MECOM, J. W.

Operated by PALEO OIL COMPANY LLC (P-5 635131) in the J. C. MARTIN (LOBO) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 159807District 04Field 449575002 tax incentive programmesGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.1 M
Jul 1996 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$9 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
359
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 207 leases and 207 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1977-03-01
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 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 2008-11-12.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ALLOCATION FORMULA TO REMAIN 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
High Cost Gas111997-02-05135963
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
GasProduction404,742 Mcf$1,107,436
Total$1,107,436

108,415 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 6 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 27.1654, -99.3972. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.16535, -99.39724 · 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
9,700 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 9,700 ft.

Completions filed
Jul 1996
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-50533441829,700 ftJul 1996

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 (359)

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

359 months

May 2026221106.413.05$673
Apr 2026098.932.87$0
Mar 202621789.753.15$683
Feb 202619263.503.75$720
Jan 202621159.138.00$1,688
Dec 202521456.664.41$944
Nov 202519358.593.93$758
Oct 202524159.383.30$796
Sep 202519962.743.08$612
Aug 202522263.933.01$669
Jul 202523866.743.32$789
Jun 202523166.483.13$723
May 202524860.553.23$802
Apr 202525062.363.54$886
Mar 202525267.704.27$1,076
Feb 202522470.884.34$972
Jan 202523674.324.28$1,010
Dec 202426768.993.12$833
Nov 202425469.052.20$558
Oct 202429271.372.28$666
Sep 202430169.612.36$712
Aug 202420275.632.06$417
Jul 202437279.932.15$799
Jun 202455478.082.63$1,459
May 202428078.812.20$616
Apr 2024084.451.66$0
Mar 2024080.301.55$0
Feb 2024076.091.78$0
Jan 2024073.023.30$0
Dec 2023071.262.61$0
Nov 2023077.892.81$0
Oct 2023085.443.09$0
Sep 2023089.042.74$0
Aug 202311480.522.67$305
Jul 20239174.852.64$240
Jun 202325368.962.26$571
May 202327170.622.23$604
Apr 202327078.122.24$604
Mar 202326872.852.39$641
Feb 202325475.112.47$626
Jan 202328576.533.39$966
Dec 202227476.415.73$1,570
Nov 202227085.005.65$1,524
Oct 202227787.185.86$1,624
Sep 202224784.888.16$2,016
Aug 202226394.529.13$2,400
Jul 2022269101.587.54$2,029
Jun 2022263115.097.98$2,098
May 2022264109.378.43$2,226
Apr 2022243104.226.84$1,662
Mar 2022259108.885.08$1,315
Feb 202224091.054.86$1,166
Jan 202225381.844.54$1,148
Dec 202128971.323.90$1,127
Nov 202127377.435.24$1,430
Oct 202129079.795.71$1,657
Sep 202128369.865.35$1,514
Aug 202128566.024.22$1,203
Jul 202129170.783.98$1,159
Jun 202129269.493.38$987
May 202130563.483.02$920
Apr 202130460.362.76$839
Mar 202130361.302.72$823
Feb 202129257.805.55$1,620
Jan 202132550.412.81$913
Dec 202032344.642.68$864
Nov 202027438.772.71$742
Oct 202028836.972.48$714
Sep 202028137.091.99$559
Aug 202028339.982.39$675
Jul 202028138.371.83$513
Jun 202027934.901.69$472
May 202029216.921.81$530
Apr 202028014.751.80$505
Mar 202029330.341.86$544
Feb 202027249.881.98$539
Jan 202027857.252.09$582
Dec 201931559.012.30$726
Nov 201930755.302.75$844
Oct 201931553.472.42$762
Sep 201930655.052.66$813
Aug 201932453.112.30$747
Jul 201932456.272.46$797
Jun 201930852.782.49$767
May 201931858.482.74$871
Apr 201931262.632.75$858
Mar 201932056.803.06$980
Feb 201928950.852.79$807
Jan 201932446.033.23$1,046
Dec 201831446.594.19$1,314
Nov 201831752.934.24$1,343
Oct 201832861.443.40$1,115
Sep 201831759.543.11$985
Aug 201832459.403.07$994
Jul 201832565.142.93$953
Jun 201831460.183.08$966
May 201832265.382.90$934
Apr 201831363.842.90$908
Mar 201832361.222.79$900
Feb 201829261.782.77$808
Jan 201834162.874.01$1,367
Dec 201734557.272.92$1,008
Nov 201733755.423.12$1,051
Oct 201739849.292.98$1,188
Sep 201726047.523.09$803
Aug 201732845.373.00$985
Jul 201732343.873.09$997
Jun 201732042.493.09$988
May 201733145.373.26$1,080
Apr 201733647.933.21$1,079
Mar 201733246.772.98$991
Feb 201730750.452.95$906
Jan 201732849.413.42$1,121
Dec 201633048.763.72$1,229
Nov 201632842.492.64$867
Oct 201634246.193.09$1,057
Sep 201633741.553.10$1,045
Aug 201636141.442.92$1,056
Jul 201635341.622.92$1,032
Jun 201634745.352.69$932
May 201634342.521.99$683
Apr 201633436.561.99$665
Mar 201634833.011.79$624
Feb 201635226.472.06$726
Jan 201638527.352.36$910
Dec 201539232.362.00$785
Nov 201537738.792.17$817
Oct 201538943.552.43$944
Sep 201537242.992.76$1,026
Aug 201538540.162.87$1,106
Jul 201538448.152.95$1,131
Jun 201537456.152.88$1,078
May 201537355.212.96$1,102
Apr 201536749.822.71$993
Mar 201538042.892.93$1,115
Feb 201533844.662.98$1,006
Jan 201537643.433.10$1,166
Dec 201438254.693.59$1,372
Nov 201437970.464.25$1,611
Oct 201440478.303.90$1,576
Sep 201438486.164.05$1,553
Aug 201439789.394.04$1,602
Jul 201440696.564.18$1,697
Jun 201441198.164.74$1,947
May 201442894.734.73$2,023
Apr 201441495.944.81$1,991
Mar 201441495.895.06$2,094
Feb 201438397.406.19$2,372
Jan 201442290.404.86$2,051
Dec 201342391.824.35$1,842
Nov 201341388.853.74$1,544
Oct 201344197.423.78$1,667
Sep 2013464104.113.72$1,725
Aug 2013506104.253.52$1,782
Jul 2013108102.523.72$402
Jun 201322294.403.93$873
May 201345094.834.15$1,867
Apr 201341893.964.28$1,790
Mar 201339993.623.91$1,561
Feb 201337491.233.42$1,279
Jan 201344091.603.42$1,505
Dec 201243986.773.42$1,501
Nov 201243386.953.62$1,570
Oct 201245389.383.40$1,540
Sep 201244294.672.92$1,290
Aug 201244992.662.91$1,306
Jul 201245785.133.02$1,381
Jun 201244379.822.52$1,116
May 201245391.612.49$1,127
Apr 2012446101.652.00$891
Mar 2012459105.052.22$1,020
Feb 2012433101.102.57$1,113
Jan 201247098.092.73$1,285
Dec 201148496.873.24$1,568
Nov 201147595.723.31$1,573
Oct 201149684.983.65$1,810
Sep 201147983.623.99$1,909
Aug 201149383.404.15$2,046
Jul 201149494.144.52$2,232
Jun 201148292.904.64$2,236
May 201150098.134.40$2,202
Apr 2011485105.964.33$2,102
Mar 201150396.364.06$2,041
Feb 201145985.644.18$1,919
Jan 201150486.504.59$2,313
Dec 201049585.734.35$2,152
Nov 201048480.843.80$1,837
Oct 201049978.103.51$1,751
Sep 201048672.633.98$1,934
Aug 201051373.684.42$2,267
Jul 201051572.554.74$2,439
Jun 201049570.364.91$2,431
May 201051871.124.24$2,194
Apr 201050281.694.12$2,070
Mar 201051878.394.39$2,273
Feb 201047373.585.44$2,574
Jan 201053474.365.96$3,185
Dec 200953971.445.48$2,956
Nov 200953374.593.75$2,000
Oct 200956972.544.11$2,339
Sep 200955365.543.06$1,695
Aug 200957267.423.22$1,841
Jul 200957961.133.46$2,006
Jun 200955766.163.90$2,170
May 200955854.743.93$2,191
Apr 200954046.773.59$1,937
Mar 200956342.144.06$2,285
Feb 200950932.814.63$2,358
Jan 200957035.865.37$3,061
Dec 200857137.105.98$3,413
Nov 200855055.496.86$3,773
Oct 200857075.246.92$3,946
Sep 2008549101.767.88$4,325
Aug 2008570114.228.48$4,835
Jul 2008575131.0811.39$6,549
Jun 2008556131.3313.03$7,246
May 2008582123.1711.57$6,736
Apr 2008563110.3110.45$5,886
Mar 2008585101.909.66$5,653
Feb 200855192.538.77$4,833
Jan 200859290.388.21$4,858
Dec 200759888.337.30$4,367
Nov 200757991.677.29$4,222
Oct 200757982.856.92$4,008
Sep 200737175.846.24$2,317
Aug 200744269.066.39$2,823
Jul 200758270.906.39$3,718
Jun 200756262.007.55$4,242
May 200760558.747.85$4,747
Apr 200758359.617.81$4,550
Mar 200761556.927.30$4,491
Feb 200758155.108.22$4,774
Jan 200764650.306.73$4,346
Dec 200664056.656.92$4,428
Nov 200662654.207.62$4,769
Oct 200663454.906.01$3,813
Sep 200664660.085.04$3,254
Aug 200667168.717.34$4,925
Jul 200667769.376.34$4,294
Jun 200665766.286.38$4,194
May 200667366.016.42$4,324
Apr 200666264.397.36$4,873
Mar 200669256.707.08$4,901
Feb 200663157.597.75$4,891
Jan 200669360.598.93$6,191
Dec 200571354.9413.42$9,565
Nov 200567654.6910.59$7,158
Oct 200571958.3413.80$9,919
Sep 200567761.4512.08$8,177
Aug 200567661.519.80$6,623
Jul 200571455.697.84$5,600
Jun 200567552.337.38$4,982
May 200575445.226.65$5,015
Apr 200570249.207.36$5,167
Mar 200574650.377.15$5,338
Feb 200568445.226.31$4,317
Jan 200582643.166.32$5,222
Dec 200481839.866.75$5,522
Nov 200480545.286.33$5,096
Oct 200484749.706.52$5,518
Sep 200490543.245.28$4,782
Aug 200486142.375.55$4,779
Jul 200484738.286.08$5,153
Jun 200480036.106.43$5,146
May 200482637.486.49$5,365
Apr 200481934.475.86$4,798
Mar 200484934.365.53$4,695
Feb 200480632.455.51$4,441
Jan 200488232.036.30$5,556
Dec 200392730.266.30$5,842
Nov 200396428.804.60$4,430
Oct 200356028.174.76$2,665
Sep 20031,03126.314.75$4,897
Aug 200394629.765.13$4,853
Jul 200393029.415.17$4,809
Jun 200388328.565.98$5,283
May 200388326.595.97$5,274
Apr 200394826.675.41$5,126
Mar 200384031.146.10$5,121
Feb 200380333.487.93$6,364
Jan 200393230.315.58$5,202
Dec 200291726.914.85$4,451
Nov 200274624.664.14$3,086
Oct 200281326.464.23$3,438
Sep 200292127.443.64$3,348
Aug 20021,01325.963.16$3,205
Jul 200299824.583.06$3,056
Jun 200297623.733.34$3,258
May 20021,10424.663.58$3,957
Apr 20021,02623.653.51$3,604
Mar 20021,00722.003.10$3,124
Feb 200293018.222.38$2,209
Jan 20021,03617.172.38$2,461
Dec 20016,68616.932.36$15,808
Nov 20011,04018.072.41$2,502
Oct 20011,05319.782.53$2,663
Sep 20011,06024.262.25$2,386
Aug 20011,16424.873.05$3,554
Jul 20011,13323.933.20$3,622
Jun 20011,12224.563.82$4,291
May 20011,15925.524.31$4,992
Apr 20011,16124.685.34$6,194
Mar 20011,25124.545.38$6,726
Feb 20011,13027.755.77$6,517
Jan 20011,30027.478.40$10,918
Dec 20001,30726.889.12$11,923
Nov 20001,37832.215.66$7,797
Oct 20001,43431.235.15$7,379
Sep 20001,28931.875.19$6,685
Aug 20001,46429.644.54$6,648
Jul 20001,55728.534.09$6,368
Jun 20001,48929.304.40$6,548
May 20001,67027.263.68$6,145
Apr 20001,54224.513.12$4,805
Mar 200096828.422.86$2,768
Feb 20001,60827.622.73$4,384
Jan 20001,64925.272.48$4,090
Dec 19991,70724.282.42$4,137
Nov 19991,71523.192.43$4,174
Oct 19991,84220.982.80$5,164
Sep 19991,94121.752.62$5,083
Aug 19991,85719.262.88$5,340
Jul 19991,98817.892.37$4,716
Jun 19991,97815.942.36$4,672
May 19992,19415.792.32$5,092
Apr 19991,98115.102.21$4,374
Mar 19992,54612.471.84$4,680
Feb 19992,5739.981.82$4,677
Jan 19991,84110.381.90$3,498
Dec 19982,5469.201.77$4,515
Nov 19982,97410.892.19$6,500
Oct 19981,76612.421.97$3,478
Sep 19982,54912.592.08$5,309
Aug 19982,51011.301.91$4,787
Jul 19983,27011.742.24$7,316
Jun 19982,60111.242.24$5,819
May 19982,93312.622.21$6,471
Apr 19983,92313.042.51$9,828
Mar 19983,09312.802.31$7,143
Feb 19983,40413.952.30$7,826
Jan 19983,13814.702.15$6,762
Dec 19973,98616.322.41$9,611
Nov 19973,84218.193.09$11,865
Oct 19973,82419.253.15$12,045
Sep 19974,68217.742.95$13,835
Aug 19973,98817.862.55$10,188
Jul 19975,05117.582.25$11,349
Jun 19975,18017.242.26$11,692
May 19975,60018.972.31$12,928
Apr 19976,26417.882.08$13,047
Mar 19977,69518.951.94$14,922
Feb 19978,12020.492.21$17,912
Jan 19978,80523.483.54$31,167
Dec 199610,93923.32$0
Nov 199613,72321.97$0
Oct 199614,57123.31$0
Sep 199621,18622.22$0
Aug 199632,04220.26$0
Jul 199615,95419.55$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                  221 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $673

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Month total                                     $673

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/159807 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.