MESTENA OIL & GAS CO. 1

Name: MESTENA OIL & GAS CO. 1 lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by MESTENA OPERATING, LTD. (P-5 562072) in the ALTA MESA (L-12) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 5562District 04Field 02000645OilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.1 M

Jan 1993 – Mar 2008

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

183

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The ALTA MESA (L-12) 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 2 leases and 4 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1963-05-10

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

933 ft

minimum

From a lease line

467 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres.

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
Oil	Disposition	43,896 bbl	$786,006
Casinghead gas	Production	112,224 Mcf	$269,473
Total			$1,055,479

33,478 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 (3)

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 26.9247, -98.3158. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.4 miles.

26.92453, -98.31645 · 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%

3 of 3 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

3 of 3 wells

Median depth

5,513 ft

3 wells filed one

Completion to plug

13.3 years

median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

3100.0%

A plug date is filed

3100.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

3100.0%

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

Between 5,510 and 5,906 ft, median 5,513 ft, over the 3 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Jul 1978 – Aug 1999

2 of 3 wells; 1 filed none

Plug dates filed

May 2001 – Apr 2011

3 of 3 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 13.3 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 7.6 years and 19.2 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

3 wells


42-04701441	50	5,510 ft	—	Apr 2011	Yes
42-04701433	42	5,906 ft	Aug 1999	May 2001	Yes
42-04701434	43	5,513 ft	Jul 1978	Jun 2003	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 (183)

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

183 months


Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	0	0	92.53	8.77	$0
Jan 2008	0	0	90.38	8.21	$0
Dec 2007	0	0	88.33	7.30	$0
Nov 2007	0	0	91.67	7.29	$0
Oct 2007	0	0	82.85	6.92	$0
Sep 2007	0	0	75.84	6.24	$0
Aug 2007	0	0	69.06	6.39	$0
Jul 2007	0	0	70.90	6.39	$0
Jun 2007	0	0	62.00	7.55	$0
May 2007	0	0	58.74	7.85	$0
Apr 2007	0	0	59.61	7.81	$0
Mar 2007	0	0	56.92	7.30	$0
Feb 2007	0	0	55.10	8.22	$0
Jan 2007	0	0	50.30	6.73	$0
Dec 2006	0	0	56.65	6.92	$0
Nov 2006	0	0	54.20	7.62	$0
Oct 2006	0	0	54.90	6.01	$0
Sep 2006	0	0	60.08	5.04	$0
Aug 2006	0	0	68.71	7.34	$0
Jul 2006	0	0	69.37	6.34	$0
Jun 2006	0	0	66.28	6.38	$0
May 2006	0	0	66.01	6.42	$0
Apr 2006	0	0	64.39	7.36	$0
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	0	0	57.59	7.75	$0
Jan 2006	0	0	60.59	8.93	$0
Dec 2005	0	0	54.94	13.42	$0
Nov 2005	0	0	54.69	10.59	$0
Oct 2005	0	0	58.34	13.80	$0
Sep 2005	0	0	61.45	12.08	$0
Aug 2005	0	0	61.51	9.80	$0
Jul 2005	0	0	55.69	7.84	$0
Jun 2005	0	0	52.33	7.38	$0
May 2005	0	0	45.22	6.65	$0
Apr 2005	0	0	49.20	7.36	$0
Mar 2005	0	0	50.37	7.15	$0
Feb 2005	0	0	45.22	6.31	$0
Jan 2005	0	0	43.16	6.32	$0
Dec 2004	0	0	39.86	6.75	$0
Nov 2004	0	0	45.28	6.33	$0
Oct 2004	0	0	49.70	6.52	$0
Sep 2004	0	0	43.24	5.28	$0
Aug 2004	0	0	42.37	5.55	$0
Jul 2004	0	0	38.28	6.08	$0
Jun 2004	0	0	36.10	6.43	$0
May 2004	0	0	37.48	6.49	$0
Apr 2004	0	0	34.47	5.86	$0
Mar 2004	0	0	34.36	5.53	$0
Feb 2004	0	0	32.45	5.51	$0
Jan 2004	0	0	32.03	6.30	$0
Dec 2003	0	0	30.26	6.30	$0
Nov 2003	0	0	28.80	4.60	$0
Oct 2003	0	0	28.17	4.76	$0
Sep 2003	0	0	26.31	4.75	$0
Aug 2003	0	0	29.76	5.13	$0
Jul 2003	0	0	29.41	5.17	$0
Jun 2003	66	0	28.56	5.98	$1,885
May 2003	0	0	26.59	5.97	$0
Apr 2003	0	0	26.67	5.41	$0
Mar 2003	0	0	31.14	6.10	$0
Feb 2003	0	0	33.48	7.93	$0
Jan 2003	0	0	30.31	5.58	$0
Dec 2002	0	0	26.91	4.85	$0
Nov 2002	0	75	24.66	4.14	$310
Oct 2002	0	243	26.46	4.23	$1,028
Sep 2002	0	159	27.44	3.64	$578
Aug 2002	0	375	25.96	3.16	$1,187
Jul 2002	61	533	24.58	3.06	$3,131
Jun 2002	129	625	23.73	3.34	$5,148
May 2002	126	558	24.66	3.58	$5,107
Apr 2002	139	476	23.65	3.51	$4,959
Mar 2002	161	518	22.00	3.10	$5,149
Feb 2002	125	566	18.22	2.38	$3,622
Jan 2002	170	662	17.17	2.38	$4,492
Dec 2001	88	324	16.93	2.36	$2,256
Nov 2001	95	420	18.07	2.41	$2,727
Oct 2001	61	458	19.78	2.53	$2,365
Sep 2001	143	1,258	24.26	2.25	$6,301
Aug 2001	294	1,577	24.87	3.05	$12,127
Jul 2001	314	1,543	23.93	3.20	$12,447
Jun 2001	319	1,404	24.56	3.82	$13,204
May 2001	193	1,322	25.52	4.31	$10,620
Apr 2001	166	876	24.68	5.34	$8,771
Mar 2001	64	209	24.54	5.38	$2,694
Feb 2001	52	480	27.75	5.77	$4,211
Jan 2001	161	1,434	27.47	8.40	$16,466
Dec 2000	51	2,497	26.88	9.12	$24,150
Nov 2000	203	1,788	32.21	5.66	$16,655
Oct 2000	191	1,905	31.23	5.15	$15,767
Sep 2000	169	2,013	31.87	5.19	$15,826
Aug 2000	327	2,465	29.64	4.54	$20,885
Jul 2000	309	2,630	28.53	4.09	$19,572
Jun 2000	343	2,817	29.30	4.40	$22,437
May 2000	328	3,324	27.26	3.68	$21,173
Apr 2000	343	3,184	24.51	3.12	$18,328
Mar 2000	336	3,177	28.42	2.86	$18,635
Feb 2000	299	3,130	27.62	2.73	$16,792
Jan 2000	356	3,179	25.27	2.48	$16,882
Dec 1999	307	2,308	24.28	2.42	$13,048
Nov 1999	284	2,386	23.19	2.43	$12,393
Oct 1999	370	2,082	20.98	2.80	$13,600
Sep 1999	351	2,292	21.75	2.62	$13,637
Aug 1999	407	1,284	19.26	2.88	$11,531
Jul 1999	355	861	17.89	2.37	$8,394
Jun 1999	490	946	15.94	2.36	$10,045
May 1999	492	892	15.79	2.32	$9,839
Apr 1999	522	802	15.10	2.21	$9,653
Mar 1999	365	760	12.47	1.84	$5,949
Feb 1999	439	790	9.98	1.82	$5,817
Jan 1999	516	961	10.38	1.90	$7,182
Dec 1998	499	1,041	9.20	1.77	$6,437
Nov 1998	471	837	10.89	2.19	$6,959
Oct 1998	505	919	12.42	1.97	$8,082
Sep 1998	489	961	12.59	2.08	$8,158
Aug 1998	335	1,087	11.30	1.91	$5,859
Jul 1998	373	1,158	11.74	2.24	$6,970
Jun 1998	448	838	11.24	2.24	$6,910
May 1998	328	828	12.62	2.21	$5,966
Apr 1998	334	442	13.04	2.51	$5,463
Mar 1998	278	453	12.80	2.31	$4,605
Feb 1998	272	394	13.95	2.30	$4,700
Jan 1998	299	411	14.70	2.15	$5,281
Dec 1997	324	513	16.32	2.41	$6,525
Nov 1997	275	360	18.19	3.09	$6,114
Oct 1997	340	379	19.25	3.15	$7,739
Sep 1997	315	364	17.74	2.95	$6,664
Aug 1997	351	409	17.86	2.55	$7,314
Jul 1997	400	324	17.58	2.25	$7,760
Jun 1997	310	126	17.24	2.26	$5,629
May 1997	391	575	18.97	2.31	$8,745
Apr 1997	393	562	17.88	2.08	$8,197
Mar 1997	411	382	18.95	1.94	$8,529
Feb 1997	317	128	20.49	2.21	$6,778
Jan 1997	398	687	23.48	3.54	$11,777
Dec 1996	339	609	23.32	—	$7,905
Nov 1996	368	440	21.97	—	$8,085
Oct 1996	368	572	23.31	—	$8,578
Sep 1996	333	663	22.22	—	$7,399
Aug 1996	581	729	20.26	—	$11,771
Jul 1996	697	695	19.55	—	$13,626
Jun 1996	713	402	18.73	—	$13,354
May 1996	769	478	19.43	—	$14,942
Apr 1996	655	506	21.51	—	$14,089
Mar 1996	451	600	19.38	—	$8,740
Feb 1996	513	607	16.98	—	$8,711
Jan 1996	566	646	17.07	—	$9,662
Dec 1995	488	501	17.19	—	$8,389
Nov 1995	540	529	16.00	—	$8,640
Oct 1995	643	698	15.43	—	$9,921
Sep 1995	627	773	16.18	—	$10,145
Aug 1995	774	897	15.92	—	$12,322
Jul 1995	799	750	15.24	—	$12,177
Jun 1995	774	578	16.41	—	$12,701
May 1995	816	428	17.56	—	$14,329
Apr 1995	1,367	1,122	17.73	—	$24,237
Mar 1995	1,011	1,766	16.44	—	$16,621
Feb 1995	189	748	16.58	—	$3,134
Jan 1995	229	746	15.92	—	$3,646
Dec 1994	235	538	15.03	—	$3,532
Nov 1994	262	600	15.90	—	$4,166
Oct 1994	236	611	15.58	—	$3,677
Sep 1994	276	501	15.29	—	$4,220
Aug 1994	324	629	16.13	—	$5,226
Jul 1994	327	710	17.56	—	$5,742
Jun 1994	287	691	17.09	—	$4,905
May 1994	413	832	15.88	—	$6,558
Apr 1994	413	962	14.14	—	$5,840
Mar 1994	389	1,100	12.46	—	$4,847
Feb 1994	389	1,913	12.50	—	$4,863
Jan 1994	438	2,386	12.66	—	$5,545
Dec 1993	402	639	12.33	—	$4,957
Nov 1993	359	632	14.49	—	$5,202
Oct 1993	447	723	15.85	—	$7,085
Sep 1993	453	695	15.03	—	$6,809
Aug 1993	483	537	15.66	—	$7,564
Jul 1993	493	518	15.46	—	$7,622
Jun 1993	467	402	16.79	—	$7,841
May 1993	459	299	17.68	—	$8,115
Apr 1993	500	287	18.05	—	$9,025
Mar 1993	440	305	18.14	—	$7,982
Feb 1993	387	231	17.90	—	$6,927
Jan 1993	471	254	16.93	—	$7,974

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.

Jun 2003 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   66 bbl  × $ 28.56 =     $1,885
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  5.98 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $1,885

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/O/5562 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.