GATES RANCH

Operated by ST. MARY LAND & EXPLORATION CO. (P-5 810874) in the GOLD RIVER, NORTH (OLMOS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 81552District 04Field 35566500CondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$845 k
Jan 1993 – Jun 2009
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
198
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 830 leases and 840 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1978-10-01
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
933 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 2005-10-25.

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

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
CondensateDisposition618 bbl$13,392
GasProduction452,394 Mcf$831,203
Total$844,595

207,020 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 28.0950, -99.8037. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

28.09502, -99.80371 · 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
5,850 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
30.4 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 5,850 ft.

Completions filed
Jan 1979
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Jun 2009
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 30.4 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 30.4 years and 30.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-47932186H 45,850 ftJan 1979Jun 2009Yes

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 (198)

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

198 months

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 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 200701288.337.30$88
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
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 200604960.598.93$438
Dec 2005019254.9413.42$2,576
Nov 2005018754.6910.59$1,980
Oct 2005019558.3413.80$2,690
Sep 2005031261.4512.08$3,769
Aug 2005021961.519.80$2,146
Jul 2005023955.697.84$1,875
Jun 2005021052.337.38$1,550
May 2005029745.226.65$1,975
Apr 2005010049.207.36$736
Mar 2005015950.377.15$1,138
Feb 2005037345.226.31$2,354
Jan 2005032643.166.32$2,061
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 200408245.286.33$519
Oct 2004038249.706.52$2,489
Sep 2004011043.245.28$581
Aug 200401,00642.375.55$5,584
Jul 200402,47838.286.08$15,077
Jun 200402,77636.106.43$17,858
May 200402,45337.486.49$15,931
Apr 200402,30534.475.86$13,504
Mar 2004025534.365.53$1,410
Feb 2004022832.455.51$1,256
Jan 2004024532.036.30$1,543
Dec 2003026330.266.30$1,657
Nov 2003028828.804.60$1,323
Oct 2003131328.174.76$1,518
Sep 2003041226.314.75$1,957
Aug 2003266029.765.13$3,445
Jul 2003089729.415.17$4,638
Jun 2003092428.565.98$5,528
May 2003694426.595.97$5,798
Apr 2003081226.675.41$4,391
Mar 2003691631.146.10$5,771
Feb 2003564033.487.93$5,240
Jan 2003681230.315.58$4,714
Dec 2002090126.914.85$4,373
Nov 200201,34424.664.14$5,560
Oct 200271,38526.464.23$6,043
Sep 200201,48627.443.64$5,402
Aug 200281,47125.963.16$4,862
Jul 200201,66924.583.06$5,110
Jun 200231,76523.733.34$5,963
May 200281,80824.663.58$6,677
Apr 200201,33123.653.51$4,675
Mar 200281,47722.003.10$4,759
Feb 200281,07918.222.38$2,709
Jan 200201,36617.172.38$3,245
Dec 2001101,65316.932.36$4,078
Nov 2001111,60218.072.41$4,052
Oct 2001132,22419.782.53$5,881
Sep 200101,90224.262.25$4,282
Aug 200103,58124.873.05$10,933
Jul 2001153,66923.933.20$12,089
Jun 200103,81224.563.82$14,578
May 2001122,89625.524.31$12,780
Apr 2001112,73424.685.34$14,858
Mar 2001253,00224.545.38$16,754
Feb 2001132,87027.755.77$16,912
Jan 2001143,19727.478.40$27,235
Dec 200003,14526.889.12$28,690
Nov 2000163,13132.215.66$18,231
Oct 2000122,88131.235.15$15,199
Sep 2000122,79331.875.19$14,868
Aug 2000113,17129.644.54$14,725
Jul 200003,47228.534.09$14,200
Jun 2000123,62529.304.40$16,292
May 2000233,60827.263.68$13,904
Apr 200003,04424.513.12$9,485
Mar 200002,96628.422.86$8,482
Feb 2000253,20527.622.73$9,429
Jan 200003,87625.272.48$9,614
Dec 199983,60624.282.42$8,934
Nov 199902,85823.192.43$6,956
Oct 1999113,58720.982.80$10,288
Sep 199903,57221.752.62$9,355
Aug 199903,66719.262.88$10,545
Jul 1999113,60517.892.37$8,749
Jun 199903,58715.942.36$8,473
May 1999123,67015.792.32$8,708
Apr 199902,89115.102.21$6,383
Mar 1999163,74812.471.84$7,090
Feb 199903,6089.981.82$6,559
Jan 199903,12010.381.90$5,928
Dec 1998232,9069.201.77$5,365
Nov 199802,73710.892.19$5,982
Oct 199802,43312.421.97$4,791
Sep 199802,93812.592.08$6,119
Aug 199803,48111.301.91$6,639
Jul 199853,67911.742.24$8,290
Jun 199803,72911.242.24$8,343
May 199803,92812.622.21$8,667
Apr 199893,80913.042.51$9,660
Mar 1998104,00112.802.31$9,368
Feb 199803,68913.952.30$8,481
Jan 1998114,01614.702.15$8,815
Dec 199704,14216.322.41$9,987
Nov 199703,87818.193.09$11,976
Oct 1997114,19819.253.15$13,435
Sep 199704,08617.742.95$12,074
Aug 1997114,21817.862.55$10,972
Jul 199704,30617.582.25$9,675
Jun 199704,22817.242.26$9,543
May 1997194,36718.972.31$10,442
Apr 199704,48717.882.08$9,345
Mar 1997104,28118.951.94$8,491
Feb 1997104,01420.492.21$9,059
Jan 199704,09223.483.54$14,484
Dec 1996104,27123.32$233
Nov 199603,93621.97$0
Oct 1996104,14123.31$233
Sep 1996114,07422.22$244
Aug 199604,27020.26$0
Jul 199604,42319.55$0
Jun 1996103,81518.73$187
May 199694,02119.43$175
Apr 199604,02121.51$0
Mar 1996204,08719.38$388
Feb 1996103,55216.98$170
Jan 199694,04917.07$154
Dec 199504,08017.19$0
Nov 199593,85416.00$144
Oct 199594,09715.43$139
Sep 199564,10116.18$97
Aug 199554,46315.92$80
Jul 199504,39015.24$0
Jun 199544,27516.41$66
May 199504,28717.56$0
Apr 199543,76317.73$71
Mar 199543,40816.44$66
Feb 199533,46816.58$50
Jan 199504,00115.92$0
Dec 199404,14815.03$0
Nov 199404,37015.90$0
Oct 199404,54215.58$0
Sep 199404,27715.29$0
Aug 199404,85416.13$0
Jul 199404,73317.56$0
Jun 199404,35917.09$0
May 199404,44715.88$0
Apr 199404,55114.14$0
Mar 199404,74912.46$0
Feb 199404,33712.50$0
Jan 199404,33112.66$0
Dec 199304,26612.33$0
Nov 199304,71614.49$0
Oct 199304,71915.85$0
Sep 199304,59315.03$0
Aug 199304,81215.66$0
Jul 199304,54015.46$0
Jun 199304,53916.79$0
May 199304,67817.68$0
Apr 199304,76218.05$0
Mar 199354,94818.14$91
Feb 199304,49617.90$0
Jan 199305,40616.93$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.

Dec 2007 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 88.33 =         $0
Gas                   12 Mcf  × $  7.30 =        $88

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Month total                                      $88

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/81552 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.