SARITA FIELD OIL & GAS UNIT

Operated by EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION (P-5 257128) in the SARITA ( 3-E) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 6963District 04Field 81115099NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$368 k
Jan 1993 – Oct 2010
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
214
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 2 leases and 34 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1967-08-01
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 1963-07-10.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: THE SARITA SHALLOW (MIO-FRIO CONS.) FIELD.

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
NGPA5none

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
OilDisposition19,504 bbl$353,089
Casinghead gasProduction32,996 Mcf$14,475
Total$367,564

27,318 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 47 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 (33)

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 27.2506, -97.7300. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.9 miles.

27.25241, -97.72973 · 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%
33 of 33 wells
With a plug date
87.9%
29 of 33 wells
Median depth
7,225 ft
32 wells filed one
Completion to plug
13.1 years
median over 26 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
33100.0%
A plug date is filed
2987.9%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
2987.9%
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, 32 of 33 wells. Median 7,225 ft, with the middle half between 6,425 and 7,869 ft; the shallowest is 3,801 ft and the deepest 10,342 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, 28 of 33 wells, Dec 1961 – Feb 2017. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Dec 1961 – Feb 2017
28 of 33 wells; 5 filed none
Plug dates filed
Aug 1979 – Aug 2024
29 of 33 wells; 4 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 13.1 years across the 26 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 5.6 years and 16.1 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

33 wells

42-26100112110,342 ftYes
42-261001166 T9,000 ftOct 1979Yes
42-2610032372 F8,510 ftAug 1979Yes
42-2610032878 FYes
42-26100443104 F4,800 ftDec 1979Yes
42-261306491695,625 ftFeb 2017Yes
42-261310742056,285 ftOct 2012Dec 2015Yes
42-26100020208,250 ftSep 2001Dec 2008Yes
42-26130926187 F8,200 ftAug 2000Dec 2009Yes
42-261310592043,801 ftJul 2000Sep 2013Yes
42-261306871737,496 ftDec 1999Yes
42-26100436105 D7,825 ftApr 1991Nov 2014Yes
42-2610030160 F7,010 ftOct 1989Oct 1995Yes
42-261306481685,630 ftMar 1989Aug 2024Yes
42-2610002926 T8,000 ftJan 1987Mar 2001Yes
42-2610012434 H7,702 ftJul 1984Apr 1989Yes
42-2610030986 D6,450 ftApr 1984Aug 1987Yes
42-2610002648 D7,600 ftDec 1983Apr 1984Yes
42-2610011065 F6,560 ftNov 1983Sep 1984Yes
42-2610033291 H4,830 ftFeb 1983Jul 1988Yes
42-2610032267 J6,950 ftFeb 1983Mar 1984Yes
42-26100446112 F7,004 ftJul 1979Sep 1988Yes
42-26100031287,490 ftOct 1970Nov 1984Yes
42-2610030362 D6,555 ftAug 1970Mar 1984Yes
42-261001143 T8,838 ftNov 1969Aug 2010Yes
42-2610003635 F7,800 ftDec 1967Aug 1979Yes
42-2610032676 H8,430 ftAug 1967Oct 1983Yes
42-2610012113 T5,000 ftJul 1967Apr 1983Yes
42-2610004257 D7,000 ftOct 1966Aug 1985Yes
42-2610032474 F6,350 ftSep 1966Sep 1979Yes
42-2610032575 H6,575 ftDec 1963Aug 1979Yes
42-2610004563 F7,440 ftMay 1963Sep 1979Yes
42-2610010845 H7,600 ftDec 1961Aug 1979Yes

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 (214)

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

214 months

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 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 19985012.622.21$63
Apr 199814010913.042.51$2,099
Mar 199838219812.802.31$5,347
Feb 199827057413.952.30$5,086
Jan 199832838114.702.15$5,643
Dec 199729838916.322.41$5,801
Nov 199735545018.193.09$7,847
Oct 199729079419.253.15$8,083
Sep 199729283217.742.95$7,639
Aug 199730621417.862.55$6,012
Jul 19972867517.582.25$5,196
Jun 19973163117.242.26$5,518
May 199736528818.972.31$7,589
Apr 199751370817.882.08$10,647
Mar 199749430718.951.94$9,957
Feb 199745227320.492.21$9,864
Jan 19975535523.483.54$13,179
Dec 19965212023.32$12,150
Nov 19964991021.97$10,963
Oct 19964705923.31$10,956
Sep 19965834222.22$12,954
Aug 19961,07533920.26$21,780
Jul 19961,29560419.55$25,317
Jun 19961,2131,09218.73$22,719
May 199639686019.43$7,694
Apr 199616275221.51$3,485
Mar 199618315919.38$3,547
Feb 199617422116.98$2,955
Jan 199617432117.07$2,970
Dec 19951581,78517.19$2,716
Nov 19951621,59916.00$2,592
Oct 19951261,14115.43$1,944
Sep 19951052,89016.18$1,699
Aug 199513575415.92$2,149
Jul 199514216115.24$2,164
Jun 19951271,07716.41$2,084
May 19951351,22717.56$2,371
Apr 19951701,01417.73$3,014
Mar 199521314116.44$3,502
Feb 199520836616.58$3,449
Jan 199522465115.92$3,566
Dec 19942161,17815.03$3,246
Nov 199419186815.90$3,037
Oct 1994152115.58$2,368
Sep 19941464615.29$2,232
Aug 199414735816.13$2,371
Jul 199413810717.56$2,423
Jun 199414113317.09$2,410
May 19941574515.88$2,493
Apr 1994167114.14$2,361
Mar 1994194112.46$2,417
Feb 199417955212.50$2,238
Jan 199417936812.66$2,266
Dec 199318030312.33$2,219
Nov 19930014.49$0
Oct 199322919615.85$3,630
Sep 199321912815.03$3,292
Aug 199325640815.66$4,009
Jul 199326686115.46$4,112
Jun 1993265116.79$4,449
May 199327060317.68$4,774
Apr 199334588718.05$6,227
Mar 19933941,21218.14$7,147
Feb 199337398917.90$6,677
Jan 199340578716.93$6,857

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.

May 1998 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    5 bbl  × $ 12.62 =        $63
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.21 =         $0

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Month total                                      $63

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/6963 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.