METZLER, E. A.

Operated by TORTUGA OPERATING COMPANY (P-5 862750) in the TOMBALL (SCHULTZ SE.) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 8396District 03Field 90620782NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$888 k
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$21 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 38 leases and 126 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1933-12-31
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
466 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 1968-05-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ALLOW INJ. CREDIT EFF 8-1-69

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
OilDisposition17,441 bbl$688,064
Casinghead gasProduction78,782 Mcf$199,991
Total$888,055

33,567 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 39 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 (9)

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 30.0695, -95.6064. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.5 miles.

30.06874, -95.60657 · 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
77.8%
7 of 9 wells
With a plug date
55.6%
5 of 9 wells
Median depth
5,553 ft
8 wells filed one
Completion to plug
11.7 years
median over 3 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
777.8%
A plug date is filed
555.6%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
555.6%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
222.2%

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

Total depth in feet, 8 of 9 wells. Median 5,553 ft, with the middle half between 5,211 and 5,679 ft; the shallowest is 4,211 ft and the deepest 6,606 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

Last completion by decade, 5 of 9 wells, Oct 1975 – Jan 1985. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Oct 1975 – Jan 1985
5 of 9 wells; 4 filed none
Plug dates filed
Jun 1987 – Oct 2025
5 of 9 wells; 4 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 11.7 years across the 3 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 8.7 years and 25.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

9 wells

42-2010065024,211 ftYes
42-2010065465,550 ftApr 1988Yes
42-201304748D4,211 ftOct 2025Yes
42-201006524
42-2010065135,672 ftJan 1985Yes
42-2013137695,700 ftAug 1982Apr 1988Yes
42-2010065355,555 ftJul 1982Oct 2020Yes
42-2013046976,606 ftNov 1975
42-2010064915,544 ftOct 1975Jun 1987Yes

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 20260232106.413.05$707
Apr 202601698.932.87$46
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 202601763.503.75$64
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 2025346058.593.93$20,272
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 2024011669.052.20$255
Oct 202407971.372.28$180
Sep 2024010569.612.36$248
Aug 202404175.632.06$85
Jul 202405079.932.15$107
Jun 2024027378.082.63$719
May 2024013278.812.20$290
Apr 202407084.451.66$116
Mar 202406180.301.55$94
Feb 202406076.091.78$107
Jan 202408673.023.30$284
Dec 202301,44071.262.61$3,759
Nov 202301,23777.892.81$3,473
Oct 2023053385.443.09$1,646
Sep 2023044989.042.74$1,228
Aug 202301,33380.522.67$3,563
Jul 202301,71574.852.64$4,531
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 2023183072.852.39$13,332
Feb 2023016775.112.47$412
Jan 2023024076.533.39$813
Dec 2022019576.415.73$1,117
Nov 2022032785.005.65$1,846
Oct 202217133887.185.86$16,890
Sep 2022024084.888.16$1,959
Aug 202217130394.529.13$18,928
Jul 20220191101.587.54$1,441
Jun 20220115115.097.98$917
May 2022342151109.378.43$38,678
Apr 2022050104.226.84$342
Mar 20220128108.885.08$650
Feb 2022014891.054.86$719
Jan 2022035081.844.54$1,588
Dec 2021017671.323.90$686
Nov 2021056877.435.24$2,975
Oct 202104379.795.71$246
Sep 2021017569.865.35$936
Aug 2021351066.024.22$23,173
Jul 202102970.783.98$115
Jun 202103669.493.38$122
May 202103763.483.02$112
Apr 2021011660.362.76$320
Mar 202105861.302.72$158
Feb 202102957.805.55$161
Jan 202105650.412.81$157
Dec 202004944.642.68$131
Nov 202008238.772.71$222
Oct 202007636.972.48$188
Sep 2020011337.091.99$225
Aug 2020014039.982.39$334
Jul 202008338.371.83$151
Jun 202005334.901.69$90
May 202004216.921.81$76
Apr 202006914.751.80$125
Mar 2020012830.341.86$238
Feb 202007149.881.98$141
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 201909055.302.75$248
Oct 201905253.472.42$126
Sep 2019014955.052.66$396
Aug 201906653.112.30$152
Jul 201907456.272.46$182
Jun 20193374552.782.49$17,899
May 201907558.482.74$206
Apr 2019012662.632.75$347
Mar 2019013656.803.06$416
Feb 201901750.852.79$47
Jan 201905746.033.23$184
Dec 201803546.594.19$146
Nov 201804452.934.24$186
Oct 201806261.443.40$211
Sep 2018012159.543.11$376
Aug 2018015759.403.07$481
Jul 2018012965.142.93$378
Jun 2018010260.183.08$314
May 2018014365.382.90$415
Apr 2018022263.842.90$644
Mar 201808961.222.79$248
Feb 2018015661.782.77$432
Jan 2018013262.874.01$529
Dec 201734439557.272.92$20,855
Nov 2017019655.423.12$611
Oct 2017026949.292.98$803
Sep 2017012347.523.09$380
Aug 2017016245.373.00$487
Jul 2017014143.873.09$435
Jun 2017015342.493.09$472
May 201707845.373.26$255
Apr 2017017747.933.21$568
Mar 2017015846.772.98$471
Feb 2017011850.452.95$348
Jan 2017024049.413.42$821
Dec 201601,34348.763.72$5,000
Nov 20163516042.492.64$15,073
Oct 201602046.193.09$62
Sep 201607541.553.10$233
Aug 2016017641.442.92$515
Jul 2016015841.622.92$462
Jun 2016016545.352.69$443
May 2016027742.521.99$552
Apr 201637018836.561.99$13,902
Mar 2016018933.011.79$339
Feb 2016022526.472.06$464
Jan 201603227.352.36$76
Dec 201506432.362.00$128
Nov 201509538.792.17$206
Oct 201506543.552.43$158
Sep 201509142.992.76$251
Aug 201508240.162.87$236
Jul 201504848.152.95$141
Jun 201507556.152.88$216
May 201506255.212.96$183
Apr 201507849.822.71$211
Mar 2015011642.892.93$340
Feb 201507244.662.98$214
Jan 201504943.433.10$152
Dec 20143496554.693.59$19,320
Nov 201406070.464.25$255
Oct 201408578.303.90$332
Sep 201403486.164.05$138
Aug 2014010689.394.04$428
Jul 201405696.564.18$234
Jun 201406598.164.74$308
May 201408894.734.73$416
Apr 201408995.944.81$428
Mar 2014010895.895.06$546
Feb 201406797.406.19$415
Jan 201408790.404.86$423
Dec 201306491.824.35$279
Nov 20133508488.853.74$31,412
Oct 201305897.423.78$219
Sep 20130108104.113.72$402
Aug 2013083104.253.52$292
Jul 2013070102.523.72$260
Jun 20130594.403.93$20
May 201301794.834.15$71
Apr 201304793.964.28$201
Mar 201303893.623.91$149
Feb 20130191.233.42$3
Jan 20130391.603.42$10
Dec 201209186.773.42$311
Nov 20120286.953.62$7
Oct 20123723189.383.40$33,355
Sep 201204494.672.92$128
Aug 201207692.662.91$221
Jul 201209085.133.02$272
Jun 201201479.822.52$35
May 201207291.612.49$179
Apr 2012095101.652.00$190
Mar 2012078105.052.22$173
Feb 20120109101.102.57$280
Jan 201206898.092.73$186
Dec 20113575296.873.24$34,751
Nov 201109695.723.31$318
Oct 2011011384.983.65$412
Sep 201108583.623.99$339
Aug 201109583.404.15$394
Jul 2011012894.144.52$578
Jun 201108692.904.64$399
May 201104698.134.40$203
Apr 20110119105.964.33$516
Mar 2011012996.364.06$523
Feb 201134712385.644.18$30,231
Jan 2011012486.504.59$569
Dec 2010011085.734.35$478
Nov 2010013780.843.80$520
Oct 201007178.103.51$249
Sep 2010013372.633.98$529
Aug 2010015073.684.42$663
Jul 2010011072.554.74$521
Jun 201007170.364.91$349
May 201008171.124.24$343
Apr 20103575381.694.12$29,382
Mar 2010010278.394.39$448
Feb 2010010173.585.44$550
Jan 2010016274.365.96$966
Dec 200909871.445.48$537
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 200902872.544.11$115
Sep 2009016765.543.06$512
Aug 200909767.423.22$312
Jul 200909661.133.46$333
Jun 200935715966.163.90$24,238
May 200907754.743.93$302
Apr 200905146.773.59$183
Mar 200909342.144.06$377
Feb 200907832.814.63$361
Jan 200934312535.865.37$12,971
Dec 200804037.105.98$239
Nov 2008010255.496.86$700
Oct 2008011475.246.92$789
Sep 20080107101.767.88$843
Aug 20080105114.228.48$891
Jul 2008062131.0811.39$706
Jun 20080630131.3313.03$8,211
May 20080129123.1711.57$1,493
Apr 20080110110.3110.45$1,150
Mar 20080130101.909.66$1,256
Feb 2008013792.538.77$1,202
Jan 200808790.388.21$714
Dec 2007011288.337.30$818
Nov 200739312591.677.29$36,938
Oct 2007013982.856.92$962
Sep 200707875.846.24$487
Aug 2007012769.066.39$811
Jul 2007018570.906.39$1,182
Jun 2007013262.007.55$996
May 2007013258.747.85$1,036
Apr 2007013959.617.81$1,085
Mar 200709856.927.30$716
Feb 200707955.108.22$649
Jan 200708850.306.73$592
Dec 2006011056.656.92$761
Nov 20063727954.207.62$20,764
Oct 2006015654.906.01$938
Sep 2006012660.085.04$635
Aug 200606168.717.34$448
Jul 200603669.376.34$228
Jun 200604066.286.38$255
May 20063693066.016.42$24,550
Apr 200609764.397.36$714
Mar 20060456.707.08$28
Feb 200605457.597.75$419
Jan 200609660.598.93$858
Dec 2005012854.9413.42$1,717
Nov 2005017054.6910.59$1,800
Oct 2005047058.3413.80$6,484
Sep 2005025661.4512.08$3,092
Aug 2005015361.519.80$1,499
Jul 2005013855.697.84$1,082
Jun 200508952.337.38$657
May 2005012245.226.65$811
Apr 2005013149.207.36$964
Mar 2005010050.377.15$715
Feb 2005014345.226.31$903
Jan 2005012843.166.32$809
Dec 2004064239.866.75$4,334
Nov 2004016945.286.33$1,070
Oct 200443516449.706.52$22,688
Sep 2004014243.245.28$750
Aug 2004020542.375.55$1,138
Jul 2004014038.286.08$852
Jun 200409336.106.43$598
May 2004017137.486.49$1,111
Apr 2004011634.475.86$680
Mar 2004013234.365.53$730
Feb 2004014032.455.51$771
Jan 2004010432.036.30$655
Dec 2003018630.266.30$1,172
Nov 2003025328.804.60$1,163
Oct 2003017128.174.76$814
Sep 2003028126.314.75$1,335
Aug 200349112829.765.13$15,269
Jul 2003014429.415.17$745
Jun 2003039428.565.98$2,357
May 2003013426.595.97$800
Apr 2003011526.675.41$622
Mar 2003027831.146.10$1,695
Feb 2003025633.487.93$2,029
Jan 2003013330.315.58$742
Dec 200208226.914.85$398
Nov 2002013624.664.14$563
Oct 2002017726.464.23$749
Sep 2002032727.443.64$1,189
Aug 200240514125.963.16$10,960
Jul 2002017424.583.06$533
Jun 2002013923.733.34$464
May 2002011224.663.58$401
Apr 2002023623.653.51$829
Mar 2002021922.003.10$680
Feb 2002021418.222.38$508
Jan 2002018817.172.38$447
Dec 2001026516.932.36$627
Nov 2001016818.072.41$404
Oct 2001034219.782.53$865
Sep 2001031224.262.25$702
Aug 20014407424.873.05$11,169
Jul 2001036723.933.20$1,173
Jun 200103024.563.82$115
May 200105725.524.31$246
Apr 200108324.685.34$443
Mar 200103224.545.38$172
Feb 200108727.755.77$502
Jan 2001010327.478.40$865
Dec 200007226.889.12$657
Nov 2000016832.215.66$951
Oct 20000031.235.15$0
Sep 20000031.875.19$0
Aug 20000029.644.54$0
Jul 200003828.534.09$155
Jun 20000029.304.40$0
May 20000827.263.68$29
Apr 20000024.513.12$0
Mar 20000028.422.86$0
Feb 20003508827.622.73$9,907
Jan 20000025.272.48$0
Dec 19990024.282.42$0
Nov 19990023.192.43$0
Oct 19990020.982.80$0
Sep 19990021.752.62$0
Aug 19994551219.262.88$8,798
Jul 19990017.892.37$0
Jun 19990015.942.36$0
May 199909815.792.32$227
Apr 199908315.102.21$183
Mar 19990012.471.84$0
Feb 19990539.981.82$96
Jan 1999464010.381.90$4,816
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 199801,40710.892.19$3,075
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 1998021812.592.08$454
Aug 19980011.301.91$0
Jul 1998442011.742.24$5,189
Jun 19980011.242.24$0
May 19980012.622.21$0
Apr 19980013.042.51$0
Mar 19980012.802.31$0
Feb 1998476013.952.30$6,640
Jan 19980014.702.15$0
Dec 19970016.322.41$0
Nov 1997013318.193.09$411
Oct 19970019.253.15$0
Sep 19970017.742.95$0
Aug 1997447017.862.55$7,983
Jul 1997015317.582.25$344
Jun 1997014917.242.26$336
May 199708818.972.31$203
Apr 19970017.882.08$0
Mar 199750511418.951.94$9,791
Feb 1997011720.492.21$258
Jan 199704123.483.54$145
Dec 1996020923.32$0
Nov 19960021.97$0
Oct 1996451023.31$10,513
Sep 19960022.22$0
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 1996018119.55$0
Jun 1996081218.73$0
May 199644424919.43$8,627
Apr 1996044321.51$0
Mar 19960019.38$0
Feb 1996052516.98$0
Jan 1996056917.07$0
Dec 19950517.19$0
Nov 1995454016.00$7,264
Oct 19950015.43$0
Sep 1995013816.18$0
Aug 1995051015.92$0
Jul 1995476015.24$7,254
Jun 1995048116.41$0
May 1995034817.56$0
Apr 199501,96117.73$0
Mar 199501,87716.44$0
Feb 19950016.58$0
Jan 199542243915.92$6,718
Dec 199408315.03$0
Nov 199442414615.90$6,742
Oct 19940115.58$0
Sep 1994033815.29$0
Aug 199401,76216.13$0
Jul 199401,59317.56$0
Jun 19944141,55517.09$7,075
May 199401,57115.88$0
Apr 199401,49814.14$0
Mar 19944161,17812.46$5,183
Feb 1994097412.50$0
Jan 199401,14912.66$0
Dec 19934281,01612.33$5,277
Nov 1993087814.49$0
Oct 1993074315.85$0
Sep 199301,31515.03$0
Aug 199342593915.66$6,656
Jul 199301,22115.46$0
Jun 199301,35016.79$0
May 19934141,17017.68$7,320
Apr 1993039418.05$0
Mar 199341849318.14$7,583
Feb 199301,05117.90$0
Jan 19934132,40216.93$6,992

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                    0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Casinghead gas       232 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $707

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Month total                                     $707

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/8396 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.