BENTON TRUST

Name: BENTON TRUST lease production and value, Feb 1998 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by GAITHER PETROLEUM CORPORATION (P-5 292850) in the ROSENBERG, NORTH (UPPER WILCOX) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 169073District 03Field 78321565CondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$24.5 M

Feb 1998 – Jul 2018

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

246

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The ROSENBERG, NORTH (UPPER WILCOX) field

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 2 leases and 2 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1998-02-12

as the register files it

Field class

Gas

the register's own label

Between wells

1,200 ft

minimum

From a lease line

467 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1998-06-30.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “AOF-1 AND AOF-2 EFFECTIVE 10/01/1999.”

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
Condensate	Disposition	80,601 bbl	$2,303,091
Gas	Production	5,482,233 Mcf	$22,154,795
Total			$24,457,887

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 29.5765, -95.8470. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

29.57651, -95.84705 · 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%

1 of 1 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

Median depth

15,410 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

19.3 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 15,410 ft.

Completions filed

Feb 1998

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

May 2017

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 19.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 19.3 years and 19.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-15731998	1	15,410 ft	Feb 1998	May 2017	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 (246)

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

246 months


Jul 2018	0	0	65.14	2.93	$0
Jun 2018	0	0	60.18	3.08	$0
May 2018	0	0	65.38	2.90	$0
Apr 2018	0	0	63.84	2.90	$0
Mar 2018	0	0	61.22	2.79	$0
Feb 2018	0	0	61.78	2.77	$0
Jan 2018	0	0	62.87	4.01	$0
Dec 2017	0	0	57.27	2.92	$0
Nov 2017	0	0	55.42	3.12	$0
Oct 2017	0	0	49.29	2.98	$0
Sep 2017	0	0	47.52	3.09	$0
Aug 2017	0	0	45.37	3.00	$0
Jul 2017	0	0	43.87	3.09	$0
Jun 2017	0	0	42.49	3.09	$0
May 2017	0	0	45.37	3.26	$0
Apr 2017	0	0	47.93	3.21	$0
Mar 2017	0	0	46.77	2.98	$0
Feb 2017	0	0	50.45	2.95	$0
Jan 2017	0	0	49.41	3.42	$0
Dec 2016	0	0	48.76	3.72	$0
Nov 2016	0	0	42.49	2.64	$0
Oct 2016	0	0	46.19	3.09	$0
Sep 2016	0	0	41.55	3.10	$0
Aug 2016	0	0	41.44	2.92	$0
Jul 2016	0	0	41.62	2.92	$0
Jun 2016	0	0	45.35	2.69	$0
May 2016	0	0	42.52	1.99	$0
Apr 2016	0	0	36.56	1.99	$0
Mar 2016	0	0	33.01	1.79	$0
Feb 2016	0	0	26.47	2.06	$0
Jan 2016	0	0	27.35	2.36	$0
Dec 2015	0	0	32.36	2.00	$0
Nov 2015	0	0	38.79	2.17	$0
Oct 2015	0	0	43.55	2.43	$0
Sep 2015	0	0	42.99	2.76	$0
Aug 2015	0	0	40.16	2.87	$0
Jul 2015	0	0	48.15	2.95	$0
Jun 2015	0	0	56.15	2.88	$0
May 2015	0	0	55.21	2.96	$0
Apr 2015	0	0	49.82	2.71	$0
Mar 2015	0	0	42.89	2.93	$0
Feb 2015	0	0	44.66	2.98	$0
Jan 2015	0	0	43.43	3.10	$0
Dec 2014	0	0	54.69	3.59	$0
Nov 2014	0	0	70.46	4.25	$0
Oct 2014	0	3	78.30	3.90	$12
Sep 2014	0	0	86.16	4.05	$0
Aug 2014	0	0	89.39	4.04	$0
Jul 2014	0	3	96.56	4.18	$13
Jun 2014	0	0	98.16	4.74	$0
May 2014	0	3	94.73	4.73	$14
Apr 2014	0	0	95.94	4.81	$0
Mar 2014	0	0	95.89	5.06	$0
Feb 2014	0	0	97.40	6.19	$0
Jan 2014	0	0	90.40	4.86	$0
Dec 2013	0	0	91.82	4.35	$0
Nov 2013	0	0	88.85	3.74	$0
Oct 2013	0	19	97.42	3.78	$72
Sep 2013	0	0	104.11	3.72	$0
Aug 2013	0	483	104.25	3.52	$1,701
Jul 2013	0	2,019	102.52	3.72	$7,506
Jun 2013	0	3,081	94.40	3.93	$12,119
May 2013	178	3,163	94.83	4.15	$30,003
Apr 2013	0	3,072	93.96	4.28	$13,156
Mar 2013	0	3,025	93.62	3.91	$11,836
Feb 2013	0	2,984	91.23	3.42	$10,205
Jan 2013	0	2,575	91.60	3.42	$8,806
Dec 2012	182	2,588	86.77	3.42	$24,644
Nov 2012	0	3,469	86.95	3.62	$12,575
Oct 2012	0	3,224	89.38	3.40	$10,961
Sep 2012	0	3,286	94.67	2.92	$9,590
Aug 2012	179	3,653	92.66	2.91	$27,210
Jul 2012	0	3,366	85.13	3.02	$10,168
Jun 2012	0	3,834	79.82	2.52	$9,658
May 2012	0	4,412	91.61	2.49	$10,978
Apr 2012	0	2	101.65	2.00	$4
Mar 2012	0	1,793	105.05	2.22	$3,984
Feb 2012	0	3,753	101.10	2.57	$9,646
Jan 2012	119	3,771	98.09	2.73	$21,983
Dec 2011	0	3,851	96.87	3.24	$12,476
Nov 2011	0	4,981	95.72	3.31	$16,493
Oct 2011	137	5,319	84.98	3.65	$31,049
Sep 2011	0	5,075	83.62	3.99	$20,228
Aug 2011	0	5,258	83.40	4.15	$21,817
Jul 2011	0	5,720	94.14	4.52	$25,839
Jun 2011	0	5,253	92.90	4.64	$24,373
May 2011	0	5,511	98.13	4.40	$24,275
Apr 2011	170	5,410	105.96	4.33	$41,456
Mar 2011	0	6,017	96.36	4.06	$24,413
Feb 2011	0	4,083	85.64	4.18	$17,067
Jan 2011	0	5,379	86.50	4.59	$24,683
Dec 2010	147	5,240	85.73	4.35	$35,385
Nov 2010	0	5,335	80.84	3.80	$20,248
Oct 2010	180	5,255	78.10	3.51	$32,497
Sep 2010	0	5,147	72.63	3.98	$20,482
Aug 2010	0	5,579	73.68	4.42	$24,656
Jul 2010	190	5,680	72.55	4.74	$40,688
Jun 2010	0	5,286	70.36	4.91	$25,956
May 2010	0	5,923	71.12	4.24	$25,085
Apr 2010	0	6,386	81.69	4.12	$26,328
Mar 2010	0	6,617	78.39	4.39	$29,040
Feb 2010	201	5,726	73.58	5.44	$45,953
Jan 2010	0	5,805	74.36	5.96	$34,622
Dec 2009	182	6,314	71.44	5.48	$47,626
Nov 2009	0	6,851	74.59	3.75	$25,702
Oct 2009	0	6,591	72.54	4.11	$27,091
Sep 2009	179	6,667	65.54	3.06	$32,164
Aug 2009	0	6,936	67.42	3.22	$22,324
Jul 2009	181	7,692	61.13	3.46	$37,713
Jun 2009	0	8,305	66.16	3.90	$32,348
May 2009	190	9,127	54.74	3.93	$46,231
Apr 2009	0	8,920	46.77	3.59	$32,001
Mar 2009	188	9,320	42.14	4.06	$45,752
Feb 2009	0	8,697	32.81	4.63	$40,293
Jan 2009	197	9,681	35.86	5.37	$59,061
Dec 2008	0	9,562	37.10	5.98	$57,153
Nov 2008	194	10,861	55.49	6.86	$85,275
Oct 2008	358	12,761	75.24	6.92	$115,267
Sep 2008	0	6,474	101.76	7.88	$50,996
Aug 2008	195	12,420	114.22	8.48	$127,632
Jul 2008	188	11,427	131.08	11.39	$154,790
Jun 2008	0	13,186	131.33	13.03	$171,848
May 2008	196	15,041	123.17	11.57	$198,230
Apr 2008	179	14,503	110.31	10.45	$171,372
Mar 2008	179	15,447	101.90	9.66	$167,521
Feb 2008	197	15,038	92.53	8.77	$150,120
Jan 2008	0	16,132	90.38	8.21	$132,375
Dec 2007	0	16,454	88.33	7.30	$120,147
Nov 2007	183	14,052	91.67	7.29	$119,239
Oct 2007	0	11,184	82.85	6.92	$77,415
Sep 2007	192	13,640	75.84	6.24	$99,732
Aug 2007	184	14,780	69.06	6.39	$107,121
Jul 2007	191	15,636	70.90	6.39	$113,424
Jun 2007	187	15,729	62.00	7.55	$130,324
May 2007	188	16,707	58.74	7.85	$142,131
Apr 2007	183	16,869	59.61	7.81	$142,575
Mar 2007	380	18,088	56.92	7.30	$153,708
Feb 2007	187	16,452	55.10	8.22	$145,473
Jan 2007	186	16,286	50.30	6.73	$118,909
Dec 2006	183	15,100	56.65	6.92	$114,835
Nov 2006	183	15,307	54.20	7.62	$126,519
Oct 2006	376	16,720	54.90	6.01	$121,193
Sep 2006	188	16,624	60.08	5.04	$95,033
Aug 2006	186	17,844	68.71	7.34	$143,754
Jul 2006	366	18,182	69.37	6.34	$140,713
Jun 2006	177	17,975	66.28	6.38	$126,482
May 2006	373	18,805	66.01	6.42	$145,444
Apr 2006	185	18,619	64.39	7.36	$148,957
Mar 2006	182	17,255	56.70	7.08	$132,535
Feb 2006	376	18,175	57.59	7.75	$162,530
Jan 2006	194	21,564	60.59	8.93	$204,393
Dec 2005	369	22,356	54.94	13.42	$320,188
Nov 2005	367	21,771	54.69	10.59	$250,591
Oct 2005	357	22,121	58.34	13.80	$326,003
Sep 2005	159	19,929	61.45	12.08	$250,493
Aug 2005	547	26,462	61.51	9.80	$292,890
Jul 2005	362	26,884	55.69	7.84	$231,028
Jun 2005	359	26,554	52.33	7.38	$214,783
May 2005	558	27,038	45.22	6.65	$205,067
Apr 2005	376	26,710	49.20	7.36	$215,098
Mar 2005	560	27,952	50.37	7.15	$228,200
Feb 2005	189	25,916	45.22	6.31	$172,126
Jan 2005	370	26,835	43.16	6.32	$185,625
Dec 2004	174	8,104	39.86	6.75	$61,646
Nov 2004	169	4,007	45.28	6.33	$33,018
Oct 2004	157	7,768	49.70	6.52	$58,412
Sep 2004	0	7,916	43.24	5.28	$41,827
Aug 2004	0	7,753	42.37	5.55	$43,034
Jul 2004	156	7,841	38.28	6.08	$53,678
Jun 2004	139	8,311	36.10	6.43	$58,483
May 2004	0	9,821	37.48	6.49	$63,783
Apr 2004	154	9,844	34.47	5.86	$62,979
Mar 2004	0	11,428	34.36	5.53	$63,198
Feb 2004	359	12,091	32.45	5.51	$78,266
Jan 2004	175	13,151	32.03	6.30	$88,452
Dec 2003	335	13,529	30.26	6.30	$95,392
Nov 2003	189	13,771	28.80	4.60	$68,723
Oct 2003	160	13,571	28.17	4.76	$69,100
Sep 2003	360	13,955	26.31	4.75	$75,749
Aug 2003	163	16,131	29.76	5.13	$87,598
Jul 2003	348	14,470	29.41	5.17	$85,057
Jun 2003	167	16,873	28.56	5.98	$105,720
May 2003	360	18,284	26.59	5.97	$118,777
Apr 2003	353	16,801	26.67	5.41	$100,262
Mar 2003	188	18,476	31.14	6.10	$118,485
Feb 2003	375	19,422	33.48	7.93	$166,491
Jan 2003	370	20,949	30.31	5.58	$128,153
Dec 2002	359	25,774	26.91	4.85	$134,762
Nov 2002	372	26,300	24.66	4.14	$117,976
Oct 2002	527	28,116	26.46	4.23	$132,850
Sep 2002	373	27,998	27.44	3.64	$112,013
Aug 2002	469	30,058	25.96	3.16	$107,284
Jul 2002	542	29,433	24.58	3.06	$103,439
Jun 2002	553	29,472	23.73	3.34	$111,507
May 2002	519	31,087	24.66	3.58	$124,214
Apr 2002	348	31,395	23.65	3.51	$118,499
Mar 2002	540	31,094	22.00	3.10	$108,356
Feb 2002	522	30,838	18.22	2.38	$82,772
Jan 2002	535	36,454	17.17	2.38	$95,789
Dec 2001	692	36,548	16.93	2.36	$98,130
Nov 2001	498	37,133	18.07	2.41	$98,323
Oct 2001	722	40,360	19.78	2.53	$116,347
Sep 2001	518	41,192	24.26	2.25	$105,303
Aug 2001	525	45,671	24.87	3.05	$152,498
Jul 2001	533	45,776	23.93	3.20	$159,104
Jun 2001	687	44,441	24.56	3.82	$186,822
May 2001	678	48,765	25.52	4.31	$227,349
Apr 2001	729	51,961	24.68	5.34	$295,220
Mar 2001	721	46,775	24.54	5.38	$269,176
Feb 2001	731	46,231	27.75	5.77	$286,903
Jan 2001	912	46,660	27.47	8.40	$416,939
Dec 2000	907	62,632	26.88	9.12	$595,741
Nov 2000	927	66,899	32.21	5.66	$408,373
Oct 2000	1,073	70,858	31.23	5.15	$398,110
Sep 2000	1,083	72,267	31.87	5.19	$409,328
Aug 2000	1,240	81,532	29.64	4.54	$406,970
Jul 2000	1,250	86,727	28.53	4.09	$390,354
Jun 2000	1,060	67,805	29.30	4.40	$329,214
May 2000	1,243	83,658	27.26	3.68	$341,725
Apr 2000	1,429	82,729	24.51	3.12	$292,808
Mar 2000	1,269	88,669	28.42	2.86	$289,636
Feb 2000	1,431	84,950	27.62	2.73	$271,140
Jan 2000	1,428	90,600	25.27	2.48	$260,819
Dec 1999	1,439	97,806	24.28	2.42	$271,993
Nov 1999	1,612	98,657	23.19	2.43	$277,512
Oct 1999	1,454	104,011	20.98	2.80	$322,122
Sep 1999	1,633	107,471	21.75	2.62	$316,968
Aug 1999	1,430	99,902	19.26	2.88	$314,820
Jul 1999	1,442	96,619	17.89	2.37	$255,013
Jun 1999	1,439	94,863	15.94	2.36	$247,014
May 1999	1,630	104,316	15.79	2.32	$267,857
Apr 1999	1,651	99,613	15.10	2.21	$244,881
Mar 1999	1,291	92,929	12.47	1.84	$186,933
Feb 1999	1,462	97,929	9.98	1.82	$192,605
Jan 1999	1,648	111,868	10.38	1.90	$229,650
Dec 1998	1,831	117,893	9.20	1.77	$225,907
Nov 1998	1,820	117,755	10.89	2.19	$277,199
Oct 1998	1,843	122,417	12.42	1.97	$263,955
Sep 1998	1,824	121,525	12.59	2.08	$276,055
Aug 1998	1,959	124,207	11.30	1.91	$259,043
Jul 1998	1,589	108,606	11.74	2.24	$261,636
Jun 1998	1,778	108,206	11.24	2.24	$262,071
May 1998	1,783	117,760	12.62	2.21	$282,320
Apr 1998	901	70,810	13.04	2.51	$189,151
Mar 1998	0	0	12.80	2.31	$0
Feb 1998	257	0	13.95	2.30	$3,585

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.

Oct 2014 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 78.30 =         $0
Gas                    3 Mcf  × $  3.90 =        $12

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Month total                                      $12

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/169073 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.