RATHMELL, J. G.

Operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 561136) in the HUNDIDO (LOBO) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 144553District 04Field 435935002 tax incentive programmesGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.1 M
Mar 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$8 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
399
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 122 leases and 122 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1976-08-26
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 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 1992-10-19.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ALLOCATION FORMULA ADMINISTRATIVELY SUSPENDED EFFECTIVE 8/1/94.

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
High Cost Gas111993-09-25128052
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
GasProduction1,149,082 Mcf$3,055,354
Total$3,055,354

483,783 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 35 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 27.1456, -99.2934. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.14563, -99.29340 · 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
10,850 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 10,850 ft.

Completions filed
Mar 1993
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-50532984810,850 ftMar 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 (399)

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

399 months

May 2026141106.413.05$429
Apr 202627798.932.87$795
Mar 202617589.753.15$551
Feb 202623363.503.75$874
Jan 202622959.138.00$1,832
Dec 202526656.664.41$1,174
Nov 202531258.593.93$1,225
Oct 20259259.383.30$304
Sep 20257062.743.08$215
Aug 20253563.933.01$106
Jul 20255466.743.32$179
Jun 20259766.483.13$303
May 20257760.553.23$249
Apr 20259362.363.54$330
Mar 202512167.704.27$516
Feb 202512770.884.34$551
Jan 20256374.324.28$270
Dec 20245468.993.12$169
Nov 202410369.052.20$226
Oct 20245871.372.28$132
Sep 202412969.612.36$305
Aug 202414975.632.06$307
Jul 202415379.932.15$328
Jun 202418878.082.63$495
May 202416078.812.20$352
Apr 20244284.451.66$70
Mar 20247380.301.55$113
Feb 202417376.091.78$309
Jan 202419573.023.30$643
Dec 202324771.262.61$645
Nov 202316277.892.81$455
Oct 202323285.443.09$716
Sep 202315089.042.74$410
Aug 202332080.522.67$855
Jul 202327774.852.64$732
Jun 202317468.962.26$393
May 202323070.622.23$512
Apr 202321078.122.24$470
Mar 202326172.852.39$625
Feb 202323275.112.47$572
Jan 202328776.533.39$972
Dec 202233276.415.73$1,902
Nov 202232585.005.65$1,835
Oct 202231787.185.86$1,859
Sep 202224984.888.16$2,033
Aug 202231294.529.13$2,848
Jul 2022289101.587.54$2,180
Jun 2022276115.097.98$2,202
May 2022339109.378.43$2,859
Apr 2022344104.226.84$2,352
Mar 2022297108.885.08$1,508
Feb 202230891.054.86$1,497
Jan 202238781.844.54$1,756
Dec 202139371.323.90$1,532
Nov 202142677.435.24$2,231
Oct 202125979.795.71$1,480
Sep 202131769.865.35$1,696
Aug 202131766.024.22$1,338
Jul 202136670.783.98$1,457
Jun 202131769.493.38$1,072
May 202133563.483.02$1,011
Apr 202136260.362.76$999
Mar 202134961.302.72$948
Feb 202133957.805.55$1,881
Jan 202135850.412.81$1,006
Dec 202036044.642.68$963
Nov 202036138.772.71$977
Oct 202041436.972.48$1,026
Sep 202038237.091.99$761
Aug 202034439.982.39$820
Jul 202036738.371.83$670
Jun 202045034.901.69$761
May 202042016.921.81$762
Apr 202044014.751.80$794
Mar 202050030.341.86$928
Feb 202049949.881.98$988
Jan 202059357.252.09$1,242
Dec 201953859.012.30$1,240
Nov 201959755.302.75$1,642
Oct 201963253.472.42$1,529
Sep 201955055.052.66$1,462
Aug 201959953.112.30$1,380
Jul 201969456.272.46$1,707
Jun 201986252.782.49$2,147
May 201981858.482.74$2,242
Apr 201979062.632.75$2,173
Mar 201977756.803.06$2,379
Feb 201975050.852.79$2,094
Jan 201983946.033.23$2,708
Dec 201872346.594.19$3,026
Nov 201884152.934.24$3,564
Oct 201880161.443.40$2,722
Sep 201871559.543.11$2,222
Aug 201882559.403.07$2,530
Jul 201889065.142.93$2,609
Jun 201883760.183.08$2,575
May 201883865.382.90$2,431
Apr 201882763.842.90$2,399
Mar 201885761.222.79$2,388
Feb 201875161.782.77$2,077
Jan 201888062.874.01$3,528
Dec 201781457.272.92$2,378
Nov 201776655.423.12$2,389
Oct 201776549.292.98$2,283
Sep 201777847.523.09$2,402
Aug 201773445.373.00$2,205
Jul 201778443.873.09$2,420
Jun 201771442.493.09$2,204
May 201771545.373.26$2,333
Apr 201759347.933.21$1,904
Mar 201770146.772.98$2,092
Feb 201765050.452.95$1,919
Jan 201766649.413.42$2,277
Dec 201663948.763.72$2,379
Nov 201660042.492.64$1,587
Oct 201674346.193.09$2,296
Sep 201673941.553.10$2,291
Aug 201671341.442.92$2,085
Jul 201658041.622.92$1,696
Jun 201675045.352.69$2,014
May 201671942.521.99$1,432
Apr 201662336.561.99$1,240
Mar 201681033.011.79$1,453
Feb 201667026.472.06$1,383
Jan 201682027.352.36$1,939
Dec 201580932.362.00$1,619
Nov 201583038.792.17$1,799
Oct 201579843.552.43$1,936
Sep 201581842.992.76$2,256
Aug 201587840.162.87$2,522
Jul 201581948.152.95$2,412
Jun 201575356.152.88$2,171
May 2015055.212.96$0
Apr 201567949.822.71$1,838
Mar 201573242.892.93$2,148
Feb 201566344.662.98$1,973
Jan 201573143.433.10$2,267
Dec 201468654.693.59$2,464
Nov 201473970.464.25$3,142
Oct 201479678.303.90$3,105
Sep 201476886.164.05$3,107
Aug 20141,01889.394.04$4,108
Jul 20141,08996.564.18$4,552
Jun 20141,14298.164.74$5,410
May 20141,14194.734.73$5,393
Apr 20141,04795.944.81$5,035
Mar 20141,08095.895.06$5,461
Feb 201475497.406.19$4,669
Jan 20141,10490.404.86$5,366
Dec 20131,00691.824.35$4,381
Nov 201387888.853.74$3,282
Oct 20131,02997.423.78$3,889
Sep 2013803104.113.72$2,985
Aug 2013974104.253.52$3,431
Jul 2013946102.523.72$3,517
Jun 201397994.403.93$3,851
May 20131,07894.834.15$4,473
Apr 201390393.964.28$3,867
Mar 201393293.623.91$3,647
Feb 201387491.233.42$2,989
Jan 201387891.603.42$3,003
Dec 201299286.773.42$3,393
Nov 201284386.953.62$3,056
Oct 20121,03189.383.40$3,505
Sep 201291494.672.92$2,667
Aug 20121,00692.662.91$2,926
Jul 20121,10985.133.02$3,350
Jun 20121,19579.822.52$3,010
May 20121,10591.612.49$2,750
Apr 20121,066101.652.00$2,129
Mar 20121,126105.052.22$2,502
Feb 20121,099101.102.57$2,825
Jan 20121,10898.092.73$3,029
Dec 20111,07996.873.24$3,496
Nov 20111,10295.723.31$3,649
Oct 20111,12484.983.65$4,101
Sep 20111,12983.623.99$4,500
Aug 20111,36983.404.15$5,680
Jul 20111,50294.144.52$6,785
Jun 20111,75892.904.64$8,157
May 20111,19998.134.40$5,281
Apr 20111,467105.964.33$6,357
Mar 20111,54896.364.06$6,281
Feb 20111,35785.644.18$5,672
Jan 20111,41086.504.59$6,470
Dec 20101,25285.734.35$5,443
Nov 20101,21980.843.80$4,627
Oct 20101,45778.103.51$5,112
Sep 20101,45372.633.98$5,782
Aug 20101,57673.684.42$6,965
Jul 20101,97372.554.74$9,345
Jun 20101,52370.364.91$7,479
May 20101,76671.124.24$7,479
Apr 20101,67781.694.12$6,914
Mar 20102,28578.394.39$10,028
Feb 20101,53573.585.44$8,354
Jan 20101,80574.365.96$10,765
Dec 20091,73671.445.48$9,520
Nov 20091,62974.593.75$6,111
Oct 20091,76872.544.11$7,267
Sep 20091,83665.543.06$5,627
Aug 20091,72967.423.22$5,565
Jul 20091,52661.133.46$5,287
Jun 20091,58666.163.90$6,177
May 20091,75754.743.93$6,898
Apr 20091,22546.773.59$4,395
Mar 20092,12742.144.06$8,633
Feb 20091,50832.814.63$6,987
Jan 20091,73535.865.37$9,319
Dec 20081,88937.105.98$11,291
Nov 20081,96755.496.86$13,494
Oct 20081,48575.246.92$10,279
Sep 20081,651101.767.88$13,005
Aug 20081,525114.228.48$12,937
Jul 20081,678131.0811.39$19,111
Jun 20081,618131.3313.03$21,087
May 20081,799123.1711.57$20,822
Apr 20081,898110.3110.45$19,843
Mar 20081,705101.909.66$16,477
Feb 20081,50892.538.77$13,226
Jan 20081,90490.388.21$15,624
Dec 20072,22488.337.30$16,240
Nov 20072,65491.677.29$19,352
Oct 20072,86882.856.92$19,852
Sep 20072,54475.846.24$15,885
Aug 20072,31569.066.39$14,788
Jul 20071,90670.906.39$12,175
Jun 20071,98662.007.55$14,991
May 20071,60758.747.85$12,609
Apr 20072,01959.617.81$15,759
Mar 20071,88256.927.30$13,742
Feb 20071,78355.108.22$14,649
Jan 20072,79750.306.73$18,815
Dec 20063,27256.656.92$22,637
Nov 20063,21554.207.62$24,490
Oct 20063,50454.906.01$21,072
Sep 20063,31060.085.04$16,673
Aug 20063,04568.717.34$22,350
Jul 20063,17469.376.34$20,132
Jun 20062,13466.286.38$13,623
May 20062,51666.016.42$16,165
Apr 20063,30064.397.36$24,290
Mar 20062,69956.707.08$19,117
Feb 20062,32257.597.75$17,998
Jan 20062,10860.598.93$18,831
Dec 20052,13054.9413.42$28,575
Nov 20051,89154.6910.59$20,023
Oct 20052,14858.3413.80$29,633
Sep 20052,02861.4512.08$24,496
Aug 20052,22761.519.80$21,818
Jul 20052,31755.697.84$18,174
Jun 20052,59752.337.38$19,169
May 20052,03245.226.65$13,515
Apr 20051,98249.207.36$14,588
Mar 20052,09250.377.15$14,968
Feb 20052,21445.226.31$13,975
Jan 20051,92943.166.32$12,196
Dec 20042,30039.866.75$15,527
Nov 20041,53145.286.33$9,692
Oct 20041,96949.706.52$12,828
Sep 20042,67843.245.28$14,150
Aug 20042,62642.375.55$14,576
Jul 20043,30238.286.08$20,090
Jun 20043,53736.106.43$22,754
May 20043,41037.486.49$22,147
Apr 20043,38534.475.86$19,831
Mar 20043,93234.365.53$21,745
Feb 20044,29632.455.51$23,669
Jan 20044,57332.036.30$28,808
Dec 20033,97930.266.30$25,074
Nov 20034,95328.804.60$22,760
Oct 20035,10528.174.76$24,298
Sep 20033,99826.314.75$18,988
Aug 20033,74829.765.13$19,226
Jul 20034,31029.415.17$22,286
Jun 20033,67728.565.98$21,999
May 20034,01926.595.97$24,004
Apr 20033,92626.675.41$21,229
Mar 20033,75931.146.10$22,915
Feb 20034,21633.487.93$33,416
Jan 20034,50330.315.58$25,136
Dec 20024,89926.914.85$23,779
Nov 20024,15324.664.14$17,181
Oct 20023,66626.464.23$15,504
Sep 20024,36727.443.64$15,875
Aug 20024,52025.963.16$14,302
Jul 20023,62824.583.06$11,108
Jun 20023,75023.733.34$12,518
May 20024,47024.663.58$16,020
Apr 20024,40623.653.51$15,475
Mar 20024,55822.003.10$14,142
Feb 20024,35118.222.38$10,337
Jan 20024,96317.172.38$11,791
Dec 20015,03016.932.36$11,893
Nov 20015,06518.072.41$12,184
Oct 20015,44019.782.53$13,757
Sep 20015,67124.262.25$12,767
Aug 20015,52624.873.05$16,872
Jul 20015,89923.933.20$18,860
Jun 20015,83224.563.82$22,303
May 20016,06825.524.31$26,137
Apr 20015,65524.685.34$30,171
Mar 20016,64324.545.38$35,716
Feb 20015,67727.755.77$32,740
Jan 20016,79727.478.40$57,086
Dec 20007,15026.889.12$65,226
Nov 20008,06432.215.66$45,626
Oct 20008,33331.235.15$42,877
Sep 20008,56931.875.19$44,443
Aug 20006,21629.644.54$28,225
Jul 20006,75228.534.09$27,614
Jun 20007,48329.304.40$32,905
May 20007,48127.263.68$27,528
Apr 20007,51324.513.12$23,411
Mar 20008,43628.422.86$24,125
Feb 20008,90827.622.73$24,288
Jan 20009,88525.272.48$24,520
Dec 199911,63024.282.42$28,188
Nov 199912,11023.192.43$29,476
Oct 199915,11920.982.80$42,389
Sep 199916,74121.752.62$43,842
Aug 199919,14919.262.88$55,065
Jul 199925,04017.892.37$59,404
Jun 1999015.942.36$0
May 1999015.792.32$0
Apr 1999015.102.21$0
Mar 1999012.471.84$0
Feb 199909.981.82$0
Jan 1999010.381.90$0
Dec 199809.201.77$0
Nov 1998010.892.19$0
Oct 1998012.421.97$0
Sep 1998012.592.08$0
Aug 1998011.301.91$0
Jul 1998011.742.24$0
Jun 1998011.242.24$0
May 1998012.622.21$0
Apr 1998013.042.51$0
Mar 1998012.802.31$0
Feb 1998013.952.30$0
Jan 1998014.702.15$0
Dec 1997016.322.41$0
Nov 1997018.193.09$0
Oct 1997019.253.15$0
Sep 1997017.742.95$0
Aug 1997017.862.55$0
Jul 1997017.582.25$0
Jun 1997017.242.26$0
May 1997018.972.31$0
Apr 1997017.882.08$0
Mar 1997018.951.94$0
Feb 1997020.492.21$0
Jan 1997023.483.54$0
Dec 1996023.32$0
Nov 1996021.97$0
Oct 1996023.31$0
Sep 1996022.22$0
Aug 1996020.26$0
Jul 1996019.55$0
Jun 1996018.73$0
May 1996019.43$0
Apr 1996021.51$0
Mar 1996019.38$0
Feb 1996016.98$0
Jan 19961,23317.07$0
Dec 19955,20117.19$0
Nov 19956,94716.00$0
Oct 19956,60115.43$0
Sep 19957,30016.18$0
Aug 199511,99115.92$0
Jul 199512,97815.24$0
Jun 19955,61516.41$0
May 19956,66417.56$0
Apr 19957,95517.73$0
Mar 19959,83216.44$0
Feb 19959,65616.58$0
Jan 199510,20615.92$0
Dec 199411,31515.03$0
Nov 199410,31215.90$0
Oct 199413,69115.58$0
Sep 19949,85115.29$0
Aug 199414,82916.13$0
Jul 199416,31117.56$0
Jun 199412,40517.09$0
May 199418,48715.88$0
Apr 199414,66814.14$0
Mar 199413,95612.46$0
Feb 199412,37512.50$0
Jan 199414,42112.66$0
Dec 199316,77512.33$0
Nov 199318,33714.49$0
Oct 199321,25015.85$0
Sep 199322,95315.03$0
Aug 199325,53515.66$0
Jul 199332,81415.46$0
Jun 199311,65516.79$0
May 199320,84017.68$0
Apr 199326,85918.05$0
Mar 199321,96518.14$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.

May 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Gas                  141 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $429

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Month total                                     $429

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/144553 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.