MECKEL

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 80531District 7CField 84646500NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.5 M
Jan 1993 – Apr 2014
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
256
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
NGPA1none

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
CondensateDisposition89,754 bbl$1,422,965
GasProduction90,708 Mcf$64,253
Total$1,487,218

66,230 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 30.6331, -100.6676. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.63309, -100.66762 · 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
6,180 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
35.4 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 6,180 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1978
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Apr 2014
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 35.4 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 35.4 years and 35.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-43532058166,180 ftNov 1978Apr 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 (256)

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

256 months

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 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 200201124.664.14$46
Oct 200202626.464.23$110
Sep 200202527.443.64$91
Aug 200202425.963.16$76
Jul 200202324.583.06$70
Jun 200203923.733.34$130
May 200204524.663.58$161
Apr 200204123.653.51$144
Mar 200214922.003.10$174
Feb 200204318.222.38$102
Jan 200215417.172.38$145
Dec 200105216.932.36$123
Nov 200105318.072.41$127
Oct 200105219.782.53$132
Sep 200105024.262.25$113
Aug 200105824.873.05$177
Jul 200105423.933.20$173
Jun 200104924.563.82$187
May 200106025.524.31$258
Apr 2001011224.685.34$598
Mar 2001013624.545.38$731
Feb 2001013727.755.77$790
Jan 2001015227.478.40$1,277
Dec 2000214926.889.12$1,413
Nov 2000315132.215.66$951
Oct 2000015431.235.15$792
Sep 2000213231.875.19$748
Aug 2000112929.644.54$615
Jul 2000315128.534.09$703
Jun 2000213429.304.40$648
May 2000315327.263.68$645
Apr 2000115824.513.12$517
Mar 2000114128.422.86$432
Feb 2000414427.622.73$503
Jan 2000034825.272.48$863
Dec 1999135524.282.42$885
Nov 1999037323.192.43$908
Oct 1999236520.982.80$1,065
Sep 1999238321.752.62$1,047
Aug 1999438819.262.88$1,193
Jul 1999241417.892.37$1,018
Jun 1999154615.942.36$1,306
May 1999359015.792.32$1,417
Apr 19991461615.102.21$1,572
Mar 1999064312.471.84$1,182
Feb 1999106269.981.82$1,238
Jan 1999069610.381.90$1,322
Dec 199822829.201.77$518
Nov 1998019210.892.19$420
Oct 1998264612.421.97$1,297
Sep 1998246712.592.08$998
Aug 1998350311.301.91$993
Jul 1998047911.742.24$1,072
Jun 1998246811.242.24$1,070
May 1998152212.622.21$1,164
Apr 1998064913.042.51$1,626
Mar 1998868212.802.31$1,677
Feb 1998361113.952.30$1,447
Jan 1998471814.702.15$1,606
Dec 1997671216.322.41$1,815
Nov 1997477818.193.09$2,475
Oct 1997581019.253.15$2,648
Sep 1997590017.742.95$2,748
Aug 1997674817.862.55$2,018
Jul 1997674917.582.25$1,788
Jun 1997574017.242.26$1,757
May 19973381818.972.31$2,514
Apr 1997583017.882.08$1,818
Mar 19971268618.951.94$1,558
Feb 1997055920.492.21$1,233
Jan 1997164523.483.54$2,307
Dec 1996290023.32$47
Nov 199601,09421.97$0
Oct 199601,05623.31$0
Sep 1996629422.22$133
Aug 1996685220.26$122
Jul 1996478619.55$78
Jun 1996052318.73$0
May 1996026219.43$0
Apr 1996165221.51$22
Mar 1996964919.38$174
Feb 19963770016.98$628
Jan 1996078717.07$0
Dec 1995087717.19$0
Nov 1995083316.00$0
Oct 1995088115.43$0
Sep 1995070816.18$0
Aug 1995081315.92$0
Jul 1995091715.24$0
Jun 199501,14016.41$0
May 1995098317.56$0
Apr 1995072317.73$0
Mar 1995096516.44$0
Feb 199551,90316.58$83
Jan 199522,16615.92$32
Dec 199402,18615.03$0
Nov 199401,68515.90$0
Oct 199411,38515.58$16
Sep 199401,52015.29$0
Aug 199401,66016.13$0
Jul 199411,70417.56$18
Jun 199401,54217.09$0
May 1994911,85815.88$1,445
Apr 199401,91814.14$0
Mar 199402,14412.46$0
Feb 199401,86712.50$0
Jan 199402,20012.66$0
Dec 199311,74112.33$12
Nov 19931722,11214.49$2,492
Oct 199389,2232,80215.85$1,414,185
Sep 199312,49615.03$15
Aug 199332,15415.66$47
Jul 199322,26415.46$31
Jun 199342,28516.79$67
May 199351,65417.68$88
Apr 199301,49718.05$0
Mar 199301,37418.14$0
Feb 199301,26117.90$0
Jan 199301,45716.93$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.

Nov 2002 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 24.66 =         $0
Gas                   11 Mcf  × $  4.14 =        $46

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                      $46

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/80531 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.