LECHENGER

Name: LECHENGER lease production and value, Jul 1997 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY (P-5 172232) in the BENAVIDES (LOBO CONS.) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 164069District 04Field 070784752 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$855 k

Jul 1997 – Dec 2011

Value, last 12 filed months

$12 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

174

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The BENAVIDES (LOBO 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 247 leases and 247 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1998-02-24

as the register files it

Field class

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 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 2010-11-02.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “PERMITTED/DRILLED/COMPLETED ON THE SAME LEASE.”

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	2	2	1997-10-30 – 2002-04-17	2 dockets
NGPA	2	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	2,762 bbl	$50,254
Gas	Production	236,221 Mcf	$805,115
Total			$855,369

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 27.4720, -99.1870. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.47203, -99.18701 · 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

9,172 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

14.4 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 9,172 ft.

Completions filed

Jul 1997

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Dec 2011

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 14.4 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 14.4 years and 14.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-47934246	10	9,172 ft	Jul 1997	Dec 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 (174)

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

174 months


Dec 2011	0	0	96.87	3.24	$0
Nov 2011	0	0	95.72	3.31	$0
Oct 2011	0	0	84.98	3.65	$0
Sep 2011	0	0	83.62	3.99	$0
Aug 2011	0	0	83.40	4.15	$0
Jul 2011	0	0	94.14	4.52	$0
Jun 2011	0	301	92.90	4.64	$1,397
May 2011	0	614	98.13	4.40	$2,705
Apr 2011	0	733	105.96	4.33	$3,176
Mar 2011	0	715	96.36	4.06	$2,901
Feb 2011	0	402	85.64	4.18	$1,680
Jan 2011	0	53	86.50	4.59	$243
Dec 2010	0	30	85.73	4.35	$130
Nov 2010	0	27	80.84	3.80	$102
Oct 2010	0	27	78.10	3.51	$95
Sep 2010	0	36	72.63	3.98	$143
Aug 2010	0	20	73.68	4.42	$88
Jul 2010	0	10	72.55	4.74	$47
Jun 2010	0	28	70.36	4.91	$137
May 2010	0	23	71.12	4.24	$97
Apr 2010	0	39	81.69	4.12	$161
Mar 2010	0	72	78.39	4.39	$316
Feb 2010	0	64	73.58	5.44	$348
Jan 2010	0	119	74.36	5.96	$710
Dec 2009	0	198	71.44	5.48	$1,086
Nov 2009	0	733	74.59	3.75	$2,750
Oct 2009	0	763	72.54	4.11	$3,136
Sep 2009	0	208	65.54	3.06	$637
Aug 2009	0	740	67.42	3.22	$2,382
Jul 2009	0	218	61.13	3.46	$755
Jun 2009	0	317	66.16	3.90	$1,235
May 2009	0	710	54.74	3.93	$2,787
Apr 2009	0	490	46.77	3.59	$1,758
Mar 2009	0	210	42.14	4.06	$852
Feb 2009	0	158	32.81	4.63	$732
Jan 2009	0	129	35.86	5.37	$693
Dec 2008	0	135	37.10	5.98	$807
Nov 2008	0	131	55.49	6.86	$899
Oct 2008	0	112	75.24	6.92	$775
Sep 2008	0	211	101.76	7.88	$1,662
Aug 2008	0	232	114.22	8.48	$1,968
Jul 2008	0	278	131.08	11.39	$3,166
Jun 2008	0	554	131.33	13.03	$7,220
May 2008	0	423	123.17	11.57	$4,896
Apr 2008	0	316	110.31	10.45	$3,304
Mar 2008	0	691	101.90	9.66	$6,678
Feb 2008	0	701	92.53	8.77	$6,148
Jan 2008	0	304	90.38	8.21	$2,495
Dec 2007	0	146	88.33	7.30	$1,066
Nov 2007	0	95	91.67	7.29	$693
Oct 2007	0	196	82.85	6.92	$1,357
Sep 2007	0	611	75.84	6.24	$3,815
Aug 2007	0	756	69.06	6.39	$4,829
Jul 2007	0	371	70.90	6.39	$2,370
Jun 2007	0	227	62.00	7.55	$1,714
May 2007	0	135	58.74	7.85	$1,059
Apr 2007	0	272	59.61	7.81	$2,123
Mar 2007	0	73	56.92	7.30	$533
Feb 2007	0	112	55.10	8.22	$920
Jan 2007	0	136	50.30	6.73	$915
Dec 2006	0	151	56.65	6.92	$1,045
Nov 2006	0	252	54.20	7.62	$1,920
Oct 2006	0	133	54.90	6.01	$800
Sep 2006	0	183	60.08	5.04	$922
Aug 2006	0	491	68.71	7.34	$3,604
Jul 2006	0	942	69.37	6.34	$5,975
Jun 2006	0	956	66.28	6.38	$6,103
May 2006	0	1,016	66.01	6.42	$6,528
Apr 2006	0	711	64.39	7.36	$5,233
Mar 2006	0	119	56.70	7.08	$843
Feb 2006	0	173	57.59	7.75	$1,341
Jan 2006	0	184	60.59	8.93	$1,644
Dec 2005	0	184	54.94	13.42	$2,468
Nov 2005	0	157	54.69	10.59	$1,662
Oct 2005	0	260	58.34	13.80	$3,587
Sep 2005	0	284	61.45	12.08	$3,430
Aug 2005	0	1,001	61.51	9.80	$9,807
Jul 2005	0	1,201	55.69	7.84	$9,420
Jun 2005	0	1,083	52.33	7.38	$7,994
May 2005	0	985	45.22	6.65	$6,551
Apr 2005	0	205	49.20	7.36	$1,509
Mar 2005	0	223	50.37	7.15	$1,596
Feb 2005	0	775	45.22	6.31	$4,892
Jan 2005	0	476	43.16	6.32	$3,009
Dec 2004	0	598	39.86	6.75	$4,037
Nov 2004	8	763	45.28	6.33	$5,192
Oct 2004	1	897	49.70	6.52	$5,894
Sep 2004	0	924	43.24	5.28	$4,882
Aug 2004	0	1,148	42.37	5.55	$6,372
Jul 2004	62	605	38.28	6.08	$6,054
Jun 2004	0	169	36.10	6.43	$1,087
May 2004	0	169	37.48	6.49	$1,098
Apr 2004	0	44	34.47	5.86	$258
Mar 2004	0	292	34.36	5.53	$1,615
Feb 2004	0	5	32.45	5.51	$28
Jan 2004	0	197	32.03	6.30	$1,241
Dec 2003	0	59	30.26	6.30	$372
Nov 2003	0	140	28.80	4.60	$643
Oct 2003	0	270	28.17	4.76	$1,285
Sep 2003	0	785	26.31	4.75	$3,728
Aug 2003	0	867	29.76	5.13	$4,447
Jul 2003	0	1,286	29.41	5.17	$6,650
Jun 2003	55	1,442	28.56	5.98	$10,198
May 2003	0	574	26.59	5.97	$3,428
Apr 2003	0	210	26.67	5.41	$1,136
Mar 2003	0	241	31.14	6.10	$1,469
Feb 2003	0	187	33.48	7.93	$1,482
Jan 2003	0	203	30.31	5.58	$1,133
Dec 2002	0	526	26.91	4.85	$2,553
Nov 2002	0	962	24.66	4.14	$3,980
Oct 2002	0	1,420	26.46	4.23	$6,005
Sep 2002	0	1,126	27.44	3.64	$4,093
Aug 2002	3	289	25.96	3.16	$992
Jul 2002	43	410	24.58	3.06	$2,312
Jun 2002	0	1,144	23.73	3.34	$3,819
May 2002	0	1,291	24.66	3.58	$4,627
Apr 2002	0	469	23.65	3.51	$1,647
Mar 2002	0	207	22.00	3.10	$642
Feb 2002	60	572	18.22	2.38	$2,452
Jan 2002	0	855	17.17	2.38	$2,031
Dec 2001	0	1,198	16.93	2.36	$2,833
Nov 2001	0	1,026	18.07	2.41	$2,468
Oct 2001	0	1,761	19.78	2.53	$4,453
Sep 2001	1	575	24.26	2.25	$1,319
Aug 2001	0	395	24.87	3.05	$1,206
Jul 2001	0	1,527	23.93	3.20	$4,882
Jun 2001	92	1,885	24.56	3.82	$9,468
May 2001	0	739	25.52	4.31	$3,183
Apr 2001	0	671	24.68	5.34	$3,580
Mar 2001	0	774	24.54	5.38	$4,161
Feb 2001	0	669	27.75	5.77	$3,858
Jan 2001	0	1,210	27.47	8.40	$10,163
Dec 2000	0	1,259	26.88	9.12	$11,485
Nov 2000	0	697	32.21	5.66	$3,944
Oct 2000	0	1,227	31.23	5.15	$6,314
Sep 2000	0	397	31.87	5.19	$2,059
Aug 2000	0	880	29.64	4.54	$3,996
Jul 2000	0	869	28.53	4.09	$3,554
Jun 2000	0	968	29.30	4.40	$4,257
May 2000	102	1,010	27.26	3.68	$6,497
Apr 2000	0	1,556	24.51	3.12	$4,849
Mar 2000	0	1,297	28.42	2.86	$3,709
Feb 2000	57	1,269	27.62	2.73	$5,034
Jan 2000	0	1,663	25.27	2.48	$4,125
Dec 1999	0	1,838	24.28	2.42	$4,455
Nov 1999	0	1,713	23.19	2.43	$4,169
Oct 1999	0	1,202	20.98	2.80	$3,370
Sep 1999	0	523	21.75	2.62	$1,370
Aug 1999	0	937	19.26	2.88	$2,694
Jul 1999	0	318	17.89	2.37	$754
Jun 1999	0	1,963	15.94	2.36	$4,637
May 1999	0	2,384	15.79	2.32	$5,533
Apr 1999	0	2,420	15.10	2.21	$5,343
Mar 1999	0	2,260	12.47	1.84	$4,155
Feb 1999	0	1,792	9.98	1.82	$3,257
Jan 1999	137	1,481	10.38	1.90	$4,236
Dec 1998	0	1,391	9.20	1.77	$2,467
Nov 1998	0	1,967	10.89	2.19	$4,299
Oct 1998	0	2,934	12.42	1.97	$5,778
Sep 1998	0	1,984	12.59	2.08	$4,132
Aug 1998	130	2,726	11.30	1.91	$6,668
Jul 1998	0	4,938	11.74	2.24	$11,048
Jun 1998	158	3,736	11.24	2.24	$10,134
May 1998	0	5,325	12.62	2.21	$11,749
Apr 1998	0	5,740	13.04	2.51	$14,381
Mar 1998	168	8,400	12.80	2.31	$21,550
Feb 1998	0	7,960	13.95	2.30	$18,301
Jan 1998	99	11,146	14.70	2.15	$25,473
Dec 1997	177	12,158	16.32	2.41	$32,203
Nov 1997	346	13,902	18.19	3.09	$49,227
Oct 1997	476	17,056	19.25	3.15	$62,886
Sep 1997	587	19,862	17.74	2.95	$69,103
Aug 1997	0	20,393	17.86	2.55	$52,099
Jul 1997	0	1,354	17.58	2.25	$3,042

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.

Jun 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 92.90 =         $0
Gas                  301 Mcf  × $  4.64 =     $1,397

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Month total                                   $1,397

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/164069 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.