ORTA, AUGUSTIN

Name: ORTA, AUGUSTIN lease production and value, Feb 1997 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by VANGUARD OPERATING, LLC (P-5 881585) in the JOURDANTON field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 161893District 01Field 47358001Hydrogen sulphide fieldCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$12.2 M

Feb 1997 – Aug 2016

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

235

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The JOURDANTON field

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 93 leases and 144 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1946-04-17

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and 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 1985-06-14.

The register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “COMPANY/MARY CORLEY DATED 5/7/96. EFFECTIVE DATE 9/1/96.”

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Condensate	Disposition	17,786 bbl	$880,097
Gas	Production	2,966,952 Mcf	$11,352,301
Total			$12,232,398

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 28.8703, -98.6164. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

28.87029, -98.61640 · centre of the wells drawn, derived⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom

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

7,397 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

8.5 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 7,397 ft.

Completions filed

Feb 2008

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Aug 2016

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 8.5 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 8.5 years and 8.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-01301790	4	7,397 ft	Feb 2008	Aug 2016	Yes

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 (235)

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

235 months


Aug 2016	0	0	41.44	2.92	$0
Jul 2016	0	0	41.62	2.92	$0
Jun 2016	0	0	45.35	2.69	$0
May 2016	0	0	42.52	1.99	$0
Apr 2016	0	0	36.56	1.99	$0
Mar 2016	0	0	33.01	1.79	$0
Feb 2016	0	0	26.47	2.06	$0
Jan 2016	0	0	27.35	2.36	$0
Dec 2015	0	0	32.36	2.00	$0
Nov 2015	0	0	38.79	2.17	$0
Oct 2015	0	0	43.55	2.43	$0
Sep 2015	0	0	42.99	2.76	$0
Aug 2015	0	0	40.16	2.87	$0
Jul 2015	0	0	48.15	2.95	$0
Jun 2015	0	0	56.15	2.88	$0
May 2015	0	59	55.21	2.96	$174
Apr 2015	0	7	49.82	2.71	$19
Mar 2015	0	26	42.89	2.93	$76
Feb 2015	1	89	44.66	2.98	$310
Jan 2015	0	50	43.43	3.10	$155
Dec 2014	2	474	54.69	3.59	$1,812
Nov 2014	0	344	70.46	4.25	$1,463
Oct 2014	0	46	78.30	3.90	$179
Sep 2014	13	44	86.16	4.05	$1,298
Aug 2014	0	58	89.39	4.04	$234
Jul 2014	18	86	96.56	4.18	$2,098
Jun 2014	19	74	98.16	4.74	$2,216
May 2014	0	0	94.73	4.73	$0
Apr 2014	0	314	95.94	4.81	$1,510
Mar 2014	24	251	95.89	5.06	$3,571
Feb 2014	0	274	97.40	6.19	$1,697
Jan 2014	27	86	90.40	4.86	$2,859
Dec 2013	0	112	91.82	4.35	$488
Nov 2013	0	90	88.85	3.74	$336
Oct 2013	7	59	97.42	3.78	$905
Sep 2013	0	0	104.11	3.72	$0
Aug 2013	0	0	104.25	3.52	$0
Jul 2013	0	0	102.52	3.72	$0
Jun 2013	1	0	94.40	3.93	$94
May 2013	0	0	94.83	4.15	$0
Apr 2013	1	0	93.96	4.28	$94
Mar 2013	3	0	93.62	3.91	$281
Feb 2013	9	0	91.23	3.42	$821
Jan 2013	11	0	91.60	3.42	$1,008
Dec 2012	22	196	86.77	3.42	$2,579
Nov 2012	34	137	86.95	3.62	$3,453
Oct 2012	42	191	89.38	3.40	$4,403
Sep 2012	0	0	94.67	2.92	$0
Aug 2012	0	150	92.66	2.91	$436
Jul 2012	55	181	85.13	3.02	$5,229
Jun 2012	0	238	79.82	2.52	$600
May 2012	44	156	91.61	2.49	$4,419
Apr 2012	42	192	101.65	2.00	$4,653
Mar 2012	0	69	105.05	2.22	$153
Feb 2012	43	62	101.10	2.57	$4,507
Jan 2012	18	51	98.09	2.73	$1,905
Dec 2011	30	196	96.87	3.24	$3,541
Nov 2011	22	254	95.72	3.31	$2,947
Oct 2011	0	110	84.98	3.65	$401
Sep 2011	60	315	83.62	3.99	$6,273
Aug 2011	57	103	83.40	4.15	$5,181
Jul 2011	41	732	94.14	4.52	$7,166
Jun 2011	41	98	92.90	4.64	$4,264
May 2011	49	615	98.13	4.40	$7,517
Apr 2011	70	273	105.96	4.33	$8,600
Mar 2011	106	73	96.36	4.06	$10,510
Feb 2011	166	429	85.64	4.18	$16,009
Jan 2011	239	4,373	86.50	4.59	$40,740
Dec 2010	480	7,285	85.73	4.35	$72,824
Nov 2010	184	5,155	80.84	3.80	$34,439
Oct 2010	81	6,834	78.10	3.51	$30,306
Sep 2010	40	6,933	72.63	3.98	$30,495
Aug 2010	41	7,485	73.68	4.42	$36,100
Jul 2010	38	6,281	72.55	4.74	$32,507
Jun 2010	97	6,714	70.36	4.91	$39,793
May 2010	61	7,603	71.12	4.24	$36,539
Apr 2010	63	5,708	81.69	4.12	$28,679
Mar 2010	82	13,213	78.39	4.39	$64,415
Feb 2010	90	8,063	73.58	5.44	$50,504
Jan 2010	94	8,020	74.36	5.96	$54,822
Dec 2009	141	8,546	71.44	5.48	$56,937
Nov 2009	156	9,842	74.59	3.75	$48,558
Oct 2009	56	10,162	72.54	4.11	$45,831
Sep 2009	158	9,022	65.54	3.06	$38,005
Aug 2009	23	10,579	67.42	3.22	$35,599
Jul 2009	70	10,831	61.13	3.46	$41,803
Jun 2009	13	818	66.16	3.90	$4,046
May 2009	91	8,360	54.74	3.93	$37,801
Apr 2009	143	11,934	46.77	3.59	$49,501
Mar 2009	192	9,745	42.14	4.06	$47,646
Feb 2009	150	12,745	32.81	4.63	$63,969
Jan 2009	198	15,834	35.86	5.37	$92,145
Dec 2008	82	14,102	37.10	5.98	$87,332
Nov 2008	129	12,785	55.49	6.86	$94,868
Oct 2008	129	14,458	75.24	6.92	$109,784
Sep 2008	90	14,761	101.76	7.88	$125,432
Aug 2008	313	19,380	114.22	8.48	$200,152
Jul 2008	328	10,703	131.08	11.39	$164,895
Jun 2008	327	16,685	131.33	13.03	$260,394
May 2008	321	16,590	123.17	11.57	$231,555
Apr 2008	397	17,236	110.31	10.45	$223,993
Mar 2008	396	19,628	101.90	9.66	$230,039
Feb 2008	287	15,855	92.53	8.77	$165,614
Jan 2008	128	3,955	90.38	8.21	$44,022
Dec 2007	40	6,320	88.33	7.30	$49,682
Nov 2007	39	3,382	91.67	7.29	$28,236
Oct 2007	63	3,828	82.85	6.92	$31,717
Sep 2007	32	1,509	75.84	6.24	$11,849
Aug 2007	73	4,151	69.06	6.39	$31,558
Jul 2007	78	4,086	70.90	6.39	$31,631
Jun 2007	49	2,781	62.00	7.55	$24,030
May 2007	27	848	58.74	7.85	$8,240
Apr 2007	62	3,135	59.61	7.81	$28,165
Mar 2007	75	2,268	56.92	7.30	$20,830
Feb 2007	74	4,068	55.10	8.22	$37,500
Jan 2007	18	1,151	50.30	6.73	$8,648
Dec 2006	19	0	56.65	6.92	$1,076
Nov 2006	48	2,044	54.20	7.62	$18,172
Oct 2006	41	3,587	54.90	6.01	$23,822
Sep 2006	1	3,908	60.08	5.04	$19,745
Aug 2006	7	1,988	68.71	7.34	$15,073
Jul 2006	25	0	69.37	6.34	$1,734
Jun 2006	0	974	66.28	6.38	$6,218
May 2006	0	0	66.01	6.42	$0
Apr 2006	0	603	64.39	7.36	$4,438
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	0	916	57.59	7.75	$7,100
Jan 2006	0	498	60.59	8.93	$4,449
Dec 2005	0	0	54.94	13.42	$0
Nov 2005	0	0	54.69	10.59	$0
Oct 2005	0	0	58.34	13.80	$0
Sep 2005	34	0	61.45	12.08	$2,089
Aug 2005	7	8,720	61.51	9.80	$85,859
Jul 2005	11	10,451	55.69	7.84	$82,586
Jun 2005	14	11,422	52.33	7.38	$85,039
May 2005	17	12,172	45.22	6.65	$81,727
Apr 2005	16	11,439	49.20	7.36	$84,984
Mar 2005	30	12,883	50.37	7.15	$93,687
Feb 2005	41	11,202	45.22	6.31	$72,560
Jan 2005	60	12,954	43.16	6.32	$84,487
Dec 2004	18	8,464	39.86	6.75	$57,859
Nov 2004	55	8,766	45.28	6.33	$57,983
Oct 2004	54	11,095	49.70	6.52	$74,969
Sep 2004	0	11,707	43.24	5.28	$61,859
Aug 2004	48	8,332	42.37	5.55	$48,282
Jul 2004	51	8,364	38.28	6.08	$52,840
Jun 2004	47	9,624	36.10	6.43	$63,608
May 2004	18	7,962	37.48	6.49	$52,384
Apr 2004	42	10,277	34.47	5.86	$61,655
Mar 2004	63	10,478	34.36	5.53	$60,109
Feb 2004	43	9,883	32.45	5.51	$55,847
Jan 2004	42	11,372	32.03	6.30	$72,985
Dec 2003	36	11,492	30.26	6.30	$73,508
Nov 2003	36	15,202	28.80	4.60	$70,892
Oct 2003	51	11,943	28.17	4.76	$58,281
Sep 2003	60	13,693	26.31	4.75	$66,612
Aug 2003	53	14,845	29.76	5.13	$77,728
Jul 2003	45	15,054	29.41	5.17	$79,165
Jun 2003	42	11,271	28.56	5.98	$68,633
May 2003	62	14,574	26.59	5.97	$88,694
Apr 2003	62	12,953	26.67	5.41	$71,694
Mar 2003	14	11,516	31.14	6.10	$70,638
Feb 2003	85	12,556	33.48	7.93	$102,363
Jan 2003	39	12,388	30.31	5.58	$70,332
Dec 2002	38	12,113	26.91	4.85	$59,816
Nov 2002	56	14,773	24.66	4.14	$62,496
Oct 2002	68	12,007	26.46	4.23	$52,578
Sep 2002	71	15,173	27.44	3.64	$57,105
Aug 2002	47	16,122	25.96	3.16	$52,233
Jul 2002	59	10,846	24.58	3.06	$34,658
Jun 2002	58	15,897	23.73	3.34	$54,444
May 2002	65	14,140	24.66	3.58	$52,281
Apr 2002	57	17,968	23.65	3.51	$64,457
Mar 2002	54	18,668	22.00	3.10	$59,110
Feb 2002	66	17,047	18.22	2.38	$41,701
Jan 2002	60	17,516	17.17	2.38	$42,643
Dec 2001	51	18,049	16.93	2.36	$43,538
Nov 2001	60	17,537	18.07	2.41	$43,270
Oct 2001	39	21,042	19.78	2.53	$53,984
Sep 2001	62	16,988	24.26	2.25	$39,750
Aug 2001	72	20,905	24.87	3.05	$65,617
Jul 2001	74	21,331	23.93	3.20	$69,968
Jun 2001	78	17,741	24.56	3.82	$69,760
May 2001	100	21,450	25.52	4.31	$94,944
Apr 2001	75	20,673	24.68	5.34	$112,148
Mar 2001	85	22,463	24.54	5.38	$122,857
Feb 2001	76	20,721	27.75	5.77	$121,609
Jan 2001	79	20,424	27.47	8.40	$173,706
Dec 2000	85	23,084	26.88	9.12	$212,869
Nov 2000	63	20,570	32.21	5.66	$118,414
Oct 2000	53	13,597	31.23	5.15	$71,619
Sep 2000	43	22,188	31.87	5.19	$116,448
Aug 2000	86	23,075	29.64	4.54	$107,327
Jul 2000	78	22,452	28.53	4.09	$94,048
Jun 2000	95	24,078	29.30	4.40	$108,660
May 2000	82	25,535	27.26	3.68	$96,198
Apr 2000	160	26,536	24.51	3.12	$86,608
Mar 2000	158	28,451	28.42	2.86	$85,853
Feb 2000	125	26,177	27.62	2.73	$74,824
Jan 2000	204	28,711	25.27	2.48	$76,373
Dec 1999	128	32,289	24.28	2.42	$81,367
Nov 1999	112	22,498	23.19	2.43	$57,357
Oct 1999	152	29,937	20.98	2.80	$87,124
Sep 1999	108	30,801	21.75	2.62	$83,012
Aug 1999	137	31,302	19.26	2.88	$92,651
Jul 1999	149	32,082	17.89	2.37	$78,776
Jun 1999	159	31,583	15.94	2.36	$77,137
May 1999	133	32,949	15.79	2.32	$78,575
Apr 1999	148	32,363	15.10	2.21	$73,694
Mar 1999	143	33,699	12.47	1.84	$63,733
Feb 1999	156	31,722	9.98	1.82	$59,221
Jan 1999	139	36,440	10.38	1.90	$70,677
Dec 1998	146	38,230	9.20	1.77	$69,137
Nov 1998	149	37,296	10.89	2.19	$83,141
Oct 1998	110	33,991	12.42	1.97	$68,302
Sep 1998	110	34,905	12.59	2.08	$74,079
Aug 1998	117	39,758	11.30	1.91	$77,155
Jul 1998	113	41,180	11.74	2.24	$93,457
Jun 1998	141	41,974	11.24	2.24	$95,492
May 1998	75	27,857	12.62	2.21	$62,409
Apr 1998	185	42,113	13.04	2.51	$107,919
Mar 1998	203	44,578	12.80	2.31	$105,549
Feb 1998	186	41,073	13.95	2.30	$97,027
Jan 1998	212	47,046	14.70	2.15	$104,491
Dec 1997	200	48,487	16.32	2.41	$120,171
Nov 1997	192	48,141	18.19	3.09	$152,164
Oct 1997	212	50,031	19.25	3.15	$161,670
Sep 1997	210	51,270	17.74	2.95	$155,222
Aug 1997	223	56,129	17.86	2.55	$147,378
Jul 1997	206	49,081	17.58	2.25	$113,904
Jun 1997	153	38,582	17.24	2.26	$89,725
May 1997	297	65,158	18.97	2.31	$156,051
Apr 1997	347	82,376	17.88	2.08	$177,775
Mar 1997	342	69,978	18.95	1.94	$142,178
Feb 1997	158	41,319	20.49	2.21	$94,383

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.

May 2015 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 55.21 =         $0
Gas                   59 Mcf  × $  2.96 =       $174

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Month total                                     $174

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. 01/G/161893 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.