STEGMILLER

Operated by ERNEST OPERATING COMPANY (P-5 253480) in the HOOKER CREEK (NAVARRO A) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 14330District 03Field 42493500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$195 k
Jan 1993 – Jun 2020
Value, last 12 filed months
$3 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
330
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 195 leases and 261 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1980-07-29
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
no field rule filed
From a lease line
no field rule filed

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
NGPA3none

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
OilDisposition4,999 bbl$147,846
Casinghead gasProduction18,123 Mcf$46,887
Total$194,733

6,178 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 (3)

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 30.4857, -96.8454. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.6 miles.

30.48667, -96.84492 · 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%
3 of 3 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
3 of 3 wells
Median depth
3,985 ft
3 wells filed one
Completion to plug
36.7 years
median over 3 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
3100.0%
A plug date is filed
3100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
3100.0%
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

Between 3,950 and 3,990 ft, median 3,985 ft, over the 3 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Apr 1981 – Oct 1982
3 of 3 wells
Plug dates filed
Jun 2001 – Sep 2019
3 of 3 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 36.7 years across the 3 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 27.7 years and 37.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

3 wells

42-0513231333,990 ftOct 1982Jun 2001Yes
42-0513190623,950 ftNov 1981Sep 2019Yes
42-0513147113,985 ftApr 1981Dec 2017Yes

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 (330)

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

330 months

Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 202089014.751.80$1,313
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20205049.881.98$249
Jan 20205057.252.09$286
Dec 20195059.012.30$295
Nov 20195055.302.75$277
Oct 20195053.472.42$267
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 201808961.782.77$246
Jan 201804662.874.01$184
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 201702547.523.09$77
Aug 201701045.373.00$30
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170350.452.95$9
Jan 20170149.413.42$3
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160242.492.64$5
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160936.561.99$18
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 20160127.352.36$2
Dec 20150232.362.00$4
Nov 20150238.792.17$4
Oct 201502443.552.43$58
Sep 20150242.992.76$6
Aug 20150140.162.87$3
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150955.212.96$27
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150142.892.93$3
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150243.433.10$6
Dec 20140254.693.59$7
Nov 20140170.464.25$4
Oct 20140178.303.90$4
Sep 20140186.164.05$4
Aug 20140189.394.04$4
Jul 2014145196.564.18$14,005
Jun 20140198.164.74$5
May 20140394.734.73$14
Apr 20140395.944.81$14
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 20140590.404.86$24
Dec 20130891.824.35$35
Nov 201301088.853.74$37
Oct 20130897.423.78$30
Sep 2013015104.113.72$56
Aug 2013014104.253.52$49
Jul 2013016102.523.72$59
Jun 201301294.403.93$47
May 201301594.834.15$62
Apr 201302693.964.28$111
Mar 201302393.623.91$90
Feb 201303491.233.42$116
Jan 201304091.603.42$137
Dec 201204586.773.42$154
Nov 20121703286.953.62$14,898
Oct 201204389.383.40$146
Sep 201205394.672.92$155
Aug 201205692.662.91$163
Jul 201206685.133.02$199
Jun 201217479.822.52$266
May 201207291.612.49$179
Apr 2012063101.652.00$126
Mar 2012546105.052.22$627
Feb 2012035101.102.57$90
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20115196.873.24$488
Nov 20115095.723.31$479
Oct 20111681684.983.65$14,335
Sep 201101983.623.99$76
Aug 201102883.404.15$116
Jul 201103494.144.52$154
Jun 201104192.904.64$190
May 201102598.134.40$110
Apr 2011023105.964.33$100
Mar 201101596.364.06$61
Feb 20110885.644.18$33
Jan 201101386.504.59$60
Dec 201002285.734.35$96
Nov 20100880.843.80$30
Oct 20100578.103.51$18
Sep 201003872.633.98$151
Aug 201001373.684.42$57
Jul 20100972.554.74$43
Jun 201001670.364.91$79
May 20100771.124.24$30
Apr 20100381.694.12$12
Mar 20100478.394.39$18
Feb 20100573.585.44$27
Jan 20100574.365.96$30
Dec 20090171.445.48$5
Nov 200901274.593.75$45
Oct 20090872.544.11$33
Sep 20090365.543.06$9
Aug 200901867.423.22$58
Jul 200901261.133.46$42
Jun 200905166.163.90$199
May 200902954.743.93$114
Apr 20090546.773.59$18
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090432.814.63$19
Jan 20090935.865.37$48
Dec 200801937.105.98$114
Nov 200801455.496.86$96
Oct 200801275.246.92$83
Sep 200808101.767.88$63
Aug 2008013114.228.48$110
Jul 2008011131.0811.39$125
Jun 2008014131.3313.03$182
May 2008011123.1711.57$127
Apr 2008010110.3110.45$105
Mar 200807101.909.66$68
Feb 200803292.538.77$281
Jan 200806090.388.21$492
Dec 200703988.337.30$285
Nov 200704491.677.29$321
Oct 200704182.856.92$284
Sep 200703375.846.24$206
Aug 20071683969.066.39$11,851
Jul 200705470.906.39$345
Jun 200703662.007.55$272
May 200705158.747.85$400
Apr 200701959.617.81$148
Mar 200703656.927.30$263
Feb 200703155.108.22$255
Jan 200704150.306.73$276
Dec 200603256.656.92$221
Nov 200602954.207.62$221
Oct 200602654.906.01$156
Sep 200602960.085.04$146
Aug 200604268.717.34$308
Jul 200605369.376.34$336
Jun 200605366.286.38$338
May 200604166.016.42$263
Apr 20061654164.397.36$10,926
Mar 200605056.707.08$354
Feb 200605757.597.75$442
Jan 200603560.598.93$313
Dec 200502654.9413.42$349
Nov 200502354.6910.59$244
Oct 200506258.3413.80$855
Sep 200503761.4512.08$447
Aug 200505061.519.80$490
Jul 200506355.697.84$494
Jun 200505352.337.38$391
May 200513945.226.65$305
Apr 200503449.207.36$250
Mar 200503250.377.15$229
Feb 200505045.226.31$316
Jan 200503943.166.32$247
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 200403045.286.33$190
Oct 200406549.706.52$423
Sep 200403143.245.28$164
Aug 2004162042.375.55$6,864
Jul 200402538.286.08$152
Jun 200403336.106.43$212
May 200407037.486.49$455
Apr 200409134.475.86$533
Mar 200408034.365.53$442
Feb 200403032.455.51$165
Jan 20040532.036.30$32
Dec 200307530.266.30$473
Nov 200302928.804.60$133
Oct 200304028.174.76$190
Sep 200307926.314.75$375
Aug 200307829.765.13$400
Jul 20031334629.415.17$4,149
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 200301026.595.97$60
Apr 200303126.675.41$168
Mar 200303331.146.10$201
Feb 200303633.487.93$285
Jan 200305930.315.58$329
Dec 200205626.914.85$272
Nov 200202924.664.14$120
Oct 200201626.464.23$68
Sep 200206127.443.64$222
Aug 200203225.963.16$101
Jul 200207124.583.06$217
Jun 200208123.733.34$270
May 200208324.663.58$297
Apr 20021165923.653.51$2,951
Mar 200206122.003.10$189
Feb 200205918.222.38$140
Jan 200206517.172.38$154
Dec 200108316.932.36$196
Nov 200106418.072.41$154
Oct 20011798619.782.53$3,758
Sep 200106324.262.25$142
Aug 200107124.873.05$217
Jul 200109223.933.20$294
Jun 200108224.563.82$314
May 20011239425.524.31$3,544
Apr 200109124.685.34$486
Mar 200108224.545.38$441
Feb 200107127.755.77$409
Jan 200108627.478.40$722
Dec 200009126.889.12$830
Nov 200001432.215.66$79
Oct 2000010931.235.15$561
Sep 200016710831.875.19$5,882
Aug 2000010129.644.54$459
Jul 200009428.534.09$384
Jun 200058429.304.40$516
May 200008027.263.68$294
Apr 200008524.513.12$265
Mar 200009028.422.86$257
Feb 200007127.622.73$194
Jan 200009325.272.48$231
Dec 19991728824.282.42$4,389
Nov 1999010723.192.43$260
Oct 1999011620.982.80$325
Sep 1999010021.752.62$262
Aug 1999012519.262.88$359
Jul 199909917.892.37$235
Jun 1999010115.942.36$239
May 199917914015.792.32$3,151
Apr 1999013615.102.21$300
Mar 1999012612.471.84$232
Feb 19990889.981.82$160
Jan 199908310.381.90$158
Dec 199801129.201.77$199
Nov 199808810.892.19$192
Oct 1998011712.421.97$230
Sep 199817413712.592.08$2,476
Aug 1998016511.301.91$315
Jul 1998016211.742.24$362
Jun 1998015811.242.24$353
May 199817814312.622.21$2,562
Apr 1998013713.042.51$343
Mar 1998015112.802.31$349
Feb 1998014013.952.30$322
Jan 1998014414.702.15$310
Dec 1997015416.322.41$371
Nov 1997013618.193.09$420
Oct 1997015619.253.15$491
Sep 199717716917.742.95$3,639
Aug 1997018217.862.55$465
Jul 1997016117.582.25$362
Jun 1997017117.242.26$386
May 1997017318.972.31$399
Apr 199718024817.882.08$3,735
Mar 1997018818.951.94$365
Feb 1997015220.492.21$335
Jan 1997022323.483.54$789
Dec 1996015723.32$0
Nov 199618015321.97$3,955
Oct 1996016423.31$0
Sep 1996016622.22$0
Aug 1996018020.26$0
Jul 1996018619.55$0
Jun 199617818018.73$3,334
May 1996018119.43$0
Apr 1996018521.51$0
Mar 1996020119.38$0
Feb 199617513816.98$2,972
Jan 1996019517.07$0
Dec 1995119317.19$17
Nov 1995019216.00$0
Oct 199517919515.43$2,762
Sep 1995017216.18$0
Aug 1995019015.92$0
Jul 1995020515.24$0
Jun 199517819616.41$2,921
May 1995021017.56$0
Apr 1995018617.73$0
Mar 199509516.44$0
Feb 199517615316.58$2,918
Jan 1995018415.92$0
Dec 1994018715.03$0
Nov 1994017915.90$0
Oct 199417719915.58$2,758
Sep 1994019215.29$0
Aug 1994021516.13$0
Jul 199417820617.56$3,126
Jun 199407517.09$0
May 199408515.88$0
Apr 1994011314.14$0
Mar 199416314712.46$2,031
Feb 199402812.50$0
Jan 199402212.66$0
Dec 19931762012.33$2,170
Nov 19930714.49$0
Oct 199302915.85$0
Sep 199301715.03$0
Aug 19931733315.66$2,709
Jul 199302815.46$0
Jun 199302016.79$0
May 199302117.68$0
Apr 19931732618.05$3,123
Mar 199302218.14$0
Feb 199303317.90$0
Jan 199301716.93$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.

Apr 2020 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   89 bbl  × $ 14.75 =     $1,313
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  1.80 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $1,313

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/14330 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.