SOUTH TEXAS SYNDICATE

Operated by KALER ENERGY CORP. (P-5 450261) in the BIG MULE (5500 SAND) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 8722District 01Field 08001700NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$531 k
Jan 1993 – Mar 2010
Value, last 12 filed months
$16 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
207
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 21 leases and 49 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1983-01-24
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1983-07-11.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: FIELD RULES EFF. 7-11-83 PER DKT. #1-80078.

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
NGPA11none

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
OilDisposition29,585 bbl$530,902
Casinghead gasProduction345 Mcf$0
Total$530,902

345 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 32 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 (11)

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 28.3523, -98.7546. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.9 miles.

28.35219, -98.75329 · centre of the 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
18.2%
2 of 11 wells
With a plug date
18.2%
2 of 11 wells
Median depth
6,010 ft
11 wells filed one
Completion to plug
27.0 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
218.2%
A plug date is filed
218.2%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
218.2%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
981.8%

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, 11 of 11 wells. Median 6,010 ft, with the middle half between 6,010 and 6,010 ft; the shallowest is 6,000 ft and the deepest 6,010 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, 11 of 11 wells, Feb 1983 – Oct 2009. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Feb 1983 – Oct 2009
11 of 11 wells
Plug dates filed
Aug 2009 – Jul 2011
2 of 11 wells; 9 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 27.0 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 26.8 years and 27.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

11 wells

42-3113182720206,010 ftOct 2009
42-3113217911206,000 ftJan 1985
42-3113211390206,010 ftOct 1984
42-3113211210206,010 ftAug 1984
42-3113208780206,010 ftJun 1984
42-3113199670206,010 ftJan 1984Jul 2011Yes
42-3113198360206,010 ftJan 1984
42-3113189940206,010 ftDec 1983
42-3113195450206,002 ftNov 1983
42-3113187330206,010 ftSep 1983
42-3113179616,010 ftFeb 1983Aug 2009Yes

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 (207)

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

207 months

Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 2009204071.445.48$14,574
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 200922046.773.59$1,029
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 20020023.733.34$0
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 20020023.653.51$0
Mar 20020022.003.10$0
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 20010016.932.36$0
Nov 200169018.072.41$1,247
Oct 2001171019.782.53$3,382
Sep 20010024.262.25$0
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 2001153023.933.20$3,661
Jun 2001136024.563.82$3,340
May 2001196025.524.31$5,002
Apr 2001171024.685.34$4,220
Mar 200142024.545.38$1,031
Feb 2001219027.755.77$6,077
Jan 200180027.478.40$2,198
Dec 2000311026.889.12$8,360
Nov 200078032.215.66$2,512
Oct 200095031.235.15$2,967
Sep 2000226031.875.19$7,203
Aug 2000197029.644.54$5,839
Jul 2000156028.534.09$4,451
Jun 2000317029.304.40$9,288
May 2000110027.263.68$2,999
Apr 2000241024.513.12$5,907
Mar 2000484028.422.86$13,755
Feb 20000027.622.73$0
Jan 20000025.272.48$0
Dec 1999328024.282.42$7,964
Nov 1999187023.192.43$4,337
Oct 1999177020.982.80$3,713
Sep 1999280021.752.62$6,090
Aug 1999249019.262.88$4,796
Jul 1999250017.892.37$4,473
Jun 1999424015.942.36$6,759
May 1999179015.792.32$2,826
Apr 19990015.102.21$0
Mar 19990012.471.84$0
Feb 1999009.981.82$0
Jan 1999116010.381.90$1,204
Dec 19988709.201.77$800
Nov 19980010.892.19$0
Oct 199862012.421.97$770
Sep 199889012.592.08$1,121
Aug 199869011.301.91$780
Jul 1998172011.742.24$2,019
Jun 19980011.242.24$0
May 1998193012.622.21$2,436
Apr 1998179013.042.51$2,334
Mar 1998171012.802.31$2,189
Feb 199841013.952.30$572
Jan 1998162014.702.15$2,381
Dec 1997160016.322.41$2,611
Nov 1997273018.193.09$4,966
Oct 1997186019.253.15$3,581
Sep 19970017.742.95$0
Aug 1997302017.862.55$5,394
Jul 1997176017.582.25$3,094
Jun 1997188017.242.26$3,241
May 1997174018.972.31$3,301
Apr 1997150017.882.08$2,682
Mar 19970018.951.94$0
Feb 199781020.492.21$1,660
Jan 1997121023.483.54$2,841
Dec 19960023.32$0
Nov 1996175021.97$3,845
Oct 1996181023.31$4,219
Sep 19960022.22$0
Aug 1996163020.26$3,302
Jul 1996196019.55$3,832
Jun 1996312018.73$5,844
May 19960019.43$0
Apr 19960021.51$0
Mar 19960019.38$0
Feb 19960016.98$0
Jan 19960017.07$0
Dec 19950017.19$0
Nov 19950016.00$0
Oct 1995324015.43$4,999
Sep 19950116.18$0
Aug 1995124115.92$1,974
Jul 1995293115.24$4,465
Jun 1995506116.41$8,303
May 1995533117.56$9,359
Apr 19950117.73$0
Mar 1995979116.44$16,095
Feb 19950016.58$0
Jan 19951,058115.92$16,843
Dec 199401515.03$0
Nov 19945021515.90$7,982
Oct 19941,2081515.58$18,821
Sep 19941,5991515.29$24,449
Aug 19947101516.13$11,452
Jul 199401517.56$0
Jun 19945361517.09$9,160
May 199401515.88$0
Apr 19947181514.14$10,153
Mar 19941,0691512.46$13,320
Feb 199401512.50$0
Jan 19948941512.66$11,318
Dec 19933611412.33$4,451
Nov 19931751214.49$2,536
Oct 19937031515.85$11,143
Sep 19936391415.03$9,604
Aug 19931,0641515.66$16,662
Jul 19931,0561515.46$16,326
Jun 19935321516.79$8,932
May 19931,7421517.68$30,799
Apr 199301218.05$0
Mar 19933821018.14$6,929
Feb 19938741017.90$15,645
Jan 19931,0731016.93$18,166

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.

Dec 2009 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  204 bbl  × $ 71.44 =    $14,574
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  5.48 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $14,574

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/8722 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.