JOHNSTON, JAMES J.

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

Operated by ADAMS RESOURCES EXPL. CORP. (P-5 3996) 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 17311District 03Field 34733500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$5.8 M

Jan 1993 – Jun 2013

Value, last 12 filed months

$8 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

246

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The GIDDINGS (AUSTIN CHALK-3) 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 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.

Programme	Filings	With an approval date	Dated	Docket
NGPA	1	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	80,300 bbl	$2,293,523
Casinghead gas	Production	830,926 Mcf	$3,495,533
Total			$5,789,056

43,015 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 46 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 30.2862, -96.6316. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.28619, -96.63161 · 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%

1 of 1 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

Median depth

12,012 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

16.3 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 12,012 ft.

Completions filed

Sep 1996

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Jan 2013

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 16.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 16.3 years and 16.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-47730515	1 A	12,012 ft	Sep 1996	Jan 2013	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 (246)

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

246 months


Jun 2013	0	0	94.40	3.93	$0
May 2013	0	0	94.83	4.15	$0
Apr 2013	0	0	93.96	4.28	$0
Mar 2013	0	0	93.62	3.91	$0
Feb 2013	0	0	91.23	3.42	$0
Jan 2013	0	0	91.60	3.42	$0
Dec 2012	62	174	86.77	3.42	$5,975
Nov 2012	0	115	86.95	3.62	$417
Oct 2012	0	177	89.38	3.40	$602
Sep 2012	0	150	94.67	2.92	$438
Aug 2012	0	159	92.66	2.91	$462
Jul 2012	0	187	85.13	3.02	$565
Jun 2012	0	207	79.82	2.52	$521
May 2012	0	203	91.61	2.49	$505
Apr 2012	0	105	101.65	2.00	$210
Mar 2012	0	138	105.05	2.22	$307
Feb 2012	0	101	101.10	2.57	$260
Jan 2012	0	104	98.09	2.73	$284
Dec 2011	0	88	96.87	3.24	$285
Nov 2011	0	60	95.72	3.31	$199
Oct 2011	0	54	84.98	3.65	$197
Sep 2011	0	87	83.62	3.99	$347
Aug 2011	0	255	83.40	4.15	$1,058
Jul 2011	0	146	94.14	4.52	$660
Jun 2011	0	142	92.90	4.64	$659
May 2011	0	166	98.13	4.40	$731
Apr 2011	0	160	105.96	4.33	$693
Mar 2011	0	185	96.36	4.06	$751
Feb 2011	0	143	85.64	4.18	$598
Jan 2011	0	156	86.50	4.59	$716
Dec 2010	148	146	85.73	4.35	$13,323
Nov 2010	0	131	80.84	3.80	$497
Oct 2010	0	189	78.10	3.51	$663
Sep 2010	0	246	72.63	3.98	$979
Aug 2010	0	273	73.68	4.42	$1,206
Jul 2010	0	227	72.55	4.74	$1,075
Jun 2010	0	172	70.36	4.91	$845
May 2010	0	156	71.12	4.24	$661
Apr 2010	0	166	81.69	4.12	$684
Mar 2010	0	0	78.39	4.39	$0
Feb 2010	0	99	73.58	5.44	$539
Jan 2010	172	1,056	74.36	5.96	$19,088
Dec 2009	2	1,847	71.44	5.48	$10,271
Nov 2009	169	1,765	74.59	3.75	$19,227
Oct 2009	175	1,724	72.54	4.11	$19,781
Sep 2009	1	1,829	65.54	3.06	$5,671
Aug 2009	164	1,822	67.42	3.22	$16,921
Jul 2009	163	1,912	61.13	3.46	$16,588
Jun 2009	1	2,037	66.16	3.90	$8,000
May 2009	162	2,030	54.74	3.93	$16,837
Apr 2009	176	2,086	46.77	3.59	$15,715
Mar 2009	2	2,120	42.14	4.06	$8,689
Feb 2009	165	1,714	32.81	4.63	$13,355
Jan 2009	164	1,482	35.86	5.37	$13,841
Dec 2008	1	1,623	37.10	5.98	$9,738
Nov 2008	182	1,808	55.49	6.86	$22,503
Oct 2008	172	2,321	75.24	6.92	$29,007
Sep 2008	183	2,040	101.76	7.88	$34,691
Aug 2008	1	1,919	114.22	8.48	$16,393
Jul 2008	183	1,859	131.08	11.39	$45,161
Jun 2008	159	2,629	131.33	13.03	$55,144
May 2008	2	2,190	123.17	11.57	$25,594
Apr 2008	344	2,448	110.31	10.45	$63,540
Mar 2008	1	2,329	101.90	9.66	$22,610
Feb 2008	183	2,067	92.53	8.77	$35,062
Jan 2008	178	2,222	90.38	8.21	$34,321
Dec 2007	176	2,332	88.33	7.30	$32,574
Nov 2007	174	2,285	91.67	7.29	$32,612
Oct 2007	127	2,322	82.85	6.92	$26,595
Sep 2007	173	2,199	75.84	6.24	$26,851
Aug 2007	171	2,907	69.06	6.39	$30,379
Jul 2007	185	2,407	70.90	6.39	$28,492
Jun 2007	188	2,099	62.00	7.55	$27,500
May 2007	1	2,637	58.74	7.85	$20,749
Apr 2007	523	2,320	59.61	7.81	$49,284
Mar 2007	3	2,389	56.92	7.30	$17,615
Feb 2007	352	2,237	55.10	8.22	$37,774
Jan 2007	4	2,102	50.30	6.73	$14,341
Dec 2006	0	2,159	56.65	6.92	$14,937
Nov 2006	182	2,177	54.20	7.62	$26,448
Oct 2006	187	2,439	54.90	6.01	$24,934
Sep 2006	189	2,571	60.08	5.04	$24,306
Aug 2006	180	2,677	68.71	7.34	$32,017
Jul 2006	176	2,183	69.37	6.34	$26,055
Jun 2006	180	2,402	66.28	6.38	$27,264
May 2006	170	2,323	66.01	6.42	$26,147
Apr 2006	339	2,811	64.39	7.36	$42,519
Mar 2006	367	3,228	56.70	7.08	$43,673
Feb 2006	186	2,964	57.59	7.75	$33,686
Jan 2006	176	3,079	60.59	8.93	$38,170
Dec 2005	353	2,583	54.94	13.42	$54,046
Nov 2005	189	3,242	54.69	10.59	$44,664
Oct 2005	178	2,776	58.34	13.80	$48,682
Sep 2005	351	2,762	61.45	12.08	$54,931
Aug 2005	353	3,092	61.51	9.80	$52,005
Jul 2005	6	3,388	55.69	7.84	$26,908
Jun 2005	533	3,391	52.33	7.38	$52,921
May 2005	359	2,731	45.22	6.65	$34,398
Apr 2005	354	2,909	49.20	7.36	$38,828
Mar 2005	359	3,239	50.37	7.15	$41,257
Feb 2005	367	4,545	45.22	6.31	$45,283
Jan 2005	357	3,675	43.16	6.32	$38,642
Dec 2004	0	3,812	39.86	6.75	$25,735
Nov 2004	347	3,511	45.28	6.33	$37,938
Oct 2004	540	4,232	49.70	6.52	$54,410
Sep 2004	176	2,875	43.24	5.28	$22,801
Aug 2004	351	2,226	42.37	5.55	$27,228
Jul 2004	346	2,639	38.28	6.08	$29,301
Jun 2004	0	2,534	36.10	6.43	$16,301
May 2004	182	2,446	37.48	6.49	$22,707
Apr 2004	345	2,527	34.47	5.86	$26,696
Mar 2004	354	2,639	34.36	5.53	$26,757
Feb 2004	352	3,460	32.45	5.51	$30,486
Jan 2004	357	5,316	32.03	6.30	$44,924
Dec 2003	357	5,227	30.26	6.30	$43,741
Nov 2003	345	5,231	28.80	4.60	$33,973
Oct 2003	356	5,560	28.17	4.76	$36,492
Sep 2003	534	5,678	26.31	4.75	$41,016
Aug 2003	349	5,598	29.76	5.13	$39,102
Jul 2003	341	5,528	29.41	5.17	$38,613
Jun 2003	360	6,227	28.56	5.98	$47,537
May 2003	347	4,601	26.59	5.97	$36,707
Apr 2003	351	6,041	26.67	5.41	$42,027
Mar 2003	702	4,421	31.14	6.10	$48,811
Feb 2003	362	5,343	33.48	7.93	$54,468
Jan 2003	351	6,480	30.31	5.58	$46,810
Dec 2002	724	6,043	26.91	4.85	$48,814
Nov 2002	337	6,275	24.66	4.14	$34,270
Oct 2002	365	7,060	26.46	4.23	$39,515
Sep 2002	719	7,217	27.44	3.64	$45,965
Aug 2002	707	9,243	25.96	3.16	$47,600
Jul 2002	359	5,679	24.58	3.06	$26,212
Jun 2002	355	5,083	23.73	3.34	$25,392
May 2002	692	9,019	24.66	3.58	$49,389
Apr 2002	707	6,901	23.65	3.51	$40,959
Mar 2002	848	6,266	22.00	3.10	$38,098
Feb 2002	720	6,736	18.22	2.38	$29,121
Jan 2002	350	7,342	17.17	2.38	$23,452
Dec 2001	708	7,894	16.93	2.36	$30,651
Nov 2001	358	7,699	18.07	2.41	$24,989
Oct 2001	360	8,855	19.78	2.53	$29,514
Sep 2001	1,057	7,881	24.26	2.25	$43,385
Aug 2001	707	7,089	24.87	3.05	$39,227
Jul 2001	358	7,615	23.93	3.20	$32,913
Jun 2001	1,058	7,249	24.56	3.82	$53,706
May 2001	704	8,657	25.52	4.31	$55,255
Apr 2001	1,396	7,983	24.68	5.34	$77,045
Mar 2001	715	9,038	24.54	5.38	$66,138
Feb 2001	730	11,755	27.75	5.77	$88,050
Jan 2001	1,460	21,601	27.47	8.40	$221,528
Dec 2000	727	6,451	26.88	9.12	$78,391
Nov 2000	707	8,407	32.21	5.66	$70,339
Oct 2000	361	8,700	31.23	5.15	$56,040
Sep 2000	865	7,994	31.87	5.19	$69,028
Aug 2000	704	8,852	29.64	4.54	$61,061
Jul 2000	728	8,837	28.53	4.09	$56,911
Jun 2000	710	8,227	29.30	4.40	$56,979
May 2000	712	9,113	27.26	3.68	$52,943
Apr 2000	719	8,740	24.51	3.12	$44,857
Mar 2000	1,410	10,329	28.42	2.86	$69,611
Feb 2000	367	8,282	27.62	2.73	$32,717
Jan 2000	705	10,567	25.27	2.48	$44,027
Dec 1999	354	892	24.28	2.42	$10,757
Nov 1999	346	3,259	23.19	2.43	$15,956
Oct 1999	349	3,427	20.98	2.80	$16,930
Sep 1999	1	2,567	21.75	2.62	$6,744
Aug 1999	0	409	19.26	2.88	$1,176
Jul 1999	180	2,850	17.89	2.37	$9,981
Jun 1999	719	6,675	15.94	2.36	$27,228
May 1999	714	8,385	15.79	2.32	$30,736
Apr 1999	1,077	8,228	15.10	2.21	$34,431
Mar 1999	721	8,618	12.47	1.84	$24,834
Feb 1999	718	7,679	9.98	1.82	$21,124
Jan 1999	721	8,859	10.38	1.90	$24,316
Dec 1998	352	8,295	9.20	1.77	$17,948
Nov 1998	353	8,339	10.89	2.19	$22,071
Oct 1998	1,438	9,054	12.42	1.97	$35,689
Sep 1998	746	7,771	12.59	2.08	$25,576
Aug 1998	741	5,696	11.30	1.91	$19,238
Jul 1998	368	3,121	11.74	2.24	$11,303
Jun 1998	370	3,650	11.24	2.24	$12,325
May 1998	732	4,576	12.62	2.21	$19,334
Apr 1998	1,813	9,879	13.04	2.51	$48,392
Mar 1998	763	8,939	12.80	2.31	$30,410
Feb 1998	391	7,410	13.95	2.30	$22,491
Jan 1998	570	5,809	14.70	2.15	$20,896
Dec 1997	735	5,011	16.32	2.41	$24,077
Nov 1997	716	4,938	18.19	3.09	$28,274
Oct 1997	697	5,897	19.25	3.15	$31,992
Sep 1997	1,065	3,621	17.74	2.95	$29,593
Aug 1997	399	3,935	17.86	2.55	$17,179
Jul 1997	1,076	6,696	17.58	2.25	$33,962
Jun 1997	14	1,753	17.24	2.26	$4,198
May 1997	1,433	6,418	18.97	2.31	$42,000
Apr 1997	371	8,744	17.88	2.08	$24,845
Mar 1997	2,135	16,703	18.95	1.94	$72,848
Feb 1997	2,175	14,548	20.49	2.21	$76,657
Jan 1997	1,635	8,701	23.48	3.54	$69,189
Dec 1996	2,460	8,308	23.32	—	$57,367
Nov 1996	2,674	15,227	21.97	—	$58,748
Oct 1996	3,015	17,981	23.31	—	$70,280
Sep 1996	0	0	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	12	2	20.26	—	$243
Jul 1996	0	4	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	18	67	18.73	—	$337
May 1996	21	2	19.43	—	$408
Apr 1996	10	3	21.51	—	$215
Mar 1996	0	1	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	130	2	16.98	—	$2,207
Jan 1996	0	1	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	0	1	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	18	1	16.00	—	$288
Oct 1995	5	4	15.43	—	$77
Sep 1995	7	3	16.18	—	$113
Aug 1995	0	0	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	7	6	15.24	—	$107
Jun 1995	9	5	16.41	—	$148
May 1995	10	14	17.56	—	$176
Apr 1995	0	1	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	13	5	16.44	—	$214
Feb 1995	4	4	16.58	—	$66
Jan 1995	4	2	15.92	—	$64
Dec 1994	6	2	15.03	—	$90
Nov 1994	12	4	15.90	—	$191
Oct 1994	6	22	15.58	—	$93
Sep 1994	6	6	15.29	—	$92
Aug 1994	5	4	16.13	—	$81
Jul 1994	6	39	17.56	—	$105
Jun 1994	3	43	17.09	—	$51
May 1994	6	24	15.88	—	$95
Apr 1994	6	29	14.14	—	$85
Mar 1994	5	14	12.46	—	$62
Feb 1994	7	53	12.50	—	$88
Jan 1994	5	11	12.66	—	$63
Dec 1993	5	12	12.33	—	$62
Nov 1993	3	2	14.49	—	$43
Oct 1993	3	28	15.85	—	$48
Sep 1993	4	32	15.03	—	$60
Aug 1993	3	121	15.66	—	$47
Jul 1993	1	56	15.46	—	$15
Jun 1993	2	115	16.79	—	$34
May 1993	2	200	17.68	—	$35
Apr 1993	0	242	18.05	—	$0
Mar 1993	1	161	18.14	—	$18
Feb 1993	0	87	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	1	64	16.93	—	$17

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.

Dec 2012 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   62 bbl  × $ 86.77 =     $5,380
Casinghead gas       174 Mcf  × $  3.42 =       $595

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Month total                                   $5,975

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/17311 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.