BENDER - RIVER

Operated by CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. (P-5 148113) in the HUMBLE field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 10769District 03Field 43464001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.0 M
Jan 1993 – Jan 2011
Value, last 12 filed months
$849
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 138 leases and 891 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1905-12-31
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
0 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 0 acres.

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: THIS IS A PIERCEMENT TYPE SALT DOME.

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
OilDisposition88,235 bbl$1,917,725
Casinghead gasProduction28,026 Mcf$94,681
Total$2,012,406

8,444 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 (26)

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 30.0173, -95.2215. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.1 miles.

30.01303, -95.22216 · 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%
26 of 26 wells
With a plug date
50.0%
13 of 26 wells
Median depth
4,827 ft
14 wells filed one
Completion to plug
15.3 years
median over 5 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
26100.0%
A plug date is filed
1350.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1350.0%
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

Total depth in feet, 14 of 26 wells. Median 4,827 ft, with the middle half between 3,726 and 5,368 ft; the shallowest is 1,240 ft and the deepest 7,440 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 5 of 26 wells, Jul 1966 – Apr 1996. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Jul 1966 – Apr 1996
5 of 26 wells; 21 filed none
Plug dates filed
May 1980 – Jul 2013
13 of 26 wells; 13 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 15.3 years across the 5 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 8.3 years and 26.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

26 wells

42-2010196794,767 ftAug 1980Yes
42-20101971454,500 ftOct 1980Yes
42-20101976293,468 ftMay 1980Yes
42-20101979343,198 ftMay 1980Yes
42-20107878394,887 ftApr 1981Yes
42-201303551 A5,850 ftApr 1981Yes
42-201304304 A3,350 ftYes
42-20181099365,171 ftOct 1993Yes
42-201824262Yes
42-201824283DYes
42-2018243212Yes
42-2018243314Yes
42-2018243415Yes
42-2018243520Yes
42-2018243625Yes
42-2018243726Yes
42-2018243827Yes
42-2018243930Yes
42-2018244340Yes
42-2018244441Yes
42-20183075321,240 ftJul 2013Yes
42-201304333 A5,433 ftApr 1996Dec 2000Yes
42-20132345117,440 ftJul 1995Oct 2010Yes
42-20101951105,716 ftSep 1992Dec 2000Yes
42-2010197284,548 ftDec 1974Mar 2001Yes
42-20101957315,000 ftJul 1966Feb 1996Yes

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 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 20101878.394.39$114
Feb 201010073.585.44$736
Jan 201012074.365.96$892
Dec 2009102371.445.48$841
Nov 2009121774.593.75$959
Oct 2009112472.544.11$897
Sep 200992065.543.06$651
Aug 2009122067.423.22$873
Jul 2009121561.133.46$786
Jun 2009152266.163.90$1,078
May 200922854.743.93$1,236
Apr 2009282046.773.59$1,381
Mar 2009321642.144.06$1,413
Feb 2009261732.814.63$932
Jan 2009311735.865.37$1,203
Dec 2008341437.105.98$1,345
Nov 2008301555.496.86$1,768
Oct 2008311575.246.92$2,436
Sep 2008128101.767.88$1,284
Aug 20082920114.228.48$3,482
Jul 2008290131.0811.39$3,801
Jun 2008280131.3313.03$3,677
May 2008290123.1711.57$3,572
Apr 2008310110.3110.45$3,420
Mar 2008280101.909.66$2,853
Feb 200828092.538.77$2,591
Jan 2008313190.388.21$3,056
Dec 2007261688.337.30$2,413
Nov 200737091.677.29$3,392
Oct 200727082.856.92$2,237
Sep 20073018175.846.24$3,405
Aug 200728069.066.39$1,934
Jul 20073432870.906.39$4,506
Jun 2007288762.007.55$2,393
May 200727058.747.85$1,586
Apr 200729059.617.81$1,729
Mar 200730056.927.30$1,708
Feb 200729055.108.22$1,598
Jan 200728050.306.73$1,408
Dec 200628056.656.92$1,586
Nov 200629054.207.62$1,572
Oct 200627054.906.01$1,482
Sep 20061248760.085.04$3,174
Aug 20063651068.717.34$6,217
Jul 20065160469.376.34$7,369
Jun 20066490266.286.38$10,000
May 20069749266.016.42$9,564
Apr 200610649564.397.36$10,469
Mar 200612052156.707.08$10,494
Feb 200610634757.597.75$8,794
Jan 2006122060.598.93$7,392
Dec 2005118054.9413.42$6,483
Nov 200544054.6910.59$2,406
Oct 200594058.3413.80$5,484
Sep 200588061.4512.08$5,408
Aug 200512413261.519.80$8,920
Jul 200516058055.697.84$13,460
Jun 200514154152.337.38$11,372
May 20051454845.226.65$6,876
Apr 200514737049.207.36$9,956
Mar 200514855250.377.15$11,404
Feb 200525112645.226.31$12,146
Jan 2005387043.166.32$16,703
Dec 20045735239.866.75$23,191
Nov 2004657045.286.33$29,749
Oct 20041544649.706.52$7,953
Sep 200462412643.245.28$27,648
Aug 20042175442.375.55$9,494
Jul 200430817238.286.08$12,837
Jun 200430914436.106.43$12,081
May 200427816937.486.49$11,517
Apr 20043446534.475.86$12,238
Mar 200437515434.365.53$13,737
Feb 200441513932.455.51$14,233
Jan 200474110432.036.30$24,389
Dec 20035889230.266.30$18,373
Nov 20035808428.804.60$17,090
Oct 200355714528.174.76$16,381
Sep 200355015526.314.75$15,207
Aug 200360214929.765.13$18,680
Jul 200357810329.415.17$17,532
Jun 200358414128.565.98$17,523
May 200344912326.595.97$12,674
Apr 2003155626.675.41$703
Mar 200311921031.146.10$4,986
Feb 20033237833.487.93$11,432
Jan 20033786430.315.58$11,814
Dec 20022444226.914.85$6,770
Nov 20021102824.664.14$2,828
Oct 20021012026.464.23$2,757
Sep 20021234727.443.64$3,546
Aug 200225711525.963.16$7,036
Jul 20023837524.583.06$9,644
Jun 20023912123.733.34$9,349
May 20024165224.663.58$10,445
Apr 20022358923.653.51$5,870
Mar 2002325322.003.10$7,159
Feb 20022221318.222.38$4,076
Jan 20024833517.172.38$8,376
Dec 20013788016.932.36$6,589
Nov 20014499618.072.41$8,344
Oct 20013506319.782.53$7,082
Sep 200136217324.262.25$9,172
Aug 200145210724.873.05$11,568
Jul 200150913723.933.20$12,618
Jun 200146012524.563.82$11,776
May 200144513225.524.31$11,925
Apr 200150011424.685.34$12,948
Mar 20015024924.545.38$12,583
Feb 20014753227.755.77$13,366
Jan 20016654927.478.40$18,679
Dec 20006055626.889.12$16,773
Nov 20004585932.215.66$15,086
Oct 200044512531.235.15$14,541
Sep 20007923431.875.19$3,731
Aug 200044124429.644.54$14,179
Jul 200052416628.534.09$15,629
Jun 200059521129.304.40$18,361
May 200064924027.263.68$18,575
Apr 20007332824.513.12$18,053
Mar 200084825028.422.86$24,815
Feb 200050213227.622.73$14,225
Jan 2000503425.272.48$12,721
Dec 19995391324.282.42$13,118
Nov 19995191423.192.43$12,070
Oct 19994501120.982.80$9,472
Sep 19992331421.752.62$5,104
Aug 199915313819.262.88$3,344
Jul 19991891517.892.37$3,417
Jun 19991962615.942.36$3,186
May 199924617315.792.32$4,286
Apr 199928514815.102.21$4,630
Mar 199943428812.471.84$5,941
Feb 19994131739.981.82$4,436
Jan 19994601310.381.90$4,800
Dec 1998738689.201.77$6,910
Nov 199848620610.892.19$5,743
Oct 199826012.421.97$323
Sep 199842925812.592.08$5,938
Aug 199853025211.301.91$6,470
Jul 199855323011.742.24$7,007
Jun 199853820911.242.24$6,515
May 199858430912.622.21$8,052
Apr 199858424313.042.51$8,224
Mar 199861427812.802.31$8,501
Feb 199838519613.952.30$5,821
Jan 199837615214.702.15$5,855
Dec 199740011216.322.41$6,798
Nov 199743317018.193.09$8,401
Oct 199739616919.253.15$8,155
Sep 199747725617.742.95$9,218
Aug 199737223317.862.55$7,239
Jul 199745228917.582.25$8,596
Jun 199728031417.242.26$5,536
May 199733322518.972.31$6,836
Apr 199733421017.882.08$6,409
Mar 199739621318.951.94$7,917
Feb 199741610220.492.21$8,749
Jan 199744414223.483.54$10,928
Dec 199644119523.32$10,284
Nov 199644020421.97$9,667
Oct 199647519223.31$11,072
Sep 199643118222.22$9,577
Aug 19963789520.26$7,658
Jul 199634916719.55$6,823
Jun 199639511118.73$7,398
May 199694116619.43$18,284
Apr 199680014121.51$17,208
Mar 199691025719.38$17,636
Feb 19961,06722816.98$18,118
Jan 19961,55320117.07$26,510
Dec 19951,64723417.19$28,312
Nov 19951,54228616.00$24,672
Oct 19951,51231115.43$23,330
Sep 19951,48527416.18$24,027
Aug 19951,45236415.92$23,116
Jul 19951,80940415.24$27,569
Jun 19951,21727816.41$19,971
May 19951,37024117.56$24,057
Apr 19951,27225117.73$22,553
Mar 199585612616.44$14,073
Feb 199599413016.58$16,481
Jan 19951,09220515.92$17,385
Dec 199492139215.03$13,843
Nov 19941,35751315.90$21,576
Oct 19941,15745615.58$18,026
Sep 19941,63890415.29$25,045
Aug 199488845916.13$14,323
Jul 19941,76619617.56$31,011
Jun 19943,271117.09$55,901
May 19943,874115.88$61,519
Apr 19942,6483014.14$37,443
Mar 19949231912.46$11,501
Feb 1994691612.50$863
Jan 1994622312.66$785
Dec 1993672012.33$826
Nov 199349714.49$710
Oct 199351815.85$808
Sep 1993962415.03$1,443
Aug 1993541215.66$846
Jul 199378115.46$1,206
Jun 1993100116.79$1,679
May 1993166117.68$2,935
Apr 1993208118.05$3,754
Mar 1993112918.14$2,032
Feb 19931753017.90$3,133
Jan 19932667716.93$4,503

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.

Mar 2010 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    1 bbl  × $ 78.39 =        $78
Casinghead gas         8 Mcf  × $  4.39 =        $35

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Month total                                     $114

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/O/10769 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.