MALAKOFF, M. E.

Operated by CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. (P-5 148113) in the LAREDO (LOBO) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 156833District 04Field 520255002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$823 k
Dec 1995 – Oct 2011
Value, last 12 filed months
$500
at the published price for each month
Months reported
191
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, 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 281 leases and 281 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1976-02-01
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,320 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 1976-02-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: SURVEYS.

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
High Cost Gas112001-08-21144580
NGPA1none

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
CondensateDisposition3,349 bbl$75,353
GasProduction458,163 Mcf$747,583
Total$822,937

228,009 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 12 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 27.4064, -99.4421. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.40639, -99.44208 · 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
7,900 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
12.3 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 7,900 ft.

Completions filed
Jan 1996
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Apr 2008
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 12.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 12.3 years and 12.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-4793635447,900 ftJan 1996Apr 2008Yes

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 (191)

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

191 months

Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20116083.404.15$500
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 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 2008380101.909.66$3,872
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 2007020169.066.39$1,284
Jul 2007014570.906.39$926
Jun 20070862.007.55$60
May 200702658.747.85$204
Apr 2007015459.617.81$1,202
Mar 20077442656.927.30$7,323
Feb 2007019855.108.22$1,627
Jan 200704050.306.73$269
Dec 2006025456.656.92$1,757
Nov 2006016754.207.62$1,272
Oct 2006041454.906.01$2,490
Sep 2006043860.085.04$2,206
Aug 2006057068.717.34$4,184
Jul 2006083569.376.34$5,296
Jun 2006731,02266.286.38$11,363
May 2006058066.016.42$3,727
Apr 2006035364.397.36$2,598
Mar 2006047056.707.08$3,329
Feb 2006030557.597.75$2,364
Jan 2006063260.598.93$5,646
Dec 2005026954.9413.42$3,609
Nov 20055818054.6910.59$5,078
Oct 2005036458.3413.80$5,022
Sep 2005015461.4512.08$1,860
Aug 2005010761.519.80$1,048
Jul 2005014755.697.84$1,153
Jun 2005023452.337.38$1,727
May 2005040245.226.65$2,674
Apr 2005058849.207.36$4,328
Mar 2005026850.377.15$1,918
Feb 2005042745.226.31$2,695
Jan 2005037343.166.32$2,358
Dec 2004056339.866.75$3,801
Nov 2004059745.286.33$3,779
Oct 2004050649.706.52$3,297
Sep 20048535743.245.28$5,562
Aug 2004059342.375.55$3,292
Jul 200401,00738.286.08$6,127
Jun 2004051936.106.43$3,339
May 2004026037.486.49$1,689
Apr 2004027334.475.86$1,599
Mar 2004031334.365.53$1,731
Feb 2004015232.455.51$837
Jan 2004041332.036.30$2,602
Dec 2003037730.266.30$2,376
Nov 2003040828.804.60$1,875
Oct 2003053828.174.76$2,561
Sep 2003068926.314.75$3,272
Aug 2003038729.765.13$1,985
Jul 200314310529.415.17$4,749
Jun 2003017628.565.98$1,053
May 2003021626.595.97$1,290
Apr 2003043926.675.41$2,374
Mar 2003032431.146.10$1,975
Feb 2003025833.487.93$2,045
Jan 2003031230.315.58$1,742
Dec 2002031526.914.85$1,529
Nov 2002027424.664.14$1,134
Oct 2002028526.464.23$1,205
Sep 2002027527.443.64$1,000
Aug 20028531325.963.16$3,197
Jul 2002024724.583.06$756
Jun 2002036523.733.34$1,218
May 2002028324.663.58$1,014
Apr 2002028023.653.51$983
Mar 2002045322.003.10$1,406
Feb 200211820618.222.38$2,639
Jan 2002045717.172.38$1,086
Dec 2001049416.932.36$1,168
Nov 2001040718.072.41$979
Oct 200101,56419.782.53$3,955
Sep 200102,44724.262.25$5,509
Aug 200102,04924.873.05$6,256
Jul 200101,76323.933.20$5,636
Jun 200102,01324.563.82$7,698
May 2001681,66225.524.31$8,894
Apr 200101,08224.685.34$5,773
Mar 200101,26724.545.38$6,812
Feb 2001851,54327.755.77$11,257
Jan 200102,50927.478.40$21,072
Dec 200002,83426.889.12$25,853
Nov 200003,27632.215.66$18,536
Oct 200004,01031.235.15$20,633
Sep 2000673,66831.875.19$21,159
Aug 200004,39929.644.54$19,975
Jul 2000613,97928.534.09$18,013
Jun 2000072429.304.40$3,184
May 2000056327.263.68$2,072
Apr 2000091124.513.12$2,839
Mar 2000034828.422.86$995
Feb 2000095027.622.73$2,590
Jan 200001,43325.272.48$3,555
Dec 199903,42224.282.42$8,294
Nov 199903,16023.192.43$7,691
Oct 199903,11620.982.80$8,736
Sep 199902,93621.752.62$7,689
Aug 199903,13819.262.88$9,024
Jul 199904,29317.892.37$10,185
Jun 1999592,68815.942.36$7,290
May 199903,49615.792.32$8,114
Apr 199902,97915.102.21$6,578
Mar 199902,69812.471.84$4,960
Feb 199902,5569.981.82$4,646
Jan 1999954,19410.381.90$8,954
Dec 199806,8579.201.77$12,160
Nov 199806,06710.892.19$13,261
Oct 199804,41812.421.97$8,700
Sep 199805,99012.592.08$12,475
Aug 19983295,09411.301.91$13,434
Jul 199803,61311.742.24$8,083
Jun 19981771,13711.242.24$4,533
May 199802,26612.622.21$5,000
Apr 19981899,00313.042.51$25,020
Mar 1998089512.802.31$2,067
Feb 1998080713.952.30$1,855
Jan 199802,87914.702.15$6,204
Dec 19972451,92416.322.41$8,637
Nov 19971976,46918.193.09$23,561
Oct 1997010,40919.253.15$32,786
Sep 19971863,95917.742.95$14,998
Aug 199709,81917.862.55$25,085
Jul 1997043917.582.25$986
Jun 19971692,63217.242.26$8,855
May 199718490518.972.31$5,580
Apr 199709,46717.882.08$19,718
Mar 199729511,85418.951.94$28,577
Feb 19971368,11720.492.21$20,692
Jan 199706,27723.483.54$22,219
Dec 199609,20623.32$0
Nov 199612718,07821.97$2,790
Oct 1996022,42423.31$0
Sep 1996024,64422.22$0
Aug 1996020,78320.26$0
Jul 1996020,23419.55$0
Jun 1996023,34418.73$0
May 1996025,51419.43$0
Apr 1996024,02521.51$0
Mar 1996020,47319.38$0
Feb 199609,70416.98$0
Jan 199609,58017.07$0
Dec 19950017.19$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.

Aug 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             6 bbl  × $ 83.40 =       $500
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  4.15 =         $0

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Month total                                     $500

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/156833 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.