CHAPMAN - HEIRS "A"

Operated by VENTEX OPERATING CORP. (P-5 884527) in the ARNOLD--DAVID (10,400) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 73725District 04Field 03776955NGPA filingGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$227 k
Jan 1993 – Feb 2013
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
242
no gaps in the span
Streams
1
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 10 leases and 10 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1977-11-02
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
no field rule filed
From a lease line
no field rule filed

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: CHANGED TO A ONE WELL FIELD , EFFECTIVE 2/1/2016

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
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
GasProduction104,463 Mcf$226,998
Total$226,998

41,384 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 (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 27.5739, -97.5832. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.57389, -97.58322 · 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
10,705 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
35.3 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 10,705 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1977
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Feb 2013
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 35.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 35.3 years and 35.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-355311561810,705 ftNov 1977Feb 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 (242)

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

242 months

Feb 2013091.233.42$0
Jan 2013091.603.42$0
Dec 2012086.773.42$0
Nov 2012086.953.62$0
Oct 2012089.383.40$0
Sep 2012094.672.92$0
Aug 2012092.662.91$0
Jul 2012085.133.02$0
Jun 2012079.822.52$0
May 2012091.612.49$0
Apr 20120101.652.00$0
Mar 20120105.052.22$0
Feb 20120101.102.57$0
Jan 20125198.092.73$139
Dec 201112196.873.24$392
Nov 201113095.723.31$430
Oct 201113584.983.65$493
Sep 201113783.623.99$546
Aug 201115183.404.15$627
Jul 201115194.144.52$682
Jun 20118692.904.64$399
May 201114798.134.40$648
Apr 2011157105.964.33$680
Mar 201116396.364.06$661
Feb 201115885.644.18$660
Jan 2011086.504.59$0
Dec 2010085.734.35$0
Nov 2010080.843.80$0
Oct 20104078.103.51$140
Sep 201014672.633.98$581
Aug 201015173.684.42$667
Jul 201015672.554.74$739
Jun 201015670.364.91$766
May 201045271.124.24$1,914
Apr 201042781.694.12$1,760
Mar 201044378.394.39$1,944
Feb 201039973.585.44$2,172
Jan 201029874.365.96$1,777
Dec 200914771.445.48$806
Nov 200914374.593.75$536
Oct 200914972.544.11$612
Sep 200914365.543.06$438
Aug 200914967.423.22$480
Jul 200914861.133.46$513
Jun 200928866.163.90$1,122
May 200929954.743.93$1,174
Apr 200928646.773.59$1,026
Mar 200929942.144.06$1,214
Feb 200927032.814.63$1,251
Jan 200929535.865.37$1,584
Dec 200828937.105.98$1,727
Nov 200828955.496.86$1,983
Oct 200850575.246.92$3,496
Sep 2008636101.767.88$5,010
Aug 2008125114.228.48$1,060
Jul 20080131.0811.39$0
Jun 20080131.3313.03$0
May 20080123.1711.57$0
Apr 20080110.3110.45$0
Mar 20080101.909.66$0
Feb 2008092.538.77$0
Jan 2008090.388.21$0
Dec 2007088.337.30$0
Nov 2007091.677.29$0
Oct 2007082.856.92$0
Sep 2007075.846.24$0
Aug 2007069.066.39$0
Jul 2007070.906.39$0
Jun 2007062.007.55$0
May 2007058.747.85$0
Apr 2007059.617.81$0
Mar 2007056.927.30$0
Feb 2007055.108.22$0
Jan 2007050.306.73$0
Dec 2006056.656.92$0
Nov 2006054.207.62$0
Oct 2006054.906.01$0
Sep 2006060.085.04$0
Aug 2006068.717.34$0
Jul 2006069.376.34$0
Jun 2006066.286.38$0
May 2006066.016.42$0
Apr 2006064.397.36$0
Mar 2006056.707.08$0
Feb 2006057.597.75$0
Jan 2006060.598.93$0
Dec 2005054.9413.42$0
Nov 2005054.6910.59$0
Oct 20052058.3413.80$276
Sep 20051861.4512.08$217
Aug 20051661.519.80$157
Jul 20051055.697.84$78
Jun 20051052.337.38$74
May 2005845.226.65$53
Apr 20051049.207.36$74
Mar 20051650.377.15$114
Feb 20051045.226.31$63
Jan 20053143.166.32$196
Dec 20041039.866.75$68
Nov 20042245.286.33$139
Oct 20043049.706.52$195
Sep 20043843.245.28$201
Aug 200415742.375.55$871
Jul 200450438.286.08$3,066
Jun 200410736.106.43$688
May 20043537.486.49$227
Apr 20046334.475.86$369
Mar 200415634.365.53$863
Feb 200423332.455.51$1,284
Jan 200430932.036.30$1,947
Dec 200339530.266.30$2,489
Nov 200312628.804.60$579
Oct 200314628.174.76$695
Sep 200310226.314.75$484
Aug 20033329.765.13$169
Jul 20032029.415.17$103
Jun 200318528.565.98$1,107
May 200364026.595.97$3,823
Apr 200345726.675.41$2,471
Mar 200346731.146.10$2,847
Feb 200356933.487.93$4,510
Jan 200315730.315.58$876
Dec 200215226.914.85$738
Nov 200268224.664.14$2,821
Oct 200278426.464.23$3,316
Sep 20021,06227.443.64$3,861
Aug 200294125.963.16$2,977
Jul 20021,01124.583.06$3,095
Jun 200294223.733.34$3,145
May 20021,00424.663.58$3,598
Apr 200288523.653.51$3,108
Mar 200294122.003.10$2,920
Feb 200284918.222.38$2,017
Jan 200269017.172.38$1,639
Dec 200165916.932.36$1,558
Nov 200163818.072.41$1,535
Oct 200162819.782.53$1,588
Sep 200158824.262.25$1,324
Aug 200178424.873.05$2,394
Jul 200175923.933.20$2,427
Jun 200175924.563.82$2,903
May 200178525.524.31$3,381
Apr 200175724.685.34$4,039
Mar 200194224.545.38$5,065
Feb 20011,21627.755.77$7,013
Jan 200132227.478.40$2,704
Dec 200040326.889.12$3,676
Nov 200027132.215.66$1,533
Oct 200058831.235.15$3,026
Sep 200063831.875.19$3,309
Aug 200054629.644.54$2,479
Jul 20001028.534.09$41
Jun 200032529.304.40$1,429
May 200019927.263.68$732
Apr 200049724.513.12$1,549
Mar 200072028.422.86$2,059
Feb 200069227.622.73$1,887
Jan 200077425.272.48$1,920
Dec 199955524.282.42$1,345
Nov 199928723.192.43$699
Oct 199939520.982.80$1,107
Sep 199946121.752.62$1,207
Aug 19991,07319.262.88$3,086
Jul 199979117.892.37$1,877
Jun 19991,29815.942.36$3,066
May 19991,24615.792.32$2,892
Apr 19991,24215.102.21$2,742
Mar 19998512.471.84$156
Feb 199909.981.82$0
Jan 199917010.381.90$323
Dec 19981569.201.77$277
Nov 199862310.892.19$1,362
Oct 199828212.421.97$555
Sep 199852812.592.08$1,100
Aug 199881011.301.91$1,545
Jul 19981,13311.742.24$2,535
Jun 199879711.242.24$1,783
May 19981,05612.622.21$2,330
Apr 19981,37313.042.51$3,440
Mar 19981,21212.802.31$2,799
Feb 19981,04513.952.30$2,403
Jan 199850714.702.15$1,092
Dec 19971,31516.322.41$3,171
Nov 19971,45218.193.09$4,484
Oct 199784619.253.15$2,665
Sep 199780817.742.95$2,388
Aug 199745217.862.55$1,155
Jul 199726917.582.25$604
Jun 19978517.242.26$192
May 199765818.972.31$1,519
Apr 199726517.882.08$552
Mar 199766718.951.94$1,293
Feb 199763920.492.21$1,410
Jan 199723023.483.54$814
Dec 199639223.32$0
Nov 199636921.97$0
Oct 199652723.31$0
Sep 199643322.22$0
Aug 199620520.26$0
Jul 199637919.55$0
Jun 199628418.73$0
May 199638819.43$0
Apr 199653521.51$0
Mar 199638219.38$0
Feb 199620916.98$0
Jan 199677417.07$0
Dec 199551317.19$0
Nov 199538716.00$0
Oct 199549615.43$0
Sep 199541616.18$0
Aug 199574215.92$0
Jul 199531315.24$0
Jun 199520216.41$0
May 199517117.56$0
Apr 199510017.73$0
Mar 1995016.44$0
Feb 199510316.58$0
Jan 1995015.92$0
Dec 199415315.03$0
Nov 199421815.90$0
Oct 199448415.58$0
Sep 199462715.29$0
Aug 199463516.13$0
Jul 199441217.56$0
Jun 199419617.09$0
May 199418415.88$0
Apr 199416814.14$0
Mar 19945912.46$0
Feb 19943912.50$0
Jan 19941512.66$0
Dec 19931,07312.33$0
Nov 19934,17314.49$0
Oct 19934,72515.85$0
Sep 19932,41015.03$0
Aug 19934,87515.66$0
Jul 19934,34215.46$0
Jun 19932,06916.79$0
May 199338717.68$0
Apr 19931,65418.05$0
Mar 19931,18818.14$0
Feb 19931,26017.90$0
Jan 19931,71816.93$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.

Jan 2012 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Gas                   51 Mcf  × $  2.73 =       $139

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Month total                                     $139

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/73725 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.