MECKEL

Name: MECKEL lease production and value, Jun 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by SMITH PIPE OF ABILENE (P-5 794745) in the SONORA (CANYON UPPER) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 146688District 7CField 846465002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$613 k

Jun 1993 – Dec 2008

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

187

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The SONORA (CANYON UPPER) field

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 959 leases and 959 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1954-05-01

as the register files it

Field class

Gas

the register's own label

Between wells

933 ft

minimum

From a lease line

467 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1993-09-13.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “EFFECTIVE JAN 1; ANNUAL TESTING. ALL WELLS EXEMPT FROM SIWHP.”

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.

Programme	Filings	With an approval date	Dated	Docket
High Cost Gas	1	1	1995-03-14	131699
NGPA	1	none	—	—

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Condensate	Disposition	461 bbl	$7,870
Gas	Production	505,146 Mcf	$605,404
Total			$613,274

335,279 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 30.6458, -100.6642. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.64585, -100.66417 · centre of the wells drawn, derived⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom

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

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

Median depth

6,200 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

15.5 years

median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

1100.0%

A plug date is filed

1100.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

1100.0%

NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.

00.0%

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 6,200 ft.

Completions filed

Jun 1993

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Dec 2008

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 15.5 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 15.5 years and 15.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-43534012	24R	6,200 ft	Jun 1993	Dec 2008	Yes

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 (187)

Volume × price = value, one row per cycle. The price columns are the same series published on the prices page — nothing here is modelled.

187 months


Dec 2008	0	0	37.10	5.98	$0
Nov 2008	0	0	55.49	6.86	$0
Oct 2008	0	0	75.24	6.92	$0
Sep 2008	0	0	101.76	7.88	$0
Aug 2008	0	0	114.22	8.48	$0
Jul 2008	0	0	131.08	11.39	$0
Jun 2008	0	0	131.33	13.03	$0
May 2008	0	0	123.17	11.57	$0
Apr 2008	0	0	110.31	10.45	$0
Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	0	1	92.53	8.77	$9
Jan 2008	0	0	90.38	8.21	$0
Dec 2007	0	2	88.33	7.30	$15
Nov 2007	0	19	91.67	7.29	$139
Oct 2007	0	24	82.85	6.92	$166
Sep 2007	0	0	75.84	6.24	$0
Aug 2007	0	2	69.06	6.39	$13
Jul 2007	0	9	70.90	6.39	$57
Jun 2007	0	32	62.00	7.55	$242
May 2007	0	25	58.74	7.85	$196
Apr 2007	0	29	59.61	7.81	$226
Mar 2007	0	26	56.92	7.30	$190
Feb 2007	0	151	55.10	8.22	$1,241
Jan 2007	0	146	50.30	6.73	$982
Dec 2006	0	55	56.65	6.92	$381
Nov 2006	0	81	54.20	7.62	$617
Oct 2006	0	157	54.90	6.01	$944
Sep 2006	0	298	60.08	5.04	$1,501
Aug 2006	0	522	68.71	7.34	$3,831
Jul 2006	0	787	69.37	6.34	$4,992
Jun 2006	0	312	66.28	6.38	$1,992
May 2006	0	363	66.01	6.42	$2,332
Apr 2006	0	404	64.39	7.36	$2,974
Mar 2006	0	422	56.70	7.08	$2,989
Feb 2006	0	820	57.59	7.75	$6,356
Jan 2006	0	315	60.59	8.93	$2,814
Dec 2005	0	298	54.94	13.42	$3,998
Nov 2005	0	258	54.69	10.59	$2,732
Oct 2005	0	405	58.34	13.80	$5,587
Sep 2005	0	291	61.45	12.08	$3,515
Aug 2005	0	442	61.51	9.80	$4,330
Jul 2005	0	397	55.69	7.84	$3,114
Jun 2005	0	399	52.33	7.38	$2,945
May 2005	0	390	45.22	6.65	$2,594
Apr 2005	0	304	49.20	7.36	$2,238
Mar 2005	0	285	50.37	7.15	$2,039
Feb 2005	0	325	45.22	6.31	$2,051
Jan 2005	0	415	43.16	6.32	$2,624
Dec 2004	0	259	39.86	6.75	$1,749
Nov 2004	0	380	45.28	6.33	$2,406
Oct 2004	0	484	49.70	6.52	$3,153
Sep 2004	0	387	43.24	5.28	$2,045
Aug 2004	0	474	42.37	5.55	$2,631
Jul 2004	0	500	38.28	6.08	$3,042
Jun 2004	0	333	36.10	6.43	$2,142
May 2004	0	477	37.48	6.49	$3,098
Apr 2004	0	543	34.47	5.86	$3,181
Mar 2004	0	675	34.36	5.53	$3,733
Feb 2004	0	882	32.45	5.51	$4,859
Jan 2004	0	719	32.03	6.30	$4,529
Dec 2003	0	428	30.26	6.30	$2,697
Nov 2003	0	557	28.80	4.60	$2,560
Oct 2003	0	752	28.17	4.76	$3,579
Sep 2003	0	709	26.31	4.75	$3,367
Aug 2003	0	724	29.76	5.13	$3,714
Jul 2003	0	1,171	29.41	5.17	$6,055
Jun 2003	0	1,132	28.56	5.98	$6,773
May 2003	0	1,199	26.59	5.97	$7,161
Apr 2003	0	1,286	26.67	5.41	$6,954
Mar 2003	0	1,095	31.14	6.10	$6,675
Feb 2003	0	1,054	33.48	7.93	$8,354
Jan 2003	0	1,151	30.31	5.58	$6,425
Dec 2002	0	1,278	26.91	4.85	$6,203
Nov 2002	0	1,124	24.66	4.14	$4,650
Oct 2002	0	1,212	26.46	4.23	$5,126
Sep 2002	0	1,421	27.44	3.64	$5,166
Aug 2002	0	1,548	25.96	3.16	$4,898
Jul 2002	0	1,326	24.58	3.06	$4,060
Jun 2002	44	980	23.73	3.34	$4,316
May 2002	0	1,287	24.66	3.58	$4,613
Apr 2002	0	1,011	23.65	3.51	$3,551
Mar 2002	0	1,511	22.00	3.10	$4,688
Feb 2002	0	1,180	18.22	2.38	$2,803
Jan 2002	1	941	17.17	2.38	$2,253
Dec 2001	0	1,216	16.93	2.36	$2,875
Nov 2001	0	1,231	18.07	2.41	$2,961
Oct 2001	0	1,433	19.78	2.53	$3,624
Sep 2001	0	1,246	24.26	2.25	$2,805
Aug 2001	0	1,308	24.87	3.05	$3,994
Jul 2001	0	1,234	23.93	3.20	$3,945
Jun 2001	0	1,240	24.56	3.82	$4,742
May 2001	0	1,105	25.52	4.31	$4,760
Apr 2001	0	1,307	24.68	5.34	$6,973
Mar 2001	0	1,518	24.54	5.38	$8,161
Feb 2001	0	1,484	27.75	5.77	$8,558
Jan 2001	0	1,675	27.47	8.40	$14,068
Dec 2000	0	1,844	26.88	9.12	$16,822
Nov 2000	0	1,678	32.21	5.66	$9,494
Oct 2000	0	1,952	31.23	5.15	$10,044
Sep 2000	0	1,722	31.87	5.19	$8,931
Aug 2000	0	1,847	29.64	4.54	$8,387
Jul 2000	0	2,000	28.53	4.09	$8,180
Jun 2000	0	1,891	29.30	4.40	$8,315
May 2000	0	1,724	27.26	3.68	$6,344
Apr 2000	0	1,760	24.51	3.12	$5,484
Mar 2000	0	1,544	28.42	2.86	$4,415
Feb 2000	0	1,494	27.62	2.73	$4,073
Jan 2000	0	1,677	25.27	2.48	$4,160
Dec 1999	0	1,564	24.28	2.42	$3,791
Nov 1999	0	1,477	23.19	2.43	$3,595
Oct 1999	0	1,580	20.98	2.80	$4,430
Sep 1999	0	1,672	21.75	2.62	$4,379
Aug 1999	1	1,928	19.26	2.88	$5,563
Jul 1999	2	1,730	17.89	2.37	$4,140
Jun 1999	3	1,540	15.94	2.36	$3,685
May 1999	2	1,812	15.79	2.32	$4,237
Apr 1999	0	1,678	15.10	2.21	$3,705
Mar 1999	0	1,764	12.47	1.84	$3,243
Feb 1999	2	1,632	9.98	1.82	$2,987
Jan 1999	0	1,830	10.38	1.90	$3,477
Dec 1998	0	1,871	9.20	1.77	$3,318
Nov 1998	0	1,839	10.89	2.19	$4,020
Oct 1998	5	1,827	12.42	1.97	$3,660
Sep 1998	0	2,157	12.59	2.08	$4,492
Aug 1998	0	2,524	11.30	1.91	$4,814
Jul 1998	0	4,008	11.74	2.24	$8,967
Jun 1998	0	3,951	11.24	2.24	$8,839
May 1998	0	4,023	12.62	2.21	$8,876
Apr 1998	0	1,529	13.04	2.51	$3,831
Mar 1998	2	1,597	12.80	2.31	$3,714
Feb 1998	0	1,401	13.95	2.30	$3,221
Jan 1998	1	3,391	14.70	2.15	$7,322
Dec 1997	0	3,865	16.32	2.41	$9,319
Nov 1997	4	3,397	18.19	3.09	$10,564
Oct 1997	0	3,641	19.25	3.15	$11,468
Sep 1997	0	3,215	17.74	2.95	$9,500
Aug 1997	0	2,939	17.86	2.55	$7,508
Jul 1997	1	2,858	17.58	2.25	$6,439
Jun 1997	0	2,744	17.24	2.26	$6,194
May 1997	0	3,039	18.97	2.31	$7,016
Apr 1997	0	3,307	17.88	2.08	$6,888
Mar 1997	0	3,362	18.95	1.94	$6,519
Feb 1997	0	4,343	20.49	2.21	$9,580
Jan 1997	1	4,301	23.48	3.54	$15,248
Dec 1996	1	3,169	23.32	—	$23
Nov 1996	0	4,067	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	0	4,073	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	0	4,108	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	0	5,275	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	0	5,089	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	0	5,658	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	0	5,714	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	37	5,763	21.51	—	$796
Mar 1996	0	6,194	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	0	6,761	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	0	6,682	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	0	6,996	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	0	7,580	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	1	5,994	15.43	—	$15
Sep 1995	0	5,993	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	1	6,492	15.92	—	$16
Jul 1995	0	6,446	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	1	7,930	16.41	—	$16
May 1995	152	9,253	17.56	—	$2,669
Apr 1995	0	6,915	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	0	7,927	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	0	7,046	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	0	8,053	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	0	9,022	15.03	—	$0
Nov 1994	3	8,052	15.90	—	$48
Oct 1994	2	9,539	15.58	—	$31
Sep 1994	0	7,609	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	2	6,597	16.13	—	$32
Jul 1994	2	6,819	17.56	—	$35
Jun 1994	0	6,340	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	0	7,316	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	0	8,708	14.14	—	$0
Mar 1994	0	9,649	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	0	9,296	12.50	—	$0
Jan 1994	2	10,599	12.66	—	$25
Dec 1993	1	11,270	12.33	—	$12
Nov 1993	179	11,665	14.49	—	$2,594
Oct 1993	2	13,599	15.85	—	$32
Sep 1993	2	14,443	15.03	—	$30
Aug 1993	4	16,430	15.66	—	$63
Jul 1993	0	18,260	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	0	888	16.79	—	$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.

Feb 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 92.53 =         $0
Gas                    1 Mcf  × $  8.77 =         $9

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                       $9

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. 7C/G/146688 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.