BEST UNIT

Name: BEST UNIT lease production and value, Oct 2000 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by XTO ENERGY INC. (P-5 945936) in the DEW (C.V. CONSOLIDATED) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 180358District 05Field 24478150Hydrogen sulphide field2 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$737 k

Oct 2000 – May 2020

Value, last 12 filed months

$4 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

236

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The DEW (C.V. CONSOLIDATED) 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 360 leases and 360 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

2001-12-04

as the register files it

Field class

Gas

the register's own label

Between wells

0 ft

minimum

From a lease line

330 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 2011-03-08.

The register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “10700-13775.”

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.

Programme	Filings	With an approval date	Dated	Docket
High Cost Gas	1	1	2001-03-12	143316
NGPA	1	none	—	—

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Condensate	Disposition	41 bbl	$1,223
Gas	Production	140,256 Mcf	$736,093
Total			$737,316

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 31.5149, -96.1100. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.51490, -96.10996 · 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%

1 of 1 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

Median depth

14,300 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

19.5 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 14,300 ft.

Completions filed

Oct 2000

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Apr 2020

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 19.5 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 19.5 years and 19.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-16131791	3	14,300 ft	Oct 2000	Apr 2020	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 (236)

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

236 months


May 2020	0	0	16.92	1.81	$0
Apr 2020	0	208	14.75	1.80	$375
Mar 2020	0	120	30.34	1.86	$223
Feb 2020	0	95	49.88	1.98	$188
Jan 2020	0	149	57.25	2.09	$312
Dec 2019	0	266	59.01	2.30	$613
Nov 2019	0	325	55.30	2.75	$894
Oct 2019	0	150	53.47	2.42	$363
Sep 2019	0	142	55.05	2.66	$377
Aug 2019	0	147	53.11	2.30	$339
Jul 2019	0	150	56.27	2.46	$369
Jun 2019	0	156	52.78	2.49	$389
May 2019	0	160	58.48	2.74	$438
Apr 2019	0	156	62.63	2.75	$429
Mar 2019	0	316	56.80	3.06	$968
Feb 2019	0	72	50.85	2.79	$201
Jan 2019	0	358	46.03	3.23	$1,156
Dec 2018	0	191	46.59	4.19	$799
Nov 2018	0	410	52.93	4.24	$1,737
Oct 2018	0	129	61.44	3.40	$438
Sep 2018	0	127	59.54	3.11	$395
Aug 2018	0	229	59.40	3.07	$702
Jul 2018	0	210	65.14	2.93	$616
Jun 2018	0	209	60.18	3.08	$643
May 2018	0	211	65.38	2.90	$612
Apr 2018	0	106	63.84	2.90	$307
Mar 2018	0	261	61.22	2.79	$727
Feb 2018	0	120	61.78	2.77	$332
Jan 2018	0	262	62.87	4.01	$1,050
Dec 2017	0	155	57.27	2.92	$453
Nov 2017	0	136	55.42	3.12	$424
Oct 2017	0	433	49.29	2.98	$1,292
Sep 2017	0	75	47.52	3.09	$232
Aug 2017	0	175	45.37	3.00	$526
Jul 2017	0	419	43.87	3.09	$1,294
Jun 2017	0	55	42.49	3.09	$170
May 2017	0	35	45.37	3.26	$114
Apr 2017	0	748	47.93	3.21	$2,402
Mar 2017	0	42	46.77	2.98	$125
Feb 2017	0	44	50.45	2.95	$130
Jan 2017	0	59	49.41	3.42	$202
Dec 2016	0	107	48.76	3.72	$398
Nov 2016	0	492	42.49	2.64	$1,301
Oct 2016	0	621	46.19	3.09	$1,919
Sep 2016	0	81	41.55	3.10	$251
Aug 2016	0	156	41.44	2.92	$456
Jul 2016	0	145	41.62	2.92	$424
Jun 2016	0	86	45.35	2.69	$231
May 2016	0	64	42.52	1.99	$127
Apr 2016	0	35	36.56	1.99	$70
Mar 2016	0	129	33.01	1.79	$231
Feb 2016	0	138	26.47	2.06	$285
Jan 2016	0	180	27.35	2.36	$426
Dec 2015	0	184	32.36	2.00	$368
Nov 2015	0	190	38.79	2.17	$412
Oct 2015	0	191	43.55	2.43	$463
Sep 2015	0	197	42.99	2.76	$543
Aug 2015	0	221	40.16	2.87	$635
Jul 2015	0	201	48.15	2.95	$592
Jun 2015	0	205	56.15	2.88	$591
May 2015	0	206	55.21	2.96	$609
Apr 2015	0	201	49.82	2.71	$544
Mar 2015	0	227	42.89	2.93	$666
Feb 2015	0	248	44.66	2.98	$738
Jan 2015	0	209	43.43	3.10	$648
Dec 2014	0	217	54.69	3.59	$779
Nov 2014	0	184	70.46	4.25	$782
Oct 2014	0	221	78.30	3.90	$862
Sep 2014	0	285	86.16	4.05	$1,153
Aug 2014	0	347	89.39	4.04	$1,400
Jul 2014	0	346	96.56	4.18	$1,446
Jun 2014	0	282	98.16	4.74	$1,336
May 2014	0	231	94.73	4.73	$1,092
Apr 2014	0	215	95.94	4.81	$1,034
Mar 2014	0	209	95.89	5.06	$1,057
Feb 2014	0	204	97.40	6.19	$1,263
Jan 2014	0	228	90.40	4.86	$1,108
Dec 2013	0	214	91.82	4.35	$932
Nov 2013	0	218	88.85	3.74	$815
Oct 2013	0	236	97.42	3.78	$892
Sep 2013	0	334	104.11	3.72	$1,242
Aug 2013	0	399	104.25	3.52	$1,406
Jul 2013	0	344	102.52	3.72	$1,279
Jun 2013	0	366	94.40	3.93	$1,440
May 2013	0	285	94.83	4.15	$1,182
Apr 2013	0	195	93.96	4.28	$835
Mar 2013	0	320	93.62	3.91	$1,252
Feb 2013	0	247	91.23	3.42	$845
Jan 2013	0	234	91.60	3.42	$800
Dec 2012	0	75	86.77	3.42	$257
Nov 2012	0	90	86.95	3.62	$326
Oct 2012	0	97	89.38	3.40	$330
Sep 2012	0	69	94.67	2.92	$201
Aug 2012	0	15	92.66	2.91	$44
Jul 2012	0	19	85.13	3.02	$57
Jun 2012	0	124	79.82	2.52	$312
May 2012	0	418	91.61	2.49	$1,040
Apr 2012	0	224	101.65	2.00	$447
Mar 2012	0	27	105.05	2.22	$60
Feb 2012	0	48	101.10	2.57	$123
Jan 2012	0	52	98.09	2.73	$142
Dec 2011	0	23	96.87	3.24	$75
Nov 2011	0	45	95.72	3.31	$149
Oct 2011	0	208	84.98	3.65	$759
Sep 2011	0	325	83.62	3.99	$1,295
Aug 2011	0	560	83.40	4.15	$2,324
Jul 2011	0	516	94.14	4.52	$2,331
Jun 2011	0	455	92.90	4.64	$2,111
May 2011	0	201	98.13	4.40	$885
Apr 2011	0	176	105.96	4.33	$763
Mar 2011	0	346	96.36	4.06	$1,404
Feb 2011	0	321	85.64	4.18	$1,342
Jan 2011	0	311	86.50	4.59	$1,427
Dec 2010	0	399	85.73	4.35	$1,735
Nov 2010	0	377	80.84	3.80	$1,431
Oct 2010	0	362	78.10	3.51	$1,270
Sep 2010	0	426	72.63	3.98	$1,695
Aug 2010	0	383	73.68	4.42	$1,693
Jul 2010	0	327	72.55	4.74	$1,549
Jun 2010	0	362	70.36	4.91	$1,778
May 2010	0	307	71.12	4.24	$1,300
Apr 2010	0	325	81.69	4.12	$1,340
Mar 2010	0	312	78.39	4.39	$1,369
Feb 2010	0	636	73.58	5.44	$3,461
Jan 2010	0	604	74.36	5.96	$3,602
Dec 2009	0	567	71.44	5.48	$3,109
Nov 2009	0	341	74.59	3.75	$1,279
Oct 2009	0	344	72.54	4.11	$1,414
Sep 2009	0	450	65.54	3.06	$1,379
Aug 2009	0	175	67.42	3.22	$563
Jul 2009	0	360	61.13	3.46	$1,247
Jun 2009	0	360	66.16	3.90	$1,402
May 2009	0	217	54.74	3.93	$852
Apr 2009	0	424	46.77	3.59	$1,521
Mar 2009	2	151	42.14	4.06	$697
Feb 2009	0	466	32.81	4.63	$2,159
Jan 2009	3	1,524	35.86	5.37	$8,293
Dec 2008	0	470	37.10	5.98	$2,809
Nov 2008	0	617	55.49	6.86	$4,233
Oct 2008	0	1,448	75.24	6.92	$10,023
Sep 2008	0	325	101.76	7.88	$2,560
Aug 2008	0	359	114.22	8.48	$3,045
Jul 2008	0	373	131.08	11.39	$4,248
Jun 2008	0	373	131.33	13.03	$4,861
May 2008	0	394	123.17	11.57	$4,560
Apr 2008	0	372	110.31	10.45	$3,889
Mar 2008	0	333	101.90	9.66	$3,218
Feb 2008	0	563	92.53	8.77	$4,938
Jan 2008	0	991	90.38	8.21	$8,132
Dec 2007	0	1,128	88.33	7.30	$8,237
Nov 2007	0	251	91.67	7.29	$1,830
Oct 2007	0	242	82.85	6.92	$1,675
Sep 2007	0	256	75.84	6.24	$1,599
Aug 2007	0	301	69.06	6.39	$1,923
Jul 2007	0	201	70.90	6.39	$1,284
Jun 2007	0	187	62.00	7.55	$1,412
May 2007	0	256	58.74	7.85	$2,009
Apr 2007	0	215	59.61	7.81	$1,678
Mar 2007	0	322	56.92	7.30	$2,351
Feb 2007	0	196	55.10	8.22	$1,610
Jan 2007	0	308	50.30	6.73	$2,072
Dec 2006	0	358	56.65	6.92	$2,477
Nov 2006	0	406	54.20	7.62	$3,093
Oct 2006	0	553	54.90	6.01	$3,326
Sep 2006	0	584	60.08	5.04	$2,942
Aug 2006	0	378	68.71	7.34	$2,774
Jul 2006	0	545	69.37	6.34	$3,457
Jun 2006	0	391	66.28	6.38	$2,496
May 2006	0	434	66.01	6.42	$2,788
Apr 2006	0	412	64.39	7.36	$3,033
Mar 2006	0	276	56.70	7.08	$1,955
Feb 2006	0	314	57.59	7.75	$2,434
Jan 2006	0	260	60.59	8.93	$2,323
Dec 2005	0	890	54.94	13.42	$11,940
Nov 2005	0	393	54.69	10.59	$4,161
Oct 2005	0	358	58.34	13.80	$4,939
Sep 2005	0	443	61.45	12.08	$5,351
Aug 2005	0	730	61.51	9.80	$7,152
Jul 2005	0	945	55.69	7.84	$7,412
Jun 2005	0	1,089	52.33	7.38	$8,038
May 2005	0	303	45.22	6.65	$2,015
Apr 2005	0	382	49.20	7.36	$2,812
Mar 2005	0	710	50.37	7.15	$5,080
Feb 2005	0	412	45.22	6.31	$2,601
Jan 2005	0	330	43.16	6.32	$2,086
Dec 2004	0	341	39.86	6.75	$2,302
Nov 2004	0	355	45.28	6.33	$2,247
Oct 2004	0	465	49.70	6.52	$3,030
Sep 2004	0	806	43.24	5.28	$4,259
Aug 2004	0	499	42.37	5.55	$2,770
Jul 2004	0	496	38.28	6.08	$3,018
Jun 2004	0	1,006	36.10	6.43	$6,472
May 2004	0	419	37.48	6.49	$2,721
Apr 2004	0	405	34.47	5.86	$2,373
Mar 2004	0	376	34.36	5.53	$2,079
Feb 2004	0	574	32.45	5.51	$3,163
Jan 2004	0	880	32.03	6.30	$5,544
Dec 2003	0	879	30.26	6.30	$5,539
Nov 2003	0	1,100	28.80	4.60	$5,055
Oct 2003	0	584	28.17	4.76	$2,780
Sep 2003	0	493	26.31	4.75	$2,341
Aug 2003	0	565	29.76	5.13	$2,898
Jul 2003	0	914	29.41	5.17	$4,726
Jun 2003	0	815	28.56	5.98	$4,876
May 2003	0	586	26.59	5.97	$3,500
Apr 2003	0	620	26.67	5.41	$3,353
Mar 2003	0	651	31.14	6.10	$3,969
Feb 2003	0	392	33.48	7.93	$3,107
Jan 2003	1	1,048	30.31	5.58	$5,880
Dec 2002	0	1,086	26.91	4.85	$5,271
Nov 2002	0	1,137	24.66	4.14	$4,704
Oct 2002	0	1,158	26.46	4.23	$4,897
Sep 2002	1	1,145	27.44	3.64	$4,190
Aug 2002	1	1,084	25.96	3.16	$3,456
Jul 2002	0	1,309	24.58	3.06	$4,008
Jun 2002	0	1,248	23.73	3.34	$4,166
May 2002	1	1,461	24.66	3.58	$5,261
Apr 2002	1	1,112	23.65	3.51	$3,929
Mar 2002	1	1,335	22.00	3.10	$4,164
Feb 2002	0	1,260	18.22	2.38	$2,993
Jan 2002	0	1,361	17.17	2.38	$3,233
Dec 2001	1	1,689	16.93	2.36	$4,010
Nov 2001	1	1,696	18.07	2.41	$4,098
Oct 2001	0	2,117	19.78	2.53	$5,354
Sep 2001	1	2,049	24.26	2.25	$4,637
Aug 2001	1	2,088	24.87	3.05	$6,400
Jul 2001	1	2,573	23.93	3.20	$8,250
Jun 2001	1	2,049	24.56	3.82	$7,860
May 2001	0	2,426	25.52	4.31	$10,450
Apr 2001	0	2,984	24.68	5.34	$15,921
Mar 2001	0	3,388	24.54	5.38	$18,215
Feb 2001	1	4,332	27.75	5.77	$25,011
Jan 2001	1	3,984	27.47	8.40	$33,488
Dec 2000	1	5,892	26.88	9.12	$53,777
Nov 2000	7	12,950	32.21	5.66	$73,497
Oct 2000	14	3,867	31.23	5.15	$20,335

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.

Apr 2020 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 14.75 =         $0
Gas                  208 Mcf  × $  1.80 =       $375

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Month total                                     $375

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. 05/G/180358 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.