GEOSOUTHERN ELISE

Operated by CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. (P-5 147715) in the GIDDINGS (AUSTIN CHALK, GAS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 152612District 03Field 347735502 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$512 k
Aug 1994 – Sep 2011
Value, last 12 filed months
$14 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
206
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 1,061 leases and 1,061 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1978-08-01
as the register files it
Field class
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 2018-10-16.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: AMENDED DRILLING PERMITS, NOTICE, OR HEARING.

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 Gas111995-06-19131667
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
CondensateDisposition20,959 bbl$372,682
GasProduction214,788 Mcf$139,623
Total$512,305

169,807 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 29 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 30.1251, -96.7322. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.12513, -96.73215 · 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
13,445 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
15.9 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 13,445 ft.

Completions filed
Aug 1994
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Jul 2010
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 15.9 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 15.9 years and 15.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-149317711H13,445 ftAug 1994Jul 2010Yes

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 (206)

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

206 months

Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 2011152094.144.52$14,309
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
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 20100071.124.24$0
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 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 20020023.733.34$0
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 20020023.653.51$0
Mar 20020022.003.10$0
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 20010516.932.36$12
Nov 20010118.072.41$2
Oct 20010519.782.53$13
Sep 200103424.262.25$77
Aug 2001023824.873.05$727
Jul 2001011423.933.20$364
Jun 2001015324.563.82$585
May 200116016525.524.31$4,794
Apr 200107024.685.34$373
Mar 2001050224.545.38$2,699
Feb 2001067727.755.77$3,904
Jan 200118863427.478.40$10,489
Dec 200001,04326.889.12$9,515
Nov 2000098432.215.66$5,567
Oct 200001,04031.235.15$5,351
Sep 20001881,00931.875.19$11,225
Aug 2000082829.644.54$3,760
Jul 200018780128.534.09$8,611
Jun 2000092229.304.40$4,054
May 2000098827.263.68$3,636
Apr 200013889824.513.12$6,181
Mar 2000099628.422.86$2,848
Feb 200018781827.622.73$7,395
Jan 200001,04025.272.48$2,580
Dec 19991771,04524.282.42$6,830
Nov 199901,03823.192.43$2,526
Oct 199901,02320.982.80$2,868
Sep 19991621,00121.752.62$6,145
Aug 199901,10419.262.88$3,175
Jul 19991811,11617.892.37$5,886
Jun 199901,07715.942.36$2,544
May 19991881,45415.792.32$6,343
Apr 1999053715.102.21$1,186
Mar 1999057112.471.84$1,050
Feb 199908899.981.82$1,616
Jan 19991791,07910.381.90$3,908
Dec 199801,1259.201.77$1,995
Nov 199801,00310.892.19$2,192
Oct 1998089412.421.97$1,760
Sep 199815879212.592.08$3,639
Aug 1998073511.301.91$1,402
Jul 1998051311.742.24$1,148
Jun 199817254011.242.24$3,141
May 1998065512.622.21$1,445
Apr 199816466813.042.51$3,812
Mar 1998079812.802.31$1,843
Feb 1998058513.952.30$1,345
Jan 199817183714.702.15$4,317
Dec 19971651,01016.322.41$5,128
Nov 1997094918.193.09$2,931
Oct 199717882619.253.15$6,028
Sep 1997062217.742.95$1,838
Aug 1997076417.862.55$1,952
Jul 199717469717.582.25$4,625
Jun 19971374017.242.26$1,894
May 199717477318.972.31$5,085
Apr 1997136017.882.08$357
Mar 199718397218.951.94$5,353
Feb 199701,04720.492.21$2,310
Jan 19971951,47723.483.54$9,807
Dec 19961751,67723.32$4,081
Nov 19961691,58421.97$3,713
Oct 19961691,56623.31$3,939
Sep 19961821,29722.22$4,044
Aug 19961741,03720.26$3,525
Jul 19962021,10019.55$3,949
Jun 19962021,10018.73$3,783
May 1996211,07319.43$408
Apr 19961841,17821.51$3,958
Mar 19961831,55719.38$3,547
Feb 199601,24016.98$0
Jan 19963831,94517.07$6,538
Dec 19951861,32917.19$3,197
Nov 19951801,73916.00$2,880
Oct 19951971,14515.43$3,040
Sep 19951841,49116.18$2,977
Aug 19951842,33015.92$2,929
Jul 19951771,54115.24$2,697
Jun 19957215,20916.41$11,832
May 19959237,75817.56$16,208
Apr 19957404,54017.73$13,120
Mar 199591410,62416.44$15,026
Feb 19951,44414,49716.58$23,942
Jan 1995439615.92$64
Dec 199497210,72215.03$14,609
Nov 19941,27514,29815.90$20,273
Oct 19941,61918,16515.58$25,224
Sep 19942,33121,37015.29$35,641
Aug 19943,01736,29916.13$48,664

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 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate           152 bbl  × $ 94.14 =    $14,309
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  4.52 =         $0

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Month total                                  $14,309

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. 03/G/152612 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.