MELISSA "A"

Operated by SEABOARD OPERATING CO. (P-5 760960) in the QUITO, WEST (CHERRY CANYON) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 26962District 08Field 73933420NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.6 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$40 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead 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 26 leases and 34 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1974-02-17
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,320 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: OP 80 DIAG 3250

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
OilDisposition13,887 bbl$829,170
Casinghead gasProduction195,304 Mcf$766,169
Total$1,595,339

5,687 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 20 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 31.5584, -103.3938. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.55841, -103.39376 · 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
6,332 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 6,332 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1981
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4753235716,332 ftNov 1981

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 (401)

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

401 months

May 20260170106.413.05$518
Apr 2026028098.932.87$804
Mar 20263728089.753.15$4,203
Feb 2026031363.503.75$1,174
Jan 202617330959.138.00$12,701
Dec 2025029656.664.41$1,306
Nov 2025023158.593.93$907
Oct 202503659.383.30$119
Sep 2025060662.743.08$1,865
Aug 2025045563.933.01$1,372
Jul 202517854766.743.32$13,693
Jun 2025056866.483.13$1,777
May 2025080160.553.23$2,589
Apr 2025088962.363.54$3,150
Mar 20251821,03367.704.27$16,731
Feb 202501,04470.884.34$4,532
Jan 20251011,32174.324.28$13,158
Dec 202401,19968.993.12$3,743
Nov 202401,25569.052.20$2,759
Oct 20244595471.372.28$5,388
Sep 2024050569.612.36$1,194
Aug 20241642075.632.06$12,445
Jul 202402079.932.15$43
Jun 202402078.082.63$53
May 202402078.812.20$44
Apr 202402084.451.66$33
Mar 2024522080.301.55$4,207
Feb 20241712076.091.78$13,047
Jan 202402073.023.30$66
Dec 202302071.262.61$52
Nov 20231922077.892.81$15,011
Oct 202302085.443.09$62
Sep 2023362389.042.74$3,268
Aug 202302080.522.67$53
Jul 2023010074.852.64$264
Jun 202302068.962.26$45
May 20231724070.622.23$12,236
Apr 202304578.122.24$101
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20221725076.415.73$13,429
Nov 202205085.005.65$282
Oct 202205087.185.86$293
Sep 202205084.888.16$408
Aug 20221745094.529.13$16,903
Jul 2022050101.587.54$377
Jun 2022035115.097.98$279
May 202217220109.378.43$18,980
Apr 2022040104.226.84$274
Mar 2022040108.885.08$203
Feb 202203591.054.86$170
Jan 20221824081.844.54$15,076
Dec 202105071.323.90$195
Nov 202105277.435.24$272
Oct 20211742579.795.71$14,026
Sep 202102569.865.35$134
Aug 202103566.024.22$148
Jul 202103570.783.98$139
Jun 20211763069.493.38$12,332
May 202103063.483.02$91
Apr 202103060.362.76$83
Mar 20211812561.302.72$11,163
Feb 202102557.805.55$139
Jan 202103050.412.81$84
Dec 20201623044.642.68$7,312
Nov 202003538.772.71$95
Oct 202008736.972.48$216
Sep 20201767537.091.99$6,677
Aug 202009039.982.39$215
Jul 202006538.371.83$119
Jun 20200734.901.69$12
May 2020179716.921.81$3,041
Apr 202001314.751.80$23
Mar 202003630.341.86$67
Feb 202002649.881.98$52
Jan 202002057.252.09$42
Dec 20191822459.012.30$10,795
Nov 201901755.302.75$47
Oct 201902053.472.42$48
Sep 201902355.052.66$61
Aug 20191742953.112.30$9,308
Jul 201905056.272.46$123
Jun 201908652.782.49$214
May 201907358.482.74$200
Apr 20191777662.632.75$11,295
Mar 2019018956.803.06$579
Feb 2019029450.852.79$821
Jan 20191783246.033.23$8,297
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 201806852.934.24$288
Oct 2018019861.443.40$673
Sep 2018011459.543.11$354
Aug 2018016659.403.07$509
Jul 201816319865.142.93$11,198
Jun 2018016860.183.08$517
May 2018020665.382.90$598
Apr 201817619063.842.90$11,787
Mar 2018021261.222.79$591
Feb 2018020561.782.77$567
Jan 2018020862.874.01$834
Dec 201717422457.272.92$10,619
Nov 2017023355.423.12$727
Oct 2017026049.292.98$776
Sep 2017014847.523.09$457
Aug 201717523245.373.00$8,637
Jul 2017022043.873.09$679
Jun 2017019442.493.09$599
May 2017025245.373.26$822
Apr 201717527347.933.21$9,265
Mar 2017028946.772.98$862
Feb 2017022550.452.95$664
Jan 201717835849.413.42$10,019
Dec 2016033348.763.72$1,240
Nov 201604642.492.64$122
Oct 20161768746.193.09$8,398
Sep 2016010841.553.10$335
Aug 2016010641.442.92$310
Jul 201609141.622.92$266
Jun 2016014345.352.69$384
May 201617910142.521.99$7,812
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 201605826.472.06$120
Jan 201618213227.352.36$5,290
Dec 201508132.362.00$162
Nov 2015014938.792.17$323
Oct 201507643.552.43$184
Sep 20151817342.992.76$7,983
Aug 2015011540.162.87$330
Jul 201509548.152.95$280
Jun 201507656.152.88$219
May 201517810155.212.96$10,126
Apr 2015019249.822.71$520
Mar 2015019942.892.93$584
Feb 201518317044.662.98$8,679
Jan 2015010743.433.10$332
Dec 2014017754.693.59$636
Nov 2014016870.464.25$714
Oct 201418019378.303.90$14,847
Sep 2014017186.164.05$692
Aug 2014014989.394.04$601
Jul 201417714696.564.18$17,701
Jun 2014015698.164.74$739
May 2014015694.734.73$737
Apr 201418318395.944.81$18,437
Mar 2014015695.895.06$789
Feb 2014017097.406.19$1,053
Jan 2014020390.404.86$987
Dec 201318321191.824.35$17,722
Nov 2013017388.853.74$647
Oct 2013021497.423.78$809
Sep 20130206104.113.72$766
Aug 2013173204104.253.52$18,754
Jul 20130220102.523.72$818
Jun 2013023794.403.93$932
May 201317927694.834.15$18,120
Apr 2013025393.964.28$1,084
Mar 201306293.623.91$243
Feb 201317413591.233.42$16,336
Jan 2013019791.603.42$674
Dec 2012025186.773.42$858
Nov 2012025086.953.62$906
Oct 2012025889.383.40$877
Sep 201217726494.672.92$17,527
Aug 2012027492.662.91$797
Jul 2012028585.133.02$861
Jun 201216620479.822.52$13,764
May 2012029591.612.49$734
Apr 20120286101.652.00$571
Mar 20120323105.052.22$718
Feb 2012155311101.102.57$16,470
Jan 2012036198.092.73$987
Dec 201115539496.873.24$16,291
Nov 2011034595.723.31$1,142
Oct 2011042384.983.65$1,543
Sep 20110783.623.99$28
Aug 201115420183.404.15$13,678
Jul 2011014094.144.52$632
Jun 201108492.904.64$390
May 201117528598.134.40$18,428
Apr 20110143105.964.33$620
Mar 2011022996.364.06$929
Feb 2011015085.644.18$627
Jan 201117727386.504.59$16,563
Dec 2010026785.734.35$1,161
Nov 2010022680.843.80$858
Oct 2010031878.103.51$1,116
Sep 201016928072.633.98$13,389
Aug 2010026473.684.42$1,167
Jul 2010033772.554.74$1,596
Jun 2010022670.364.91$1,110
May 201016930971.124.24$13,328
Apr 2010032781.694.12$1,348
Mar 2010034778.394.39$1,523
Feb 201017432673.585.44$14,577
Jan 2010038074.365.96$2,266
Dec 2009036071.445.48$1,974
Nov 200917139274.593.75$14,225
Oct 2009029972.544.11$1,229
Sep 2009029965.543.06$916
Aug 2009020967.423.22$673
Jul 200917619061.133.46$11,417
Jun 2009034566.163.90$1,344
May 2009034354.743.93$1,347
Apr 2009035446.773.59$1,270
Mar 200917540442.144.06$9,014
Feb 2009035832.814.63$1,659
Jan 2009038635.865.37$2,073
Dec 2008032637.105.98$1,949
Nov 200816638455.496.86$11,846
Oct 2008045175.246.92$3,122
Sep 20080115101.767.88$906
Aug 20080303114.228.48$2,570
Jul 2008170283131.0811.39$25,507
Jun 20080363131.3313.03$4,731
May 20080389123.1711.57$4,502
Apr 20080313110.3110.45$3,272
Mar 20080410101.909.66$3,962
Feb 200817541092.538.77$19,789
Jan 2008045090.388.21$3,693
Dec 2007046588.337.30$3,395
Nov 2007045991.677.29$3,347
Oct 200717951082.856.92$18,360
Sep 2007053375.846.24$3,328
Aug 2007046369.066.39$2,958
Jul 2007038670.906.39$2,466
Jun 2007038962.007.55$2,936
May 200717637258.747.85$13,257
Apr 2007041759.617.81$3,255
Mar 2007044256.927.30$3,227
Feb 2007042455.108.22$3,484
Jan 2007049250.306.73$3,310
Dec 2006050856.656.92$3,515
Nov 200616751154.207.62$12,944
Oct 2006051754.906.01$3,109
Sep 2006051460.085.04$2,589
Aug 2006050568.717.34$3,707
Jul 2006028069.376.34$1,776
Jun 2006047666.286.38$3,039
May 2006049766.016.42$3,193
Apr 2006053164.397.36$3,908
Mar 200618457556.707.08$14,505
Feb 2006059357.597.75$4,596
Jan 2006052560.598.93$4,690
Dec 2005029454.9413.42$3,944
Nov 2005061454.6910.59$6,501
Oct 200517840158.3413.80$15,917
Sep 2005071261.4512.08$8,600
Aug 2005089561.519.80$8,768
Jul 2005062155.697.84$4,871
Jun 2005083452.337.38$6,156
May 20051781,02645.226.65$14,873
Apr 2005041249.207.36$3,033
Mar 200501,00350.377.15$7,176
Feb 2005095045.226.31$5,996
Jan 200514463843.166.32$10,249
Dec 2004069439.866.75$4,685
Nov 2004070345.286.33$4,450
Oct 2004065549.706.52$4,267
Sep 2004077343.245.28$4,084
Aug 2004079542.375.55$4,413
Jul 20041531,02638.286.08$12,099
Jun 200401,02636.106.43$6,600
May 2004062437.486.49$4,053
Apr 2004067834.475.86$3,972
Mar 2004073834.365.53$4,081
Feb 200417078932.455.51$9,864
Jan 2004080132.036.30$5,046
Dec 2003057730.266.30$3,636
Nov 2003087028.804.60$3,998
Oct 2003045128.174.76$2,147
Sep 2003054326.314.75$2,579
Aug 2003089629.765.13$4,596
Jul 2003052629.415.17$2,720
Jun 2003084028.565.98$5,026
May 2003087626.595.97$5,232
Apr 2003061326.675.41$3,315
Mar 2003072331.146.10$4,407
Feb 2003074533.487.93$5,905
Jan 200301,22030.315.58$6,810
Dec 200201,10926.914.85$5,383
Nov 200201,78424.664.14$7,380
Oct 200215892226.464.23$8,080
Sep 2002078927.443.64$2,868
Aug 2002083125.963.16$2,629
Jul 2002085524.583.06$2,618
Jun 2002084123.733.34$2,807
May 2002050224.663.58$1,799
Apr 2002093723.653.51$3,291
Mar 200217699122.003.10$6,947
Feb 2002083918.222.38$1,993
Jan 2002091417.172.38$2,171
Dec 200101,02916.932.36$2,433
Nov 200101,14618.072.41$2,757
Oct 200101,70019.782.53$4,299
Sep 2001072924.262.25$1,641
Aug 200118093724.873.05$7,337
Jul 200101,16923.933.20$3,737
Jun 2001097024.563.82$3,709
May 2001098525.524.31$4,243
Apr 2001093724.685.34$4,999
Mar 200101,15724.545.38$6,221
Feb 200101,36627.755.77$7,878
Jan 200101,25127.478.40$10,507
Dec 200001,17726.889.12$10,737
Nov 200001,27932.215.66$7,237
Oct 200001,64731.235.15$8,475
Sep 2000342,23431.875.19$12,670
Aug 200001,77029.644.54$8,037
Jul 200001,80528.534.09$7,382
Jun 200002,06629.304.40$9,085
May 200001,66727.263.68$6,134
Apr 200001,96224.513.12$6,114
Mar 2000111,24928.422.86$3,884
Feb 200001,23227.622.73$3,359
Jan 200001,52925.272.48$3,793
Dec 19991771,85824.282.42$8,801
Nov 199901,76523.192.43$4,296
Oct 199902,12620.982.80$5,961
Sep 199901,35621.752.62$3,551
Aug 199902,34219.262.88$6,735
Jul 199902,13717.892.37$5,070
Jun 19991712,86815.942.36$9,500
May 199902,77615.792.32$6,443
Apr 199904,62015.102.21$10,201
Mar 199906,14112.471.84$11,289
Feb 199904,3149.981.82$7,842
Jan 199901,50710.381.90$2,863
Dec 19981571,0839.201.77$3,365
Nov 199801,02410.892.19$2,238
Oct 19981751,07612.421.97$4,292
Sep 199801,03212.592.08$2,149
Aug 199801,13311.301.91$2,161
Jul 19981621,08211.742.24$4,323
Jun 199801,19511.242.24$2,674
May 1998141,13112.622.21$2,672
Apr 199801,18613.042.51$2,971
Mar 199801,23912.802.31$2,861
Feb 1998201,14313.952.30$2,907
Jan 199821,34614.702.15$2,930
Dec 1997291,45316.322.41$3,977
Nov 199701,31718.193.09$4,067
Oct 199701,31919.253.15$4,155
Sep 19971811,11517.742.95$6,506
Aug 199701,65817.862.55$4,236
Jul 199701,38117.582.25$3,103
Jun 199701,74017.242.26$3,928
May 199701,19918.972.31$2,768
Apr 199702,40217.882.08$5,003
Mar 1997073918.951.94$1,433
Feb 19970020.492.21$0
Jan 19970023.483.54$0
Dec 19960023.32$0
Nov 19960021.97$0
Oct 19960023.31$0
Sep 19960022.22$0
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 19960019.55$0
Jun 19960018.73$0
May 19960019.43$0
Apr 19960021.51$0
Mar 19960019.38$0
Feb 19960016.98$0
Jan 19960017.07$0
Dec 19950017.19$0
Nov 19950016.00$0
Oct 19950015.43$0
Sep 19950016.18$0
Aug 19950015.92$0
Jul 19950015.24$0
Jun 19950016.41$0
May 19950017.56$0
Apr 19950017.73$0
Mar 19950016.44$0
Feb 19950016.58$0
Jan 19950015.92$0
Dec 19940015.03$0
Nov 19940015.90$0
Oct 199435015.58$545
Sep 19940015.29$0
Aug 19940116.13$0
Jul 19940117.56$0
Jun 19940117.09$0
May 1994128115.88$2,033
Apr 19940114.14$0
Mar 199404312.46$0
Feb 1994013412.50$0
Jan 1994027112.66$0
Dec 1993025312.33$0
Nov 1993025314.49$0
Oct 1993030215.85$0
Sep 1993030215.03$0
Aug 199311941215.66$1,864
Jul 19935041215.46$773
Jun 1993044716.79$0
May 19936741417.68$1,185
Apr 199313353018.05$2,401
Mar 1993039818.14$0
Feb 199314477017.90$2,578
Jan 1993074116.93$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
Oil                    0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Casinghead gas       170 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $518

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $518

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. 08/O/26962 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.