MERTA, FRANK J ET AL

Operated by LODI DRILLING & SERVICE CO. (P-5 505341) in the LOUISE, NORTH (4500) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 119428District 03Field 55122703NGPA filingGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$825 k
Jan 1993 – May 2019
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
317
no gaps in the span
Streams
1
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 1 leases and 1 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1985-08-22
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

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
NGPA1none

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
GasProduction235,001 Mcf$825,258
Total$825,258

68,056 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 47 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 29.2158, -96.4043. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

29.21578, -96.40433 · 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
9,310 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
33.8 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 9,310 ft.

Completions filed
Aug 1985
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
May 2019
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 33.8 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 33.8 years and 33.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-4813286249,310 ftAug 1985May 2019Yes

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 (317)

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

317 months

May 2019058.482.74$0
Apr 2019062.632.75$0
Mar 2019056.803.06$0
Feb 2019050.852.79$0
Jan 2019046.033.23$0
Dec 2018046.594.19$0
Nov 2018052.934.24$0
Oct 2018061.443.40$0
Sep 2018059.543.11$0
Aug 2018059.403.07$0
Jul 2018065.142.93$0
Jun 2018060.183.08$0
May 2018065.382.90$0
Apr 2018063.842.90$0
Mar 2018061.222.79$0
Feb 2018061.782.77$0
Jan 2018062.874.01$0
Dec 2017057.272.92$0
Nov 2017055.423.12$0
Oct 2017049.292.98$0
Sep 2017047.523.09$0
Aug 2017045.373.00$0
Jul 2017043.873.09$0
Jun 2017042.493.09$0
May 2017045.373.26$0
Apr 2017047.933.21$0
Mar 2017046.772.98$0
Feb 2017050.452.95$0
Jan 2017049.413.42$0
Dec 2016048.763.72$0
Nov 2016042.492.64$0
Oct 2016046.193.09$0
Sep 2016041.553.10$0
Aug 2016041.442.92$0
Jul 2016041.622.92$0
Jun 2016045.352.69$0
May 2016042.521.99$0
Apr 2016036.561.99$0
Mar 2016033.011.79$0
Feb 2016026.472.06$0
Jan 2016027.352.36$0
Dec 2015032.362.00$0
Nov 2015038.792.17$0
Oct 2015043.552.43$0
Sep 2015042.992.76$0
Aug 2015040.162.87$0
Jul 2015048.152.95$0
Jun 2015056.152.88$0
May 2015055.212.96$0
Apr 2015049.822.71$0
Mar 2015042.892.93$0
Feb 2015044.662.98$0
Jan 2015043.433.10$0
Dec 2014054.693.59$0
Nov 2014070.464.25$0
Oct 2014078.303.90$0
Sep 2014086.164.05$0
Aug 2014089.394.04$0
Jul 2014096.564.18$0
Jun 2014098.164.74$0
May 2014094.734.73$0
Apr 2014095.944.81$0
Mar 2014095.895.06$0
Feb 2014097.406.19$0
Jan 2014090.404.86$0
Dec 2013091.824.35$0
Nov 2013088.853.74$0
Oct 2013097.423.78$0
Sep 20130104.113.72$0
Aug 20130104.253.52$0
Jul 20130102.523.72$0
Jun 2013094.403.93$0
May 2013094.834.15$0
Apr 201345093.964.28$1,927
Mar 201397793.623.91$3,823
Feb 2013091.233.42$0
Jan 201374791.603.42$2,555
Dec 201275686.773.42$2,586
Nov 201257186.953.62$2,070
Oct 201218989.383.40$643
Sep 201271794.672.92$2,092
Aug 2012092.662.91$0
Jul 20125385.133.02$160
Jun 201255079.822.52$1,385
May 201253191.612.49$1,321
Apr 2012563101.652.00$1,124
Mar 2012632105.052.22$1,404
Feb 2012563101.102.57$1,447
Jan 201275698.092.73$2,067
Dec 201171196.873.24$2,303
Nov 201166095.723.31$2,185
Oct 201179084.983.65$2,882
Sep 201161683.623.99$2,455
Aug 201165983.404.15$2,734
Jul 201186194.144.52$3,889
Jun 201171992.904.64$3,336
May 201166498.134.40$2,925
Apr 2011743105.964.33$3,220
Mar 201176496.364.06$3,100
Feb 201168885.644.18$2,876
Jan 201189586.504.59$4,107
Dec 201058385.734.35$2,535
Nov 201080780.843.80$3,063
Oct 201081978.103.51$2,874
Sep 201072372.633.98$2,877
Aug 201074473.684.42$3,288
Jul 201079172.554.74$3,747
Jun 201081670.364.91$4,007
May 201085871.124.24$3,634
Apr 201064981.694.12$2,676
Mar 201070578.394.39$3,094
Feb 201082073.585.44$4,463
Jan 201059974.365.96$3,572
Dec 200965371.445.48$3,581
Nov 200953474.593.75$2,003
Oct 200971872.544.11$2,951
Sep 200929865.543.06$913
Aug 200979967.423.22$2,572
Jul 200975361.133.46$2,609
Jun 200979566.163.90$3,097
May 200974854.743.93$2,936
Apr 200976146.773.59$2,730
Mar 200979042.144.06$3,207
Feb 200969932.814.63$3,238
Jan 200969035.865.37$3,706
Dec 200877937.105.98$4,656
Nov 200891055.496.86$6,243
Oct 200888775.246.92$6,140
Sep 2008691101.767.88$5,443
Aug 2008989114.228.48$8,390
Jul 20081,105131.0811.39$12,585
Jun 2008848131.3313.03$11,052
May 20081,062123.1711.57$12,292
Apr 20081,116110.3110.45$11,668
Mar 2008806101.909.66$7,789
Feb 200859292.538.77$5,192
Jan 200874790.388.21$6,130
Dec 200762488.337.30$4,556
Nov 200788591.677.29$6,453
Oct 200776982.856.92$5,323
Sep 200789275.846.24$5,570
Aug 200779069.066.39$5,046
Jul 200786870.906.39$5,545
Jun 200779862.007.55$6,024
May 200776858.747.85$6,026
Apr 200790459.617.81$7,056
Mar 200782656.927.30$6,031
Feb 200787455.108.22$7,181
Jan 20071,02850.306.73$6,915
Dec 200681356.656.92$5,625
Nov 200673154.207.62$5,568
Oct 200678254.906.01$4,703
Sep 200665160.085.04$3,279
Aug 20061,01868.717.34$7,472
Jul 20061,01869.376.34$6,457
Jun 200696066.286.38$6,129
May 200698766.016.42$6,341
Apr 200699264.397.36$7,302
Mar 20061,04756.707.08$7,416
Feb 20061,07257.597.75$8,309
Jan 20061,20260.598.93$10,738
Dec 20051,21254.9413.42$16,259
Nov 200579354.6910.59$8,397
Oct 200575658.3413.80$10,430
Sep 200553461.4512.08$6,450
Aug 200578261.519.80$7,661
Jul 200583955.697.84$6,581
Jun 200597552.337.38$7,197
May 200584045.226.65$5,587
Apr 200569449.207.36$5,108
Mar 20051,18450.377.15$8,471
Feb 200514945.226.31$940
Jan 200519943.166.32$1,258
Dec 200422839.866.75$1,539
Nov 200486045.286.33$5,444
Oct 200487049.706.52$5,668
Sep 20041,03943.245.28$5,490
Aug 200489042.375.55$4,940
Jul 200494738.286.08$5,762
Jun 200474036.106.43$4,760
May 200485037.486.49$5,520
Apr 200494434.475.86$5,530
Mar 200495434.365.53$5,276
Feb 20041,24132.455.51$6,837
Jan 200464132.036.30$4,038
Dec 200370030.266.30$4,411
Nov 20031,11128.804.60$5,105
Oct 20035228.174.76$248
Sep 20031,01926.314.75$4,840
Aug 20031,15329.765.13$5,915
Jul 20031,11229.415.17$5,750
Jun 20031,49028.565.98$8,915
May 20031,34526.595.97$8,033
Apr 200395026.675.41$5,137
Mar 20031,25331.146.10$7,638
Feb 2003033.487.93$0
Jan 200375730.315.58$4,226
Dec 200285426.914.85$4,145
Nov 200254424.664.14$2,251
Oct 200294926.464.23$4,013
Sep 20021,18927.443.64$4,322
Aug 200270125.963.16$2,218
Jul 20021,33524.583.06$4,087
Jun 20021,23123.733.34$4,109
May 20021,27024.663.58$4,552
Apr 20021,37823.653.51$4,840
Mar 20021,11922.003.10$3,472
Feb 20021,13218.222.38$2,689
Jan 20021,30517.172.38$3,100
Dec 20011,32816.932.36$3,140
Nov 20011,46418.072.41$3,522
Oct 20011,44919.782.53$3,664
Sep 200120624.262.25$464
Aug 20011,02624.873.05$3,133
Jul 20011,13923.933.20$3,641
Jun 20011,23324.563.82$4,715
May 20011,38625.524.31$5,970
Apr 20011,18224.685.34$6,306
Mar 20011,14824.545.38$6,172
Feb 20011,41327.755.77$8,149
Jan 20011,04327.478.40$8,760
Dec 20001,45226.889.12$13,246
Nov 20001,25032.215.66$7,073
Oct 20001,51931.235.15$7,816
Sep 20001,40631.875.19$7,292
Aug 20001,47229.644.54$6,684
Jul 20001,37328.534.09$5,615
Jun 200069929.304.40$3,074
May 200087427.263.68$3,216
Apr 200095824.513.12$2,985
Mar 200067828.422.86$1,939
Feb 200077527.622.73$2,113
Jan 200079625.272.48$1,974
Dec 19991,10724.282.42$2,683
Nov 199949323.192.43$1,200
Oct 199977220.982.80$2,164
Sep 199992821.752.62$2,430
Aug 19991,13519.262.88$3,264
Jul 199995617.892.37$2,268
Jun 199979115.942.36$1,868
May 199994415.792.32$2,191
Apr 199980115.102.21$1,769
Mar 199980812.471.84$1,485
Feb 19998799.981.82$1,598
Jan 199946610.381.90$885
Dec 19989479.201.77$1,679
Nov 199871810.892.19$1,569
Oct 199895212.421.97$1,875
Sep 199860412.592.08$1,258
Aug 199867611.301.91$1,289
Jul 199878111.742.24$1,747
Jun 199889811.242.24$2,009
May 199877812.622.21$1,717
Apr 199875213.042.51$1,884
Mar 199897312.802.31$2,247
Feb 199881513.952.30$1,874
Jan 199870814.702.15$1,526
Dec 199793116.322.41$2,245
Nov 199795118.193.09$2,937
Oct 199776119.253.15$2,397
Sep 199771017.742.95$2,098
Aug 199794117.862.55$2,404
Jul 19971,10917.582.25$2,492
Jun 199777317.242.26$1,745
May 199788118.972.31$2,034
Apr 199790517.882.08$1,885
Mar 199797418.951.94$1,889
Feb 19971,03520.492.21$2,283
Jan 19971,10523.483.54$3,911
Dec 199628023.32$0
Nov 199692721.97$0
Oct 19961,15123.31$0
Sep 199693022.22$0
Aug 19961,04320.26$0
Jul 19961,03119.55$0
Jun 19961,02718.73$0
May 19961,06619.43$0
Apr 199696621.51$0
Mar 19961,06319.38$0
Feb 19961,12916.98$0
Jan 19961,21417.07$0
Dec 19951,24717.19$0
Nov 19951,02116.00$0
Oct 19951,20415.43$0
Sep 19951,15716.18$0
Aug 19951,42315.92$0
Jul 199582515.24$0
Jun 199594716.41$0
May 19951,16517.56$0
Apr 19951,26317.73$0
Mar 19951,32216.44$0
Feb 199581816.58$0
Jan 19951,16515.92$0
Dec 19941,07315.03$0
Nov 19941,11315.90$0
Oct 19941,28315.58$0
Sep 19941,64115.29$0
Aug 19941,55716.13$0
Jul 19941,70617.56$0
Jun 19941,45217.09$0
May 19941,61915.88$0
Apr 19941,61914.14$0
Mar 19941,91312.46$0
Feb 19941,78012.50$0
Jan 19942,10712.66$0
Dec 19931,87412.33$0
Nov 19932,04214.49$0
Oct 19932,10815.85$0
Sep 19931,89815.03$0
Aug 19931,61415.66$0
Jul 19931,17315.46$0
Jun 1993016.79$0
May 19932,49217.68$0
Apr 19932,99118.05$0
Mar 19932,36418.14$0
Feb 19932,42617.90$0
Jan 19932,82716.93$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 2013 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Gas                  450 Mcf  × $  4.28 =     $1,927

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Month total                                   $1,927

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. 03/G/119428 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.