WITHERSPOON

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

Operated by WITHERSPOON OIL COMPANY (P-5 934430) in the PILOSA, EAST (2ND SAN MIGUEL) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 5931District 01Field 71520500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$344 k

Jan 1993 – Aug 2012

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

236

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The PILOSA, EAST (2ND SAN MIGUEL) 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 21 leases and 59 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1977-11-01

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and gas

the register's own label

Between wells

660 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 1989-12-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “EFFECTIVE 11/6/89.”

Severance-tax incentive filings

Applications the operator filed to have this lease's gas taxed at a reduced state rate. A filing is an application, and this page never calls one a reduction that was granted.

Programme	Filings	With an approval date	Dated	Docket
NGPA	1	none	—	—

This says nothing about a royalty. A severance tax is charged to the operator. Whether a reduced rate reaches a royalty owner depends on the wording of the lease instrument, which is a private contract this site does not hold.

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	12,464 bbl	$343,946
Casinghead gas	Production	20 Mcf	$0
Total			$343,946

20 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 20 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 (2)

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 28.7257, -100.0545. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.2 miles.

28.72568, -100.05452 · 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%

2 of 2 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

2 of 2 wells

Median depth

2,964 ft

2 wells filed one

Completion to plug

28.2 years

median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

2100.0%

A plug date is filed

2100.0%

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

2100.0%

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 2,807 and 3,121 ft, median 2,964 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Feb 1979 – Apr 1984

2 of 2 wells

Plug dates filed

Nov 2009

2 of 2 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 28.2 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 26.9 years and 29.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells


42-50732036	2	3,121 ft	Apr 1984	Nov 2009	Yes
42-50731022	1	2,807 ft	Feb 1979	Nov 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 (236)

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

236 months


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	85	0	73.68	4.42	$6,263
Jul 2010	57	0	72.55	4.74	$4,135
Jun 2010	0	0	70.36	4.91	$0
May 2010	0	0	71.12	4.24	$0
Apr 2010	53	0	81.69	4.12	$4,330
Mar 2010	0	0	78.39	4.39	$0
Feb 2010	0	0	73.58	5.44	$0
Jan 2010	56	0	74.36	5.96	$4,164
Dec 2009	55	0	71.44	5.48	$3,929
Nov 2009	57	0	74.59	3.75	$4,252
Oct 2009	0	0	72.54	4.11	$0
Sep 2009	0	0	65.54	3.06	$0
Aug 2009	57	0	67.42	3.22	$3,843
Jul 2009	59	0	61.13	3.46	$3,607
Jun 2009	58	0	66.16	3.90	$3,837
May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	56	0	46.77	3.59	$2,619
Mar 2009	57	0	42.14	4.06	$2,402
Feb 2009	0	0	32.81	4.63	$0
Jan 2009	0	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	0	0	37.10	5.98	$0
Nov 2008	0	0	55.49	6.86	$0
Oct 2008	56	0	75.24	6.92	$4,213
Sep 2008	55	0	101.76	7.88	$5,597
Aug 2008	0	0	114.22	8.48	$0
Jul 2008	55	0	131.08	11.39	$7,209
Jun 2008	0	0	131.33	13.03	$0
May 2008	47	0	123.17	11.57	$5,789
Apr 2008	56	0	110.31	10.45	$6,177
Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	52	0	92.53	8.77	$4,812
Jan 2008	44	0	90.38	8.21	$3,977
Dec 2007	49	0	88.33	7.30	$4,328
Nov 2007	0	0	91.67	7.29	$0
Oct 2007	94	0	82.85	6.92	$7,788
Sep 2007	0	0	75.84	6.24	$0
Aug 2007	0	0	69.06	6.39	$0
Jul 2007	47	0	70.90	6.39	$3,332
Jun 2007	46	0	62.00	7.55	$2,852
May 2007	47	0	58.74	7.85	$2,761
Apr 2007	46	0	59.61	7.81	$2,742
Mar 2007	49	0	56.92	7.30	$2,789
Feb 2007	48	0	55.10	8.22	$2,645
Jan 2007	0	0	50.30	6.73	$0
Dec 2006	46	0	56.65	6.92	$2,606
Nov 2006	52	0	54.20	7.62	$2,818
Oct 2006	24	0	54.90	6.01	$1,318
Sep 2006	22	0	60.08	5.04	$1,322
Aug 2006	22	0	68.71	7.34	$1,512
Jul 2006	23	0	69.37	6.34	$1,596
Jun 2006	25	0	66.28	6.38	$1,657
May 2006	22	0	66.01	6.42	$1,452
Apr 2006	23	0	64.39	7.36	$1,481
Mar 2006	23	0	56.70	7.08	$1,304
Feb 2006	48	0	57.59	7.75	$2,764
Jan 2006	42	0	60.59	8.93	$2,545
Dec 2005	52	0	54.94	13.42	$2,857
Nov 2005	25	0	54.69	10.59	$1,367
Oct 2005	23	0	58.34	13.80	$1,342
Sep 2005	29	0	61.45	12.08	$1,782
Aug 2005	0	0	61.51	9.80	$0
Jul 2005	0	0	55.69	7.84	$0
Jun 2005	30	0	52.33	7.38	$1,570
May 2005	0	0	45.22	6.65	$0
Apr 2005	29	0	49.20	7.36	$1,427
Mar 2005	29	0	50.37	7.15	$1,461
Feb 2005	0	0	45.22	6.31	$0
Jan 2005	0	0	43.16	6.32	$0
Dec 2004	29	0	39.86	6.75	$1,156
Nov 2004	0	0	45.28	6.33	$0
Oct 2004	29	0	49.70	6.52	$1,441
Sep 2004	29	0	43.24	5.28	$1,254
Aug 2004	30	0	42.37	5.55	$1,271
Jul 2004	0	0	38.28	6.08	$0
Jun 2004	30	0	36.10	6.43	$1,083
May 2004	29	0	37.48	6.49	$1,087
Apr 2004	30	0	34.47	5.86	$1,034
Mar 2004	60	0	34.36	5.53	$2,062
Feb 2004	0	0	32.45	5.51	$0
Jan 2004	29	0	32.03	6.30	$929
Dec 2003	39	0	30.26	6.30	$1,180
Nov 2003	39	0	28.80	4.60	$1,123
Oct 2003	0	0	28.17	4.76	$0
Sep 2003	40	0	26.31	4.75	$1,052
Aug 2003	0	0	29.76	5.13	$0
Jul 2003	38	0	29.41	5.17	$1,118
Jun 2003	0	0	28.56	5.98	$0
May 2003	40	0	26.59	5.97	$1,064
Apr 2003	0	0	26.67	5.41	$0
Mar 2003	30	0	31.14	6.10	$934
Feb 2003	0	0	33.48	7.93	$0
Jan 2003	39	0	30.31	5.58	$1,182
Dec 2002	0	0	26.91	4.85	$0
Nov 2002	39	0	24.66	4.14	$962
Oct 2002	39	0	26.46	4.23	$1,032
Sep 2002	0	0	27.44	3.64	$0
Aug 2002	40	0	25.96	3.16	$1,038
Jul 2002	38	0	24.58	3.06	$934
Jun 2002	41	0	23.73	3.34	$973
May 2002	40	0	24.66	3.58	$986
Apr 2002	82	0	23.65	3.51	$1,939
Mar 2002	79	0	22.00	3.10	$1,738
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	0	18.07	2.41	$0
Oct 2001	0	0	19.78	2.53	$0
Sep 2001	38	0	24.26	2.25	$922
Aug 2001	0	0	24.87	3.05	$0
Jul 2001	0	0	23.93	3.20	$0
Jun 2001	39	0	24.56	3.82	$958
May 2001	38	0	25.52	4.31	$970
Apr 2001	0	0	24.68	5.34	$0
Mar 2001	0	0	24.54	5.38	$0
Feb 2001	0	0	27.75	5.77	$0
Jan 2001	0	0	27.47	8.40	$0
Dec 2000	0	0	26.88	9.12	$0
Nov 2000	85	0	32.21	5.66	$2,738
Oct 2000	170	0	31.23	5.15	$5,309
Sep 2000	0	0	31.87	5.19	$0
Aug 2000	0	0	29.64	4.54	$0
Jul 2000	0	0	28.53	4.09	$0
Jun 2000	0	0	29.30	4.40	$0
May 2000	157	0	27.26	3.68	$4,280
Apr 2000	0	0	24.51	3.12	$0
Mar 2000	0	0	28.42	2.86	$0
Feb 2000	157	0	27.62	2.73	$4,336
Jan 2000	0	0	25.27	2.48	$0
Dec 1999	0	0	24.28	2.42	$0
Nov 1999	169	0	23.19	2.43	$3,919
Oct 1999	0	0	20.98	2.80	$0
Sep 1999	0	0	21.75	2.62	$0
Aug 1999	162	0	19.26	2.88	$3,120
Jul 1999	0	0	17.89	2.37	$0
Jun 1999	175	0	15.94	2.36	$2,790
May 1999	166	0	15.79	2.32	$2,621
Apr 1999	164	0	15.10	2.21	$2,476
Mar 1999	0	0	12.47	1.84	$0
Feb 1999	0	0	9.98	1.82	$0
Jan 1999	0	0	10.38	1.90	$0
Dec 1998	0	0	9.20	1.77	$0
Nov 1998	0	0	10.89	2.19	$0
Oct 1998	0	0	12.42	1.97	$0
Sep 1998	0	0	12.59	2.08	$0
Aug 1998	0	0	11.30	1.91	$0
Jul 1998	0	0	11.74	2.24	$0
Jun 1998	0	0	11.24	2.24	$0
May 1998	0	0	12.62	2.21	$0
Apr 1998	0	0	13.04	2.51	$0
Mar 1998	0	0	12.80	2.31	$0
Feb 1998	0	0	13.95	2.30	$0
Jan 1998	172	0	14.70	2.15	$2,528
Dec 1997	0	0	16.32	2.41	$0
Nov 1997	0	0	18.19	3.09	$0
Oct 1997	164	0	19.25	3.15	$3,157
Sep 1997	0	0	17.74	2.95	$0
Aug 1997	0	0	17.86	2.55	$0
Jul 1997	161	0	17.58	2.25	$2,830
Jun 1997	0	0	17.24	2.26	$0
May 1997	141	0	18.97	2.31	$2,675
Apr 1997	127	0	17.88	2.08	$2,271
Mar 1997	180	0	18.95	1.94	$3,411
Feb 1997	151	0	20.49	2.21	$3,094
Jan 1997	179	0	23.48	3.54	$4,203
Dec 1996	179	0	23.32	—	$4,174
Nov 1996	0	0	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	176	0	23.31	—	$4,103
Sep 1996	116	0	22.22	—	$2,578
Aug 1996	134	0	20.26	—	$2,715
Jul 1996	153	0	19.55	—	$2,991
Jun 1996	168	0	18.73	—	$3,147
May 1996	180	0	19.43	—	$3,497
Apr 1996	151	0	21.51	—	$3,248
Mar 1996	0	0	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	131	0	16.98	—	$2,224
Jan 1996	141	0	17.07	—	$2,407
Dec 1995	160	0	17.19	—	$2,750
Nov 1995	151	0	16.00	—	$2,416
Oct 1995	161	0	15.43	—	$2,484
Sep 1995	166	0	16.18	—	$2,686
Aug 1995	170	0	15.92	—	$2,706
Jul 1995	168	0	15.24	—	$2,560
Jun 1995	170	0	16.41	—	$2,790
May 1995	169	0	17.56	—	$2,968
Apr 1995	0	0	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	168	0	16.44	—	$2,762
Feb 1995	0	0	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	0	0	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	167	0	15.03	—	$2,510
Nov 1994	161	0	15.90	—	$2,560
Oct 1994	165	0	15.58	—	$2,571
Sep 1994	167	1	15.29	—	$2,553
Aug 1994	162	1	16.13	—	$2,613
Jul 1994	165	1	17.56	—	$2,897
Jun 1994	0	1	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	168	0	15.88	—	$2,668
Apr 1994	165	1	14.14	—	$2,333
Mar 1994	172	1	12.46	—	$2,143
Feb 1994	169	1	12.50	—	$2,113
Jan 1994	338	1	12.66	—	$4,279
Dec 1993	0	1	12.33	—	$0
Nov 1993	170	1	14.49	—	$2,463
Oct 1993	0	1	15.85	—	$0
Sep 1993	169	1	15.03	—	$2,540
Aug 1993	162	1	15.66	—	$2,537
Jul 1993	162	1	15.46	—	$2,505
Jun 1993	164	1	16.79	—	$2,754
May 1993	174	1	17.68	—	$3,076
Apr 1993	168	1	18.05	—	$3,032
Mar 1993	161	1	18.14	—	$2,921
Feb 1993	168	1	17.90	—	$3,007
Jan 1993	172	1	16.93	—	$2,912

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                   85 bbl  × $ 73.68 =     $6,263
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.42 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $6,263

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/5931 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.