CLIFT, BEN -B-

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

Operated by JSD OIL, LTD. (P-5 448041) in the LA VERNIA field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 5006District 01Field 51093001OilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$407 k

Jan 1993 – Sep 2012

Value, last 12 filed months

$24 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

237

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The LA VERNIA 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 387 leases and 2,110 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1939-12-13

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 2.06 acres. The field rule took effect on 1983-02-07.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “DOCKET #1-85148 ALLOWS OP. TO DEVELOP ON 2.06 ACRES”

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	9,071 bbl	$406,610
Casinghead gas	Production	106 Mcf	$184
Total			$406,794

47 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 47 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 (18)

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 29.4285, -98.0462. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.4 miles.

29.42844, -98.04640 · 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

16.7%

3 of 18 wells

With a plug date

11.1%

2 of 18 wells

Median depth

910 ft

18 wells filed one

Completion to plug

29.8 years

median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

316.7%

A plug date is filed

211.1%

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

211.1%

NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.

1583.3%

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, 18 of 18 wells. Median 910 ft, with the middle half between 894 and 914 ft; the shallowest is 782 ft and the deepest 2,160 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, 17 of 18 wells, Dec 1975 – Aug 1985. 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 1975 – Aug 1985

17 of 18 wells; 1 filed none

Plug dates filed

Jan 2004 – Sep 2006

2 of 18 wells; 16 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 29.8 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 29.8 years and 29.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

18 wells


42-18733032	19	900 ft	—	Jan 2004	Yes
42-18733027	21	913 ft	Aug 1985	—	—
42-18733026	20	910 ft	Aug 1985	—	—
42-18732824	18	892 ft	May 1984	—	—
42-18732045	15	890 ft	Oct 1982	—	—
42-18732221	17	890 ft	Oct 1982	—	—
42-18731589	12	905 ft	Nov 1981	—	—
42-18731828	14	921 ft	Nov 1981	—	—
42-18731829	13	922 ft	Nov 1981	—	—
42-18731588	10	914 ft	Jul 1981	—	—
42-18731590	16	914 ft	Jul 1981	—	—
42-18731591	11	914 ft	Jul 1981	—	—
42-18731046	2A	909 ft	Mar 1980	—	—
42-18731037	9	908 ft	Mar 1980	—	—
42-18731036	8	880 ft	Dec 1979	—	—
42-18702563	4	917 ft	Dec 1976	Sep 2006	Yes
42-18720208	2	782 ft	Dec 1975	—	Yes
42-18780758	7	2,160 ft	Dec 1975	—	—

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 (237)

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

237 months


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	41	0	98.09	2.73	$4,022
Dec 2011	95	0	96.87	3.24	$9,203
Nov 2011	0	0	95.72	3.31	$0
Oct 2011	121	0	84.98	3.65	$10,283
Sep 2011	0	0	83.62	3.99	$0
Aug 2011	0	0	83.40	4.15	$0
Jul 2011	113	0	94.14	4.52	$10,638
Jun 2011	0	0	92.90	4.64	$0
May 2011	138	0	98.13	4.40	$13,542
Apr 2011	0	0	105.96	4.33	$0
Mar 2011	36	0	96.36	4.06	$3,469
Feb 2011	106	0	85.64	4.18	$9,078
Jan 2011	0	0	86.50	4.59	$0
Dec 2010	131	0	85.73	4.35	$11,231
Nov 2010	0	0	80.84	3.80	$0
Oct 2010	65	0	78.10	3.51	$5,077
Sep 2010	99	0	72.63	3.98	$7,190
Aug 2010	114	0	73.68	4.42	$8,400
Jul 2010	0	0	72.55	4.74	$0
Jun 2010	73	0	70.36	4.91	$5,136
May 2010	88	0	71.12	4.24	$6,259
Apr 2010	69	0	81.69	4.12	$5,637
Mar 2010	112	0	78.39	4.39	$8,780
Feb 2010	0	0	73.58	5.44	$0
Jan 2010	130	0	74.36	5.96	$9,667
Dec 2009	0	0	71.44	5.48	$0
Nov 2009	86	0	74.59	3.75	$6,415
Oct 2009	44	0	72.54	4.11	$3,192
Sep 2009	143	0	65.54	3.06	$9,372
Aug 2009	0	0	67.42	3.22	$0
Jul 2009	101	0	61.13	3.46	$6,174
Jun 2009	161	0	66.16	3.90	$10,652
May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	91	0	46.77	3.59	$4,256
Mar 2009	50	0	42.14	4.06	$2,107
Feb 2009	96	0	32.81	4.63	$3,150
Jan 2009	66	0	35.86	5.37	$2,367
Dec 2008	127	0	37.10	5.98	$4,712
Nov 2008	72	0	55.49	6.86	$3,995
Oct 2008	68	0	75.24	6.92	$5,116
Sep 2008	101	0	101.76	7.88	$10,278
Aug 2008	164	0	114.22	8.48	$18,732
Jul 2008	0	0	131.08	11.39	$0
Jun 2008	114	0	131.33	13.03	$14,972
May 2008	0	0	123.17	11.57	$0
Apr 2008	153	0	110.31	10.45	$16,877
Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	82	0	92.53	8.77	$7,587
Jan 2008	88	0	90.38	8.21	$7,953
Dec 2007	60	0	88.33	7.30	$5,300
Nov 2007	116	0	91.67	7.29	$10,634
Oct 2007	0	0	82.85	6.92	$0
Sep 2007	89	0	75.84	6.24	$6,750
Aug 2007	113	0	69.06	6.39	$7,804
Jul 2007	0	0	70.90	6.39	$0
Jun 2007	92	0	62.00	7.55	$5,704
May 2007	0	0	58.74	7.85	$0
Apr 2007	82	0	59.61	7.81	$4,888
Mar 2007	0	0	56.92	7.30	$0
Feb 2007	115	0	55.10	8.22	$6,337
Jan 2007	0	0	50.30	6.73	$0
Dec 2006	97	0	56.65	6.92	$5,495
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	32	0	68.71	7.34	$2,199
Jul 2006	10	0	69.37	6.34	$694
Jun 2006	0	0	66.28	6.38	$0
May 2006	0	0	66.01	6.42	$0
Apr 2006	0	0	64.39	7.36	$0
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	0	0	57.59	7.75	$0
Jan 2006	0	0	60.59	8.93	$0
Dec 2005	46	0	54.94	13.42	$2,527
Nov 2005	0	0	54.69	10.59	$0
Oct 2005	0	0	58.34	13.80	$0
Sep 2005	0	0	61.45	12.08	$0
Aug 2005	0	0	61.51	9.80	$0
Jul 2005	0	0	55.69	7.84	$0
Jun 2005	103	0	52.33	7.38	$5,390
May 2005	0	0	45.22	6.65	$0
Apr 2005	0	0	49.20	7.36	$0
Mar 2005	0	0	50.37	7.15	$0
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	1	18.07	2.41	$2
Oct 2001	0	1	19.78	2.53	$3
Sep 2001	0	1	24.26	2.25	$2
Aug 2001	0	1	24.87	3.05	$3
Jul 2001	0	1	23.93	3.20	$3
Jun 2001	0	1	24.56	3.82	$4
May 2001	0	1	25.52	4.31	$4
Apr 2001	0	1	24.68	5.34	$5
Mar 2001	0	1	24.54	5.38	$5
Feb 2001	0	1	27.75	5.77	$6
Jan 2001	0	1	27.47	8.40	$8
Dec 2000	0	1	26.88	9.12	$9
Nov 2000	0	1	32.21	5.66	$6
Oct 2000	0	1	31.23	5.15	$5
Sep 2000	0	1	31.87	5.19	$5
Aug 2000	0	1	29.64	4.54	$5
Jul 2000	0	1	28.53	4.09	$4
Jun 2000	0	1	29.30	4.40	$4
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	0	1	24.28	2.42	$2
Nov 1999	0	1	23.19	2.43	$2
Oct 1999	0	1	20.98	2.80	$3
Sep 1999	0	1	21.75	2.62	$3
Aug 1999	0	1	19.26	2.88	$3
Jul 1999	0	1	17.89	2.37	$2
Jun 1999	0	1	15.94	2.36	$2
May 1999	142	1	15.79	2.32	$2,245
Apr 1999	0	1	15.10	2.21	$2
Mar 1999	0	1	12.47	1.84	$2
Feb 1999	0	1	9.98	1.82	$2
Jan 1999	132	1	10.38	1.90	$1,372
Dec 1998	0	1	9.20	1.77	$2
Nov 1998	0	1	10.89	2.19	$2
Oct 1998	156	1	12.42	1.97	$1,939
Sep 1998	0	1	12.59	2.08	$2
Aug 1998	0	1	11.30	1.91	$2
Jul 1998	0	1	11.74	2.24	$2
Jun 1998	0	1	11.24	2.24	$2
May 1998	161	1	12.62	2.21	$2,034
Apr 1998	0	1	13.04	2.51	$3
Mar 1998	0	1	12.80	2.31	$2
Feb 1998	0	1	13.95	2.30	$2
Jan 1998	136	1	14.70	2.15	$2,001
Dec 1997	0	1	16.32	2.41	$2
Nov 1997	162	1	18.19	3.09	$2,950
Oct 1997	0	1	19.25	3.15	$3
Sep 1997	0	1	17.74	2.95	$3
Aug 1997	0	1	17.86	2.55	$3
Jul 1997	166	1	17.58	2.25	$2,921
Jun 1997	0	1	17.24	2.26	$2
May 1997	0	1	18.97	2.31	$2
Apr 1997	0	1	17.88	2.08	$2
Mar 1997	145	1	18.95	1.94	$2,750
Feb 1997	0	1	20.49	2.21	$2
Jan 1997	0	1	23.48	3.54	$4
Dec 1996	0	1	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	49	1	21.97	—	$1,077
Oct 1996	52	1	23.31	—	$1,212
Sep 1996	63	1	22.22	—	$1,400
Aug 1996	0	1	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	62	1	19.55	—	$1,212
Jun 1996	53	1	18.73	—	$993
May 1996	57	1	19.43	—	$1,108
Apr 1996	57	1	21.51	—	$1,226
Mar 1996	132	1	19.38	—	$2,558
Feb 1996	0	1	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	82	1	17.07	—	$1,400
Dec 1995	72	1	17.19	—	$1,238
Nov 1995	63	1	16.00	—	$1,008
Oct 1995	164	1	15.43	—	$2,531
Sep 1995	0	1	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	70	1	15.92	—	$1,114
Jul 1995	80	1	15.24	—	$1,219
Jun 1995	65	1	16.41	—	$1,067
May 1995	98	1	17.56	—	$1,721
Apr 1995	56	1	17.73	—	$993
Mar 1995	132	1	16.44	—	$2,170
Feb 1995	178	0	16.58	—	$2,951
Jan 1995	0	1	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	194	1	15.03	—	$2,916
Nov 1994	0	1	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	0	1	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	85	1	15.29	—	$1,300
Aug 1994	82	1	16.13	—	$1,323
Jul 1994	103	1	17.56	—	$1,809
Jun 1994	92	1	17.09	—	$1,572
May 1994	75	1	15.88	—	$1,191
Apr 1994	106	1	14.14	—	$1,499
Mar 1994	104	1	12.46	—	$1,296
Feb 1994	111	1	12.50	—	$1,388
Jan 1994	0	1	12.66	—	$0
Dec 1993	89	1	12.33	—	$1,097
Nov 1993	89	1	14.49	—	$1,290
Oct 1993	101	1	15.85	—	$1,601
Sep 1993	115	1	15.03	—	$1,728
Aug 1993	89	1	15.66	—	$1,394
Jul 1993	176	1	15.46	—	$2,721
Jun 1993	0	1	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	89	1	17.68	—	$1,574
Apr 1993	134	1	18.05	—	$2,419
Mar 1993	92	1	18.14	—	$1,669
Feb 1993	67	1	17.90	—	$1,199
Jan 1993	0	1	16.93	—	$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.

Jan 2012 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   41 bbl  × $ 98.09 =     $4,022
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.73 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $4,022

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/5006 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.