BELLE

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

Operated by GINGER PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC. (P-5 307235) 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 17614District 03Field 34733500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$3.4 M

Jan 1993 – May 2010

Value, last 12 filed months

$6 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

209

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	86,366 bbl	$1,801,622
Casinghead gas	Production	472,061 Mcf	$1,599,807
Total			$3,401,429

53,117 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 39 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 30.0047, -96.9051. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.00469, -96.90508 · 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

12,200 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

11.4 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 12,200 ft.

Completions filed

Sep 2009

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Feb 2021

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 11.4 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 11.4 years and 11.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-14931738	1	12,200 ft	Sep 2009	Feb 2021	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 (209)

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

209 months


May 2010	0	0	71.12	4.24	$0
Apr 2010	0	0	81.69	4.12	$0
Mar 2010	35	0	78.39	4.39	$2,744
Feb 2010	0	0	73.58	5.44	$0
Jan 2010	0	0	74.36	5.96	$0
Dec 2009	0	0	71.44	5.48	$0
Nov 2009	0	0	74.59	3.75	$0
Oct 2009	0	0	72.54	4.11	$0
Sep 2009	0	0	65.54	3.06	$0
Aug 2009	0	693	67.42	3.22	$2,230
Jul 2009	0	0	61.13	3.46	$0
Jun 2009	0	376	66.16	3.90	$1,465
May 2009	0	313	54.74	3.93	$1,229
Apr 2009	0	313	46.77	3.59	$1,123
Mar 2009	0	266	42.14	4.06	$1,080
Feb 2009	0	266	32.81	4.63	$1,232
Jan 2009	0	332	35.86	5.37	$1,783
Dec 2008	0	175	37.10	5.98	$1,046
Nov 2008	0	365	55.49	6.86	$2,504
Oct 2008	0	396	75.24	6.92	$2,741
Sep 2008	0	296	101.76	7.88	$2,332
Aug 2008	0	377	114.22	8.48	$3,198
Jul 2008	0	459	131.08	11.39	$5,228
Jun 2008	0	488	131.33	13.03	$6,360
May 2008	0	525	123.17	11.57	$6,077
Apr 2008	0	454	110.31	10.45	$4,747
Mar 2008	0	402	101.90	9.66	$3,885
Feb 2008	0	333	92.53	8.77	$2,921
Jan 2008	0	517	90.38	8.21	$4,242
Dec 2007	0	302	88.33	7.30	$2,205
Nov 2007	0	344	91.67	7.29	$2,508
Oct 2007	0	381	82.85	6.92	$2,637
Sep 2007	0	290	75.84	6.24	$1,811
Aug 2007	0	449	69.06	6.39	$2,868
Jul 2007	0	401	70.90	6.39	$2,562
Jun 2007	0	489	62.00	7.55	$3,691
May 2007	0	517	58.74	7.85	$4,057
Apr 2007	0	549	59.61	7.81	$4,285
Mar 2007	0	576	56.92	7.30	$4,206
Feb 2007	0	683	55.10	8.22	$5,612
Jan 2007	0	469	50.30	6.73	$3,155
Dec 2006	168	359	56.65	6.92	$12,001
Nov 2006	0	1,490	54.20	7.62	$11,350
Oct 2006	0	1,748	54.90	6.01	$10,512
Sep 2006	0	1,251	60.08	5.04	$6,302
Aug 2006	164	1,407	68.71	7.34	$21,596
Jul 2006	0	909	69.37	6.34	$5,766
Jun 2006	0	1,208	66.28	6.38	$7,712
May 2006	0	1,353	66.01	6.42	$8,693
Apr 2006	178	1,546	64.39	7.36	$22,841
Mar 2006	188	1,653	56.70	7.08	$22,368
Feb 2006	0	1,452	57.59	7.75	$11,255
Jan 2006	357	1,850	60.59	8.93	$38,157
Dec 2005	0	1,080	54.94	13.42	$14,489
Nov 2005	0	1,610	54.69	10.59	$17,047
Oct 2005	351	730	58.34	13.80	$30,548
Sep 2005	0	1,468	61.45	12.08	$17,732
Aug 2005	187	1,459	61.51	9.80	$25,796
Jul 2005	0	1,368	55.69	7.84	$10,730
Jun 2005	185	1,431	52.33	7.38	$20,243
May 2005	362	1,467	45.22	6.65	$26,127
Apr 2005	5	2,016	49.20	7.36	$15,085
Mar 2005	181	1,977	50.37	7.15	$23,262
Feb 2005	0	1,973	45.22	6.31	$12,453
Jan 2005	185	1,792	43.16	6.32	$19,314
Dec 2004	170	1,407	39.86	6.75	$16,275
Nov 2004	0	991	45.28	6.33	$6,273
Oct 2004	185	1,162	49.70	6.52	$16,765
Sep 2004	1	2,717	43.24	5.28	$14,400
Aug 2004	551	320	42.37	5.55	$25,122
Jul 2004	0	1,771	38.28	6.08	$10,775
Jun 2004	0	1,787	36.10	6.43	$11,496
May 2004	541	1,198	37.48	6.49	$28,057
Apr 2004	0	2,583	34.47	5.86	$15,132
Mar 2004	341	1,827	34.36	5.53	$21,820
Feb 2004	170	1,632	32.45	5.51	$14,508
Jan 2004	184	2,528	32.03	6.30	$21,819
Dec 2003	356	1,927	30.26	6.30	$22,916
Nov 2003	524	2,442	28.80	4.60	$26,313
Oct 2003	0	2,274	28.17	4.76	$10,823
Sep 2003	181	2,633	26.31	4.75	$17,267
Aug 2003	722	2,614	29.76	5.13	$34,896
Jul 2003	1	1,889	29.41	5.17	$9,797
Jun 2003	364	2,348	28.56	5.98	$24,444
May 2003	541	2,532	26.59	5.97	$29,508
Apr 2003	533	3,466	26.67	5.41	$32,957
Mar 2003	1,080	4,050	31.14	6.10	$58,320
Feb 2003	900	4,278	33.48	7.93	$64,039
Jan 2003	726	4,430	30.31	5.58	$46,734
Dec 2002	1,258	4,369	26.91	4.85	$55,059
Nov 2002	910	5,731	24.66	4.14	$46,150
Oct 2002	720	2,742	26.46	4.23	$30,647
Sep 2002	1,069	3,706	27.44	3.64	$42,805
Aug 2002	1,232	3,083	25.96	3.16	$41,738
Jul 2002	715	1,189	24.58	3.06	$21,215
Jun 2002	534	1,615	23.73	3.34	$18,063
May 2002	176	1,828	24.66	3.58	$10,892
Apr 2002	172	1,511	23.65	3.51	$9,375
Mar 2002	547	660	22.00	3.10	$14,082
Feb 2002	0	570	18.22	2.38	$1,354
Jan 2002	545	2,308	17.17	2.38	$14,841
Dec 2001	363	2,635	16.93	2.36	$12,376
Nov 2001	717	3,679	18.07	2.41	$21,806
Oct 2001	729	3,650	19.78	2.53	$23,650
Sep 2001	725	3,383	24.26	2.25	$25,205
Aug 2001	721	2,554	24.87	3.05	$25,729
Jul 2001	714	2,340	23.93	3.20	$24,567
Jun 2001	893	2,268	24.56	3.82	$30,605
May 2001	902	2,380	25.52	4.31	$33,270
Apr 2001	356	3,556	24.68	5.34	$27,758
Mar 2001	891	2,804	24.54	5.38	$36,941
Feb 2001	729	2,259	27.75	5.77	$33,258
Jan 2001	379	2,899	27.47	8.40	$34,759
Dec 2000	353	3,251	26.88	9.12	$39,146
Nov 2000	1,663	4,237	32.21	5.66	$77,538
Oct 2000	552	3,669	31.23	5.15	$36,118
Sep 2000	1,085	3,332	31.87	5.19	$51,860
Aug 2000	552	3,354	29.64	4.54	$31,591
Jul 2000	1,061	4,121	28.53	4.09	$47,124
Jun 2000	1,102	3,914	29.30	4.40	$49,499
May 2000	944	3,461	27.26	3.68	$38,469
Apr 2000	1,279	3,872	24.51	3.12	$43,413
Mar 2000	729	5,246	28.42	2.86	$35,720
Feb 2000	926	3,870	27.62	2.73	$36,128
Jan 2000	895	4,514	25.27	2.48	$33,814
Dec 1999	724	2,698	24.28	2.42	$24,118
Nov 1999	1,088	3,299	23.19	2.43	$33,260
Oct 1999	887	4,676	20.98	2.80	$31,719
Sep 1999	1,230	4,940	21.75	2.62	$39,690
Aug 1999	1,278	4,851	19.26	2.88	$38,564
Jul 1999	1,076	5,419	17.89	2.37	$32,106
Jun 1999	877	4,801	15.94	2.36	$25,320
May 1999	1,436	4,639	15.79	2.32	$33,442
Apr 1999	1,065	4,814	15.10	2.21	$26,711
Mar 1999	1,414	4,864	12.47	1.84	$26,574
Feb 1999	1,446	5,620	9.98	1.82	$24,647
Jan 1999	1,814	8,416	10.38	1.90	$34,819
Dec 1998	1,231	4,365	9.20	1.77	$19,066
Nov 1998	1,628	6,800	10.89	2.19	$32,592
Oct 1998	1,095	7,751	12.42	1.97	$28,863
Sep 1998	2,346	8,791	12.59	2.08	$47,844
Aug 1998	1,993	11,335	11.30	1.91	$44,141
Jul 1998	1,628	14,393	11.74	2.24	$51,314
Jun 1998	2,543	15,948	11.24	2.24	$64,263
May 1998	3,230	19,200	12.62	2.21	$83,124
Apr 1998	5,613	28,035	13.04	2.51	$143,430
Mar 1998	6,372	23,046	12.80	2.31	$134,785
Feb 1998	10	2,761	13.95	2.30	$6,487
Jan 1998	8	125	14.70	2.15	$387
Dec 1997	8	184	16.32	2.41	$574
Nov 1997	6	196	18.19	3.09	$714
Oct 1997	14	225	19.25	3.15	$978
Sep 1997	8	237	17.74	2.95	$842
Aug 1997	9	285	17.86	2.55	$889
Jul 1997	13	335	17.58	2.25	$981
Jun 1997	13	387	17.24	2.26	$1,098
May 1997	10	488	18.97	2.31	$1,316
Apr 1997	13	529	17.88	2.08	$1,334
Mar 1997	10	631	18.95	1.94	$1,413
Feb 1997	8	560	20.49	2.21	$1,399
Jan 1997	134	541	23.48	3.54	$5,061
Dec 1996	12	787	23.32	—	$280
Nov 1996	7	992	21.97	—	$154
Oct 1996	182	1,228	23.31	—	$4,242
Sep 1996	186	1,354	22.22	—	$4,133
Aug 1996	199	1,644	20.26	—	$4,032
Jul 1996	374	2,152	19.55	—	$7,312
Jun 1996	1,289	4,428	18.73	—	$24,143
May 1996	28	1,948	19.43	—	$544
Apr 1996	200	1,488	21.51	—	$4,302
Mar 1996	7	24	19.38	—	$136
Feb 1996	11	7	16.98	—	$187
Jan 1996	0	0	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	204	2,122	17.19	—	$3,507
Nov 1995	218	2,065	16.00	—	$3,488
Oct 1995	192	1,267	15.43	—	$2,963
Sep 1995	7	976	16.18	—	$113
Aug 1995	202	1,523	15.92	—	$3,216
Jul 1995	373	2,177	15.24	—	$5,685
Jun 1995	206	1,274	16.41	—	$3,380
May 1995	204	3,051	17.56	—	$3,582
Apr 1995	14	0	17.73	—	$248
Mar 1995	0	0	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	0	0	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	0	0	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	0	0	15.03	—	$0
Nov 1994	0	0	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	0	0	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	905	0	15.29	—	$13,837
Aug 1994	385	1,625	16.13	—	$6,210
Jul 1994	5	1,221	17.56	—	$88
Jun 1994	3	1,492	17.09	—	$51
May 1994	6	71	15.88	—	$95
Apr 1994	6	106	14.14	—	$85
Mar 1994	5	424	12.46	—	$62
Feb 1994	1	499	12.50	—	$13
Jan 1994	1	718	12.66	—	$13
Dec 1993	1	591	12.33	—	$12
Nov 1993	143	793	14.49	—	$2,072
Oct 1993	3	499	15.85	—	$48
Sep 1993	4	235	15.03	—	$60
Aug 1993	3	1,327	15.66	—	$47
Jul 1993	2	1,504	15.46	—	$31
Jun 1993	172	1,381	16.79	—	$2,888
May 1993	1	1,719	17.68	—	$18
Apr 1993	189	1,591	18.05	—	$3,411
Mar 1993	189	1,864	18.14	—	$3,428
Feb 1993	0	2,475	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	194	2,475	16.93	—	$3,284

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.

Mar 2010 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   35 bbl  × $ 78.39 =     $2,744
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.39 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $2,744

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/17614 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.