POPE, W.I.

Operated by GAUGE OIL COMPANY (P-5 297345) in the SALT FLAT field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 12173District 01Field 79905001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.7 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$32 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead 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 415 leases and 1,904 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1928-05-28
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
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 field rule took effect on 1952-08-04.

The register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: 100 % % DELIVERABILITY SHOULD BE USED (DAMEKI NYERI).

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
OilDisposition36,550 bbl$1,681,324
Casinghead gasProduction19,784 Mcf$59,507
Total$1,740,831

5,973 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 (8)

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 29.7813, -97.5752. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles. 1 well has no surveyed location and is left out of it.

29.78155, -97.57573 · centre of 7 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
12.5%
1 of 8 wells
With a plug date
12.5%
1 of 8 wells
Median depth
2,653 ft
6 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
112.5%
A plug date is filed
112.5%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
112.5%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
787.5%

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, 6 of 8 wells. Median 2,653 ft, with the middle half between 2,635 and 2,670 ft; the shallowest is 2,610 ft and the deepest 2,680 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, 5 of 8 wells, Dec 1965 – Jan 1976. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Dec 1965 – Jan 1976
5 of 8 wells; 3 filed none
Plug dates filed
Apr 1998
1 of 8 wells; 7 filed none

8 wells

42-0552075862,675 ftApr 1998Yes
42-055021257
42-055809471
42-05530731122,610 ftJan 1976
42-05530542112,630 ftMar 1974
42-05530447102,656 ftJan 1972
42-0552075952,680 ftJun 1966
42-0550212642,649 ftDec 1965

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 (401)

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

401 months

May 20261160106.413.05$12,344
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 202690063.503.75$5,715
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 2025154059.383.30$9,145
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 202578066.743.32$5,206
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 2025166060.553.23$10,051
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 202599074.324.28$7,358
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 2024179069.612.36$12,460
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 202484078.812.20$6,620
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 2024167080.301.55$13,410
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 2023170077.892.81$13,241
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 2023160074.852.64$11,976
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 2023162072.852.39$11,802
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 2022157076.415.73$11,996
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 202292094.529.13$8,696
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 20221860109.378.43$20,343
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 2022114081.844.54$9,330
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 2021182077.435.24$14,092
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 2021180070.783.98$12,740
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 2021179060.362.76$10,804
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 2020172044.642.68$7,678
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 2020170037.091.99$6,305
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 2020175034.901.69$6,108
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 2020174049.881.98$8,679
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 2019172055.302.75$9,512
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 2019169053.112.30$8,976
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 201962058.482.74$3,626
Apr 2019169062.632.75$10,584
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 2019162046.033.23$7,457
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 2018170061.443.40$10,445
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 201884065.142.93$5,472
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 2018164065.382.90$10,722
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 2018166061.222.79$10,163
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 2017171057.272.92$9,793
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 2017166047.523.09$7,888
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 2017163042.493.09$6,926
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 2017180047.933.21$8,627
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 2017172049.413.42$8,499
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 2016177046.193.09$8,176
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 2016174041.622.92$7,242
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 2016175036.561.99$6,398
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 2016170026.472.06$4,500
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 2015165032.362.00$5,339
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 2015158043.552.43$6,881
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 2015173048.152.95$8,330
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 2015177055.212.96$9,772
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 2015163042.892.93$6,991
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 2015169043.433.10$7,340
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 2014170070.464.25$11,978
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 2014164086.164.05$14,130
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 2014169096.564.18$16,319
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 2014163094.734.73$15,441
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 2014160095.895.06$15,342
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 2014164090.404.86$14,826
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 2013164088.853.74$14,571
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 20131630104.113.72$16,970
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 20131650102.523.72$16,916
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 2013172094.834.15$16,311
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 2013173093.623.91$16,196
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 2013173091.603.42$15,847
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 2012172086.953.62$14,955
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 2012169094.672.92$15,999
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 2012165085.133.02$14,046
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 2012169091.612.49$15,482
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 20121730101.102.57$17,490
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 2011167096.873.24$16,177
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 2011172084.983.65$14,617
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 2011156083.404.15$13,010
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 2011169092.904.64$15,700
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 20111660105.964.33$17,589
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 2011165086.504.59$14,273
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 2010164080.843.80$13,258
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 2010176072.633.98$12,783
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 2010160072.554.74$11,608
Jun 2010162070.364.91$11,398
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 2010160081.694.12$13,070
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 2010166073.585.44$12,214
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 2009164071.445.48$11,716
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 2009180072.544.11$13,057
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 2009172067.423.22$11,596
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 2009156066.163.90$10,321
May 2009174054.743.93$9,525
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 2009183042.144.06$7,712
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 2009174035.865.37$6,240
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 2008170055.496.86$9,433
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 20081630101.767.88$16,587
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 20081660131.0811.39$21,759
Jun 20081700131.3313.03$22,326
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 20081840110.3110.45$20,297
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 2008177092.538.77$16,378
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 2007176088.337.30$15,546
Nov 2007173091.677.29$15,859
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 2007164075.846.24$12,438
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 2007176070.906.39$12,478
Jun 2007170062.007.55$10,540
May 200709258.747.85$722
Apr 200715716859.617.81$10,670
Mar 200717017656.927.30$10,962
Feb 2007015855.108.22$1,298
Jan 200717618550.306.73$10,097
Dec 200616217156.656.92$10,360
Nov 2006020054.207.62$1,524
Oct 200616218854.906.01$10,024
Sep 200616719060.085.04$10,990
Aug 2006021068.717.34$1,541
Jul 200616515869.376.34$12,448
Jun 200616015566.286.38$11,594
May 2006015666.016.42$1,002
Apr 200616715364.397.36$11,879
Mar 200617016456.707.08$10,801
Feb 2006014957.597.75$1,155
Jan 200616618160.598.93$11,675
Dec 200519618554.9413.42$13,250
Nov 2005018654.6910.59$1,969
Oct 200518419758.3413.80$13,452
Sep 200516920561.4512.08$12,861
Aug 200516720661.519.80$12,290
Jul 2005021655.697.84$1,694
Jun 20051654452.337.38$8,959
May 2005173045.226.65$7,823
Apr 2005168049.207.36$8,266
Mar 2005176050.377.15$8,865
Feb 2005189045.226.31$8,547
Jan 2005174043.166.32$7,510
Dec 2004175039.866.75$6,976
Nov 2004108045.286.33$4,890
Oct 2004177049.706.52$8,797
Sep 2004174043.245.28$7,524
Aug 200466042.375.55$2,796
Jul 2004163038.286.08$6,240
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 2004175037.486.49$6,559
Apr 200461034.475.86$2,103
Mar 2004176034.365.53$6,047
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 2004170032.036.30$5,445
Dec 200386030.266.30$2,602
Nov 2003179028.804.60$5,155
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 2003174026.314.75$4,578
Aug 200399029.765.13$2,946
Jul 2003119029.415.17$3,500
Jun 2003163028.565.98$4,655
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 2003176026.675.41$4,694
Mar 200351031.146.10$1,588
Feb 2003183033.487.93$6,127
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 2002173026.914.85$4,655
Nov 200294024.664.14$2,318
Oct 2002182026.464.23$4,816
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 2002131025.963.16$3,401
Jul 2002147024.583.06$3,613
Jun 2002174023.733.34$4,129
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 2002143023.653.51$3,382
Mar 2002134022.003.10$2,948
Feb 2002169018.222.38$3,079
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 20011915816.932.36$3,371
Nov 2001016118.072.41$387
Oct 200117616019.782.53$3,886
Sep 20011827124.262.25$4,575
Aug 200107324.873.05$223
Jul 200117616823.933.20$4,749
Jun 200117316824.563.82$4,891
May 2001016925.524.31$728
Apr 2001185024.685.34$4,566
Mar 200192024.545.38$2,258
Feb 20011909027.755.77$5,792
Jan 20010027.478.40$0
Dec 20001452526.889.12$4,126
Nov 20002486532.215.66$8,356
Oct 20000031.235.15$0
Sep 200016615331.875.19$6,084
Aug 2000922229.644.54$2,827
Jul 20001651128.534.09$4,752
Jun 20009111629.304.40$3,176
May 200017218427.263.68$5,366
Apr 2000020024.513.12$623
Mar 200025921928.422.86$7,987
Feb 2000019827.622.73$540
Jan 200016520925.272.48$4,688
Dec 199917417324.282.42$4,644
Nov 199917115523.192.43$4,343
Oct 1999014920.982.80$418
Sep 19999417321.752.62$2,498
Aug 199917114519.262.88$3,710
Jul 199922621317.892.37$4,548
Jun 1999021015.942.36$496
May 199917320915.792.32$3,217
Apr 199918022415.102.21$3,213
Mar 199917222412.471.84$2,557
Feb 199902039.981.82$369
Jan 199917220710.381.90$2,179
Dec 19981541969.201.77$1,764
Nov 199817382410.892.19$3,685
Oct 1998017812.421.97$351
Sep 199817221112.592.08$2,605
Aug 199817422311.301.91$2,392
Jul 1998022411.742.24$501
Jun 199813623611.242.24$2,057
May 199814022212.622.21$2,257
Apr 199814922013.042.51$2,494
Mar 199812227612.802.31$2,199
Feb 19981517513.952.30$2,279
Jan 19981307914.702.15$2,081
Dec 19971276716.322.41$2,234
Nov 199711625118.193.09$2,885
Oct 199713726919.253.15$3,485
Sep 199711924217.742.95$2,826
Aug 199716823317.862.55$3,596
Jul 199712914917.582.25$2,603
Jun 19971739717.242.26$3,201
May 199710213918.972.31$2,256
Apr 19971078717.882.08$2,094
Mar 199717916118.951.94$3,704
Feb 199714815620.492.21$3,377
Jan 19971229823.483.54$3,211
Dec 199612018723.32$2,798
Nov 199616514021.97$3,625
Oct 199613621123.31$3,170
Sep 199613126822.22$2,911
Aug 199615712020.26$3,181
Jul 199615122019.55$2,952
Jun 199617128418.73$3,203
May 199618225819.43$3,536
Apr 199617528621.51$3,764
Mar 199616525819.38$3,198
Feb 1996031416.98$0
Jan 199615716017.07$2,680
Dec 199515158317.19$2,596
Nov 199516657516.00$2,656
Oct 199516626815.43$2,561
Sep 199515042116.18$2,427
Aug 199516033115.92$2,547
Jul 199516034415.24$2,438
Jun 199516417216.41$2,691
May 199516323417.56$2,862
Apr 19951651917.73$2,925
Mar 199518414816.44$3,025
Feb 199516414716.58$2,719
Jan 1995189115.92$3,009
Dec 19940115.03$0
Nov 1994163115.90$2,592
Oct 1994292115.58$4,549
Sep 1994163115.29$2,492
Aug 1994178116.13$2,871
Jul 1994184117.56$3,231
Jun 19940117.09$0
May 1994186115.88$2,954
Apr 19940114.14$0
Mar 19940112.46$0
Feb 1994206112.50$2,575
Jan 19940112.66$0
Dec 1993187112.33$2,306
Nov 19930114.49$0
Oct 1993202115.85$3,202
Sep 1993190115.03$2,856
Aug 19930115.66$0
Jul 1993190115.46$2,937
Jun 1993198116.79$3,324
May 19930117.68$0
Apr 19930118.05$0
Mar 19930118.14$0
Feb 1993185117.90$3,312
Jan 19930116.93$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.

May 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  116 bbl  × $106.41 =    $12,344
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $12,344

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/12173 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.