GAUSS ET AL

Operated by FOUNDATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC (P-5 280875) in the SOUR LAKE field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 19982District 03Field 84693001Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$7.2 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
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 257 leases and 1,323 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1902-01-01
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
0 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 0 acres.

The register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: PER ORDER 3-20072 EFF 1-22-51, AMENDED RULE 2

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
NGPA2none

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
OilDisposition200,285 bbl$6,923,831
Casinghead gasProduction102,672 Mcf$292,528
Total$7,216,358

35,823 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 47 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 (3)

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 30.1437, -94.3954. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.1 miles.

30.14372, -94.39548 · 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
33.3%
1 of 3 wells
With a plug date
33.3%
1 of 3 wells
Median depth
5,800 ft
3 wells filed one
Completion to plug
30.3 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
133.3%
A plug date is filed
133.3%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
133.3%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
266.7%

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 4,900 and 6,000 ft, median 5,800 ft, over the 3 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
May 1990 – Jan 2011
3 of 3 wells
Plug dates filed
Aug 2020
1 of 3 wells; 2 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 30.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 30.3 years and 30.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

3 wells

42-199324822ST6,000 ftJan 2011
42-1993270434,900 ftJul 1995
42-1993245815,800 ftMay 1990Aug 2020Yes

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 (401)

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

401 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 2020123016.921.81$2,081
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 2019142052.782.49$7,495
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 2018162052.934.24$8,575
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 2017168049.292.98$8,281
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 2017167042.493.09$7,096
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 201793047.933.21$4,457
Mar 2017337046.772.98$15,761
Feb 2017157050.452.95$7,921
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 2016315045.352.69$14,285
May 2016357042.521.99$15,180
Apr 2016342036.561.99$12,504
Mar 2016321033.011.79$10,596
Feb 2016319026.472.06$8,444
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 2015316032.362.00$10,226
Nov 2015318038.792.17$12,335
Oct 2015163043.552.43$7,099
Sep 2015322042.992.76$13,843
Aug 2015316040.162.87$12,691
Jul 2015475048.152.95$22,871
Jun 2015157056.152.88$8,816
May 2015336055.212.96$18,551
Apr 2015477049.822.71$23,764
Mar 2015320042.892.93$13,725
Feb 2015313044.662.98$13,979
Jan 2015324043.433.10$14,071
Dec 2014316054.693.59$17,282
Nov 2014319070.464.25$22,477
Oct 2014471078.303.90$36,879
Sep 2014162086.164.05$13,958
Aug 2014491089.394.04$43,890
Jul 2014313096.564.18$30,223
Jun 2014318098.164.74$31,215
May 2014315094.734.73$29,840
Apr 2014480095.944.81$46,051
Mar 2014497095.895.06$47,657
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 2014522090.404.86$47,189
Dec 2013499091.824.35$45,818
Nov 2013322088.853.74$28,610
Oct 2013508097.423.78$49,489
Sep 20131590104.113.72$16,553
Aug 20133310104.253.52$34,507
Jul 20133310102.523.72$33,934
Jun 2013313094.403.93$29,547
May 2013357094.834.15$33,854
Apr 2013534093.964.28$50,175
Mar 2013339093.623.91$31,737
Feb 2013318091.233.42$29,011
Jan 2013321091.603.42$29,404
Dec 2012499086.773.42$43,298
Nov 2012159086.953.62$13,825
Oct 2012335089.383.40$29,942
Sep 2012321094.672.92$30,389
Aug 2012317092.662.91$29,373
Jul 2012317085.133.02$26,986
Jun 2012310079.822.52$24,744
May 2012155091.612.49$14,200
Apr 20121530101.652.00$15,552
Mar 20121520105.052.22$15,968
Feb 20123060101.102.57$30,937
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20111655496.873.24$16,159
Nov 20111558495.723.31$15,115
Oct 20111592184.983.65$13,588
Sep 20113066083.623.99$25,827
Aug 20113195283.404.15$26,820
Jul 20113097794.144.52$29,437
Jun 201105092.904.64$232
May 20113407798.134.40$33,703
Apr 201133167105.964.33$35,363
Mar 20113479796.364.06$33,830
Feb 201132511485.644.18$28,310
Jan 20111637286.504.59$14,430
Dec 201033515285.734.35$29,380
Nov 201031922080.843.80$26,623
Oct 201018112978.103.51$14,589
Sep 201035915072.633.98$26,671
Aug 201035624873.684.42$27,326
Jul 201017320772.554.74$13,532
Jun 201036417070.364.91$26,446
May 201035017571.124.24$25,633
Apr 201055314581.694.12$45,772
Mar 201054518278.394.39$43,521
Feb 20103348973.585.44$25,060
Jan 20103597174.365.96$27,119
Dec 20093655171.445.48$26,355
Nov 20093638674.593.75$27,399
Oct 200936312172.544.11$26,829
Sep 200935714065.543.06$23,827
Aug 200935812567.423.22$24,539
Jul 200936011161.133.46$22,391
Jun 20093618766.163.90$24,223
May 20093649754.743.93$20,306
Apr 20093628146.773.59$17,221
Mar 20093559142.144.06$15,329
Feb 20093618832.814.63$12,252
Jan 20097179535.865.37$26,222
Dec 200834810537.105.98$13,538
Nov 200836412555.496.86$21,056
Oct 200835414075.246.92$27,604
Sep 2008359107101.767.88$37,375
Aug 2008364187114.228.48$43,162
Jul 2008362202131.0811.39$49,752
Jun 2008361253131.3313.03$50,707
May 2008356273123.1711.57$47,008
Apr 2008724274110.3110.45$82,729
Mar 20080268101.909.66$2,590
Feb 200871934492.538.77$69,546
Jan 200835331290.388.21$34,464
Dec 200735421588.337.30$32,839
Nov 200770824291.677.29$66,667
Oct 200771124482.856.92$60,595
Sep 200734918075.846.24$27,592
Aug 200772017969.066.39$50,867
Jul 20073573170.906.39$25,509
Jun 2007355062.007.55$22,010
May 2007347058.747.85$20,383
Apr 2007720059.617.81$42,919
Mar 200736218456.927.30$21,949
Feb 200736314055.108.22$21,152
Jan 200736120650.306.73$19,544
Dec 200671423256.656.92$42,053
Nov 200633724654.207.62$20,139
Oct 200671845454.906.01$42,148
Sep 200635832160.085.04$23,126
Aug 200671829368.717.34$51,484
Jul 200634837269.376.34$26,500
Jun 200671933966.286.38$49,819
May 200672342566.016.42$50,456
Apr 200636237564.397.36$26,069
Mar 200671937756.707.08$43,438
Feb 200634931457.597.75$22,533
Jan 200671737860.598.93$46,820
Dec 200572241254.9413.42$45,194
Nov 200572031554.6910.59$42,712
Oct 200535822358.3413.80$23,962
Sep 200535520861.4512.08$24,327
Aug 200569529661.519.80$45,649
Jul 20051,07931755.697.84$62,576
Jun 200535635852.337.38$21,272
May 200571641045.226.65$35,105
Apr 200569116549.207.36$35,212
Mar 200569110250.377.15$35,535
Feb 200535426545.226.31$17,681
Jan 200572039443.166.32$33,566
Dec 200471341339.866.75$31,208
Nov 200469546945.286.33$34,439
Oct 200471454549.706.52$39,037
Sep 200472450243.245.28$33,958
Aug 200474252242.375.55$34,336
Jul 200495047238.286.08$39,238
Jun 20041,07039936.106.43$41,194
May 200472455837.486.49$30,760
Apr 200468854034.475.86$26,879
Mar 20041,08055834.365.53$40,195
Feb 200472852232.455.51$26,500
Jan 200472231032.036.30$25,079
Dec 20031,08943430.266.30$35,688
Nov 200370942028.804.60$22,349
Oct 200372855828.174.76$23,164
Sep 20031,06754026.314.75$30,637
Aug 20031,04255829.765.13$33,872
Jul 200369499229.415.17$25,540
Jun 20031,07348028.565.98$33,517
May 20031,08831026.595.97$30,781
Apr 20031,08312026.675.41$29,532
Mar 20031,06518631.146.10$34,298
Feb 200371133633.487.93$26,467
Jan 20031,03312430.315.58$32,002
Dec 20021,43012426.914.85$39,083
Nov 200271018024.664.14$18,253
Oct 20021,07043426.464.23$30,148
Sep 20021,09042027.443.64$31,436
Aug 20021,42843425.963.16$38,444
Jul 20021,444024.583.06$35,494
Jun 20021,04030023.733.34$25,681
May 20021,07137224.663.58$27,744
Apr 20021,05036023.653.51$26,097
Mar 20021,08537222.003.10$25,024
Feb 20021,06428018.222.38$20,051
Jan 20021,05518617.172.38$18,556
Dec 20011,07518616.932.36$18,640
Nov 20011,06718018.072.41$19,714
Oct 20011,01012419.782.53$20,291
Sep 20011,06912024.262.25$26,204
Aug 20011,09012424.873.05$27,487
Jul 200170815523.933.20$17,438
Jun 20011,065024.563.82$26,156
May 20017013125.524.31$18,023
Apr 20011,24246024.685.34$33,107
Mar 200172648124.545.38$20,402
Feb 20011,09844127.755.77$33,013
Jan 200172748927.478.40$24,078
Dec 200072849326.889.12$24,066
Nov 20001,09446832.215.66$37,886
Oct 200073549031.235.15$25,475
Sep 20001,08747231.875.19$37,091
Aug 200072449229.644.54$23,693
Jul 200072349628.534.09$22,656
Jun 20001,07846929.304.40$33,648
May 200072549727.263.68$21,592
Apr 200071756124.513.12$19,322
Mar 20001,08258628.422.86$32,426
Feb 200072953427.622.73$21,591
Jan 200073359825.272.48$20,006
Dec 199972863224.282.42$19,208
Nov 19991,08863023.192.43$26,764
Oct 199971562620.982.80$16,756
Sep 199970556721.752.62$16,819
Aug 199970257719.262.88$15,180
Jul 199970860417.892.37$14,099
Jun 199970359115.942.36$12,602
May 199971263615.792.32$12,719
Apr 19997191,00015.102.21$13,065
Mar 199970592912.471.84$10,499
Feb 19993609479.981.82$5,314
Jan 199972287310.381.90$9,153
Dec 19987228559.201.77$8,159
Nov 199836498510.892.19$6,117
Oct 199870691612.421.97$10,572
Sep 199833386912.592.08$6,002
Aug 199870982711.301.91$9,589
Jul 199834483911.742.24$5,916
Jun 199872279411.242.24$9,892
May 199834681012.622.21$6,154
Apr 199835179813.042.51$6,576
Mar 199834687812.802.31$6,456
Feb 199835371013.952.30$6,557
Jan 199835768314.702.15$6,720
Dec 199735954716.322.41$7,178
Nov 199770372718.193.09$15,033
Oct 199734376619.253.15$9,016
Sep 199734199517.742.95$8,989
Aug 199770575517.862.55$14,520
Jul 199734084617.582.25$7,878
Jun 199734069817.242.26$7,437
May 199769171318.972.31$14,754
Apr 199735475317.882.08$7,898
Mar 199769991218.951.94$15,015
Feb 199733478820.492.21$8,582
Jan 199769175823.483.54$18,908
Dec 199669475523.32$16,184
Nov 199669974521.97$15,357
Oct 19961,02170723.31$23,800
Sep 199691975722.22$20,420
Aug 199687187620.26$17,646
Jul 19961,35089019.55$26,393
Jun 19961,04487118.73$19,554
May 19961,42984419.43$27,765
Apr 1996010121.51$0
Mar 199623848119.38$4,612
Feb 199667572916.98$11,462
Jan 19961,6933,02117.07$28,900
Dec 19952,2174,28517.19$38,110
Nov 19952,0635,49916.00$33,008
Oct 19951,3623,62115.43$21,016
Sep 19951,3021,44316.18$21,066
Aug 19952,0251,30715.92$32,238
Jul 19953439015.24$5,227
Jun 19950016.41$0
May 199533034417.56$5,795
Apr 199531454717.73$5,567
Mar 199569731116.44$11,459
Feb 199564725116.58$10,727
Jan 199571422615.92$11,367
Dec 199468123315.03$10,235
Nov 1994962115.90$15,296
Oct 1994709115.58$11,046
Sep 1994935115.29$14,296
Aug 19941,34639716.13$21,711
Jul 199498538017.56$17,297
Jun 19941,28439217.09$21,944
May 19941,13113415.88$17,960
Apr 19941,569114.14$22,186
Mar 19941,867112.46$23,263
Feb 19941,911112.50$23,888
Jan 19942,123112.66$26,877
Dec 19932,194112.33$27,052
Nov 19932,25845014.49$32,718
Oct 19932,11262415.85$33,475
Sep 19932,58177615.03$38,792
Aug 19932,292115.66$35,893
Jul 19932,56757415.46$39,686
Jun 19932,37156116.79$39,809
May 19932,84765217.68$50,335
Apr 19932,68869518.05$48,518
Mar 19933,09546718.14$56,143
Feb 19933,11741317.90$55,794
Jan 19932,84836516.93$48,217

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.

May 2020 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  123 bbl  × $ 16.92 =     $2,081
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  1.81 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $2,081

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/19982 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.