MECKEL

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

Operated by HIGHMOUNT EXPL & PROD TEXAS LLC (P-5 385842) 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 60602District 7CField 846465002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$363 k

Jan 1993 – Nov 2011

Value, last 12 filed months

$6 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

227

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	1991-09-05	123941
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	166 bbl	$3,079
Gas	Production	128,760 Mcf	$360,068
Total			$363,147

45,110 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 (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 30.6486, -100.6424. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.64858, -100.64239 · 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

5,900 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

36.9 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 5,900 ft.

Completions filed

Dec 1974

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Nov 2011

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 36.9 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 36.9 years and 36.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-43530846	10	5,900 ft	Dec 1974	Nov 2011	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 (227)

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

227 months


Nov 2011	0	0	95.72	3.31	$0
Oct 2011	0	0	84.98	3.65	$0
Sep 2011	0	100	83.62	3.99	$399
Aug 2011	0	141	83.40	4.15	$585
Jul 2011	0	140	94.14	4.52	$632
Jun 2011	0	135	92.90	4.64	$626
May 2011	0	125	98.13	4.40	$551
Apr 2011	0	132	105.96	4.33	$572
Mar 2011	0	137	96.36	4.06	$556
Feb 2011	0	134	85.64	4.18	$560
Jan 2011	0	159	86.50	4.59	$730
Dec 2010	0	142	85.73	4.35	$617
Nov 2010	0	146	80.84	3.80	$554
Oct 2010	0	187	78.10	3.51	$656
Sep 2010	0	179	72.63	3.98	$712
Aug 2010	0	184	73.68	4.42	$813
Jul 2010	0	188	72.55	4.74	$890
Jun 2010	0	181	70.36	4.91	$889
May 2010	0	190	71.12	4.24	$805
Apr 2010	0	186	81.69	4.12	$767
Mar 2010	0	196	78.39	4.39	$860
Feb 2010	0	178	73.58	5.44	$969
Jan 2010	0	203	74.36	5.96	$1,211
Dec 2009	0	200	71.44	5.48	$1,097
Nov 2009	0	198	74.59	3.75	$743
Oct 2009	0	207	72.54	4.11	$851
Sep 2009	0	202	65.54	3.06	$619
Aug 2009	0	201	67.42	3.22	$647
Jul 2009	0	189	61.13	3.46	$655
Jun 2009	0	188	66.16	3.90	$732
May 2009	0	227	54.74	3.93	$891
Apr 2009	0	218	46.77	3.59	$782
Mar 2009	0	217	42.14	4.06	$881
Feb 2009	0	159	32.81	4.63	$737
Jan 2009	0	115	35.86	5.37	$618
Dec 2008	0	141	37.10	5.98	$843
Nov 2008	0	133	55.49	6.86	$912
Oct 2008	0	148	75.24	6.92	$1,024
Sep 2008	0	149	101.76	7.88	$1,174
Aug 2008	0	161	114.22	8.48	$1,366
Jul 2008	0	148	131.08	11.39	$1,686
Jun 2008	0	124	131.33	13.03	$1,616
May 2008	0	140	123.17	11.57	$1,620
Apr 2008	0	199	110.31	10.45	$2,081
Mar 2008	0	247	101.90	9.66	$2,387
Feb 2008	0	214	92.53	8.77	$1,877
Jan 2008	0	263	90.38	8.21	$2,158
Dec 2007	0	261	88.33	7.30	$1,906
Nov 2007	0	263	91.67	7.29	$1,918
Oct 2007	0	277	82.85	6.92	$1,917
Sep 2007	0	269	75.84	6.24	$1,680
Aug 2007	0	287	69.06	6.39	$1,833
Jul 2007	0	294	70.90	6.39	$1,878
Jun 2007	0	288	62.00	7.55	$2,174
May 2007	0	300	58.74	7.85	$2,354
Apr 2007	0	287	59.61	7.81	$2,240
Mar 2007	0	319	56.92	7.30	$2,329
Feb 2007	0	292	55.10	8.22	$2,399
Jan 2007	0	322	50.30	6.73	$2,166
Dec 2006	0	323	56.65	6.92	$2,235
Nov 2006	0	309	54.20	7.62	$2,354
Oct 2006	0	343	54.90	6.01	$2,063
Sep 2006	0	333	60.08	5.04	$1,677
Aug 2006	0	341	68.71	7.34	$2,503
Jul 2006	0	355	69.37	6.34	$2,252
Jun 2006	0	345	66.28	6.38	$2,202
May 2006	0	369	66.01	6.42	$2,371
Apr 2006	0	353	64.39	7.36	$2,598
Mar 2006	0	360	56.70	7.08	$2,550
Feb 2006	0	337	57.59	7.75	$2,612
Jan 2006	0	385	60.59	8.93	$3,439
Dec 2005	0	394	54.94	13.42	$5,286
Nov 2005	0	383	54.69	10.59	$4,055
Oct 2005	0	358	58.34	13.80	$4,939
Sep 2005	0	385	61.45	12.08	$4,650
Aug 2005	0	425	61.51	9.80	$4,164
Jul 2005	0	429	55.69	7.84	$3,365
Jun 2005	0	418	52.33	7.38	$3,085
May 2005	0	431	45.22	6.65	$2,867
Apr 2005	0	430	49.20	7.36	$3,165
Mar 2005	0	450	50.37	7.15	$3,220
Feb 2005	0	86	45.22	6.31	$543
Jan 2005	0	359	43.16	6.32	$2,270
Dec 2004	0	374	39.86	6.75	$2,525
Nov 2004	0	376	45.28	6.33	$2,380
Oct 2004	0	406	49.70	6.52	$2,645
Sep 2004	0	468	43.24	5.28	$2,473
Aug 2004	0	418	42.37	5.55	$2,320
Jul 2004	0	436	38.28	6.08	$2,653
Jun 2004	0	306	36.10	6.43	$1,969
May 2004	0	254	37.48	6.49	$1,650
Apr 2004	0	316	34.47	5.86	$1,851
Mar 2004	0	449	34.36	5.53	$2,483
Feb 2004	0	391	32.45	5.51	$2,154
Jan 2004	0	279	32.03	6.30	$1,758
Dec 2003	0	303	30.26	6.30	$1,909
Nov 2003	0	311	28.80	4.60	$1,429
Oct 2003	0	329	28.17	4.76	$1,566
Sep 2003	0	455	26.31	4.75	$2,161
Aug 2003	0	187	29.76	5.13	$959
Jul 2003	0	327	29.41	5.17	$1,691
Jun 2003	0	168	28.56	5.98	$1,005
May 2003	0	294	26.59	5.97	$1,756
Apr 2003	0	438	26.67	5.41	$2,368
Mar 2003	0	174	31.14	6.10	$1,061
Feb 2003	0	391	33.48	7.93	$3,099
Jan 2003	0	431	30.31	5.58	$2,406
Dec 2002	0	481	26.91	4.85	$2,335
Nov 2002	0	342	24.66	4.14	$1,415
Oct 2002	0	244	26.46	4.23	$1,032
Sep 2002	0	317	27.44	3.64	$1,152
Aug 2002	0	290	25.96	3.16	$918
Jul 2002	0	338	24.58	3.06	$1,035
Jun 2002	0	299	23.73	3.34	$998
May 2002	0	594	24.66	3.58	$2,129
Apr 2002	1	558	23.65	3.51	$1,984
Mar 2002	0	813	22.00	3.10	$2,523
Feb 2002	0	662	18.22	2.38	$1,573
Jan 2002	1	615	17.17	2.38	$1,478
Dec 2001	0	551	16.93	2.36	$1,303
Nov 2001	0	860	18.07	2.41	$2,069
Oct 2001	0	691	19.78	2.53	$1,747
Sep 2001	0	504	24.26	2.25	$1,135
Aug 2001	0	571	24.87	3.05	$1,743
Jul 2001	0	1,139	23.93	3.20	$3,641
Jun 2001	0	1,079	24.56	3.82	$4,126
May 2001	9	661	25.52	4.31	$3,077
Apr 2001	3	630	24.68	5.34	$3,435
Mar 2001	1	471	24.54	5.38	$2,557
Feb 2001	1	574	27.75	5.77	$3,338
Jan 2001	2	924	27.47	8.40	$7,815
Dec 2000	3	1,099	26.88	9.12	$10,106
Nov 2000	3	734	32.21	5.66	$4,250
Oct 2000	3	715	31.23	5.15	$3,773
Sep 2000	5	1,362	31.87	5.19	$7,223
Aug 2000	2	752	29.64	4.54	$3,474
Jul 2000	2	600	28.53	4.09	$2,511
Jun 2000	1	709	29.30	4.40	$3,147
May 2000	0	799	27.26	3.68	$2,940
Apr 2000	1	733	24.51	3.12	$2,309
Mar 2000	1	561	28.42	2.86	$1,633
Feb 2000	2	492	27.62	2.73	$1,397
Jan 2000	0	1,226	25.27	2.48	$3,041
Dec 1999	2	635	24.28	2.42	$1,588
Nov 1999	1	923	23.19	2.43	$2,270
Oct 1999	1	1,160	20.98	2.80	$3,273
Sep 1999	1	893	21.75	2.62	$2,360
Aug 1999	1	738	19.26	2.88	$2,141
Jul 1999	1	429	17.89	2.37	$1,036
Jun 1999	0	735	15.94	2.36	$1,736
May 1999	0	1,503	15.79	2.32	$3,488
Apr 1999	4	536	15.10	2.21	$1,244
Mar 1999	0	585	12.47	1.84	$1,075
Feb 1999	4	770	9.98	1.82	$1,440
Jan 1999	0	555	10.38	1.90	$1,054
Dec 1998	4	1,340	9.20	1.77	$2,413
Nov 1998	0	1,389	10.89	2.19	$3,036
Oct 1998	12	577	12.42	1.97	$1,285
Sep 1998	2	609	12.59	2.08	$1,294
Aug 1998	0	1,024	11.30	1.91	$1,953
Jul 1998	0	734	11.74	2.24	$1,642
Jun 1998	0	577	11.24	2.24	$1,291
May 1998	3	365	12.62	2.21	$843
Apr 1998	2	655	13.04	2.51	$1,667
Mar 1998	3	663	12.80	2.31	$1,570
Feb 1998	9	861	13.95	2.30	$2,105
Jan 1998	1	1,195	14.70	2.15	$2,590
Dec 1997	2	1,113	16.32	2.41	$2,716
Nov 1997	4	492	18.19	3.09	$1,592
Oct 1997	3	1,083	19.25	3.15	$3,469
Sep 1997	0	1,598	17.74	2.95	$4,722
Aug 1997	0	1,471	17.86	2.55	$3,758
Jul 1997	1	1,501	17.58	2.25	$3,390
Jun 1997	4	1,907	17.24	2.26	$4,373
May 1997	1	787	18.97	2.31	$1,836
Apr 1997	0	493	17.88	2.08	$1,027
Mar 1997	0	518	18.95	1.94	$1,004
Feb 1997	0	506	20.49	2.21	$1,116
Jan 1997	0	548	23.48	3.54	$1,940
Dec 1996	1	497	23.32	—	$23
Nov 1996	0	563	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	0	533	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	0	543	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	0	600	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	0	598	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	1	612	18.73	—	$19
May 1996	0	634	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	1	583	21.51	—	$22
Mar 1996	0	616	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	1	605	16.98	—	$17
Jan 1996	1	626	17.07	—	$17
Dec 1995	0	715	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	1	696	16.00	—	$16
Oct 1995	0	698	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	0	734	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	0	711	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	0	689	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	0	790	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	0	844	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	1	788	17.73	—	$18
Mar 1995	2	819	16.44	—	$33
Feb 1995	3	691	16.58	—	$50
Jan 1995	0	833	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	0	994	15.03	—	$0
Nov 1994	0	850	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	0	915	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	1	760	15.29	—	$15
Aug 1994	0	752	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	3	850	17.56	—	$53
Jun 1994	1	876	17.09	—	$17
May 1994	4	987	15.88	—	$64
Apr 1994	0	919	14.14	—	$0
Mar 1994	4	1,035	12.46	—	$50
Feb 1994	0	983	12.50	—	$0
Jan 1994	4	1,217	12.66	—	$51
Dec 1993	0	1,251	12.33	—	$0
Nov 1993	3	1,269	14.49	—	$43
Oct 1993	0	1,458	15.85	—	$0
Sep 1993	0	1,370	15.03	—	$0
Aug 1993	6	1,389	15.66	—	$94
Jul 1993	1	1,451	15.46	—	$15
Jun 1993	6	1,439	16.79	—	$101
May 1993	0	1,465	17.68	—	$0
Apr 1993	4	1,566	18.05	—	$72
Mar 1993	9	1,737	18.14	—	$163
Feb 1993	0	1,600	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	1	1,959	16.93	—	$17

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.

Sep 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 83.62 =         $0
Gas                  100 Mcf  × $  3.99 =       $399

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Month total                                     $399

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/60602 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.