SAPP, CHARLES

Operated by BIG CREEK OPERATING COMPANY LLC (P-5 69342) in the BIG CREEK field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 8493District 03Field 07808001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$176 k
Jan 1993 – Dec 2013
Value, last 12 filed months
$9 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
252
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 other leases, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1922-12-31
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: SALT DOME

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
OilDisposition6,777 bbl$175,667
Casinghead gasProduction95 Mcf$151
Total$175,818

46 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 46 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 (4)

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 29.4631, -95.7429. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.1 miles. 1 well has no surveyed location and is left out of it.

29.46316, -95.74283 · centre of 3 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%
4 of 4 wells
With a plug date
75.0%
3 of 4 wells
Median depth
3,636 ft
3 wells filed one
Completion to plug
33.7 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
4100.0%
A plug date is filed
375.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
375.0%
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 3,500 and 3,891 ft, median 3,636 ft, over the 3 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Jul 1974 – Aug 1984
2 of 4 wells; 2 filed none
Plug dates filed
Jul 1984 – Mar 2013
3 of 4 wells; 1 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 33.7 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 31.1 years and 36.2 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

4 wells

42-1570193913,891 ftJul 1984Yes
42-157807562AYes
42-1573038043,636 ftAug 1984Mar 2013Yes
42-1570301533,500 ftJul 1974Mar 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 (252)

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

252 months

Dec 20130091.824.35$0
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 201397093.964.28$9,114
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 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
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 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 20100071.124.24$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 2009162054.743.93$8,868
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 20081240123.1711.57$15,273
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 2007177082.856.92$14,664
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 2005121055.697.84$6,738
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 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 200366028.174.76$1,859
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 2003155026.595.97$4,121
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 2003158033.487.93$5,290
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 2002127026.914.85$3,418
Nov 2002135024.664.14$3,329
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 2002256027.443.64$7,025
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 2002173024.583.06$4,252
Jun 2002150023.733.34$3,560
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 200297023.653.51$2,294
Mar 2002148122.003.10$3,259
Feb 2002161118.222.38$2,936
Jan 20020117.172.38$2
Dec 2001169116.932.36$2,864
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 2001160119.782.53$3,167
Sep 20010124.262.25$2
Aug 2001165124.873.05$4,107
Jul 20010023.933.20$0
Jun 200197124.563.82$2,386
May 2001173125.524.31$4,419
Apr 20010124.685.34$5
Mar 2001114124.545.38$2,803
Feb 20010127.755.77$6
Jan 20010027.478.40$0
Dec 20000126.889.12$9
Nov 20000132.215.66$6
Oct 20000131.235.15$5
Sep 20000131.875.19$5
Aug 20000129.644.54$5
Jul 20000128.534.09$4
Jun 20000129.304.40$4
May 20000027.263.68$0
Apr 20000124.513.12$3
Mar 20000128.422.86$3
Feb 2000113127.622.73$3,124
Jan 20000125.272.48$2
Dec 199994124.282.42$2,285
Nov 199983123.192.43$1,927
Oct 19990120.982.80$3
Sep 19990121.752.62$3
Aug 19990119.262.88$3
Jul 1999109117.892.37$1,952
Jun 19990115.942.36$2
May 19990115.792.32$2
Apr 19990115.102.21$2
Mar 1999162112.471.84$2,022
Feb 1999019.981.82$2
Jan 19990110.381.90$2
Dec 1998019.201.77$2
Nov 19980110.892.19$2
Oct 19980112.421.97$2
Sep 1998127112.592.08$1,601
Aug 19980111.301.91$2
Jul 1998139111.742.24$1,634
Jun 199872111.242.24$812
May 1998177112.622.21$2,236
Apr 19980113.042.51$3
Mar 1998175112.802.31$2,242
Feb 19980113.952.30$2
Jan 19980114.702.15$2
Dec 1997136116.322.41$2,222
Nov 19970118.193.09$3
Oct 1997173019.253.15$3,330
Sep 19970017.742.95$0
Aug 19970017.862.55$0
Jul 199771017.582.25$1,248
Jun 19970017.242.26$0
May 1997157018.972.31$2,978
Apr 19970017.882.08$0
Mar 19970018.951.94$0
Feb 199780020.492.21$1,639
Jan 19970023.483.54$0
Dec 199615023.32$350
Nov 19960121.97$0
Oct 19960123.31$0
Sep 19960122.22$0
Aug 19960120.26$0
Jul 199699019.55$1,935
Jun 19960118.73$0
May 19960119.43$0
Apr 19960121.51$0
Mar 1996114119.38$2,209
Feb 19960116.98$0
Jan 1996118117.07$2,014
Dec 19950117.19$0
Nov 19950116.00$0
Oct 19950115.43$0
Sep 19950116.18$0
Aug 19950115.92$0
Jul 19950115.24$0
Jun 19950116.41$0
May 199570117.56$1,229
Apr 1995133117.73$2,358
Mar 19950116.44$0
Feb 19950116.58$0
Jan 19950115.92$0
Dec 199485115.03$1,278
Nov 19940115.90$0
Oct 19940115.58$0
Sep 19940115.29$0
Aug 19940116.13$0
Jul 19940117.56$0
Jun 19940117.09$0
May 19940115.88$0
Apr 19940114.14$0
Mar 1994140112.46$1,744
Feb 19940112.50$0
Jan 1994123112.66$1,557
Dec 19930112.33$0
Nov 19930114.49$0
Oct 1993155115.85$2,457
Sep 19930115.03$0
Aug 19930115.66$0
Jul 1993133115.46$2,056
Jun 19930116.79$0
May 199379117.68$1,397
Apr 1993122118.05$2,202
Mar 1993174118.14$3,156
Feb 19930117.90$0
Jan 1993164116.93$2,777

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.

Apr 2013 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   97 bbl  × $ 93.96 =     $9,114
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.28 =         $0

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Month total                                   $9,114

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/8493 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.