BLACK LAKE #1

Operated by ANADARKO E&P COMPANY LP (P-5 20542) 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 15915District 03Field 34733500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$429 k
Jan 1993 – Nov 2005
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
155
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
OilDisposition18,253 bbl$319,437
Casinghead gasProduction81,098 Mcf$109,741
Total$429,179

47,676 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 30.5869, -96.5570. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.58691, -96.55698 · 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%
1 of 1 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
7,730 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
23.0 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1100.0%
A plug date is filed
1100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1100.0%
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 7,730 ft.

Completions filed
Aug 1982
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Aug 2005
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 23.0 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 23.0 years and 23.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-0513225617,730 ftAug 1982Aug 2005Yes

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 (155)

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

155 months

Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 200302029.415.17$103
Jun 2003012228.565.98$730
May 2003020626.595.97$1,230
Apr 2003044226.675.41$2,390
Mar 2003028331.146.10$1,725
Feb 200358033.487.93$1,942
Jan 200311131530.315.58$5,123
Dec 2002037526.914.85$1,820
Nov 2002026924.664.14$1,113
Oct 2002029726.464.23$1,256
Sep 200211429727.443.64$4,208
Aug 2002030725.963.16$971
Jul 200217832424.583.06$5,367
Jun 2002025623.733.34$855
May 2002029324.663.58$1,050
Apr 2002031323.653.51$1,099
Mar 2002021322.003.10$661
Feb 200217421118.222.38$3,672
Jan 2002032117.172.38$763
Dec 2001038816.932.36$917
Nov 200117236318.072.41$3,981
Oct 2001037919.782.53$958
Sep 2001030624.262.25$689
Aug 2001037724.873.05$1,151
Jul 200117033723.933.20$5,146
Jun 2001035124.563.82$1,342
May 2001038225.524.31$1,645
Apr 200116337924.685.34$6,045
Mar 2001055224.545.38$2,968
Feb 2001047227.755.77$2,722
Jan 200117955827.478.40$9,604
Dec 2000057326.889.12$5,227
Nov 2000058732.215.66$3,321
Oct 200017540931.235.15$7,570
Sep 2000047431.875.19$2,458
Aug 200015750229.644.54$6,933
Jul 2000150328.534.09$2,086
Jun 2000052129.304.40$2,291
May 200017748427.263.68$6,606
Apr 2000038824.513.12$1,209
Mar 2000056428.422.86$1,613
Feb 200017242127.622.73$5,899
Jan 2000043225.272.48$1,072
Dec 199917844024.282.42$5,388
Nov 1999041423.192.43$1,008
Oct 199918052920.982.80$5,260
Sep 1999048721.752.62$1,275
Aug 1999053919.262.88$1,550
Jul 199917759917.892.37$4,588
Jun 1999042615.942.36$1,006
May 199917159215.792.32$4,074
Apr 1999047715.102.21$1,053
Mar 199917656912.471.84$3,241
Feb 199904659.981.82$845
Jan 199917046910.381.90$2,656
Dec 199804989.201.77$883
Nov 199818248610.892.19$3,044
Oct 1998052912.421.97$1,042
Sep 199816856212.592.08$3,286
Aug 199817866311.301.91$3,276
Jul 1998031211.742.24$698
Jun 1998044811.242.24$1,002
May 199817862212.622.21$3,619
Apr 1998051213.042.51$1,283
Mar 199817345312.802.31$3,261
Feb 199817052413.952.30$3,576
Jan 1998062814.702.15$1,353
Dec 199716664316.322.41$4,259
Nov 199717145218.193.09$4,506
Oct 1997044019.253.15$1,386
Sep 199717353317.742.95$4,644
Aug 199717864817.862.55$4,835
Jul 199718363717.582.25$4,648
Jun 1997048617.242.26$1,097
May 199718157018.972.31$4,749
Apr 199717644117.882.08$4,065
Mar 1997014118.951.94$273
Feb 199717912920.492.21$3,952
Jan 199717749323.483.54$5,901
Dec 199618048523.32$4,198
Nov 199617350121.97$3,801
Oct 199617161123.31$3,986
Sep 199617568022.22$3,889
Aug 1996090120.26$0
Jul 199617388919.55$3,382
Jun 199618886918.73$3,521
May 199618479319.43$3,575
Apr 199617781321.51$3,807
Mar 199617672819.38$3,411
Feb 199618280716.98$3,090
Jan 199617279617.07$2,936
Dec 199518081117.19$3,094
Nov 199517670616.00$2,816
Oct 199534781715.43$5,354
Sep 199517664616.18$2,848
Aug 19951811,06415.92$2,882
Jul 19953431,11315.24$5,227
Jun 199533969616.41$5,563
May 1995046117.56$0
Apr 199535689917.73$6,312
Mar 199535550116.44$5,836
Feb 199534941816.58$5,786
Jan 199518588915.92$2,945
Dec 199418297515.03$2,735
Nov 199418993115.90$3,005
Oct 19943541,01715.58$5,515
Sep 19943431,03415.29$5,244
Aug 19941741,10616.13$2,807
Jul 199418191917.56$3,178
Jun 199435083117.09$5,982
May 199434288615.88$5,431
Apr 199418175914.14$2,559
Mar 19945181,05912.46$6,454
Feb 199417787912.50$2,213
Jan 199471790912.66$9,077
Dec 19931961,08312.33$2,417
Nov 199301,05314.49$0
Oct 19937011,17515.85$11,111
Sep 19931851,32515.03$2,781
Aug 19931701,86015.66$2,662
Jul 19937051,87415.46$10,899
Jun 19931721,81916.79$2,888
May 19931801,74217.68$3,182
Apr 19935361,57618.05$9,675
Mar 19933531,61318.14$6,403
Feb 19933561,48817.90$6,372
Jan 19933671,86916.93$6,213

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 2003 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    0 bbl  × $ 29.41 =         $0
Casinghead gas        20 Mcf  × $  5.17 =       $103

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Month total                                     $103

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/15915 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.