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CHOATE 01

Operated by MARATHON OIL EF LLC (P-5 525398) in the SUGARKANE (EAGLE FORD) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 273096District 02Field 86950600Hydrogen sulphide field2 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$33.5 M
Mar 2013 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$5 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
159
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, gas

The SUGARKANE (EAGLE FORD) 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 1,993 leases and 2,259 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2009-12-01
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2017-10-10.

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: “GAS WELLS”

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
High Cost Gas112015-12-10214796
NGPA1none——

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
CondensateDisposition359,084 bbl$29,972,429
GasProduction886,802 Mcf$3,525,148
Total$33,497,578

Wells on this lease (1)

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 28.8868, -97.7780. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

28.88682, -97.77804 · 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
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
Median depth
12,906 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
—
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
00.0%
A plug date is filed
00.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
00.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
1100.0%

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

The one well that filed a depth was drilled to 12,906 ft.

Completions filed
Mar 2013
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-2553261804H12,906 ftMar 2013——

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 (159)

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

159 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 202519266.743.32$372
Jun 20255835466.483.13$4,963
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20258610762.363.54$5,742
Mar 20251310767.704.27$1,337
Feb 2025955070.884.34$6,951
Jan 2025246674.324.28$2,066
Dec 20243530468.993.12$3,364
Nov 20243418969.052.20$2,763
Oct 20242125771.372.28$2,085
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20247064175.632.06$6,617
Jul 202412264679.932.15$11,138
Jun 202428378.082.63$375
May 202418524378.812.20$15,114
Apr 2024132284.451.66$1,134
Mar 202417323480.301.55$14,253
Feb 202422576.091.78$1,683
Jan 2024439073.023.30$3,437
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 202327777.892.81$372
Oct 202365085.443.09$667
Sep 202303889.042.74$104
Aug 202361,19380.522.67$3,672
Jul 202336474.852.64$2,705
Jun 20230268.962.26$5
May 202301870.622.23$40
Apr 202305578.122.24$123
Mar 2023033872.852.39$809
Feb 202314493775.112.47$13,126
Jan 20233511,80576.533.39$32,977
Dec 20223681,77876.415.73$38,305
Nov 20223441,12085.005.65$35,564
Oct 20223671,49087.185.86$40,732
Sep 20223441,38884.888.16$40,530
Aug 20223141,79394.529.13$46,044
Jul 20222812,018101.587.54$43,764
Jun 20223322,001115.097.98$54,172
May 20222992,176109.378.43$51,052
Apr 20223671,819104.226.84$50,686
Mar 20224352,226108.885.08$58,663
Feb 20223461,85791.054.86$40,526
Jan 20224272,14781.844.54$44,688
Dec 20213712,32471.323.90$35,521
Nov 20213382,17777.435.24$37,572
Oct 20213273,48579.795.71$46,004
Sep 20213382,32069.865.35$36,027
Aug 20214892,28966.024.22$41,945
Jul 20214512,21270.783.98$40,730
Jun 20214456,57869.493.38$53,161
May 20213946,58063.483.02$44,867
Apr 20213559660.362.76$21,693
Mar 20213664,60061.302.72$34,934
Feb 20212852,18757.805.55$28,606
Jan 20214102,12950.412.81$26,651
Dec 20203881,67944.642.68$21,812
Nov 20204361,99638.772.71$22,306
Oct 20204672,23636.972.48$22,807
Sep 20204832,08637.091.99$22,068
Aug 20205472,17639.982.39$27,059
Jul 20206082,37938.371.83$27,671
Jun 20205722,34234.901.69$23,922
May 20206452,52716.921.81$15,499
Apr 20203281,08814.751.80$6,801
Mar 20205711,90930.341.86$20,868
Feb 20203331,11849.881.98$18,824
Jan 20203511,52057.252.09$23,279
Dec 20192941,33059.012.30$20,414
Nov 20193871,97155.302.75$26,823
Oct 20194862,59953.472.42$32,272
Sep 201926235655.052.66$15,369
Aug 201928726053.112.30$15,842
Jul 201911661956.272.46$8,050
Jun 201912348852.782.49$7,708
May 201915457058.482.74$10,568
Apr 201955891562.632.75$37,464
Mar 201979557056.803.06$46,901
Feb 201962451650.852.79$33,171
Jan 201963053746.033.23$30,732
Dec 201840067846.594.19$21,474
Nov 201865891152.934.24$38,688
Oct 20188001,59561.443.40$54,572
Sep 20181,41293759.543.11$86,983
Aug 20182,0021,06259.403.07$122,175
Jul 20181,73594265.142.93$115,780
Jun 20182,51988760.183.08$154,323
May 20181,1871,42465.382.90$81,737
Apr 201814070263.842.90$10,974
Mar 201810463861.222.79$8,145
Feb 201821186861.782.77$15,437
Jan 20183491,16262.874.01$26,600
Dec 201731791057.272.92$20,813
Nov 2017266755.423.12$1,650
Oct 20174321,22149.292.98$24,936
Sep 20174001,14947.523.09$22,555
Aug 20175801,50345.373.00$30,830
Jul 201754592743.873.09$26,771
Jun 20175151,41442.493.09$26,248
May 20175991,58745.373.26$32,356
Apr 20175791,54847.933.21$32,723
Mar 20176271,72546.772.98$34,472
Feb 20176181,58350.452.95$35,852
Jan 20176601,80049.413.42$38,764
Dec 20167332,05048.763.72$43,373
Nov 20167081,93642.492.64$35,202
Oct 20169172,33846.193.09$49,581
Sep 20167972,65641.553.10$41,351
Aug 20161,0613,01441.442.92$52,782
Jul 20161,1262,22041.622.92$53,356
Jun 20161,1582,24845.352.69$58,553
May 20161,3152,56942.521.99$61,029
Apr 20161,4242,75236.561.99$57,541
Mar 20161,4562,81233.011.79$53,107
Feb 20161,5932,86126.472.06$48,071
Jan 20162,2003,64627.352.36$68,790
Dec 20151,7603,73232.362.00$64,423
Nov 20152,0674,34838.792.17$89,602
Oct 20152,3724,92243.552.43$115,244
Sep 20152,7555,75242.992.76$134,304
Aug 20153,2936,82240.162.87$151,843
Jul 20153,5337,83148.152.95$193,177
Jun 20153,9798,83956.152.88$248,902
May 20154,91010,79255.212.96$302,976
Apr 20152,7334,89649.822.71$149,409
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20152,0175,07944.662.98$105,195
Jan 20154,17610,43543.433.10$213,719
Dec 20144,05610,05154.693.59$257,919
Nov 20144,93712,35970.464.25$400,410
Oct 20145,62915,18378.303.90$499,979
Sep 20146,04616,09286.164.05$586,023
Aug 20147,14218,14889.394.04$711,653
Jul 20147,80219,96696.564.18$836,811
Jun 20148,78121,35598.164.74$963,099
May 20148,91324,32594.734.73$959,302
Apr 20149,77925,61595.944.81$1,061,383
Mar 201411,50228,24995.895.06$1,245,776
Feb 201411,79428,93297.406.19$1,327,883
Jan 201414,52932,82990.404.86$1,472,994
Dec 201318,52844,74091.824.35$1,896,060
Nov 201321,28952,33988.853.74$2,087,185
Oct 20135,76913,37897.423.78$612,576
Sep 20138,12320,933104.113.72$923,509
Aug 201319,05448,186104.253.52$2,156,120
Jul 201318,04944,447102.523.72$2,015,626
Jun 201318,98745,39494.403.93$1,970,926
May 201319,83644,99094.834.15$2,067,715
Apr 201321,23542,70393.964.28$2,178,120
Mar 201321,02644,21493.623.91$2,141,458

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.

Jul 2025 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             1 bbl  × $ 66.74 =        $67
Gas                   92 Mcf  × $  3.32 =       $305

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Month total                                     $372

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. 02/G/273096 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.