KERN

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

Operated by CML EXPLORATION, LLC (P-5 120648) 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 20446District 03Field 34733500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$4.9 M

Jan 1993 – Oct 2010

Value, last 12 filed months

$6 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

214

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	156,065 bbl	$2,635,524
Casinghead gas	Production	2,359,410 Mcf	$2,252,706
Total			$4,888,230

1,708,454 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 29.9320, -96.8822. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

29.93204, -96.88223 · 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%

2 of 2 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

2 of 2 wells

Median depth

12,990 ft

2 wells filed one

Completion to plug

18.7 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 12,600 and 13,380 ft, median 12,990 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Jun 1989 – Jan 1994

2 of 2 wells

Plug dates filed

Feb 2010 – Aug 2010

2 of 2 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 18.7 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 17.3 years and 19.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells


42-14932352	2	13,380 ft	Jan 1994	Feb 2010	Yes
42-14932302	1	12,600 ft	Jun 1989	Aug 2010	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 (214)

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

214 months


Oct 2010	0	0	78.10	3.51	$0
Sep 2010	0	0	72.63	3.98	$0
Aug 2010	0	0	73.68	4.42	$0
Jul 2010	0	0	72.55	4.74	$0
Jun 2010	0	0	70.36	4.91	$0
May 2010	0	0	71.12	4.24	$0
Apr 2010	0	0	81.69	4.12	$0
Mar 2010	0	0	78.39	4.39	$0
Feb 2010	52	0	73.58	5.44	$3,826
Jan 2010	0	99	74.36	5.96	$590
Dec 2009	0	140	71.44	5.48	$768
Nov 2009	0	159	74.59	3.75	$596
Oct 2009	0	282	72.54	4.11	$1,159
Sep 2009	0	353	65.54	3.06	$1,082
Aug 2009	0	329	67.42	3.22	$1,059
Jul 2009	0	233	61.13	3.46	$807
Jun 2009	0	150	66.16	3.90	$584
May 2009	0	139	54.74	3.93	$546
Apr 2009	0	138	46.77	3.59	$495
Mar 2009	0	198	42.14	4.06	$804
Feb 2009	0	200	32.81	4.63	$927
Jan 2009	0	166	35.86	5.37	$892
Dec 2008	0	131	37.10	5.98	$783
Nov 2008	0	137	55.49	6.86	$940
Oct 2008	0	275	75.24	6.92	$1,904
Sep 2008	0	247	101.76	7.88	$1,946
Aug 2008	71	333	114.22	8.48	$10,934
Jul 2008	153	294	131.08	11.39	$23,404
Jun 2008	0	205	131.33	13.03	$2,672
May 2008	0	298	123.17	11.57	$3,449
Apr 2008	0	378	110.31	10.45	$3,952
Mar 2008	0	390	101.90	9.66	$3,769
Feb 2008	0	372	92.53	8.77	$3,263
Jan 2008	0	403	90.38	8.21	$3,307
Dec 2007	0	776	88.33	7.30	$5,666
Nov 2007	0	1,280	91.67	7.29	$9,333
Oct 2007	0	1,441	82.85	6.92	$9,975
Sep 2007	0	1,555	75.84	6.24	$9,710
Aug 2007	1	1,552	69.06	6.39	$9,983
Jul 2007	169	703	70.90	6.39	$16,473
Jun 2007	1	1,388	62.00	7.55	$10,539
May 2007	0	1,578	58.74	7.85	$12,381
Apr 2007	1	1,621	59.61	7.81	$12,712
Mar 2007	0	1,084	56.92	7.30	$7,915
Feb 2007	0	52	55.10	8.22	$427
Jan 2007	175	1,087	50.30	6.73	$16,115
Dec 2006	0	2,215	56.65	6.92	$15,324
Nov 2006	0	628	54.20	7.62	$4,784
Oct 2006	198	2,543	54.90	6.01	$26,163
Sep 2006	0	2,346	60.08	5.04	$11,817
Aug 2006	1	2,211	68.71	7.34	$16,297
Jul 2006	1	2,277	69.37	6.34	$14,512
Jun 2006	198	3,441	66.28	6.38	$35,090
May 2006	1	2,606	66.01	6.42	$16,810
Apr 2006	196	4,460	64.39	7.36	$45,448
Mar 2006	2	633	56.70	7.08	$4,597
Feb 2006	0	460	57.59	7.75	$3,566
Jan 2006	0	527	60.59	8.93	$4,708
Dec 2005	0	431	54.94	13.42	$5,782
Nov 2005	0	382	54.69	10.59	$4,045
Oct 2005	0	620	58.34	13.80	$8,553
Sep 2005	0	407	61.45	12.08	$4,916
Aug 2005	0	81	61.51	9.80	$794
Jul 2005	0	55	55.69	7.84	$431
Jun 2005	0	42	52.33	7.38	$310
May 2005	0	50	45.22	6.65	$333
Apr 2005	0	38	49.20	7.36	$280
Mar 2005	3	1,413	50.37	7.15	$10,261
Feb 2005	195	1,110	45.22	6.31	$15,824
Jan 2005	0	1,075	43.16	6.32	$6,796
Dec 2004	1	778	39.86	6.75	$5,292
Nov 2004	0	1,122	45.28	6.33	$7,103
Oct 2004	194	1,887	49.70	6.52	$21,936
Sep 2004	184	2,411	43.24	5.28	$20,696
Aug 2004	0	1,242	42.37	5.55	$6,894
Jul 2004	0	979	38.28	6.08	$5,956
Jun 2004	1	2,063	36.10	6.43	$13,307
May 2004	188	3,535	37.48	6.49	$30,005
Apr 2004	0	537	34.47	5.86	$3,146
Mar 2004	191	2,168	34.36	5.53	$18,552
Feb 2004	1	2,162	32.45	5.51	$11,944
Jan 2004	192	2,836	32.03	6.30	$24,016
Dec 2003	191	2,429	30.26	6.30	$21,086
Nov 2003	1	2,630	28.80	4.60	$12,114
Oct 2003	199	2,847	28.17	4.76	$19,157
Sep 2003	0	2,646	26.31	4.75	$12,567
Aug 2003	182	2,976	29.76	5.13	$20,682
Jul 2003	1	2,973	29.41	5.17	$15,402
Jun 2003	197	2,948	28.56	5.98	$23,264
May 2003	196	3,398	26.59	5.97	$25,507
Apr 2003	1	4,582	26.67	5.41	$24,803
Mar 2003	196	4,176	31.14	6.10	$31,561
Feb 2003	202	2,844	33.48	7.93	$29,304
Jan 2003	1	2,801	30.31	5.58	$15,666
Dec 2002	200	4,794	26.91	4.85	$28,651
Nov 2002	176	679	24.66	4.14	$7,149
Oct 2002	0	2,703	26.46	4.23	$11,431
Sep 2002	192	2,846	27.44	3.64	$15,614
Aug 2002	0	3,043	25.96	3.16	$9,629
Jul 2002	192	3,000	24.58	3.06	$13,905
Jun 2002	0	4,311	23.73	3.34	$14,391
May 2002	197	3,551	24.66	3.58	$17,585
Apr 2002	1	2,760	23.65	3.51	$9,718
Mar 2002	197	3,297	22.00	3.10	$14,564
Feb 2002	195	3,395	18.22	2.38	$11,618
Jan 2002	203	4,643	17.17	2.38	$14,516
Dec 2001	197	3,906	16.93	2.36	$12,571
Nov 2001	2	4,327	18.07	2.41	$10,445
Oct 2001	198	4,185	19.78	2.53	$14,500
Sep 2001	198	4,252	24.26	2.25	$14,376
Aug 2001	195	4,646	24.87	3.05	$19,035
Jul 2001	196	4,587	23.93	3.20	$19,355
Jun 2001	1	4,759	24.56	3.82	$18,224
May 2001	393	5,021	25.52	4.31	$31,656
Apr 2001	387	4,474	24.68	5.34	$33,421
Mar 2001	0	4,050	24.54	5.38	$21,775
Feb 2001	1	3,999	27.75	5.77	$23,090
Jan 2001	400	5,901	27.47	8.40	$60,549
Dec 2000	199	4,377	26.88	9.12	$45,278
Nov 2000	198	4,366	32.21	5.66	$31,080
Oct 2000	195	5,706	31.23	5.15	$35,450
Sep 2000	190	5,297	31.87	5.19	$33,528
Aug 2000	189	6,375	29.64	4.54	$34,549
Jul 2000	187	5,092	28.53	4.09	$26,160
Jun 2000	190	6,633	29.30	4.40	$34,734
May 2000	193	4,086	27.26	3.68	$20,297
Apr 2000	387	5,924	24.51	3.12	$27,945
Mar 2000	195	6,223	28.42	2.86	$23,338
Feb 2000	191	5,902	27.62	2.73	$21,367
Jan 2000	181	6,164	25.27	2.48	$19,864
Dec 1999	367	6,447	24.28	2.42	$24,536
Nov 1999	183	6,531	23.19	2.43	$20,140
Oct 1999	379	6,985	20.98	2.80	$27,535
Sep 1999	2	7,045	21.75	2.62	$18,493
Aug 1999	192	7,323	19.26	2.88	$24,756
Jul 1999	193	7,407	17.89	2.37	$21,025
Jun 1999	3	7,458	15.94	2.36	$17,664
May 1999	362	6,963	15.79	2.32	$21,877
Apr 1999	1	6,903	15.10	2.21	$15,257
Mar 1999	535	7,671	12.47	1.84	$20,773
Feb 1999	357	7,124	9.98	1.82	$16,513
Jan 1999	0	3,128	10.38	1.90	$5,943
Dec 1998	372	8,632	9.20	1.77	$18,730
Nov 1998	375	9,013	10.89	2.19	$23,784
Oct 1998	363	10,188	12.42	1.97	$24,571
Sep 1998	350	10,117	12.59	2.08	$25,476
Aug 1998	191	10,409	11.30	1.91	$22,012
Jul 1998	184	10,204	11.74	2.24	$24,989
Jun 1998	369	10,697	11.24	2.24	$28,080
May 1998	374	11,227	12.62	2.21	$29,490
Apr 1998	552	10,575	13.04	2.51	$33,692
Mar 1998	372	10,705	12.80	2.31	$29,484
Feb 1998	372	9,917	13.95	2.30	$27,990
Jan 1998	378	10,877	14.70	2.15	$28,994
Dec 1997	371	11,079	16.32	2.41	$32,767
Nov 1997	371	11,136	18.19	3.09	$41,139
Oct 1997	370	12,117	19.25	3.15	$45,289
Sep 1997	367	11,632	17.74	2.95	$40,882
Aug 1997	560	13,064	17.86	2.55	$43,377
Jul 1997	360	12,899	17.58	2.25	$35,312
Jun 1997	181	8,383	17.24	2.26	$22,043
May 1997	552	17,182	18.97	2.31	$50,136
Apr 1997	783	17,597	17.88	2.08	$50,651
Mar 1997	547	19,779	18.95	1.94	$48,720
Feb 1997	1,084	20,137	20.49	2.21	$66,631
Jan 1997	918	23,944	23.48	3.54	$106,309
Dec 1996	546	12,665	23.32	—	$12,733
Nov 1996	909	15,710	21.97	—	$19,971
Oct 1996	752	17,067	23.31	—	$17,529
Sep 1996	928	19,856	22.22	—	$20,620
Aug 1996	1,139	25,189	20.26	—	$23,076
Jul 1996	949	28,051	19.55	—	$18,553
Jun 1996	1,137	22,033	18.73	—	$21,296
May 1996	1,335	24,733	19.43	—	$25,939
Apr 1996	1,142	22,975	21.51	—	$24,564
Mar 1996	1,154	22,263	19.38	—	$22,365
Feb 1996	1,151	25,271	16.98	—	$19,544
Jan 1996	1,697	27,172	17.07	—	$28,968
Dec 1995	1,499	25,242	17.19	—	$25,768
Nov 1995	1,507	29,225	16.00	—	$24,112
Oct 1995	2,241	36,485	15.43	—	$34,579
Sep 1995	2,796	46,783	16.18	—	$45,239
Aug 1995	3,225	48,802	15.92	—	$51,342
Jul 1995	3,351	48,454	15.24	—	$51,069
Jun 1995	3,996	52,275	16.41	—	$65,574
May 1995	3,468	50,898	17.56	—	$60,898
Apr 1995	2,814	53,424	17.73	—	$49,892
Mar 1995	4,144	66,991	16.44	—	$68,127
Feb 1995	3,642	65,005	16.58	—	$60,384
Jan 1995	5,624	84,737	15.92	—	$89,534
Dec 1994	9,515	62,117	15.03	—	$143,010
Nov 1994	4,779	57,059	15.90	—	$75,986
Oct 1994	4,965	61,803	15.58	—	$77,355
Sep 1994	5,133	61,768	15.29	—	$78,484
Aug 1994	4,909	57,704	16.13	—	$79,182
Jul 1994	4,904	61,976	17.56	—	$86,114
Jun 1994	4,960	62,172	17.09	—	$84,766
May 1994	6,329	71,048	15.88	—	$100,505
Apr 1994	6,517	75,879	14.14	—	$92,150
Mar 1994	7,386	82,997	12.46	—	$92,030
Feb 1994	7,367	73,563	12.50	—	$92,088
Jan 1994	10,373	75,884	12.66	—	$131,322
Dec 1993	2,691	16,533	12.33	—	$33,180
Nov 1993	0	629	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	366	1,226	15.85	—	$5,801
Sep 1993	0	1,031	15.03	—	$0
Aug 1993	370	793	15.66	—	$5,794
Jul 1993	192	2,281	15.46	—	$2,968
Jun 1993	0	703	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	185	2,032	17.68	—	$3,271
Apr 1993	168	2,218	18.05	—	$3,032
Mar 1993	187	1,494	18.14	—	$3,392
Feb 1993	189	1,998	17.90	—	$3,383
Jan 1993	191	2,240	16.93	—	$3,234

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.

Feb 2010 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   52 bbl  × $ 73.58 =     $3,826
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  5.44 =         $0

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Month total                                   $3,826

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/20446 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.