SHEPPARD GAS UNIT

Operated by PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. (P-5 665748) in the BUCHEL (EDWARDS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 77031District 02Field 12865500Hydrogen sulphide fieldCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$9.0 M
Jan 1993 – Sep 2012
Value, last 12 filed months
$190 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
237
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, 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 15 leases and 15 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1962-06-12
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,320 ft
minimum
From a lease line
660 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 160 acres. The field rule took effect on 1992-04-01.

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: SUSPENDED ALLOCATION FORMULA EFF 4/1/94

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
CondensateDisposition42,809 bbl$1,490,798
GasProduction1,949,745 Mcf$7,523,119
Total$9,013,917

393,519 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 (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 29.0674, -97.4615. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

29.06738, -97.46146 · 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
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
14,083 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
34.3 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1100.0%
A plug date is filed
1100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1100.0%
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

The one well that filed a depth was drilled to 14,083 ft.

Completions filed
May 1978
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Sep 2012
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 34.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 34.3 years and 34.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-12330390114,083 ftMay 1978Sep 2012Yes

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 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 2012018192.662.91$526
Jul 2012020885.133.02$628
Jun 2012022379.822.52$562
May 201211227091.612.49$10,932
Apr 20120110101.652.00$220
Mar 2012056105.052.22$124
Feb 20121536,982101.102.57$33,414
Jan 20121348,55398.092.73$36,529
Dec 20111049,35996.873.24$40,395
Nov 20111383,96495.723.31$26,335
Oct 20111268,14184.983.65$40,410
Sep 20111037,16783.623.99$37,179
Aug 2011942,44883.404.15$17,997
Jul 201104,91594.144.52$22,202
Jun 20111866,87592.904.64$49,179
May 2011958,61298.134.40$47,257
Apr 2011982,165105.964.33$19,766
Mar 20111144,14696.364.06$27,807
Feb 2011804,72385.644.18$26,593
Jan 20111034,06586.504.59$27,563
Dec 20101215,44685.734.35$34,051
Nov 201005,56080.843.80$21,102
Oct 20101185,84078.103.51$29,708
Sep 20102368,18672.633.98$49,717
Aug 201003,88773.684.42$17,178
Jul 20101305,01672.554.74$33,190
Jun 20101356,35270.364.91$40,689
May 20101435,38471.124.24$32,973
Apr 20101356,53181.694.12$37,953
Mar 20101406,61578.394.39$40,006
Feb 20101436,35573.585.44$45,108
Jan 20102786,66674.365.96$60,429
Dec 20091496,73371.445.48$47,567
Nov 200906,83474.593.75$25,638
Oct 20091667,31072.544.11$42,088
Sep 20091606,98365.543.06$31,888
Aug 20091538,07567.423.22$36,305
Jul 20091567,93761.133.46$37,034
Jun 200904,84766.163.90$18,879
May 20091535,28654.743.93$29,127
Apr 20091517,06246.773.59$32,397
Mar 20091506,73942.144.06$33,675
Feb 20091452,25032.814.63$15,182
Jan 20092808,67535.865.37$56,634
Dec 20081187,04637.105.98$46,493
Nov 200807,60355.496.86$52,159
Oct 200801,25775.246.92$8,701
Sep 20081153,951101.767.88$42,825
Aug 20082377,707114.228.48$92,449
Jul 20081004,651131.0811.39$66,080
Jun 20081067,083131.3313.03$106,231
May 20081035,901123.1711.57$80,986
Apr 20081097,668110.3110.45$92,192
Mar 20082197,542101.909.66$95,203
Feb 20081055,66692.538.77$59,410
Jan 20082298,09790.388.21$87,139
Dec 20071198,35888.337.30$71,541
Nov 20071187,77991.677.29$67,539
Oct 20072208,04082.856.92$73,880
Sep 20071067,09975.846.24$52,366
Aug 20071207,70069.066.39$57,474
Jul 20072066,88970.906.39$58,612
Jun 20071137,65662.007.55$64,797
May 20072377,79258.747.85$75,060
Apr 20071158,60259.617.81$73,995
Mar 20072338,45356.927.30$74,986
Feb 20071307,20855.108.22$66,384
Jan 20072347,06150.306.73$59,268
Dec 20061179,13056.656.92$69,793
Nov 20062348,52954.207.62$77,652
Oct 20061128,40154.906.01$56,671
Sep 20061047,23660.085.04$42,698
Aug 20062228,91068.717.34$80,652
Jul 20061118,46169.376.34$61,366
Jun 20061968,44066.286.38$66,871
May 20061988,93166.016.42$70,452
Apr 20061078,58164.397.36$70,050
Mar 20062198,32656.707.08$71,390
Feb 20062078,29157.597.75$76,186
Jan 200610719,54260.598.93$181,058
Dec 20052179,95654.9413.42$145,486
Nov 20052078,54254.6910.59$101,767
Oct 20051059,71058.3413.80$140,083
Sep 200520210,66661.4512.08$141,248
Aug 2005066161.519.80$6,476
Jul 20051818,15655.697.84$74,053
Jun 20052019,09252.337.38$77,627
May 200510110,13445.226.65$71,970
Apr 20052047,95149.207.36$68,560
Mar 20051029,12350.377.15$70,412
Feb 20052098,29145.226.31$61,783
Jan 20052028,92343.166.32$65,131
Dec 20042058,59439.866.75$66,190
Nov 20041949,34145.286.33$67,917
Oct 20041039,37149.706.52$66,172
Sep 20041949,34943.245.28$57,788
Aug 200419810,20442.375.55$65,028
Jul 20041059,13038.286.08$59,568
Jun 20041959,75636.106.43$69,800
May 20041938,72037.486.49$63,866
Apr 2004959,65734.475.86$59,850
Mar 20041709,81034.365.53$60,092
Feb 20041658,79432.455.51$53,806
Jan 20042009,42332.036.30$65,768
Dec 2003999,66730.266.30$63,914
Nov 20032039,30828.804.60$48,618
Oct 20031958,76128.174.76$47,192
Sep 20031679,87226.314.75$51,279
Aug 2003815,37929.765.13$30,003
Jul 20031989,48829.415.17$54,884
Jun 200321710,18628.565.98$67,140
May 200320610,80926.595.97$70,036
Apr 20031488,99926.675.41$52,607
Mar 20031183,74631.146.10$26,510
Feb 20031303,23433.487.93$29,985
Jan 2003725,55230.315.58$33,174
Dec 20021516,56126.914.85$35,909
Nov 20021426,97924.664.14$32,374
Oct 20022477,00226.464.23$36,148
Sep 20021725,27127.443.64$23,881
Aug 20022337,27625.963.16$29,071
Jul 20023095,43324.583.06$24,230
Jun 20021624,41323.733.34$18,576
May 20021184,00224.663.58$17,253
Apr 20023654,05223.653.51$22,864
Mar 20022534,26522.003.10$18,799
Feb 20023774,15518.222.38$16,740
Jan 20021284,69117.172.38$13,342
Dec 20011483,50116.932.36$10,783
Nov 20011639,77418.072.41$26,457
Oct 200136011,48219.782.53$36,157
Sep 200118310,98124.262.25$29,161
Aug 200118711,33824.873.05$39,267
Jul 200101,25823.933.20$4,022
Jun 200118414,36424.563.82$59,449
May 20011739,10225.524.31$43,620
Apr 200113010,36824.685.34$58,525
Mar 200117710,52124.545.38$60,909
Feb 20011859,56827.755.77$60,313
Jan 200117410,20627.478.40$90,498
Dec 200035613,31026.889.12$130,990
Nov 2000011,50332.215.66$65,084
Oct 200028311,36231.235.15$67,301
Sep 200029111,53831.875.19$69,116
Aug 200013311,29729.644.54$55,239
Jul 200031711,52728.534.09$56,187
Jun 200020110,89529.304.40$53,797
May 200018412,04427.263.68$49,335
Apr 200027012,60724.513.12$45,901
Mar 200018611,60528.422.86$38,474
Feb 200019412,81427.622.73$40,296
Jan 200026913,58525.272.48$40,495
Dec 199928411,91824.282.42$35,781
Nov 199918913,26623.192.43$36,672
Oct 199918312,28820.982.80$38,291
Sep 199912212,38721.752.62$35,093
Aug 199918612,74519.262.88$40,232
Jul 199919110,91617.892.37$29,314
Jun 19991455,05015.942.36$14,240
May 19991938,02115.792.32$21,664
Apr 199917310,92815.102.21$26,742
Mar 199926513,16912.471.84$27,514
Feb 199920414,3939.981.82$28,199
Jan 199940314,93110.381.90$32,551
Dec 199822413,7229.201.77$26,394
Nov 19982989,78410.892.19$24,630
Oct 199830715,35312.421.97$34,046
Sep 199839115,42512.592.08$37,047
Aug 199820915,60911.301.91$32,134
Jul 199829316,20311.742.24$39,690
Jun 199831516,32011.242.24$40,053
May 199820315,78712.622.21$37,393
Apr 199834413,83813.042.51$39,155
Mar 199840917,78212.802.31$46,302
Feb 199828815,06413.952.30$38,652
Jan 199847320,53414.702.15$51,200
Dec 199746322,22916.322.41$61,153
Nov 19972349,38018.193.09$33,224
Oct 19972656,82719.253.15$26,605
Sep 199728313,14017.742.95$43,848
Aug 19971424,64017.862.55$14,390
Jul 19972314,63617.582.25$14,478
Jun 19973004,63017.242.26$15,623
May 19971454,19618.972.31$12,437
Apr 19972273,93617.882.08$12,257
Mar 19971494,90118.951.94$12,327
Feb 19971423,62620.492.21$10,908
Jan 19972016,32823.483.54$27,119
Dec 19961914,82123.32$4,454
Nov 19961883,70121.97$4,130
Oct 19963003,67423.31$6,993
Sep 19963292,46422.22$7,310
Aug 19962334,37620.26$4,721
Jul 19961564,65819.55$3,050
Jun 19962063,76018.73$3,858
May 19961495,53319.43$2,895
Apr 19962116,12421.51$4,539
Mar 19962444,88619.38$4,729
Feb 19961905,90216.98$3,226
Jan 19961893,82517.07$3,226
Dec 19951714,04117.19$2,939
Nov 19952088,33516.00$3,328
Oct 19952258,73315.43$3,472
Sep 19951628,25516.18$2,621
Aug 19951707,00915.92$2,706
Jul 19951507,57715.24$2,286
Jun 19951345,69416.41$2,199
May 19951739,72917.56$3,038
Apr 19952109,89117.73$3,723
Mar 199524010,78316.44$3,946
Feb 199525210,64316.58$4,178
Jan 19952938,91915.92$4,665
Dec 19945976,74815.03$8,973
Nov 19942229,54015.90$3,530
Oct 199421710,50915.58$3,381
Sep 199421310,65215.29$3,257
Aug 199425011,80916.13$4,033
Jul 199432411,56717.56$5,689
Jun 199426410,89417.09$4,512
May 199420910,96315.88$3,319
Apr 199425210,43814.14$3,563
Mar 199427713,56412.46$3,451
Feb 199426813,49212.50$3,350
Jan 19943859,21812.66$4,874
Dec 199319110,18612.33$2,355
Nov 199318711,73114.49$2,710
Oct 19931857,43615.85$2,932
Sep 1993011415.03$0
Aug 199351,33915.66$78
Jul 199308,88415.46$0
Jun 19931798,94616.79$3,005
May 199337111,20717.68$6,559
Apr 199319310,87718.05$3,484
Mar 199319410,81418.14$3,519
Feb 199318813,97617.90$3,365
Jan 199319515,28216.93$3,301

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 2012 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 92.66 =         $0
Gas                  181 Mcf  × $  2.91 =       $526

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Month total                                     $526

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/77031 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.