LEASES · G-8-278500 · GAS · DISTRICT 7B

Kessler

Reporting

Smith, Jerry V. · Palo Pinto County · Mineral Wells S. (4270) field

Kessler is an RRC gas lease (G-8-278500) in Palo Pinto County operated by Smith, Jerry V., with one well completed on it.

It has reported 7.57K mcf of gas since October 2015, last reporting volume in August 2025 (statewide data runs through April 2026).

The last 12 reported months total 45 mcf of gas.

2 operators have filed production on it, most recently Smith, Jerry V. since August 2025.

7.57K
mcf gas, all reported
0
bbl condensate and oil
45
mcf gas, last 12 reported
—
vs the 12 before
1
wells completed on it
—
peak month, bbl

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · FIRST OCT 2015 · LAST VOLUME AUG 2025 · STATEWIDE DATA THROUGH APR 2026

Gas by month

Gas-well gas plus casinghead gas, mcf. On an oil lease all gas is reported as casinghead. The latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive.

Last 12 months 45 · prior 12 139(-68%)

05001K1.5K2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Decline curve
None shown. Petrora fits an Arps curve only when the last ten years of gas reports follow one decline closely enough to project (R² of 0.7 or better over at least a year since the peak). This lease's recent history does not, so a projection would be a guess dressed as a number.

Who reported it

Each run of months one operator filed the production report, oldest first.

  1. Smith, J.V. Oil CompanyOct 2015 → Jul 2025 · 118 mo
  2. Smith, Jerry V.Aug 2025 → Jul 2026 · 12 mo

Wells on the lease

FROM COMPLETION REPORTS · PRODUCTION ABOVE IS THEIR TOTAL

1

wells completed on the lease

Domestic Use Well
1

Operates them now

Newest permits

All 1 wells, searchable →

About this data

Monthly oil, gas, and casinghead from the RRC PDQ production dump, which lags the reporting month by two to three months; figures shown through Apr 2026. Wells from completion reports; operator runs from who filed each month's report.

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