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MERCURY /STRAWN/ FIELD UNIT

Operated by POP OPERATING COMPANY (P-5 671434) in the MERCURY (STRAWN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 13855District 09Field 60575500OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$863 k
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$13 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead gas

The MERCURY (STRAWN) 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 8 leases and 41 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1952-08-19
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
660 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 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.

StreamBasisVolumeValue
OilDisposition33,673 bbl$863,077
Casinghead gasProduction21 Mcf$0
Total$863,077

21 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 21 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 (28)

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 33.3418, -98.4086. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.6 miles.

33.34186, -98.40609 · 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
92.9%
26 of 28 wells
With a plug date
85.7%
24 of 28 wells
Median depth
3,582 ft
26 wells filed one
Completion to plug
24.8 years
median over 5 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
2692.9%
A plug date is filed
2485.7%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
2485.7%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
27.1%

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

Total depth in feet, 26 of 28 wells. Median 3,582 ft, with the middle half between 3,535 and 3,618 ft; the shallowest is 1,012 ft and the deepest 5,606 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 6 of 28 wells, Apr 1972 – Oct 1990. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Apr 1972 – Oct 1990
6 of 28 wells; 22 filed none
Plug dates filed
Jun 1995 – Dec 2001
24 of 28 wells; 4 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 24.8 years across the 5 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 24.2 years and 26.1 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

28 wells

42-23701890115,606 ft—May 1999Yes
42-23704424173,611 ft—Jul 2000Yes
42-23704826313,587 ft—Jan 2001Yes
42-23704829323,535 ft—Jan 2001Yes
42-23704830523,507 ft—Jan 1998Yes
42-23705151723,652 ft—Jan 2001Yes
42-23705827433,535 ft—Dec 1997Yes
42-23705828423,518 ft—Jan 1998Yes
42-23705835243,551 ft—Jul 2000Yes
42-23706372123,569 ft—Jan 1998Yes
42-23706373133,607 ft—Jul 1998Yes
42-23706375153,660 ft—Jul 1998Yes
42-23708123333,576 ft—Jan 2001Yes
42-23708124163,636 ft—Jan 1997Yes
42-23709366413,512 ft——Yes
42-2378270514———Yes
42-2378271122————
42-23782710213,520 ftOct 1990Dec 2001Yes
42-23737752W 1SW1,012 ftSep 1990——
42-23705274253,607 ftJun 1972Jul 1998Yes
42-23705150713,633 ftJun 1972Apr 1997Yes
42-23782728514,546 ftJun 1972Aug 1996Yes
42-23730382533,590 ftApr 1972Jul 2000Yes
42-23705152733,620 ft1964Oct 1996Yes
42-23782713233,552 ft1964Jun 1995Yes
42-23782720343,575 ft1964Sep 1996Yes
42-23782725443,520 ft1964Dec 1997Yes
42-23782731613,612 ft1964Apr 1996Yes

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 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 202648098.932.87$4,749
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 202556058.593.93$3,281
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 202571063.933.01$4,539
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 202547060.553.23$2,846
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 202556074.324.28$4,162
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 202476071.372.28$5,424
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 202473078.082.63$5,700
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 202467073.023.30$4,892
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 202370077.892.81$5,452
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 202346068.962.26$3,172
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 202380076.533.39$6,122
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 202286094.529.13$8,129
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 2022530108.885.08$5,771
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 202145063.483.02$2,857
Apr 202158060.362.76$3,501
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 2020137044.642.68$6,116
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 2019131059.012.30$7,730
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 2019120058.482.74$7,018
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 2018134052.934.24$7,093
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 2018136063.842.90$8,682
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 2017120047.523.09$5,702
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 2017127046.772.98$5,940
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 2016125041.553.10$5,194
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 2016125033.011.79$4,126
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 2015113042.992.76$4,858
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 2015132049.822.71$6,576
Mar 20151042.892.93$43
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 2014129078.303.90$10,101
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 2014135094.734.73$12,789
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 2013115088.853.74$10,218
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 2013134094.403.93$12,650
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 2013133091.603.42$12,183
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 2012800101.652.00$8,132
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 201275098.092.73$7,357
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 2011128084.983.65$10,877
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 201166098.134.40$6,477
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 2011111085.644.18$9,506
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 201050078.103.51$3,905
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 2010121073.684.42$8,915
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 2010135081.694.12$11,028
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 2009134074.593.75$9,995
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 2009131066.163.90$8,667
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 2009131035.865.37$4,698
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 20081290114.228.48$14,734
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 2008142092.538.77$13,139
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 2007128075.846.24$9,708
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 2007126058.747.85$7,401
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 2007129050.306.73$6,489
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 2006126069.376.34$8,741
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 2006130056.707.08$7,371
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 2005128058.3413.80$7,468
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 2005128045.226.65$5,788
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 2004128049.706.52$6,362
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 2004131034.475.86$4,516
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 2003131026.314.75$3,447
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 2003132031.146.10$4,110
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 2002126026.464.23$3,334
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 20020023.733.34$0
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 20020023.653.51$0
Mar 2002132022.003.10$2,904
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 20010016.932.36$0
Nov 2001135018.072.41$2,439
Oct 20010019.782.53$0
Sep 20010024.262.25$0
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 20010023.933.20$0
Jun 20010024.563.82$0
May 20010025.524.31$0
Apr 20010024.685.34$0
Mar 20010024.545.38$0
Feb 20010027.755.77$0
Jan 20010027.478.40$0
Dec 20000026.889.12$0
Nov 2000105032.215.66$3,382
Oct 20000031.235.15$0
Sep 2000131031.875.19$4,175
Aug 2000128029.644.54$3,794
Jul 2000169028.534.09$4,822
Jun 20000029.304.40$0
May 2000131027.263.68$3,571
Apr 2000177024.513.12$4,338
Mar 20000028.422.86$0
Feb 2000133027.622.73$3,673
Jan 2000136025.272.48$3,437
Dec 1999175024.282.42$4,249
Nov 1999173023.192.43$4,012
Oct 19990020.982.80$0
Sep 1999457021.752.62$9,940
Aug 1999128019.262.88$2,465
Jul 1999171017.892.37$3,059
Jun 1999175015.942.36$2,790
May 1999131015.792.32$2,068
Apr 1999304015.102.21$4,590
Mar 1999132012.471.84$1,646
Feb 1999009.981.82$0
Jan 1999347010.381.90$3,602
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 1998303010.892.19$3,300
Oct 1998240012.421.97$2,981
Sep 1998129012.592.08$1,624
Aug 1998304011.301.91$3,435
Jul 1998306011.742.24$3,592
Jun 1998301011.242.24$3,383
May 1998125012.622.21$1,578
Apr 1998127013.042.51$1,656
Mar 1998127012.802.31$1,626
Feb 1998305013.952.30$4,255
Jan 1998115014.702.15$1,691
Dec 1997313016.322.41$5,108
Nov 1997128018.193.09$2,328
Oct 1997436019.253.15$8,393
Sep 1997121017.742.95$2,147
Aug 1997129017.862.55$2,304
Jul 1997306017.582.25$5,379
Jun 1997257017.242.26$4,431
May 1997312018.972.31$5,919
Apr 1997127017.882.08$2,271
Mar 1997440018.951.94$8,338
Feb 1997124020.492.21$2,541
Jan 1997312023.483.54$7,326
Dec 1996256023.32—$5,970
Nov 1996311021.97—$6,833
Oct 1996248023.31—$5,781
Sep 1996423022.22—$9,399
Aug 1996306020.26—$6,200
Jul 1996127019.55—$2,483
Jun 1996439018.73—$8,222
May 1996130019.43—$2,526
Apr 1996440021.51—$9,464
Mar 1996228019.38—$4,419
Feb 1996263016.98—$4,466
Jan 1996310017.07—$5,292
Dec 1995263017.19—$4,521
Nov 1995434016.00—$6,944
Oct 1995250015.43—$3,858
Sep 1995436016.18—$7,054
Aug 1995400015.92—$6,368
Jul 1995263015.24—$4,008
Jun 1995255016.41—$4,185
May 1995254017.56—$4,460
Apr 1995442017.73—$7,837
Mar 1995361016.44—$5,935
Feb 1995569016.58—$9,434
Jan 1995261015.92—$4,155
Dec 1994396015.03—$5,952
Nov 1994334015.90—$5,311
Oct 1994363015.58—$5,656
Sep 1994475115.29—$7,263
Aug 1994257116.13—$4,145
Jul 1994518117.56—$9,096
Jun 1994680117.09—$11,621
May 1994239115.88—$3,795
Apr 1994373114.14—$5,274
Mar 1994582112.46—$7,252
Feb 1994264112.50—$3,300
Jan 1994576112.66—$7,292
Dec 1993681112.33—$8,397
Nov 1993454114.49—$6,578
Oct 1993401115.85—$6,356
Sep 1993572115.03—$8,597
Aug 1993537115.66—$8,409
Jul 1993584115.46—$9,029
Jun 1993397116.79—$6,666
May 1993574117.68—$10,148
Apr 1993388118.05—$7,003
Mar 1993564118.14—$10,231
Feb 1993625117.90—$11,188
Jan 1993258116.93—$4,368

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.

Apr 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   48 bbl  × $ 98.93 =     $4,749
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.87 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $4,749

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. 09/O/13855 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.