MERTEN, H. H.

Operated by S & W OIL & GAS, LLC (P-5 741661) 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 602District 10Field 68873001NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.4 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$45 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
NGPA14none

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
OilDisposition63,523 bbl$2,755,797
Casinghead gasProduction162,942 Mcf$685,901
Total$3,441,697

25,093 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 (15)

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 35.4920, -100.9477. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.9 miles.

35.49265, -100.94524 · 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
20.0%
3 of 15 wells
With a plug date
26.7%
4 of 15 wells
Median depth
3,332 ft
3 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
320.0%
A plug date is filed
426.7%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
320.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
1173.3%

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, 3 of 15 wells. Median 3,332 ft, with the middle half between 3,289 and 3,335 ft; the shallowest is 3,245 ft and the deepest 3,338 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
Nov 1966 – Jul 2007
4 of 15 wells; 11 filed none

15 wells

42-1790824615W3,338 ftJul 2007Yes
42-1798303413,245 ftMar 1980Yes
42-17983047173,332 ftSep 1990Yes
42-179830352Nov 1966
42-179830364
42-179830375
42-179830386
42-179830397
42-179830408
42-179830419
42-1798304210
42-1798304312
42-1798304413
42-1798304514
42-1798304818

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 2026860106.413.05$9,151
Apr 202679098.932.87$7,815
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 202657063.503.75$3,620
Jan 202687059.138.00$5,144
Dec 202584056.664.41$4,759
Nov 202571058.593.93$4,160
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 202567062.743.08$4,204
Aug 202501363.933.01$39
Jul 2025872466.743.32$5,886
Jun 202505166.483.13$160
May 202503060.553.23$97
Apr 2025621962.363.54$3,934
Mar 2025875367.704.27$6,116
Feb 202505370.884.34$230
Jan 2025893174.324.28$6,747
Dec 202401868.993.12$56
Nov 2024120069.052.20$8,286
Oct 202489071.372.28$6,352
Sep 20249215769.612.36$6,775
Aug 2024015775.632.06$324
Jul 20249213279.932.15$7,637
Jun 202405578.082.63$145
May 2024989478.812.20$7,930
Apr 20247620884.451.66$6,763
Mar 20245916880.301.55$4,997
Feb 202411812576.091.78$9,202
Jan 2024012473.023.30$409
Dec 202312616571.262.61$9,410
Nov 2023023377.892.81$654
Oct 20236624985.443.09$6,408
Sep 20237517789.042.74$7,162
Aug 202310523580.522.67$9,083
Jul 20238024674.852.64$6,638
Jun 202310735268.962.26$8,174
May 202313250970.622.23$10,456
Apr 202315629378.122.24$12,842
Mar 202315629372.852.39$12,066
Feb 202311127475.112.47$9,013
Jan 20238315576.533.39$6,877
Dec 202215926176.415.73$13,644
Nov 202214238385.005.65$14,232
Oct 202210235087.185.86$10,945
Sep 202217335684.888.16$17,591
Aug 202210845994.529.13$14,398
Jul 2022123161101.587.54$13,709
Jun 2022332190115.097.98$39,726
May 20220468109.378.43$3,947
Apr 202285513104.226.84$12,366
Mar 2022167390108.885.08$20,163
Feb 20227726391.054.86$8,289
Jan 20228922481.844.54$8,300
Dec 20217415671.323.90$5,886
Nov 20218813577.435.24$7,521
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 2021149069.865.35$10,409
Aug 20218814166.024.22$6,405
Jul 20219816670.783.98$7,597
Jun 202110817869.493.38$8,107
May 20218017463.483.02$5,603
Apr 20217212460.362.76$4,688
Mar 20219217461.302.72$6,112
Feb 202106457.805.55$355
Jan 20219019350.412.81$5,079
Dec 202084244.642.68$3,755
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 202006536.972.48$161
Sep 20208023237.091.99$3,429
Aug 202011216739.982.39$4,876
Jul 20201005938.371.83$3,945
Jun 202012724334.901.69$4,843
May 202017319716.921.81$3,285
Apr 202017720514.751.80$2,981
Mar 202016524330.341.86$5,457
Feb 202015713849.881.98$8,104
Jan 20201072757.252.09$6,182
Dec 2019119059.012.30$7,022
Nov 2019863055.302.75$4,838
Oct 20196830253.472.42$4,366
Sep 20199421455.052.66$5,743
Aug 20199523453.112.30$5,585
Jul 201916017456.272.46$9,431
Jun 20199823752.782.49$5,763
May 201911024758.482.74$7,110
Apr 201916821762.632.75$11,119
Mar 201917322456.803.06$10,512
Feb 20191599650.852.79$8,353
Jan 201916219746.033.23$8,093
Dec 201816716446.594.19$8,467
Nov 2018010952.934.24$462
Oct 201811116461.443.40$7,377
Sep 201812623859.543.11$8,242
Aug 201811321959.403.07$7,384
Jul 201811926565.142.93$8,529
Jun 201815829660.183.08$10,419
May 201818030565.382.90$12,653
Apr 201818028363.842.90$12,312
Mar 201817430261.222.79$11,494
Feb 201817522561.782.77$11,434
Jan 201813123862.874.01$9,190
Dec 201717617757.272.92$10,597
Nov 2017026455.423.12$823
Oct 20179531049.292.98$5,607
Sep 201718026547.523.09$9,372
Aug 201717833045.373.00$9,067
Jul 2017020443.873.09$630
Jun 20171669742.493.09$7,353
May 20171846145.373.26$8,547
Apr 201702147.933.21$67
Mar 20172394146.772.98$11,300
Feb 201705850.452.95$171
Jan 201717120949.413.42$9,164
Dec 201617422448.763.72$9,318
Nov 2016022142.492.64$584
Oct 201617914146.193.09$8,704
Sep 201616813941.553.10$7,411
Aug 201608841.442.92$257
Jul 2016013941.622.92$406
Jun 2016012145.352.69$325
May 2016169242.521.99$7,190
Apr 20160736.561.99$14
Mar 201604533.011.79$81
Feb 2016170026.472.06$4,500
Jan 201604727.352.36$111
Dec 201517829232.362.00$6,344
Nov 2015026938.792.17$583
Oct 20151614343.552.43$7,116
Sep 2015016842.992.76$463
Aug 20151674440.162.87$6,833
Jul 201515523248.152.95$8,147
Jun 2015020156.152.88$579
May 2015029155.212.96$860
Apr 20151671449.822.71$8,358
Mar 2015011042.892.93$323
Feb 201517918444.662.98$8,542
Jan 2015014343.433.10$443
Dec 2014016854.693.59$603
Nov 20141789070.464.25$12,925
Oct 20141733278.303.90$13,671
Sep 201416818786.164.05$15,231
Aug 20141771689.394.04$15,887
Jul 2014012896.564.18$535
Jun 20141582598.164.74$15,628
May 201417318894.734.73$17,277
Apr 201407295.944.81$346
Mar 201415011695.895.06$14,970
Feb 201417224397.406.19$18,257
Jan 201417629490.404.86$17,339
Dec 201316821191.824.35$16,345
Nov 20131759288.853.74$15,893
Oct 2013033397.423.78$1,259
Sep 2013174321104.113.72$19,309
Aug 2013179338104.253.52$19,851
Jul 20130239102.523.72$889
Jun 201317919794.403.93$17,672
May 201317324794.834.15$17,430
Apr 2013025893.964.28$1,105
Mar 201335926193.623.91$34,631
Feb 2013023191.233.42$790
Jan 2013024691.603.42$841
Dec 201217520686.773.42$15,889
Nov 201217622386.953.62$16,112
Oct 2012012789.383.40$432
Sep 201217315594.672.92$16,830
Aug 201217324592.662.91$16,743
Jul 2012021985.133.02$662
Jun 201217321279.822.52$14,343
May 20121738891.612.49$16,068
Apr 2012174159101.652.00$18,005
Mar 20120274105.052.22$609
Feb 2012174287101.102.57$18,329
Jan 201217616398.092.73$17,710
Dec 2011178096.873.24$17,243
Nov 201117614995.723.31$17,340
Oct 2011027384.983.65$996
Sep 20111622183.623.99$13,630
Aug 2011012183.404.15$502
Jul 201117317994.144.52$17,095
Jun 2011014592.904.64$673
May 201134725298.134.40$35,161
Apr 20110124105.964.33$537
Mar 201117826596.364.06$18,227
Feb 201117714985.644.18$15,781
Jan 201117350786.504.59$17,291
Dec 2010066585.734.35$2,891
Nov 201015766380.843.80$15,208
Oct 201017959078.103.51$16,050
Sep 201034653272.633.98$27,247
Aug 2010036473.684.42$1,609
Jul 201016829372.554.74$13,576
Jun 201017754170.364.91$15,110
May 201017768671.124.24$15,494
Apr 201017848081.694.12$16,520
Mar 201017721078.394.39$14,797
Feb 201018035973.585.44$15,198
Jan 2010050174.365.96$2,988
Dec 200917757871.445.48$15,814
Nov 200918161974.593.75$15,823
Oct 2009061772.544.11$2,536
Sep 200917249265.543.06$12,781
Aug 200933258167.423.22$24,253
Jul 200917657161.133.46$12,737
Jun 2009062966.163.90$2,450
May 200917864354.743.93$12,268
Apr 200917658446.773.59$10,327
Mar 2009068742.144.06$2,789
Feb 200918161932.814.63$8,806
Jan 200918166935.865.37$10,084
Dec 200817964537.105.98$10,496
Nov 200817666555.496.86$14,328
Oct 2008053975.246.92$3,731
Sep 2008175561101.767.88$22,227
Aug 2008345624114.228.48$44,699
Jul 20080660131.0811.39$7,517
Jun 2008172619131.3313.03$30,656
May 2008177683123.1711.57$29,706
Apr 20080644110.3110.45$6,733
Mar 2008177678101.909.66$24,589
Feb 200817664592.538.77$21,942
Jan 200817676890.388.21$22,209
Dec 2007064488.337.30$4,702
Nov 200717166191.677.29$20,495
Oct 2007059482.856.92$4,112
Sep 200717762675.846.24$17,333
Aug 2007063469.066.39$4,050
Jul 200717676270.906.39$17,346
Jun 2007070462.007.55$5,314
May 200716379658.747.85$15,820
Apr 200717879159.617.81$16,784
Mar 200735580456.927.30$26,077
Feb 2007072655.108.22$5,965
Jan 2007078450.306.73$5,274
Dec 200618075156.656.92$15,393
Nov 200617853554.207.62$13,723
Oct 2006063454.906.01$3,813
Sep 200616862460.085.04$13,237
Aug 200620072168.717.34$19,034
Jul 2006078269.376.34$4,960
Jun 200617681966.286.38$16,894
May 200620690166.016.42$19,387
Apr 2006090064.397.36$6,624
Mar 200618296156.707.08$17,126
Feb 200619477657.597.75$17,187
Jan 200617083060.598.93$17,715
Dec 200518581154.9413.42$21,044
Nov 2005070954.6910.59$7,507
Oct 200514372158.3413.80$18,289
Sep 200517769761.4512.08$19,296
Aug 200517579361.519.80$18,533
Jul 200518981955.697.84$16,949
Jun 200539280952.337.38$26,485
May 2005080545.226.65$5,354
Apr 200518779249.207.36$15,030
Mar 200518878650.377.15$15,093
Feb 2005053145.226.31$3,352
Jan 200518879643.166.32$13,147
Dec 2004080239.866.75$5,414
Nov 200432275145.286.33$19,334
Oct 2004073949.706.52$4,815
Sep 200417873343.245.28$11,570
Aug 200419571142.375.55$12,209
Jul 200436774038.286.08$18,551
Jun 2004070936.106.43$4,561
May 200436773137.486.49$18,503
Apr 2004068934.475.86$4,036
Mar 200434876634.365.53$16,193
Feb 200418474732.455.51$10,086
Jan 200419383232.036.30$11,423
Dec 2003077630.266.30$4,890
Nov 200318274828.804.60$8,679
Oct 200318276628.174.76$8,773
Sep 200317767626.314.75$7,867
Aug 200318169929.765.13$8,972
Jul 200318773529.415.17$9,300
Jun 200317970928.565.98$9,354
May 200318080326.595.97$9,582
Apr 200335084426.675.41$13,898
Mar 200336683531.146.10$16,487
Feb 200319573233.487.93$12,330
Jan 200318878730.315.58$10,091
Dec 200218679526.914.85$8,864
Nov 200211077424.664.14$5,915
Oct 200218370026.464.23$7,803
Sep 200236963927.443.64$12,448
Aug 200218067525.963.16$6,809
Jul 200217543824.583.06$5,643
Jun 200219274423.733.34$7,040
May 200236054424.663.58$10,827
Apr 200236269223.653.51$10,992
Mar 200219148422.003.10$5,704
Feb 2002048218.222.38$1,145
Jan 200218952517.172.38$4,492
Dec 200137055616.932.36$7,579
Nov 200120163418.072.41$5,157
Oct 200119752319.782.53$5,219
Sep 200119158924.262.25$5,960
Aug 200118757324.873.05$6,400
Jul 200117755323.933.20$6,004
Jun 200138055924.563.82$11,471
May 200119349025.524.31$7,036
Apr 200119657224.685.34$7,889
Mar 200116483324.545.38$8,503
Feb 200138173627.755.77$14,817
Jan 2001068427.478.40$5,745
Dec 200019483126.889.12$12,796
Nov 2000046632.215.66$2,637
Oct 200018547431.235.15$8,217
Sep 200019549331.875.19$8,772
Aug 200019251129.644.54$8,011
Jul 200038853828.534.09$13,270
Jun 200020351829.304.40$8,226
May 200020254827.263.68$7,523
Apr 200020052224.513.12$6,529
Mar 200019955828.422.86$7,251
Feb 200038653527.622.73$12,120
Jan 200020463325.272.48$6,725
Dec 199919053924.282.42$5,920
Nov 199920356023.192.43$6,071
Oct 199920662420.982.80$6,071
Sep 199919758021.752.62$5,804
Aug 199920259119.262.88$5,590
Jul 199940754517.892.37$8,574
Jun 199920450315.942.36$4,440
May 199939455115.792.32$7,500
Apr 199940353715.102.21$7,271
Mar 1999059012.471.84$1,085
Feb 199902829.981.82$513
Jan 199920152110.381.90$3,076
Dec 199803919.201.77$693
Nov 1998542810.892.19$990
Oct 199819856212.421.97$3,566
Sep 199820840512.592.08$3,462
Aug 199820050211.301.91$3,217
Jul 199819954011.742.24$3,544
Jun 199819845511.242.24$3,243
May 199819750212.622.21$3,594
Apr 199820953813.042.51$4,073
Mar 199820963612.802.31$4,144
Feb 199839050513.952.30$6,602
Jan 1998056214.702.15$1,211
Dec 199718556816.322.41$4,389
Nov 199720267118.193.09$5,747
Oct 199739263919.253.15$9,559
Sep 199736955517.742.95$8,186
Aug 199719460817.862.55$5,018
Jul 199740857517.582.25$8,465
Jun 199720361117.242.26$4,879
May 199738552518.972.31$8,515
Apr 1997059217.882.08$1,233
Mar 199718359918.951.94$4,629
Feb 199739354820.492.21$9,261
Jan 199720364323.483.54$7,042
Dec 199620266323.32$4,711
Nov 199619471721.97$4,262
Oct 199637771223.31$8,788
Sep 199639766822.22$8,821
Aug 199620372620.26$4,113
Jul 199639971619.55$7,800
Jun 199635471218.73$6,630
May 199656480019.43$10,959
Apr 199619758521.51$4,237
Mar 199620069219.38$3,876
Feb 199638470016.98$6,520
Jan 199639171517.07$6,674
Dec 1995042517.19$0
Nov 199534461116.00$5,504
Oct 199538250415.43$5,894
Sep 199540050916.18$6,472
Aug 199519451715.92$3,088
Jul 199538637315.24$5,883
Jun 199539928416.41$6,548
May 199519547717.56$3,424
Apr 199536258217.73$6,418
Mar 199538447016.44$6,313
Feb 199540345716.58$6,682
Jan 199520152115.92$3,200
Dec 199419642515.03$2,946
Nov 199438247015.90$6,074
Oct 199437342315.58$5,811
Sep 199437143815.29$5,673
Aug 199447443416.13$7,646
Jul 1994046717.56$0
Jun 199439853117.09$6,802
May 199447069615.88$7,464
Apr 199446858914.14$6,618
Mar 1994050512.46$0
Feb 199433911212.50$4,238
Jan 199447143212.66$5,963
Dec 1993041512.33$0
Nov 199347645414.49$6,897
Oct 199345836115.85$7,259
Sep 1993032915.03$0
Aug 199345527315.66$7,125
Jul 1993044515.46$0
Jun 199343445216.79$7,287
May 199348247817.68$8,522
Apr 1993052918.05$0
Mar 199343057018.14$7,800
Feb 199343052417.90$7,697
Jan 1993060516.93$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                   86 bbl  × $106.41 =     $9,151
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $9,151

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/602 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.