STEINHAUSER, A. F.

Operated by MCA PETROLEUM CORPORATION (P-5 537160) in the MULDOON, SW. (ARNIM-2) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 18656District 03Field 63727400OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$638 k
Jan 1993 – Mar 2008
Value, last 12 filed months
$834
at the published price for each month
Months reported
183
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 10 leases and 18 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1961-08-27
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
660 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 1986-03-03.

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
OilDisposition25,539 bbl$638,332
Casinghead gasProduction81 Mcf$77
Total$638,409

48 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 (2)

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 29.7612, -97.1404. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.1 miles.

29.76121, -97.14039 · 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%
2 of 2 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
2 of 2 wells
Median depth
2,275 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
12.7 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
2100.0%
A plug date is filed
2100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
2100.0%
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 2,249 and 2,300 ft, median 2,275 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Jun 1985 – Jan 2002
2 of 2 wells
Plug dates filed
Oct 2004 – Dec 2007
2 of 2 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 12.7 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 7.7 years and 17.6 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells

42-1490017642,300 ftJan 2002Oct 2004Yes
42-1493184782,249 ftJun 1985Dec 2007Yes

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 (183)

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

183 months

Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 200711075.846.24$834
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 20068057.597.75$461
Jan 200674060.598.93$4,484
Dec 200579054.9413.42$4,340
Nov 200574054.6910.59$4,047
Oct 200597058.3413.80$5,659
Sep 200579061.4512.08$4,855
Aug 200593061.519.80$5,720
Jul 2005121055.697.84$6,738
Jun 2005101052.337.38$5,285
May 200569045.226.65$3,120
Apr 2005108049.207.36$5,314
Mar 200515050.377.15$756
Feb 200567045.226.31$3,030
Jan 2005124043.166.32$5,352
Dec 2004177039.866.75$7,055
Nov 2004144045.286.33$6,520
Oct 2004201049.706.52$9,990
Sep 2004247043.245.28$10,680
Aug 2004227042.375.55$9,618
Jul 2004100038.286.08$3,828
Jun 2004118036.106.43$4,260
May 2004136037.486.49$5,097
Apr 200492034.475.86$3,171
Mar 2004132034.365.53$4,536
Feb 200478032.455.51$2,531
Jan 2004107032.036.30$3,427
Dec 2003100030.266.30$3,026
Nov 2003116028.804.60$3,341
Oct 200376028.174.76$2,141
Sep 200390026.314.75$2,368
Aug 2003293029.765.13$8,720
Jul 2003684029.415.17$20,116
Jun 2003755028.565.98$21,563
May 2003794026.595.97$21,112
Apr 2003505026.675.41$13,468
Mar 2003805031.146.10$25,068
Feb 2003527033.487.93$17,644
Jan 2003603030.315.58$18,277
Dec 2002583026.914.85$15,689
Nov 2002475024.664.14$11,714
Oct 2002599026.464.23$15,850
Sep 2002600027.443.64$16,464
Aug 2002655025.963.16$17,004
Jul 2002556024.583.06$13,666
Jun 2002853023.733.34$20,242
May 2002798024.663.58$19,679
Apr 200276023.653.51$1,797
Mar 200260022.003.10$1,320
Feb 2002760018.222.38$13,847
Jan 2002777017.172.38$13,341
Dec 200132016.932.36$542
Nov 200170018.072.41$1,265
Oct 200134019.782.53$673
Sep 200127024.262.25$655
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 200175023.933.20$1,795
Jun 200172024.563.82$1,768
May 2001103025.524.31$2,629
Apr 200176024.685.34$1,876
Mar 200188024.545.38$2,160
Feb 200166027.755.77$1,832
Jan 200197027.478.40$2,665
Dec 200096026.889.12$2,580
Nov 200066032.215.66$2,126
Oct 200088031.235.15$2,748
Sep 200088031.875.19$2,805
Aug 2000105029.644.54$3,112
Jul 200081028.534.09$2,311
Jun 200054029.304.40$1,582
May 200066027.263.68$1,799
Apr 200046024.513.12$1,127
Mar 200014028.422.86$398
Feb 200055027.622.73$1,519
Jan 200072025.272.48$1,819
Dec 199993124.282.42$2,260
Nov 199973123.192.43$1,695
Oct 199999120.982.80$2,080
Sep 199996121.752.62$2,091
Aug 199990019.262.88$1,733
Jul 1999101117.892.37$1,809
Jun 1999100115.942.36$1,596
May 199992115.792.32$1,455
Apr 199991015.102.21$1,374
Mar 199950112.471.84$625
Feb 19996819.981.82$680
Jan 1999118110.381.90$1,227
Dec 19989119.201.77$839
Nov 199896110.892.19$1,048
Oct 1998103112.421.97$1,281
Sep 199899012.592.08$1,246
Aug 199890111.301.91$1,019
Jul 1998102111.742.24$1,200
Jun 1998103111.242.24$1,160
May 1998106112.622.21$1,340
Apr 1998107113.042.51$1,398
Mar 199885112.802.31$1,090
Feb 199882113.952.30$1,146
Jan 199877114.702.15$1,134
Dec 199774116.322.41$1,210
Nov 199767118.193.09$1,222
Oct 199778119.253.15$1,505
Sep 199791117.742.95$1,617
Aug 1997101117.862.55$1,806
Jul 1997124117.582.25$2,182
Jun 1997130117.242.26$2,243
May 1997102118.972.31$1,937
Apr 199793117.882.08$1,665
Mar 199782118.951.94$1,556
Feb 199765120.492.21$1,334
Jan 199745123.483.54$1,060
Dec 199669123.32$1,609
Nov 1996126121.97$2,768
Oct 199691123.31$2,121
Sep 1996108122.22$2,400
Aug 1996119120.26$2,411
Jul 1996105119.55$2,053
Jun 1996105118.73$1,967
May 1996117119.43$2,273
Apr 1996114121.51$2,452
Mar 1996152119.38$2,946
Feb 1996116116.98$1,970
Jan 1996104117.07$1,775
Dec 1995100117.19$1,719
Nov 1995110116.00$1,760
Oct 1995131115.43$2,021
Sep 1995105116.18$1,699
Aug 199595115.92$1,512
Jul 1995107115.24$1,631
Jun 1995112116.41$1,838
May 1995122117.56$2,142
Apr 1995120117.73$2,128
Mar 1995122116.44$2,006
Feb 199577116.58$1,277
Jan 199590115.92$1,433
Dec 199497115.03$1,458
Nov 199464115.90$1,018
Oct 199453115.58$826
Sep 199451115.29$780
Aug 199423116.13$371
Jul 199479117.56$1,387
Jun 199468117.09$1,162
May 199469115.88$1,096
Apr 1994116114.14$1,640
Mar 1994100112.46$1,246
Feb 1994138112.50$1,725
Jan 1994162112.66$2,051
Dec 1993120112.33$1,480
Nov 199394114.49$1,362
Oct 199399115.85$1,569
Sep 1993109115.03$1,638
Aug 1993160115.66$2,506
Jul 1993209115.46$3,231
Jun 1993172116.79$2,888
May 1993228117.68$4,031
Apr 1993159118.05$2,870
Mar 1993301118.14$5,460
Feb 1993174117.90$3,115
Jan 1993223116.93$3,775

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.

Sep 2007 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   11 bbl  × $ 75.84 =       $834
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  6.24 =         $0

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Month total                                     $834

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/18656 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.