HELLEN, DANA "A"

Name: HELLEN, DANA "A" lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by HUGHES, DAN A. COMPANY, L.P. (P-5 411736) in the EL MESQUITE (5200) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 11657District 04Field 28054730OilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$2.7 M

Jan 1993 – Feb 2009

Value, last 12 filed months

$594

at the published price for each month

Months reported

194

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The EL MESQUITE (5200) 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 49 leases and 96 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1988-04-05

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and 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 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 1989-08-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “A 320 AC. WELL”

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
Oil	Disposition	82,273 bbl	$1,489,846
Casinghead gas	Production	1,429,928 Mcf	$1,259,671
Total			$2,749,517

962,153 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 (8)

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 27.3281, -98.7698. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.9 miles.

27.32847, -98.77018 · 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%

8 of 8 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

8 of 8 wells

Median depth

5,310 ft

8 wells filed one

Completion to plug

17.8 years

median over 8 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

8100.0%

A plug date is filed

8100.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

8100.0%

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

Total depth in feet, 8 of 8 wells. Median 5,310 ft, with the middle half between 5,310 and 5,341 ft; the shallowest is 5,260 ft and the deepest 5,360 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 8 of 8 wells, Sep 1988 – Nov 1990. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed

Sep 1988 – Nov 1990

8 of 8 wells

Plug dates filed

Apr 2007 – Aug 2007

8 of 8 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 17.8 years across the 8 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 17.3 years and 18.2 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

8 wells


42-24731919	8	5,335 ft	Nov 1990	May 2007	Yes
42-24731905	7	5,360 ft	Aug 1990	May 2007	Yes
42-24731883	6	5,360 ft	Dec 1989	May 2007	Yes
42-24731865	5	5,310 ft	Jul 1989	Aug 2007	Yes
42-24731866	3	5,310 ft	Jul 1989	May 2007	Yes
42-24731867	4	5,310 ft	Jul 1989	May 2007	Yes
42-24731841	2	5,260 ft	Dec 1988	May 2007	Yes
42-24731828	1	5,310 ft	Sep 1988	Apr 2007	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 (194)

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

194 months


Feb 2009	0	0	32.81	4.63	$0
Jan 2009	0	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	16	0	37.10	5.98	$594
Nov 2008	0	0	55.49	6.86	$0
Oct 2008	0	0	75.24	6.92	$0
Sep 2008	0	0	101.76	7.88	$0
Aug 2008	0	0	114.22	8.48	$0
Jul 2008	0	0	131.08	11.39	$0
Jun 2008	0	0	131.33	13.03	$0
May 2008	0	0	123.17	11.57	$0
Apr 2008	0	0	110.31	10.45	$0
Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	0	0	92.53	8.77	$0
Jan 2008	0	0	90.38	8.21	$0
Dec 2007	0	0	88.33	7.30	$0
Nov 2007	0	0	91.67	7.29	$0
Oct 2007	180	0	82.85	6.92	$14,913
Sep 2007	0	0	75.84	6.24	$0
Aug 2007	0	0	69.06	6.39	$0
Jul 2007	0	0	70.90	6.39	$0
Jun 2007	0	0	62.00	7.55	$0
May 2007	0	0	58.74	7.85	$0
Apr 2007	0	19	59.61	7.81	$148
Mar 2007	0	299	56.92	7.30	$2,183
Feb 2007	145	257	55.10	8.22	$10,101
Jan 2007	0	302	50.30	6.73	$2,032
Dec 2006	141	282	56.65	6.92	$9,939
Nov 2006	0	287	54.20	7.62	$2,186
Oct 2006	0	242	54.90	6.01	$1,455
Sep 2006	0	208	60.08	5.04	$1,048
Aug 2006	145	298	68.71	7.34	$12,150
Jul 2006	0	293	69.37	6.34	$1,858
Jun 2006	0	357	66.28	6.38	$2,279
May 2006	0	330	66.01	6.42	$2,120
Apr 2006	139	290	64.39	7.36	$11,085
Mar 2006	0	266	56.70	7.08	$1,884
Feb 2006	0	269	57.59	7.75	$2,085
Jan 2006	0	283	60.59	8.93	$2,528
Dec 2005	144	306	54.94	13.42	$12,016
Nov 2005	0	278	54.69	10.59	$2,944
Oct 2005	0	302	58.34	13.80	$4,166
Sep 2005	138	286	61.45	12.08	$11,935
Aug 2005	0	294	61.51	9.80	$2,880
Jul 2005	0	293	55.69	7.84	$2,298
Jun 2005	0	288	52.33	7.38	$2,126
May 2005	130	280	45.22	6.65	$7,741
Apr 2005	0	285	49.20	7.36	$2,098
Mar 2005	0	177	50.37	7.15	$1,266
Feb 2005	0	115	45.22	6.31	$726
Jan 2005	1	90	43.16	6.32	$612
Dec 2004	156	299	39.86	6.75	$8,237
Nov 2004	3	291	45.28	6.33	$1,978
Oct 2004	146	273	49.70	6.52	$9,035
Sep 2004	2	282	43.24	5.28	$1,577
Aug 2004	3	296	42.37	5.55	$1,770
Jul 2004	140	292	38.28	6.08	$7,136
Jun 2004	3	288	36.10	6.43	$1,961
May 2004	143	285	37.48	6.49	$7,211
Apr 2004	3	287	34.47	5.86	$1,785
Mar 2004	135	310	34.36	5.53	$6,353
Feb 2004	3	296	32.45	5.51	$1,728
Jan 2004	122	308	32.03	6.30	$5,848
Dec 2003	3	325	30.26	6.30	$2,139
Nov 2003	1	111	28.80	4.60	$539
Oct 2003	4	357	28.17	4.76	$1,812
Sep 2003	1	71	26.31	4.75	$364
Aug 2003	0	59	29.76	5.13	$303
Jul 2003	106	363	29.41	5.17	$4,994
Jun 2003	2	347	28.56	5.98	$2,133
May 2003	105	359	26.59	5.97	$4,936
Apr 2003	12	384	26.67	5.41	$2,396
Mar 2003	130	346	31.14	6.10	$6,157
Feb 2003	127	365	33.48	7.93	$7,145
Jan 2003	23	412	30.31	5.58	$2,997
Dec 2002	287	710	26.91	4.85	$11,169
Nov 2002	14	958	24.66	4.14	$4,308
Oct 2002	26	1,004	26.46	4.23	$4,934
Sep 2002	147	913	27.44	3.64	$7,353
Aug 2002	156	1,036	25.96	3.16	$7,328
Jul 2002	20	1,066	24.58	3.06	$3,755
Jun 2002	151	998	23.73	3.34	$6,915
May 2002	168	928	24.66	3.58	$7,469
Apr 2002	18	1,016	23.65	3.51	$3,994
Mar 2002	178	964	22.00	3.10	$6,907
Feb 2002	157	965	18.22	2.38	$5,153
Jan 2002	19	592	17.17	2.38	$1,733
Dec 2001	149	856	16.93	2.36	$4,547
Nov 2001	156	920	18.07	2.41	$5,032
Oct 2001	145	1,128	19.78	2.53	$5,721
Sep 2001	17	973	24.26	2.25	$2,603
Aug 2001	14	1,043	24.87	3.05	$3,533
Jul 2001	151	1,170	23.93	3.20	$7,354
Jun 2001	154	1,009	24.56	3.82	$7,641
May 2001	23	1,186	25.52	4.31	$5,695
Apr 2001	150	1,142	24.68	5.34	$9,795
Mar 2001	148	1,106	24.54	5.38	$9,578
Feb 2001	145	1,088	27.75	5.77	$10,298
Jan 2001	147	1,267	27.47	8.40	$14,679
Dec 2000	325	1,486	26.88	9.12	$22,292
Nov 2000	26	2,319	32.21	5.66	$13,958
Oct 2000	31	2,518	31.23	5.15	$13,925
Sep 2000	201	2,437	31.87	5.19	$19,045
Aug 2000	183	3,288	29.64	4.54	$20,354
Jul 2000	279	3,262	28.53	4.09	$21,301
Jun 2000	177	2,538	29.30	4.40	$16,346
May 2000	186	3,178	27.26	3.68	$16,765
Apr 2000	334	3,132	24.51	3.12	$17,946
Mar 2000	349	3,331	28.42	2.86	$19,444
Feb 2000	185	3,224	27.62	2.73	$13,900
Jan 2000	328	3,444	25.27	2.48	$16,831
Dec 1999	315	3,911	24.28	2.42	$17,127
Nov 1999	163	3,809	23.19	2.43	$13,051
Oct 1999	88	2,870	20.98	2.80	$9,893
Sep 1999	81	1,841	21.75	2.62	$6,583
Aug 1999	141	326	19.26	2.88	$3,653
Jul 1999	16	2,730	17.89	2.37	$6,763
Jun 1999	315	3,362	15.94	2.36	$12,962
May 1999	216	7,692	15.79	2.32	$21,264
Apr 1999	234	9,694	15.10	2.21	$24,938
Mar 1999	405	10,334	12.47	1.84	$24,048
Feb 1999	560	9,393	9.98	1.82	$22,663
Jan 1999	216	10,788	10.38	1.90	$22,739
Dec 1998	539	12,531	9.20	1.77	$27,180
Nov 1998	563	11,986	10.89	2.19	$32,329
Oct 1998	378	13,216	12.42	1.97	$30,720
Sep 1998	370	11,716	12.59	2.08	$29,058
Aug 1998	383	11,950	11.30	1.91	$27,121
Jul 1998	380	12,947	11.74	2.24	$33,427
Jun 1998	358	10,955	11.24	2.24	$28,533
May 1998	349	10,006	12.62	2.21	$26,481
Apr 1998	548	10,842	13.04	2.51	$34,309
Mar 1998	389	12,580	12.80	2.31	$34,032
Feb 1998	719	12,075	13.95	2.30	$37,792
Jan 1998	702	13,005	14.70	2.15	$38,342
Dec 1997	363	10,435	16.32	2.41	$31,084
Nov 1997	741	14,990	18.19	3.09	$59,772
Oct 1997	699	14,434	19.25	3.15	$58,920
Sep 1997	713	13,666	17.74	2.95	$53,030
Aug 1997	392	14,195	17.86	2.55	$43,266
Jul 1997	729	16,438	17.58	2.25	$49,751
Jun 1997	721	15,266	17.24	2.26	$46,888
May 1997	714	16,414	18.97	2.31	$51,436
Apr 1997	694	16,281	17.88	2.08	$46,318
Mar 1997	363	16,494	18.95	1.94	$38,863
Feb 1997	1,020	16,338	20.49	2.21	$56,940
Jan 1997	1,355	19,788	23.48	3.54	$101,859
Dec 1996	389	16,645	23.32	—	$9,071
Nov 1996	736	17,227	21.97	—	$16,170
Oct 1996	1,063	18,421	23.31	—	$24,779
Sep 1996	391	14,618	22.22	—	$8,688
Aug 1996	1,075	18,483	20.26	—	$21,780
Jul 1996	727	17,118	19.55	—	$14,213
Jun 1996	384	16,633	18.73	—	$7,192
May 1996	1,022	18,437	19.43	—	$19,857
Apr 1996	1,040	17,090	21.51	—	$22,370
Mar 1996	710	17,913	19.38	—	$13,760
Feb 1996	1,025	15,824	16.98	—	$17,405
Jan 1996	1,389	19,102	17.07	—	$23,710
Dec 1995	732	20,342	17.19	—	$12,583
Nov 1995	1,053	19,035	16.00	—	$16,848
Oct 1995	712	15,658	15.43	—	$10,986
Sep 1995	722	14,481	16.18	—	$11,682
Aug 1995	721	15,722	15.92	—	$11,478
Jul 1995	1,174	16,494	15.24	—	$17,892
Jun 1995	729	16,798	16.41	—	$11,963
May 1995	725	20,557	17.56	—	$12,731
Apr 1995	1,388	20,410	17.73	—	$24,609
Mar 1995	1,395	22,388	16.44	—	$22,934
Feb 1995	898	19,448	16.58	—	$14,889
Jan 1995	1,231	19,382	15.92	—	$19,598
Dec 1994	1,090	19,419	15.03	—	$16,383
Nov 1994	1,107	18,840	15.90	—	$17,601
Oct 1994	1,126	22,193	15.58	—	$17,543
Sep 1994	1,433	22,365	15.29	—	$21,911
Aug 1994	1,429	23,163	16.13	—	$23,050
Jul 1994	1,089	20,833	17.56	—	$19,123
Jun 1994	906	20,122	17.09	—	$15,484
May 1994	1,084	20,059	15.88	—	$17,214
Apr 1994	1,089	20,683	14.14	—	$15,398
Mar 1994	1,764	20,981	12.46	—	$21,979
Feb 1994	1,436	16,185	12.50	—	$17,950
Jan 1994	1,260	22,497	12.66	—	$15,952
Dec 1993	1,235	20,632	12.33	—	$15,228
Nov 1993	1,773	21,697	14.49	—	$25,691
Oct 1993	1,086	24,896	15.85	—	$17,213
Sep 1993	1,455	25,976	15.03	—	$21,869
Aug 1993	1,763	24,344	15.66	—	$27,609
Jul 1993	1,711	22,219	15.46	—	$26,452
Jun 1993	1,766	22,112	16.79	—	$29,651
May 1993	1,786	25,845	17.68	—	$31,576
Apr 1993	1,778	24,574	18.05	—	$32,093
Mar 1993	2,328	25,582	18.14	—	$42,230
Feb 1993	1,999	23,004	17.90	—	$35,782
Jan 1993	2,521	25,706	16.93	—	$42,681

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 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   16 bbl  × $ 37.10 =       $594
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  5.98 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $594

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/O/11657 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.