KNOBLOCH OIL (EMPIRE)

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

Operated by TEXAS PETROLEUM INVESTMENT CO. (P-5 847710) in the DARST CREEK (EDWARDS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 2771District 01Field 23191666Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$884 k

Jan 1993 – Apr 2022

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

352

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The DARST CREEK (EDWARDS) 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 82 leases and 544 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1960-09-01

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

0 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 2009-11-24.

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: “ONTAL WELLS.”

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	37,780 bbl	$884,300
Casinghead gas	Production	51 Mcf	$80
Total			$884,380

19 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 19 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 (6)

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 29.5938, -97.7578. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.1 miles.

29.59372, -97.75783 · 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%

6 of 6 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

6 of 6 wells

Median depth

2,657 ft

6 wells filed one

Completion to plug

21.9 years

median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

6100.0%

A plug date is filed

6100.0%

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

6100.0%

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

Between 2,545 and 2,693 ft, median 2,657 ft, over the 6 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Apr 2000

1 of 6 wells; 5 filed none

Plug dates filed

May 1985 – Mar 2022

6 of 6 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 21.9 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 21.9 years and 21.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

6 wells


42-18700923	3	2,545 ft	—	May 1985	Yes
42-18700924	4	2,548 ft	—	Jan 1992	Yes
42-18700925	5	2,679 ft	—	Jan 1992	Yes
42-18700926	6	2,693 ft	—	May 1985	Yes
42-18780446	1	2,650 ft	—	May 2019	Yes
42-18700928	8	2,664 ft	Apr 2000	Mar 2022	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 (352)

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

352 months


Apr 2022	0	0	104.22	6.84	$0
Mar 2022	0	0	108.88	5.08	$0
Feb 2022	0	0	91.05	4.86	$0
Jan 2022	0	0	81.84	4.54	$0
Dec 2021	0	0	71.32	3.90	$0
Nov 2021	0	0	77.43	5.24	$0
Oct 2021	0	0	79.79	5.71	$0
Sep 2021	0	0	69.86	5.35	$0
Aug 2021	0	0	66.02	4.22	$0
Jul 2021	0	0	70.78	3.98	$0
Jun 2021	0	0	69.49	3.38	$0
May 2021	0	0	63.48	3.02	$0
Apr 2021	0	0	60.36	2.76	$0
Mar 2021	0	0	61.30	2.72	$0
Feb 2021	0	0	57.80	5.55	$0
Jan 2021	0	0	50.41	2.81	$0
Dec 2020	0	0	44.64	2.68	$0
Nov 2020	0	0	38.77	2.71	$0
Oct 2020	0	0	36.97	2.48	$0
Sep 2020	0	0	37.09	1.99	$0
Aug 2020	0	0	39.98	2.39	$0
Jul 2020	0	0	38.37	1.83	$0
Jun 2020	0	0	34.90	1.69	$0
May 2020	0	0	16.92	1.81	$0
Apr 2020	0	0	14.75	1.80	$0
Mar 2020	0	0	30.34	1.86	$0
Feb 2020	0	0	49.88	1.98	$0
Jan 2020	0	0	57.25	2.09	$0
Dec 2019	0	0	59.01	2.30	$0
Nov 2019	0	0	55.30	2.75	$0
Oct 2019	0	0	53.47	2.42	$0
Sep 2019	0	0	55.05	2.66	$0
Aug 2019	0	0	53.11	2.30	$0
Jul 2019	0	0	56.27	2.46	$0
Jun 2019	0	0	52.78	2.49	$0
May 2019	0	0	58.48	2.74	$0
Apr 2019	0	0	62.63	2.75	$0
Mar 2019	0	0	56.80	3.06	$0
Feb 2019	0	0	50.85	2.79	$0
Jan 2019	0	0	46.03	3.23	$0
Dec 2018	0	0	46.59	4.19	$0
Nov 2018	0	0	52.93	4.24	$0
Oct 2018	0	0	61.44	3.40	$0
Sep 2018	0	0	59.54	3.11	$0
Aug 2018	0	0	59.40	3.07	$0
Jul 2018	0	0	65.14	2.93	$0
Jun 2018	0	0	60.18	3.08	$0
May 2018	0	0	65.38	2.90	$0
Apr 2018	0	0	63.84	2.90	$0
Mar 2018	0	0	61.22	2.79	$0
Feb 2018	0	0	61.78	2.77	$0
Jan 2018	0	0	62.87	4.01	$0
Dec 2017	0	0	57.27	2.92	$0
Nov 2017	0	0	55.42	3.12	$0
Oct 2017	0	0	49.29	2.98	$0
Sep 2017	0	0	47.52	3.09	$0
Aug 2017	0	0	45.37	3.00	$0
Jul 2017	0	0	43.87	3.09	$0
Jun 2017	0	0	42.49	3.09	$0
May 2017	0	0	45.37	3.26	$0
Apr 2017	0	0	47.93	3.21	$0
Mar 2017	0	0	46.77	2.98	$0
Feb 2017	0	0	50.45	2.95	$0
Jan 2017	0	0	49.41	3.42	$0
Dec 2016	0	0	48.76	3.72	$0
Nov 2016	0	0	42.49	2.64	$0
Oct 2016	0	0	46.19	3.09	$0
Sep 2016	0	0	41.55	3.10	$0
Aug 2016	0	0	41.44	2.92	$0
Jul 2016	0	0	41.62	2.92	$0
Jun 2016	0	0	45.35	2.69	$0
May 2016	0	0	42.52	1.99	$0
Apr 2016	0	0	36.56	1.99	$0
Mar 2016	0	0	33.01	1.79	$0
Feb 2016	0	0	26.47	2.06	$0
Jan 2016	0	0	27.35	2.36	$0
Dec 2015	0	0	32.36	2.00	$0
Nov 2015	0	0	38.79	2.17	$0
Oct 2015	0	0	43.55	2.43	$0
Sep 2015	0	0	42.99	2.76	$0
Aug 2015	0	0	40.16	2.87	$0
Jul 2015	0	0	48.15	2.95	$0
Jun 2015	0	0	56.15	2.88	$0
May 2015	0	0	55.21	2.96	$0
Apr 2015	0	0	49.82	2.71	$0
Mar 2015	0	0	42.89	2.93	$0
Feb 2015	0	0	44.66	2.98	$0
Jan 2015	0	0	43.43	3.10	$0
Dec 2014	0	0	54.69	3.59	$0
Nov 2014	0	0	70.46	4.25	$0
Oct 2014	0	0	78.30	3.90	$0
Sep 2014	0	0	86.16	4.05	$0
Aug 2014	0	0	89.39	4.04	$0
Jul 2014	0	0	96.56	4.18	$0
Jun 2014	0	0	98.16	4.74	$0
May 2014	0	0	94.73	4.73	$0
Apr 2014	0	0	95.94	4.81	$0
Mar 2014	0	0	95.89	5.06	$0
Feb 2014	0	0	97.40	6.19	$0
Jan 2014	0	0	90.40	4.86	$0
Dec 2013	0	0	91.82	4.35	$0
Nov 2013	0	0	88.85	3.74	$0
Oct 2013	0	0	97.42	3.78	$0
Sep 2013	0	0	104.11	3.72	$0
Aug 2013	0	0	104.25	3.52	$0
Jul 2013	0	0	102.52	3.72	$0
Jun 2013	0	0	94.40	3.93	$0
May 2013	0	0	94.83	4.15	$0
Apr 2013	0	0	93.96	4.28	$0
Mar 2013	0	0	93.62	3.91	$0
Feb 2013	0	0	91.23	3.42	$0
Jan 2013	0	0	91.60	3.42	$0
Dec 2012	0	0	86.77	3.42	$0
Nov 2012	0	0	86.95	3.62	$0
Oct 2012	0	0	89.38	3.40	$0
Sep 2012	0	0	94.67	2.92	$0
Aug 2012	0	0	92.66	2.91	$0
Jul 2012	0	0	85.13	3.02	$0
Jun 2012	0	0	79.82	2.52	$0
May 2012	0	0	91.61	2.49	$0
Apr 2012	0	0	101.65	2.00	$0
Mar 2012	0	0	105.05	2.22	$0
Feb 2012	0	0	101.10	2.57	$0
Jan 2012	0	0	98.09	2.73	$0
Dec 2011	0	0	96.87	3.24	$0
Nov 2011	0	0	95.72	3.31	$0
Oct 2011	0	0	84.98	3.65	$0
Sep 2011	0	0	83.62	3.99	$0
Aug 2011	0	0	83.40	4.15	$0
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	0	0	105.96	4.33	$0
Mar 2011	0	0	96.36	4.06	$0
Feb 2011	0	0	85.64	4.18	$0
Jan 2011	0	0	86.50	4.59	$0
Dec 2010	0	0	85.73	4.35	$0
Nov 2010	0	0	80.84	3.80	$0
Oct 2010	0	0	78.10	3.51	$0
Sep 2010	0	0	72.63	3.98	$0
Aug 2010	1	0	73.68	4.42	$74
Jul 2010	0	0	72.55	4.74	$0
Jun 2010	0	0	70.36	4.91	$0
May 2010	0	0	71.12	4.24	$0
Apr 2010	0	0	81.69	4.12	$0
Mar 2010	0	0	78.39	4.39	$0
Feb 2010	0	0	73.58	5.44	$0
Jan 2010	25	0	74.36	5.96	$1,859
Dec 2009	16	0	71.44	5.48	$1,143
Nov 2009	0	0	74.59	3.75	$0
Oct 2009	18	0	72.54	4.11	$1,306
Sep 2009	24	0	65.54	3.06	$1,573
Aug 2009	30	0	67.42	3.22	$2,023
Jul 2009	14	0	61.13	3.46	$856
Jun 2009	38	0	66.16	3.90	$2,514
May 2009	38	0	54.74	3.93	$2,080
Apr 2009	56	0	46.77	3.59	$2,619
Mar 2009	60	0	42.14	4.06	$2,528
Feb 2009	39	0	32.81	4.63	$1,280
Jan 2009	56	0	35.86	5.37	$2,008
Dec 2008	20	0	37.10	5.98	$742
Nov 2008	51	0	55.49	6.86	$2,830
Oct 2008	64	0	75.24	6.92	$4,815
Sep 2008	68	0	101.76	7.88	$6,920
Aug 2008	61	0	114.22	8.48	$6,967
Jul 2008	67	0	131.08	11.39	$8,782
Jun 2008	63	0	131.33	13.03	$8,274
May 2008	63	0	123.17	11.57	$7,760
Apr 2008	60	0	110.31	10.45	$6,619
Mar 2008	63	0	101.90	9.66	$6,420
Feb 2008	57	0	92.53	8.77	$5,274
Jan 2008	56	0	90.38	8.21	$5,061
Dec 2007	57	0	88.33	7.30	$5,035
Nov 2007	52	0	91.67	7.29	$4,767
Oct 2007	50	0	82.85	6.92	$4,143
Sep 2007	53	0	75.84	6.24	$4,020
Aug 2007	52	0	69.06	6.39	$3,591
Jul 2007	54	0	70.90	6.39	$3,829
Jun 2007	49	0	62.00	7.55	$3,038
May 2007	0	0	58.74	7.85	$0
Apr 2007	0	0	59.61	7.81	$0
Mar 2007	0	0	56.92	7.30	$0
Feb 2007	0	0	55.10	8.22	$0
Jan 2007	0	0	50.30	6.73	$0
Dec 2006	0	0	56.65	6.92	$0
Nov 2006	0	0	54.20	7.62	$0
Oct 2006	0	0	54.90	6.01	$0
Sep 2006	0	0	60.08	5.04	$0
Aug 2006	56	0	68.71	7.34	$3,848
Jul 2006	55	0	69.37	6.34	$3,815
Jun 2006	51	0	66.28	6.38	$3,380
May 2006	58	0	66.01	6.42	$3,829
Apr 2006	66	0	64.39	7.36	$4,250
Mar 2006	74	0	56.70	7.08	$4,196
Feb 2006	68	0	57.59	7.75	$3,916
Jan 2006	75	0	60.59	8.93	$4,544
Dec 2005	80	0	54.94	13.42	$4,395
Nov 2005	81	0	54.69	10.59	$4,430
Oct 2005	82	0	58.34	13.80	$4,784
Sep 2005	79	0	61.45	12.08	$4,855
Aug 2005	79	0	61.51	9.80	$4,859
Jul 2005	84	0	55.69	7.84	$4,678
Jun 2005	83	0	52.33	7.38	$4,343
May 2005	87	0	45.22	6.65	$3,934
Apr 2005	98	0	49.20	7.36	$4,822
Mar 2005	96	0	50.37	7.15	$4,836
Feb 2005	83	0	45.22	6.31	$3,753
Jan 2005	81	0	43.16	6.32	$3,496
Dec 2004	95	0	39.86	6.75	$3,787
Nov 2004	78	0	45.28	6.33	$3,532
Oct 2004	81	0	49.70	6.52	$4,026
Sep 2004	74	0	43.24	5.28	$3,200
Aug 2004	68	0	42.37	5.55	$2,881
Jul 2004	73	0	38.28	6.08	$2,794
Jun 2004	67	0	36.10	6.43	$2,419
May 2004	75	0	37.48	6.49	$2,811
Apr 2004	76	0	34.47	5.86	$2,620
Mar 2004	74	0	34.36	5.53	$2,543
Feb 2004	24	0	32.45	5.51	$779
Jan 2004	44	0	32.03	6.30	$1,409
Dec 2003	77	0	30.26	6.30	$2,330
Nov 2003	73	0	28.80	4.60	$2,102
Oct 2003	68	0	28.17	4.76	$1,916
Sep 2003	72	0	26.31	4.75	$1,894
Aug 2003	79	0	29.76	5.13	$2,351
Jul 2003	78	0	29.41	5.17	$2,294
Jun 2003	74	0	28.56	5.98	$2,113
May 2003	75	0	26.59	5.97	$1,994
Apr 2003	172	0	26.67	5.41	$4,587
Mar 2003	137	0	31.14	6.10	$4,266
Feb 2003	0	0	33.48	7.93	$0
Jan 2003	144	0	30.31	5.58	$4,365
Dec 2002	146	0	26.91	4.85	$3,929
Nov 2002	0	0	24.66	4.14	$0
Oct 2002	115	0	26.46	4.23	$3,043
Sep 2002	155	0	27.44	3.64	$4,253
Aug 2002	0	0	25.96	3.16	$0
Jul 2002	0	0	24.58	3.06	$0
Jun 2002	136	0	23.73	3.34	$3,227
May 2002	154	0	24.66	3.58	$3,798
Apr 2002	0	0	23.65	3.51	$0
Mar 2002	159	0	22.00	3.10	$3,498
Feb 2002	167	0	18.22	2.38	$3,043
Jan 2002	0	0	17.17	2.38	$0
Dec 2001	143	0	16.93	2.36	$2,421
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	155	0	24.56	3.82	$3,807
May 2001	0	0	25.52	4.31	$0
Apr 2001	149	0	24.68	5.34	$3,677
Mar 2001	0	0	24.54	5.38	$0
Feb 2001	142	0	27.75	5.77	$3,941
Jan 2001	0	0	27.47	8.40	$0
Dec 2000	127	0	26.88	9.12	$3,414
Nov 2000	130	0	32.21	5.66	$4,187
Oct 2000	345	0	31.23	5.15	$10,774
Sep 2000	286	0	31.87	5.19	$9,115
Aug 2000	342	0	29.64	4.54	$10,137
Jul 2000	139	1	28.53	4.09	$3,970
Jun 2000	282	1	29.30	4.40	$8,267
May 2000	319	1	27.26	3.68	$8,700
Apr 2000	110	1	24.51	3.12	$2,699
Mar 2000	151	0	28.42	2.86	$4,291
Feb 2000	160	0	27.62	2.73	$4,419
Jan 2000	0	0	25.27	2.48	$0
Dec 1999	178	1	24.28	2.42	$4,324
Nov 1999	351	1	23.19	2.43	$8,142
Oct 1999	155	1	20.98	2.80	$3,255
Sep 1999	132	0	21.75	2.62	$2,871
Aug 1999	0	0	19.26	2.88	$0
Jul 1999	170	0	17.89	2.37	$3,041
Jun 1999	0	0	15.94	2.36	$0
May 1999	177	0	15.79	2.32	$2,795
Apr 1999	0	1	15.10	2.21	$2
Mar 1999	163	1	12.47	1.84	$2,034
Feb 1999	0	1	9.98	1.82	$2
Jan 1999	171	1	10.38	1.90	$1,777
Dec 1998	174	1	9.20	1.77	$1,603
Nov 1998	0	1	10.89	2.19	$2
Oct 1998	64	1	12.42	1.97	$797
Sep 1998	100	1	12.59	2.08	$1,261
Aug 1998	0	1	11.30	1.91	$2
Jul 1998	96	1	11.74	2.24	$1,129
Jun 1998	130	1	11.24	2.24	$1,463
May 1998	117	1	12.62	2.21	$1,479
Apr 1998	101	1	13.04	2.51	$1,320
Mar 1998	121	1	12.80	2.31	$1,551
Feb 1998	120	1	13.95	2.30	$1,676
Jan 1998	0	1	14.70	2.15	$2
Dec 1997	121	1	16.32	2.41	$1,977
Nov 1997	109	1	18.19	3.09	$1,986
Oct 1997	164	1	19.25	3.15	$3,160
Sep 1997	95	1	17.74	2.95	$1,688
Aug 1997	3,337	1	17.86	2.55	$59,601
Jul 1997	3,789	1	17.58	2.25	$66,613
Jun 1997	3,748	1	17.24	2.26	$64,618
May 1997	4,074	1	18.97	2.31	$77,286
Apr 1997	4,219	1	17.88	2.08	$75,438
Mar 1997	121	0	18.95	1.94	$2,293
Feb 1997	125	0	20.49	2.21	$2,561
Jan 1997	127	0	23.48	3.54	$2,982
Dec 1996	0	0	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	114	0	21.97	—	$2,505
Oct 1996	114	0	23.31	—	$2,657
Sep 1996	0	0	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	105	0	20.26	—	$2,127
Jul 1996	171	0	19.55	—	$3,343
Jun 1996	166	0	18.73	—	$3,109
May 1996	178	0	19.43	—	$3,459
Apr 1996	0	0	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	174	0	19.38	—	$3,372
Feb 1996	183	0	16.98	—	$3,107
Jan 1996	0	0	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	179	0	17.19	—	$3,077
Nov 1995	177	0	16.00	—	$2,832
Oct 1995	0	0	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	173	0	16.18	—	$2,799
Aug 1995	175	0	15.92	—	$2,786
Jul 1995	0	0	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	122	0	16.41	—	$2,002
May 1995	174	0	17.56	—	$3,055
Apr 1995	173	0	17.73	—	$3,067
Mar 1995	180	0	16.44	—	$2,959
Feb 1995	178	0	16.58	—	$2,951
Jan 1995	160	0	15.92	—	$2,547
Dec 1994	162	0	15.03	—	$2,435
Nov 1994	0	0	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	177	0	15.58	—	$2,758
Sep 1994	173	1	15.29	—	$2,645
Aug 1994	172	1	16.13	—	$2,774
Jul 1994	0	1	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	168	1	17.09	—	$2,871
May 1994	158	1	15.88	—	$2,509
Apr 1994	161	1	14.14	—	$2,277
Mar 1994	0	0	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	166	1	12.50	—	$2,075
Jan 1994	160	1	12.66	—	$2,026
Dec 1993	171	1	12.33	—	$2,108
Nov 1993	0	0	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	189	1	15.85	—	$2,996
Sep 1993	176	1	15.03	—	$2,645
Aug 1993	1	1	15.66	—	$16
Jul 1993	355	1	15.46	—	$5,488
Jun 1993	2	1	16.79	—	$34
May 1993	177	1	17.68	—	$3,129
Apr 1993	348	1	18.05	—	$6,281
Mar 1993	177	1	18.14	—	$3,211
Feb 1993	175	1	17.90	—	$3,133
Jan 1993	186	1	16.93	—	$3,149

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.

Aug 2010 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                    1 bbl  × $ 73.68 =        $74
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.42 =         $0

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Month total                                      $74

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/2771 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.