BRISCOE "E"

Operated by SM ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 788997) 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 88737District 04Field 35566500NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$247 k
Jan 1993 – Jun 2012
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
234
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.

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
CondensateDisposition155 bbl$2,875
GasProduction137,860 Mcf$244,530
Total$247,405

51,937 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 28.0449, -99.9754. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

28.04490, -99.97545 · 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
4,996 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
32.0 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 4,996 ft.

Completions filed
Jun 1980
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Jun 2012
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 32.0 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 32.0 years and 32.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-47932692434,996 ftJun 1980Jun 2012Yes

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 (234)

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

234 months

Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
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 200800101.909.66$0
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 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 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 200302228.174.76$105
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 200308126.595.97$484
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 200303730.315.58$207
Dec 200204326.914.85$209
Nov 200206724.664.14$277
Oct 200208226.464.23$347
Sep 200204927.443.64$178
Aug 2002011825.963.16$373
Jul 2002016824.583.06$514
Jun 2002020723.733.34$691
May 2002113324.663.58$501
Apr 2002043023.653.51$1,510
Mar 2002168322.003.10$2,141
Feb 2002168118.222.38$1,636
Jan 2002599917.172.38$2,459
Dec 200113016.932.36$220
Nov 2001667,52618.072.41$19,297
Oct 20013318,80319.782.53$48,203
Sep 200105,24924.262.25$11,817
Aug 2001066124.873.05$2,018
Jul 2001067423.933.20$2,155
Jun 2001077024.563.82$2,945
May 2001184625.524.31$3,670
Apr 200101,06624.685.34$5,687
Mar 2001081824.545.38$4,398
Feb 2001074127.755.77$4,273
Jan 2001184027.478.40$7,082
Dec 2000077926.889.12$7,106
Nov 2000074932.215.66$4,238
Oct 2000281531.235.15$4,256
Sep 2000072631.875.19$3,765
Aug 2000080429.644.54$3,651
Jul 2000076228.534.09$3,116
Jun 2000080329.304.40$3,531
May 2000179027.263.68$2,934
Apr 2000088024.513.12$2,742
Mar 2000088828.422.86$2,539
Feb 2000092127.622.73$2,511
Jan 2000279425.272.48$2,020
Dec 1999094724.282.42$2,295
Nov 1999099323.192.43$2,417
Oct 1999093020.982.80$2,607
Sep 1999094421.752.62$2,472
Aug 1999095319.262.88$2,740
Jul 199901,01717.892.37$2,413
Jun 1999298415.942.36$2,356
May 199921,00715.792.32$2,369
Apr 1999495515.102.21$2,169
Mar 1999097512.471.84$1,792
Feb 199908449.981.82$1,534
Jan 1999098610.381.90$1,873
Dec 199801,0359.201.77$1,835
Nov 1998091610.892.19$2,002
Oct 1998087312.421.97$1,719
Sep 1998076312.592.08$1,589
Aug 1998099011.301.91$1,888
Jul 1998088511.742.24$1,980
Jun 1998097011.242.24$2,170
May 199801,07312.622.21$2,367
Apr 1998092113.042.51$2,307
Mar 199801,00912.802.31$2,330
Feb 1998282813.952.30$1,932
Jan 1998094814.702.15$2,043
Dec 1997287916.322.41$2,152
Nov 1997097618.193.09$3,014
Oct 199701,02019.253.15$3,213
Sep 1997097217.742.95$2,872
Aug 199701,02717.862.55$2,624
Jul 199701,03717.582.25$2,330
Jun 1997193517.242.26$2,128
May 1997093418.972.31$2,156
Apr 1997093717.882.08$1,952
Mar 1997097718.951.94$1,895
Feb 1997290520.492.21$2,037
Jan 199701,07323.483.54$3,798
Dec 199601,09023.32$0
Nov 1996096121.97$0
Oct 1996093423.31$0
Sep 1996091022.22$0
Aug 1996189120.26$20
Jul 1996098219.55$0
Jun 1996091818.73$0
May 1996197919.43$19
Apr 1996097721.51$0
Mar 199611,07619.38$19
Feb 1996192916.98$17
Jan 199601,03117.07$0
Dec 199501,04217.19$0
Nov 1995098516.00$0
Oct 1995093915.43$0
Sep 1995096616.18$0
Aug 1995099915.92$0
Jul 1995088015.24$0
Jun 1995088416.41$0
May 1995089117.56$0
Apr 1995198217.73$18
Mar 199511,31116.44$16
Feb 1995088916.58$0
Jan 199501,01815.92$0
Dec 199411,02215.03$15
Nov 199401,07915.90$0
Oct 199411,13315.58$16
Sep 199411,15515.29$15
Aug 199401,09416.13$0
Jul 199401,03917.56$0
Jun 199401,23717.09$0
May 199411,17315.88$16
Apr 199401,13314.14$0
Mar 199401,24312.46$0
Feb 199401,15112.50$0
Jan 199401,30312.66$0
Dec 199301,32512.33$0
Nov 199301,12714.49$0
Oct 1993091715.85$0
Sep 199311,07015.03$15
Aug 199301,13015.66$0
Jul 199301,35315.46$0
Jun 199301,38616.79$0
May 199301,46717.68$0
Apr 199311,03118.05$18
Mar 199311,45118.14$18
Feb 199301,04817.90$0
Jan 199301,40616.93$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.

Oct 2003 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 28.17 =         $0
Gas                   22 Mcf  × $  4.76 =       $105

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Month total                                     $105

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/88737 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.