MIDDLETON, ARCHIE

Operated by DENBURY ONSHORE, LLC (P-5 215343) in the OYSTER BAYOU field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 3313District 03Field 67947001NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$4.5 M
Jan 1993 – Jul 2010
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
210
1 month not filed
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 8 leases and 186 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1941-04-23
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1941-07-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: AOF-1 AND AOF-2 EFFECTIVE 01/01/97.

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
OilDisposition103,645 bbl$1,974,491
Casinghead gasProduction1,229,864 Mcf$2,571,377
Total$4,545,868

313,021 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 (17)

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 29.6955, -94.5157. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.6 miles.

29.69579, -94.51534 · 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
76.5%
13 of 17 wells
With a plug date
41.2%
7 of 17 wells
Median depth
8,481 ft
16 wells filed one
Completion to plug
17.3 years
median over 5 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1376.5%
A plug date is filed
741.2%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
741.2%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
423.5%

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, 16 of 17 wells. Median 8,481 ft, with the middle half between 8,423 and 8,573 ft; the shallowest is 2,353 ft and the deepest 11,350 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, 15 of 17 wells, Mar 1978 – Mar 2023. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Mar 1978 – Mar 2023
15 of 17 wells; 2 filed none
Plug dates filed
Feb 1988 – Nov 2014
7 of 17 wells; 10 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 17.3 years across the 5 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 12.5 years and 26.1 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

17 wells

42-071023092WJul 2012Yes
42-071810631WS2,353 ftFeb 1988Yes
42-0710230418,404 ftMar 2023
42-07130882128,515 ftSep 2022
42-0710231026W8,420 ftSep 2021Yes
42-07102313108,450 ftMay 2021Yes
42-0710231498,612 ftJul 2018Yes
42-071318441511,350 ftSep 2017
42-0710230858,436 ftMar 2017Yes
42-0710230568,379 ftMay 2016Yes
42-0713201714W8,650 ftJul 2014
42-07130367118,512 ftJun 2010Nov 2014Yes
42-0710230788,450 ftFeb 1997Yes
42-071810621W8,560 ftJan 1988Jul 2000Yes
42-07130996138,610 ftAug 1986Nov 2003Yes
42-071023113W8,550 ftJun 1978Jul 2004Yes
42-0710230628,424 ftMar 1978Mar 2011Yes

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 (210)

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

210 months

Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
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 20070075.846.24$0
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 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 200341028.804.60$1,181
Oct 200381028.174.76$2,282
Sep 200337026.314.75$973
Aug 2003218029.765.13$6,488
Jul 2003548029.415.17$16,117
Jun 20038123,41828.565.98$43,640
May 20036301,67026.595.97$26,726
Apr 2003768026.675.41$20,483
Mar 2003565031.146.10$17,594
Feb 20038116,12733.487.93$75,714
Jan 2003716030.315.58$21,702
Dec 2002937026.914.85$25,215
Nov 20021,091024.664.14$26,904
Oct 2002918026.464.23$24,290
Sep 2002790027.443.64$21,678
Aug 2002835025.963.16$21,677
Jul 2002832024.583.06$20,451
Jun 2002958023.733.34$22,733
May 2002722024.663.58$17,805
Apr 2002818023.653.51$19,346
Mar 20029232,49122.003.10$28,035
Feb 20023842,00618.222.38$11,762
Jan 200244110,34717.172.38$32,153
Dec 20017544,67616.932.36$23,821
Nov 20011,0828,16618.072.41$39,195
Oct 200198012,54919.782.53$51,119
Sep 200186814,69924.262.25$54,150
Aug 20011,0802,02624.873.05$33,045
Jul 20019322,94723.933.20$31,725
Jun 20011,0402,16624.563.82$33,826
May 20018681,45525.524.31$28,419
Apr 200154369724.685.34$17,120
Mar 20013344,80724.545.38$34,041
Feb 200125610,77827.755.77$69,262
Jan 20014689,10727.478.40$89,343
Dec 20009137,37626.889.12$91,829
Nov 20007171,99232.215.66$34,365
Oct 20007885,32131.235.15$51,988
Sep 200026515,07131.875.19$86,611
Aug 200025714,59029.644.54$73,867
Jul 200026818,98828.534.09$85,302
Jun 200029521,89729.304.40$104,930
May 200018316,51827.263.68$65,771
Apr 200018815,21724.513.12$52,024
Mar 200042225,17028.422.86$83,973
Feb 200050228,32427.622.73$91,091
Jan 200027319,61525.272.48$55,554
Dec 199938521,31324.282.42$61,005
Nov 19995247,01123.192.43$29,216
Oct 199951720,14020.982.80$67,313
Sep 199955819,12421.752.62$62,219
Aug 199952224,35119.262.88$80,077
Jul 199966424,70117.892.37$70,479
Jun 199956320,29215.942.36$56,906
May 199956926,53115.792.32$70,563
Apr 199961227,25515.102.21$69,422
Mar 199962827,04312.471.84$57,545
Feb 1999883,3889.981.82$7,037
Jan 199967822,34510.381.90$49,492
Dec 199846525,7629.201.77$49,962
Nov 199843728,95210.892.19$68,040
Oct 199845831,03012.421.97$66,793
Sep 199840232,92112.592.08$73,623
Aug 199837726,72511.301.91$55,234
Jul 199848119,50911.742.24$49,294
Jun 199845318,06711.242.24$45,512
May 199864334,53612.622.21$84,313
Apr 199841915,67813.042.51$44,742
Mar 199883310,89712.802.31$35,828
Feb 19985316,97213.952.30$23,437
Jan 19983545,23614.702.15$16,486
Dec 199769311,79416.322.41$39,746
Nov 19976077,90518.193.09$35,454
Oct 19976248,46019.253.15$38,659
Sep 19975228,79417.742.95$35,245
Aug 19972956,14617.862.55$20,970
Jul 19978825517.582.25$2,120
Jun 199756519,92417.242.26$54,713
May 199795419,36718.972.31$62,806
Apr 199773412,17817.882.08$38,488
Mar 199761211,29818.951.94$33,506
Feb 199725910,92220.492.21$29,400
Jan 19975659,81023.483.54$47,991
Dec 19961,7015,99023.32$39,667
Nov 19965552,91521.97$12,193
Oct 19966574,75123.31$15,315
Sep 19964953,23622.22$10,999
Aug 19965413,06020.26$10,961
Jul 19965642,98319.55$11,026
Jun 19965453,37818.73$10,208
May 19966462,48919.43$12,552
Apr 19965363,04821.51$11,529
Mar 19965772,33419.38$11,182
Feb 19965901,70916.98$10,018
Jan 19966301,68917.07$10,754
Dec 19956617,70317.19$11,363
Nov 19958625,33216.00$13,792
Oct 19951,0035,93915.43$15,476
Sep 19951,0579,84116.18$17,102
Aug 19955012,34215.92$7,976
Jul 19954266615.24$6,492
Jun 19958563,24716.41$14,047
May 19958351,82017.56$14,663
Apr 19951,15011,55417.73$20,390
Mar 19951,20416,30216.44$19,794
Feb 19951,19912,22716.58$19,879
Jan 19951,31017,10615.92$20,855
Dec 19941,55313,93615.03$23,342
Nov 19941,4019,42315.90$22,276
Oct 19949691,53015.58$15,097
Sep 19941,0421,54915.29$15,932
Aug 19941,2986,46816.13$20,937
Jul 19941,76414,49517.56$30,976
Jun 19941,2567,17817.09$21,465
May 19941,11123615.88$17,643
Apr 19941,4222,58214.14$20,107
Mar 19941,5253,87312.46$19,002
Feb 19941,4919,52412.50$18,638
Jan 19941,59510,64412.66$20,193
Dec 19931,3187,14812.33$16,251
Nov 19931,6309,72314.49$23,619
Oct 19931,3787,29715.85$21,841
Sep 19931,4925,96315.03$22,425
Aug 19931,6638,53415.66$26,043
Jul 19932,02610,95515.46$31,322
Jun 19931,7148,25116.79$28,778
May 19932,0399,89517.68$36,050
Apr 19931,91612,09618.05$34,584
Mar 19931,7309,27318.14$31,382
Feb 19931,6027,72217.90$28,676
Jan 19931,7783,66516.93$30,102

Not filed, and not zero: May 2010. The Railroad Commission holds no report for those months, so this page shows none — a zero would state that the lease produced nothing.

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.

Nov 2003 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   41 bbl  × $ 28.80 =     $1,181
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.60 =         $0

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Month total                                   $1,181

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/3313 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.