CULPEPPER OIL UNIT

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

Operated by WILSON, BILLY R. (P-5 927891) in the FIRST SHOT (AUSTIN CHALK) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 13142District 01Field 30967100Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$528 k

Jan 1993 – Nov 2009

Value, last 12 filed months

$5 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

203

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The FIRST SHOT (AUSTIN CHALK) 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 106 leases and 119 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1990-08-20

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

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 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 2017-01-24.

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: “6 MONTH EXCEPTION TO SWR 51 (A)”

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	18,621 bbl	$502,297
Casinghead gas	Production	11,660 Mcf	$26,018
Total			$528,315

3,385 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 15 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 29.2273, -97.5909. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

29.22726, -97.59090 · 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

12,137 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

18.3 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 12,137 ft.

Completions filed

Apr 1991

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Jul 2009

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 18.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 18.3 years and 18.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-17731862	2	12,137 ft	Apr 1991	Jul 2009	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 (203)

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

203 months


Nov 2009	0	0	74.59	3.75	$0
Oct 2009	0	0	72.54	4.11	$0
Sep 2009	0	0	65.54	3.06	$0
Aug 2009	0	0	67.42	3.22	$0
Jul 2009	0	0	61.13	3.46	$0
Jun 2009	0	0	66.16	3.90	$0
May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	0	0	46.77	3.59	$0
Mar 2009	0	0	42.14	4.06	$0
Feb 2009	147	0	32.81	4.63	$4,823
Jan 2009	0	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	0	0	37.10	5.98	$0
Nov 2008	128	0	55.49	6.86	$7,103
Oct 2008	0	0	75.24	6.92	$0
Sep 2008	138	0	101.76	7.88	$14,043
Aug 2008	0	0	114.22	8.48	$0
Jul 2008	0	0	131.08	11.39	$0
Jun 2008	94	0	131.33	13.03	$12,345
May 2008	0	0	123.17	11.57	$0
Apr 2008	111	0	110.31	10.45	$12,244
Mar 2008	114	0	101.90	9.66	$11,617
Feb 2008	0	0	92.53	8.77	$0
Jan 2008	172	0	90.38	8.21	$15,545
Dec 2007	145	0	88.33	7.30	$12,808
Nov 2007	0	0	91.67	7.29	$0
Oct 2007	0	0	82.85	6.92	$0
Sep 2007	0	0	75.84	6.24	$0
Aug 2007	159	0	69.06	6.39	$10,981
Jul 2007	0	0	70.90	6.39	$0
Jun 2007	0	0	62.00	7.55	$0
May 2007	168	0	58.74	7.85	$9,868
Apr 2007	0	0	59.61	7.81	$0
Mar 2007	0	0	56.92	7.30	$0
Feb 2007	143	0	55.10	8.22	$7,879
Jan 2007	0	0	50.30	6.73	$0
Dec 2006	0	0	56.65	6.92	$0
Nov 2006	143	0	54.20	7.62	$7,751
Oct 2006	167	0	54.90	6.01	$9,168
Sep 2006	0	0	60.08	5.04	$0
Aug 2006	0	0	68.71	7.34	$0
Jul 2006	0	0	69.37	6.34	$0
Jun 2006	155	0	66.28	6.38	$10,273
May 2006	0	0	66.01	6.42	$0
Apr 2006	0	0	64.39	7.36	$0
Mar 2006	291	0	56.70	7.08	$16,500
Feb 2006	0	0	57.59	7.75	$0
Jan 2006	0	0	60.59	8.93	$0
Dec 2005	0	0	54.94	13.42	$0
Nov 2005	66	0	54.69	10.59	$3,610
Oct 2005	0	0	58.34	13.80	$0
Sep 2005	137	0	61.45	12.08	$8,419
Aug 2005	177	0	61.51	9.80	$10,887
Jul 2005	0	0	55.69	7.84	$0
Jun 2005	0	0	52.33	7.38	$0
May 2005	0	0	45.22	6.65	$0
Apr 2005	0	0	49.20	7.36	$0
Mar 2005	155	0	50.37	7.15	$7,807
Feb 2005	0	0	45.22	6.31	$0
Jan 2005	0	0	43.16	6.32	$0
Dec 2004	169	0	39.86	6.75	$6,736
Nov 2004	0	0	45.28	6.33	$0
Oct 2004	0	0	49.70	6.52	$0
Sep 2004	187	0	43.24	5.28	$8,086
Aug 2004	0	0	42.37	5.55	$0
Jul 2004	0	0	38.28	6.08	$0
Jun 2004	167	0	36.10	6.43	$6,029
May 2004	0	0	37.48	6.49	$0
Apr 2004	358	0	34.47	5.86	$12,340
Mar 2004	0	1	34.36	5.53	$6
Feb 2004	0	1	32.45	5.51	$6
Jan 2004	0	1	32.03	6.30	$6
Dec 2003	77	1	30.26	6.30	$2,336
Nov 2003	0	1	28.80	4.60	$5
Oct 2003	190	1	28.17	4.76	$5,357
Sep 2003	156	1	26.31	4.75	$4,109
Aug 2003	0	0	29.76	5.13	$0
Jul 2003	0	1	29.41	5.17	$5
Jun 2003	0	1	28.56	5.98	$6
May 2003	167	1	26.59	5.97	$4,447
Apr 2003	0	1	26.67	5.41	$5
Mar 2003	0	1	31.14	6.10	$6
Feb 2003	164	1	33.48	7.93	$5,499
Jan 2003	69	1	30.31	5.58	$2,097
Dec 2002	0	1	26.91	4.85	$5
Nov 2002	0	1	24.66	4.14	$4
Oct 2002	160	1	26.46	4.23	$4,238
Sep 2002	0	1	27.44	3.64	$4
Aug 2002	143	1	25.96	3.16	$3,715
Jul 2002	130	1	24.58	3.06	$3,198
Jun 2002	0	1	23.73	3.34	$3
May 2002	175	1	24.66	3.58	$4,319
Apr 2002	153	1	23.65	3.51	$3,622
Mar 2002	165	1	22.00	3.10	$3,633
Feb 2002	0	1	18.22	2.38	$2
Jan 2002	170	1	17.17	2.38	$2,921
Dec 2001	0	74	16.93	2.36	$175
Nov 2001	161	79	18.07	2.41	$3,099
Oct 2001	141	116	19.78	2.53	$3,082
Sep 2001	164	55	24.26	2.25	$4,102
Aug 2001	174	161	24.87	3.05	$4,819
Jul 2001	0	1	23.93	3.20	$3
Jun 2001	0	1	24.56	3.82	$4
May 2001	0	19	25.52	4.31	$82
Apr 2001	121	89	24.68	5.34	$3,461
Mar 2001	318	316	24.54	5.38	$9,503
Feb 2001	167	16	27.75	5.77	$4,727
Jan 2001	179	151	27.47	8.40	$6,185
Dec 2000	0	306	26.88	9.12	$2,791
Nov 2000	0	12	32.21	5.66	$68
Oct 2000	153	95	31.23	5.15	$5,267
Sep 2000	0	37	31.87	5.19	$192
Aug 2000	345	422	29.64	4.54	$12,142
Jul 2000	184	1	28.53	4.09	$5,254
Jun 2000	341	505	29.30	4.40	$12,212
May 2000	0	1	27.26	3.68	$4
Apr 2000	0	1	24.51	3.12	$3
Mar 2000	0	1	28.42	2.86	$3
Feb 2000	0	1	27.62	2.73	$3
Jan 2000	0	1	25.27	2.48	$2
Dec 1999	170	39	24.28	2.42	$4,222
Nov 1999	0	87	23.19	2.43	$212
Oct 1999	196	114	20.98	2.80	$4,432
Sep 1999	198	207	21.75	2.62	$4,849
Aug 1999	178	249	19.26	2.88	$4,144
Jul 1999	0	1	17.89	2.37	$2
Jun 1999	0	1	15.94	2.36	$2
May 1999	161	75	15.79	2.32	$2,716
Apr 1999	185	112	15.10	2.21	$3,041
Mar 1999	0	82	12.47	1.84	$151
Feb 1999	143	200	9.98	1.82	$1,791
Jan 1999	166	194	10.38	1.90	$2,092
Dec 1998	149	152	9.20	1.77	$1,640
Nov 1998	129	128	10.89	2.19	$1,685
Oct 1998	144	143	12.42	1.97	$2,070
Sep 1998	318	135	12.59	2.08	$4,285
Aug 1998	0	177	11.30	1.91	$338
Jul 1998	177	124	11.74	2.24	$2,355
Jun 1998	180	237	11.24	2.24	$2,553
May 1998	175	168	12.62	2.21	$2,579
Apr 1998	192	251	13.04	2.51	$3,133
Mar 1998	416	231	12.80	2.31	$5,858
Feb 1998	185	302	13.95	2.30	$3,275
Jan 1998	873	710	14.70	2.15	$14,363
Dec 1997	2,812	1,562	16.32	2.41	$49,658
Nov 1997	195	106	18.19	3.09	$3,874
Oct 1997	0	0	19.25	3.15	$0
Sep 1997	0	1	17.74	2.95	$3
Aug 1997	0	0	17.86	2.55	$0
Jul 1997	0	0	17.58	2.25	$0
Jun 1997	0	0	17.24	2.26	$0
May 1997	0	0	18.97	2.31	$0
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	0	0	16.00	—	$0
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	0	0	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	0	0	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	0	0	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	0	0	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	0	0	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	0	0	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	0	0	15.03	—	$0
Nov 1994	0	0	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	0	0	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	0	0	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	0	0	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	0	0	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	0	0	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	0	0	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	171	130	14.14	—	$2,418
Mar 1994	323	385	12.46	—	$4,025
Feb 1994	0	0	12.50	—	$0
Jan 1994	185	263	12.66	—	$2,342
Dec 1993	373	1	12.33	—	$4,599
Nov 1993	0	432	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	357	89	15.85	—	$5,658
Sep 1993	361	48	15.03	—	$5,426
Aug 1993	347	22	15.66	—	$5,434
Jul 1993	0	290	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	0	88	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	1	162	17.68	—	$18
Apr 1993	547	348	18.05	—	$9,873
Mar 1993	2	79	18.14	—	$36
Feb 1993	189	431	17.90	—	$3,383
Jan 1993	365	617	16.93	—	$6,179

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 2009 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  147 bbl  × $ 32.81 =     $4,823
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.63 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $4,823

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/13142 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.