MERTEN, H. H.

Operated by BCE-MACH III LLC (P-5 40209) 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 332District 10Field 68873001NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.7 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
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
NGPA12none

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
OilDisposition36,833 bbl$1,439,595
Casinghead gasProduction70,285 Mcf$230,099
Total$1,669,695

17,698 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 42 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 (13)

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 35.4859, -100.9461. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.9 miles.

35.48533, -100.94528 · 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
15.4%
2 of 13 wells
With a plug date
15.4%
2 of 13 wells
Median depth
3,252 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
215.4%
A plug date is filed
215.4%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
215.4%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
1184.6%

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, 2 of 13 wells. Median 3,252 ft, with the middle half between 3,251 and 3,252 ft; the shallowest is 3,250 ft and the deepest 3,253 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

Plug dates filed
Jan 2009 – Feb 2015
2 of 13 wells; 11 filed none

13 wells

42-1790578416W3,253 ftFeb 2015Yes
42-17908175123,250 ftJan 2009Yes
42-179817484
42-179817496
42-179817507
42-179817518
42-179817529
42-1798175310
42-1798175411
42-1798175613
42-1798175715
42-1798175918
42-1798176019

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 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 2023019278.122.24$430
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 2022330101.587.54$3,352
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202206109.378.43$51
Apr 202206104.226.84$41
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 202002430.341.86$45
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 201901853.472.42$44
Sep 201901755.052.66$45
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 201901746.033.23$55
Dec 201803146.594.19$130
Nov 201803152.934.24$131
Oct 201802561.443.40$85
Sep 201802859.543.11$87
Aug 20181661159.403.07$9,894
Jul 201801065.142.93$29
Jun 201801960.183.08$58
May 201805665.382.90$162
Apr 201807163.842.90$206
Mar 201801561.222.79$42
Feb 2018010861.782.77$299
Jan 20181594562.874.01$10,177
Dec 2017012057.272.92$351
Nov 2017010555.423.12$327
Oct 2017012649.292.98$376
Sep 2017018347.523.09$565
Aug 2017021345.373.00$640
Jul 2017024543.873.09$756
Jun 2017017442.493.09$537
May 201717812245.373.26$8,474
Apr 2017017147.933.21$549
Mar 2017017346.772.98$516
Feb 2017016450.452.95$484
Jan 2017021749.413.42$742
Dec 2016016048.763.72$596
Nov 2016021642.492.64$571
Oct 2016014946.193.09$460
Sep 201617324741.553.10$7,954
Aug 2016029341.442.92$857
Jul 2016030941.622.92$904
Jun 2016010445.352.69$279
May 201605342.521.99$106
Apr 20161728136.561.99$6,450
Mar 2016018033.011.79$323
Feb 201616117226.472.06$4,617
Jan 2016018927.352.36$447
Dec 2015019432.362.00$388
Nov 201515510438.792.17$6,238
Oct 2015014043.552.43$340
Sep 2015013942.992.76$383
Aug 201515911440.162.87$6,713
Jul 201515916148.152.95$8,130
Jun 201516217456.152.88$9,598
May 2015020155.212.96$594
Apr 201503649.822.71$97
Mar 2015022042.892.93$646
Feb 201515813544.662.98$7,458
Jan 2015021843.433.10$676
Dec 2014018654.693.59$668
Nov 201417424870.464.25$13,315
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 2014156189.394.04$13,949
Jul 2014178096.564.18$17,188
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 201417410794.734.73$16,989
Apr 2014014095.944.81$673
Mar 201417121395.895.06$17,474
Feb 2014014197.406.19$873
Jan 201415816590.404.86$15,085
Dec 2013016091.824.35$697
Nov 201315014188.853.74$13,855
Oct 201317718397.423.78$17,935
Sep 20130202104.113.72$751
Aug 2013177212104.253.52$19,199
Jul 20130186102.523.72$692
Jun 201317221094.403.93$17,063
May 201316419794.834.15$16,369
Apr 2013018793.964.28$801
Mar 201317314793.623.91$16,771
Feb 2013012191.233.42$414
Jan 201317611991.603.42$16,529
Dec 201205386.773.42$181
Nov 201217817886.953.62$16,122
Oct 2012015589.383.40$527
Sep 201216615994.672.92$16,179
Aug 2012014592.662.91$422
Jul 201215618585.133.02$13,839
Jun 201216120179.822.52$13,357
May 201217416091.612.49$16,338
Apr 2012163202101.652.00$16,972
Mar 20120144105.052.22$320
Feb 2012175102101.102.57$17,955
Jan 2012012298.092.73$334
Dec 20111801196.873.24$17,472
Nov 2011013995.723.31$460
Oct 201116014884.983.65$14,137
Sep 2011015083.623.99$598
Aug 201117715883.404.15$15,417
Jul 2011012194.144.52$547
Jun 201117214092.904.64$16,628
May 2011019998.134.40$877
Apr 201115390105.964.33$16,602
Mar 2011016396.364.06$661
Feb 201117016185.644.18$15,232
Jan 2011014786.504.59$675
Dec 201017314285.734.35$15,449
Nov 201005480.843.80$205
Oct 201017814878.103.51$14,421
Sep 2010012772.633.98$505
Aug 201017016273.684.42$13,242
Jul 201012211672.554.74$9,401
Jun 201017021270.364.91$13,002
May 201016028471.124.24$12,582
Apr 201010920981.694.12$9,766
Mar 201014421778.394.39$12,241
Feb 2010315073.585.44$23,178
Jan 2010012674.365.96$751
Dec 200914327771.445.48$11,735
Nov 200915840074.593.75$13,286
Oct 200916628472.544.11$13,209
Sep 200915823565.543.06$11,076
Aug 200916844667.423.22$12,762
Jul 200917257261.133.46$12,496
Jun 200917556166.163.90$13,763
May 200913534354.743.93$8,736
Apr 200933026346.773.59$16,378
Mar 2009031242.144.06$1,266
Feb 200916237732.814.63$7,062
Jan 2009063335.865.37$3,400
Dec 200817568437.105.98$10,581
Nov 200817024155.496.86$11,087
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 20081510101.767.88$15,366
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 20080205131.0811.39$2,335
Jun 20080257131.3313.03$3,349
May 20080661123.1711.57$7,651
Apr 2008169263110.3110.45$21,392
Mar 200804101.909.66$39
Feb 2008157092.538.77$14,527
Jan 200805190.388.21$418
Dec 2007011388.337.30$825
Nov 200717414591.677.29$17,008
Oct 2007016182.856.92$1,114
Sep 20079417375.846.24$8,209
Aug 200717726169.066.39$13,891
Jul 2007019770.906.39$1,258
Jun 2007026162.007.55$1,970
May 200707958.747.85$620
Apr 20071334559.617.81$8,279
Mar 200705656.927.30$409
Feb 200718910455.108.22$11,268
Jan 2007040650.306.73$2,731
Dec 20060856.656.92$55
Nov 20060254.207.62$15
Oct 20061843854.906.01$10,330
Sep 2006011560.085.04$579
Aug 200618025268.717.34$14,217
Jul 200617924169.376.34$13,946
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 200618314666.016.42$13,018
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20061782256.707.08$10,248
Feb 2006017057.597.75$1,318
Jan 200617119860.598.93$12,130
Dec 2005020754.9413.42$2,777
Nov 200518717554.6910.59$12,080
Oct 2005012458.3413.80$1,711
Sep 20051828361.4512.08$12,186
Aug 200518716461.519.80$13,109
Jul 2005012255.697.84$957
Jun 200518317652.337.38$10,875
May 2005024645.226.65$1,636
Apr 2005017249.207.36$1,266
Mar 200516120650.377.15$9,583
Feb 200516919145.226.31$8,848
Jan 200518420443.166.32$9,231
Dec 2004021939.866.75$1,478
Nov 200418922145.286.33$9,957
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 2004014842.375.55$822
Jul 2004021138.286.08$1,284
Jun 200416420636.106.43$7,246
May 2004022137.486.49$1,435
Apr 200417220734.475.86$7,142
Mar 200418623534.365.53$7,691
Feb 200418121832.455.51$7,075
Jan 200437221432.036.30$13,263
Dec 200318023630.266.30$6,934
Nov 200318524428.804.60$6,449
Oct 2003028628.174.76$1,361
Sep 200317622526.314.75$5,699
Aug 200317026329.765.13$6,408
Jul 200318023929.415.17$6,530
Jun 2003023428.565.98$1,400
May 200318722626.595.97$6,322
Apr 20031798226.675.41$5,217
Mar 2003018631.146.10$1,134
Feb 200317921133.487.93$7,665
Jan 2003033430.315.58$1,864
Dec 200217536926.914.85$6,500
Nov 200217931624.664.14$5,721
Oct 200218232426.464.23$6,186
Sep 200218633827.443.64$6,333
Aug 200217938825.963.16$5,875
Jul 200216638524.583.06$5,259
Jun 2002031623.733.34$1,055
May 200217168624.663.58$6,675
Apr 200217627823.653.51$5,139
Mar 200217924122.003.10$4,686
Feb 2002024318.222.38$577
Jan 200218136217.172.38$3,968
Dec 200118034316.932.36$3,858
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 200118935319.782.53$4,631
Sep 200116435124.262.25$4,769
Aug 200118418424.873.05$5,138
Jul 2001019023.933.20$607
Jun 200118036124.563.82$5,801
May 2001021525.524.31$926
Apr 200118020024.685.34$5,509
Mar 2001034824.545.38$1,871
Feb 200118934627.755.77$7,240
Jan 2001048327.478.40$4,057
Dec 2000039126.889.12$3,567
Nov 200019028532.215.66$7,732
Oct 2000014831.235.15$762
Sep 200018328631.875.19$7,316
Aug 200018231929.644.54$6,843
Jul 200017638128.534.09$6,579
Jun 200015436629.304.40$6,122
May 2000035427.263.68$1,303
Apr 200037137324.513.12$10,255
Mar 200018143228.422.86$6,379
Feb 200036843027.622.73$11,337
Jan 200018540925.272.48$5,689
Dec 199918943324.282.42$5,638
Nov 199918124923.192.43$4,803
Oct 19991818620.982.80$4,039
Sep 199918035521.752.62$4,845
Aug 199918538119.262.88$4,659
Jul 199917937917.892.37$4,101
Jun 1999029815.942.36$704
May 1999025815.792.32$599
Apr 1999030515.102.21$673
Mar 199918432112.471.84$2,885
Feb 199902099.981.82$380
Jan 1999022110.381.90$420
Dec 199802699.201.77$477
Nov 199818437210.892.19$2,817
Oct 199817842112.421.97$3,040
Sep 199836749112.592.08$5,643
Aug 199817651911.301.91$2,979
Jul 199818754011.742.24$3,404
Jun 199818412611.242.24$2,350
May 19981824112.622.21$2,387
Apr 19981888813.042.51$2,672
Mar 199818322312.802.31$2,857
Feb 1998020213.952.30$464
Jan 199818224614.702.15$3,205
Dec 199718723316.322.41$3,614
Nov 199719047818.193.09$4,932
Oct 199737253119.253.15$8,834
Sep 19971909217.742.95$3,642
Aug 1997188017.862.55$3,358
Jul 19970017.582.25$0
Jun 1997172017.242.26$2,965
May 1997183018.972.31$3,472
Apr 1997182017.882.08$3,254
Mar 19970018.951.94$0
Feb 1997296020.492.21$6,065
Jan 1997179023.483.54$4,203
Dec 19960023.32$0
Nov 1996182021.97$3,999
Oct 1996190023.31$4,429
Sep 1996187022.22$4,155
Aug 1996177020.26$3,586
Jul 19961885219.55$3,675
Jun 1996187018.73$3,503
May 19963588219.43$6,956
Apr 199618766921.51$4,022
Mar 199617571119.38$3,392
Feb 199619272416.98$3,260
Jan 199635043017.07$5,975
Dec 1995055517.19$0
Nov 199535040716.00$5,600
Oct 19951829415.43$2,808
Sep 199518065216.18$2,912
Aug 199536046715.92$5,731
Jul 199517115815.24$2,606
Jun 199518346016.41$3,003
May 199536564017.56$6,409
Apr 199536458617.73$6,454
Mar 199518161916.44$2,976
Feb 199536757116.58$6,085
Jan 199518756215.92$2,977
Dec 199418839915.03$2,826
Nov 199418658115.90$2,957
Oct 199418669915.58$2,898
Sep 199418543015.29$2,829
Aug 199418635116.13$3,000
Jul 1994051617.56$0
Jun 199417948317.09$3,059
May 199436148915.88$5,733
Apr 199417948314.14$2,531
Mar 199434453112.46$4,286
Feb 199418846612.50$2,350
Jan 19943542412.66$4,482
Dec 199335274812.33$4,340
Nov 199317921614.49$2,594
Oct 199318125415.85$2,869
Sep 1993018915.03$0
Aug 199317730115.66$2,772
Jul 199317642515.46$2,721
Jun 199332946316.79$5,524
May 199335432117.68$6,259
Apr 1993028718.05$0
Mar 199334742518.14$6,295
Feb 199317010517.90$3,043
Jan 19931657316.93$2,793

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 2023 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    0 bbl  × $ 78.12 =         $0
Casinghead gas       192 Mcf  × $  2.24 =       $430

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $430

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/332 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.