METZ, ALVIN R.

Operated by GOHLKE FARMS, INC. (P-5 312345) in the MELROSE, E. (PETTUS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 138300District 02Field 60379500CondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$257 k
Jan 1993 – Aug 2011
Value, last 12 filed months
$8 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
224
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, 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 5 leases and 5 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1965-03-04
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
no field rule filed
From a lease line
no field rule filed

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
CondensateDisposition1,684 bbl$42,399
GasProduction91,937 Mcf$214,591
Total$256,990

35,259 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 (1)

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 28.7986, -97.4921. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

28.79856, -97.49211 · 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
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
5,511 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
16.2 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1100.0%
A plug date is filed
1100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1100.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
00.0%

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

The one well that filed a depth was drilled to 5,511 ft.

Completions filed
Apr 1991
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Jun 2007
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 16.2 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 16.2 years and 16.2 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-1750052315,511 ftApr 1991Jun 2007Yes

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 (224)

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

224 months

Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 201185996.364.06$8,227
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
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 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
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 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
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 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 2005012549.207.36$920
Mar 2005062850.377.15$4,493
Feb 2005040845.226.31$2,575
Jan 2005059643.166.32$3,768
Dec 2004040839.866.75$2,754
Nov 2004061045.286.33$3,862
Oct 2004054049.706.52$3,518
Sep 2004048843.245.28$2,579
Aug 2004066542.375.55$3,691
Jul 2004067438.286.08$4,101
Jun 2004062836.106.43$4,040
May 2004079737.486.49$5,176
Apr 2004075134.475.86$4,400
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20041435032.036.30$4,895
Dec 2003017130.266.30$1,078
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 2003028428.174.76$1,352
Sep 2003015126.314.75$717
Aug 2003032529.765.13$1,667
Jul 2003033429.415.17$1,727
Jun 2003038528.565.98$2,303
May 2003068626.595.97$4,097
Apr 2003052726.675.41$2,850
Mar 2003062631.146.10$3,816
Feb 2003048333.487.93$3,828
Jan 2003052730.315.58$2,942
Dec 2002059126.914.85$2,869
Nov 2002069524.664.14$2,875
Oct 2002065026.464.23$2,749
Sep 2002039827.443.64$1,447
Aug 2002066425.963.16$2,101
Jul 2002065424.583.06$2,002
Jun 2002038923.733.34$1,299
May 2002012824.663.58$459
Apr 200212641523.653.51$4,438
Mar 2002065322.003.10$2,026
Feb 2002065118.222.38$1,547
Jan 2002051917.172.38$1,233
Dec 2001025816.932.36$610
Nov 2001053818.072.41$1,294
Oct 2001064619.782.53$1,634
Sep 2001060924.262.25$1,371
Aug 2001065824.873.05$2,009
Jul 2001066523.933.20$2,126
Jun 200118261724.563.82$6,829
May 2001062325.524.31$2,683
Apr 2001067924.685.34$3,623
Mar 2001074724.545.38$4,016
Feb 2001053127.755.77$3,062
Jan 2001067627.478.40$5,678
Dec 2000063826.889.12$5,820
Nov 2000063532.215.66$3,593
Oct 2000065431.235.15$3,365
Sep 2000066331.875.19$3,439
Aug 2000066029.644.54$2,997
Jul 2000070528.534.09$2,883
Jun 2000054429.304.40$2,392
May 2000065027.263.68$2,392
Apr 2000063624.513.12$1,982
Mar 2000065028.422.86$1,859
Feb 2000053327.622.73$1,453
Jan 200029673625.272.48$9,306
Dec 1999060124.282.42$1,457
Nov 1999070923.192.43$1,726
Oct 1999069120.982.80$1,937
Sep 1999069621.752.62$1,823
Aug 1999071319.262.88$2,050
Jul 1999067717.892.37$1,606
Jun 1999064715.942.36$1,528
May 1999037715.792.32$875
Apr 1999064315.102.21$1,420
Mar 1999071512.471.84$1,314
Feb 199905049.981.82$916
Jan 1999071410.381.90$1,357
Dec 199805729.201.77$1,014
Nov 1998066510.892.19$1,454
Oct 1998058512.421.97$1,152
Sep 1998067112.592.08$1,397
Aug 1998063011.301.91$1,202
Jul 1998063511.742.24$1,421
Jun 1998057311.242.24$1,282
May 1998063112.622.21$1,392
Apr 1998070413.042.51$1,764
Mar 1998061112.802.31$1,411
Feb 1998060713.952.30$1,396
Jan 1998072814.702.15$1,569
Dec 1997064716.322.41$1,560
Nov 1997069318.193.09$2,140
Oct 1997067819.253.15$2,136
Sep 1997067417.742.95$1,992
Aug 1997065517.862.55$1,673
Jul 1997067517.582.25$1,517
Jun 1997068217.242.26$1,539
May 1997071218.972.31$1,644
Apr 1997069917.882.08$1,456
Mar 199718056118.951.94$4,499
Feb 1997071220.492.21$1,571
Jan 1997075723.483.54$2,680
Dec 1996066323.32$0
Nov 1996072221.97$0
Oct 1996072123.31$0
Sep 1996071522.22$0
Aug 1996073320.26$0
Jul 1996077119.55$0
Jun 1996065918.73$0
May 1996075719.43$0
Apr 1996063521.51$0
Mar 1996076219.38$0
Feb 199611476016.98$1,936
Jan 1996067917.07$0
Dec 1995081017.19$0
Nov 1995070716.00$0
Oct 1995072115.43$0
Sep 1995069816.18$0
Aug 1995081215.92$0
Jul 199518474015.24$2,804
Jun 1995074216.41$0
May 1995080717.56$0
Apr 1995079717.73$0
Mar 1995079516.44$0
Feb 1995074816.58$0
Jan 1995090615.92$0
Dec 1994083815.03$0
Nov 1994072315.90$0
Oct 1994071015.58$0
Sep 1994072015.29$0
Aug 1994074516.13$0
Jul 1994075517.56$0
Jun 199418271717.09$3,110
May 1994075815.88$0
Apr 1994072514.14$0
Mar 1994069812.46$0
Feb 1994065712.50$0
Jan 1994072612.66$0
Dec 1993073012.33$0
Nov 1993065514.49$0
Oct 1993068315.85$0
Sep 1993076815.03$0
Aug 1993070215.66$0
Jul 1993078815.46$0
Jun 1993072616.79$0
May 1993074317.68$0
Apr 1993066418.05$0
Mar 1993080818.14$0
Feb 199319267017.90$3,437
Jan 1993069016.93$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.

Mar 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate            85 bbl  × $ 96.36 =     $8,191
Gas                    9 Mcf  × $  4.06 =        $37

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Month total                                   $8,227

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. 02/G/138300 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.