MESTENA OIL & GAS

Operated by CODY ENERGY LLC (P-5 164455) in the MESTENA GRANDE (QUEEN CITY CONS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 109826District 04Field 60823501NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$787 k
Jan 1993 – Aug 2012
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
236
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 58 leases and 58 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2003-07-08
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2003-08-19.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: BETWEEN WELL SPACING.

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
CondensateDisposition8,367 bbl$170,720
GasProduction471,552 Mcf$616,712
Total$787,431

308,734 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 27.2807, -98.5506. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.28065, -98.55056 · 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
10,035 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
23.0 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 10,035 ft.

Completions filed
May 1989
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
May 2012
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 23.0 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 23.0 years and 23.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-24731564H 710,035 ftMay 1989May 2012Yes

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 (236)

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

236 months

Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
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 20110096.364.06$0
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 200803101.909.66$29
Feb 20080692.538.77$53
Jan 200803290.388.21$263
Dec 200704388.337.30$314
Nov 20072748591.677.29$6,012
Oct 200717653582.856.92$18,285
Sep 200709675.846.24$599
Aug 2007061669.066.39$3,935
Jul 2007057070.906.39$3,641
Jun 2007046562.007.55$3,510
May 2007032958.747.85$2,581
Apr 2007069659.617.81$5,432
Mar 2007024256.927.30$1,767
Feb 2007038255.108.22$3,139
Jan 2007086550.306.73$5,819
Dec 2006030356.656.92$2,096
Nov 2006071654.207.62$5,454
Oct 2006055354.906.01$3,326
Sep 2006044460.085.04$2,237
Aug 2006032868.717.34$2,407
Jul 2006073069.376.34$4,630
Jun 2006061466.286.38$3,920
May 2006026166.016.42$1,677
Apr 2006025464.397.36$1,870
Mar 2006040456.707.08$2,862
Feb 2006022957.597.75$1,775
Jan 2006033560.598.93$2,993
Dec 2005038154.9413.42$5,111
Nov 200501,12154.6910.59$11,870
Oct 2005032158.3413.80$4,428
Sep 2005030761.4512.08$3,708
Aug 200518362561.519.80$17,379
Jul 2005040455.697.84$3,169
Jun 2005043952.337.38$3,240
May 2005063445.226.65$4,217
Apr 2005059449.207.36$4,372
Mar 2005033650.377.15$2,404
Feb 2005069245.226.31$4,368
Jan 2005059143.166.32$3,736
Dec 2004071939.866.75$4,854
Nov 2004072645.286.33$4,596
Oct 2004081949.706.52$5,336
Sep 2004061243.245.28$3,234
Aug 2004082442.375.55$4,574
Jul 2004073138.286.08$4,448
Jun 2004175136.106.43$4,867
May 2004075737.486.49$4,916
Apr 2004075434.475.86$4,417
Mar 2004066534.365.53$3,678
Feb 200418665932.455.51$9,667
Jan 2004092832.036.30$5,846
Dec 2003387330.266.30$5,592
Nov 2003887228.804.60$4,237
Oct 2003880228.174.76$4,043
Sep 2003573926.314.75$3,641
Aug 2003677629.765.13$4,159
Jul 2003780729.415.17$4,379
Jun 2003121,07228.565.98$6,756
May 2003065226.595.97$3,894
Apr 2003061826.675.41$3,342
Mar 2003691631.146.10$5,771
Feb 2003075333.487.93$5,968
Jan 20031149230.315.58$3,080
Dec 2002049026.914.85$2,378
Nov 2002035424.664.14$1,464
Oct 2002084126.464.23$3,557
Sep 2002059027.443.64$2,145
Aug 200214057325.963.16$5,447
Jul 2002431724.583.06$1,069
Jun 2002046423.733.34$1,549
May 200231,13924.663.58$4,156
Apr 200211,15423.653.51$4,077
Mar 200261,21622.003.10$3,905
Feb 200231,30018.222.38$3,143
Jan 200221,43717.172.38$3,448
Dec 200101,38016.932.36$3,263
Nov 200101,26718.072.41$3,048
Oct 200101,39319.782.53$3,523
Sep 200111,37024.262.25$3,109
Aug 200181,22924.873.05$3,951
Jul 200181,27723.933.20$4,274
Jun 200181,40924.563.82$5,585
May 200191,50525.524.31$6,712
Apr 200191,49724.685.34$8,209
Mar 2001101,59824.545.38$8,837
Feb 200151,44027.755.77$8,443
Jan 20011861,56427.478.40$18,245
Dec 200051,45626.889.12$13,417
Nov 200061,41332.215.66$8,188
Oct 200071,56331.235.15$8,261
Sep 200071,49831.875.19$7,992
Aug 2000111,64929.644.54$7,814
Jul 200071,68828.534.09$7,103
Jun 200081,64329.304.40$7,459
May 200041,77027.263.68$6,622
Apr 200051,76524.513.12$5,622
Mar 200071,74228.422.86$5,181
Feb 20001481,58827.622.73$8,417
Jan 200091,80225.272.48$4,697
Dec 199981,91024.282.42$4,824
Nov 199992,09123.192.43$5,298
Oct 199901,42120.982.80$3,984
Sep 199901,63921.752.62$4,292
Aug 19991451,88519.262.88$8,213
Jul 199901,76917.892.37$4,197
Jun 199921,77315.942.36$4,220
May 199901,89215.792.32$4,391
Apr 199901,83415.102.21$4,050
Mar 19991801,92912.471.84$5,791
Feb 199901,9569.981.82$3,556
Jan 199912,11310.381.90$4,025
Dec 199802,0109.201.77$3,564
Nov 199802,07110.892.19$4,527
Oct 199802,08712.421.97$4,110
Sep 19981781,94112.592.08$6,283
Aug 199812,12111.301.91$4,057
Jul 199802,25611.742.24$5,047
Jun 199812,17611.242.24$4,880
May 199802,24612.622.21$4,955
Apr 19981902,25313.042.51$8,122
Mar 199802,49512.802.31$5,762
Feb 199802,08513.952.30$4,794
Jan 199812,40014.702.15$5,186
Dec 199702,29716.322.41$5,538
Nov 19971792,24818.193.09$10,198
Oct 199712,38519.253.15$7,532
Sep 199702,65217.742.95$7,836
Aug 199702,66717.862.55$6,813
Jul 199712,72017.582.25$6,129
Jun 199702,55817.242.26$5,774
May 19971852,47218.972.31$9,216
Apr 199702,63017.882.08$5,478
Mar 199703,31318.951.94$6,424
Feb 19971883,43420.492.21$11,427
Jan 199703,41023.483.54$12,070
Dec 199603,20923.32$0
Nov 19961933,69121.97$4,240
Oct 199614,00223.31$23
Sep 199614,21922.22$22
Aug 19961874,29120.26$3,789
Jul 199604,27119.55$0
Jun 19961924,59618.73$3,596
May 199604,52919.43$0
Apr 19961964,23921.51$4,216
Mar 199605,54219.38$0
Feb 19961974,42516.98$3,345
Jan 199624,58717.07$34
Dec 19951905,16617.19$3,266
Nov 199514,83916.00$16
Oct 19951884,63415.43$2,901
Sep 199515,22616.18$16
Aug 19951855,47415.92$2,945
Jul 199505,12115.24$0
Jun 19951875,11016.41$3,069
May 19951916,24817.56$3,354
Apr 199505,23217.73$0
Mar 19951935,83116.44$3,173
Feb 199505,33416.58$0
Jan 19951866,10715.92$2,961
Dec 19941825,94315.03$2,735
Nov 199416,30815.90$16
Oct 19941836,60215.58$2,851
Sep 199425,80715.29$31
Aug 19941866,42716.13$3,000
Jul 19941856,72317.56$3,249
Jun 199416,85217.09$17
May 19941767,08715.88$2,795
Apr 19941947,19514.14$2,743
Mar 19941877,52212.46$2,330
Feb 199426,96812.50$25
Jan 19941818,16712.66$2,291
Dec 19931897,51412.33$2,330
Nov 19931888,67414.49$2,724
Oct 19931828,96315.85$2,885
Sep 199309,36715.03$0
Aug 199318210,95515.66$2,850
Jul 19931888,58715.46$2,906
Jun 19931918,79016.79$3,207
May 19931849,40717.68$3,253
Apr 19931909,32318.05$3,430
Mar 19931929,91418.14$3,483
Feb 19931899,32817.90$3,383
Jan 199318510,38816.93$3,132

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 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $101.90 =         $0
Gas                    3 Mcf  × $  9.66 =        $29

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                      $29

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. 04/G/109826 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.