ESTELL, MARY KING

Operated by DURANGO RESOURCES CORP. (P-5 235945) in the RICHARD KING field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 2327District 04Field 76410001OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$195 k
Jan 1993 – Jan 2010
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
205
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead 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 19 leases and 67 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1937-11-09
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
875 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: RICHARD KING (FRIO CONS) 76410-100

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
OilDisposition12,299 bbl$194,638
Casinghead gasProduction31,794 Mcf$0
Total$194,638

31,794 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 36 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 (41)

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 27.8385, -97.9116. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 3.1 miles.

27.83948, -97.91474 · 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%
41 of 41 wells
With a plug date
46.3%
19 of 41 wells
Median depth
5,605 ft
36 wells filed one
Completion to plug
16.0 years
median over 9 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
41100.0%
A plug date is filed
1946.3%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1946.3%
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, 36 of 41 wells. Median 5,605 ft, with the middle half between 5,394 and 5,739 ft; the shallowest is 4,015 ft and the deepest 6,390 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, 25 of 41 wells, Nov 1944 – Nov 2018. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Nov 1944 – Nov 2018
25 of 41 wells; 16 filed none
Plug dates filed
Apr 1946 – Sep 2023
19 of 41 wells; 22 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 16.0 years across the 9 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 10.8 years and 27.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

41 wells

42-35500055D 5Yes
42-35500056D 6Yes
42-35500057D 7Yes
42-3550006855,651 ftOct 1968Yes
42-35500074114,016 ftDec 1967Yes
42-35500075124,015 ftMar 1957Yes
42-35500077144,020 ftApr 1946Yes
42-35500091285,572 ftYes
42-355000965335,190 ftAug 1987Yes
42-355001123145,375 ftDec 1993Yes
42-35500121A 15,416 ftJun 2001Yes
42-35500124A 4Yes
42-35500128A 85,406 ftOct 1969Yes
42-35500138255,388 ftDec 1993Yes
42-35500142B 9Yes
42-35500156B 235,655 ftMar 1957Yes
42-35500149216 U6,380 ftNov 2018Yes
42-35500150B 175,651 ftMay 2018Yes
42-35500162229 L5,655 ftSep 2016Sep 2023Yes
42-35500135B 25,650 ftFeb 2013Yes
42-35500122A 26,165 ftJan 2012Yes
42-355001083105,389 ftAug 2009Yes
42-355001183205,365 ftAug 2009Yes
42-35500148B 15 L6,390 ftAug 2009Yes
42-355001133155,349 ftSep 2008Yes
42-35500107395,402 ftOct 1997Sep 1998Yes
42-355001331135,396 ftOct 1997Yes
42-35500119C 216,363 ftSep 1997Yes
42-35500086235,407 ftOct 1994Yes
42-35500092295,414 ftJun 1993Yes
42-35500140B 76,153 ftMar 1993Yes
42-355001093115,620 ftDec 1985Sep 1996Yes
42-35500157B 245,750 ftApr 1985Yes
42-355001592265,750 ftFeb 1982Dec 1993Yes
42-35500120C 225,801 ftSep 1981Yes
42-35500090275,599 ftJun 1980Jun 1996Yes
42-35500085225,610 ftMar 1977Jun 1996Yes
42-35530484B 33 L5,751 ftJan 1974Yes
42-35500155B 225,656 ftJul 1971Sep 1999Yes
42-35500100325,400 ftJan 1967Oct 1994Yes
42-355001143165,735 ftNov 1944Nov 1993Yes

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 (205)

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

205 months

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 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 20020023.733.34$0
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 20020023.653.51$0
Mar 20020022.003.10$0
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 20010016.932.36$0
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 20010019.782.53$0
Sep 20010024.262.25$0
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 20010023.933.20$0
Jun 20010024.563.82$0
May 20010025.524.31$0
Apr 20010024.685.34$0
Mar 20010024.545.38$0
Feb 20010027.755.77$0
Jan 20010027.478.40$0
Dec 20000026.889.12$0
Nov 20000032.215.66$0
Oct 20000031.235.15$0
Sep 20000031.875.19$0
Aug 20000029.644.54$0
Jul 20000028.534.09$0
Jun 20000029.304.40$0
May 20000027.263.68$0
Apr 20000024.513.12$0
Mar 20000028.422.86$0
Feb 20000027.622.73$0
Jan 20000025.272.48$0
Dec 19990024.282.42$0
Nov 19990023.192.43$0
Oct 19990020.982.80$0
Sep 19990021.752.62$0
Aug 19990019.262.88$0
Jul 19990017.892.37$0
Jun 19990015.942.36$0
May 19990015.792.32$0
Apr 19990015.102.21$0
Mar 19990012.471.84$0
Feb 1999009.981.82$0
Jan 19990010.381.90$0
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 19980010.892.19$0
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 19980012.592.08$0
Aug 19980011.301.91$0
Jul 19980011.742.24$0
Jun 19980011.242.24$0
May 19980012.622.21$0
Apr 19980013.042.51$0
Mar 19980012.802.31$0
Feb 19980013.952.30$0
Jan 19980014.702.15$0
Dec 19970016.322.41$0
Nov 19970018.193.09$0
Oct 19970019.253.15$0
Sep 19970017.742.95$0
Aug 19970017.862.55$0
Jul 19970017.582.25$0
Jun 19970017.242.26$0
May 19970018.972.31$0
Apr 19970017.882.08$0
Mar 19970018.951.94$0
Feb 19970020.492.21$0
Jan 19970023.483.54$0
Dec 19960023.32$0
Nov 19960021.97$0
Oct 19960023.31$0
Sep 19960022.22$0
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 19960019.55$0
Jun 19960018.73$0
May 19960019.43$0
Apr 19960021.51$0
Mar 19960019.38$0
Feb 19960016.98$0
Jan 19960017.07$0
Dec 1995207317.19$3,558
Nov 199581816.00$1,296
Oct 19951691915.43$2,608
Sep 19952885116.18$4,660
Aug 19952976815.92$4,728
Jul 19952666215.24$4,054
Jun 1995886616.41$1,444
May 199529031417.56$5,092
Apr 199527036017.73$4,787
Mar 199536853416.44$6,050
Feb 19952456416.58$4,062
Jan 199545697315.92$7,260
Dec 199435317315.03$5,306
Nov 199431915415.90$5,072
Oct 199431564315.58$4,908
Sep 199431115215.29$4,755
Aug 199416957416.13$2,726
Jul 199429086717.56$5,092
Jun 199431757617.09$5,418
May 19945081,02815.88$8,067
Apr 199432581314.14$4,596
Mar 19948091,18412.46$10,080
Feb 199432573512.50$4,063
Jan 19943451,30212.66$4,368
Dec 19932431,32312.33$2,996
Nov 19932991,31814.49$4,333
Oct 19933482,42015.85$5,516
Sep 19933261,52515.03$4,900
Aug 19935192,19415.66$8,128
Jul 19933521,87615.46$5,442
Jun 19933141,31416.79$5,272
May 19935781,56917.68$10,219
Apr 19933232,19418.05$5,830
Mar 19934431,70318.14$8,036
Feb 19935851,72017.90$10,472
Jan 19935581,91516.93$9,447

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 1995 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  207 bbl  × $ 17.19 =     $3,558
Casinghead gas         3 Mcf  ×  no price            —

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Month total                                   $3,558

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/2327 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.