SHELTON

Operated by D. SHEL OIL, INC. (P-5 196098) in the CHRISTIAN (6800) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 6531District 01Field 18000500Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.1 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$68 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
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 102 leases and 125 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1980-12-09
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,320 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 160 acres.

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: OPTIONAL 80 ACRE UNITS; 3200 FT. DIAG.

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.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
NGPA2none

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.

StreamBasisVolumeValue
OilDisposition43,644 bbl$2,087,360
Casinghead gasProduction18 Mcf$0
Total$2,087,360

18 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 18 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 29.4918, -97.4591. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles. 1 well has no surveyed location and is left out of it.

29.49178, -97.45907 · centre of 1 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
50.0%
1 of 2 wells
With a plug date
50.0%
1 of 2 wells
Median depth
7,388 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
25.4 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
150.0%
A plug date is filed
150.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
150.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
150.0%

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 7,350 and 7,425 ft, median 7,388 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Oct 1980 – Apr 1981
2 of 2 wells
Plug dates filed
Sep 2006
1 of 2 wells; 1 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 25.4 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 25.4 years and 25.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells

42-1773073237,425 ftApr 1981Sep 2006Yes
42-1773065117,350 ftOct 1980

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 (401)

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

401 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 2026169098.932.87$16,719
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 2026155063.503.75$9,843
Jan 2026160059.138.00$9,461
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 2025160058.593.93$9,374
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 2025170062.743.08$10,666
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 2025174066.743.32$11,613
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 2025167060.553.23$10,112
Apr 2025167062.363.54$10,414
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 2025167070.884.34$11,837
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 2024164069.052.20$11,324
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 2024160069.612.36$11,138
Aug 2024182075.632.06$13,765
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 2024166078.812.20$13,082
Apr 2024182084.451.66$15,370
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 2024185076.091.78$14,077
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 2023160077.892.81$12,462
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 2023165089.042.74$14,692
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 2023347068.962.26$23,929
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 2023164078.122.24$12,812
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 2023178076.533.39$13,622
Dec 2022151076.415.73$11,538
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 2022164084.888.16$13,920
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 20221560101.587.54$15,846
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 20221730109.378.43$18,921
Apr 20221700104.226.84$17,717
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 2021160071.323.90$11,411
Nov 2021160077.435.24$12,389
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 2021168066.024.22$11,091
Jul 2021170070.783.98$12,033
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 2021330060.362.76$19,919
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 2021172050.412.81$8,671
Dec 2020164044.642.68$7,321
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 2020166037.091.99$6,157
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 2020339038.371.83$13,007
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 2020180014.751.80$2,655
Mar 2020171030.341.86$5,188
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 2019167059.012.30$9,855
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 2019160053.472.42$8,555
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 2019165053.112.30$8,763
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 2019170058.482.74$9,942
Apr 2019164062.632.75$10,271
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 2019161050.852.79$8,187
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 2018191052.934.24$10,110
Oct 2018137061.443.40$8,417
Sep 2018160059.543.11$9,526
Aug 2018245059.403.07$14,553
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 2018182060.183.08$10,953
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 2018405061.222.79$24,794
Feb 2018160061.782.77$9,885
Jan 2018160062.874.01$10,059
Dec 2017159057.272.92$9,106
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 2017164049.292.98$8,084
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 2017168043.873.09$7,370
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 2017167045.373.26$7,577
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 2017159046.772.98$7,436
Feb 2017180050.452.95$9,081
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 2016169046.193.09$7,806
Sep 2016165041.553.10$6,856
Aug 2016167041.442.92$6,920
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 2016199042.521.99$8,461
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 2016165027.352.36$4,513
Dec 2015359032.362.00$11,617
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 201537043.552.43$1,611
Sep 2015174042.992.76$7,480
Aug 2015229040.162.87$9,197
Jul 2015160048.152.95$7,704
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 2015160055.212.96$8,834
Apr 2015162049.822.71$8,071
Mar 2015164042.892.93$7,034
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 2014162054.693.59$8,860
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 2014162078.303.90$12,685
Sep 2014166086.164.05$14,303
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 2014166096.564.18$16,029
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 2014257095.944.81$24,657
Mar 2014266095.895.06$25,507
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 2013164091.824.35$15,058
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 20131620104.113.72$16,866
Aug 20131700104.253.52$17,723
Jul 2013290102.523.72$2,973
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 2013216094.834.15$20,483
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 2013190091.233.42$17,334
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 2012162086.773.42$14,057
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 2012160089.383.40$14,301
Sep 2012159094.672.92$15,053
Aug 2012236092.662.91$21,868
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 2012327091.612.49$29,956
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 20122260105.052.22$23,741
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 2011160096.873.24$15,499
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 2011161084.983.65$13,682
Sep 2011163083.623.99$13,630
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 2011159094.144.52$14,968
Jun 2011164092.904.64$15,236
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 20113580105.964.33$37,934
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 2010160085.734.35$13,717
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 2010167072.554.74$12,116
Jun 2010169070.364.91$11,891
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 2010164081.694.12$13,397
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 2010169073.585.44$12,435
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 2009186065.543.06$12,190
Aug 200978067.423.22$5,259
Jul 2009216061.133.46$13,204
Jun 2009330066.163.90$21,833
May 2009162054.743.93$8,868
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 2009164032.814.63$5,381
Jan 2009162035.865.37$5,809
Dec 2008195037.105.98$7,235
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 20081790114.228.48$20,445
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 20083430131.3313.03$45,046
May 20081620123.1711.57$19,954
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 2008209092.538.77$19,339
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 2007152082.856.92$12,593
Sep 2007340075.846.24$25,786
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 2007197062.007.55$12,214
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 2007189059.617.81$11,266
Mar 2007192056.927.30$10,929
Feb 2007194055.108.22$10,689
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 2006191054.207.62$10,352
Oct 2006155054.906.01$8,510
Sep 2006157060.085.04$9,433
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 2006179069.376.34$12,417
Jun 2006169066.286.38$11,201
May 2006165066.016.42$10,892
Apr 2006180064.397.36$11,590
Mar 2006179056.707.08$10,149
Feb 2006190057.597.75$10,942
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 2005190054.6910.59$10,391
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 2005359061.519.80$22,082
Jul 2005195055.697.84$10,860
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 2005157045.226.65$7,100
Apr 2005157049.207.36$7,724
Mar 2005189050.377.15$9,520
Feb 2005167045.226.31$7,552
Jan 2005180043.166.32$7,769
Dec 2004162039.866.75$6,457
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 2004175049.706.52$8,698
Sep 2004154043.245.28$6,659
Aug 2004172042.375.55$7,288
Jul 2004170038.286.08$6,508
Jun 2004163036.106.43$5,884
May 2004140037.486.49$5,247
Apr 2004162034.475.86$5,584
Mar 2004167034.365.53$5,738
Feb 2004164032.455.51$5,322
Jan 2004160032.036.30$5,125
Dec 2003328030.266.30$9,925
Nov 2003150028.804.60$4,320
Oct 2003164028.174.76$4,620
Sep 2003325026.314.75$8,551
Aug 2003160029.765.13$4,762
Jul 2003310029.415.17$9,117
Jun 2003323028.565.98$9,225
May 2003160026.595.97$4,254
Apr 2003290026.675.41$7,734
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 2003152033.487.93$5,089
Jan 2003317030.315.58$9,608
Dec 2002310026.914.85$8,342
Nov 2002165024.664.14$4,069
Oct 2002165026.464.23$4,366
Sep 2002162027.443.64$4,445
Aug 2002172025.963.16$4,465
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 2002324023.733.34$7,689
May 2002162024.663.58$3,995
Apr 2002496023.653.51$11,730
Mar 2002314022.003.10$6,908
Feb 2002318018.222.38$5,794
Jan 2002315017.172.38$5,409
Dec 2001160016.932.36$2,709
Nov 2001636018.072.41$11,493
Oct 20010019.782.53$0
Sep 2001160024.262.25$3,882
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 20000031.235.15$0
Sep 20000031.875.19$0
Aug 20000029.644.54$0
Jul 20000028.534.09$0
Jun 20000029.304.40$0
May 20000027.263.68$0
Apr 20000024.513.12$0
Mar 20000028.422.86$0
Feb 20000027.622.73$0
Jan 20000025.272.48$0
Dec 19990024.282.42$0
Nov 19990023.192.43$0
Oct 19990020.982.80$0
Sep 1999169021.752.62$3,676
Aug 19990019.262.88$0
Jul 19990017.892.37$0
Jun 19990015.942.36$0
May 19990015.792.32$0
Apr 19990015.102.21$0
Mar 19990012.471.84$0
Feb 1999009.981.82$0
Jan 19990010.381.90$0
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 19980010.892.19$0
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 1998163012.592.08$2,052
Aug 19980011.301.91$0
Jul 19980011.742.24$0
Jun 19980011.242.24$0
May 19980012.622.21$0
Apr 19980013.042.51$0
Mar 1998160012.802.31$2,048
Feb 19980013.952.30$0
Jan 19980014.702.15$0
Dec 19970016.322.41$0
Nov 19970018.193.09$0
Oct 19970019.253.15$0
Sep 1997167017.742.95$2,963
Aug 1997170017.862.55$3,036
Jul 19970017.582.25$0
Jun 19970017.242.26$0
May 19970018.972.31$0
Apr 1997156017.882.08$2,789
Mar 19970018.951.94$0
Feb 1997167020.492.21$3,422
Jan 1997174023.483.54$4,086
Dec 19960023.32$0
Nov 1996317021.97$6,964
Oct 1996170023.31$3,963
Sep 19960022.22$0
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 1996160019.55$3,128
Jun 1996168018.73$3,147
May 19960019.43$0
Apr 1996168021.51$3,614
Mar 19960019.38$0
Feb 1996164016.98$2,785
Jan 1996190017.07$3,243
Dec 19950017.19$0
Nov 19950016.00$0
Oct 1995346015.43$5,339
Sep 19950016.18$0
Aug 19950015.92$0
Jul 1995173015.24$2,637
Jun 19950016.41$0
May 19950017.56$0
Apr 19950017.73$0
Mar 1995347016.44$5,705
Feb 19950016.58$0
Jan 1995174015.92$2,770
Dec 1994359015.03$5,396
Nov 19940015.90$0
Oct 1994333015.58$5,188
Sep 1994367015.29$5,611
Aug 1994174116.13$2,807
Jul 1994524117.56$9,201
Jun 1994176117.09$3,008
May 19940115.88$0
Apr 19940114.14$0
Mar 1994183012.46$2,280
Feb 1994167012.50$2,088
Jan 19940112.66$0
Dec 1993178112.33$2,195
Nov 1993166114.49$2,405
Oct 1993358115.85$5,674
Sep 1993323115.03$4,855
Aug 1993503115.66$7,877
Jul 1993342115.46$5,287
Jun 1993338116.79$5,675
May 19931,013117.68$17,910
Apr 1993653118.05$11,787
Mar 1993642118.14$11,646
Feb 1993155117.90$2,775
Jan 19937116.93$119

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 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  169 bbl  × $ 98.93 =    $16,719
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.87 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $16,719

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/6531 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.