KRENEK, J.

Operated by APACHE CORPORATION (P-5 27200) 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 15953District 03Field 34733500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$227 k
Jan 1993 – Nov 2008
Value, last 12 filed months
$5 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
191
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
OilDisposition2,735 bbl$69,226
Casinghead gasProduction87,416 Mcf$157,372
Total$226,598

48,905 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 30.4019, -96.4910. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.40192, -96.49096 · 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
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
Median depth
10,225 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 10,225 ft.

Completions filed
Jul 2008
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-05132245110,225 ftJul 2008Yes

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 (191)

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

191 months

Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200826130110.3110.45$4,227
Mar 2008033101.909.66$319
Feb 200802292.538.77$193
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 200701488.337.30$102
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 2007010882.856.92$748
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 200708369.066.39$530
Jul 2007011370.906.39$722
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 20073716058.747.85$3,429
Apr 2007033859.617.81$2,638
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 2007013055.108.22$1,068
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 200602756.656.92$187
Nov 200607754.207.62$587
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20064011760.085.04$2,993
Aug 2006025568.717.34$1,872
Jul 20060169.376.34$6
Jun 2006016166.286.38$1,028
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 200605364.397.36$390
Mar 2006022056.707.08$1,558
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 2006021160.598.93$1,885
Dec 2005014854.9413.42$1,985
Nov 2005043454.6910.59$4,595
Oct 2005013858.3413.80$1,904
Sep 200513216561.4512.08$10,104
Aug 2005032161.519.80$3,145
Jul 2005037755.697.84$2,957
Jun 2005052352.337.38$3,860
May 20051861,32545.226.65$17,224
Apr 2005060149.207.36$4,424
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 200509745.226.31$612
Jan 2005012943.166.32$816
Dec 2004012939.866.75$871
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 200407638.286.08$462
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040837.486.49$52
Apr 2004017234.475.86$1,008
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 200308628.174.76$409
Sep 200303126.314.75$147
Aug 200305829.765.13$298
Jul 200304629.415.17$238
Jun 200304228.565.98$251
May 2003014426.595.97$860
Apr 200307626.675.41$411
Mar 200313814331.146.10$5,169
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 2003011930.315.58$664
Dec 2002011426.914.85$553
Nov 2002013124.664.14$542
Oct 2002015926.464.23$672
Sep 2002018527.443.64$673
Aug 2002019725.963.16$623
Jul 2002022024.583.06$674
Jun 2002020023.733.34$668
May 2002018724.663.58$670
Apr 2002011823.653.51$414
Mar 200206522.003.10$202
Feb 2002015118.222.38$359
Jan 2002016717.172.38$397
Dec 2001017116.932.36$404
Nov 2001017218.072.41$414
Oct 2001019319.782.53$488
Sep 2001023824.262.25$536
Aug 2001026224.873.05$800
Jul 2001026923.933.20$860
Jun 2001026124.563.82$998
May 2001033225.524.31$1,430
Apr 2001034924.685.34$1,862
Mar 2001038424.545.38$2,065
Feb 2001043227.755.77$2,491
Jan 2001049227.478.40$4,132
Dec 2000038426.889.12$3,503
Nov 2000035332.215.66$1,997
Oct 2000053131.235.15$2,732
Sep 2000060931.875.19$3,159
Aug 2000064029.644.54$2,906
Jul 200016073228.534.09$7,559
Jun 2000069229.304.40$3,043
May 2000079127.263.68$2,911
Apr 2000095724.513.12$2,982
Mar 200001,17228.422.86$3,352
Feb 20001831,24627.622.73$8,452
Jan 200001,05825.272.48$2,624
Dec 199901,49424.282.42$3,621
Nov 19991841,83423.192.43$8,731
Oct 199902,32120.982.80$6,507
Sep 199902,12621.752.62$5,568
Aug 1999013619.262.88$391
Jul 1999015517.892.37$368
Jun 199917013515.942.36$3,029
May 1999015715.792.32$364
Apr 1999019315.102.21$426
Mar 1999025312.471.84$465
Feb 199902409.981.82$436
Jan 1999023810.381.90$452
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 1998024410.892.19$533
Oct 1998032812.421.97$646
Sep 1998036612.592.08$762
Aug 1998037611.301.91$717
Jul 1998020311.742.24$454
Jun 1998021911.242.24$490
May 1998030112.622.21$664
Apr 1998026113.042.51$654
Mar 1998027512.802.31$635
Feb 1998026013.952.30$598
Jan 1998030014.702.15$646
Dec 1997024916.322.41$600
Nov 1997030318.193.09$936
Oct 1997041619.253.15$1,310
Sep 1997035117.742.95$1,037
Aug 1997024817.862.55$634
Jul 1997028517.582.25$640
Jun 1997024517.242.26$553
May 1997029718.972.31$686
Apr 1997032717.882.08$681
Mar 199716240518.951.94$3,855
Feb 1997031020.492.21$684
Jan 1997040523.483.54$1,434
Dec 1996040123.32$0
Nov 1996035121.97$0
Oct 1996044523.31$0
Sep 1996034322.22$0
Aug 1996038520.26$0
Jul 1996043119.55$0
Jun 1996047318.73$0
May 1996029519.43$0
Apr 1996034121.51$0
Mar 199612021619.38$2,326
Feb 1996042416.98$0
Jan 1996048417.07$0
Dec 1995052917.19$0
Nov 1995050316.00$0
Oct 1995054515.43$0
Sep 19958752916.18$1,408
Aug 1995057715.92$0
Jul 1995065215.24$0
Jun 1995072316.41$0
May 1995077617.56$0
Apr 1995080517.73$0
Mar 1995084916.44$0
Feb 199519090916.58$3,150
Jan 199511,19415.92$16
Dec 199431,80415.03$45
Nov 199431,95015.90$48
Oct 199442,65415.58$62
Sep 19941922,34215.29$2,936
Aug 199422,82516.13$32
Jul 199422,29417.56$35
Jun 199421,25217.09$34
May 199435988315.88$5,701
Apr 199421,01114.14$28
Mar 1994180212.46$12
Feb 1994088512.50$0
Jan 1994092212.66$0
Dec 1993082812.33$0
Nov 199354,08414.49$72
Oct 199311,23215.85$16
Sep 1993073815.03$0
Aug 199334264215.66$5,356
Jul 1993073515.46$0
Jun 1993075116.79$0
May 199301,24117.68$0
Apr 199311,52818.05$18
Mar 199301,55018.14$0
Feb 1993083017.90$0
Jan 199301,94216.93$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 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   26 bbl  × $110.31 =     $2,868
Casinghead gas       130 Mcf  × $ 10.45 =     $1,359

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Month total                                   $4,227

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/15953 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.