SABINE-TRAM, SW UNIT

Operated by CONTINENTAL OPERATING CO. (P-5 173749) in the SABINE TRAM, SW (WILCOX 11,500) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 20519District 03Field 79378400OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$12.8 M
Jan 1993 – Jul 2018
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
307
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 20 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1984-05-09
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,867 ft
minimum
From a lease line
660 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 160 acres. The field rule took effect on 1993-10-11.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: (WILCOX 11500) EFF. 4-24-89. PERMANENT FIELD RULES ADOPTED.

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
OilDisposition411,259 bbl$10,206,888
Casinghead gasProduction1,462,621 Mcf$2,592,097
Total$12,798,986

853,308 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 (9)

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 30.4418, -93.8143. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 3.3 miles.

30.44183, -93.82019 · 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%
9 of 9 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
9 of 9 wells
Median depth
12,010 ft
9 wells filed one
Completion to plug
24.9 years
median over 9 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
9100.0%
A plug date is filed
9100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
9100.0%
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

Total depth in feet, 9 of 9 wells. Median 12,010 ft, with the middle half between 11,907 and 12,100 ft; the shallowest is 11,699 ft and the deepest 12,505 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 9 of 9 wells, May 1985 – Nov 1993. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
May 1985 – Nov 1993
9 of 9 wells
Plug dates filed
Aug 2009 – Dec 2017
9 of 9 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 24.9 years across the 9 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 22.9 years and 27.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

9 wells

42-35130457211,699 ftNov 1993Oct 2016Yes
42-35130399712,050 ftMay 1992Sep 2015Yes
42-351303431B12,505 ftFeb 1992Aug 2009Yes
42-35130397112,010 ftOct 1991Aug 2009Yes
42-35130448511,750 ftOct 1991Sep 2016Yes
42-35130372411,907 ftJul 1989Jun 2016Yes
42-35130385312,000 ftJul 1988Oct 2015Yes
42-35130445812,100 ftMay 1985Nov 2017Yes
42-35130440612,100 ftMay 1985Dec 2017Yes

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 (307)

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

307 months

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 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
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 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 2015105056.152.88$5,896
May 201546055.212.96$2,540
Apr 201590049.822.71$4,484
Mar 201578042.892.93$3,345
Feb 2015192044.662.98$8,575
Jan 2015310043.433.10$13,463
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 2014246070.464.25$17,333
Oct 2014171078.303.90$13,389
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 201459089.394.04$5,274
Jul 2014114096.564.18$11,008
Jun 2014271098.164.74$26,601
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 201459095.944.81$5,660
Mar 201460095.895.06$5,753
Feb 2014138097.406.19$13,441
Jan 201413851290.404.86$14,964
Dec 20135956591.824.35$7,878
Nov 2013047888.853.74$1,787
Oct 201319153997.423.78$20,644
Sep 2013133552104.113.72$15,899
Aug 2013115607104.253.52$14,127
Jul 2013132589102.523.72$15,722
Jun 2013042494.403.93$1,668
May 20137653194.834.15$9,410
Apr 201327934893.964.28$27,705
Mar 2013037093.623.91$1,448
Feb 201320732891.233.42$20,006
Jan 201314831391.603.42$14,627
Dec 201215540486.773.42$14,831
Nov 201216752386.953.62$16,417
Oct 2012061089.383.40$2,074
Sep 201232265294.672.92$32,387
Aug 201221990492.662.91$22,922
Jul 201244998685.133.02$41,202
Jun 201215287979.822.52$14,347
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 2012159267101.652.00$16,696
Mar 20123091,161105.052.22$35,040
Feb 2012261626101.102.57$27,996
Jan 201227794498.092.73$29,752
Dec 20111021,47396.873.24$14,653
Nov 20111481,32095.723.31$18,537
Oct 20114331,83884.983.65$43,502
Sep 20118559083.623.99$9,459
Aug 201117663683.404.15$17,317
Jul 201110560494.144.52$12,613
Jun 20117949192.904.64$9,617
May 20118037298.134.40$9,489
Apr 201177378105.964.33$9,797
Mar 201114549596.364.06$15,981
Feb 20115927785.644.18$6,211
Jan 201122156586.504.59$21,709
Dec 20101361,10785.734.35$16,472
Nov 20102701,17480.843.80$26,283
Oct 20105593,37578.103.51$55,500
Sep 201013664572.633.98$12,444
Aug 20104911,26573.684.42$41,767
Jul 2010055672.554.74$2,633
Jun 201035482870.364.91$28,973
May 20101771,02671.124.24$16,934
Apr 201052478981.694.12$46,058
Mar 201018191578.394.39$18,204
Feb 201018067873.585.44$16,934
Jan 201036097574.365.96$32,585
Dec 200933390571.445.48$28,752
Nov 20096631,30674.593.75$54,353
Oct 20091691,44072.544.11$18,178
Sep 20096881,45765.543.06$49,557
Aug 200901,43367.423.22$4,612
Jul 20093541,29461.133.46$26,123
Jun 20095221,47466.163.90$40,277
May 20091771,65354.743.93$16,178
Apr 20093691,62546.773.59$23,088
Mar 20097201,78942.144.06$37,602
Feb 20093411,37532.814.63$17,559
Jan 200973265935.865.37$29,789
Dec 200801,07237.105.98$6,407
Nov 200836770155.496.86$25,174
Oct 200836985075.246.92$33,647
Sep 2008165328101.767.88$19,374
Aug 2008711357114.228.48$84,239
Jul 2008365527131.0811.39$53,846
Jun 20085471,287131.3313.03$88,611
May 2008337432123.1711.57$46,508
Apr 2008492828110.3110.45$62,929
Mar 2008322834101.909.66$40,872
Feb 200865882292.538.77$68,094
Jan 200848167490.388.21$49,003
Dec 20074971,24588.337.30$52,991
Nov 20071651,09591.677.29$23,110
Oct 20074871,22582.856.92$48,827
Sep 20073181,72775.846.24$34,901
Aug 20077941,98569.066.39$67,514
Jul 20073272,28270.906.39$37,762
Jun 20075102,42662.007.55$49,933
May 20073431,87258.747.85$34,836
Apr 20078511,68559.617.81$63,880
Mar 20071,1812,25256.927.30$83,667
Feb 20075151,78855.108.22$43,067
Jan 200732543050.306.73$19,240
Dec 20061,5471,98456.656.92$101,364
Nov 20064752,67954.207.62$46,152
Oct 20068142,40154.906.01$59,128
Sep 20066772,39460.085.04$52,733
Aug 20066782,63668.717.34$65,933
Jul 20061,1282,93469.376.34$96,859
Jun 20066772,90366.286.38$63,404
May 20061,1592,56366.016.42$92,973
Apr 20068462,55664.397.36$73,287
Mar 20061,1672,66256.707.08$85,024
Feb 20064893,03357.597.75$51,671
Jan 20068353,57960.598.93$82,565
Dec 20051,1692,61154.9413.42$99,252
Nov 20051691,50054.6910.59$25,125
Oct 2005162058.3413.80$9,451
Sep 20057962,17361.4512.08$75,162
Aug 20059393,19261.519.80$89,029
Jul 20051,2793,38455.697.84$97,770
Jun 20051,1693,64152.337.38$88,048
May 20051,1643,75545.226.65$77,611
Apr 20051,1613,65049.207.36$83,987
Mar 20051,1752,77850.377.15$79,061
Feb 20051,1803,02945.226.31$72,478
Jan 20051,1833,39143.166.32$72,497
Dec 20041,0042,64139.866.75$57,849
Nov 20041,173045.286.33$53,113
Oct 20041,3052,23949.706.52$79,446
Sep 20049863,77143.245.28$62,560
Aug 20041,1494,11042.375.55$71,496
Jul 20049593,85038.286.08$60,135
Jun 20049443,32836.106.43$55,487
May 20049973,86037.486.49$62,437
Apr 20041,0572,95134.475.86$53,723
Mar 20041,1862,40534.365.53$54,051
Feb 20041,3593,71132.455.51$64,546
Jan 20041,5362,64832.036.30$65,880
Dec 20038404,17630.266.30$51,734
Nov 20031,5153,90628.804.60$61,581
Oct 20031,3133,84528.174.76$55,288
Sep 20031,3544,17926.314.75$55,471
Aug 20031,1444,46729.765.13$56,960
Jul 20031,3255,26429.415.17$66,188
Jun 20031,1613,97528.565.98$56,940
May 20031,5134,64926.595.97$67,998
Apr 20031,3434,65826.675.41$61,005
Mar 20031,3753,44731.146.10$63,831
Feb 20031,1713,18833.487.93$64,473
Jan 20031,3613,89530.315.58$62,994
Dec 20021,5003,87626.914.85$59,178
Nov 20021,1754,14924.664.14$46,140
Oct 20021,4655,54826.464.23$62,227
Sep 20021,1624,55227.443.64$48,433
Aug 20021,5495,50025.963.16$57,615
Jul 20021,4824,49924.583.06$50,202
Jun 20021,0365,13023.733.34$41,709
May 20021,3834,24624.663.58$49,322
Apr 20021,5943,74023.653.51$50,834
Mar 20021,5412,33222.003.10$41,138
Feb 20021,2102,24118.222.38$27,370
Jan 20021,2213,03017.172.38$28,163
Dec 20011,2883,62916.932.36$30,386
Nov 20011,1144,68818.072.41$31,407
Oct 20011,4494,96719.782.53$41,222
Sep 20011,1634,36624.262.25$38,044
Aug 20011,3794,44724.873.05$47,873
Jul 20011,1704,72323.933.20$43,098
Jun 20011,0784,39024.563.82$43,264
May 20011,2284,50025.524.31$50,722
Apr 20011,5454,33724.685.34$61,270
Mar 20011,4844,58724.545.38$61,079
Feb 20019304,72627.755.77$53,063
Jan 20011,1355,59427.478.40$78,161
Dec 20001,1885,04426.889.12$77,947
Nov 20008946,71732.215.66$66,801
Oct 20001,3295,12331.235.15$67,865
Sep 20001,3164,57431.875.19$65,664
Aug 20001,2175,32029.644.54$60,229
Jul 20001,1584,89628.534.09$53,061
Jun 20001,2045,59429.304.40$59,875
May 20006561,55527.263.68$23,605
Apr 20001,0886,34724.513.12$46,444
Mar 20001,8017,16328.422.86$71,669
Feb 20008135,18727.622.73$36,597
Jan 20001,1334,62825.272.48$40,111
Dec 19991,497024.282.42$36,347
Nov 19991,1364,47923.192.43$37,246
Oct 19991,1304,37220.982.80$35,965
Sep 19991,4394,80421.752.62$43,879
Aug 19991,2165,55119.262.88$39,383
Jul 19991,0755,37017.892.37$31,971
Jun 19991,3095,35215.942.36$33,507
May 19992,0985,70215.792.32$46,362
Apr 19991,2905,54115.102.21$31,714
Mar 19991,2335,89012.471.84$26,203
Feb 19991,2664,9429.981.82$21,618
Jan 19991,2314,23510.381.90$20,824
Dec 19982,1414,9249.201.77$28,429
Nov 19981,4605,42010.892.19$27,746
Oct 19981,7784,72612.421.97$31,389
Sep 19981,5586,76712.592.08$33,708
Aug 19981,7017,07711.301.91$32,720
Jul 19981,9226,76211.742.24$37,693
Jun 19981,3695,20711.242.24$27,037
May 19981,7738,11412.622.21$40,278
Apr 19981,737013.042.51$22,650
Mar 19981,876012.802.31$24,013
Feb 19981,6676,71913.952.30$38,703
Jan 19982,0305,77714.702.15$42,289
Dec 19972,1495,86216.322.41$49,206
Nov 19971,6676,52518.193.09$50,474
Oct 19972,1746,67719.253.15$62,881
Sep 19971,4267,07117.742.95$46,191
Aug 19971,9297,28017.862.55$53,050
Jul 19972,1857,20817.582.25$54,608
Jun 19971,8728,28717.242.26$50,979
May 19972,0709,07918.972.31$60,227
Apr 19972,5848,50817.882.08$63,922
Mar 19971,7099,24218.951.94$50,307
Feb 19972,1818,28320.492.21$62,960
Jan 19972,0719,40623.483.54$81,922
Dec 19962,1447,79023.32$49,998
Nov 19962,2599,60921.97$49,630
Oct 19962,43310,32723.31$56,713
Sep 19962,20610,37022.22$49,017
Aug 19962,380020.26$48,219
Jul 19961,9908,05319.55$38,905
Jun 19962,1697,37718.73$40,625
May 19962,1419,81019.43$41,600
Apr 19962,2139,05321.51$47,602
Mar 19962,1509,73119.38$41,667
Feb 19961,5118,05316.98$25,657
Jan 19961,5995,10217.07$27,295
Dec 19951,7195,30717.19$29,550
Nov 19951,8345,62016.00$29,344
Oct 19952,1676,77215.43$33,437
Sep 19952,2377,15516.18$36,195
Aug 19951,8976,00015.92$30,200
Jul 19951,9007,57315.24$28,956
Jun 19952,3678,03616.41$38,842
May 19952,3577,71817.56$41,389
Apr 19952,1798,71117.73$38,634
Mar 19952,4058,45816.44$39,538
Feb 19952,5208,01116.58$41,782
Jan 19953,23010,69615.92$51,422
Dec 19943,36711,98615.03$50,606
Nov 19943,30713,26215.90$52,581
Oct 19943,72613,94915.58$58,051
Sep 19943,77914,70515.29$57,781
Aug 19944,08315,77116.13$65,859
Jul 19944,28715,82617.56$75,280
Jun 19944,30016,68517.09$73,487
May 19944,60716,51415.88$73,159
Apr 19944,77019,52114.14$67,448
Mar 19945,76923,02112.46$71,882
Feb 19945,55121,01612.50$69,388
Jan 19946,24923,42812.66$79,112
Dec 19936,71122,62312.33$82,747
Nov 19936,74025,86314.49$97,663
Oct 19937,12724,59715.85$112,963
Sep 19937,72726,88415.03$116,137
Aug 19937,98631,81215.66$125,061
Jul 199310,59036,91715.46$163,721
Jun 199311,86843,53616.79$199,264
May 199312,52751,45317.68$221,477
Apr 199314,72956,99118.05$265,858
Mar 199315,93559,20118.14$289,061
Feb 19938,59136,85217.90$153,779
Jan 199310,63145,56316.93$179,983

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.

Jun 2015 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  105 bbl  × $ 56.15 =     $5,896
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.88 =         $0

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Month total                                   $5,896

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/20519 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.