N. BALLARD

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

Operated by GEOMEG ENERGY OPERATING CO., LLC (P-5 300803) in the DALE-MCBRIDE field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 11992District 01Field 22820001OilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$151 k

Jan 1993 – Apr 2006

Value, last 12 filed months

$12 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

160

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The DALE-MCBRIDE 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 100 leases and 463 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1970-07-01

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

300 ft

minimum

From a lease line

150 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 2 acres.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “& DALE, WEST INTO ONE FIELD DALE-MCBRIDE 7/1/70”

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	8,188 bbl	$150,622
Casinghead gas	Production	54 Mcf	$14
Total			$150,637

48 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 (2)

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 29.9306, -97.5134. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.1 miles.

29.93055, -97.51341 · 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

0.0%

0 of 2 wells

With a plug date

0.0%

0 of 2 wells

Median depth

2,451 ft

2 wells filed one

Completion to plug

—

no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

00.0%

A plug date is filed

00.0%

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

00.0%

NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.

2100.0%

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

Between 2,436 and 2,465 ft, median 2,451 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Mar 1988 – Nov 1992

2 of 2 wells

2 wells


42-05534472	3	2,436 ft	Nov 1992	—	—
42-05534334	1	2,465 ft	Mar 1988	—	—

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 (160)

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

160 months


Apr 2006	0	0	64.39	7.36	$0
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	69	0	57.59	7.75	$3,974
Jan 2006	0	0	60.59	8.93	$0
Dec 2005	0	0	54.94	13.42	$0
Nov 2005	0	0	54.69	10.59	$0
Oct 2005	45	0	58.34	13.80	$2,625
Sep 2005	17	0	61.45	12.08	$1,045
Aug 2005	15	0	61.51	9.80	$923
Jul 2005	9	0	55.69	7.84	$501
Jun 2005	50	0	52.33	7.38	$2,617
May 2005	0	0	45.22	6.65	$0
Apr 2005	0	0	49.20	7.36	$0
Mar 2005	122	0	50.37	7.15	$6,145
Feb 2005	0	0	45.22	6.31	$0
Jan 2005	0	0	43.16	6.32	$0
Dec 2004	0	0	39.86	6.75	$0
Nov 2004	0	0	45.28	6.33	$0
Oct 2004	0	0	49.70	6.52	$0
Sep 2004	0	0	43.24	5.28	$0
Aug 2004	0	0	42.37	5.55	$0
Jul 2004	0	0	38.28	6.08	$0
Jun 2004	0	0	36.10	6.43	$0
May 2004	0	0	37.48	6.49	$0
Apr 2004	0	0	34.47	5.86	$0
Mar 2004	0	0	34.36	5.53	$0
Feb 2004	0	0	32.45	5.51	$0
Jan 2004	0	0	32.03	6.30	$0
Dec 2003	0	0	30.26	6.30	$0
Nov 2003	0	0	28.80	4.60	$0
Oct 2003	0	0	28.17	4.76	$0
Sep 2003	0	0	26.31	4.75	$0
Aug 2003	0	0	29.76	5.13	$0
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	0	0	31.14	6.10	$0
Feb 2003	0	0	33.48	7.93	$0
Jan 2003	0	0	30.31	5.58	$0
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	0	0	24.58	3.06	$0
Jun 2002	0	0	23.73	3.34	$0
May 2002	0	0	24.66	3.58	$0
Apr 2002	0	0	23.65	3.51	$0
Mar 2002	0	0	22.00	3.10	$0
Feb 2002	0	0	18.22	2.38	$0
Jan 2002	0	0	17.17	2.38	$0
Dec 2001	0	0	16.93	2.36	$0
Nov 2001	0	0	18.07	2.41	$0
Oct 2001	0	0	19.78	2.53	$0
Sep 2001	0	0	24.26	2.25	$0
Aug 2001	0	0	24.87	3.05	$0
Jul 2001	0	0	23.93	3.20	$0
Jun 2001	43	0	24.56	3.82	$1,056
May 2001	49	0	25.52	4.31	$1,250
Apr 2001	34	0	24.68	5.34	$839
Mar 2001	61	0	24.54	5.38	$1,497
Feb 2001	75	0	27.75	5.77	$2,081
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	0	0	31.23	5.15	$0
Sep 2000	0	0	31.87	5.19	$0
Aug 2000	0	0	29.64	4.54	$0
Jul 2000	0	0	28.53	4.09	$0
Jun 2000	23	0	29.30	4.40	$674
May 2000	41	0	27.26	3.68	$1,118
Apr 2000	28	0	24.51	3.12	$686
Mar 2000	29	0	28.42	2.86	$824
Feb 2000	85	0	27.62	2.73	$2,348
Jan 2000	41	0	25.27	2.48	$1,036
Dec 1999	0	0	24.28	2.42	$0
Nov 1999	40	0	23.19	2.43	$928
Oct 1999	36	0	20.98	2.80	$755
Sep 1999	0	0	21.75	2.62	$0
Aug 1999	22	0	19.26	2.88	$424
Jul 1999	24	0	17.89	2.37	$429
Jun 1999	33	0	15.94	2.36	$526
May 1999	58	0	15.79	2.32	$916
Apr 1999	55	0	15.10	2.21	$831
Mar 1999	15	0	12.47	1.84	$187
Feb 1999	67	0	9.98	1.82	$669
Jan 1999	101	0	10.38	1.90	$1,048
Dec 1998	169	0	9.20	1.77	$1,555
Nov 1998	180	0	10.89	2.19	$1,960
Oct 1998	0	0	12.42	1.97	$0
Sep 1998	0	0	12.59	2.08	$0
Aug 1998	0	0	11.30	1.91	$0
Jul 1998	0	0	11.74	2.24	$0
Jun 1998	26	0	11.24	2.24	$292
May 1998	35	0	12.62	2.21	$442
Apr 1998	85	0	13.04	2.51	$1,108
Mar 1998	0	0	12.80	2.31	$0
Feb 1998	0	0	13.95	2.30	$0
Jan 1998	0	0	14.70	2.15	$0
Dec 1997	0	0	16.32	2.41	$0
Nov 1997	35	0	18.19	3.09	$637
Oct 1997	0	0	19.25	3.15	$0
Sep 1997	36	0	17.74	2.95	$639
Aug 1997	47	0	17.86	2.55	$839
Jul 1997	42	0	17.58	2.25	$738
Jun 1997	90	1	17.24	2.26	$1,554
May 1997	26	1	18.97	2.31	$496
Apr 1997	70	1	17.88	2.08	$1,254
Mar 1997	47	1	18.95	1.94	$893
Feb 1997	76	1	20.49	2.21	$1,559
Jan 1997	32	1	23.48	3.54	$755
Dec 1996	48	1	23.32	—	$1,119
Nov 1996	68	1	21.97	—	$1,494
Oct 1996	66	1	23.31	—	$1,538
Sep 1996	66	1	22.22	—	$1,467
Aug 1996	65	1	20.26	—	$1,317
Jul 1996	91	1	19.55	—	$1,779
Jun 1996	70	1	18.73	—	$1,311
May 1996	106	1	19.43	—	$2,060
Apr 1996	15	1	21.51	—	$323
Mar 1996	45	1	19.38	—	$872
Feb 1996	75	1	16.98	—	$1,274
Jan 1996	95	1	17.07	—	$1,622
Dec 1995	106	1	17.19	—	$1,822
Nov 1995	46	1	16.00	—	$736
Oct 1995	102	1	15.43	—	$1,574
Sep 1995	51	1	16.18	—	$825
Aug 1995	84	1	15.92	—	$1,337
Jul 1995	65	1	15.24	—	$991
Jun 1995	94	1	16.41	—	$1,543
May 1995	83	1	17.56	—	$1,457
Apr 1995	65	1	17.73	—	$1,152
Mar 1995	104	1	16.44	—	$1,710
Feb 1995	57	1	16.58	—	$945
Jan 1995	34	1	15.92	—	$541
Dec 1994	94	1	15.03	—	$1,413
Nov 1994	103	1	15.90	—	$1,638
Oct 1994	112	1	15.58	—	$1,745
Sep 1994	95	1	15.29	—	$1,453
Aug 1994	126	1	16.13	—	$2,032
Jul 1994	138	1	17.56	—	$2,423
Jun 1994	0	1	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	126	1	15.88	—	$2,001
Apr 1994	116	1	14.14	—	$1,640
Mar 1994	151	1	12.46	—	$1,881
Feb 1994	149	1	12.50	—	$1,863
Jan 1994	124	1	12.66	—	$1,570
Dec 1993	148	1	12.33	—	$1,825
Nov 1993	161	1	14.49	—	$2,333
Oct 1993	108	1	15.85	—	$1,712
Sep 1993	199	1	15.03	—	$2,991
Aug 1993	138	1	15.66	—	$2,161
Jul 1993	326	1	15.46	—	$5,040
Jun 1993	338	1	16.79	—	$5,675
May 1993	165	1	17.68	—	$2,917
Apr 1993	164	1	18.05	—	$2,960
Mar 1993	322	1	18.14	—	$5,841
Feb 1993	497	1	17.90	—	$8,896
Jan 1993	304	1	16.93	—	$5,147

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

Oil                   69 bbl  × $ 57.59 =     $3,974
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  7.75 =         $0

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Month total                                   $3,974

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/11992 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.