ATHENA

Name: ATHENA lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by BROWNING OIL COMPANY, INC. (P-5 103088) in the GIDDINGS (AUSTIN CHALK-3) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 12343District 03Field 34733500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$3.5 M

Jan 1993 – Dec 2010

Value, last 12 filed months

$8 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

216

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The GIDDINGS (AUSTIN CHALK-3) 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 5,900 leases and 6,985 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1960-10-29

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and 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 2025-09-30.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “DKT OG-25-00028011: UFT FIELD, ALLOCATION FORMULA SUSPENDED”

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.

Programme	Filings	With an approval date	Dated	Docket
NGPA	1	none	—	—

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	98,862 bbl	$2,107,361
Casinghead gas	Production	391,107 Mcf	$1,393,671
Total			$3,501,032

86,432 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 (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 30.3420, -96.7904. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.34200, -96.79044 · 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

0.0%

0 of 1 wells

Median depth

10,535 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

—

no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

1100.0%

A plug date is filed

00.0%

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

00.0%

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 10,535 ft.

Completions filed

May 2001

1 of 1 wells

1 well


42-28730490	1	10,535 ft	May 2001	—	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 (216)

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

216 months


Dec 2010	0	0	85.73	4.35	$0
Nov 2010	0	0	80.84	3.80	$0
Oct 2010	103	0	78.10	3.51	$8,044
Sep 2010	0	0	72.63	3.98	$0
Aug 2010	0	0	73.68	4.42	$0
Jul 2010	0	0	72.55	4.74	$0
Jun 2010	0	0	70.36	4.91	$0
May 2010	0	0	71.12	4.24	$0
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	0	0	65.54	3.06	$0
Aug 2009	0	0	67.42	3.22	$0
Jul 2009	0	0	61.13	3.46	$0
Jun 2009	0	0	66.16	3.90	$0
May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	0	0	46.77	3.59	$0
Mar 2009	0	0	42.14	4.06	$0
Feb 2009	0	0	32.81	4.63	$0
Jan 2009	0	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	0	0	37.10	5.98	$0
Nov 2008	0	0	55.49	6.86	$0
Oct 2008	0	0	75.24	6.92	$0
Sep 2008	0	0	101.76	7.88	$0
Aug 2008	0	0	114.22	8.48	$0
Jul 2008	0	0	131.08	11.39	$0
Jun 2008	0	0	131.33	13.03	$0
May 2008	0	0	123.17	11.57	$0
Apr 2008	0	0	110.31	10.45	$0
Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	0	0	92.53	8.77	$0
Jan 2008	0	0	90.38	8.21	$0
Dec 2007	0	0	88.33	7.30	$0
Nov 2007	0	0	91.67	7.29	$0
Oct 2007	0	0	82.85	6.92	$0
Sep 2007	0	0	75.84	6.24	$0
Aug 2007	0	0	69.06	6.39	$0
Jul 2007	0	0	70.90	6.39	$0
Jun 2007	0	0	62.00	7.55	$0
May 2007	0	0	58.74	7.85	$0
Apr 2007	0	0	59.61	7.81	$0
Mar 2007	0	0	56.92	7.30	$0
Feb 2007	0	0	55.10	8.22	$0
Jan 2007	0	0	50.30	6.73	$0
Dec 2006	0	0	56.65	6.92	$0
Nov 2006	0	0	54.20	7.62	$0
Oct 2006	0	0	54.90	6.01	$0
Sep 2006	0	0	60.08	5.04	$0
Aug 2006	0	0	68.71	7.34	$0
Jul 2006	0	914	69.37	6.34	$5,797
Jun 2006	0	1,656	66.28	6.38	$10,572
May 2006	0	1,903	66.01	6.42	$12,227
Apr 2006	0	1,921	64.39	7.36	$14,139
Mar 2006	0	1,890	56.70	7.08	$13,387
Feb 2006	0	1,097	57.59	7.75	$8,503
Jan 2006	178	1,770	60.59	8.93	$26,597
Dec 2005	0	1,525	54.94	13.42	$20,458
Nov 2005	0	1,723	54.69	10.59	$18,244
Oct 2005	0	2,006	58.34	13.80	$27,674
Sep 2005	0	1,810	61.45	12.08	$21,863
Aug 2005	0	1,972	61.51	9.80	$19,319
Jul 2005	0	2,010	55.69	7.84	$15,766
Jun 2005	0	2,192	52.33	7.38	$16,179
May 2005	0	1,622	45.22	6.65	$10,788
Apr 2005	172	3,077	49.20	7.36	$31,111
Mar 2005	175	3,459	50.37	7.15	$33,563
Feb 2005	178	3,031	45.22	6.31	$27,181
Jan 2005	352	3,700	43.16	6.32	$38,584
Dec 2004	293	3,600	39.86	6.75	$35,983
Nov 2004	351	3,235	45.28	6.33	$36,372
Oct 2004	174	3,813	49.70	6.52	$33,490
Sep 2004	174	3,165	43.24	5.28	$24,247
Aug 2004	0	4,021	42.37	5.55	$22,319
Jul 2004	345	4,384	38.28	6.08	$39,880
Jun 2004	169	4,351	36.10	6.43	$34,091
May 2004	176	4,419	37.48	6.49	$35,296
Apr 2004	175	4,305	34.47	5.86	$31,253
Mar 2004	353	4,202	34.36	5.53	$35,367
Feb 2004	178	3,769	32.45	5.51	$26,542
Jan 2004	347	4,088	32.03	6.30	$36,867
Dec 2003	174	4,171	30.26	6.30	$31,549
Nov 2003	686	3,741	28.80	4.60	$36,947
Oct 2003	374	4,260	28.17	4.76	$30,812
Sep 2003	374	4,040	26.31	4.75	$29,027
Aug 2003	745	4,299	29.76	5.13	$44,224
Jul 2003	564	4,444	29.41	5.17	$39,566
Jun 2003	559	4,348	28.56	5.98	$41,979
May 2003	736	4,566	26.59	5.97	$46,842
Apr 2003	736	4,232	26.67	5.41	$42,513
Mar 2003	1,083	4,204	31.14	6.10	$59,352
Feb 2003	1,123	3,495	33.48	7.93	$65,299
Jan 2003	928	4,326	30.31	5.58	$52,276
Dec 2002	932	4,568	26.91	4.85	$47,252
Nov 2002	738	4,317	24.66	4.14	$36,058
Oct 2002	1,115	4,085	26.46	4.23	$46,779
Sep 2002	927	4,255	27.44	3.64	$40,905
Aug 2002	926	4,398	25.96	3.16	$37,955
Jul 2002	377	4,748	24.58	3.06	$23,804
Jun 2002	744	4,985	23.73	3.34	$34,296
May 2002	909	2,845	24.66	3.58	$32,612
Apr 2002	735	4,232	23.65	3.51	$32,247
Mar 2002	1,496	4,323	22.00	3.10	$46,325
Feb 2002	1,292	3,437	18.22	2.38	$31,705
Jan 2002	1,263	6,659	17.17	2.38	$37,505
Dec 2001	1,675	8,864	16.93	2.36	$49,316
Nov 2001	2,219	8,074	18.07	2.41	$59,520
Oct 2001	2,120	9,430	19.78	2.53	$65,781
Sep 2001	2,401	8,949	24.26	2.25	$78,395
Aug 2001	3,684	9,670	24.87	3.05	$121,145
Jul 2001	3,410	6,664	23.93	3.20	$102,907
Jun 2001	2,660	4,907	24.56	3.82	$84,095
May 2001	0	411	25.52	4.31	$1,770
Apr 2001	92	493	24.68	5.34	$4,901
Mar 2001	0	1,273	24.54	5.38	$6,844
Feb 2001	0	777	27.75	5.77	$4,481
Jan 2001	0	7	27.47	8.40	$59
Dec 2000	0	864	26.88	9.12	$7,882
Nov 2000	0	1,393	32.21	5.66	$7,882
Oct 2000	0	656	31.23	5.15	$3,375
Sep 2000	188	924	31.87	5.19	$10,784
Aug 2000	186	840	29.64	4.54	$9,327
Jul 2000	181	1,064	28.53	4.09	$9,515
Jun 2000	0	813	29.30	4.40	$3,575
May 2000	927	634	27.26	3.68	$27,603
Apr 2000	0	612	24.51	3.12	$1,907
Mar 2000	0	1,030	28.42	2.86	$2,946
Feb 2000	0	995	27.62	2.73	$2,713
Jan 2000	184	894	25.27	2.48	$6,867
Dec 1999	0	963	24.28	2.42	$2,334
Nov 1999	0	791	23.19	2.43	$1,925
Oct 1999	0	1,043	20.98	2.80	$2,924
Sep 1999	0	1,107	21.75	2.62	$2,899
Aug 1999	0	1,217	19.26	2.88	$3,500
Jul 1999	0	1,170	17.89	2.37	$2,776
Jun 1999	0	1,252	15.94	2.36	$2,957
May 1999	188	1,306	15.79	2.32	$6,000
Apr 1999	187	1,192	15.10	2.21	$5,456
Mar 1999	378	1,114	12.47	1.84	$6,762
Feb 1999	182	931	9.98	1.82	$3,509
Jan 1999	367	918	10.38	1.90	$5,554
Dec 1998	556	1,035	9.20	1.77	$6,951
Nov 1998	562	1,022	10.89	2.19	$8,354
Oct 1998	383	1,174	12.42	1.97	$7,069
Sep 1998	561	1,043	12.59	2.08	$9,235
Aug 1998	577	1,107	11.30	1.91	$8,632
Jul 1998	195	1,072	11.74	2.24	$4,688
Jun 1998	191	1,348	11.24	2.24	$5,163
May 1998	367	1,414	12.62	2.21	$7,751
Apr 1998	381	1,343	13.04	2.51	$8,333
Mar 1998	578	1,192	12.80	2.31	$10,151
Feb 1998	577	1,214	13.95	2.30	$10,840
Jan 1998	736	1,297	14.70	2.15	$13,614
Dec 1997	374	1,338	16.32	2.41	$9,330
Nov 1997	191	1,323	18.19	3.09	$7,560
Oct 1997	745	1,738	19.25	3.15	$19,816
Sep 1997	380	1,078	17.74	2.95	$9,927
Aug 1997	1,093	1,858	17.86	2.55	$24,268
Jul 1997	1,085	1,678	17.58	2.25	$22,845
Jun 1997	731	1,278	17.24	2.26	$15,487
May 1997	738	1,347	18.97	2.31	$17,109
Apr 1997	755	1,439	17.88	2.08	$16,497
Mar 1997	750	1,399	18.95	1.94	$16,925
Feb 1997	952	1,469	20.49	2.21	$22,747
Jan 1997	916	1,619	23.48	3.54	$27,238
Dec 1996	1,112	1,566	23.32	—	$25,932
Nov 1996	938	2,051	21.97	—	$20,608
Oct 1996	1,836	2,843	23.31	—	$42,797
Sep 1996	1,815	3,222	22.22	—	$40,329
Aug 1996	2,015	4,111	20.26	—	$40,824
Jul 1996	1,832	4,129	19.55	—	$35,816
Jun 1996	2,209	4,010	18.73	—	$41,375
May 1996	2,054	3,997	19.43	—	$39,909
Apr 1996	2,233	3,246	21.51	—	$48,032
Mar 1996	2,417	2,614	19.38	—	$46,841
Feb 1996	2,211	2,583	16.98	—	$37,543
Jan 1996	2,443	2,489	17.07	—	$41,702
Dec 1995	2,462	2,002	17.19	—	$42,322
Nov 1995	2,265	2,134	16.00	—	$36,240
Oct 1995	2,443	1,526	15.43	—	$37,695
Sep 1995	1,504	1,771	16.18	—	$24,335
Aug 1995	756	3,532	15.92	—	$12,036
Jul 1995	941	647	15.24	—	$14,341
Jun 1995	761	1,213	16.41	—	$12,488
May 1995	943	1,906	17.56	—	$16,559
Apr 1995	567	49	17.73	—	$10,053
Mar 1995	203	473	16.44	—	$3,337
Feb 1995	194	1,507	16.58	—	$3,217
Jan 1995	4	2,099	15.92	—	$64
Dec 1994	939	1,882	15.03	—	$14,113
Nov 1994	12	1,258	15.90	—	$191
Oct 1994	6	854	15.58	—	$93
Sep 1994	6	1,275	15.29	—	$92
Aug 1994	5	1,273	16.13	—	$81
Jul 1994	255	1,028	17.56	—	$4,478
Jun 1994	3	1,196	17.09	—	$51
May 1994	6	1,136	15.88	—	$95
Apr 1994	194	1,159	14.14	—	$2,743
Mar 1994	135	1,156	12.46	—	$1,682
Feb 1994	185	1,157	12.50	—	$2,313
Jan 1994	194	1,233	12.66	—	$2,456
Dec 1993	185	1,087	12.33	—	$2,281
Nov 1993	188	1,240	14.49	—	$2,724
Oct 1993	3	1,331	15.85	—	$48
Sep 1993	189	1,175	15.03	—	$2,841
Aug 1993	181	1,293	15.66	—	$2,834
Jul 1993	3	1,379	15.46	—	$46
Jun 1993	147	1,324	16.79	—	$2,468
May 1993	3	1,462	17.68	—	$53
Apr 1993	179	1,315	18.05	—	$3,231
Mar 1993	180	1,503	18.14	—	$3,265
Feb 1993	193	1,390	17.90	—	$3,455
Jan 1993	281	1,606	16.93	—	$4,757

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 2010 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  103 bbl  × $ 78.10 =     $8,044
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.51 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $8,044

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/12343 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.