132
Aug 2006153068.717.34$10,513
Jul 2006306069.376.34$21,227
Jun 2006146066.286.38$9,677
May 2006147066.016.42$9,703
Apr 2006149064.397.36$9,594
Mar 2006147056.707.08$8,335
Feb 2006147057.597.75$8,466
Jan 2006150060.598.93$9,089
Dec 2005149054.9413.42$8,186
Nov 2005148054.6910.59$8,094
Oct 2005150058.3413.80$8,751
Sep 2005152061.4512.08$9,340
Aug 2005146061.519.80$8,980
Jul 2005148055.697.84$8,242
Jun 2005153052.337.38$8,006
May 2005155045.226.65$7,009
Apr 2005154049.207.36$7,577
Mar 2005148050.377.15$7,455
Feb 2005150045.226.31$6,783
Jan 2005149043.166.32$6,431
Dec 2004148039.866.75$5,899
Nov 2004150045.286.33$6,792
Oct 2004150049.706.52$7,455
Sep 2004150043.245.28$6,486
Aug 2004149042.375.55$6,313
Jul 2004307038.286.08$11,752
Jun 2004147036.106.43$5,307
May 2004149037.486.49$5,585
Apr 2004143034.475.86$4,929
Mar 2004148034.365.53$5,085
Feb 2004304032.455.51$9,865
Jan 2004153032.036.30$4,901
Dec 2003153030.266.30$4,630
Nov 2003293028.804.60$8,438
Oct 2003148028.174.76$4,169
Sep 2003152026.314.75$3,999
Aug 2003300029.765.13$8,928
Jul 2003154029.415.17$4,529
Jun 2003150028.565.98$4,284
May 2003154026.595.97$4,095
Apr 2003306026.675.41$8,161
Mar 2003154031.146.10$4,796
Feb 2003154033.487.93$5,156
Jan 2003156030.315.58$4,728
Dec 2002147026.914.85$3,956
Nov 2002314024.664.14$7,743
Oct 2002305026.464.23$8,070
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 2002307025.963.16$7,970
Jul 2002152024.583.06$3,736
Jun 2002157023.733.34$3,726
May 2002314024.663.58$7,743
Apr 2002155023.653.51$3,666
Mar 2002156022.003.10$3,432
Feb 2002154018.222.38$2,806
Jan 2002157017.172.38$2,696
Dec 2001157016.932.36$2,658
Nov 2001157018.072.41$2,837
Oct 2001319019.782.53$6,310
Sep 2001154024.262.25$3,736
Aug 2001158024.873.05$3,929
Jul 2001162023.933.20$3,877
Jun 2001157024.563.82$3,856
May 2001316025.524.31$8,064
Apr 2001157024.685.34$3,875
Mar 2001319024.545.38$7,828
Feb 2001310027.755.77$8,603
Jan 2001152027.478.40$4,175
Dec 20000026.889.12$0
Nov 2000315032.215.66$10,146
Oct 2000153031.235.15$4,778
Sep 2000155031.875.19$4,940
Aug 2000158029.644.54$4,683
Jul 2000326028.534.09$9,301
Jun 2000153029.304.40$4,483
May 2000158027.263.68$4,307
Apr 2000312024.513.12$7,647
Mar 2000312028.422.86$8,867
Feb 20000027.622.73$0
Jan 2000167025.272.48$4,220
Dec 1999164024.282.42$3,982
Nov 1999453023.192.43$10,505
Oct 19990020.982.80$0
Sep 1999467021.752.62$10,157
Aug 19990019.262.88$0
Jul 1999485017.892.37$8,677
Jun 19990015.942.36$0
May 1999309015.792.32$4,879
Apr 1999154015.102.21$2,325
Mar 1999152012.471.84$1,895
Feb 199915209.981.82$1,517
Jan 1999292010.381.90$3,031
Dec 199829809.201.77$2,742
Nov 1998298010.892.19$3,245
Oct 1998455012.421.97$5,651
Sep 19980012.592.08$0
Aug 1998304011.301.91$3,435
Jul 1998298011.742.24$3,499
Jun 1998157011.242.24$1,765
May 1998298012.622.21$3,761
Apr 1998302013.042.51$3,938
Mar 1998146012.802.31$1,869
Feb 1998311013.952.30$4,338
Jan 1998153014.702.15$2,249
Dec 1997303016.322.41$4,945
Nov 1997153018.193.09$2,783
Oct 1997301019.253.15$5,794
Sep 1997156017.742.95$2,767
Aug 1997290017.862.55$5,179
Jul 1997148017.582.25$2,602
Jun 1997307017.242.26$5,293
May 1997145018.972.31$2,751
Apr 1997306017.882.08$5,471
Mar 1997309018.951.94$5,856
Feb 1997153020.492.21$3,135
Jan 1997142023.483.54$3,334
Dec 1996310023.32$7,229
Nov 1996152021.97$3,339
Oct 1996147023.31$3,427
Sep 1996147022.22$3,266
Aug 1996310020.26$6,281
Jul 1996160019.55$3,128
Jun 1996318018.73$5,956
May 1996152019.43$2,953
Apr 1996152021.51$3,270
Mar 1996307019.38$5,950
Feb 1996145016.98$2,462
Jan 1996149017.07$2,543
Dec 1995298017.19$5,123
Nov 1995148016.00$2,368
Oct 1995154015.43$2,376
Sep 1995152016.18$2,459
Aug 1995149015.92$2,372
Jul 1995278015.24$4,237
Jun 1995425016.41$6,974
May 19950017.56$0
Apr 1995285017.73$5,053
Mar 1995300016.44$4,932
Feb 1995148016.58$2,454
Jan 1995443015.92$7,053
Dec 19940015.03$0
Nov 1994305015.90$4,850
Oct 1994149015.58$2,321
Sep 1994299115.29$4,572
Aug 1994294116.13$4,742
Jul 1994297117.56$5,215
Jun 1994153117.09$2,615
May 1994150115.88$2,382
Apr 1994304114.14$4,299
Mar 1994301112.46$3,750
Feb 1994152112.50$1,900
Jan 1994303112.66$3,836
Dec 19930112.33$0
Nov 1993303114.49$4,390
Oct 1993305115.85$4,834
Sep 1993144115.03$2,164
Aug 1993296115.66$4,635
Jul 1993153115.46$2,365
Jun 1993450116.79$7,556
May 19930117.68$0
Apr 1993151118.05$2,726
Mar 1993144118.14$2,612
Feb 1993468117.90$8,377
Jan 19930116.93$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.

Apr 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  141 bbl  × $ 98.93 =    $13,949
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.87 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $13,949

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/2551 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.