MELMS ESTATE
MELMS ESTATE is a Texas oil lease in Frio County, Railroad Commission district 01, operated by Mariah Energy Corp. It has 4 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 155,468 barrels. The lease is currently producing. Fitting a decline curve to that history and pricing the remaining production at today's forward curve values the whole lease — a 100% undivided interest — at about $549K, with roughly $106K expected over the next twelve months. An individual royalty owner receives their own decimal interest times that figure. Over the last twelve months on file it averaged 131 barrels a month, about 33 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was October 2022, at 2,016 barrels. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 22% of what they went on to produce, and that measured error is the range shown on the page rather than a confidence of our own devising.
Key facts about MELMS ESTATE
- Who operates MELMS ESTATE?
- MELMS ESTATE is operated by Mariah Energy Corp., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 525990.
- Where is MELMS ESTATE?
- MELMS ESTATE is a Texas oil lease in Frio County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 01. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 08013.
- Is MELMS ESTATE still producing?
- MELMS ESTATE is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for MELMS ESTATE is August 2026.
- How much has MELMS ESTATE produced?
- MELMS ESTATE has reported 155,468 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 4 wellbores.
- How much is MELMS ESTATE worth?
- The remaining production from MELMS ESTATE is estimated to be worth about $549K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $428K to $670K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in MELMS ESTATE is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production MELMS ESTATE has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for MELMS ESTATE is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does MELMS ESTATE generate in a year?
- MELMS ESTATE is forecast to net about $106K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in MELMS ESTATE receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Mariah Energy Corp. |
|---|---|
| Field | Pearsall (Navarro Sand) |
| County | Frio County, Texas |
| RRC district | 01 |
| Lease number | 08013 |
| Wellbores | 4 |
| Reported production | 155,468 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $549K |
Where MELMS ESTATE sits
Source: Railroad Commission of Texas lease production records, complete through . Figures on this page were computed on .
Production figures are as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas. The value shown is an estimate produced by fitting a decline curve to that reported history; it is not an offer or an appraisal. How this estimate is calculated.