MECKEL "A"

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 61981District 7CField 84646500NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$354 k
Jan 1993 – May 2014
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
257
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, 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 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.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
NGPA2none

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
CondensateDisposition210 bbl$4,036
GasProduction151,953 Mcf$349,673
Total$353,709

57,370 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 30.6488, -100.6917. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.64882, -100.69167 · 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
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
6,550 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
26.3 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 6,550 ft.

Completions filed
Jan 1988
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
May 2014
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 26.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 26.3 years and 26.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-4353086266,550 ftJan 1988May 2014Yes

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 (257)

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

257 months

May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080290.388.21$16
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070282.856.92$14
Sep 20070675.846.24$37
Aug 200703169.066.39$198
Jul 200703170.906.39$198
Jun 200703062.007.55$226
May 200703158.747.85$243
Apr 200702959.617.81$226
Mar 200703256.927.30$234
Feb 200703355.108.22$271
Jan 200705750.306.73$383
Dec 200606256.656.92$429
Nov 200606054.207.62$457
Oct 200606254.906.01$373
Sep 200606960.085.04$348
Aug 200608268.717.34$602
Jul 200608769.376.34$552
Jun 200609166.286.38$581
May 2006010066.016.42$643
Apr 2006010464.397.36$765
Mar 2006011356.707.08$800
Feb 2006010957.597.75$845
Jan 2006012860.598.93$1,143
Dec 2005012254.9413.42$1,637
Nov 2005019954.6910.59$2,107
Oct 2005022358.3413.80$3,076
Sep 2005021761.4512.08$2,621
Aug 2005030961.519.80$3,027
Jul 2005026055.697.84$2,039
Jun 2005019552.337.38$1,439
May 2005032845.226.65$2,182
Apr 2005026149.207.36$1,921
Mar 2005020550.377.15$1,467
Feb 2005026245.226.31$1,654
Jan 2005027743.166.32$1,751
Dec 2004027039.866.75$1,823
Nov 2004032345.286.33$2,045
Oct 2004032349.706.52$2,104
Sep 2004032743.245.28$1,728
Aug 2004039242.375.55$2,176
Jul 2004039238.286.08$2,385
Jun 2004033136.106.43$2,129
May 2004034437.486.49$2,234
Apr 2004034534.475.86$2,021
Mar 2004041134.365.53$2,273
Feb 2004032032.455.51$1,763
Jan 2004044632.036.30$2,810
Dec 2003037830.266.30$2,382
Nov 2003043728.804.60$2,008
Oct 2003045228.174.76$2,151
Sep 2003042526.314.75$2,018
Aug 2003047029.765.13$2,411
Jul 2003056029.415.17$2,896
Jun 2003034128.565.98$2,040
May 200303,35926.595.97$20,062
Apr 2003045826.675.41$2,477
Mar 2003048531.146.10$2,957
Feb 2003030333.487.93$2,402
Jan 2003047230.315.58$2,635
Dec 2002051326.914.85$2,490
Nov 2002050824.664.14$2,102
Oct 2002046726.464.23$1,975
Sep 2002059327.443.64$2,156
Aug 2002059625.963.16$1,886
Jul 2002052524.583.06$1,607
Jun 2002054923.733.34$1,833
May 2002050524.663.58$1,810
Apr 2002078423.653.51$2,754
Mar 2002098322.003.10$3,050
Feb 2002096318.222.38$2,288
Jan 2002092517.172.38$2,198
Dec 200101,00116.932.36$2,367
Nov 200101,18818.072.41$2,858
Oct 200101,11219.782.53$2,812
Sep 200101,15624.262.25$2,603
Aug 200101,24424.873.05$3,798
Jul 200101,19523.933.20$3,821
Jun 200101,16924.563.82$4,470
May 200101,10125.524.31$4,742
Apr 200101,04524.685.34$5,575
Mar 200101,05224.545.38$5,656
Feb 200101,07227.755.77$6,182
Jan 200101,28227.478.40$10,767
Dec 200001,16026.889.12$10,582
Nov 200001,19332.215.66$6,750
Oct 200001,27531.235.15$6,561
Sep 200001,13431.875.19$5,881
Aug 200011,15129.644.54$5,256
Jul 200011,26228.534.09$5,190
Jun 200001,14329.304.40$5,026
May 200021,31727.263.68$4,901
Apr 2000192324.513.12$2,901
Mar 200021,12828.422.86$3,283
Feb 200011,17627.622.73$3,234
Jan 200021,33625.272.48$3,364
Dec 199931,24324.282.42$3,086
Nov 199911,21423.192.43$2,978
Oct 199911,24320.982.80$3,506
Sep 199921,21321.752.62$3,220
Aug 199901,14719.262.88$3,298
Jul 199911,26617.892.37$3,021
Jun 199921,24115.942.36$2,963
May 199921,33815.792.32$3,137
Apr 199931,20915.102.21$2,715
Mar 199921,36512.471.84$2,534
Feb 199911,2599.981.82$2,299
Jan 199901,33710.381.90$2,540
Dec 199841,2539.201.77$2,259
Nov 199811,25310.892.19$2,750
Oct 199801,33412.421.97$2,627
Sep 199801,07512.592.08$2,239
Aug 199801,38411.301.91$2,640
Jul 199841,26811.742.24$2,884
Jun 199831,17311.242.24$2,658
May 199831,31312.622.21$2,935
Apr 1998590513.042.51$2,333
Mar 199851,06712.802.31$2,528
Feb 199821,06913.952.30$2,486
Jan 199801,05714.702.15$2,278
Dec 199701,09016.322.41$2,628
Nov 199701,04018.193.09$3,212
Oct 1997097919.253.15$3,084
Sep 1997101,07817.742.95$3,363
Aug 199721,04217.862.55$2,698
Jul 199701,13617.582.25$2,553
Jun 199701,16617.242.26$2,632
May 199731,21918.972.31$2,871
Apr 199711,03517.882.08$2,174
Mar 1997395918.951.94$1,916
Feb 199701,09520.492.21$2,415
Jan 199701,21923.483.54$4,315
Dec 1996111,27023.32$257
Nov 199601,22321.97$0
Oct 1996681,33823.31$1,585
Sep 199601,16422.22$0
Aug 1996188020.26$20
Jul 199601,28419.55$0
Jun 1996091118.73$0
May 199611,43419.43$19
Apr 199611,10921.51$22
Mar 199621,01319.38$39
Feb 199621,14616.98$34
Jan 199631,30117.07$51
Dec 199501,17117.19$0
Nov 199511,27616.00$16
Oct 199521,03315.43$31
Sep 199501,07516.18$0
Aug 1995070115.92$0
Jul 1995069315.24$0
Jun 199501,16116.41$0
May 199511,41517.56$18
Apr 199501,53017.73$0
Mar 199521,37516.44$33
Feb 199511,47816.58$17
Jan 199501,54315.92$0
Dec 199411,43915.03$15
Nov 199411,23115.90$16
Oct 199401,42115.58$0
Sep 199401,18415.29$0
Aug 199401,14416.13$0
Jul 199401,19617.56$0
Jun 199401,29517.09$0
May 199401,02415.88$0
Apr 199401,19914.14$0
Mar 199401,24512.46$0
Feb 199401,11412.50$0
Jan 199401,31912.66$0
Dec 199311,28812.33$12
Nov 199301,28114.49$0
Oct 199321,22315.85$32
Sep 1993111,05515.03$165
Aug 1993193315.66$16
Jul 1993131,16315.46$201
Jun 199301,13516.79$0
May 199331,10817.68$53
Apr 199301,20018.05$0
Mar 199311,21318.14$18
Feb 199331,09517.90$54
Jan 199331,34116.93$51

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.

Jan 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 90.38 =         $0
Gas                    2 Mcf  × $  8.21 =        $16

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Month total                                      $16

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/61981 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.