MERTEL, JOHN

Operated by WISCHKAEMPER, KENNETH (P-5 932970) in the PANHANDLE, EAST field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 90756District 10Field 68826001NGPA filingGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$254 k
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$45
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
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 2,114 leases and 2,114 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1935-12-10
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
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 160 acres. The field rule took effect on 1989-05-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: 67% ACRES X SIWP + (PLUS) 33% DELIVERABILITY

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
NGPA2none

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
GasProduction72,512 Mcf$254,237
Total$254,237

15,884 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 43 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 35.3031, -100.4274. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

35.30310, -100.42744 · 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
2,487 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 2,487 ft.

Completions filed
May 1978
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4833047912,487 ftMay 1978

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 20261106.413.05$3
Apr 2026198.932.87$3
Mar 2026189.753.15$3
Feb 2026163.503.75$4
Jan 2026159.138.00$8
Dec 2025156.664.41$4
Nov 2025158.593.93$4
Oct 2025159.383.30$3
Sep 2025162.743.08$3
Aug 2025163.933.01$3
Jul 2025166.743.32$3
Jun 2025166.483.13$3
May 2025160.553.23$3
Apr 2025162.363.54$4
Mar 2025167.704.27$4
Feb 2025170.884.34$4
Jan 2025174.324.28$4
Dec 2024168.993.12$3
Nov 2024169.052.20$2
Oct 2024171.372.28$2
Sep 2024169.612.36$2
Aug 2024175.632.06$2
Jul 2024179.932.15$2
Jun 2024178.082.63$3
May 2024278.812.20$4
Apr 2024184.451.66$2
Mar 2024180.301.55$2
Feb 2024176.091.78$2
Jan 2024173.023.30$3
Dec 2023171.262.61$3
Nov 2023177.892.81$3
Oct 2023185.443.09$3
Sep 2023189.042.74$3
Aug 2023180.522.67$3
Jul 2023174.852.64$3
Jun 2023168.962.26$2
May 2023170.622.23$2
Apr 2023178.122.24$2
Mar 2023272.852.39$5
Feb 2023175.112.47$2
Jan 2023176.533.39$3
Dec 2022276.415.73$11
Nov 2022285.005.65$11
Oct 2022187.185.86$6
Sep 2022184.888.16$8
Aug 2022294.529.13$18
Jul 20222101.587.54$15
Jun 20222115.097.98$16
May 20221109.378.43$8
Apr 20221104.226.84$7
Mar 20222108.885.08$10
Feb 2022291.054.86$10
Jan 2022381.844.54$14
Dec 2021271.323.90$8
Nov 2021277.435.24$10
Oct 2021379.795.71$17
Sep 2021169.865.35$5
Aug 2021166.024.22$4
Jul 2021170.783.98$4
Jun 2021169.493.38$3
May 2021163.483.02$3
Apr 2021160.362.76$3
Mar 2021161.302.72$3
Feb 2021257.805.55$11
Jan 2021350.412.81$8
Dec 2020144.642.68$3
Nov 2020138.772.71$3
Oct 2020136.972.48$2
Sep 2020137.091.99$2
Aug 2020139.982.39$2
Jul 2020138.371.83$2
Jun 2020134.901.69$2
May 2020216.921.81$4
Apr 20208914.751.80$161
Mar 202011430.341.86$212
Feb 202010049.881.98$198
Jan 202010457.252.09$218
Dec 20199959.012.30$228
Nov 20196355.302.75$173
Oct 201910753.472.42$259
Sep 201911055.052.66$292
Aug 20198853.112.30$203
Jul 20193556.272.46$86
Jun 20191352.782.49$32
May 20192558.482.74$69
Apr 20198562.632.75$234
Mar 20196556.803.06$199
Feb 20196650.852.79$184
Jan 20198546.033.23$274
Dec 20183546.594.19$146
Nov 20188552.934.24$360
Oct 20189561.443.40$323
Sep 201810359.543.11$320
Aug 201812959.403.07$396
Jul 201814565.142.93$425
Jun 201816660.183.08$511
May 201816265.382.90$470
Apr 20189663.842.90$278
Mar 201810461.222.79$290
Feb 201811161.782.77$307
Jan 201810662.874.01$425
Dec 201713457.272.92$391
Nov 201713755.423.12$427
Oct 201712149.292.98$361
Sep 201714647.523.09$451
Aug 201715945.373.00$478
Jul 201716143.873.09$497
Jun 201715842.493.09$488
May 201716745.373.26$545
Apr 20176847.933.21$218
Mar 201710446.772.98$310
Feb 201713250.452.95$390
Jan 201714549.413.42$496
Dec 201613448.763.72$499
Nov 201613342.492.64$352
Oct 201613946.193.09$430
Sep 201614141.553.10$437
Aug 201614641.442.92$427
Jul 201616141.622.92$471
Jun 20168645.352.69$231
May 201615242.521.99$303
Apr 201612036.561.99$239
Mar 201614333.011.79$257
Feb 201612326.472.06$254
Jan 201615027.352.36$355
Dec 20159532.362.00$190
Nov 201513438.792.17$290
Oct 201514543.552.43$352
Sep 201512742.992.76$350
Aug 201513140.162.87$376
Jul 201511648.152.95$342
Jun 201516956.152.88$487
May 201516855.212.96$497
Apr 201517649.822.71$476
Mar 201517442.892.93$511
Feb 201515144.662.98$449
Jan 201515743.433.10$487
Dec 201414054.693.59$503
Nov 201415570.464.25$659
Oct 201418478.303.90$718
Sep 201418286.164.05$736
Aug 201417489.394.04$702
Jul 201418796.564.18$782
Jun 201420098.164.74$947
May 201420694.734.73$974
Apr 201420795.944.81$995
Mar 201421095.895.06$1,062
Feb 201416797.406.19$1,034
Jan 201419890.404.86$962
Dec 201318891.824.35$819
Nov 201317488.853.74$650
Oct 201320197.423.78$760
Sep 2013187104.113.72$695
Aug 2013192104.253.52$676
Jul 2013194102.523.72$721
Jun 201318994.403.93$743
May 201318394.834.15$759
Apr 201316493.964.28$702
Mar 201315393.623.91$599
Feb 201314491.233.42$492
Jan 201317691.603.42$602
Dec 201216186.773.42$551
Nov 201219686.953.62$710
Oct 201219689.383.40$666
Sep 201218594.672.92$540
Aug 201219892.662.91$576
Jul 201218185.133.02$547
Jun 201219179.822.52$481
May 201221891.612.49$542
Apr 2012177101.652.00$353
Mar 2012163105.052.22$362
Feb 2012113101.102.57$290
Jan 201213798.092.73$375
Dec 201115896.873.24$512
Nov 201113995.723.31$460
Oct 201116984.983.65$617
Sep 201116183.623.99$642
Aug 201112483.404.15$515
Jul 20117594.144.52$339
Jun 20119492.904.64$436
May 201112798.134.40$559
Apr 2011147105.964.33$637
Mar 201115396.364.06$621
Feb 201112585.644.18$523
Jan 201113986.504.59$638
Dec 201018385.734.35$796
Nov 201019380.843.80$733
Oct 201021178.103.51$740
Sep 201019272.633.98$764
Aug 201019573.684.42$862
Jul 201018472.554.74$872
Jun 201012670.364.91$619
May 201020471.124.24$864
Apr 201019181.694.12$787
Mar 201018978.394.39$829
Feb 201015373.585.44$833
Jan 201014374.365.96$853
Dec 200916471.445.48$899
Nov 200919974.593.75$747
Oct 200920472.544.11$838
Sep 200920265.543.06$619
Aug 200920967.423.22$673
Jul 200920361.133.46$703
Jun 200919666.163.90$763
May 200921054.743.93$824
Apr 200919146.773.59$685
Mar 200918742.144.06$759
Feb 200917632.814.63$815
Jan 200917235.865.37$924
Dec 200816237.105.98$968
Nov 200819555.496.86$1,338
Oct 200820375.246.92$1,405
Sep 2008194101.767.88$1,528
Aug 2008198114.228.48$1,680
Jul 2008206131.0811.39$2,346
Jun 2008203131.3313.03$2,646
May 2008211123.1711.57$2,442
Apr 2008195110.3110.45$2,039
Mar 2008180101.909.66$1,740
Feb 200816192.538.77$1,412
Jan 200815790.388.21$1,288
Dec 200715788.337.30$1,146
Nov 200719391.677.29$1,407
Oct 200719882.856.92$1,371
Sep 200715175.846.24$943
Aug 200710069.066.39$639
Jul 20077270.906.39$460
Jun 200716362.007.55$1,230
May 200721558.747.85$1,687
Apr 200719959.617.81$1,553
Mar 200721956.927.30$1,599
Feb 200720155.108.22$1,651
Jan 200717950.306.73$1,204
Dec 200613456.656.92$927
Nov 200621754.207.62$1,653
Oct 200625354.906.01$1,521
Sep 200625060.085.04$1,259
Aug 200624468.717.34$1,791
Jul 200619669.376.34$1,243
Jun 200625266.286.38$1,609
May 200626766.016.42$1,715
Apr 200625764.397.36$1,892
Mar 200618956.707.08$1,339
Feb 200624257.597.75$1,876
Jan 200627560.598.93$2,457
Dec 200522654.9413.42$3,032
Nov 200525454.6910.59$2,689
Oct 200526158.3413.80$3,601
Sep 200523261.4512.08$2,802
Aug 200522861.519.80$2,234
Jul 200516555.697.84$1,294
Jun 200517852.337.38$1,314
May 200525145.226.65$1,669
Apr 200524949.207.36$1,833
Mar 200525850.377.15$1,846
Feb 200522945.226.31$1,445
Jan 200525143.166.32$1,587
Dec 200426439.866.75$1,782
Nov 200426745.286.33$1,690
Oct 200425649.706.52$1,668
Sep 200422343.245.28$1,178
Aug 200428042.375.55$1,554
Jul 200427438.286.08$1,667
Jun 200426636.106.43$1,711
May 200428037.486.49$1,818
Apr 200426934.475.86$1,576
Mar 200427034.365.53$1,493
Feb 200424532.455.51$1,350
Jan 200428532.036.30$1,795
Dec 200328330.266.30$1,783
Nov 200327728.804.60$1,273
Oct 200324928.174.76$1,185
Sep 200325226.314.75$1,197
Aug 200328429.765.13$1,457
Jul 200324629.415.17$1,272
Jun 200326528.565.98$1,585
May 200327626.595.97$1,648
Apr 200327026.675.41$1,460
Mar 200326931.146.10$1,640
Feb 200322733.487.93$1,799
Jan 200325930.315.58$1,446
Dec 200226826.914.85$1,301
Nov 200227124.664.14$1,121
Oct 200229826.464.23$1,260
Sep 200228427.443.64$1,032
Aug 200229825.963.16$943
Jul 200228624.583.06$876
Jun 200229023.733.34$968
May 200231124.663.58$1,115
Apr 200227823.653.51$976
Mar 200229522.003.10$915
Feb 200219118.222.38$454
Jan 200225217.172.38$599
Dec 200127516.932.36$650
Nov 200128918.072.41$695
Oct 200131319.782.53$792
Sep 200124424.262.25$549
Aug 200132224.873.05$983
Jul 200132223.933.20$1,029
Jun 200132124.563.82$1,228
May 200134425.524.31$1,482
Apr 200134524.685.34$1,841
Mar 200135724.545.38$1,919
Feb 200123327.755.77$1,344
Jan 200127827.478.40$2,335
Dec 200030726.889.12$2,801
Nov 200029832.215.66$1,686
Oct 200030331.235.15$1,559
Sep 200027631.875.19$1,431
Aug 200029429.644.54$1,335
Jul 200037728.534.09$1,542
Jun 200035329.304.40$1,552
May 200030627.263.68$1,126
Apr 200030024.513.12$935
Mar 200032428.422.86$927
Feb 200033027.622.73$900
Jan 200030125.272.48$747
Dec 199928824.282.42$698
Nov 199935223.192.43$857
Oct 199929420.982.80$824
Sep 199933121.752.62$867
Aug 199932919.262.88$946
Jul 199920017.892.37$474
Jun 199914415.942.36$340
May 19999915.792.32$230
Apr 1999015.102.21$0
Mar 1999012.471.84$0
Feb 199909.981.82$0
Jan 19994810.381.90$91
Dec 19987219.201.77$1,279
Nov 199822610.892.19$494
Oct 199820912.421.97$412
Sep 199827112.592.08$564
Aug 199820211.301.91$385
Jul 199829211.742.24$653
Jun 199824811.242.24$555
May 199827712.622.21$611
Apr 199822013.042.51$551
Mar 199827512.802.31$635
Feb 199819013.952.30$437
Jan 199828614.702.15$616
Dec 199735416.322.41$854
Nov 199731518.193.09$973
Oct 199732919.253.15$1,036
Sep 199742417.742.95$1,253
Aug 199733917.862.55$866
Jul 199732817.582.25$737
Jun 199740517.242.26$914
May 199710918.972.31$252
Apr 199736417.882.08$758
Mar 199740718.951.94$789
Feb 199730520.492.21$673
Jan 199726823.483.54$949
Dec 199635023.32$0
Nov 199637021.97$0
Oct 199637823.31$0
Sep 199633022.22$0
Aug 199641720.26$0
Jul 199640119.55$0
Jun 199637318.73$0
May 199642719.43$0
Apr 199642621.51$0
Mar 199639619.38$0
Feb 199628916.98$0
Jan 1996017.07$0
Dec 1995017.19$0
Nov 1995016.00$0
Oct 1995015.43$0
Sep 1995016.18$0
Aug 19955715.92$0
Jul 199524415.24$0
Jun 199515516.41$0
May 199541517.56$0
Apr 199542017.73$0
Mar 199535916.44$0
Feb 199537816.58$0
Jan 199538615.92$0
Dec 199438015.03$0
Nov 199439115.90$0
Oct 199438815.58$0
Sep 199443315.29$0
Aug 199443816.13$0
Jul 199443017.56$0
Jun 199442717.09$0
May 199441515.88$0
Apr 199440914.14$0
Mar 199433112.46$0
Feb 199439012.50$0
Jan 199434512.66$0
Dec 199337212.33$0
Nov 199334514.49$0
Oct 199340415.85$0
Sep 199336315.03$0
Aug 199347415.66$0
Jul 199343715.46$0
Jun 199342316.79$0
May 199342217.68$0
Apr 199342318.05$0
Mar 199340118.14$0
Feb 199332517.90$0
Jan 199314716.93$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
Gas                    1 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $3

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Month total                                       $3

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/90756 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.