BENTSEN BROS. "B"

Name: BENTSEN BROS. "B" lease production and value, Oct 1994 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by OXY USA INC. (P-5 630591) in the LA COPITA (VICKSBURG CONS.) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 151796District 04Field 507006202 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$2.0 M

Oct 1994 – May 2011

Value, last 12 filed months

$291 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

200

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The LA COPITA (VICKSBURG CONS.) 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 118 leases and 118 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1995-04-25

as the register files it

Field class

Gas

the register's own label

Between wells

600 ft

minimum

From a lease line

467 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 2006-03-28.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “TEST, THE PREVIOUS TEST MUST BE USED.”

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
High Cost Gas	1	1	1997-09-26	133484
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
Condensate	Disposition	9,143 bbl	$496,764
Gas	Production	282,830 Mcf	$1,494,041
Total			$1,990,804

6,268 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 4 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 26.5712, -98.5147. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.57121, -98.51471 · 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%

1 of 1 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

Median depth

9,623 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

11.2 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 9,623 ft.

Completions filed

Apr 2000

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Jun 2011

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 11.2 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 11.2 years and 11.2 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-42701342	7	9,623 ft	Apr 2000	Jun 2011	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 (200)

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

200 months


May 2011	0	0	98.13	4.40	$0
Apr 2011	0	0	105.96	4.33	$0
Mar 2011	0	0	96.36	4.06	$0
Feb 2011	4	2	85.64	4.18	$351
Jan 2011	77	1,539	86.50	4.59	$13,723
Dec 2010	108	1,849	85.73	4.35	$17,298
Nov 2010	248	1,256	80.84	3.80	$24,815
Oct 2010	325	2,017	78.10	3.51	$32,460
Sep 2010	507	2,602	72.63	3.98	$47,178
Aug 2010	515	3,152	73.68	4.42	$51,875
Jul 2010	645	3,913	72.55	4.74	$65,329
Jun 2010	392	2,190	70.36	4.91	$38,335
May 2010	427	2,184	71.12	4.24	$39,618
Apr 2010	142	1,031	81.69	4.12	$15,850
Mar 2010	223	1,224	78.39	4.39	$22,853
Feb 2010	246	1,602	73.58	5.44	$26,819
Jan 2010	149	928	74.36	5.96	$16,614
Dec 2009	96	624	71.44	5.48	$10,280
Nov 2009	95	608	74.59	3.75	$9,367
Oct 2009	125	776	72.54	4.11	$12,257
Sep 2009	18	788	65.54	3.06	$3,595
Aug 2009	18	639	67.42	3.22	$3,270
Jul 2009	22	757	61.13	3.46	$3,967
Jun 2009	11	972	66.16	3.90	$4,514
May 2009	10	734	54.74	3.93	$3,429
Apr 2009	3	529	46.77	3.59	$2,038
Mar 2009	5	909	42.14	4.06	$3,900
Feb 2009	6	1,008	32.81	4.63	$4,867
Jan 2009	19	3,738	35.86	5.37	$20,758
Dec 2008	17	3,438	37.10	5.98	$21,180
Nov 2008	0	0	55.49	6.86	$0
Oct 2008	0	0	75.24	6.92	$0
Sep 2008	0	0	101.76	7.88	$0
Aug 2008	0	178	114.22	8.48	$1,510
Jul 2008	0	616	131.08	11.39	$7,016
Jun 2008	0	0	131.33	13.03	$0
May 2008	0	629	123.17	11.57	$7,280
Apr 2008	0	811	110.31	10.45	$8,479
Mar 2008	0	4,702	101.90	9.66	$45,440
Feb 2008	0	3,836	92.53	8.77	$33,644
Jan 2008	0	2,287	90.38	8.21	$18,767
Dec 2007	0	780	88.33	7.30	$5,696
Nov 2007	0	1,006	91.67	7.29	$7,335
Oct 2007	0	1,578	82.85	6.92	$10,923
Sep 2007	12	762	75.84	6.24	$5,668
Aug 2007	22	1,215	69.06	6.39	$9,281
Jul 2007	11	1,462	70.90	6.39	$10,119
Jun 2007	15	1,349	62.00	7.55	$11,113
May 2007	22	2,067	58.74	7.85	$17,511
Apr 2007	7	770	59.61	7.81	$6,427
Mar 2007	8	842	56.92	7.30	$6,604
Feb 2007	10	927	55.10	8.22	$8,167
Jan 2007	59	1,359	50.30	6.73	$12,109
Dec 2006	52	1,111	56.65	6.92	$10,632
Nov 2006	50	1,291	54.20	7.62	$12,544
Oct 2006	50	1,494	54.90	6.01	$11,730
Sep 2006	9	265	60.08	5.04	$1,876
Aug 2006	1	0	68.71	7.34	$69
Jul 2006	65	3,333	69.37	6.34	$25,649
Jun 2006	23	1,199	66.28	6.38	$9,179
May 2006	22	845	66.01	6.42	$6,881
Apr 2006	24	1,112	64.39	7.36	$9,730
Mar 2006	27	1,122	56.70	7.08	$9,478
Feb 2006	17	733	57.59	7.75	$6,661
Jan 2006	58	1,057	60.59	8.93	$12,957
Dec 2005	55	1,191	54.94	13.42	$18,999
Nov 2005	56	1,157	54.69	10.59	$15,313
Oct 2005	70	1,570	58.34	13.80	$25,743
Sep 2005	52	1,392	61.45	12.08	$20,009
Aug 2005	57	1,184	61.51	9.80	$15,106
Jul 2005	15	1,215	55.69	7.84	$10,365
Jun 2005	14	1,081	52.33	7.38	$8,712
May 2005	26	1,942	45.22	6.65	$14,092
Apr 2005	33	2,211	49.20	7.36	$17,898
Mar 2005	19	1,416	50.37	7.15	$11,088
Feb 2005	31	2,010	45.22	6.31	$14,089
Jan 2005	89	1,983	43.16	6.32	$16,378
Dec 2004	80	1,950	39.86	6.75	$16,353
Nov 2004	74	1,779	45.28	6.33	$14,613
Oct 2004	117	1,990	49.70	6.52	$18,780
Sep 2004	167	2,266	43.24	5.28	$19,194
Aug 2004	168	2,481	42.37	5.55	$20,889
Jul 2004	0	5,276	38.28	6.08	$32,100
Jun 2004	0	4,930	36.10	6.43	$31,715
May 2004	0	6,126	37.48	6.49	$39,786
Apr 2004	0	4,944	34.47	5.86	$28,964
Mar 2004	2	5,741	34.36	5.53	$31,817
Feb 2004	90	5,134	32.45	5.51	$31,207
Jan 2004	0	0	32.03	6.30	$0
Dec 2003	0	0	30.26	6.30	$0
Nov 2003	6	1,533	28.80	4.60	$7,217
Oct 2003	3	850	28.17	4.76	$4,130
Sep 2003	5	1,497	26.31	4.75	$7,241
Aug 2003	10	1,918	29.76	5.13	$10,136
Jul 2003	117	2,091	29.41	5.17	$14,253
Jun 2003	125	1,916	28.56	5.98	$15,033
May 2003	110	2,020	26.59	5.97	$14,990
Apr 2003	106	2,040	26.67	5.41	$13,858
Mar 2003	125	2,120	31.14	6.10	$16,816
Feb 2003	130	1,956	33.48	7.93	$19,855
Jan 2003	5	2,150	30.31	5.58	$12,153
Dec 2002	4	2,289	26.91	4.85	$11,218
Nov 2002	5	2,292	24.66	4.14	$9,605
Oct 2002	4	2,374	26.46	4.23	$10,146
Sep 2002	5	2,261	27.44	3.64	$8,356
Aug 2002	6	2,193	25.96	3.16	$7,095
Jul 2002	26	1,644	24.58	3.06	$5,673
Jun 2002	34	2,222	23.73	3.34	$8,224
May 2002	21	1,237	24.66	3.58	$4,951
Apr 2002	32	1,895	23.65	3.51	$7,413
Mar 2002	39	1,954	22.00	3.10	$6,921
Feb 2002	39	1,930	18.22	2.38	$5,296
Jan 2002	19	1,574	17.17	2.38	$4,066
Dec 2001	13	1,169	16.93	2.36	$2,984
Nov 2001	14	1,213	18.07	2.41	$3,171
Oct 2001	21	1,892	19.78	2.53	$5,200
Sep 2001	15	1,067	24.26	2.25	$2,766
Aug 2001	24	1,659	24.87	3.05	$5,662
Jul 2001	20	1,385	23.93	3.20	$4,907
Jun 2001	94	2,571	24.56	3.82	$12,141
May 2001	120	3,139	25.52	4.31	$16,583
Apr 2001	114	2,681	24.68	5.34	$17,118
Mar 2001	122	2,909	24.54	5.38	$18,634
Feb 2001	90	2,253	27.75	5.77	$15,491
Jan 2001	33	2,966	27.47	8.40	$25,817
Dec 2000	39	3,199	26.88	9.12	$30,231
Nov 2000	35	3,367	32.21	5.66	$20,178
Oct 2000	43	3,932	31.23	5.15	$21,575
Sep 2000	51	4,308	31.87	5.19	$23,969
Aug 2000	60	5,235	29.64	4.54	$25,549
Jul 2000	120	5,233	28.53	4.09	$24,825
Jun 2000	136	4,736	29.30	4.40	$24,810
May 2000	312	11,961	27.26	3.68	$52,519
Apr 2000	168	6,012	24.51	3.12	$22,851
Mar 2000	7	569	28.42	2.86	$1,826
Feb 2000	8	900	27.62	2.73	$2,675
Jan 2000	11	998	25.27	2.48	$2,754
Dec 1999	12	1,054	24.28	2.42	$2,846
Nov 1999	14	1,306	23.19	2.43	$3,503
Oct 1999	22	1,890	20.98	2.80	$5,761
Sep 1999	10	1,087	21.75	2.62	$3,064
Aug 1999	19	2,528	19.26	2.88	$7,635
Jul 1999	54	3,877	17.89	2.37	$10,164
Jun 1999	87	2,794	15.94	2.36	$7,986
May 1999	0	0	15.79	2.32	$0
Apr 1999	0	0	15.10	2.21	$0
Mar 1999	0	0	12.47	1.84	$0
Feb 1999	0	0	9.98	1.82	$0
Jan 1999	0	0	10.38	1.90	$0
Dec 1998	0	0	9.20	1.77	$0
Nov 1998	0	0	10.89	2.19	$0
Oct 1998	0	0	12.42	1.97	$0
Sep 1998	0	0	12.59	2.08	$0
Aug 1998	0	0	11.30	1.91	$0
Jul 1998	0	0	11.74	2.24	$0
Jun 1998	0	0	11.24	2.24	$0
May 1998	0	0	12.62	2.21	$0
Apr 1998	0	0	13.04	2.51	$0
Mar 1998	0	0	12.80	2.31	$0
Feb 1998	0	0	13.95	2.30	$0
Jan 1998	0	0	14.70	2.15	$0
Dec 1997	0	0	16.32	2.41	$0
Nov 1997	0	0	18.19	3.09	$0
Oct 1997	0	0	19.25	3.15	$0
Sep 1997	0	0	17.74	2.95	$0
Aug 1997	0	0	17.86	2.55	$0
Jul 1997	0	0	17.58	2.25	$0
Jun 1997	0	0	17.24	2.26	$0
May 1997	0	0	18.97	2.31	$0
Apr 1997	0	0	17.88	2.08	$0
Mar 1997	0	0	18.95	1.94	$0
Feb 1997	0	0	20.49	2.21	$0
Jan 1997	0	0	23.48	3.54	$0
Dec 1996	0	0	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	0	0	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	0	0	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	0	0	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	0	0	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	0	0	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	0	0	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	0	0	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	0	0	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	0	0	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	0	0	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	0	0	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	0	0	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	0	0	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	0	0	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	0	0	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	0	0	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	0	0	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	0	0	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	0	0	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	0	0	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	0	0	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	0	0	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	2	368	15.92	—	$32
Dec 1994	6	605	15.03	—	$90
Nov 1994	24	3,000	15.90	—	$382
Oct 1994	15	2,295	15.58	—	$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 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             4 bbl  × $ 85.64 =       $343
Gas                    2 Mcf  × $  4.18 =         $8

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $351

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. 04/G/151796 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.