SHELTON, BEN

Name: SHELTON, BEN lease production and value, Oct 1997 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by SOUTHERN BAY OPERATING, L.L.C. (P-5 803494) in the BEN SHELTON (7400) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 8316District 02Field 07064900OilCasinghead gasSave

Value, all time

$13.6 M

Oct 1997 – Apr 2010

Value, last 12 filed months

$84 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

151

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	467,318 bbl	$11,507,726
Casinghead gas	Production	444,617 Mcf	$2,088,343
Total			$13,596,069

Wells on this lease (2)

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 28.7035, -96.7814. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.2 miles.

28.70350, -96.78136 · centre of the wells drawn, derived⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom

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%

2 of 2 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

2 of 2 wells

Median depth

7,880 ft

2 wells filed one

Completion to plug

15.9 years

median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

2100.0%

A plug date is filed

2100.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

2100.0%

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

Between 7,810 and 7,950 ft, median 7,880 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Sep 2009

2 of 2 wells

Plug dates filed

Feb 2025 – Feb 2026

2 of 2 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 15.9 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 15.7 years and 16.2 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells


42-46933390	7	7,810 ft	Sep 2009	Feb 2026	Yes
42-46933231	6	7,950 ft	Sep 2009	Feb 2025	Yes

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 (151)

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

151 months


Apr 2010	0	0	81.69	4.12	$0
Mar 2010	0	0	78.39	4.39	$0
Feb 2010	0	0	73.58	5.44	$0
Jan 2010	0	0	74.36	5.96	$0
Dec 2009	0	0	71.44	5.48	$0
Nov 2009	0	0	74.59	3.75	$0
Oct 2009	0	0	72.54	4.11	$0
Sep 2009	69	1,716	65.54	3.06	$9,781
Aug 2009	180	2,813	67.42	3.22	$21,189
Jul 2009	86	2,790	61.13	3.46	$14,923
Jun 2009	167	2,712	66.16	3.90	$21,612
May 2009	90	2,862	54.74	3.93	$16,162
Apr 2009	169	2,772	46.77	3.59	$17,849
Mar 2009	89	3,267	42.14	4.06	$17,011
Feb 2009	198	3,281	32.81	4.63	$21,697
Jan 2009	215	1,708	35.86	5.37	$16,884
Dec 2008	108	2,101	37.10	5.98	$16,565
Nov 2008	214	2,112	55.49	6.86	$26,364
Oct 2008	314	2,470	75.24	6.92	$40,723
Sep 2008	108	2,828	101.76	7.88	$33,266
Aug 2008	319	3,321	114.22	8.48	$64,608
Jul 2008	311	3,565	131.08	11.39	$81,369
Jun 2008	313	3,605	131.33	13.03	$88,089
May 2008	321	3,807	123.17	11.57	$83,601
Apr 2008	325	3,423	110.31	10.45	$71,638
Mar 2008	311	3,809	101.90	9.66	$68,501
Feb 2008	394	3,781	92.53	8.77	$69,618
Jan 2008	302	5,645	90.38	8.21	$73,616
Dec 2007	321	5,510	88.33	7.30	$68,588
Nov 2007	318	4,783	91.67	7.29	$64,027
Oct 2007	341	2,823	82.85	6.92	$47,793
Sep 2007	425	3,083	75.84	6.24	$51,483
Aug 2007	515	2,633	69.06	6.39	$52,385
Jul 2007	0	0	70.90	6.39	$0
Jun 2007	93	0	62.00	7.55	$5,766
May 2007	172	299	58.74	7.85	$12,449
Apr 2007	326	555	59.61	7.81	$23,765
Mar 2007	365	316	56.92	7.30	$23,083
Feb 2007	326	121	55.10	8.22	$18,957
Jan 2007	596	2,437	50.30	6.73	$46,372
Dec 2006	785	2,387	56.65	6.92	$60,985
Nov 2006	522	1,744	54.20	7.62	$41,577
Oct 2006	302	981	54.90	6.01	$22,479
Sep 2006	826	1,617	60.08	5.04	$57,771
Aug 2006	631	2,378	68.71	7.34	$60,810
Jul 2006	1,001	1,776	69.37	6.34	$80,704
Jun 2006	847	1,625	66.28	6.38	$66,513
May 2006	1,237	2,501	66.01	6.42	$97,723
Apr 2006	1,035	2,132	64.39	7.36	$82,336
Mar 2006	1,178	2,463	56.70	7.08	$84,238
Feb 2006	1,268	1,679	57.59	7.75	$86,038
Jan 2006	1,902	2,147	60.59	8.93	$134,422
Dec 2005	1,623	2,513	54.94	13.42	$122,881
Nov 2005	1,567	2,697	54.69	10.59	$114,256
Oct 2005	2,052	2,568	58.34	13.80	$155,141
Sep 2005	2,036	2,768	61.45	12.08	$158,547
Aug 2005	2,297	2,942	61.51	9.80	$170,111
Jul 2005	1,009	1,810	55.69	7.84	$70,388
Jun 2005	632	937	52.33	7.38	$39,989
May 2005	664	1,419	45.22	6.65	$39,464
Apr 2005	723	1,006	49.20	7.36	$42,976
Mar 2005	555	1,020	50.37	7.15	$35,253
Feb 2005	610	825	45.22	6.31	$32,792
Jan 2005	852	980	43.16	6.32	$42,968
Dec 2004	1,011	889	39.86	6.75	$46,300
Nov 2004	1,187	895	45.28	6.33	$59,413
Oct 2004	1,162	2,003	49.70	6.52	$70,801
Sep 2004	1,595	3,007	43.24	5.28	$84,856
Aug 2004	994	1,493	42.37	5.55	$50,403
Jul 2004	854	637	38.28	6.08	$36,567
Jun 2004	1,174	1,232	36.10	6.43	$50,307
May 2004	1,345	1,680	37.48	6.49	$61,321
Apr 2004	1,305	1,203	34.47	5.86	$52,031
Mar 2004	805	1,007	34.36	5.53	$33,229
Feb 2004	1,263	1,007	32.45	5.51	$46,533
Jan 2004	1,241	1,028	32.03	6.30	$46,225
Dec 2003	862	867	30.26	6.30	$31,548
Nov 2003	1,346	1,403	28.80	4.60	$45,212
Oct 2003	1,366	222	28.17	4.76	$39,537
Sep 2003	715	0	26.31	4.75	$18,812
Aug 2003	890	0	29.76	5.13	$26,486
Jul 2003	1,059	0	29.41	5.17	$31,145
Jun 2003	883	0	28.56	5.98	$25,218
May 2003	457	155	26.59	5.97	$13,077
Apr 2003	1,783	630	26.67	5.41	$50,959
Mar 2003	1,225	2,078	31.14	6.10	$50,814
Feb 2003	1,003	1,462	33.48	7.93	$45,168
Jan 2003	1,980	426	30.31	5.58	$62,392
Dec 2002	1,585	1,556	26.91	4.85	$50,205
Nov 2002	1,166	1,875	24.66	4.14	$36,510
Oct 2002	1,584	3,290	26.46	4.23	$55,826
Sep 2002	1,465	3,110	27.44	3.64	$51,505
Aug 2002	1,677	2,392	25.96	3.16	$51,104
Jul 2002	1,710	4,140	24.58	3.06	$54,707
Jun 2002	1,979	5,190	23.73	3.34	$64,287
May 2002	2,060	6,488	24.66	3.58	$74,053
Apr 2002	2,025	5,710	23.65	3.51	$67,947
Mar 2002	2,143	6,148	22.00	3.10	$66,222
Feb 2002	2,320	5,293	18.22	2.38	$54,845
Jan 2002	2,748	5,683	17.17	2.38	$60,684
Dec 2001	2,716	5,479	16.93	2.36	$58,936
Nov 2001	2,587	7,064	18.07	2.41	$63,740
Oct 2001	3,750	7,245	19.78	2.53	$92,497
Sep 2001	3,295	6,416	24.26	2.25	$94,381
Aug 2001	3,179	4,988	24.87	3.05	$94,291
Jul 2001	2,313	2,709	23.93	3.20	$64,011
Jun 2001	3,206	3,011	24.56	3.82	$90,254
May 2001	4,249	3,212	25.52	4.31	$122,270
Apr 2001	4,756	3,322	24.68	5.34	$135,102
Mar 2001	4,223	3,214	24.54	5.38	$120,912
Feb 2001	4,194	3,402	27.75	5.77	$136,003
Jan 2001	4,733	3,654	27.47	8.40	$160,705
Dec 2000	5,470	3,552	26.88	9.12	$179,437
Nov 2000	5,951	2,664	32.21	5.66	$206,755
Oct 2000	6,780	6,283	31.23	5.15	$244,069
Sep 2000	7,209	7,304	31.87	5.19	$267,633
Aug 2000	7,731	6,806	29.64	4.54	$260,051
Jul 2000	7,695	7,843	28.53	4.09	$251,614
Jun 2000	8,235	4,197	29.30	4.40	$259,741
May 2000	9,861	5,194	27.26	3.68	$287,923
Apr 2000	9,841	5,556	24.51	3.12	$258,515
Mar 2000	10,464	6,367	28.42	2.86	$315,595
Feb 2000	12,210	7,363	27.62	2.73	$357,315
Jan 2000	12,791	7,611	25.27	2.48	$342,108
Dec 1999	11,797	6,848	24.28	2.42	$303,029
Nov 1999	11,405	6,704	23.19	2.43	$280,799
Oct 1999	12,386	6,987	20.98	2.80	$279,448
Sep 1999	13,267	7,118	21.75	2.62	$307,198
Aug 1999	13,816	7,954	19.26	2.88	$288,969
Jul 1999	23,418	6,501	17.89	2.37	$434,371
Jun 1999	14,561	4,730	15.94	2.36	$243,275
May 1999	16,580	4,974	15.79	2.32	$273,343
Apr 1999	14,544	4,365	15.10	2.21	$229,253
Mar 1999	8,447	5,192	12.47	1.84	$114,879
Feb 1999	7,441	3,236	9.98	1.82	$80,144
Jan 1999	4,337	1,972	10.38	1.90	$48,765
Dec 1998	2,839	1,028	9.20	1.77	$27,942
Nov 1998	2,676	1,444	10.89	2.19	$32,298
Oct 1998	2,894	1,466	12.42	1.97	$38,830
Sep 1998	2,847	1,996	12.59	2.08	$40,001
Aug 1998	3,184	1,885	11.30	1.91	$39,575
Jul 1998	3,428	1,891	11.74	2.24	$44,475
Jun 1998	5,805	2,265	11.24	2.24	$70,316
May 1998	7,913	3,683	12.62	2.21	$107,988
Apr 1998	6,922	3,572	13.04	2.51	$99,212
Mar 1998	7,225	3,097	12.80	2.31	$99,632
Feb 1998	7,211	3,769	13.95	2.30	$109,259
Jan 1998	7,737	2,553	14.70	2.15	$119,235
Dec 1997	7,791	2,190	16.32	2.41	$132,429
Nov 1997	7,267	3,047	18.19	3.09	$141,597
Oct 1997	7,619	13,632	19.25	3.15	$189,604

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 2009 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   69 bbl  × $ 65.54 =     $4,522
Casinghead gas     1,716 Mcf  × $  3.06 =     $5,259

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Month total                                   $9,781

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/8316 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.