DIX, RANSOM

Operated by APACHE CORPORATION (P-5 27200) in the CALDWELL (AUSTIN CHALK) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 20885District 03Field 14710500OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.5 M
Jan 1993 – Nov 2013
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
251
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 256 leases and 330 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1978-06-29
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 1991-11-25.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: PER DOCKET 3-97101 EFF 11-25-91, PERM RULES. 80 ACRE OPT/3250 DIAG

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
OilDisposition61,509 bbl$2,057,969
Casinghead gasProduction106,969 Mcf$423,788
Total$2,481,757

15,671 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 45 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 30.6411, -96.5469. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.64115, -96.54690 · 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%
1 of 1 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
7,876 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
24.0 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 7,876 ft.

Completions filed
May 1989
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
May 2013
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 24.0 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 24.0 years and 24.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-0413087417,876 ftMay 1989May 2013Yes

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 (251)

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

251 months

Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 2012165094.672.92$15,621
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120385.133.02$9
Jun 20121701779.822.52$13,612
May 20121703891.612.49$15,668
Apr 20121707101.652.00$17,294
Mar 2012010105.052.22$22
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 201107083.404.15$290
Jul 201115710294.144.52$15,241
Jun 2011018192.904.64$840
May 201133344798.134.40$34,646
Apr 2011167475105.964.33$19,754
Mar 201117664196.364.06$19,560
Feb 2011034685.644.18$1,446
Jan 201117043786.504.59$16,710
Dec 20103388485.734.35$29,342
Nov 201001180.843.80$42
Oct 20101688478.103.51$13,416
Sep 201017014872.633.98$12,936
Aug 201016314273.684.42$12,637
Jul 201016614972.554.74$12,749
Jun 201016514870.364.91$12,336
May 201017114771.124.24$12,784
Apr 201016717981.694.12$14,380
Mar 201016617678.394.39$13,785
Feb 20101728673.585.44$13,124
Jan 201016114674.365.96$12,843
Dec 200917115871.445.48$13,083
Nov 200915213174.593.75$11,829
Oct 200917113772.544.11$12,967
Sep 200916815465.543.06$11,483
Aug 200915815467.423.22$11,148
Jul 200916115161.133.46$10,365
Jun 200916512666.163.90$11,407
May 200916611454.743.93$9,534
Apr 200915815946.773.59$7,960
Mar 200917116742.144.06$7,884
Feb 200918517332.814.63$6,871
Jan 200916418235.865.37$6,859
Dec 20081632737.105.98$6,209
Nov 200816419155.496.86$10,411
Oct 200818022575.246.92$15,101
Sep 2008181215101.767.88$20,112
Aug 2008166248114.228.48$21,064
Jul 2008173180131.0811.39$24,727
Jun 2008178201131.3313.03$25,996
May 2008175184123.1711.57$23,684
Apr 2008173175110.3110.45$20,913
Mar 2008171221101.909.66$19,561
Feb 200808992.538.77$781
Jan 200817317890.388.21$17,096
Dec 200718818688.337.30$17,964
Nov 200719919491.677.29$19,657
Oct 200719819082.856.92$17,719
Sep 200718819575.846.24$15,476
Aug 200718918669.066.39$14,241
Jul 200718919470.906.39$14,639
Jun 200717320162.007.55$12,243
May 2007014958.747.85$1,169
Apr 200717418959.617.81$11,847
Mar 200717417856.927.30$11,204
Feb 200717315555.108.22$10,806
Jan 200718118550.306.73$10,349
Dec 200616218156.656.92$10,430
Nov 200617813454.207.62$10,668
Oct 200616615954.906.01$10,070
Sep 200617736160.085.04$12,453
Aug 200617739368.717.34$15,046
Jul 200617937169.376.34$14,770
Jun 200635536466.286.38$25,853
May 200618050866.016.42$15,146
Apr 200618345964.397.36$15,162
Mar 200617939056.707.08$12,912
Feb 200617937657.597.75$13,223
Jan 200618735860.598.93$14,528
Dec 200518596454.9413.42$23,096
Nov 20053681,14454.6910.59$32,239
Oct 200517885658.3413.80$22,194
Sep 200521857161.4512.08$20,293
Aug 200518846161.519.80$16,080
Jul 200517736655.697.84$12,728
Jun 200535636452.337.38$21,316
May 200517947645.226.65$11,260
Apr 200518270649.207.36$14,151
Mar 200517247050.377.15$12,026
Feb 200536032445.226.31$18,324
Jan 200535464043.166.32$19,325
Dec 200436842539.866.75$17,538
Nov 200417925445.286.33$9,713
Oct 2004028349.706.52$1,844
Sep 2004018443.245.28$972
Aug 200417140342.375.55$9,482
Jul 200435143038.286.08$16,052
Jun 200418043736.106.43$9,309
May 200416939537.486.49$8,899
Apr 200434544434.475.86$14,493
Mar 200425157634.365.53$11,810
Feb 200417053532.455.51$8,464
Jan 200435554232.036.30$14,785
Dec 200316330930.266.30$6,880
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 200317934228.174.76$6,670
Sep 200334857326.314.75$11,877
Aug 200317861529.765.13$8,452
Jul 200333557529.415.17$12,826
Jun 200335158228.565.98$13,507
May 200317860726.595.97$8,358
Apr 200318189426.675.41$9,661
Mar 200334559531.146.10$14,370
Feb 200318748333.487.93$10,089
Jan 200318193630.315.58$10,711
Dec 200235873526.914.85$13,201
Nov 200232390324.664.14$11,701
Oct 200235884126.464.23$13,029
Sep 200235674727.443.64$12,484
Aug 200219375825.963.16$7,409
Jul 200234647924.583.06$9,971
Jun 200235367523.733.34$10,630
May 20023591,16924.663.58$13,043
Apr 2002544123.653.51$1,667
Mar 20023521,22722.003.10$11,551
Feb 20023511,14418.222.38$9,113
Jan 20021821,35117.172.38$6,334
Dec 20013031,10116.932.36$7,733
Nov 200135081218.072.41$8,278
Oct 20013531,26319.782.53$10,176
Sep 20013521,11924.262.25$11,059
Aug 200117972924.873.05$6,677
Jul 200135293323.933.20$11,406
Jun 200135186924.563.82$11,944
May 200136162125.524.31$11,888
Apr 200134479524.685.34$12,732
Mar 20013191,08724.545.38$13,672
Feb 20015461,06427.755.77$21,288
Jan 200135573427.478.40$15,917
Dec 200037385026.889.12$17,780
Nov 20001831,07332.215.66$11,965
Oct 20003641,15431.235.15$17,306
Sep 20005281,44231.875.19$24,306
Aug 20005421,47929.644.54$22,781
Jul 20003561,45028.534.09$16,087
Jun 20005311,33029.304.40$21,407
May 20003751,12527.263.68$14,362
Apr 20005331,02924.513.12$16,270
Mar 200036394928.422.86$13,030
Feb 20006971,80427.622.73$24,170
Jan 20006801,03225.272.48$19,743
Dec 19996862,03124.282.42$21,579
Nov 19996811,05023.192.43$18,348
Oct 199936083220.982.80$9,885
Sep 199969893721.752.62$17,635
Aug 199932282219.262.88$8,565
Jul 19990517.892.37$12
Jun 19990515.942.36$12
May 19993347715.792.32$5,453
Apr 199918086215.102.21$4,621
Mar 199918182012.471.84$3,765
Feb 19993579709.981.82$5,326
Jan 199907810.381.90$148
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 199855277210.892.19$7,699
Oct 199818744512.421.97$3,199
Sep 199836435812.592.08$5,328
Aug 199808511.301.91$162
Jul 199871350911.742.24$9,509
Jun 199835364311.242.24$5,406
May 199834552612.622.21$5,514
Apr 199835430313.042.51$5,375
Mar 199836132412.802.31$5,369
Feb 199834628513.952.30$5,482
Jan 199875564114.702.15$12,480
Dec 199770459016.322.41$12,912
Nov 199717550918.193.09$4,755
Oct 199768945219.253.15$14,687
Sep 199767680417.742.95$14,368
Aug 199752730517.862.55$10,191
Jul 1997023317.582.25$524
Jun 199734523917.242.26$6,487
May 19975441,01118.972.31$12,654
Apr 19971,06192817.882.08$20,904
Mar 199748625618.951.94$9,706
Feb 19976911,26520.492.21$16,949
Jan 19971,2121,78123.483.54$34,762
Dec 19961,7621,25023.32$41,090
Nov 19961,04066221.97$22,849
Oct 199689132923.31$20,769
Sep 19960022.22$0
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 199615419.55$20
Jun 199634817018.73$6,518
May 1996118819.43$19
Apr 19960021.51$0
Mar 199601019.38$0
Feb 199616035816.98$2,717
Jan 199616496017.07$2,799
Dec 199518317517.19$3,146
Nov 1995010916.00$0
Oct 199516611715.43$2,561
Sep 199517914916.18$2,896
Aug 199517151415.92$2,722
Jul 199551463115.24$7,833
Jun 199535052616.41$5,744
May 199533571517.56$5,883
Apr 199519335517.73$3,422
Mar 19950816.44$0
Feb 199519717616.58$3,266
Jan 199534444815.92$5,476
Dec 199418255215.03$2,735
Nov 199435555615.90$5,645
Oct 199435872715.58$5,578
Sep 199469960815.29$10,688
Aug 199454681416.13$8,807
Jul 199434760917.56$6,093
Jun 199472963917.09$12,459
May 199436764015.88$5,828
Apr 199437375814.14$5,274
Mar 199468549012.46$8,535
Feb 1994923212.50$113
Jan 1994732012.66$89
Dec 199335412612.33$4,365
Nov 199307614.49$0
Oct 199332715.85$48
Sep 19931215.03$15
Aug 199318010015.66$2,819
Jul 199303715.46$0
Jun 19930116.79$0
May 19933344817.68$5,905
Apr 1993011418.05$0
Mar 199335815018.14$6,494
Feb 199317610817.90$3,150
Jan 199303316.93$0

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 2012 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  165 bbl  × $ 94.67 =    $15,621
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.92 =         $0

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Month total                                  $15,621

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/20885 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.