GATES RANCH "A"

Operated by LEWIS PETRO PROPERTIES, INC. (P-5 499978) in the CATARINA, SW. (SAN MIGUEL-GAS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 78885District 01Field 16340900CondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$95 k
Jan 1993 – Feb 2006
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
158
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, 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 120 leases and 120 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1978-05-01
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 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 1979-05-21.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: KERNS O&G, INC. EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1997.

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
CondensateDisposition547 bbl$9,489
GasProduction69,704 Mcf$85,185
Total$94,674

40,769 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 months, carries no value here. No free Texas wellhead gas price exists before 1997, so those months are left out of the total rather than valued at zero. The total above is therefore a floor, not an estimate.

Every month this lease reported (158)

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

158 months

Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 200301230.266.30$76
Nov 200301528.804.60$69
Oct 200301628.174.76$76
Sep 200302126.314.75$100
Aug 200301029.765.13$51
Jul 200301129.415.17$57
Jun 200302028.565.98$120
May 200301426.595.97$84
Apr 200301126.675.41$59
Mar 200304731.146.10$287
Feb 200303533.487.93$277
Jan 200303230.315.58$179
Dec 200203226.914.85$155
Nov 200203324.664.14$137
Oct 200203226.464.23$135
Sep 200203027.443.64$109
Aug 200203425.963.16$108
Jul 2002027224.583.06$833
Jun 200209623.733.34$320
May 2002047924.663.58$1,717
Apr 2002047823.653.51$1,679
Mar 2002045422.003.10$1,409
Feb 2002050718.222.38$1,204
Jan 2002154317.172.38$1,307
Dec 20011238916.932.36$1,123
Nov 2001099218.072.41$2,386
Oct 2001337219.782.53$1,000
Sep 2001133524.262.25$778
Aug 2001339724.873.05$1,287
Jul 2001142623.933.20$1,386
Jun 2001138724.563.82$1,505
May 2001341125.524.31$1,847
Apr 2001135524.685.34$1,919
Mar 2001119024.545.38$1,046
Feb 2001129327.755.77$1,718
Jan 2001029927.478.40$2,511
Dec 2000230026.889.12$2,791
Nov 2000030032.215.66$1,697
Oct 2000037031.235.15$1,904
Sep 2000030131.875.19$1,561
Aug 2000433629.644.54$1,644
Jul 2000029828.534.09$1,219
Jun 2000029229.304.40$1,284
May 2000042927.263.68$1,579
Apr 2000444424.513.12$1,482
Mar 2000038928.422.86$1,112
Feb 2000035427.622.73$965
Jan 2000033725.272.48$836
Dec 1999341824.282.42$1,086
Nov 1999028623.192.43$696
Oct 1999333820.982.80$1,011
Sep 199905821.752.62$152
Aug 1999431719.262.88$989
Jul 1999357017.892.37$1,406
Jun 1999540515.942.36$1,036
May 1999043715.792.32$1,014
Apr 1999328315.102.21$670
Mar 1999020412.471.84$375
Feb 199933159.981.82$603
Jan 1999444310.381.90$883
Dec 199833069.201.77$570
Nov 1998751510.892.19$1,202
Oct 1998953612.421.97$1,167
Sep 19981953012.592.08$1,343
Aug 1998040011.301.91$763
Jul 1998349111.742.24$1,134
Jun 1998865711.242.24$1,560
May 1998044212.622.21$975
Apr 1998743913.042.51$1,191
Mar 1998336512.802.31$881
Feb 1998139513.952.30$922
Jan 1998545214.702.15$1,047
Dec 19971040316.322.41$1,135
Nov 1997440018.193.09$1,308
Oct 19971453019.253.15$1,939
Sep 1997049017.742.95$1,448
Aug 1997564417.862.55$1,735
Jul 19971877117.582.25$2,049
Jun 1997566917.242.26$1,596
May 1997679718.972.31$1,954
Apr 19971674217.882.08$1,832
Mar 1997768618.951.94$1,463
Feb 1997565320.492.21$1,543
Jan 19971031823.483.54$1,360
Dec 1996156023.32$23
Nov 1996645421.97$132
Oct 19961582223.31$350
Sep 1996413922.22$89
Aug 19961055620.26$203
Jul 1996171,04019.55$332
Jun 1996982118.73$169
May 1996892619.43$155
Apr 1996131,16621.51$280
Mar 1996131,07919.38$252
Feb 1996994816.98$153
Jan 19961078217.07$171
Dec 1995131,00717.19$223
Nov 19953591616.00$560
Oct 1995271,48915.43$417
Sep 1995131,57216.18$210
Aug 1995331,72115.92$525
Jul 199581,66815.24$122
Jun 1995231,75716.41$377
May 199511,75917.56$18
Apr 199511,30217.73$18
Mar 1995384316.44$49
Feb 199521,04516.58$33
Jan 1995094715.92$0
Dec 199481,08915.03$120
Nov 199401,32515.90$0
Oct 1994095415.58$0
Sep 199461,05015.29$92
Aug 1994093816.13$0
Jul 1994251117.56$35
Jun 1994236917.09$34
May 1994035315.88$0
Apr 1994233914.14$28
Mar 1994033612.46$0
Feb 1994319112.50$38
Jan 1994355912.66$38
Dec 1993064112.33$0
Nov 1993053114.49$0
Oct 1993247515.85$32
Sep 1993350015.03$45
Aug 1993050415.66$0
Jul 1993270115.46$31
Jun 1993067316.79$0
May 1993266617.68$35
Apr 1993063618.05$0
Mar 1993367518.14$54
Feb 1993066217.90$0
Jan 1993477216.93$68

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.

Dec 2003 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 30.26 =         $0
Gas                   12 Mcf  × $  6.30 =        $76

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Month total                                      $76

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/78885 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.