MERTEL, JOHN
MERTEL, JOHN is a Texas gas lease in Wheeler County, Railroad Commission district 10, operated by Tascosa Petroleum Corporation. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 72,512 thousand cubic feet. 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 $197, with roughly $25 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 1 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2017, at 167 thousand cubic feet. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 100% 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 MERTEL, JOHN
- Who operates MERTEL, JOHN?
- MERTEL, JOHN is operated by Tascosa Petroleum Corporation, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 836247.
- Where is MERTEL, JOHN?
- MERTEL, JOHN is a Texas gas lease in Wheeler County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 10. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 090756.
- Is MERTEL, JOHN still producing?
- MERTEL, JOHN is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for MERTEL, JOHN is August 2026.
- How much has MERTEL, JOHN produced?
- MERTEL, JOHN has reported 72,512 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is MERTEL, JOHN worth?
- The remaining production from MERTEL, JOHN is estimated to be worth about $197 in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $0 to $395. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in MERTEL, JOHN is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production MERTEL, JOHN has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for MERTEL, JOHN is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does MERTEL, JOHN generate in a year?
- MERTEL, JOHN is forecast to net about $25 across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in MERTEL, JOHN receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Tascosa Petroleum Corporation |
|---|---|
| Field | Panhandle, East |
| County | Wheeler County, Texas |
| RRC district | 10 |
| Lease number | 090756 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 72,512 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $197 |
Where MERTEL, JOHN 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.