MELMS ESTATE

Operated by BIGFOOT OIL LLC (P-5 70738) in the PEARSALL (NAVARRO SAND) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 8013District 01Field 69981500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$9.0 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$92 k
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 23 leases and 67 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1924-01-26
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 2018-08-21.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: (100% ACRES). EFF. 08/21/18

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.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
NGPA2none

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.

StreamBasisVolumeValue
OilDisposition154,815 bbl$8,973,035
Casinghead gasProduction8,595 Mcf$83
Total$8,973,118

8,555 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 38 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 (6)

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 28.8602, -99.1440. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.9 miles.

28.86006, -99.14658 · 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
50.0%
3 of 6 wells
With a plug date
33.3%
2 of 6 wells
Median depth
5,605 ft
6 wells filed one
Completion to plug
14.0 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
350.0%
A plug date is filed
233.3%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
233.3%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
350.0%

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

Between 3,934 and 6,000 ft, median 5,605 ft, over the 6 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Mar 1982 – Aug 2018
6 of 6 wells
Plug dates filed
Oct 2005 – Aug 2023
2 of 6 wells; 4 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 14.0 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 10.1 years and 18.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

6 wells

42-163341131H3,934 ftAug 2018
42-16333236103,987 ftJul 2017Aug 2023Yes
42-1633203515,612 ftNov 1983Oct 2005Yes
42-1633207025,985 ftOct 1983
42-1633213266,000 ftJan 1983Yes
42-1633208935,598 ftMar 1982

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 2026147089.753.15$13,193
Feb 2026148063.503.75$9,398
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 2025298056.664.41$16,885
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 2025303059.383.30$17,992
Sep 2025153062.743.08$9,599
Aug 202572063.933.01$4,603
Jul 2025152066.743.32$10,144
Jun 2025149066.483.13$9,906
May 2025155060.553.23$9,385
Apr 2025162062.363.54$10,102
Mar 2025381067.704.27$25,794
Feb 2025253070.884.34$17,933
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 2024290068.993.12$20,007
Nov 2024366069.052.20$25,272
Oct 2024477071.372.28$34,043
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 2024355079.932.15$28,375
Jun 2024285078.082.63$22,253
May 2024385078.812.20$30,342
Apr 2024385084.451.66$32,513
Mar 2024709080.301.55$56,933
Feb 2024278076.091.78$21,153
Jan 2024153073.023.30$11,172
Dec 2023153071.262.61$10,903
Nov 2023290077.892.81$22,588
Oct 2023253085.443.09$21,616
Sep 2023471089.042.74$41,938
Aug 2023734080.522.67$59,102
Jul 2023321074.852.64$24,027
Jun 2023228068.962.26$15,723
May 2023506070.622.23$35,734
Apr 2023417078.122.24$32,576
Mar 20231,158072.852.39$84,360
Feb 2023469075.112.47$35,227
Jan 2023958076.533.39$73,316
Dec 2022949076.415.73$72,513
Nov 2022507085.005.65$43,095
Oct 20221,571087.185.86$136,960
Sep 20221,483084.888.16$125,877
Aug 20221,197094.529.13$113,140
Jul 20221,4160101.587.54$143,837
Jun 20228180115.097.98$94,144
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 20221,0720104.226.84$111,724
Mar 20221,1810108.885.08$128,587
Feb 2022690091.054.86$62,825
Jan 2022611081.844.54$50,004
Dec 2021516071.323.90$36,801
Nov 2021506077.435.24$39,180
Oct 2021332079.795.71$26,490
Sep 2021477069.865.35$33,323
Aug 2021168066.024.22$11,091
Jul 2021102070.783.98$7,220
Jun 2021431069.493.38$29,950
May 2021422063.483.02$26,789
Apr 2021585060.362.76$35,311
Mar 2021615061.302.72$37,700
Feb 2021299057.805.55$17,282
Jan 2021462050.412.81$23,289
Dec 2020616044.642.68$27,498
Nov 2020616038.772.71$23,882
Oct 2020537036.972.48$19,853
Sep 2020412037.091.99$15,281
Aug 2020934039.982.39$37,341
Jul 2020676038.371.83$25,938
Jun 2020508034.901.69$17,729
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 2020470014.751.80$6,933
Mar 2020616030.341.86$18,689
Feb 2020526049.881.98$26,237
Jan 2020522057.252.09$29,885
Dec 2019649059.012.30$38,297
Nov 2019356055.302.75$19,687
Oct 2019566053.472.42$30,264
Sep 2019688055.052.66$37,874
Aug 2019690053.112.30$36,646
Jul 2019500056.272.46$28,135
Jun 2019497052.782.49$26,232
May 2019515058.482.74$30,117
Apr 2019341062.632.75$21,357
Mar 2019575056.803.06$32,660
Feb 2019622050.852.79$31,629
Jan 2019466046.033.23$21,450
Dec 2018315046.594.19$14,676
Nov 2018294052.934.24$15,561
Oct 2018143061.443.40$8,786
Sep 2018623059.543.11$37,093
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 2018315065.142.93$20,519
Jun 2018475060.183.08$28,586
May 2018341065.382.90$22,295
Apr 2018341063.842.90$21,769
Mar 2018317061.222.79$19,407
Feb 2018313061.782.77$19,337
Jan 2018461062.874.01$28,983
Dec 2017308057.272.92$17,639
Nov 2017154055.423.12$8,535
Oct 2017180049.292.98$8,872
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20171,478043.873.09$64,840
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 2017158047.933.21$7,573
Mar 2017285046.772.98$13,329
Feb 2017145050.452.95$7,315
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 2016130048.763.72$6,339
Nov 2016159042.492.64$6,756
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 201654041.553.10$2,244
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 2016101033.011.79$3,334
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 2016615027.352.36$16,820
Dec 2015154032.362.00$4,983
Nov 201573038.792.17$2,832
Oct 2015563043.552.43$24,519
Sep 2015455042.992.76$19,560
Aug 2015396040.162.87$15,903
Jul 2015424048.152.95$20,416
Jun 2015592056.152.88$33,241
May 2015151055.212.96$8,337
Apr 2015439049.822.71$21,871
Mar 2015440042.892.93$18,872
Feb 2015438044.662.98$19,561
Jan 2015619043.433.10$26,883
Dec 2014631054.693.59$34,509
Nov 2014481070.464.25$33,891
Oct 2014721078.303.90$56,454
Sep 2014316086.164.05$27,227
Aug 2014146089.394.04$13,051
Jul 2014161096.564.18$15,546
Jun 2014465098.164.74$45,644
May 2014471094.734.73$44,618
Apr 2014327095.944.81$31,372
Mar 2014778095.895.06$74,602
Feb 2014625097.406.19$60,875
Jan 2014481090.404.86$43,482
Dec 2013643091.824.35$59,040
Nov 2013351088.853.74$31,186
Oct 2013515097.423.78$50,171
Sep 20134540104.113.72$47,266
Aug 20134570104.253.52$47,642
Jul 20134500102.523.72$46,134
Jun 2013441094.403.93$41,630
May 2013766094.834.15$72,640
Apr 2013605093.964.28$56,846
Mar 2013297093.623.91$27,805
Feb 2013767091.233.42$69,973
Jan 2013459091.603.42$42,044
Dec 2012291086.773.42$25,250
Nov 2012457086.953.62$39,736
Oct 2012304089.383.40$27,172
Sep 2012618094.672.92$58,506
Aug 2012453092.662.91$41,975
Jul 2012463085.133.02$39,415
Jun 2012589079.822.52$47,014
May 2012619091.612.49$56,707
Apr 20123020101.652.00$30,698
Mar 20125670105.052.22$59,563
Feb 20126080101.102.57$61,469
Jan 2012300098.092.73$29,427
Dec 2011563096.873.24$54,538
Nov 2011623095.723.31$59,634
Oct 2011621084.983.65$52,773
Sep 2011313083.623.99$26,173
Aug 2011471083.404.15$39,281
Jul 2011916094.144.52$86,232
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 2011601098.134.40$58,976
Apr 20112990105.964.33$31,682
Mar 2011745096.364.06$71,788
Feb 2011296085.644.18$25,349
Jan 2011756086.504.59$65,394
Dec 2010599085.734.35$51,352
Nov 2010569080.843.80$45,998
Oct 2010741078.103.51$57,872
Sep 2010595072.633.98$43,215
Aug 2010521073.684.42$38,387
Jul 2010349072.554.74$25,320
Jun 2010300070.364.91$21,108
May 2010451071.124.24$32,075
Apr 2010711081.694.12$58,082
Mar 2010575078.394.39$45,074
Feb 2010451073.585.44$33,185
Jan 2010555074.365.96$41,270
Dec 2009534071.445.48$38,149
Nov 2009538074.593.75$40,129
Oct 2009524072.544.11$38,011
Sep 2009672065.543.06$44,043
Aug 2009578067.423.22$38,969
Jul 2009710061.133.46$43,402
Jun 2009871066.163.90$57,625
May 2009664054.743.93$36,347
Apr 2009871046.773.59$40,737
Mar 2009580042.144.06$24,441
Feb 2009572032.814.63$18,767
Jan 2009290035.865.37$10,399
Dec 2008435037.105.98$16,139
Nov 2008467055.496.86$25,914
Oct 2008290075.246.92$21,820
Sep 20082870101.767.88$29,205
Aug 20081430114.228.48$16,333
Jul 20082840131.0811.39$37,227
Jun 20084430131.3313.03$58,179
May 20085810123.1711.57$71,562
Apr 20085910110.3110.45$65,193
Mar 20081550101.909.66$15,795
Feb 2008603092.538.77$55,796
Jan 2008595090.388.21$53,776
Dec 2007449088.337.30$39,660
Nov 2007452091.677.29$41,435
Oct 2007456082.856.92$37,780
Sep 2007307075.846.24$23,283
Aug 2007142069.066.39$9,807
Jul 2007423070.906.39$29,991
Jun 2007445062.007.55$27,590
May 2007443058.747.85$26,022
Apr 2007448059.617.81$26,705
Mar 2007294056.927.30$16,734
Feb 2007277055.108.22$15,263
Jan 2007413050.306.73$20,774
Dec 2006437056.656.92$24,756
Nov 2006449054.207.62$24,336
Oct 2006358054.906.01$19,654
Sep 2006435060.085.04$26,135
Aug 2006472068.717.34$32,431
Jul 2006454069.376.34$31,494
Jun 2006369066.286.38$24,457
May 2006529066.016.42$34,919
Apr 2006435064.397.36$28,010
Mar 2006449056.707.08$25,458
Feb 2006140057.597.75$8,063
Jan 2006268060.598.93$16,238
Dec 2005450054.9413.42$24,723
Nov 2005289054.6910.59$15,805
Oct 2005592058.3413.80$34,537
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 2005651061.519.80$40,043
Jul 2005423055.697.84$23,557
Jun 2005761052.337.38$39,823
May 2005462045.226.65$20,892
Apr 2005462049.207.36$22,730
Mar 2005784050.377.15$39,490
Feb 2005304045.226.31$13,747
Jan 2005613043.166.32$26,457
Dec 2004599039.866.75$23,876
Nov 2004603045.286.33$27,304
Oct 2004602049.706.52$29,919
Sep 2004477043.245.28$20,625
Aug 2004578042.375.55$24,490
Jul 2004161038.286.08$6,163
Jun 2004329036.106.43$11,877
May 2004924037.486.49$34,632
Apr 2004881034.475.86$30,368
Mar 2004747034.365.53$25,667
Feb 2004577032.455.51$18,724
Jan 2004288032.036.30$9,225
Dec 2003607030.266.30$18,368
Nov 200390028.804.60$2,592
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 2003175026.314.75$4,604
Aug 2003302029.765.13$8,988
Jul 2003309029.415.17$9,088
Jun 2003370028.565.98$10,567
May 2003157026.595.97$4,175
Apr 2003460026.675.41$12,268
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 2003228033.487.93$7,633
Jan 2003161030.315.58$4,880
Dec 2002454026.914.85$12,217
Nov 2002453024.664.14$11,171
Oct 2002156026.464.23$4,128
Sep 2002390027.443.64$10,702
Aug 2002389025.963.16$10,098
Jul 2002321024.583.06$7,890
Jun 2002298023.733.34$7,072
May 2002450024.663.58$11,097
Apr 2002457023.653.51$10,808
Mar 2002310022.003.10$6,820
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 200189016.932.36$1,507
Nov 2001292018.072.41$5,276
Oct 2001242019.782.53$4,787
Sep 2001263024.262.25$6,380
Aug 2001279024.873.05$6,939
Jul 2001541023.933.20$12,946
Jun 20010024.563.82$0
May 2001272025.524.31$6,941
Apr 200119024.685.34$469
Mar 20010024.545.38$0
Feb 20010027.755.77$0
Jan 200188027.478.40$2,417
Dec 200039026.889.12$1,048
Nov 200052032.215.66$1,675
Oct 20000031.235.15$0
Sep 2000267031.875.19$8,509
Aug 2000165029.644.54$4,891
Jul 2000348028.534.09$9,928
Jun 2000356029.304.40$10,431
May 2000268027.263.68$7,306
Apr 20000024.513.12$0
Mar 2000168028.422.86$4,775
Feb 2000383027.622.73$10,578
Jan 2000416025.272.48$10,512
Dec 1999259024.282.42$6,289
Nov 1999393023.192.43$9,114
Oct 1999199020.982.80$4,175
Sep 19990021.752.62$0
Aug 1999392019.262.88$7,550
Jul 1999205017.892.37$3,667
Jun 1999310015.942.36$4,941
May 1999324015.792.32$5,116
Apr 1999358015.102.21$5,406
Mar 1999396012.471.84$4,938
Feb 199933709.981.82$3,363
Jan 1999429010.381.90$4,453
Dec 199843809.201.77$4,030
Nov 1998323010.892.19$3,517
Oct 1998382012.421.97$4,744
Sep 1998294012.592.08$3,701
Aug 1998375011.301.91$4,238
Jul 1998394011.742.24$4,626
Jun 1998354011.242.24$3,979
May 1998433012.622.21$5,464
Apr 1998336013.042.51$4,381
Mar 1998409012.802.31$5,235
Feb 1998313013.952.30$4,366
Jan 1998493014.702.15$7,247
Dec 1997321016.322.41$5,239
Nov 1997292018.193.09$5,311
Oct 1997557019.253.15$10,722
Sep 1997363017.742.95$6,440
Aug 1997363017.862.55$6,483
Jul 1997510017.582.25$8,966
Jun 1997389017.242.26$6,706
May 1997557018.972.31$10,566
Apr 1997389017.882.08$6,955
Mar 19973712018.951.94$7,069
Feb 19974132020.492.21$8,506
Jan 1997566023.483.54$13,290
Dec 1996413023.32$9,631
Nov 19963831821.97$8,415
Oct 1996490023.31$11,422
Sep 1996320022.22$7,110
Aug 1996415020.26$8,408
Jul 1996459019.55$8,973
Jun 1996513018.73$9,608
May 19960019.43$0
Apr 1996162021.51$3,485
Mar 19960019.38$0
Feb 19960016.98$0
Jan 199639224617.07$6,691
Dec 199538622517.19$6,635
Nov 199526920616.00$4,304
Oct 199525225115.43$3,888
Sep 199537427616.18$6,051
Aug 199537325715.92$5,938
Jul 199537424715.24$5,700
Jun 199524927616.41$4,086
May 199550330817.56$8,833
Apr 19952438317.73$4,308
Mar 199524116516.44$3,962
Feb 199523116816.58$3,830
Jan 199523416715.92$3,725
Dec 199422818315.03$3,427
Nov 199445319815.90$7,203
Oct 199420223915.58$3,147
Sep 199420923915.29$3,196
Aug 199421426816.13$3,452
Jul 199441123917.56$7,217
Jun 1994015117.09$0
May 199439323515.88$6,241
Apr 199443628214.14$6,165
Mar 1994031112.46$0
Feb 1994018812.50$0
Jan 199421120112.66$2,671
Dec 199322429612.33$2,762
Nov 199343930214.49$6,361
Oct 1993021515.85$0
Sep 199321924815.03$3,292
Aug 1993020615.66$0
Jul 199319822115.46$3,061
Jun 199319723816.79$3,308
May 199322427817.68$3,960
Apr 199333922918.05$6,119
Mar 199322326718.14$4,045
Feb 199322324317.90$3,992
Jan 199322518516.93$3,809

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 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  147 bbl  × $ 89.75 =    $13,193
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.15 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $13,193

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/8013 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.