MESTENA OIL & GAS

Name: MESTENA OIL & GAS lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

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 119852District 04Field 60823501NGPA filingCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.9 M

Jan 1993 – Aug 2012

Value, last 12 filed months

$11 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

236

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The MESTENA GRANDE (QUEEN CITY CONS) field

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.

Programme	Filings	With an approval date	Dated	Docket
NGPA	1	none	—	—

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Condensate	Disposition	21,866 bbl	$410,262
Gas	Production	1,111,836 Mcf	$1,461,228
Total			$1,871,490

727,532 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 27.2659, -98.5651. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.26592, -98.56509 · centre of the wells drawn, derived⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom

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

10,030 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

16.4 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 10,030 ft.

Completions filed

Dec 1985

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

May 2002

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 16.4 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 16.4 years and 16.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-24731664	E 11	10,030 ft	Dec 1985	May 2002	Yes

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 2012	0	0	92.66	2.91	$0
Jul 2012	0	0	85.13	3.02	$0
Jun 2012	0	0	79.82	2.52	$0
May 2012	0	0	91.61	2.49	$0
Apr 2012	0	0	101.65	2.00	$0
Mar 2012	105	0	105.05	2.22	$11,030
Feb 2012	0	0	101.10	2.57	$0
Jan 2012	0	0	98.09	2.73	$0
Dec 2011	0	0	96.87	3.24	$0
Nov 2011	0	0	95.72	3.31	$0
Oct 2011	0	0	84.98	3.65	$0
Sep 2011	0	0	83.62	3.99	$0
Aug 2011	0	0	83.40	4.15	$0
Jul 2011	0	0	94.14	4.52	$0
Jun 2011	0	0	92.90	4.64	$0
May 2011	0	55	98.13	4.40	$242
Apr 2011	0	0	105.96	4.33	$0
Mar 2011	0	83	96.36	4.06	$337
Feb 2011	0	80	85.64	4.18	$334
Jan 2011	0	0	86.50	4.59	$0
Dec 2010	0	104	85.73	4.35	$452
Nov 2010	0	0	80.84	3.80	$0
Oct 2010	0	0	78.10	3.51	$0
Sep 2010	0	0	72.63	3.98	$0
Aug 2010	0	0	73.68	4.42	$0
Jul 2010	0	324	72.55	4.74	$1,535
Jun 2010	0	0	70.36	4.91	$0
May 2010	0	149	71.12	4.24	$631
Apr 2010	0	0	81.69	4.12	$0
Mar 2010	0	130	78.39	4.39	$571
Feb 2010	0	0	73.58	5.44	$0
Jan 2010	0	0	74.36	5.96	$0
Dec 2009	0	234	71.44	5.48	$1,283
Nov 2009	0	0	74.59	3.75	$0
Oct 2009	0	171	72.54	4.11	$703
Sep 2009	0	0	65.54	3.06	$0
Aug 2009	0	193	67.42	3.22	$621
Jul 2009	0	0	61.13	3.46	$0
Jun 2009	0	439	66.16	3.90	$1,710
May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	0	161	46.77	3.59	$578
Mar 2009	0	620	42.14	4.06	$2,517
Feb 2009	0	324	32.81	4.63	$1,501
Jan 2009	0	311	35.86	5.37	$1,670
Dec 2008	0	614	37.10	5.98	$3,670
Nov 2008	0	503	55.49	6.86	$3,451
Oct 2008	0	107	75.24	6.92	$741
Sep 2008	0	197	101.76	7.88	$1,552
Aug 2008	0	460	114.22	8.48	$3,902
Jul 2008	0	0	131.08	11.39	$0
Jun 2008	0	1,123	131.33	13.03	$14,636
May 2008	0	779	123.17	11.57	$9,016
Apr 2008	0	1,320	110.31	10.45	$13,800
Mar 2008	0	1,378	101.90	9.66	$13,317
Feb 2008	0	1,468	92.53	8.77	$12,875
Jan 2008	0	1,410	90.38	8.21	$11,570
Dec 2007	0	1,357	88.33	7.30	$9,909
Nov 2007	0	1,610	91.67	7.29	$11,740
Oct 2007	0	1,887	82.85	6.92	$13,062
Sep 2007	0	1,675	75.84	6.24	$10,459
Aug 2007	0	1,773	69.06	6.39	$11,326
Jul 2007	152	1,810	70.90	6.39	$22,339
Jun 2007	0	1,808	62.00	7.55	$13,648
May 2007	0	1,460	58.74	7.85	$11,456
Apr 2007	0	1,549	59.61	7.81	$12,090
Mar 2007	0	529	56.92	7.30	$3,863
Feb 2007	0	660	55.10	8.22	$5,423
Jan 2007	0	1,183	50.30	6.73	$7,958
Dec 2006	0	1,714	56.65	6.92	$11,858
Nov 2006	0	1,644	54.20	7.62	$12,523
Oct 2006	0	1,623	54.90	6.01	$9,760
Sep 2006	151	1,780	60.08	5.04	$18,038
Aug 2006	0	1,306	68.71	7.34	$9,586
Jul 2006	0	1,719	69.37	6.34	$10,903
Jun 2006	0	1,542	66.28	6.38	$9,844
May 2006	0	1,668	66.01	6.42	$10,717
Apr 2006	0	1,636	64.39	7.36	$12,042
Mar 2006	0	543	56.70	7.08	$3,846
Feb 2006	0	1,017	57.59	7.75	$7,883
Jan 2006	0	192	60.59	8.93	$1,715
Dec 2005	0	1,134	54.94	13.42	$15,213
Nov 2005	0	969	54.69	10.59	$10,260
Oct 2005	0	254	58.34	13.80	$3,504
Sep 2005	0	584	61.45	12.08	$7,054
Aug 2005	139	636	61.51	9.80	$14,781
Jul 2005	0	960	55.69	7.84	$7,530
Jun 2005	0	141	52.33	7.38	$1,041
May 2005	0	844	45.22	6.65	$5,614
Apr 2005	0	791	49.20	7.36	$5,822
Mar 2005	0	398	50.37	7.15	$2,848
Feb 2005	164	1,136	45.22	6.31	$14,586
Jan 2005	0	295	43.16	6.32	$1,865
Dec 2004	0	468	39.86	6.75	$3,160
Nov 2004	0	1,083	45.28	6.33	$6,856
Oct 2004	0	930	49.70	6.52	$6,059
Sep 2004	0	909	43.24	5.28	$4,803
Aug 2004	0	1,207	42.37	5.55	$6,700
Jul 2004	0	560	38.28	6.08	$3,407
Jun 2004	0	853	36.10	6.43	$5,487
May 2004	0	1,285	37.48	6.49	$8,346
Apr 2004	0	106	34.47	5.86	$621
Mar 2004	0	1,282	34.36	5.53	$7,090
Feb 2004	0	488	32.45	5.51	$2,689
Jan 2004	0	1,212	32.03	6.30	$7,635
Dec 2003	0	1,153	30.26	6.30	$7,266
Nov 2003	8	436	28.80	4.60	$2,234
Oct 2003	0	1,292	28.17	4.76	$6,149
Sep 2003	5	1,270	26.31	4.75	$6,163
Aug 2003	0	1,534	29.76	5.13	$7,869
Jul 2003	0	1,715	29.41	5.17	$8,868
Jun 2003	6	2,240	28.56	5.98	$13,573
May 2003	5	2,082	26.59	5.97	$12,568
Apr 2003	0	1,860	26.67	5.41	$10,058
Mar 2003	0	1,882	31.14	6.10	$11,473
Feb 2003	8	1,492	33.48	7.93	$12,093
Jan 2003	0	1,800	30.31	5.58	$10,048
Dec 2002	6	970	26.91	4.85	$4,870
Nov 2002	0	2,232	24.66	4.14	$9,234
Oct 2002	0	3,274	26.46	4.23	$13,846
Sep 2002	0	1,718	27.44	3.64	$6,245
Aug 2002	0	35	25.96	3.16	$111
Jul 2002	4	1,807	24.58	3.06	$5,631
Jun 2002	0	1,462	23.73	3.34	$4,881
May 2002	188	3,605	24.66	3.58	$17,556
Apr 2002	0	1,500	23.65	3.51	$5,268
Mar 2002	3	2,219	22.00	3.10	$6,951
Feb 2002	3	1,081	18.22	2.38	$2,623
Jan 2002	0	2	17.17	2.38	$5
Dec 2001	0	1,200	16.93	2.36	$2,837
Nov 2001	0	1,221	18.07	2.41	$2,937
Oct 2001	0	2,035	19.78	2.53	$5,146
Sep 2001	0	2,638	24.26	2.25	$5,939
Aug 2001	198	3,296	24.87	3.05	$14,987
Jul 2001	193	2,885	23.93	3.20	$13,842
Jun 2001	9	2,052	24.56	3.82	$8,068
May 2001	17	1,768	25.52	4.31	$8,049
Apr 2001	18	2,870	24.68	5.34	$15,757
Mar 2001	18	3,539	24.54	5.38	$19,469
Feb 2001	11	3,203	27.75	5.77	$18,777
Jan 2001	198	3,428	27.47	8.40	$34,230
Dec 2000	12	3,356	26.88	9.12	$30,938
Nov 2000	21	3,379	32.21	5.66	$19,795
Oct 2000	10	3,473	31.23	5.15	$18,183
Sep 2000	11	3,285	31.87	5.19	$17,388
Aug 2000	23	3,523	29.64	4.54	$16,679
Jul 2000	190	4,031	28.53	4.09	$21,906
Jun 2000	11	3,208	29.30	4.40	$14,429
May 2000	6	3,251	27.26	3.68	$12,126
Apr 2000	195	3,305	24.51	3.12	$15,078
Mar 2000	198	4,113	28.42	2.86	$17,389
Feb 2000	12	3,342	27.62	2.73	$9,443
Jan 2000	17	3,019	25.27	2.48	$7,918
Dec 1999	13	2,775	24.28	2.42	$7,041
Nov 1999	10	2,363	23.19	2.43	$5,983
Oct 1999	0	5,022	20.98	2.80	$14,080
Sep 1999	188	4,797	21.75	2.62	$16,652
Aug 1999	1	5,506	19.26	2.88	$15,852
Jul 1999	182	5,157	17.89	2.37	$15,490
Jun 1999	0	6,352	15.94	2.36	$15,004
May 1999	183	6,788	15.79	2.32	$18,645
Apr 1999	182	5,230	15.10	2.21	$14,296
Mar 1999	0	4,244	12.47	1.84	$7,802
Feb 1999	0	4,794	9.98	1.82	$8,714
Jan 1999	192	5,498	10.38	1.90	$12,439
Dec 1998	0	4,946	9.20	1.77	$8,771
Nov 1998	0	5,004	10.89	2.19	$10,937
Oct 1998	195	5,359	12.42	1.97	$12,975
Sep 1998	0	4,937	12.59	2.08	$10,282
Aug 1998	183	5,298	11.30	1.91	$12,173
Jul 1998	2	5,907	11.74	2.24	$13,239
Jun 1998	169	5,912	11.24	2.24	$15,126
May 1998	0	6,378	12.62	2.21	$14,072
Apr 1998	181	6,077	13.04	2.51	$17,585
Mar 1998	189	6,330	12.80	2.31	$17,038
Feb 1998	1	5,470	13.95	2.30	$12,590
Jan 1998	182	6,894	14.70	2.15	$17,531
Dec 1997	1	6,635	16.32	2.41	$16,014
Nov 1997	361	6,221	18.19	3.09	$25,779
Oct 1997	183	6,311	19.25	3.15	$23,401
Sep 1997	1	6,178	17.74	2.95	$18,273
Aug 1997	2	6,592	17.86	2.55	$16,877
Jul 1997	181	6,936	17.58	2.25	$18,767
Jun 1997	175	6,616	17.24	2.26	$17,951
May 1997	0	7,455	18.97	2.31	$17,210
Apr 1997	183	7,701	17.88	2.08	$19,312
Mar 1997	177	7,156	18.95	1.94	$17,231
Feb 1997	180	7,236	20.49	2.21	$19,650
Jan 1997	358	7,201	23.48	3.54	$33,895
Dec 1996	1	7,808	23.32	—	$23
Nov 1996	179	8,442	21.97	—	$3,933
Oct 1996	173	12,518	23.31	—	$4,033
Sep 1996	176	8,994	22.22	—	$3,911
Aug 1996	162	8,731	20.26	—	$3,282
Jul 1996	346	10,283	19.55	—	$6,764
Jun 1996	179	7,422	18.73	—	$3,353
May 1996	2	9,006	19.43	—	$39
Apr 1996	182	8,252	21.51	—	$3,915
Mar 1996	166	8,074	19.38	—	$3,217
Feb 1996	177	9,731	16.98	—	$3,005
Jan 1996	185	11,765	17.07	—	$3,158
Dec 1995	186	12,636	17.19	—	$3,197
Nov 1995	179	10,436	16.00	—	$2,864
Oct 1995	360	8,748	15.43	—	$5,555
Sep 1995	0	10,025	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	365	12,391	15.92	—	$5,811
Jul 1995	185	13,461	15.24	—	$2,819
Jun 1995	187	12,867	16.41	—	$3,069
May 1995	368	13,077	17.56	—	$6,462
Apr 1995	369	14,786	17.73	—	$6,542
Mar 1995	189	13,701	16.44	—	$3,107
Feb 1995	374	14,478	16.58	—	$6,201
Jan 1995	373	10,894	15.92	—	$5,938
Dec 1994	373	16,058	15.03	—	$5,606
Nov 1994	184	16,141	15.90	—	$2,926
Oct 1994	554	17,939	15.58	—	$8,631
Sep 1994	369	16,388	15.29	—	$5,642
Aug 1994	183	14,884	16.13	—	$2,952
Jul 1994	367	18,128	17.56	—	$6,445
Jun 1994	364	17,955	17.09	—	$6,221
May 1994	366	18,557	15.88	—	$5,812
Apr 1994	542	18,178	14.14	—	$7,664
Mar 1994	368	17,258	12.46	—	$4,585
Feb 1994	374	18,082	12.50	—	$4,675
Jan 1994	562	20,478	12.66	—	$7,115
Dec 1993	560	21,098	12.33	—	$6,905
Nov 1993	373	23,339	14.49	—	$5,405
Oct 1993	154	21,251	15.85	—	$2,441
Sep 1993	544	19,656	15.03	—	$8,176
Aug 1993	364	20,888	15.66	—	$5,700
Jul 1993	540	20,493	15.46	—	$8,348
Jun 1993	548	20,249	16.79	—	$9,201
May 1993	547	22,252	17.68	—	$9,671
Apr 1993	543	22,021	18.05	—	$9,801
Mar 1993	555	22,070	18.14	—	$10,068
Feb 1993	555	21,618	17.90	—	$9,935
Jan 1993	744	24,025	16.93	—	$12,596

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 2012 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate           105 bbl  × $105.05 =    $11,030
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  2.22 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $11,030

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/119852 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.