MELTON -A-

Operated by OILWELL OPERATORS, INC. (P-5 621040) in the PANHANDLE GRAY COUNTY FIELD field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 2909District 10Field 68873001NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.1 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$52 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 837 leases and 6,360 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1921-12-31
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
467 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 1989-05-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: UNTIL THE FLUID MIGRATION FROM SUCH STRATA IS ELIMINATED.

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
NGPA8none

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
OilDisposition26,167 bbl$1,213,501
Casinghead gasProduction249,347 Mcf$864,990
Total$2,078,491

47,527 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 (5)

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 35.3986, -100.9300. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles. 3 wells have no surveyed location and are left out of it.

35.39858, -100.92999 · centre of 2 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
40.0%
2 of 5 wells
With a plug date
40.0%
2 of 5 wells
Median depth
3,275 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
31.8 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
240.0%
A plug date is filed
240.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
240.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
360.0%

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 3,200 and 3,349 ft, median 3,275 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
May 1964 – Apr 1973
4 of 5 wells; 1 filed none
Plug dates filed
Jun 1993 – Nov 2007
2 of 5 wells; 3 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 31.8 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 30.5 years and 33.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

5 wells

42-179846791
42-1793015953,200 ftApr 1973Nov 2007Yes
42-179846824Jan 1965
42-179846813Jul 1964
42-1790439423,349 ftMay 1964Jun 1993Yes

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 20260450106.413.05$1,371
Apr 202614551198.932.87$15,811
Mar 2026053489.753.15$1,682
Feb 202616737463.503.75$12,007
Jan 2026035559.138.00$2,839
Dec 2025030856.664.41$1,359
Nov 20259825558.593.93$6,743
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 2025167062.743.08$10,478
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250466.483.13$13
May 202536060.553.23$2,180
Apr 2025034262.363.54$1,212
Mar 202591067.704.27$6,161
Feb 2025023270.884.34$1,007
Jan 2025016574.324.28$706
Dec 2024022668.993.12$705
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 2024033271.372.28$757
Sep 202415029669.612.36$11,141
Aug 20248059775.632.06$7,282
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20249864878.812.20$9,148
Apr 2024020084.451.66$332
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 202410036373.023.30$8,499
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 2023104077.892.81$8,101
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 202377089.042.74$6,856
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 202316846270.622.23$12,893
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 202310426672.852.39$8,213
Feb 2023042275.112.47$1,041
Jan 20239936676.533.39$8,816
Dec 202210435076.415.73$9,952
Nov 2022041885.005.65$2,360
Oct 202210533287.185.86$11,101
Sep 2022051084.888.16$4,163
Aug 2022112094.529.13$10,586
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202275503109.378.43$12,445
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 2022780108.885.08$8,493
Feb 2022031891.054.86$1,545
Jan 2022120081.844.54$9,821
Dec 202176071.323.90$5,420
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 2021107069.865.35$7,475
Aug 2021057366.024.22$2,418
Jul 202110451670.783.98$9,416
Jun 2021046269.493.38$1,562
May 2021038263.483.02$1,153
Apr 202116623560.362.76$10,668
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 202112015057.805.55$7,768
Jan 2021038350.412.81$1,076
Dec 2020041244.642.68$1,102
Nov 2020168038.772.71$6,513
Oct 2020038236.972.48$947
Sep 2020046237.091.99$920
Aug 202012750639.982.39$6,284
Jul 2020052738.371.83$962
Jun 2020049734.901.69$840
May 2020049616.921.81$900
Apr 202014646314.751.80$2,989
Mar 2020047230.341.86$876
Feb 2020046449.881.98$919
Jan 20209433557.252.09$6,083
Dec 2019043959.012.30$1,012
Nov 201913529655.302.75$8,280
Oct 2019049553.472.42$1,197
Sep 201912551555.052.66$8,250
Aug 2019055253.112.30$1,272
Jul 201914058856.272.46$9,324
Jun 2019056552.782.49$1,408
May 201912359058.482.74$8,810
Apr 2019059562.632.75$1,637
Mar 201914459456.803.06$9,998
Feb 2019039550.852.79$1,103
Jan 20199546146.033.23$5,861
Dec 2018047446.594.19$1,984
Nov 2018048852.934.24$2,068
Oct 201815653461.443.40$11,399
Sep 2018057359.543.11$1,781
Aug 201812359359.403.07$9,125
Jul 2018061965.142.93$1,815
Jun 2018060860.183.08$1,871
May 201813169265.382.90$10,572
Apr 2018048263.842.90$1,398
Mar 20189753161.222.79$7,418
Feb 2018056361.782.77$1,557
Jan 20189917162.874.01$6,910
Dec 2017031557.272.92$920
Nov 2017037155.423.12$1,157
Oct 201713364249.292.98$8,471
Sep 2017064747.523.09$1,997
Aug 2017044445.373.00$1,334
Jul 201717660143.873.09$9,577
Jun 2017060342.493.09$1,862
May 201714172245.373.26$8,753
Apr 2017055047.933.21$1,766
Mar 201710050646.772.98$6,187
Feb 2017043650.452.95$1,287
Jan 2017043849.413.42$1,497
Dec 20169628348.763.72$5,735
Nov 2016038542.492.64$1,018
Oct 2016053746.193.09$1,659
Sep 201613359541.553.10$7,371
Aug 2016064641.442.92$1,889
Jul 20169546641.622.92$5,317
Jun 2016043145.352.69$1,158
May 201613159742.521.99$6,759
Apr 2016035636.561.99$709
Mar 20161411,13133.011.79$6,683
Feb 2016044426.472.06$916
Jan 2016024227.352.36$572
Dec 201508332.362.00$166
Nov 201514029038.792.17$6,059
Oct 2015048343.552.43$1,172
Sep 2015054442.992.76$1,501
Aug 201515054040.162.87$7,575
Jul 2015053648.152.95$1,579
Jun 201514250956.152.88$9,441
May 2015047355.212.96$1,398
Apr 2015054849.822.71$1,483
Mar 201514247742.892.93$7,490
Feb 2015035344.662.98$1,051
Jan 201513949443.433.10$7,568
Dec 2014045254.693.59$1,623
Nov 201410527970.464.25$8,585
Oct 2014058278.303.90$2,270
Sep 201418150586.164.05$17,638
Aug 2014057889.394.04$2,332
Jul 201410360896.564.18$12,487
Jun 2014049998.164.74$2,364
May 2014060394.734.73$2,850
Apr 201413950295.944.81$15,750
Mar 2014048895.895.06$2,468
Feb 201410643797.406.19$13,030
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20131826391.824.35$16,986
Nov 2013055788.853.74$2,082
Oct 201310360897.423.78$12,332
Sep 20130576104.113.72$2,141
Aug 20130546104.253.52$1,923
Jul 2013130467102.523.72$15,064
Jun 2013051294.403.93$2,014
May 201314157194.834.15$15,740
Apr 2013043993.964.28$1,880
Mar 201314452093.623.91$15,516
Feb 2013047191.233.42$1,611
Jan 201310150991.603.42$10,992
Dec 2012037686.773.42$1,286
Nov 201218437986.953.62$17,373
Oct 20129964289.383.40$11,031
Sep 2012052794.672.92$1,538
Aug 2012061992.662.91$1,800
Jul 201213859485.133.02$13,542
Jun 2012062579.822.52$1,574
May 201210156091.612.49$10,646
Apr 20120562101.652.00$1,122
Mar 20120472105.052.22$1,049
Feb 2012130461101.102.57$14,328
Jan 2012048598.092.73$1,326
Dec 2011029496.873.24$952
Nov 201110349595.723.31$11,498
Oct 2011061384.983.65$2,237
Sep 201112964783.623.99$13,366
Aug 2011054083.404.15$2,241
Jul 201112664494.144.52$14,771
Jun 2011065892.904.64$3,053
May 201114159098.134.40$16,435
Apr 20110618105.964.33$2,678
Mar 201110161196.364.06$12,211
Feb 2011051585.644.18$2,153
Jan 201114155386.504.59$14,734
Dec 2010065485.734.35$2,843
Nov 2010044580.843.80$1,689
Oct 201014566478.103.51$13,654
Sep 2010059472.633.98$2,364
Aug 20109962573.684.42$10,056
Jul 2010069672.554.74$3,297
Jun 201014168770.364.91$13,294
May 2010062871.124.24$2,660
Apr 2010064681.694.12$2,663
Mar 201014672878.394.39$14,640
Feb 2010045273.585.44$2,460
Jan 201014851074.365.96$14,047
Dec 2009013171.445.48$718
Nov 200910457174.593.75$9,899
Oct 2009068572.544.11$2,816
Sep 200913466365.543.06$10,814
Aug 2009071067.423.22$2,285
Jul 200914373961.133.46$11,302
Jun 2009072666.163.90$2,828
May 200910176754.743.93$8,540
Apr 2009077346.773.59$2,773
Mar 200913265742.144.06$8,229
Feb 2009072032.814.63$3,336
Jan 200914551435.865.37$7,960
Dec 2008038437.105.98$2,295
Nov 2008049455.496.86$3,389
Oct 200810560575.246.92$12,088
Sep 20080593101.767.88$4,671
Aug 20080675114.228.48$5,726
Jul 2008132489131.0811.39$22,872
Jun 20080517131.3313.03$6,738
May 2008130586123.1711.57$22,795
Apr 20080577110.3110.45$6,032
Mar 2008144499101.909.66$19,496
Feb 2008050792.538.77$4,447
Jan 200810753290.388.21$14,036
Dec 2007066788.337.30$4,870
Nov 200714463491.677.29$17,823
Oct 2007069582.856.92$4,811
Sep 200714357375.846.24$14,423
Aug 200714562769.066.39$14,019
Jul 2007051870.906.39$3,309
Jun 200714361362.007.55$13,493
May 2007062658.747.85$4,912
Apr 200718846359.617.81$14,820
Mar 200710557256.927.30$10,153
Feb 2007048755.108.22$4,001
Jan 2007041250.306.73$2,771
Dec 200614345556.656.92$11,249
Nov 2006057354.207.62$4,365
Oct 200614468154.906.01$12,001
Sep 2006049760.085.04$2,503
Aug 20066950468.717.34$8,440
Jul 2006065169.376.34$4,129
Jun 2006060166.286.38$3,837
May 200618254666.016.42$15,522
Apr 200610751864.397.36$10,702
Mar 2006055856.707.08$3,952
Feb 2006057557.597.75$4,457
Jan 200612351560.598.93$12,053
Dec 2005060454.9413.42$8,103
Nov 20058571654.6910.59$12,230
Oct 2005077158.3413.80$10,637
Sep 2005072261.4512.08$8,721
Aug 200512181661.519.80$15,437
Jul 20056276755.697.84$9,469
Jun 2005078852.337.38$5,816
May 2005085445.226.65$5,680
Apr 200512367749.207.36$11,035
Mar 200518558450.377.15$13,497
Feb 20056880345.226.31$8,143
Jan 2005072643.166.32$4,590
Dec 200412473539.866.75$9,905
Nov 2004046845.286.33$2,963
Oct 2004080149.706.52$5,219
Sep 200412691943.245.28$10,304
Aug 200411988342.375.55$9,943
Jul 2004092138.286.08$5,604
Jun 200412274936.106.43$9,223
May 2004073337.486.49$4,761
Apr 200412873634.475.86$8,724
Mar 2004063934.365.53$3,534
Feb 200418557032.455.51$9,144
Jan 200412571632.036.30$8,514
Dec 2003075930.266.30$4,783
Nov 200318258228.804.60$7,916
Oct 200312161428.174.76$6,331
Sep 2003066726.314.75$3,168
Aug 200312378729.765.13$7,698
Jul 2003076429.415.17$3,951
Jun 200312462728.565.98$7,293
May 2003074826.595.97$4,468
Apr 200318570826.675.41$8,762
Mar 20036774931.146.10$6,652
Feb 2003064133.487.93$5,080
Jan 200312770130.315.58$7,762
Dec 2002073626.914.85$3,572
Nov 200212085124.664.14$6,480
Oct 20021251,09326.464.23$7,930
Sep 200201,10427.443.64$4,013
Aug 20021201,08825.963.16$6,558
Jul 2002091324.583.06$2,795
Jun 200212197023.733.34$6,109
May 200212479424.663.58$5,904
Apr 2002076523.653.51$2,687
Mar 20026184922.003.10$3,976
Feb 2002061318.222.38$1,456
Jan 200218876717.172.38$5,050
Dec 20016388716.932.36$3,164
Nov 200101,04018.072.41$2,502
Oct 20011241,24619.782.53$5,604
Sep 2001078224.262.25$1,761
Aug 200112270624.873.05$5,190
Jul 200101,28523.933.20$4,108
Jun 20011201,23724.563.82$7,678
May 20011201,49025.524.31$9,480
Apr 200101,45924.685.34$7,784
Mar 20011841,64424.545.38$13,354
Feb 20011841,11627.755.77$11,542
Jan 200101,18827.478.40$9,978
Dec 200001,08026.889.12$9,852
Nov 20001181,74332.215.66$13,663
Oct 2000632,38631.235.15$14,245
Sep 200001,38531.875.19$7,183
Aug 200017784929.644.54$9,101
Jul 200011026728.534.09$4,230
Jun 2000027229.304.40$1,196
May 200011938827.263.68$4,672
Apr 200012240724.513.12$4,258
Mar 2000047028.422.86$1,344
Feb 200012460027.622.73$5,061
Jan 200018960425.272.48$6,274
Dec 1999057524.282.42$1,394
Nov 199911982123.192.43$4,758
Oct 199901,03220.982.80$2,893
Sep 19991281,10921.752.62$5,688
Aug 19991211,20619.262.88$5,798
Jul 1999059817.892.37$1,419
Jun 199912453015.942.36$3,228
May 199912433815.792.32$2,742
Apr 1999056715.102.21$1,252
Mar 199912827912.471.84$2,109
Feb 199905719.981.82$1,038
Jan 199912553510.381.90$2,314
Dec 19981296739.201.77$2,380
Nov 1998096110.892.19$2,100
Oct 199801,13812.421.97$2,241
Sep 19981241,26012.592.08$4,185
Aug 19981241,28411.301.91$3,850
Jul 19981201,29211.742.24$4,299
Jun 199801,12911.242.24$2,526
May 199812496912.622.21$3,703
Apr 199812884913.042.51$3,796
Mar 1998060712.802.31$1,402
Feb 1998063813.952.30$1,467
Jan 199810865314.702.15$2,995
Dec 199712880716.322.41$4,035
Nov 199712396018.193.09$5,202
Oct 199701,25619.253.15$3,956
Sep 19971271,25917.742.95$5,973
Aug 199701,43017.862.55$3,653
Jul 19971191,95117.582.25$6,476
Jun 19971881,48517.242.26$6,593
May 199712166118.972.31$3,821
Apr 1997099517.882.08$2,072
Mar 19971901,00718.951.94$5,553
Feb 199712886320.492.21$4,526
Jan 199712697023.483.54$6,392
Dec 1996086423.32$0
Nov 199612789621.97$2,790
Oct 19961301,20523.31$3,030
Sep 199601,13622.22$0
Aug 19961261,13820.26$2,553
Jul 19961271,37319.55$2,483
Jun 199601,01818.73$0
May 1996621,08319.43$1,205
Apr 19961281,06521.51$2,753
Mar 1996090519.38$0
Feb 199612777116.98$2,156
Jan 199612886617.07$2,185
Dec 1995085017.19$0
Nov 199519187116.00$3,056
Oct 19951301,23715.43$2,006
Sep 199501,24916.18$0
Aug 19951181,39515.92$1,879
Jul 19951841,31215.24$2,804
Jun 19951251,05816.41$2,051
May 199501,06817.56$0
Apr 19951911,06917.73$3,386
Mar 19951291,14916.44$2,121
Feb 199512998816.58$2,139
Jan 1995066415.92$0
Dec 199412070615.03$1,804
Nov 199412770215.90$2,019
Oct 199412278315.58$1,901
Sep 1994094915.29$0
Aug 19941841,02816.13$2,968
Jul 19941201,09917.56$2,107
Jun 199401,04017.09$0
May 19941281,12915.88$2,033
Apr 19941271,07814.14$1,796
Mar 199401,10312.46$0
Feb 199412866712.50$1,600
Jan 199418666512.66$2,355
Dec 19936976912.33$851
Nov 1993070214.49$0
Oct 19931811,01315.85$2,869
Sep 19931881,15515.03$2,826
Aug 199318098715.66$2,819
Jul 199312986015.46$1,994
Jun 199301,07316.79$0
May 19931291,02817.68$2,281
Apr 19931151,02718.05$2,076
Mar 19931871,03718.14$3,392
Feb 199318683117.90$3,329
Jan 1993086616.93$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       450 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $1,371

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Month total                                   $1,371

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/O/2909 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.