HESTER "B"

Operated by NOBLE ENERGY INC (P-5 611665) in the FT. TRINIDAD, NE. (GLENROSE, UP) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 97468District 03Field 32172550CondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.7 M
Jan 1993 – Jul 2006
Value, last 12 filed months
$33 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
163
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 6 leases and 6 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1981-01-13
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
2,640 ft
minimum
From a lease line
660 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 320 acres.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ALLOCATION FORMULA SUSPENDED PER OPERATOR REQUEST, EFF 3-1-95.

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
CondensateDisposition21,143 bbl$404,938
GasProduction891,298 Mcf$1,282,535
Total$1,687,473

521,856 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 32 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.

Every month this lease reported (163)

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

163 months

Jul 200646869.376.34$709
Jun 2006024166.286.38$1,539
May 2006027966.016.42$1,793
Apr 2006022164.397.36$1,627
Mar 200601556.707.08$106
Feb 200618219157.597.75$11,962
Jan 2006025960.598.93$2,314
Dec 2005021754.9413.42$2,911
Nov 2005022854.6910.59$2,414
Oct 2005023858.3413.80$3,283
Sep 2005020061.4512.08$2,416
Aug 2005024061.519.80$2,351
Jul 2005023755.697.84$1,859
Jun 2005023752.337.38$1,749
May 2005025045.226.65$1,663
Apr 2005025949.207.36$1,906
Mar 2005027550.377.15$1,968
Feb 2005014445.226.31$909
Jan 200508343.166.32$525
Dec 2004031939.866.75$2,154
Nov 2004043245.286.33$2,735
Oct 2004040349.706.52$2,626
Sep 20041831,52343.245.28$15,960
Aug 200402,05442.375.55$11,401
Jul 20041891,45638.286.08$16,093
Jun 200401,80236.106.43$11,592
May 200401,67037.486.49$10,846
Apr 20041842,17634.475.86$19,090
Mar 20041802,64534.365.53$20,812
Feb 200402,45432.455.51$13,521
Jan 20041862,88232.036.30$24,113
Dec 20031872,74730.266.30$22,969
Nov 20031852,86928.804.60$18,512
Oct 20031653,18228.174.76$19,793
Sep 200303,19626.314.75$15,179
Aug 20031813,46329.765.13$23,151
Jul 200303,77129.415.17$19,499
Jun 20031873,45928.565.98$26,036
May 200303,20426.595.97$19,136
Apr 200304,46826.675.41$24,160
Mar 20031934,73631.146.10$34,881
Feb 200303,67633.487.93$29,136
Jan 20031952,85430.315.58$21,842
Dec 200203,55826.914.85$17,270
Nov 200203,64224.664.14$15,067
Oct 20021933,81026.464.23$21,220
Sep 200203,90927.443.64$14,210
Aug 20021873,51625.963.16$15,980
Jul 200205,74224.583.06$17,581
Jun 200204,13623.733.34$13,807
May 20021964,84624.663.58$22,201
Apr 200205,22623.653.51$18,355
Mar 20021935,54822.003.10$21,460
Feb 200204,60018.222.38$10,928
Jan 20021965,74217.172.38$17,006
Dec 200104,26216.932.36$10,077
Nov 200102,50618.072.41$6,028
Oct 20011953,40319.782.53$12,463
Sep 200102,94324.262.25$6,626
Aug 20011853,02224.873.05$13,828
Jul 200102,69023.933.20$8,600
Jun 200102,11824.563.82$8,100
May 200101,88425.524.31$8,115
Apr 200101,42224.685.34$7,587
Mar 200101,94724.545.38$10,468
Feb 20011882,13327.755.77$17,518
Jan 200101,21727.478.40$10,221
Dec 200003,24626.889.12$29,612
Nov 200003,27732.215.66$18,541
Oct 20001824,03131.235.15$26,425
Sep 200004,18531.875.19$21,706
Aug 200004,55329.644.54$20,674
Jul 200004,46928.534.09$18,277
Jun 200004,58829.304.40$20,175
May 200004,31027.263.68$15,860
Apr 20001843,93724.513.12$16,778
Mar 200004,80728.422.86$13,747
Feb 200004,35927.622.73$11,885
Jan 200004,48125.272.48$11,115
Dec 199905,19824.282.42$12,599
Nov 199905,79623.192.43$14,107
Oct 19991914,59220.982.80$16,882
Sep 199905,98521.752.62$15,674
Aug 199905,37519.262.88$15,456
Jul 199906,41417.892.37$15,216
Jun 199907,34815.942.36$17,357
May 19991956,82415.792.32$18,918
Apr 199906,25015.102.21$13,800
Mar 19991917,26412.471.84$15,735
Feb 19991965,3939.981.82$11,759
Jan 199907,22910.381.90$13,735
Dec 19982016,0379.201.77$12,555
Nov 199803,03110.892.19$6,625
Oct 19981933,38512.421.97$9,063
Sep 199803,37612.592.08$7,031
Aug 19981862,57911.301.91$7,021
Jul 199802,21311.742.24$4,951
Jun 19981973,43411.242.24$9,897
May 199804,80912.622.21$10,610
Apr 19981944,68213.042.51$14,260
Mar 19981955,60812.802.31$15,447
Feb 199805,76313.952.30$13,250
Jan 19982026,09314.702.15$16,099
Dec 19971975,74916.322.41$17,076
Nov 199703,74118.193.09$11,553
Oct 19971773,37919.253.15$14,050
Sep 199703,77217.742.95$11,146
Aug 199704,07117.862.55$10,400
Jul 19971875,49017.582.25$15,623
Jun 199706,21317.242.26$14,024
May 199704,35718.972.31$10,058
Apr 19971854,76017.882.08$13,222
Mar 199702,71518.951.94$5,265
Feb 1997039420.492.21$869
Jan 1997073523.483.54$2,602
Dec 1996045923.32$0
Nov 199601,41921.97$0
Oct 199601,91123.31$0
Sep 199618950122.22$4,200
Aug 199606,10120.26$0
Jul 199633410,68319.55$6,530
Jun 199637012,21618.73$6,930
May 199635713,49519.43$6,937
Apr 199636712,44621.51$7,894
Mar 199637916,76019.38$7,345
Feb 19961854,34216.98$3,141
Jan 199638115,67417.07$6,504
Dec 199556414,96117.19$9,695
Nov 199555018,58216.00$8,800
Oct 199554922,74715.43$8,471
Sep 199537314,95616.18$6,035
Aug 199535418,10215.92$5,636
Jul 19951787,20715.24$2,713
Jun 199562924,78716.41$10,322
May 199555326,81417.56$9,711
Apr 199562527,27717.73$11,081
Mar 199583927,26716.44$13,793
Feb 199582325,07216.58$13,645
Jan 199553618,59315.92$8,533
Dec 199456527,60015.03$8,492
Nov 199473329,73415.90$11,655
Oct 19941,09934,14915.58$17,122
Sep 199492534,89415.29$14,143
Aug 199419112,87716.13$3,081
Jul 199474616,06817.56$13,100
Jun 199436416,13017.09$6,221
May 199408,03215.88$0
Apr 19940014.14$0
Mar 19940012.46$0
Feb 19940012.50$0
Jan 19940012.66$0
Dec 19930012.33$0
Nov 19930014.49$0
Oct 19930015.85$0
Sep 19930015.03$0
Aug 19930015.66$0
Jul 1993198015.46$3,061
Jun 19930016.79$0
May 19930017.68$0
Apr 19930018.05$0
Mar 19930018.14$0
Feb 19930017.90$0
Jan 19930016.93$0

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 2006 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             4 bbl  × $ 69.37 =       $277
Gas                   68 Mcf  × $  6.34 =       $431

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Month total                                     $709

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/97468 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.