WHITEHEAD "A"

Operated by NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY (P-5 606617) in the LANGTRY (CANYON) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 178324District 01Field 519892002 tax incentive programmesGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.5 M
Jan 2000 – Dec 2013
Value, last 12 filed months
$8 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
168
no gaps in the span
Streams
1
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 27 leases and 27 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2000-01-04
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 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 2001-03-06.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: AOF-1 AND AOF-2 EFFECTIVE 07/01/2001.

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
High Cost Gas112001-09-07143937
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
GasProduction771,450 Mcf$3,535,380
Total$3,535,380

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 30.0183, -100.7060. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.01828, -100.70596 · 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
11,430 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

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 11,430 ft.

Plug dates filed
Dec 2013
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-46530604790111,430 ftDec 2013Yes

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 (168)

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

168 months

Dec 2013091.824.35$0
Nov 2013088.853.74$0
Oct 201313597.423.78$510
Sep 2013173104.113.72$643
Aug 2013213104.253.52$750
Jul 2013304102.523.72$1,130
Jun 201333494.403.93$1,314
May 201321594.834.15$892
Apr 201320293.964.28$865
Mar 201323993.623.91$935
Feb 201319291.233.42$657
Jan 201322891.603.42$780
Dec 201227286.773.42$930
Nov 201231286.953.62$1,131
Oct 201224689.383.40$836
Sep 201231994.672.92$931
Aug 201237492.662.91$1,088
Jul 201243885.133.02$1,323
Jun 201245679.822.52$1,149
May 201252491.612.49$1,304
Apr 2012664101.652.00$1,326
Mar 2012975105.052.22$2,167
Feb 20121,046101.102.57$2,688
Jan 20121,31698.092.73$3,598
Dec 201196896.873.24$3,136
Nov 20111,28795.723.31$4,262
Oct 20111,09284.983.65$3,984
Sep 20111,33683.623.99$5,325
Aug 20111,58683.404.15$6,581
Jul 20111,57494.144.52$7,110
Jun 20111,49692.904.64$6,941
May 20111,73398.134.40$7,634
Apr 20111,554105.964.33$6,734
Mar 20111,26396.364.06$5,124
Feb 201192785.644.18$3,875
Jan 20111,46286.504.59$6,709
Dec 20101,80685.734.35$7,852
Nov 20101,61280.843.80$6,118
Oct 20101,35678.103.51$4,758
Sep 20101,15472.633.98$4,592
Aug 20101,18473.684.42$5,233
Jul 20101,58272.554.74$7,493
Jun 20101,18470.364.91$5,814
May 20101,05171.124.24$4,451
Apr 20101,43281.694.12$5,904
Mar 20101,37878.394.39$6,048
Feb 20101,67173.585.44$9,094
Jan 20101,67974.365.96$10,014
Dec 20091,78271.445.48$9,772
Nov 20091,82274.593.75$6,835
Oct 20091,77472.544.11$7,292
Sep 20091,78665.543.06$5,474
Aug 20091,86267.423.22$5,993
Jul 20091,99461.133.46$6,908
Jun 20091,94966.163.90$7,591
May 20091,82454.743.93$7,161
Apr 20091,89346.773.59$6,791
Mar 20091,94842.144.06$7,907
Feb 20091,63732.814.63$7,584
Jan 20091,94335.865.37$10,436
Dec 20081,35037.105.98$8,069
Nov 20081,94555.496.86$13,343
Oct 20082,21375.246.92$15,318
Sep 20082,099101.767.88$16,534
Aug 20082,481114.228.48$21,046
Jul 20082,362131.0811.39$26,902
Jun 20082,422131.3313.03$31,565
May 20082,504123.1711.57$28,982
Apr 20082,515110.3110.45$26,294
Mar 20082,506101.909.66$24,218
Feb 20081,92692.538.77$16,892
Jan 20082,34490.388.21$19,234
Dec 20072,67188.337.30$19,504
Nov 20072,93191.677.29$21,372
Oct 20073,72582.856.92$25,784
Sep 20073,27175.846.24$20,425
Aug 20073,29469.066.39$21,042
Jul 20072,93170.906.39$18,723
Jun 20072,16762.007.55$16,357
May 200720658.747.85$1,616
Apr 20071,17059.617.81$9,132
Mar 20071,59656.927.30$11,654
Feb 20071,38655.108.22$11,387
Jan 200750550.306.73$3,397
Dec 200652056.656.92$3,598
Nov 200643954.207.62$3,344
Oct 200648154.906.01$2,893
Sep 200654160.085.04$2,725
Aug 200664268.717.34$4,712
Jul 200689769.376.34$5,689
Jun 20061,26366.286.38$8,063
May 20061,71066.016.42$10,987
Apr 20062,26464.397.36$16,664
Mar 20062,17356.707.08$15,391
Feb 20062,09757.597.75$16,254
Jan 20062,89460.598.93$25,853
Dec 20052,91654.9413.42$39,119
Nov 20052,75554.6910.59$29,171
Oct 20053,25058.3413.80$44,836
Sep 20053,08361.4512.08$37,240
Aug 20053,33761.519.80$32,692
Jul 20052,58955.697.84$20,307
Jun 20052,36252.337.38$17,434
May 20053,04345.226.65$20,239
Apr 20053,21849.207.36$23,686
Mar 20053,21950.377.15$23,032
Feb 20053,18945.226.31$20,129
Jan 20054,09743.166.32$25,902
Dec 20044,58739.866.75$30,967
Nov 20044,15545.286.33$26,303
Oct 20043,88549.706.52$25,311
Sep 20043,70143.245.28$19,556
Aug 20044,19042.375.55$23,257
Jul 20044,35438.286.08$26,491
Jun 20044,88236.106.43$31,406
May 20045,38937.486.49$34,999
Apr 20045,92034.475.86$34,682
Mar 20046,90834.365.53$38,202
Feb 20047,27532.455.51$40,082
Jan 20046,95532.036.30$43,814
Dec 20037,42630.266.30$46,796
Nov 20036,37928.804.60$29,313
Oct 20037,92628.174.76$37,725
Sep 20038,82626.314.75$41,918
Aug 20037,91829.765.13$40,617
Jul 20038,90829.415.17$46,062
Jun 20039,56328.565.98$57,215
May 20039,73026.595.97$58,114
Apr 20039,70526.675.41$52,478
Mar 200310,33431.146.10$62,996
Feb 200314,32033.487.93$113,499
Jan 200312,08030.315.58$67,431
Dec 200213,48126.914.85$65,434
Nov 200213,03124.664.14$53,909
Oct 200214,73326.464.23$62,308
Sep 200215,45427.443.64$56,178
Aug 200215,65025.963.16$49,519
Jul 200217,27124.583.06$52,880
Jun 200217,95523.733.34$59,938
May 200219,48624.663.58$69,838
Apr 200219,43823.653.51$68,272
Mar 200220,68122.003.10$64,167
Feb 200220,56218.222.38$48,849
Jan 200225,21417.172.38$59,900
Dec 200125,24216.932.36$59,682
Nov 200122,23318.072.41$53,482
Oct 200121,03719.782.53$53,200
Sep 200124,20524.262.25$54,493
Aug 200127,76224.873.05$84,762
Jul 200130,35023.933.20$97,031
Jun 200131,82224.563.82$121,692
May 200130,27025.524.31$130,383
Apr 2001024.685.34$0
Mar 2001024.545.38$0
Feb 2001027.755.77$0
Jan 2001027.478.40$0
Dec 2000026.889.12$0
Nov 2000032.215.66$0
Oct 2000031.235.15$0
Sep 2000031.875.19$0
Aug 2000029.644.54$0
Jul 2000028.534.09$0
Jun 2000029.304.40$0
May 2000027.263.68$0
Apr 2000024.513.12$0
Mar 2000028.422.86$0
Feb 2000027.622.73$0
Jan 2000025.272.48$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.

Oct 2013 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Gas                  135 Mcf  × $  3.78 =       $510

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Month total                                     $510

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/178324 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.