GATES RANCH "A"

Name: GATES RANCH "A" lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

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 88657District 01Field 16340900CondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$26 k

Jan 1993 – Feb 2006

Value, last 12 filed months

$6 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

158

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The CATARINA, SW. (SAN MIGUEL-GAS) 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 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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Condensate	Disposition	81 bbl	$2,220
Gas	Production	6,855 Mcf	$23,639
Total			$25,860

1,937 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.

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 28.2066, -99.8447. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

28.20660, -99.84469 · 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

5,572 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

25.8 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 5,572 ft.

Completions filed

May 1980

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Feb 2006

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 25.8 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 25.8 years and 25.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-12732026	2074	5,572 ft	May 1980	Feb 2006	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 (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 2006	0	43	57.59	7.75	$333
Jan 2006	0	58	60.59	8.93	$518
Dec 2005	0	45	54.94	13.42	$604
Nov 2005	0	0	54.69	10.59	$0
Oct 2005	0	69	58.34	13.80	$952
Sep 2005	0	47	61.45	12.08	$568
Aug 2005	0	68	61.51	9.80	$666
Jul 2005	0	74	55.69	7.84	$580
Jun 2005	0	59	52.33	7.38	$435
May 2005	0	66	45.22	6.65	$439
Apr 2005	0	75	49.20	7.36	$552
Mar 2005	0	67	50.37	7.15	$479
Feb 2005	6	45	45.22	6.31	$555
Jan 2005	0	56	43.16	6.32	$354
Dec 2004	0	37	39.86	6.75	$250
Nov 2004	0	59	45.28	6.33	$373
Oct 2004	0	67	49.70	6.52	$437
Sep 2004	0	47	43.24	5.28	$248
Aug 2004	0	57	42.37	5.55	$316
Jul 2004	0	53	38.28	6.08	$322
Jun 2004	0	53	36.10	6.43	$341
May 2004	0	74	37.48	6.49	$481
Apr 2004	0	69	34.47	5.86	$404
Mar 2004	0	85	34.36	5.53	$470
Feb 2004	0	86	32.45	5.51	$474
Jan 2004	0	85	32.03	6.30	$535
Dec 2003	4	61	30.26	6.30	$505
Nov 2003	3	69	28.80	4.60	$403
Oct 2003	5	71	28.17	4.76	$479
Sep 2003	5	84	26.31	4.75	$531
Aug 2003	15	79	29.76	5.13	$852
Jul 2003	3	104	29.41	5.17	$626
Jun 2003	5	96	28.56	5.98	$717
May 2003	2	97	26.59	5.97	$633
Apr 2003	8	46	26.67	5.41	$462
Mar 2003	2	40	31.14	6.10	$306
Feb 2003	4	33	33.48	7.93	$395
Jan 2003	3	37	30.31	5.58	$297
Dec 2002	0	39	26.91	4.85	$189
Nov 2002	0	40	24.66	4.14	$165
Oct 2002	0	36	26.46	4.23	$152
Sep 2002	0	37	27.44	3.64	$135
Aug 2002	0	43	25.96	3.16	$136
Jul 2002	0	41	24.58	3.06	$126
Jun 2002	0	38	23.73	3.34	$127
May 2002	0	37	24.66	3.58	$133
Apr 2002	0	41	23.65	3.51	$144
Mar 2002	0	50	22.00	3.10	$155
Feb 2002	0	57	18.22	2.38	$135
Jan 2002	0	63	17.17	2.38	$150
Dec 2001	0	53	16.93	2.36	$125
Nov 2001	0	51	18.07	2.41	$123
Oct 2001	0	25	19.78	2.53	$63
Sep 2001	0	28	24.26	2.25	$63
Aug 2001	0	30	24.87	3.05	$92
Jul 2001	0	27	23.93	3.20	$86
Jun 2001	0	25	24.56	3.82	$96
May 2001	0	29	25.52	4.31	$125
Apr 2001	0	28	24.68	5.34	$149
Mar 2001	0	30	24.54	5.38	$161
Feb 2001	0	27	27.75	5.77	$156
Jan 2001	0	28	27.47	8.40	$235
Dec 2000	0	27	26.88	9.12	$246
Nov 2000	0	27	32.21	5.66	$153
Oct 2000	0	19	31.23	5.15	$98
Sep 2000	0	19	31.87	5.19	$99
Aug 2000	0	34	29.64	4.54	$154
Jul 2000	0	26	28.53	4.09	$106
Jun 2000	0	28	29.30	4.40	$123
May 2000	0	24	27.26	3.68	$88
Apr 2000	0	29	24.51	3.12	$90
Mar 2000	0	31	28.42	2.86	$89
Feb 2000	0	29	27.62	2.73	$79
Jan 2000	0	34	25.27	2.48	$84
Dec 1999	0	40	24.28	2.42	$97
Nov 1999	0	45	23.19	2.43	$110
Oct 1999	0	39	20.98	2.80	$109
Sep 1999	0	45	21.75	2.62	$118
Aug 1999	0	36	19.26	2.88	$104
Jul 1999	0	37	17.89	2.37	$88
Jun 1999	0	35	15.94	2.36	$83
May 1999	0	39	15.79	2.32	$91
Apr 1999	0	38	15.10	2.21	$84
Mar 1999	0	42	12.47	1.84	$77
Feb 1999	0	31	9.98	1.82	$56
Jan 1999	0	42	10.38	1.90	$80
Dec 1998	0	40	9.20	1.77	$71
Nov 1998	0	36	10.89	2.19	$79
Oct 1998	0	37	12.42	1.97	$73
Sep 1998	3	41	12.59	2.08	$123
Aug 1998	0	36	11.30	1.91	$69
Jul 1998	0	44	11.74	2.24	$98
Jun 1998	0	44	11.24	2.24	$98
May 1998	0	48	12.62	2.21	$106
Apr 1998	0	50	13.04	2.51	$125
Mar 1998	0	43	12.80	2.31	$99
Feb 1998	0	37	13.95	2.30	$85
Jan 1998	0	29	14.70	2.15	$62
Dec 1997	0	30	16.32	2.41	$72
Nov 1997	0	26	18.19	3.09	$80
Oct 1997	0	25	19.25	3.15	$79
Sep 1997	0	26	17.74	2.95	$77
Aug 1997	0	26	17.86	2.55	$66
Jul 1997	0	36	17.58	2.25	$81
Jun 1997	0	28	17.24	2.26	$63
May 1997	0	33	18.97	2.31	$76
Apr 1997	0	34	17.88	2.08	$71
Mar 1997	0	37	18.95	1.94	$72
Feb 1997	0	33	20.49	2.21	$73
Jan 1997	0	39	23.48	3.54	$138
Dec 1996	0	37	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	0	36	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	0	44	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	0	36	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	0	47	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	0	47	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	0	43	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	0	46	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	0	50	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	0	31	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	0	30	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	0	31	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	0	26	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	0	25	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	0	28	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	0	31	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	0	39	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	0	48	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	0	53	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	0	50	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	0	37	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	1	48	16.44	—	$16
Feb 1995	0	57	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	0	46	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	2	47	15.03	—	$30
Nov 1994	0	59	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	0	51	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	1	50	15.29	—	$15
Aug 1994	0	45	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	2	43	17.56	—	$35
Jun 1994	2	33	17.09	—	$34
May 1994	0	32	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	2	35	14.14	—	$28
Mar 1994	0	32	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	1	32	12.50	—	$13
Jan 1994	1	33	12.66	—	$13
Dec 1993	0	34	12.33	—	$0
Nov 1993	0	35	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	1	35	15.85	—	$16
Sep 1993	0	37	15.03	—	$0
Aug 1993	0	37	15.66	—	$0
Jul 1993	0	47	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	0	45	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	0	42	17.68	—	$0
Apr 1993	0	39	18.05	—	$0
Mar 1993	0	41	18.14	—	$0
Feb 1993	0	41	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	0	46	16.93	—	$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.

Feb 2006 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 57.59 =         $0
Gas                   43 Mcf  × $  7.75 =       $333

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Month total                                     $333

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/88657 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.