MORRIS, W. E. 62

Operated by UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (P-5 876520) in the VAN field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 1180District 05Field 93042001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$160 k
Jan 1993 – May 2009
Value, last 12 filed months
$3 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
197
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 130 leases and 710 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1929-12-31
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
400 ft
minimum
From a lease line
200 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 7 acres. The field rule took effect on 1989-03-13.

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: AMENDED RULES ESTABLISH NO TOLERANCE ACRES & 1300' DIAG. LIMIT

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
OilDisposition6,197 bbl$130,446
Casinghead gasProduction5,887 Mcf$29,944
Total$160,391

42 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 42 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 (4)

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 32.5271, -95.6234. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.2 miles.

32.52690, -95.62309 · 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%
4 of 4 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
4 of 4 wells
Median depth
2,986 ft
4 wells filed one
Completion to plug
35.7 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
4100.0%
A plug date is filed
4100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
4100.0%
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

Between 2,974 and 3,150 ft, median 2,986 ft, over the 4 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Mar 1973
1 of 4 wells; 3 filed none
Plug dates filed
Sep 1999 – Nov 2008
4 of 4 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 35.7 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 35.7 years and 35.7 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

4 wells

42-4670066513,150 ftSep 1999Yes
42-4670066622,974 ftNov 2008Yes
42-4670066842,986 ftNov 2008Yes
42-4670066732,986 ftMar 1973Nov 2008Yes

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 (197)

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

197 months

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 20086055.496.86$333
Oct 200812175.246.92$221
Sep 2008427101.767.88$620
Aug 2008220114.228.48$398
Jul 2008425131.0811.39$809
Jun 2008521131.3313.03$930
May 2008237123.1711.57$675
Apr 2008229110.3110.45$524
Mar 200820101.909.66$204
Feb 20082092.538.77$185
Jan 20081090.388.21$90
Dec 20070288.337.30$15
Nov 20071391.677.29$114
Oct 20072482.856.92$193
Sep 200711575.846.24$170
Aug 200711669.066.39$171
Jul 20072070.906.39$142
Jun 200721362.007.55$222
May 200721658.747.85$243
Apr 20072559.617.81$158
Mar 20074756.927.30$279
Feb 20072155.108.22$118
Jan 20070150.306.73$7
Dec 20060156.656.92$7
Nov 200623354.207.62$360
Oct 200622754.906.01$272
Sep 20062060.085.04$120
Aug 20062068.717.34$137
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 20064066.286.38$265
May 200612066.016.42$792
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 200622856.707.08$312
Feb 200627557.597.75$697
Jan 200628160.598.93$845
Dec 200538154.9413.42$1,251
Nov 200558354.6910.59$1,152
Oct 200538358.3413.80$1,320
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 200529561.519.80$1,054
Jul 200528055.697.84$739
Jun 200518052.337.38$643
May 200528645.226.65$662
Apr 200569749.207.36$1,009
Mar 200547750.377.15$752
Feb 200576445.226.31$721
Jan 200555943.166.32$589
Dec 200425439.866.75$444
Nov 200415845.286.33$412
Oct 200425449.706.52$451
Sep 2004268943.245.28$1,595
Aug 2004388942.375.55$2,104
Jul 2004318938.286.08$1,728
Jun 2004329036.106.43$1,734
May 2004335537.486.49$1,594
Apr 2004352834.475.86$1,370
Mar 2004382934.365.53$1,466
Feb 2004321132.455.51$1,099
Jan 2004232532.036.30$894
Dec 2003245230.266.30$1,054
Nov 2003275928.804.60$1,049
Oct 2003286128.174.76$1,079
Sep 2003226226.314.75$873
Aug 2003326029.765.13$1,260
Jul 2003294829.415.17$1,101
Jun 2003296328.565.98$1,205
May 2003205926.595.97$884
Apr 2003338326.675.41$1,329
Mar 2003306131.146.10$1,306
Feb 2003204233.487.93$1,002
Jan 2003214430.315.58$882
Dec 2002123326.914.85$483
Nov 2002223324.664.14$679
Oct 2002111526.464.23$355
Sep 2002291627.443.64$854
Aug 2002361925.963.16$995
Jul 2002305224.583.06$897
Jun 2002236323.733.34$756
May 2002345624.663.58$1,039
Apr 2002484923.653.51$1,307
Mar 2002447022.003.10$1,185
Feb 2002215418.222.38$511
Jan 2002496917.172.38$1,005
Dec 2001207116.932.36$506
Nov 2001436318.072.41$929
Oct 2001378519.782.53$947
Sep 2001346824.262.25$978
Aug 2001387224.873.05$1,165
Jul 2001337323.933.20$1,023
Jun 2001267724.563.82$933
May 2001326825.524.31$1,110
Apr 2001225924.685.34$858
Mar 2001246324.545.38$928
Feb 2001235027.755.77$927
Jan 2001303627.478.40$1,126
Dec 2000113226.889.12$588
Nov 2000343432.215.66$1,288
Oct 2000374531.235.15$1,387
Sep 2000324031.875.19$1,227
Aug 2000314829.644.54$1,137
Jul 2000365128.534.09$1,236
Jun 2000314629.304.40$1,111
May 2000304527.263.68$983
Apr 200083824.513.12$314
Mar 2000274828.422.86$905
Feb 2000324227.622.73$998
Jan 2000114625.272.48$392
Dec 1999455624.282.42$1,228
Nov 1999365423.192.43$966
Oct 1999385020.982.80$937
Sep 1999554921.752.62$1,325
Aug 1999434519.262.88$958
Jul 1999384117.892.37$777
Jun 1999273915.942.36$523
May 1999414515.792.32$752
Apr 1999334915.102.21$606
Mar 1999284412.471.84$430
Feb 199912459.981.82$202
Jan 1999175010.381.90$271
Dec 199841479.201.77$461
Nov 1998295110.892.19$427
Oct 1998244012.421.97$377
Sep 1998203712.592.08$329
Aug 1998255211.301.91$382
Jul 1998182811.742.24$274
Jun 1998204911.242.24$334
May 1998315312.622.21$508
Apr 1998213913.042.51$372
Mar 1998354712.802.31$557
Feb 1998394913.952.30$657
Jan 1998425514.702.15$736
Dec 1997466216.322.41$900
Nov 1997425118.193.09$921
Oct 1997421719.253.15$862
Sep 1997431117.742.95$795
Aug 199739017.862.55$697
Jul 199736017.582.25$633
Jun 199736017.242.26$621
May 199733018.972.31$626
Apr 199752117.882.08$932
Mar 199776118.951.94$1,442
Feb 1997121120.492.21$2,482
Jan 199729023.483.54$681
Dec 199679023.32$1,842
Nov 1996171121.97$3,757
Oct 19960123.31$0
Sep 19960122.22$0
Aug 1996179120.26$3,627
Jul 19960119.55$0
Jun 19960118.73$0
May 1996179119.43$3,478
Apr 19960121.51$0
Mar 1996173119.38$3,353
Feb 19960116.98$0
Jan 1996182117.07$3,107
Dec 19950117.19$0
Nov 19950116.00$0
Oct 19950115.43$0
Sep 1995182116.18$2,945
Aug 19950115.92$0
Jul 19950115.24$0
Jun 1995162116.41$2,658
May 19950017.56$0
Apr 19950017.73$0
Mar 1995164016.44$2,696
Feb 1995165016.58$2,736
Jan 19950115.92$0
Dec 19940015.03$0
Nov 1994180115.90$2,862
Oct 19940115.58$0
Sep 1994176115.29$2,691
Aug 19940116.13$0
Jul 1994180117.56$3,161
Jun 1994181117.09$3,093
May 19940115.88$0
Apr 1994170114.14$2,404
Mar 1994190112.46$2,367
Feb 19940112.50$0
Jan 19940112.66$0
Dec 19930112.33$0
Nov 19930114.49$0
Oct 1993180115.85$2,853
Sep 19930115.03$0
Aug 19930115.66$0
Jul 19930115.46$0
Jun 19930116.79$0
May 19930117.68$0
Apr 1993182118.05$3,285
Mar 19930118.14$0
Feb 19930117.90$0
Jan 19930116.93$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.

Nov 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    6 bbl  × $ 55.49 =       $333
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  6.86 =         $0

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Month total                                     $333

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/O/1180 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.