JOHNSON, NAT

Operated by VERMILLION PRODUCTION, INC. (P-5 884586) in the PEARSALL (AUSTIN CHALK) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 12861District 01Field 69981125OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.2 M
Jan 1993 – Jun 2012
Value, last 12 filed months
$7 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
234
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 1,992 leases and 3,388 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1936-12-28
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2025-06-17.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: LEASE PLAT. PRORATION PLAT IS NOT REQUIRED.

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
OilDisposition28,025 bbl$1,010,312
Casinghead gasProduction88,624 Mcf$194,761
Total$1,205,073

45,485 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 46 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 28.8568, -99.1334. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

28.85681, -99.13341 · centre of the 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
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
5,753 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
21.4 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 5,753 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1990
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Apr 2012
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 21.4 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 21.4 years and 21.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-1633285415,753 ftNov 1990Apr 2012Yes

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 (234)

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

234 months

Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 2012710101.652.00$7,217
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 201015945778.103.51$14,021
Sep 201036167472.633.98$28,902
Aug 2010067573.684.42$2,983
Jul 2010065172.554.74$3,083
Jun 201015831270.364.91$12,649
May 20103461,45271.124.24$30,757
Apr 201035110081.694.12$29,085
Mar 2010089878.394.39$3,941
Feb 201016829873.585.44$13,983
Jan 2010022274.365.96$1,324
Dec 2009032171.445.48$1,760
Nov 200916841874.593.75$14,099
Oct 200916946272.544.11$14,158
Sep 200908865.543.06$270
Aug 2009173067.423.22$11,664
Jul 2009173061.133.46$10,575
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 20091702554.743.93$9,404
Apr 200915813946.773.59$7,888
Mar 2009040042.144.06$1,624
Feb 200916451832.814.63$7,781
Jan 200916031235.865.37$7,413
Dec 2008034337.105.98$2,050
Nov 200818759655.496.86$14,465
Oct 200818268275.246.92$18,414
Sep 2008175167101.767.88$19,123
Aug 20080561114.228.48$4,759
Jul 2008163250131.0811.39$24,213
Jun 2008178553131.3313.03$30,584
May 2008168489123.1711.57$26,352
Apr 20080219110.3110.45$2,290
Mar 2008168476101.909.66$21,719
Feb 200817345192.538.77$19,963
Jan 200815514990.388.21$15,232
Dec 200719467388.337.30$22,050
Nov 200716567891.677.29$20,069
Oct 200735644282.856.92$32,554
Sep 200717815175.846.24$14,442
Aug 200717613069.066.39$12,985
Jul 200717816470.906.39$13,668
Jun 200715716162.007.55$10,949
May 200750830258.747.85$32,210
Apr 200750217459.617.81$31,282
Mar 200718017056.927.30$11,487
Feb 200753720355.108.22$31,257
Jan 200735723450.306.73$19,531
Dec 200634639856.656.92$22,354
Nov 200617534254.207.62$12,090
Oct 20063411,00654.906.01$24,771
Sep 20068691,22560.085.04$58,380
Aug 200602,55868.717.34$18,776
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 2006172066.016.42$11,354
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
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 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 2002139026.464.23$3,678
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 2002161025.963.16$4,180
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 2002153023.733.34$3,631
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 200231638223.653.51$8,815
Mar 200215911722.003.10$3,861
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 200214661317.172.38$3,963
Dec 2001084516.932.36$1,998
Nov 200114663818.072.41$4,173
Oct 20012671,11319.782.53$8,096
Sep 20013132,79424.262.25$13,884
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 20010023.933.20$0
Jun 20010024.563.82$0
May 20010025.524.31$0
Apr 20010024.685.34$0
Mar 20010024.545.38$0
Feb 20010027.755.77$0
Jan 20010027.478.40$0
Dec 20000026.889.12$0
Nov 20000032.215.66$0
Oct 200017520631.235.15$6,525
Sep 20000031.875.19$0
Aug 200016419629.644.54$5,751
Jul 20000028.534.09$0
Jun 20000029.304.40$0
May 20000027.263.68$0
Apr 200016728924.513.12$4,994
Mar 2000167028.422.86$4,746
Feb 20000027.622.73$0
Jan 2000169025.272.48$4,271
Dec 19990024.282.42$0
Nov 1999154023.192.43$3,571
Oct 19991362220.982.80$2,915
Sep 199901521.752.62$39
Aug 19991571219.262.88$3,058
Jul 19991736717.892.37$3,254
Jun 19991688715.942.36$2,883
May 1999309015.792.32$4,879
Apr 19990015.102.21$0
Mar 199903712.471.84$68
Feb 199902119.981.82$384
Jan 1999030910.381.90$587
Dec 19981562069.201.77$1,801
Nov 1998030710.892.19$671
Oct 199815961912.421.97$3,194
Sep 199816668712.592.08$3,521
Aug 199817051811.301.91$2,909
Jul 199817049311.742.24$3,099
Jun 199815969711.242.24$3,347
May 199816760012.622.21$3,431
Apr 199813849913.042.51$3,050
Mar 1998169012.802.31$2,163
Feb 199815712513.952.30$2,478
Jan 199817438714.702.15$3,392
Dec 19970016.322.41$0
Nov 199716783718.193.09$5,623
Oct 19971661,14219.253.15$6,793
Sep 1997155017.742.95$2,750
Aug 199716369317.862.55$4,682
Jul 1997074917.582.25$1,683
Jun 199713232617.242.26$3,012
May 19971681,26118.972.31$6,098
Apr 1997048017.882.08$1,000
Mar 199727052318.951.94$6,131
Feb 199764376520.492.21$14,863
Jan 199732890323.483.54$10,898
Dec 1996082323.32$0
Nov 199612588421.97$2,746
Oct 19961617223.31$3,753
Sep 1996165022.22$3,666
Aug 199610547220.26$2,127
Jul 199612518619.55$2,444
Jun 1996017518.73$0
May 199614889319.43$2,876
Apr 199615192821.51$3,248
Mar 199616783619.38$3,236
Feb 199616592816.98$2,802
Jan 1996085617.07$0
Dec 1995149017.19$2,561
Nov 199514684016.00$2,336
Oct 199516581015.43$2,546
Sep 199514582016.18$2,346
Aug 19951461,08415.92$2,324
Jul 199515267215.24$2,316
Jun 199533663216.41$5,514
May 199517064917.56$2,985
Apr 1995063617.73$0
Mar 199515357916.44$2,515
Feb 199520968316.58$3,465
Jan 199517962915.92$2,850
Dec 199417473815.03$2,615
Nov 199432768515.90$5,199
Oct 1994018215.58$0
Sep 199419389215.29$2,951
Aug 199412192816.13$1,952
Jul 19942861,01117.56$5,022
Jun 19943651,59417.09$6,238
May 199419069115.88$3,017
Apr 19943481,82114.14$4,921
Mar 19943521,47212.46$4,386
Feb 19943341,68012.50$4,175
Jan 19944951,54312.66$6,267
Dec 19931861,24912.33$2,293
Nov 19935431,75914.49$7,868
Oct 19933522,86815.85$5,579
Sep 199337495815.03$5,621
Aug 19930115.66$0
Jul 19933347015.46$5,164
Jun 19933641,40416.79$6,112
May 19933691,88417.68$6,524
Apr 199301,42318.05$0
Mar 19937061,69618.14$12,807
Feb 19933581,94417.90$6,408
Jan 19933871,90516.93$6,552

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 2012 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   71 bbl  × $101.65 =     $7,217
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.00 =         $0

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Month total                                   $7,217

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/12861 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.