BALKE, I. UNIT

Operated by VERDUN OIL & GAS LLC (P-5 884566) 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 15310District 03Field 34733500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.7 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$9 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
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 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.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
NGPA1none

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
OilDisposition17,294 bbl$531,532
Casinghead gasProduction564,277 Mcf$1,167,078
Total$1,698,610

291,443 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 (2)

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 30.3799, -96.4944. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.4 miles.

30.37992, -96.49439 · 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
50.0%
1 of 2 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 2 wells
Median depth
10,263 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
150.0%
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.
150.0%

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 10,109 and 10,417 ft, median 10,263 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Sep 2008 – Jan 2024
2 of 2 wells

2 wells

42-05133157210,109 ftJan 2024Yes
42-05132013110,417 ftSep 2008

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 (401)

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

401 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 2026154059.138.00$9,106
Dec 20250156.664.41$4
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 202502559.383.30$83
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240668.993.12$19
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 202401271.372.28$27
Sep 20240969.612.36$21
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240879.932.15$17
Jun 20240678.082.63$16
May 202401778.812.20$37
Apr 202403184.451.66$51
Mar 20240980.301.55$14
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 202301,03671.262.61$2,705
Nov 202304477.892.81$124
Oct 202307385.443.09$225
Sep 202309389.042.74$254
Aug 2023030180.522.67$805
Jul 2023036974.852.64$975
Jun 2023042668.962.26$962
May 2023046770.622.23$1,040
Apr 2023040878.122.24$913
Mar 2023034672.852.39$828
Feb 2023020075.112.47$493
Jan 2023053476.533.39$1,809
Dec 2022016076.415.73$917
Nov 202203085.005.65$169
Oct 202205387.185.86$311
Sep 2022096084.888.16$7,837
Aug 2022045094.529.13$4,107
Jul 20220380101.587.54$2,866
Jun 2022050115.097.98$399
May 2022074109.378.43$624
Apr 20220998104.226.84$6,824
Mar 20220640108.885.08$3,249
Feb 202206291.054.86$301
Jan 2022067981.844.54$3,081
Dec 2021073471.323.90$2,862
Nov 2021035477.435.24$1,854
Oct 2021064779.795.71$3,697
Sep 2021059969.865.35$3,205
Aug 202120065266.024.22$15,956
Jul 2021050070.783.98$1,991
Jun 2021070069.493.38$2,366
May 2021060763.483.02$1,832
Apr 2021054060.362.76$1,490
Mar 202109761.302.72$264
Feb 202102,59257.805.55$14,380
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 2020039444.642.68$1,054
Nov 2020037938.772.71$1,026
Oct 202001,06036.972.48$2,627
Sep 202001,68837.091.99$3,361
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 202006516.921.81$118
Apr 2020184014.751.80$2,714
Mar 202001,45030.341.86$2,692
Feb 2020054349.881.98$1,076
Jan 202001,20457.252.09$2,522
Dec 201918097659.012.30$12,871
Nov 201901,01055.302.75$2,778
Oct 201901,08653.472.42$2,627
Sep 201901,13955.052.66$3,027
Aug 20191611,46753.112.30$11,931
Jul 201901,54056.272.46$3,788
Jun 2019091352.782.49$2,274
May 20191781,62358.482.74$14,857
Apr 201901,35162.632.75$3,716
Mar 20191851,71056.803.06$15,744
Feb 201901,15450.852.79$3,222
Jan 20191841,66546.033.23$13,844
Dec 20181891,91746.594.19$16,829
Nov 2018096052.934.24$4,068
Oct 20181711,99561.443.40$17,285
Sep 201802,60859.543.11$8,106
Aug 20181832,20859.403.07$17,641
Jul 201801,13865.142.93$3,336
Jun 20181982,45860.183.08$19,479
May 201801,43165.382.90$4,151
Apr 201801,81563.842.90$5,265
Mar 201801,22861.222.79$3,422
Feb 2018019861.782.77$548
Jan 2018053062.874.01$2,125
Dec 201717611257.272.92$10,407
Nov 2017032055.423.12$998
Oct 2017060049.292.98$1,790
Sep 2017027947.523.09$861
Aug 2017022445.373.00$673
Jul 2017020443.873.09$630
Jun 201701542.493.09$46
May 2017043745.373.26$1,426
Apr 2017033247.933.21$1,066
Mar 2017029846.772.98$889
Feb 2017042250.452.95$1,246
Jan 2017061549.413.42$2,103
Dec 20160748.763.72$26
Nov 201604242.492.64$111
Oct 201606846.193.09$210
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 2016014141.442.92$412
Jul 2016013241.622.92$386
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 201602,86542.521.99$5,704
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 2016035833.011.79$642
Feb 201699026.472.06$2,621
Jan 2016034327.352.36$811
Dec 2015035432.362.00$709
Nov 2015041138.792.17$891
Oct 2015017743.552.43$430
Sep 2015026742.992.76$737
Aug 2015027640.162.87$793
Jul 201513914548.152.95$7,120
Jun 201506356.152.88$182
May 201505055.212.96$148
Apr 201506349.822.71$171
Mar 201501,79242.892.93$5,259
Feb 2015096644.662.98$2,875
Jan 2015055743.433.10$1,727
Dec 2014031154.693.59$1,117
Nov 2014022870.464.25$969
Oct 2014015878.303.90$616
Sep 201407486.164.05$299
Aug 2014018589.394.04$747
Jul 201405896.564.18$242
Jun 201404098.164.74$189
May 201406294.734.73$293
Apr 2014020195.944.81$967
Mar 20141691,13395.895.06$21,935
Feb 201409797.406.19$601
Jan 201401,64090.404.86$7,972
Dec 201309791.824.35$422
Nov 201305188.853.74$191
Oct 201303497.423.78$129
Sep 2013070104.113.72$260
Aug 201301,270104.253.52$4,474
Jul 20130937102.523.72$3,484
Jun 201307794.403.93$303
May 201308694.834.15$357
Apr 20131661,78393.964.28$23,233
Mar 2013012393.623.91$481
Feb 2013017691.233.42$602
Jan 201301,17691.603.42$4,022
Dec 2012015386.773.42$523
Nov 201202086.953.62$73
Oct 201207489.383.40$252
Sep 2012020694.672.92$601
Aug 2012021692.662.91$628
Jul 2012034385.133.02$1,036
Jun 201201,53179.822.52$3,857
May 2012012291.612.49$304
Apr 20121761,191101.652.00$20,269
Mar 20120372105.052.22$827
Feb 20120142101.102.57$365
Jan 201201,64098.092.73$4,484
Dec 2011036896.873.24$1,192
Nov 2011032095.723.31$1,060
Oct 2011019784.983.65$719
Sep 2011027883.623.99$1,108
Aug 2011013083.404.15$539
Jul 2011011594.144.52$519
Jun 201108992.904.64$413
May 20111731,49898.134.40$23,575
Apr 2011013105.964.33$56
Mar 2011017296.364.06$698
Feb 2011023885.644.18$995
Jan 201101,36386.504.59$6,255
Dec 2010024985.734.35$1,083
Nov 2010019780.843.80$748
Oct 201001,22878.103.51$4,309
Sep 2010025472.633.98$1,011
Aug 2010037473.684.42$1,653
Jul 201010657072.554.74$10,390
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 201009771.124.24$411
Apr 2010019481.694.12$800
Mar 201001,30878.394.39$5,740
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 201001,37074.365.96$8,171
Dec 2009049171.445.48$2,693
Nov 200903174.593.75$116
Oct 200902772.544.11$111
Sep 200914947065.543.06$11,206
Aug 2009081367.423.22$2,617
Jul 2009037361.133.46$1,292
Jun 200901,66666.163.90$6,489
May 2009029854.743.93$1,170
Apr 200901,19446.773.59$4,283
Mar 20091791,75442.144.06$14,663
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 200901,90535.865.37$10,232
Dec 2008010437.105.98$622
Nov 2008026255.496.86$1,797
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 20080351101.767.88$2,765
Aug 200801,827114.228.48$15,498
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 2008137204123.1711.57$19,235
Apr 20080166110.3110.45$1,736
Mar 20080605101.909.66$5,847
Feb 2008032792.538.77$2,868
Jan 200803090.388.21$246
Dec 200701,21988.337.30$8,901
Nov 2007043591.677.29$3,172
Oct 200717385382.856.92$20,238
Sep 2007035275.846.24$2,198
Aug 2007062669.066.39$3,999
Jul 200701,77770.906.39$11,351
Jun 2007053962.007.55$4,069
May 2007096658.747.85$7,580
Apr 2007021559.617.81$1,678
Mar 2007018056.927.30$1,314
Feb 2007011055.108.22$904
Jan 2007024250.306.73$1,628
Dec 200601,00156.656.92$6,925
Nov 2006086754.207.62$6,604
Oct 200614719054.906.01$9,213
Sep 2006073560.085.04$3,702
Aug 200601,26168.717.34$9,256
Jul 2006053069.376.34$3,362
Jun 2006057366.286.38$3,658
May 200601,26166.016.42$8,102
Apr 200608264.397.36$604
Mar 20061641,20056.707.08$17,798
Feb 2006050557.597.75$3,914
Jan 2006041760.598.93$3,725
Dec 2005063654.9413.42$8,532
Nov 200501,64154.6910.59$17,376
Oct 2005057558.3413.80$7,933
Sep 200514651261.4512.08$15,156
Aug 2005046561.519.80$4,556
Jul 2005056655.697.84$4,440
Jun 20051821,84852.337.38$23,164
May 200502,25245.226.65$14,978
Apr 2005073449.207.36$5,403
Mar 200501,20150.377.15$8,593
Feb 200518898945.226.31$14,744
Jan 200502,17943.166.32$13,776
Dec 200402,74239.866.75$18,511
Nov 200402,83645.286.33$17,953
Oct 200402,82349.706.52$18,392
Sep 200417922043.245.28$8,902
Aug 200403,44142.375.55$19,100
Jul 200402,34038.286.08$14,237
Jun 200403,87936.106.43$24,954
May 20041532,04737.486.49$19,029
Apr 2004080834.475.86$4,734
Mar 200401,35234.365.53$7,477
Feb 2004084032.455.51$4,628
Jan 200401,14032.036.30$7,182
Dec 2003772,71730.266.30$19,452
Nov 2003192028.804.60$5,530
Oct 200303,72528.174.76$17,730
Sep 200305,56326.314.75$26,421
Aug 20031819,96229.765.13$56,489
Jul 2003711,22429.415.17$8,417
Jun 200302,92228.565.98$17,482
May 200301826.595.97$108
Apr 2003019426.675.41$1,049
Mar 20039820131.146.10$4,277
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20031954,41030.315.58$30,527
Dec 2002036226.914.85$1,757
Nov 2002051024.664.14$2,110
Oct 2002045726.464.23$1,933
Sep 2002052827.443.64$1,919
Aug 2002043625.963.16$1,380
Jul 2002044024.583.06$1,347
Jun 2002031923.733.34$1,065
May 2002037724.663.58$1,351
Apr 20021915,38923.653.51$23,445
Mar 2002084222.003.10$2,612
Feb 2002068618.222.38$1,630
Jan 2002046117.172.38$1,095
Dec 2001068916.932.36$1,629
Nov 2001029918.072.41$719
Oct 2001062619.782.53$1,583
Sep 2001034724.262.25$781
Aug 2001083224.873.05$2,540
Jul 200117063723.933.20$6,105
Jun 2001071324.563.82$2,727
May 2001078725.524.31$3,390
Apr 2001093824.685.34$5,005
Mar 2001071724.545.38$3,855
Feb 2001054027.755.77$3,114
Jan 2001059427.478.40$4,989
Dec 2000037326.889.12$3,403
Nov 2000030332.215.66$1,714
Oct 2000029431.235.15$1,513
Sep 200016564631.875.19$8,609
Aug 200011,05129.644.54$4,802
Jul 200010625228.534.09$4,055
Jun 2000056429.304.40$2,480
May 2000072627.263.68$2,672
Apr 2000065024.513.12$2,025
Mar 2000077528.422.86$2,216
Feb 200012842427.622.73$4,691
Jan 200001,26525.272.48$3,138
Dec 199902,91124.282.42$7,055
Nov 1999048623.192.43$1,183
Oct 199901,00120.982.80$2,807
Sep 19991631,02221.752.62$6,222
Aug 199901,00319.262.88$2,884
Jul 199901,13217.892.37$2,686
Jun 199901,16815.942.36$2,759
May 19991871,84015.792.32$7,223
Apr 199901,83315.102.21$4,047
Mar 199901,31312.471.84$2,414
Feb 199909619.981.82$1,747
Jan 199901910.381.90$36
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 199819580310.892.19$3,879
Oct 199801,02612.421.97$2,020
Sep 1998099512.592.08$2,072
Aug 199801,69511.301.91$3,233
Jul 199817696711.742.24$4,230
Jun 199801,32111.242.24$2,955
May 199801,72012.622.21$3,795
Apr 199801,42513.042.51$3,570
Mar 199801,88312.802.31$4,349
Feb 19981891,92713.952.30$7,067
Jan 199801,71214.702.15$3,689
Dec 199702,07616.322.41$5,005
Nov 19971862,66818.193.09$11,623
Oct 199701,95219.253.15$6,148
Sep 199701,69517.742.95$5,009
Aug 19971921,60417.862.55$7,527
Jul 1997084317.582.25$1,894
Jun 199701,72217.242.26$3,887
May 199701,36618.972.31$3,153
Apr 19971861,98217.882.08$7,454
Mar 199701,91918.951.94$3,721
Feb 199701,78120.492.21$3,929
Jan 19971851,66223.483.54$10,227
Dec 199602,32323.32$0
Nov 199601,57421.97$0
Oct 19961861,49523.31$4,336
Sep 199601,60122.22$0
Aug 19961891,87120.26$3,829
Jul 199602,63919.55$0
Jun 199602,25418.73$0
May 19961692,00919.43$3,284
Apr 19961831,99321.51$3,936
Mar 199602,47119.38$0
Feb 19961961,88616.98$3,328
Jan 1996722,90017.07$1,229
Dec 19951983,31517.19$3,404
Nov 19951924,03216.00$3,072
Oct 199503,95115.43$0
Sep 19953084,68116.18$4,983
Aug 1995804,36215.92$1,274
Jul 19951885,96915.24$2,865
Jun 19951884,41116.41$3,085
May 19951825,46417.56$3,196
Apr 19951825,67817.73$3,227
Mar 19951936,70016.44$3,173
Feb 19951955,77716.58$3,233
Jan 19953686,83115.92$5,859
Dec 199427,41515.03$30
Nov 19941864,76115.90$2,957
Oct 19941928,31115.58$2,991
Sep 19943726,17215.29$5,688
Aug 19941818,14916.13$2,920
Jul 19941909,12817.56$3,336
Jun 19941818,29017.09$3,093
May 199418610,65915.88$2,954
Apr 199437810,83514.14$5,345
Mar 199437211,11512.46$4,635
Feb 199434312,15112.50$4,288
Jan 199419713,77812.66$2,494
Dec 199355611,79412.33$6,855
Nov 199319912,43414.49$2,884
Oct 199357317,32615.85$9,082
Sep 1993075715.03$0
Aug 199303,48715.66$0
Jul 19931839,42415.46$2,829
Jun 19931916,53716.79$3,207
May 19931936,24617.68$3,412
Apr 19933829,56218.05$6,895
Mar 19931915,62518.14$3,465
Feb 19931905,28017.90$3,401
Jan 19931856,02016.93$3,132

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.

Jan 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  154 bbl  × $ 59.13 =     $9,106
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  8.00 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $9,106

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/15310 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.