MURPHY, JOHN

Operated by BRIDWELL OIL CO. (P-5 92480) in the PAPALOTE, E. (3250 -B-) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 3601District 02Field 69044664OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$5.6 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
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 11 leases and 44 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1964-04-09
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres.

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
OilDisposition164,677 bbl$5,598,003
Casinghead gasProduction21 Mcf$0
Total$5,598,003

21 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 21 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 (9)

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 28.1758, -97.5562. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.7 miles.

28.17549, -97.55612 · 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
77.8%
7 of 9 wells
With a plug date
77.8%
7 of 9 wells
Median depth
3,298 ft
8 wells filed one
Completion to plug
21.7 years
median over 4 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
777.8%
A plug date is filed
777.8%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
777.8%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
222.2%

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, 8 of 9 wells. Median 3,298 ft, with the middle half between 3,281 and 3,319 ft; the shallowest is 3,241 ft and the deepest 3,357 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, 5 of 9 wells, Feb 1965 – Apr 2012. 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 1965 – Apr 2012
5 of 9 wells; 4 filed none
Plug dates filed
Oct 1996 – Oct 2017
7 of 9 wells; 2 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 21.7 years across the 4 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 9.8 years and 33.6 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

9 wells

42-0250266923,241 ftAug 2011Yes
42-0250268243,292 ftOct 1996Yes
42-0250286283,277 ftJan 2016Yes
42-025026493
42-02530016103,282 ftApr 2012Oct 2017Yes
42-0250268853,318 ftJul 1985Oct 1996Yes
42-02530142113,357 ftJun 1972Jun 2004Yes
42-0250275563,322 ftMar 1967May 2005Yes
42-025026861D3,304 ftFeb 1965

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 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 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20171047.523.09$48
Aug 20175045.373.00$227
Jul 201738043.873.09$1,667
Jun 201741042.493.09$1,742
May 201763045.373.26$2,858
Apr 2017127047.933.21$6,087
Mar 2017146046.772.98$6,828
Feb 2017126050.452.95$6,357
Jan 2017167049.413.42$8,251
Dec 2016143048.763.72$6,973
Nov 2016126042.492.64$5,354
Oct 2016129046.193.09$5,959
Sep 2016124041.553.10$5,152
Aug 2016149041.442.92$6,175
Jul 2016146041.622.92$6,077
Jun 2016147045.352.69$6,666
May 2016149042.521.99$6,335
Apr 2016127036.561.99$4,643
Mar 2016144033.011.79$4,753
Feb 2016124026.472.06$3,282
Jan 2016143027.352.36$3,911
Dec 2015182032.362.00$5,890
Nov 2015143038.792.17$5,547
Oct 2015125043.552.43$5,444
Sep 2015141042.992.76$6,062
Aug 2015144040.162.87$5,783
Jul 2015143048.152.95$6,885
Jun 2015161056.152.88$9,040
May 2015124055.212.96$6,846
Apr 2015164049.822.71$8,170
Mar 2015144042.892.93$6,176
Feb 2015102044.662.98$4,555
Jan 2015164043.433.10$7,123
Dec 2014164054.693.59$8,969
Nov 2014181070.464.25$12,753
Oct 2014162078.303.90$12,685
Sep 2014143086.164.05$12,321
Aug 2014180089.394.04$16,090
Jul 2014183096.564.18$17,670
Jun 2014163098.164.74$16,000
May 2014144094.734.73$13,641
Apr 2014160095.944.81$15,350
Mar 2014181095.895.06$17,356
Feb 2014141097.406.19$13,733
Jan 2014141090.404.86$12,746
Dec 2013182091.824.35$16,711
Nov 2013162088.853.74$14,394
Oct 2013181097.423.78$17,633
Sep 20131630104.113.72$16,970
Aug 20131820104.253.52$18,974
Jul 20131810102.523.72$18,556
Jun 2013156094.403.93$14,726
May 2013181094.834.15$17,164
Apr 2013182093.964.28$17,101
Mar 2013203093.623.91$19,005
Feb 2013143091.233.42$13,046
Jan 2013205091.603.42$18,778
Dec 2012185086.773.42$16,052
Nov 2012166086.953.62$14,434
Oct 2012166089.383.40$14,837
Sep 2012185094.672.92$17,514
Aug 2012182092.662.91$16,864
Jul 2012204085.133.02$17,367
Jun 2012161079.822.52$12,851
May 2012160091.612.49$14,658
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201220101.102.57$202
Jan 201242098.092.73$4,120
Dec 2011140096.873.24$13,562
Nov 2011132095.723.31$12,635
Oct 2011120084.983.65$10,198
Sep 2011101083.623.99$8,446
Aug 2011132083.404.15$11,009
Jul 2011140094.144.52$13,180
Jun 2011195092.904.64$18,116
May 2011168098.134.40$16,486
Apr 20111520105.964.33$16,106
Mar 2011174096.364.06$16,767
Feb 2011174085.644.18$14,901
Jan 2011152086.504.59$13,148
Dec 2010173085.734.35$14,831
Nov 2010124080.843.80$10,024
Oct 2010174078.103.51$13,589
Sep 2010115072.633.98$8,352
Aug 2010102073.684.42$7,515
Jul 2010130072.554.74$9,432
Jun 201089070.364.91$6,262
May 2010201071.124.24$14,295
Apr 2010221081.694.12$18,053
Mar 2010178078.394.39$13,953
Feb 2010203073.585.44$14,937
Jan 2010215074.365.96$15,987
Dec 2009255071.445.48$18,217
Nov 2009202074.593.75$15,067
Oct 2009261072.544.11$18,933
Sep 2009287065.543.06$18,810
Aug 2009264067.423.22$17,799
Jul 2009292061.133.46$17,850
Jun 2009263066.163.90$17,400
May 2009351054.743.93$19,214
Apr 2009526046.773.59$24,601
Mar 2009578042.144.06$24,357
Feb 2009418032.814.63$13,715
Jan 2009346035.865.37$12,408
Dec 2008570037.105.98$21,147
Nov 2008573055.496.86$31,796
Oct 2008633075.246.92$47,627
Sep 20085710101.767.88$58,105
Aug 20086290114.228.48$71,844
Jul 20085790131.0811.39$75,895
Jun 20084700131.3313.03$61,725
May 20085130123.1711.57$63,186
Apr 20085150110.3110.45$56,810
Mar 20084330101.909.66$44,123
Feb 2008504092.538.77$46,635
Jan 2008475090.388.21$42,931
Dec 2007511088.337.30$45,137
Nov 2007613091.677.29$56,194
Oct 2007339082.856.92$28,086
Sep 2007511075.846.24$38,754
Aug 2007511069.066.39$35,290
Jul 2007458070.906.39$32,472
Jun 2007427062.007.55$26,474
May 2007614058.747.85$36,066
Apr 2007520059.617.81$30,997
Mar 2007430056.927.30$24,476
Feb 2007544055.108.22$29,974
Jan 2007621050.306.73$31,236
Dec 2006598056.656.92$33,877
Nov 2006705054.207.62$38,211
Oct 2006560054.906.01$30,744
Sep 2006671060.085.04$40,314
Aug 2006766068.717.34$52,632
Jul 2006930069.376.34$64,514
Jun 2006627066.286.38$41,558
May 2006613066.016.42$40,464
Apr 2006613064.397.36$39,471
Mar 2006685056.707.08$38,840
Feb 2006605057.597.75$34,842
Jan 2006617060.598.93$37,384
Dec 2005455054.9413.42$24,998
Nov 2005703054.6910.59$38,447
Oct 2005584058.3413.80$34,071
Sep 2005732061.4512.08$44,981
Aug 2005741061.519.80$45,579
Jul 2005737055.697.84$41,044
Jun 2005741052.337.38$38,777
May 2005792045.226.65$35,814
Apr 2005745049.207.36$36,654
Mar 2005515050.377.15$25,941
Feb 2005444045.226.31$20,078
Jan 2005576043.166.32$24,860
Dec 2004621039.866.75$24,753
Nov 2004579045.286.33$26,217
Oct 2004630049.706.52$31,311
Sep 2004563043.245.28$24,344
Aug 2004574042.375.55$24,320
Jul 2004622038.286.08$23,810
Jun 2004629036.106.43$22,707
May 2004508037.486.49$19,040
Apr 2004630034.475.86$21,716
Mar 2004637034.365.53$21,887
Feb 2004592032.455.51$19,210
Jan 2004646032.036.30$20,691
Dec 2003645030.266.30$19,518
Nov 2003701028.804.60$20,189
Oct 2003668028.174.76$18,818
Sep 2003660026.314.75$17,365
Aug 2003532029.765.13$15,832
Jul 2003885029.415.17$26,028
Jun 2003717028.565.98$20,478
May 2003721026.595.97$19,171
Apr 2003734026.675.41$19,576
Mar 2003599031.146.10$18,653
Feb 2003678033.487.93$22,699
Jan 2003685030.315.58$20,762
Dec 2002438026.914.85$11,787
Nov 2002417024.664.14$10,283
Oct 2002729026.464.23$19,289
Sep 2002461027.443.64$12,650
Aug 2002869025.963.16$22,559
Jul 2002594024.583.06$14,601
Jun 2002723023.733.34$17,157
May 2002709024.663.58$17,484
Apr 2002798023.653.51$18,873
Mar 2002647022.003.10$14,234
Feb 2002635018.222.38$11,570
Jan 2002672017.172.38$11,538
Dec 2001717016.932.36$12,139
Nov 2001735018.072.41$13,281
Oct 2001820019.782.53$16,220
Sep 2001957024.262.25$23,217
Aug 2001871024.873.05$21,662
Jul 2001640023.933.20$15,315
Jun 2001873024.563.82$21,441
May 2001611025.524.31$15,593
Apr 2001546024.685.34$13,475
Mar 2001805024.545.38$19,755
Feb 2001553027.755.77$15,346
Jan 2001723027.478.40$19,861
Dec 2000754026.889.12$20,268
Nov 2000754032.215.66$24,286
Oct 2000744031.235.15$23,235
Sep 2000634031.875.19$20,206
Aug 2000803029.644.54$23,801
Jul 2000720028.534.09$20,542
Jun 2000620029.304.40$18,166
May 2000616027.263.68$16,792
Apr 2000802024.513.12$19,657
Mar 2000854028.422.86$24,271
Feb 2000749027.622.73$20,687
Jan 2000792025.272.48$20,014
Dec 1999578024.282.42$14,034
Nov 1999815023.192.43$18,900
Oct 1999881020.982.80$18,483
Sep 1999776021.752.62$16,878
Aug 1999648019.262.88$12,480
Jul 1999566017.892.37$10,126
Jun 1999711015.942.36$11,333
May 1999668015.792.32$10,548
Apr 1999707015.102.21$10,676
Mar 1999956012.471.84$11,921
Feb 199966509.981.82$6,637
Jan 1999913010.381.90$9,477
Dec 199876909.201.77$7,075
Nov 1998883010.892.19$9,616
Oct 1998640012.421.97$7,949
Sep 1998473012.592.08$5,955
Aug 1998365011.301.91$4,125
Jul 1998808011.742.24$9,486
Jun 1998810011.242.24$9,104
May 19981,186012.622.21$14,967
Apr 1998884013.042.51$11,527
Mar 19981,065012.802.31$13,632
Feb 1998831013.952.30$11,592
Jan 1998837014.702.15$12,304
Dec 1997886016.322.41$14,460
Nov 1997986018.193.09$17,935
Oct 1997747019.253.15$14,380
Sep 1997870017.742.95$15,434
Aug 1997868017.862.55$15,502
Jul 1997840017.582.25$14,767
Jun 1997800017.242.26$13,792
May 1997903018.972.31$17,130
Apr 1997948017.882.08$16,950
Mar 1997944018.951.94$17,889
Feb 1997630020.492.21$12,909
Jan 1997683023.483.54$16,037
Dec 1996751023.32$17,513
Nov 1996727021.97$15,972
Oct 1996742023.31$17,296
Sep 19961,104022.22$24,531
Aug 19961,065020.26$21,577
Jul 1996872019.55$17,048
Jun 1996918018.73$17,194
May 1996979019.43$19,022
Apr 19961,019021.51$21,919
Mar 1996363019.38$7,035
Feb 1996886016.98$15,044
Jan 19961,210017.07$20,655
Dec 1995954017.19$16,399
Nov 1995999016.00$15,984
Oct 19951,063015.43$16,402
Sep 19951,073016.18$17,361
Aug 19951,033015.92$16,445
Jul 19951,096015.24$16,703
Jun 1995959016.41$15,737
May 1995938017.56$16,471
Apr 19951,180017.73$20,921
Mar 1995866016.44$14,237
Feb 1995841016.58$13,944
Jan 19951,033015.92$16,445
Dec 1994891015.03$13,392
Nov 19941,186015.90$18,857
Oct 19941,113015.58$17,341
Sep 19941,015115.29$15,519
Aug 19941,204116.13$19,421
Jul 19941,060117.56$18,614
Jun 19941,121117.09$19,158
May 19941,077115.88$17,103
Apr 19941,019114.14$14,409
Mar 19941,128112.46$14,055
Feb 1994979112.50$12,238
Jan 19941,119112.66$14,167
Dec 19931,310112.33$16,152
Nov 19931,078114.49$15,620
Oct 19931,307115.85$20,716
Sep 19931,328115.03$19,960
Aug 19931,189115.66$18,620
Jul 19931,159115.46$17,918
Jun 19931,058116.79$17,764
May 19931,268117.68$22,418
Apr 19931,081118.05$19,512
Mar 19931,202118.14$21,804
Feb 19931,043117.90$18,670
Jan 19931,004116.93$16,998

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.

Sep 2017 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    1 bbl  × $ 47.52 =        $48
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.09 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                      $48

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/O/3601 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.