BRIGHT SKY RANCH

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

Operated by SOUTHWEST RESOURCES, INC. (P-5 806471) in the KURTEN (BUDA) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 16490District 03Field 50424500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$3.3 M

Jan 1993 – Feb 2005

Value, last 12 filed months

$93 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

146

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The KURTEN (BUDA) 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 456 leases and 533 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1976-12-02

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and gas

the register's own label

Between wells

1,200 ft

minimum

From a lease line

467 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2015-03-24.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “ALLOCATION FORMULA SET TO 100 % ACRES.”

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	7	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	149,769 bbl	$3,077,054
Casinghead gas	Production	122,480 Mcf	$272,339
Total			$3,349,393

35,565 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 (6)

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 30.7783, -96.4068. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.7 miles.

30.77642, -96.40614 · 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%

6 of 6 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

6 of 6 wells

Median depth

8,331 ft

6 wells filed one

Completion to plug

21.6 years

median over 5 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

6100.0%

A plug date is filed

6100.0%

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

6100.0%

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 8,185 and 11,418 ft, median 8,331 ft, over the 6 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Apr 1983 – Aug 2010

6 of 6 wells

Plug dates filed

Jan 2005 – Mar 2005

6 of 6 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 21.6 years across the 5 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 21.3 years and 21.7 years. A further 1 well is excluded, because the last completion the Commission holds for it is dated after the plug date. Both dates are the latest of their kind on the wellbore record and they are filed separately, so the two need not run in order. The gap is the distance between two filed dates — it is not a statement of how long the well produced.

6 wells


42-04131484	H 1	11,418 ft	Aug 2010	Mar 2005	Yes
42-04130963	5	8,185 ft	Mar 1984	Jan 2005	Yes
42-04130964	4	8,250 ft	Nov 1983	Feb 2005	Yes
42-04130938	2	8,412 ft	Jul 1983	Mar 2005	Yes
42-04130937	3	8,250 ft	Jun 1983	Jan 2005	Yes
42-04130907	1	8,450 ft	Apr 1983	Mar 2005	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 (146)

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

146 months


Feb 2005	0	0	45.22	6.31	$0
Jan 2005	0	0	43.16	6.32	$0
Dec 2004	0	0	39.86	6.75	$0
Nov 2004	0	0	45.28	6.33	$0
Oct 2004	0	0	49.70	6.52	$0
Sep 2004	0	0	43.24	5.28	$0
Aug 2004	0	0	42.37	5.55	$0
Jul 2004	1,285	50	38.28	6.08	$49,494
Jun 2004	323	50	36.10	6.43	$11,982
May 2004	323	74	37.48	6.49	$12,587
Apr 2004	152	60	34.47	5.86	$5,591
Mar 2004	371	54	34.36	5.53	$13,046
Feb 2004	518	443	32.45	5.51	$19,250
Jan 2004	172	104	32.03	6.30	$6,164
Dec 2003	648	284	30.26	6.30	$21,398
Nov 2003	696	607	28.80	4.60	$22,834
Oct 2003	863	580	28.17	4.76	$27,071
Sep 2003	696	278	26.31	4.75	$19,632
Aug 2003	0	373	29.76	5.13	$1,913
Jul 2003	1,026	570	29.41	5.17	$33,122
Jun 2003	878	393	28.56	5.98	$27,427
May 2003	522	271	26.59	5.97	$15,499
Apr 2003	862	782	26.67	5.41	$27,218
Mar 2003	1,033	907	31.14	6.10	$37,697
Feb 2003	866	393	33.48	7.93	$32,109
Jan 2003	1,050	528	30.31	5.58	$34,773
Dec 2002	875	520	26.91	4.85	$26,070
Nov 2002	1,051	793	24.66	4.14	$29,198
Oct 2002	858	606	26.46	4.23	$25,266
Sep 2002	870	509	27.44	3.64	$25,723
Aug 2002	1,218	703	25.96	3.16	$33,844
Jul 2002	537	619	24.58	3.06	$15,095
Jun 2002	870	950	23.73	3.34	$23,816
May 2002	1,232	867	24.66	3.58	$33,488
Apr 2002	1,901	960	23.65	3.51	$48,330
Mar 2002	1,030	559	22.00	3.10	$24,394
Feb 2002	1,575	217	18.22	2.38	$29,212
Jan 2002	527	403	17.17	2.38	$10,006
Dec 2001	382	391	16.93	2.36	$7,392
Nov 2001	360	341	18.07	2.41	$7,325
Oct 2001	1,109	750	19.78	2.53	$23,833
Sep 2001	689	1,103	24.26	2.25	$19,198
Aug 2001	1,412	1,709	24.87	3.05	$40,334
Jul 2001	1,923	2,425	23.93	3.20	$53,770
Jun 2001	182	957	24.56	3.82	$8,130
May 2001	897	425	25.52	4.31	$24,722
Apr 2001	2,189	1,186	24.68	5.34	$60,352
Mar 2001	1,156	879	24.54	5.38	$33,094
Feb 2001	2,071	1,026	27.75	5.77	$63,387
Jan 2001	1,547	767	27.47	8.40	$48,938
Dec 2000	784	572	26.88	9.12	$26,292
Nov 2000	750	306	32.21	5.66	$25,889
Oct 2000	555	591	31.23	5.15	$20,374
Sep 2000	1,554	778	31.87	5.19	$53,561
Aug 2000	1,265	909	29.64	4.54	$41,622
Jul 2000	1,068	778	28.53	4.09	$33,652
Jun 2000	2,031	717	29.30	4.40	$62,661
May 2000	1,969	951	27.26	3.68	$57,174
Apr 2000	743	948	24.51	3.12	$21,165
Mar 2000	1,261	1,493	28.42	2.86	$40,107
Feb 2000	1,925	1,413	27.62	2.73	$57,021
Jan 2000	1,269	1,661	25.27	2.48	$36,188
Dec 1999	724	1,642	24.28	2.42	$21,558
Nov 1999	1,444	2,022	23.19	2.43	$38,408
Oct 1999	566	1,866	20.98	2.80	$17,106
Sep 1999	1,409	1,871	21.75	2.62	$35,546
Aug 1999	1,252	2,103	19.26	2.88	$30,161
Jul 1999	590	1,311	17.89	2.37	$13,665
Jun 1999	2,066	2,083	15.94	2.36	$37,852
May 1999	769	2,239	15.79	2.32	$17,339
Apr 1999	562	737	15.10	2.21	$10,114
Mar 1999	362	1,651	12.47	1.84	$7,549
Feb 1999	400	1,224	9.98	1.82	$6,217
Jan 1999	1,119	1,467	10.38	1.90	$14,402
Dec 1998	954	751	9.20	1.77	$10,109
Nov 1998	1,084	789	10.89	2.19	$13,529
Oct 1998	727	787	12.42	1.97	$10,579
Sep 1998	1,449	1,057	12.59	2.08	$20,444
Aug 1998	732	1,720	11.30	1.91	$11,552
Jul 1998	375	1,473	11.74	2.24	$7,698
Jun 1998	379	2,112	11.24	2.24	$8,985
May 1998	1,447	1,672	12.62	2.21	$21,950
Apr 1998	1,107	2,068	13.04	2.51	$19,616
Mar 1998	1,458	2,059	12.80	2.31	$23,418
Feb 1998	1,084	1,804	13.95	2.30	$19,269
Jan 1998	1,441	1,176	14.70	2.15	$23,717
Dec 1997	1,634	1,099	16.32	2.41	$29,317
Nov 1997	1,444	1,671	18.19	3.09	$31,427
Oct 1997	722	291	19.25	3.15	$14,815
Sep 1997	1,287	656	17.74	2.95	$24,770
Aug 1997	1,756	1,752	17.86	2.55	$35,838
Jul 1997	1,249	3,250	17.58	2.25	$29,260
Jun 1997	1,267	633	17.24	2.26	$23,272
May 1997	2,006	671	18.97	2.31	$39,603
Apr 1997	542	492	17.88	2.08	$10,716
Mar 1997	902	461	18.95	1.94	$17,987
Feb 1997	383	238	20.49	2.21	$8,373
Jan 1997	746	434	23.48	3.54	$19,052
Dec 1996	935	583	23.32	—	$21,804
Nov 1996	1,322	1,108	21.97	—	$29,044
Oct 1996	2,780	2,178	23.31	—	$64,802
Sep 1996	2,585	686	22.22	—	$57,439
Aug 1996	1,233	409	20.26	—	$24,981
Jul 1996	739	683	19.55	—	$14,447
Jun 1996	1,107	789	18.73	—	$20,734
May 1996	1,102	1,175	19.43	—	$21,412
Apr 1996	1,127	1,134	21.51	—	$24,242
Mar 1996	1,325	124	19.38	—	$25,679
Feb 1996	1,279	96	16.98	—	$21,717
Jan 1996	1,482	112	17.07	—	$25,298
Dec 1995	1,257	124	17.19	—	$21,608
Nov 1995	911	581	16.00	—	$14,576
Oct 1995	1,276	1,041	15.43	—	$19,689
Sep 1995	1,320	1,282	16.18	—	$21,358
Aug 1995	1,725	1,715	15.92	—	$27,462
Jul 1995	765	1,001	15.24	—	$11,659
Jun 1995	1,108	1,634	16.41	—	$18,182
May 1995	1,497	1,151	17.56	—	$26,287
Apr 1995	1,653	1,750	17.73	—	$29,308
Mar 1995	916	838	16.44	—	$15,059
Feb 1995	1,296	1,160	16.58	—	$21,488
Jan 1995	1,477	588	15.92	—	$23,514
Dec 1994	558	100	15.03	—	$8,387
Nov 1994	927	781	15.90	—	$14,739
Oct 1994	1,265	1,357	15.58	—	$19,709
Sep 1994	745	862	15.29	—	$11,391
Aug 1994	1,318	1,512	16.13	—	$21,259
Jul 1994	1,627	1,744	17.56	—	$28,570
Jun 1994	1,088	1,463	17.09	—	$18,594
May 1994	1,202	1,662	15.88	—	$19,088
Apr 1994	1,347	1,458	14.14	—	$19,047
Mar 1994	1,018	1,125	12.46	—	$12,684
Feb 1994	1,208	223	12.50	—	$15,100
Jan 1994	2,029	108	12.66	—	$25,687
Dec 1993	534	124	12.33	—	$6,584
Nov 1993	175	96	14.49	—	$2,536
Oct 1993	333	96	15.85	—	$5,278
Sep 1993	507	104	15.03	—	$7,620
Aug 1993	1,042	100	15.66	—	$16,318
Jul 1993	1,189	108	15.46	—	$18,382
Jun 1993	1,704	100	16.79	—	$28,610
May 1993	1,051	112	17.68	—	$18,582
Apr 1993	992	108	18.05	—	$17,906
Mar 1993	1,705	88	18.14	—	$30,929
Feb 1993	1,462	84	17.90	—	$26,170
Jan 1993	1,169	108	16.93	—	$19,791

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 2004 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                1,285 bbl  × $ 38.28 =    $49,190
Casinghead gas        50 Mcf  × $  6.08 =       $304

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Month total                                  $49,494

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/16490 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.