BIG JOHN OIL UNIT NO. 3

Operated by ENERQUEST OPERATING L.L.C. (P-5 252058) in the PANNA MARIA (EDWARDS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 6937District 02Field 68943500Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$163 k
Jan 1993 – Jan 2011
Value, last 12 filed months
$8 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
217
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 60 leases and 72 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1960-09-27
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
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 1961-10-11.

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The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: RESCINDED CASING & MULTI-STAGE CEMENTING RULES

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
OilDisposition6,775 bbl$162,305
Casinghead gasProduction304 Mcf$1,119
Total$163,424

47 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 47 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 28.9406, -97.9865. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

28.94062, -97.98655 · 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
11,177 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
33.7 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 11,177 ft.

Completions filed
Mar 1985
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Nov 2018
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 33.7 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 33.7 years and 33.7 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-25500718111,177 ftMar 1985Nov 2018Yes

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 (217)

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

217 months

Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 2010116071.124.24$8,250
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
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 20090046.773.59$0
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 20070158.747.85$8
Apr 200745059.617.81$2,682
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060156.656.92$7
Nov 20060154.207.62$8
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 200603066.286.38$192
May 200603266.016.42$206
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 200651056.707.08$2,892
Feb 200667057.597.75$3,859
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 200550058.3413.80$2,917
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 200559161.519.80$3,639
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 200533052.337.38$1,727
May 200538045.226.65$1,718
Apr 20050149.207.36$7
Mar 20050150.377.15$7
Feb 200557045.226.31$2,578
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 2004130039.866.75$5,182
Nov 20040145.286.33$6
Oct 200446049.706.52$2,286
Sep 20040143.245.28$5
Aug 2004101142.375.55$4,285
Jul 20040138.286.08$6
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 200460137.486.49$2,255
Apr 2004110134.475.86$3,798
Mar 200446134.365.53$1,586
Feb 20040132.455.51$6
Jan 200455132.036.30$1,768
Dec 200360030.266.30$1,816
Nov 20030128.804.60$5
Oct 200359128.174.76$1,667
Sep 20030126.314.75$5
Aug 200360129.765.13$1,791
Jul 20030129.415.17$5
Jun 200327128.565.98$777
May 200366126.595.97$1,761
Apr 20030126.675.41$5
Mar 20030131.146.10$6
Feb 200366133.487.93$2,218
Jan 20030130.315.58$6
Dec 200245126.914.85$1,216
Nov 200270124.664.14$1,730
Oct 200270126.464.23$1,856
Sep 200204727.443.64$171
Aug 2002113125.963.16$2,937
Jul 200241124.583.06$1,011
Jun 20020123.733.34$3
May 20020124.663.58$4
Apr 20020123.653.51$4
Mar 2002494722.003.10$1,224
Feb 200262118.222.38$1,132
Jan 20020117.172.38$2
Dec 20010116.932.36$2
Nov 20010118.072.41$2
Oct 200173119.782.53$1,446
Sep 20010124.262.25$2
Aug 200155424.873.05$1,380
Jul 20010123.933.20$3
Jun 200162124.563.82$1,527
May 20010125.524.31$4
Apr 200167124.685.34$1,659
Mar 20010124.545.38$5
Feb 200140127.755.77$1,116
Jan 200160127.478.40$1,657
Dec 20000126.889.12$9
Nov 20000132.215.66$6
Oct 200059431.235.15$1,863
Sep 200056131.875.19$1,790
Aug 200046129.644.54$1,368
Jul 200050128.534.09$1,431
Jun 200065129.304.40$1,909
May 20000127.263.68$4
Apr 200070124.513.12$1,719
Mar 20000128.422.86$3
Feb 200069127.622.73$1,909
Jan 20001125.272.48$28
Dec 19990124.282.42$2
Nov 19992123.192.43$49
Oct 19993120.982.80$66
Sep 19991121.752.62$24
Aug 199964119.262.88$1,236
Jul 199966117.892.37$1,183
Jun 199960115.942.36$959
May 199973115.792.32$1,155
Apr 199991115.102.21$1,376
Mar 199944012.471.84$549
Feb 1999419.981.82$42
Jan 19992110.381.90$23
Dec 19984019.201.77$370
Nov 199872110.892.19$786
Oct 199857112.421.97$710
Sep 19980112.592.08$2
Aug 19982111.301.91$25
Jul 199880111.742.24$941
Jun 19984111.242.24$47
May 19983112.622.21$40
Apr 1998115113.042.51$1,502
Mar 19980112.802.31$2
Feb 199874113.952.30$1,035
Jan 199866114.702.15$972
Dec 199750116.322.41$818
Nov 19970118.193.09$3
Oct 199768119.253.15$1,312
Sep 19970117.742.95$3
Aug 199770117.862.55$1,253
Jul 19970117.582.25$2
Jun 19970117.242.26$2
May 199742118.972.31$799
Apr 1997118117.882.08$2,112
Mar 19970118.951.94$2
Feb 199796120.492.21$1,969
Jan 199775123.483.54$1,765
Dec 19960123.32$0
Nov 199660121.97$1,318
Oct 199660123.31$1,399
Sep 19960122.22$0
Aug 199682120.26$1,661
Jul 19960119.55$0
Jun 199652118.73$974
May 199685119.43$1,652
Apr 199670121.51$1,506
Mar 199685119.38$1,647
Feb 19960116.98$0
Jan 19960117.07$0
Dec 19950017.19$0
Nov 19950116.00$0
Oct 199562115.43$957
Sep 19950116.18$0
Aug 199560115.92$955
Jul 199573115.24$1,113
Jun 199568116.41$1,116
May 1995102117.56$1,791
Apr 19950117.73$0
Mar 199555116.44$904
Feb 19950116.58$0
Jan 199562115.92$987
Dec 199461115.03$917
Nov 199465115.90$1,034
Oct 199459115.58$919
Sep 199469115.29$1,055
Aug 199472116.13$1,161
Jul 199450117.56$878
Jun 1994135117.09$2,307
May 1994130115.88$2,064
Apr 19940114.14$0
Mar 19940112.46$0
Feb 199479112.50$988
Jan 19940112.66$0
Dec 19930112.33$0
Nov 199370114.49$1,014
Oct 199380115.85$1,268
Sep 19930115.03$0
Aug 199395115.66$1,488
Jul 1993155115.46$2,396
Jun 199380116.79$1,343
May 1993136117.68$2,404
Apr 199369118.05$1,245
Mar 1993130118.14$2,358
Feb 199365117.90$1,164
Jan 1993132116.93$2,235

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.

May 2010 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  116 bbl  × $ 71.12 =     $8,250
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.24 =         $0

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Month total                                   $8,250

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/6937 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.