MELTON (HORIZ)

Operated by MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS OPERATING LLC (P-5 521544) in the GIDDINGS (AUSTIN CHALK-3) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 16861District 03Field 34733500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$12.6 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$324 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 5,900 leases and 6,985 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1960-10-29
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
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 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2025-09-30.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: DKT OG-25-00028011: UFT FIELD, ALLOCATION FORMULA SUSPENDED

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
OilDisposition295,139 bbl$10,930,668
Casinghead gasProduction675,745 Mcf$1,631,167
Total$12,561,835

299,403 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 30.2076, -96.7999. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.20756, -96.79994 · 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
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
Median depth
9,294 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

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

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 9,294 ft.

Completions filed
Apr 1993
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-2873143719,294 ftApr 1993

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 2026525233106.413.05$56,575
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20263649063.503.75$23,452
Jan 202655015959.138.00$33,793
Dec 202573737356.664.41$43,405
Nov 20251058.593.93$59
Oct 20251059.383.30$59
Sep 202591941262.743.08$58,926
Aug 20251,08159463.933.01$70,899
Jul 20255385666.743.32$36,092
Jun 20257066.483.13$465
May 20251060.553.23$61
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20252074.324.28$149
Dec 202401768.993.12$53
Nov 202457115969.052.20$39,777
Oct 202455815671.372.28$40,180
Sep 202475231069.612.36$53,080
Aug 20241075.632.06$76
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240178.082.63$3
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 202456254880.301.55$45,975
Feb 202474785576.091.78$58,364
Jan 202437876273.023.30$30,114
Dec 20237201,16971.262.61$54,359
Nov 20235531,37977.892.81$46,945
Oct 20237381,37985.443.09$67,312
Sep 20235511,28089.042.74$52,562
Aug 20237211,36780.522.67$61,709
Jul 20235341,21674.852.64$43,182
Jun 20237471,44068.962.26$54,765
May 20237451,32470.622.23$55,561
Apr 20237411,14978.122.24$60,458
Mar 202373595272.852.39$55,823
Feb 202374986375.112.47$58,385
Jan 20239381,05376.533.39$75,352
Dec 20229251,14276.415.73$77,222
Nov 20227401,45485.005.65$71,110
Oct 20229251,39887.185.86$88,839
Sep 20221,1501,38784.888.16$108,935
Aug 20221,0201,47294.529.13$109,846
Jul 20229411,431101.587.54$106,380
Jun 20221,1621,799115.097.98$148,086
May 20221,3041,957109.378.43$159,122
Apr 20221,7142,264104.226.84$194,113
Mar 20221,3681,349108.885.08$155,796
Feb 20221,7342,23891.054.86$168,755
Jan 20221,3491,62981.844.54$117,794
Dec 20211,8682,21371.323.90$141,855
Nov 20212,2582,45377.435.24$187,683
Oct 20212,2761,77079.795.71$191,716
Sep 20211,8731,35569.865.35$138,098
Aug 20211,6831,44666.024.22$117,215
Jul 202155021870.783.98$39,797
Jun 202101069.493.38$34
May 20211,8381,14563.483.02$120,131
Apr 20211761,29160.362.76$14,184
Mar 20211851,27161.302.72$14,794
Feb 20211801,03457.805.55$16,141
Jan 20211821,22150.412.81$12,606
Dec 20201821,26144.642.68$11,498
Nov 202011,24238.772.71$3,400
Oct 20201761,35836.972.48$9,872
Sep 20203591,37637.091.99$16,055
Aug 20201842,23439.982.39$12,685
Jul 20201846038.371.83$7,170
Jun 20201431,13334.901.69$6,906
May 202001,02816.921.81$1,866
Apr 20201841,16114.751.80$4,809
Mar 202001,26930.341.86$2,356
Feb 20201721,02049.881.98$10,600
Jan 20203521,44557.252.09$23,179
Dec 201901,08759.012.30$2,505
Nov 20191811,20655.302.75$13,327
Oct 20191771,28753.472.42$12,577
Sep 20191691,51655.052.66$13,332
Aug 201911,54553.112.30$3,613
Jul 20191781,51656.272.46$13,746
Jun 20191801,54252.782.49$13,342
May 20191801,65858.482.74$15,070
Apr 20191811,55562.632.75$15,613
Mar 20191781,78856.803.06$15,585
Feb 20191841,40750.852.79$13,285
Jan 20191801,79546.033.23$14,080
Dec 20181811,52546.594.19$14,816
Nov 20181822,06852.934.24$18,396
Oct 20181722,02161.443.40$17,435
Sep 20183412,14259.543.11$26,960
Aug 20181781,50159.403.07$15,176
Jul 20183441,83265.142.93$27,779
Jun 20181751,51060.183.08$15,178
May 20181681,82865.382.90$16,287
Apr 20183451,78563.842.90$27,203
Mar 20181781,96961.222.79$16,384
Feb 20183441,77461.782.77$26,159
Jan 20183652,20662.874.01$31,792
Dec 20171742,10457.272.92$16,112
Nov 20173402,33455.423.12$26,121
Oct 20173532,35249.292.98$24,417
Sep 20173562,89747.523.09$25,861
Aug 20174112,85745.373.00$27,231
Jul 20173382,35843.873.09$22,108
Jun 20173522,34842.493.09$22,205
May 20173532,26545.373.26$23,407
Apr 20173531,62247.933.21$22,129
Mar 20171791,65846.772.98$13,319
Feb 20173511,64050.452.95$22,550
Jan 20171811,56949.413.42$14,307
Dec 20165271,40848.763.72$30,938
Nov 20161801,35042.492.64$11,218
Oct 20161721,32546.193.09$12,039
Sep 20161721,19941.553.10$10,864
Aug 20163481,11641.442.92$17,685
Jul 20161761,15241.622.92$10,694
Jun 20163351,09445.352.69$18,131
May 20161731,24042.521.99$9,825
Apr 20163231,25436.561.99$14,306
Mar 20163591,31533.011.79$14,210
Feb 20161771,21526.472.06$7,193
Jan 20161791,29227.352.36$7,950
Dec 20153851,29332.362.00$15,046
Nov 20151701,14338.792.17$9,072
Oct 20153621,15443.552.43$18,565
Sep 20153441,04142.992.76$17,660
Aug 201517768540.162.87$9,076
Jul 201535479148.152.95$19,375
Jun 201535676256.152.88$22,186
May 201535388555.212.96$22,105
Apr 201517469849.822.71$10,558
Mar 201517866242.892.93$9,577
Feb 201516870944.662.98$9,613
Jan 2015078243.433.10$2,425
Dec 201418088154.693.59$13,008
Nov 201417897570.464.25$16,687
Oct 201418495378.303.90$18,125
Sep 20143651,14486.164.05$36,076
Aug 20141761,15589.394.04$20,393
Jul 20143521,14896.564.18$38,787
Jun 201434699498.164.74$38,672
May 20141771,11294.734.73$22,023
Apr 20143601,20995.944.81$40,353
Mar 20143661,40495.895.06$42,195
Feb 20141821,21597.406.19$25,250
Jan 20143601,19190.404.86$38,333
Dec 20133631,13391.824.35$38,264
Nov 20133601,14788.853.74$36,274
Oct 20133551,12597.423.78$38,836
Sep 20132441,064104.113.72$29,359
Aug 20133581,211104.253.52$41,587
Jul 2013359908102.523.72$40,180
Jun 20135301,06894.403.93$54,233
May 20133561,07794.834.15$38,228
Apr 201335574593.964.28$36,546
Mar 201352941293.623.91$51,137
Feb 201353646491.233.42$50,486
Jan 201353836591.603.42$50,529
Dec 2012116886.773.42$661
Nov 201235687886.953.62$34,137
Oct 201235759689.383.40$33,935
Sep 201236291594.672.92$36,941
Aug 20123531,06392.662.91$35,800
Jul 201235794885.133.02$33,255
Jun 20123571,02379.822.52$31,073
May 20123611,01591.612.49$35,597
Apr 20123561,055101.652.00$38,294
Mar 20123601,004105.052.22$40,049
Feb 2012182963101.102.57$20,875
Jan 201253098798.092.73$54,686
Dec 20111821,05696.873.24$21,052
Nov 20113561,05695.723.31$37,573
Oct 201153894584.983.65$49,167
Sep 20111781,01683.623.99$18,934
Aug 201135698583.404.15$33,777
Jul 20113591,06094.144.52$38,585
Jun 20113571,09492.904.64$38,241
May 20113591,04798.134.40$39,841
Apr 20113581,033105.964.33$42,410
Mar 20113561,16596.364.06$39,031
Feb 201135890285.644.18$34,429
Jan 20113541,06986.504.59$35,526
Dec 20103451,04385.734.35$34,112
Nov 20105231,06280.843.80$46,310
Oct 20103601,11378.103.51$32,021
Sep 20101771,00372.633.98$16,847
Aug 20103561,15573.684.42$31,334
Jul 201035183672.554.74$29,425
Jun 201036262670.364.91$28,544
May 201017292071.124.24$16,129
Apr 201035784081.694.12$32,626
Mar 201036085578.394.39$31,973
Feb 201035480173.585.44$30,407
Jan 201034982674.365.96$30,878
Dec 20093611,04071.445.48$31,493
Nov 200935784274.593.75$29,787
Oct 20093581,05572.544.11$30,306
Sep 200935399165.543.06$26,173
Aug 200936097767.423.22$27,416
Jul 20093591,05561.133.46$25,601
Jun 200936297566.163.90$27,748
May 200918092854.743.93$13,496
Apr 200936089646.773.59$20,052
Mar 200952985642.144.06$25,767
Feb 200918081632.814.63$9,686
Jan 20093691,05735.865.37$18,909
Dec 200836898637.105.98$19,546
Nov 200837287755.496.86$26,659
Oct 20083741,07975.246.92$35,609
Sep 2008368994101.767.88$45,278
Aug 2008184867114.228.48$28,371
Jul 20083701,059131.0811.39$60,561
Jun 20083631,097131.3313.03$61,970
May 2008369935123.1711.57$56,272
Apr 2008374945110.3110.45$51,136
Mar 20085441,057101.909.66$65,649
Feb 200818789992.538.77$25,188
Jan 20081831,23490.388.21$26,665
Dec 20073651,24788.337.30$41,346
Nov 20073621,30391.677.29$42,686
Oct 20073691,02282.856.92$37,646
Sep 200718299275.846.24$19,997
Aug 20073721,21269.066.39$33,433
Jul 20073701,02670.906.39$32,787
Jun 20071861,01662.007.55$19,201
May 20073691,03258.747.85$29,772
Apr 20073651,20259.617.81$31,140
Mar 20073651,09156.927.30$28,742
Feb 20071811,08555.108.22$18,887
Jan 20073681,15250.306.73$26,260
Dec 20063671,14256.656.92$28,691
Nov 20061871,16654.207.62$19,017
Oct 20063651,37954.906.01$28,332
Sep 20063671,10660.085.04$27,621
Aug 20063611,21668.717.34$33,730
Jul 20063611,44169.376.34$34,182
Jun 20061831,10366.286.38$19,171
May 20063651,29366.016.42$32,401
Apr 20063611,29564.397.36$32,777
Mar 20063701,31556.707.08$30,293
Feb 200636697157.597.75$28,604
Jan 20063421,35860.598.93$32,853
Dec 20053591,14954.9413.42$35,138
Nov 20053611,36454.6910.59$34,186
Oct 20053571,42758.3413.80$40,514
Sep 20053671,48961.4512.08$40,538
Aug 20053591,17161.519.80$33,554
Jul 20053701,23555.697.84$30,292
Jun 20053621,29452.337.38$28,495
May 20053501,43845.226.65$25,391
Apr 20053631,09649.207.36$25,927
Mar 20055421,26750.377.15$36,366
Feb 20053541,27745.226.31$24,068
Jan 20053631,13043.166.32$22,811
Dec 20043521,35139.866.75$23,151
Nov 20043591,34845.286.33$24,789
Oct 20043611,89549.706.52$30,288
Sep 20043591,32743.245.28$22,535
Aug 20043581,39942.375.55$22,934
Jul 20043661,41238.286.08$22,601
Jun 20043691,38836.106.43$22,250
May 20045351,48937.486.49$29,722
Apr 20043631,34034.475.86$20,363
Mar 20043601,43834.365.53$20,322
Feb 20043611,40832.455.51$19,472
Jan 20043661,11632.036.30$18,753
Dec 200335554030.266.30$14,145
Nov 20033571,24728.804.60$16,012
Oct 20033761,52228.174.76$17,836
Sep 20035731,51426.314.75$22,266
Aug 20033771,49429.765.13$18,883
Jul 20035641,27629.415.17$23,185
Jun 200336911728.565.98$11,239
May 20031891,01126.595.97$11,064
Apr 200338678226.675.41$14,523
Mar 20033831,05631.146.10$18,364
Feb 20035711,01933.487.93$27,194
Jan 200357780630.315.58$21,988
Dec 20025781,12426.914.85$21,010
Nov 200239134224.664.14$11,057
Oct 200238139726.464.23$11,760
Sep 20025761,12527.443.64$19,895
Aug 200294782225.963.16$27,185
Jul 20027381,61324.583.06$23,079
Jun 200238488723.733.34$12,073
May 200237750824.663.58$11,117
Apr 200219124223.653.51$5,367
Mar 200238077322.003.10$10,758
Feb 200238057818.222.38$8,297
Jan 200257563517.172.38$11,381
Dec 200138472016.932.36$8,203
Nov 200138484218.072.41$8,964
Oct 200137973119.782.53$9,345
Sep 200137879824.262.25$10,967
Aug 20013831,02124.873.05$12,642
Jul 20011951,18523.933.20$8,455
Jun 20013901,08424.563.82$13,724
May 20013861,39525.524.31$15,859
Apr 200119489924.685.34$9,584
Mar 200119610324.545.38$5,364
Feb 200158145127.755.77$18,724
Jan 200118538427.478.40$8,307
Dec 200019974426.889.12$12,136
Nov 200019556032.215.66$9,449
Oct 200038269931.235.15$15,527
Sep 200018798431.875.19$11,063
Aug 200037283129.644.54$14,799
Jul 200054882228.534.09$18,996
Jun 200018170129.304.40$8,386
May 200036795027.263.68$13,500
Apr 20003781,39224.513.12$13,602
Mar 20005711,17428.422.86$19,585
Feb 20005561,00627.622.73$18,100
Jan 2000047125.272.48$1,168
Dec 199919054524.282.42$5,934
Nov 199917964723.192.43$5,726
Oct 199918363520.982.80$5,620
Sep 199918680821.752.62$6,162
Aug 199918282919.262.88$5,889
Jul 199917965817.892.37$4,763
Jun 199918877715.942.36$4,832
May 199937580415.792.32$7,787
Apr 1999054215.102.21$1,197
Mar 199936378112.471.84$5,962
Feb 19991856589.981.82$3,042
Jan 199918677810.381.90$3,409
Dec 19981847489.201.77$3,019
Nov 1998067810.892.19$1,482
Oct 199853892312.421.97$8,500
Sep 1998188812.592.08$1,862
Aug 19981891,00411.301.91$4,051
Jul 199837489411.742.24$6,391
Jun 19981871,00511.242.24$4,350
May 199836599812.622.21$6,808
Apr 199817367813.042.51$3,955
Mar 199836298712.802.31$6,913
Feb 199818677013.952.30$4,365
Jan 199837472414.702.15$7,058
Dec 199717976716.322.41$4,771
Nov 199718689918.193.09$6,160
Oct 199734496319.253.15$9,655
Sep 19971811,06817.742.95$6,367
Aug 199736794317.862.55$8,964
Jul 19971801,05217.582.25$5,528
Jun 19973661,49417.242.26$9,682
May 19972681,13918.972.31$7,713
Apr 19973631,31417.882.08$9,227
Mar 19975581,74618.951.94$13,960
Feb 19971891,13720.492.21$6,381
Jan 19973891,06923.483.54$12,918
Dec 19965621,23123.32$13,106
Nov 19965551,22721.97$12,193
Oct 19965611,35823.31$13,077
Sep 19965651,35622.22$12,554
Aug 19965531,39320.26$11,204
Jul 19965511,46719.55$10,772
Jun 19967571,59718.73$14,179
May 19967341,50619.43$14,262
Apr 19969351,55521.51$20,112
Mar 19961,1541,68019.38$22,365
Feb 19967571,56316.98$12,854
Jan 19967701,37217.07$13,144
Dec 19957721,14517.19$13,271
Nov 19955721,51116.00$9,152
Oct 19955481,28015.43$8,456
Sep 19957321,88516.18$11,844
Aug 19951,2832,93815.92$20,425
Jul 19951,5072,08715.24$22,967
Jun 19951,88699316.41$30,949
May 19951,13948617.56$20,001
Apr 199557131117.73$10,124
Mar 199589816.44$132
Feb 199511016.58$182
Jan 19951,9211,23415.92$30,582
Dec 19941,0792,82515.03$16,217
Nov 19942,4907,33315.90$39,591
Oct 19942,2507,89615.58$35,055
Sep 19942,7909,66915.29$42,659
Aug 19943,1799,39316.13$51,277
Jul 19943,21611,92717.56$56,473
Jun 19943,54812,50817.09$60,635
May 19943,48413,75215.88$55,326
Apr 19944,04815,05314.14$57,239
Mar 19944,62616,72312.46$57,640
Feb 19944,46114,98912.50$55,763
Jan 19945,30517,60612.66$67,161
Dec 19936,27520,44612.33$77,371
Nov 19937,62425,09614.49$110,472
Oct 19938,66718,07515.85$137,372
Sep 199310,38413,51415.03$156,072
Aug 19935,4054,07215.66$84,642
Jul 19937,9624,34415.46$123,093
Jun 199319,67517,62316.79$330,343
May 199321,14414,36917.68$373,826
Apr 199313,95110,65118.05$251,816
Mar 19933097718.14$5,605
Feb 199308417.90$0
Jan 1993110516.93$17

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.

May 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  525 bbl  × $106.41 =    $55,865
Casinghead gas       233 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $710

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Month total                                  $56,575

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/O/16861 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.