HELTON, MELVIN

Operated by MMGL TXPH, LLC (P-5 101619) in the BUFFALO WALLOW (HUNTON 19600) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 47274District 10Field 13147333CondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$48.8 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$42 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, 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 17 leases and 17 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1968-01-05
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
3,735 ft
minimum
From a lease line
1,867 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 640 acres.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ALLOCATION FORMULA SUSPENDED EFF. 8/1/93

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
CondensateDisposition19 bbl$1,073
GasProduction15,963,107 Mcf$48,839,444
Total$48,840,517

6,428,080 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 (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 35.6435, -100.2305. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

35.64351, -100.23052 · 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
no depth filed
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.

Completions filed
Sep 1969
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-211300071Sep 1969

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 2026013,869106.413.05$42,243
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
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 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
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 20190059.012.30$0
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 20190058.482.74$0
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 20180052.934.24$0
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 20180063.842.90$0
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 20170047.523.09$0
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 20170046.772.98$0
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 20160041.553.10$0
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 20160033.011.79$0
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 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 20140094.734.73$0
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 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 201304,93797.423.78$18,659
Sep 2013012,092104.113.72$44,955
Aug 2013012,176104.253.52$42,891
Jul 2013017,162102.523.72$63,804
Jun 2013014,18794.403.93$55,803
May 2013011,98594.834.15$49,727
Apr 2013012,44793.964.28$53,305
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 201204,03789.383.40$13,725
Sep 201205,41594.672.92$15,803
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 201202,74179.822.52$6,905
May 201205,74691.612.49$14,298
Apr 2012014,117101.652.00$28,189
Mar 2012017,027105.052.22$37,835
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 2011012,95895.723.31$42,908
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 2011014,61083.623.99$58,233
Aug 2011018,87883.404.15$78,331
Jul 2011015,62894.144.52$70,595
Jun 201104292.904.64$195
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 201109,14186.504.59$41,946
Dec 2010020,21685.734.35$87,894
Nov 2010029,65480.843.80$112,547
Oct 2010035,82178.103.51$125,692
Sep 2010033,34972.633.98$132,711
Aug 2010031,91073.684.42$141,022
Jul 2010038,64172.554.74$183,023
Jun 2010142,95770.364.91$211,006
May 2010042,86071.124.24$181,522
Apr 2010043,68981.694.12$180,116
Mar 2010047,42578.394.39$208,133
Feb 2010042,12073.585.44$229,232
Jan 2010042,16174.365.96$251,452
Dec 200908,27771.445.48$45,389
Nov 200904,67174.593.75$17,523
Oct 200904,18572.544.11$17,201
Sep 200903,81865.543.06$11,701
Aug 200904,63667.423.22$14,921
Jul 200904,43561.133.46$15,365
Jun 200904,77266.163.90$18,587
May 200905,21954.743.93$20,488
Apr 200906,55546.773.59$23,516
Mar 200908,92642.144.06$36,231
Feb 2009010,89132.814.63$50,458
Jan 200908,01235.865.37$43,032
Dec 2008025,20737.105.98$150,666
Nov 2008025,09255.496.86$172,140
Oct 2008042,79975.246.92$296,254
Sep 2008063,167101.767.88$497,572
Aug 2008075,428114.228.48$639,857
Jul 2008070,408131.0811.39$801,907
Jun 2008068,250131.3313.03$889,477
May 2008073,986123.1711.57$856,335
Apr 2008076,936110.3110.45$804,355
Mar 2008074,018101.909.66$715,315
Feb 2008056,18292.538.77$492,749
Jan 2008049,72490.388.21$408,022
Dec 2007060,35088.337.30$440,674
Nov 2007065,43291.677.29$477,111
Oct 2007046,26182.856.92$320,218
Sep 2007051,17175.846.24$319,520
Aug 2007048,83369.066.39$311,942
Jul 2007051,49770.906.39$328,960
Jun 2007053,82662.007.55$406,303
May 2007058,98358.747.85$462,797
Apr 2007059,13159.617.81$461,529
Mar 2007059,15656.927.30$431,955
Feb 2007053,30855.108.22$437,979
Jan 2007058,16850.306.73$391,287
Dec 2006049,38256.656.92$341,646
Nov 2006058,57654.207.62$446,202
Oct 2006058,80254.906.01$353,623
Sep 2006054,16960.085.04$272,860
Aug 2006058,77168.717.34$431,374
Jul 2006061,75069.376.34$391,665
Jun 2006060,74266.286.38$387,770
May 2006066,59066.016.42$427,841
Apr 2006064,17764.397.36$472,374
Mar 2006067,28756.707.08$476,588
Feb 2006062,44957.597.75$484,050
Jan 2006071,53860.598.93$639,072
Dec 2005069,78654.9413.42$936,207
Nov 2005048,60954.6910.59$514,692
Oct 200501,18958.3413.80$16,403
Sep 2005025,10261.4512.08$303,207
Aug 2005065,07861.519.80$637,559
Jul 20051846,73455.697.84$367,567
Jun 2005056,16752.337.38$414,571
May 2005060,54645.226.65$402,701
Apr 2005070,23149.207.36$516,934
Mar 2005066,08750.377.15$472,845
Feb 2005064,70345.226.31$408,400
Jan 2005071,50643.166.32$452,075
Dec 2004073,06739.866.75$493,281
Nov 2004072,47645.286.33$458,804
Oct 2004071,23749.706.52$464,116
Sep 2004064,33543.245.28$339,940
Aug 2004051,78842.375.55$287,458
Jul 2004072,59538.286.08$441,681
Jun 2004070,38536.106.43$452,788
May 2004065,69737.486.49$426,674
Apr 2004067,10334.475.86$393,120
Mar 2004071,32934.365.53$394,459
Feb 2004069,17232.455.51$381,111
Jan 2004064,97232.036.30$409,300
Dec 2003028,66530.266.30$180,637
Nov 2003061,48928.804.60$282,552
Oct 2003068,48028.174.76$325,940
Sep 2003063,89926.314.75$303,479
Aug 2003070,90929.765.13$363,743
Jul 2003059,77329.415.17$309,077
Jun 2003067,71428.565.98$405,130
May 2003069,78626.595.97$416,809
Apr 2003054,44526.675.41$294,399
Mar 2003061,80731.146.10$376,778
Feb 2003061,47933.487.93$487,275
Jan 2003067,84530.315.58$378,714
Dec 2002068,97426.914.85$334,783
Nov 2002069,41324.664.14$287,159
Oct 2002071,73126.464.23$303,359
Sep 2002069,89627.443.64$254,086
Aug 2002076,26825.963.16$241,324
Jul 2002079,78924.583.06$244,295
Jun 2002074,86423.733.34$249,914
May 2002076,74924.663.58$275,068
Apr 2002069,66123.653.51$244,672
Mar 2002070,63822.003.10$219,170
Feb 2002061,09418.222.38$145,140
Jan 2002015,42117.172.38$36,635
Dec 2001066,62816.932.36$157,535
Nov 2001061,44918.072.41$147,817
Oct 2001063,87919.782.53$161,542
Sep 2001062,74024.262.25$141,248
Aug 2001052,35824.873.05$159,857
Jul 2001063,77023.933.20$203,878
Jun 2001060,45124.563.82$231,174
May 2001065,56225.524.31$282,397
Apr 2001067,22924.685.34$358,688
Mar 2001067,73724.545.38$364,184
Feb 2001062,23827.755.77$358,932
Jan 2001069,10627.478.40$580,405
Dec 2000065,67026.889.12$599,075
Nov 2000065,90132.215.66$372,868
Oct 2000068,15831.235.15$350,707
Sep 2000068,28131.875.19$354,139
Aug 2000069,84729.644.54$317,158
Jul 2000069,51528.534.09$284,299
Jun 2000064,32029.304.40$282,831
May 2000068,85827.263.68$253,380
Apr 2000066,93824.513.12$208,579
Mar 2000064,63828.422.86$184,849
Feb 2000062,96527.622.73$171,674
Jan 2000064,18025.272.48$159,198
Dec 1999067,46924.282.42$163,526
Nov 1999062,30123.192.43$151,640
Oct 1999067,64620.982.80$189,660
Sep 1999066,74021.752.62$174,782
Aug 1999067,68619.262.88$194,638
Jul 1999067,07017.892.37$159,115
Jun 1999055,05215.942.36$130,038
May 1999066,10915.792.32$153,440
Apr 1999061,60715.102.21$136,031
Mar 1999067,62612.471.84$124,319
Feb 1999064,1689.981.82$116,644
Jan 1999080,36910.381.90$152,697
Dec 1998017,7309.201.77$31,441
Nov 199807,77910.892.19$17,003
Oct 199809,54412.421.97$18,794
Sep 1998038,19912.592.08$79,554
Aug 1998077,50711.301.91$147,833
Jul 1998083,27211.742.24$186,302
Jun 1998079,51611.242.24$177,899
May 1998080,67112.622.21$177,988
Apr 1998092,26113.042.51$231,144
Mar 19980104,20312.802.31$240,651
Feb 1998030,82613.952.30$70,873
Jan 1998080,13414.702.15$172,672
Dec 1997077,16416.322.41$186,050
Nov 1997072,37418.193.09$223,510
Oct 1997012,86219.253.15$40,513
Sep 1997062,65817.742.95$185,147
Aug 1997020,10417.862.55$51,360
Jul 1997079,17217.582.25$177,895
Jun 199708,25017.242.26$18,622
May 1997021,29018.972.31$49,148
Apr 1997052,13517.882.08$108,586
Mar 1997064,41418.951.94$124,908
Feb 1997076,53020.492.21$168,818
Jan 1997083,54723.483.54$295,731
Dec 1996089,98323.32$0
Nov 1996090,30021.97$0
Oct 1996096,87623.31$0
Sep 1996093,60722.22$0
Aug 1996085,26720.26$0
Jul 1996097,74719.55$0
Jun 1996096,00818.73$0
May 19960102,08119.43$0
Apr 1996074,83021.51$0
Mar 1996091,98919.38$0
Feb 1996086,69016.98$0
Jan 19960102,02717.07$0
Dec 1995098,68217.19$0
Nov 1995081,55416.00$0
Oct 19950106,34815.43$0
Sep 19950107,39116.18$0
Aug 1995094,69415.92$0
Jul 1995074,44615.24$0
Jun 19950103,61416.41$0
May 19950107,46317.56$0
Apr 19950113,14017.73$0
Mar 19950113,19016.44$0
Feb 19950110,77816.58$0
Jan 19950120,96915.92$0
Dec 19940119,84515.03$0
Nov 19940129,76015.90$0
Oct 19940139,84615.58$0
Sep 19940111,99615.29$0
Aug 19940151,46716.13$0
Jul 19940147,35817.56$0
Jun 19940152,99817.09$0
May 19940164,16115.88$0
Apr 19940157,98314.14$0
Mar 19940167,96312.46$0
Feb 19940141,09112.50$0
Jan 19940175,47012.66$0
Dec 19930177,89412.33$0
Nov 19930177,18714.49$0
Oct 19930205,94615.85$0
Sep 19930185,14115.03$0
Aug 19930168,49615.66$0
Jul 19930202,36515.46$0
Jun 19930202,46816.79$0
May 19930214,82017.68$0
Apr 19930211,79618.05$0
Mar 19930233,01118.14$0
Feb 19930195,39117.90$0
Jan 19930153,95316.93$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
Condensate             0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Gas               13,869 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $42,243

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Month total                                  $42,243

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. 10/G/47274 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.