BENSON, W.R.-FEE

Name: BENSON, W.R.-FEE lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by U. D. MAN, INC. (P-5 875300) in the SOMERSET field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 10862District 01Field 84560001OilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$582 k

Jan 1993 – Jul 2011

Value, last 12 filed months

$62 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

223

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The SOMERSET 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 1,033 leases and 5,137 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1911-12-31

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and gas

the register's own label

Between wells

330 ft

minimum

From a lease line

150 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 2.05 acres. The field rule took effect on 1986-02-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “RULES EFF. FOR SOMERSET FIELD 12-11-78.”

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
Oil	Disposition	14,727 bbl	$581,568
Casinghead gas	Production	25 Mcf	$0
Total			$581,568

25 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 25 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 (16)

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 29.1855, -98.6560. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.5 miles.

29.18569, -98.65732 · 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

12.5%

2 of 16 wells

With a plug date

12.5%

2 of 16 wells

Median depth

1,573 ft

16 wells filed one

Completion to plug

41.1 years

median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

212.5%

A plug date is filed

212.5%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

212.5%

NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.

1487.5%

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

Total depth in feet, 16 of 16 wells. Median 1,573 ft, with the middle half between 1,559 and 1,598 ft; the shallowest is 1,531 ft and the deepest 1,600 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 16 of 16 wells, Mar 1975 – Aug 1984. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed

Mar 1975 – Aug 1984

16 of 16 wells

Plug dates filed

Dec 2020

2 of 16 wells; 14 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 41.1 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 38.7 years and 43.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

16 wells


42-01332852	13	1,596 ft	Aug 1984	—	—
42-01332854	15	1,547 ft	Aug 1984	Dec 2020	Yes
42-01332853	14	1,581 ft	Aug 1984	—	—
42-01331318	6R	1,565 ft	Sep 1981	—	—
42-01331291	7	1,560 ft	Jul 1981	—	—
42-01331289	11	1,600 ft	Jun 1981	—	—
42-01331290	10	1,600 ft	Jun 1981	—	—
42-01331228	8	1,600 ft	Mar 1981	—	—
42-01331227	9	1,597 ft	Mar 1981	—	—
42-01331126	1A	1,591 ft	Feb 1981	—	—
42-01330363	6	1,555 ft	Mar 1977	—	—
42-01330316	5	1,550 ft	Dec 1976	—	—
42-01330315	4	1,564 ft	Dec 1976	—	—
42-01330544	3	1,600 ft	Sep 1976	—	—
42-01330527	2	1,563 ft	Jun 1976	—	—
42-01380690	1	1,531 ft	Mar 1975	Dec 2020	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 (223)

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

223 months


Jul 2011	0	0	94.14	4.52	$0
Jun 2011	0	0	92.90	4.64	$0
May 2011	0	0	98.13	4.40	$0
Apr 2011	196	0	105.96	4.33	$20,768
Mar 2011	0	0	96.36	4.06	$0
Feb 2011	163	0	85.64	4.18	$13,959
Jan 2011	0	0	86.50	4.59	$0
Dec 2010	0	0	85.73	4.35	$0
Nov 2010	180	0	80.84	3.80	$14,551
Oct 2010	0	0	78.10	3.51	$0
Sep 2010	176	0	72.63	3.98	$12,783
Aug 2010	0	0	73.68	4.42	$0
Jul 2010	0	0	72.55	4.74	$0
Jun 2010	172	0	70.36	4.91	$12,102
May 2010	164	0	71.12	4.24	$11,664
Apr 2010	0	0	81.69	4.12	$0
Mar 2010	0	0	78.39	4.39	$0
Feb 2010	168	0	73.58	5.44	$12,361
Jan 2010	0	0	74.36	5.96	$0
Dec 2009	0	0	71.44	5.48	$0
Nov 2009	171	0	74.59	3.75	$12,755
Oct 2009	0	0	72.54	4.11	$0
Sep 2009	160	0	65.54	3.06	$10,486
Aug 2009	0	0	67.42	3.22	$0
Jul 2009	159	0	61.13	3.46	$9,720
Jun 2009	0	0	66.16	3.90	$0
May 2009	158	0	54.74	3.93	$8,649
Apr 2009	0	0	46.77	3.59	$0
Mar 2009	0	0	42.14	4.06	$0
Feb 2009	174	0	32.81	4.63	$5,709
Jan 2009	0	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	58	0	37.10	5.98	$2,152
Nov 2008	152	0	55.49	6.86	$8,434
Oct 2008	0	0	75.24	6.92	$0
Sep 2008	0	0	101.76	7.88	$0
Aug 2008	155	0	114.22	8.48	$17,704
Jul 2008	0	0	131.08	11.39	$0
Jun 2008	244	0	131.33	13.03	$32,045
May 2008	0	0	123.17	11.57	$0
Apr 2008	0	0	110.31	10.45	$0
Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	154	0	92.53	8.77	$14,250
Jan 2008	0	0	90.38	8.21	$0
Dec 2007	0	0	88.33	7.30	$0
Nov 2007	151	0	91.67	7.29	$13,842
Oct 2007	0	0	82.85	6.92	$0
Sep 2007	0	0	75.84	6.24	$0
Aug 2007	184	0	69.06	6.39	$12,707
Jul 2007	0	0	70.90	6.39	$0
Jun 2007	0	0	62.00	7.55	$0
May 2007	195	0	58.74	7.85	$11,454
Apr 2007	0	0	59.61	7.81	$0
Mar 2007	175	0	56.92	7.30	$9,961
Feb 2007	0	0	55.10	8.22	$0
Jan 2007	0	0	50.30	6.73	$0
Dec 2006	163	0	56.65	6.92	$9,234
Nov 2006	0	0	54.20	7.62	$0
Oct 2006	0	0	54.90	6.01	$0
Sep 2006	71	0	60.08	5.04	$4,266
Aug 2006	148	0	68.71	7.34	$10,169
Jul 2006	0	0	69.37	6.34	$0
Jun 2006	165	0	66.28	6.38	$10,936
May 2006	175	0	66.01	6.42	$11,552
Apr 2006	0	0	64.39	7.36	$0
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	107	0	57.59	7.75	$6,162
Jan 2006	187	0	60.59	8.93	$11,330
Dec 2005	0	0	54.94	13.42	$0
Nov 2005	0	0	54.69	10.59	$0
Oct 2005	171	0	58.34	13.80	$9,976
Sep 2005	0	0	61.45	12.08	$0
Aug 2005	155	0	61.51	9.80	$9,534
Jul 2005	0	0	55.69	7.84	$0
Jun 2005	162	0	52.33	7.38	$8,477
May 2005	147	0	45.22	6.65	$6,647
Apr 2005	0	0	49.20	7.36	$0
Mar 2005	159	0	50.37	7.15	$8,009
Feb 2005	0	0	45.22	6.31	$0
Jan 2005	139	0	43.16	6.32	$5,999
Dec 2004	153	0	39.86	6.75	$6,099
Nov 2004	146	0	45.28	6.33	$6,611
Oct 2004	0	0	49.70	6.52	$0
Sep 2004	170	0	43.24	5.28	$7,351
Aug 2004	0	0	42.37	5.55	$0
Jul 2004	157	0	38.28	6.08	$6,010
Jun 2004	85	0	36.10	6.43	$3,069
May 2004	258	0	37.48	6.49	$9,670
Apr 2004	0	0	34.47	5.86	$0
Mar 2004	64	0	34.36	5.53	$2,199
Feb 2004	160	0	32.45	5.51	$5,192
Jan 2004	0	0	32.03	6.30	$0
Dec 2003	122	0	30.26	6.30	$3,692
Nov 2003	0	0	28.80	4.60	$0
Oct 2003	123	0	28.17	4.76	$3,465
Sep 2003	0	0	26.31	4.75	$0
Aug 2003	152	0	29.76	5.13	$4,524
Jul 2003	0	0	29.41	5.17	$0
Jun 2003	0	0	28.56	5.98	$0
May 2003	0	0	26.59	5.97	$0
Apr 2003	0	0	26.67	5.41	$0
Mar 2003	37	0	31.14	6.10	$1,152
Feb 2003	0	0	33.48	7.93	$0
Jan 2003	133	0	30.31	5.58	$4,031
Dec 2002	0	0	26.91	4.85	$0
Nov 2002	0	0	24.66	4.14	$0
Oct 2002	0	0	26.46	4.23	$0
Sep 2002	0	0	27.44	3.64	$0
Aug 2002	0	0	25.96	3.16	$0
Jul 2002	300	0	24.58	3.06	$7,374
Jun 2002	0	0	23.73	3.34	$0
May 2002	0	0	24.66	3.58	$0
Apr 2002	239	0	23.65	3.51	$5,652
Mar 2002	0	0	22.00	3.10	$0
Feb 2002	20	0	18.22	2.38	$364
Jan 2002	163	0	17.17	2.38	$2,799
Dec 2001	0	0	16.93	2.36	$0
Nov 2001	0	0	18.07	2.41	$0
Oct 2001	125	0	19.78	2.53	$2,473
Sep 2001	72	0	24.26	2.25	$1,747
Aug 2001	0	0	24.87	3.05	$0
Jul 2001	0	0	23.93	3.20	$0
Jun 2001	58	0	24.56	3.82	$1,424
May 2001	0	0	25.52	4.31	$0
Apr 2001	0	0	24.68	5.34	$0
Mar 2001	136	0	24.54	5.38	$3,337
Feb 2001	0	0	27.75	5.77	$0
Jan 2001	0	0	27.47	8.40	$0
Dec 2000	0	0	26.88	9.12	$0
Nov 2000	0	0	32.21	5.66	$0
Oct 2000	129	0	31.23	5.15	$4,029
Sep 2000	0	0	31.87	5.19	$0
Aug 2000	205	0	29.64	4.54	$6,076
Jul 2000	0	0	28.53	4.09	$0
Jun 2000	276	0	29.30	4.40	$8,087
May 2000	0	0	27.26	3.68	$0
Apr 2000	0	0	24.51	3.12	$0
Mar 2000	159	0	28.42	2.86	$4,519
Feb 2000	0	0	27.62	2.73	$0
Jan 2000	0	0	25.27	2.48	$0
Dec 1999	170	0	24.28	2.42	$4,128
Nov 1999	0	0	23.19	2.43	$0
Oct 1999	175	0	20.98	2.80	$3,672
Sep 1999	0	0	21.75	2.62	$0
Aug 1999	215	0	19.26	2.88	$4,141
Jul 1999	0	0	17.89	2.37	$0
Jun 1999	0	0	15.94	2.36	$0
May 1999	144	0	15.79	2.32	$2,274
Apr 1999	159	0	15.10	2.21	$2,401
Mar 1999	0	0	12.47	1.84	$0
Feb 1999	0	0	9.98	1.82	$0
Jan 1999	142	0	10.38	1.90	$1,474
Dec 1998	0	0	9.20	1.77	$0
Nov 1998	204	0	10.89	2.19	$2,222
Oct 1998	440	0	12.42	1.97	$5,465
Sep 1998	0	0	12.59	2.08	$0
Aug 1998	0	0	11.30	1.91	$0
Jul 1998	164	0	11.74	2.24	$1,925
Jun 1998	0	0	11.24	2.24	$0
May 1998	0	0	12.62	2.21	$0
Apr 1998	223	0	13.04	2.51	$2,908
Mar 1998	0	0	12.80	2.31	$0
Feb 1998	97	0	13.95	2.30	$1,353
Jan 1998	0	0	14.70	2.15	$0
Dec 1997	143	0	16.32	2.41	$2,334
Nov 1997	145	0	18.19	3.09	$2,638
Oct 1997	261	0	19.25	3.15	$5,024
Sep 1997	0	0	17.74	2.95	$0
Aug 1997	184	0	17.86	2.55	$3,286
Jul 1997	70	0	17.58	2.25	$1,231
Jun 1997	31	0	17.24	2.26	$534
May 1997	220	0	18.97	2.31	$4,173
Apr 1997	0	0	17.88	2.08	$0
Mar 1997	0	0	18.95	1.94	$0
Feb 1997	0	0	20.49	2.21	$0
Jan 1997	0	0	23.48	3.54	$0
Dec 1996	0	0	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	0	0	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	0	0	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	0	0	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	0	0	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	0	0	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	0	0	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	0	0	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	0	0	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	0	0	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	0	0	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	0	0	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	0	0	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	48	0	16.00	—	$768
Oct 1995	0	0	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	0	0	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	0	0	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	0	0	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	80	0	16.41	—	$1,313
May 1995	0	0	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	17	0	17.73	—	$301
Mar 1995	0	0	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	0	0	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	0	1	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	0	1	15.03	—	$0
Nov 1994	127	1	15.90	—	$2,019
Oct 1994	0	1	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	0	1	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	106	1	16.13	—	$1,710
Jul 1994	0	1	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	122	1	17.09	—	$2,085
May 1994	0	1	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	113	1	14.14	—	$1,598
Mar 1994	0	1	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	65	1	12.50	—	$813
Jan 1994	69	1	12.66	—	$874
Dec 1993	87	1	12.33	—	$1,073
Nov 1993	67	1	14.49	—	$971
Oct 1993	148	1	15.85	—	$2,346
Sep 1993	168	1	15.03	—	$2,525
Aug 1993	121	1	15.66	—	$1,895
Jul 1993	251	1	15.46	—	$3,880
Jun 1993	171	1	16.79	—	$2,871
May 1993	336	1	17.68	—	$5,940
Apr 1993	0	1	18.05	—	$0
Mar 1993	104	1	18.14	—	$1,887
Feb 1993	167	1	17.90	—	$2,989
Jan 1993	73	1	16.93	—	$1,236

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.

Apr 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  196 bbl  × $105.96 =    $20,768
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.33 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $20,768

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/O/10862 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.