FOSSIL LANIER

Name: FOSSIL LANIER lease production and value, May 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by FOSSIL OPERATING, INC. (P-5 278846) in the HILLTOP RESORT (AUSTIN CHALK) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 3450District 05Field 41515100OilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.9 M

May 1993 – Jun 2015

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

266

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The HILLTOP RESORT (AUSTIN CHALK) 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 24 leases and 25 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1982-09-01

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

1,200 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 1993-01-11.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “STATEWIDE RULES APPLY TO ALL VERTICAL WELLS”

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	112,910 bbl	$1,945,155
Casinghead gas	Production	151 Mcf	$463
Total			$1,945,618

44 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 44 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 (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 31.0837, -96.2247. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.08373, -96.22466 · 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

6,194 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

3.3 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 6,194 ft.

Completions filed

Dec 2011

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Mar 2015

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 3.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 3.3 years and 3.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-28931182	1	6,194 ft	Dec 2011	Mar 2015	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 (266)

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

266 months


Jun 2015	0	0	56.15	2.88	$0
May 2015	0	0	55.21	2.96	$0
Apr 2015	0	0	49.82	2.71	$0
Mar 2015	0	0	42.89	2.93	$0
Feb 2015	0	0	44.66	2.98	$0
Jan 2015	0	0	43.43	3.10	$0
Dec 2014	0	0	54.69	3.59	$0
Nov 2014	0	0	70.46	4.25	$0
Oct 2014	0	0	78.30	3.90	$0
Sep 2014	0	0	86.16	4.05	$0
Aug 2014	0	0	89.39	4.04	$0
Jul 2014	0	0	96.56	4.18	$0
Jun 2014	0	0	98.16	4.74	$0
May 2014	0	0	94.73	4.73	$0
Apr 2014	0	0	95.94	4.81	$0
Mar 2014	0	0	95.89	5.06	$0
Feb 2014	0	0	97.40	6.19	$0
Jan 2014	0	0	90.40	4.86	$0
Dec 2013	0	0	91.82	4.35	$0
Nov 2013	0	0	88.85	3.74	$0
Oct 2013	0	0	97.42	3.78	$0
Sep 2013	0	0	104.11	3.72	$0
Aug 2013	0	0	104.25	3.52	$0
Jul 2013	0	0	102.52	3.72	$0
Jun 2013	0	0	94.40	3.93	$0
May 2013	0	0	94.83	4.15	$0
Apr 2013	0	0	93.96	4.28	$0
Mar 2013	0	0	93.62	3.91	$0
Feb 2013	0	0	91.23	3.42	$0
Jan 2013	0	0	91.60	3.42	$0
Dec 2012	0	0	86.77	3.42	$0
Nov 2012	0	0	86.95	3.62	$0
Oct 2012	0	0	89.38	3.40	$0
Sep 2012	0	0	94.67	2.92	$0
Aug 2012	0	0	92.66	2.91	$0
Jul 2012	0	0	85.13	3.02	$0
Jun 2012	0	0	79.82	2.52	$0
May 2012	0	0	91.61	2.49	$0
Apr 2012	0	0	101.65	2.00	$0
Mar 2012	0	0	105.05	2.22	$0
Feb 2012	0	0	101.10	2.57	$0
Jan 2012	0	0	98.09	2.73	$0
Dec 2011	0	0	96.87	3.24	$0
Nov 2011	0	0	95.72	3.31	$0
Oct 2011	68	0	84.98	3.65	$5,779
Sep 2011	0	0	83.62	3.99	$0
Aug 2011	0	0	83.40	4.15	$0
Jul 2011	0	0	94.14	4.52	$0
Jun 2011	0	0	92.90	4.64	$0
May 2011	0	0	98.13	4.40	$0
Apr 2011	0	0	105.96	4.33	$0
Mar 2011	0	0	96.36	4.06	$0
Feb 2011	0	0	85.64	4.18	$0
Jan 2011	0	0	86.50	4.59	$0
Dec 2010	0	0	85.73	4.35	$0
Nov 2010	162	0	80.84	3.80	$13,096
Oct 2010	0	0	78.10	3.51	$0
Sep 2010	0	0	72.63	3.98	$0
Aug 2010	0	0	73.68	4.42	$0
Jul 2010	0	0	72.55	4.74	$0
Jun 2010	0	0	70.36	4.91	$0
May 2010	0	0	71.12	4.24	$0
Apr 2010	0	0	81.69	4.12	$0
Mar 2010	0	0	78.39	4.39	$0
Feb 2010	0	0	73.58	5.44	$0
Jan 2010	0	0	74.36	5.96	$0
Dec 2009	0	0	71.44	5.48	$0
Nov 2009	0	0	74.59	3.75	$0
Oct 2009	0	0	72.54	4.11	$0
Sep 2009	117	0	65.54	3.06	$7,668
Aug 2009	0	0	67.42	3.22	$0
Jul 2009	0	0	61.13	3.46	$0
Jun 2009	0	0	66.16	3.90	$0
May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	0	0	46.77	3.59	$0
Mar 2009	0	0	42.14	4.06	$0
Feb 2009	0	0	32.81	4.63	$0
Jan 2009	0	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	0	0	37.10	5.98	$0
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	116	0	114.22	8.48	$13,250
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	2	0	90.38	8.21	$181
Dec 2007	2	0	88.33	7.30	$177
Nov 2007	7	0	91.67	7.29	$642
Oct 2007	2	0	82.85	6.92	$166
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	0	59.61	7.81	$0
Mar 2007	0	0	56.92	7.30	$0
Feb 2007	0	0	55.10	8.22	$0
Jan 2007	72	0	50.30	6.73	$3,622
Dec 2006	0	0	56.65	6.92	$0
Nov 2006	17	0	54.20	7.62	$921
Oct 2006	120	0	54.90	6.01	$6,588
Sep 2006	31	0	60.08	5.04	$1,862
Aug 2006	0	0	68.71	7.34	$0
Jul 2006	0	0	69.37	6.34	$0
Jun 2006	3	0	66.28	6.38	$199
May 2006	0	0	66.01	6.42	$0
Apr 2006	0	0	64.39	7.36	$0
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	0	0	57.59	7.75	$0
Jan 2006	326	0	60.59	8.93	$19,752
Dec 2005	0	0	54.94	13.42	$0
Nov 2005	0	1	54.69	10.59	$11
Oct 2005	0	1	58.34	13.80	$14
Sep 2005	0	1	61.45	12.08	$12
Aug 2005	0	1	61.51	9.80	$10
Jul 2005	0	1	55.69	7.84	$8
Jun 2005	0	1	52.33	7.38	$7
May 2005	0	1	45.22	6.65	$7
Apr 2005	0	1	49.20	7.36	$7
Mar 2005	0	1	50.37	7.15	$7
Feb 2005	0	1	45.22	6.31	$6
Jan 2005	0	1	43.16	6.32	$6
Dec 2004	0	1	39.86	6.75	$7
Nov 2004	0	1	45.28	6.33	$6
Oct 2004	164	1	49.70	6.52	$8,157
Sep 2004	0	1	43.24	5.28	$5
Aug 2004	0	1	42.37	5.55	$6
Jul 2004	328	1	38.28	6.08	$12,562
Jun 2004	0	1	36.10	6.43	$6
May 2004	0	1	37.48	6.49	$6
Apr 2004	0	1	34.47	5.86	$6
Mar 2004	0	1	34.36	5.53	$6
Feb 2004	0	1	32.45	5.51	$6
Jan 2004	0	1	32.03	6.30	$6
Dec 2003	0	1	30.26	6.30	$6
Nov 2003	171	1	28.80	4.60	$4,929
Oct 2003	0	1	28.17	4.76	$5
Sep 2003	167	1	26.31	4.75	$4,399
Aug 2003	163	1	29.76	5.13	$4,856
Jul 2003	170	1	29.41	5.17	$5,005
Jun 2003	169	1	28.56	5.98	$4,833
May 2003	0	1	26.59	5.97	$6
Apr 2003	167	1	26.67	5.41	$4,459
Mar 2003	0	1	31.14	6.10	$6
Feb 2003	342	1	33.48	7.93	$11,458
Jan 2003	0	1	30.31	5.58	$6
Dec 2002	0	1	26.91	4.85	$5
Nov 2002	171	1	24.66	4.14	$4,221
Oct 2002	0	1	26.46	4.23	$4
Sep 2002	0	1	27.44	3.64	$4
Aug 2002	0	1	25.96	3.16	$3
Jul 2002	167	1	24.58	3.06	$4,108
Jun 2002	0	1	23.73	3.34	$3
May 2002	653	1	24.66	3.58	$16,107
Apr 2002	0	1	23.65	3.51	$4
Mar 2002	0	1	22.00	3.10	$3
Feb 2002	0	1	18.22	2.38	$2
Jan 2002	0	1	17.17	2.38	$2
Dec 2001	0	1	16.93	2.36	$2
Nov 2001	363	1	18.07	2.41	$6,562
Oct 2001	0	1	19.78	2.53	$3
Sep 2001	163	1	24.26	2.25	$3,957
Aug 2001	0	1	24.87	3.05	$3
Jul 2001	170	1	23.93	3.20	$4,071
Jun 2001	0	1	24.56	3.82	$4
May 2001	511	1	25.52	4.31	$13,045
Apr 2001	0	1	24.68	5.34	$5
Mar 2001	0	1	24.54	5.38	$5
Feb 2001	172	1	27.75	5.77	$4,779
Jan 2001	0	1	27.47	8.40	$8
Dec 2000	164	1	26.88	9.12	$4,417
Nov 2000	0	1	32.21	5.66	$6
Oct 2000	183	1	31.23	5.15	$5,720
Sep 2000	176	1	31.87	5.19	$5,614
Aug 2000	370	1	29.64	4.54	$10,971
Jul 2000	184	1	28.53	4.09	$5,254
Jun 2000	0	1	29.30	4.40	$4
May 2000	184	1	27.26	3.68	$5,020
Apr 2000	136	1	24.51	3.12	$3,336
Mar 2000	176	1	28.42	2.86	$5,005
Feb 2000	361	1	27.62	2.73	$9,974
Jan 2000	0	1	25.27	2.48	$2
Dec 1999	180	1	24.28	2.42	$4,373
Nov 1999	0	1	23.19	2.43	$2
Oct 1999	173	1	20.98	2.80	$3,632
Sep 1999	179	1	21.75	2.62	$3,896
Aug 1999	349	1	19.26	2.88	$6,725
Jul 1999	0	1	17.89	2.37	$2
Jun 1999	0	1	15.94	2.36	$2
May 1999	174	1	15.79	2.32	$2,750
Apr 1999	327	1	15.10	2.21	$4,940
Mar 1999	170	1	12.47	1.84	$2,122
Feb 1999	178	1	9.98	1.82	$1,778
Jan 1999	184	1	10.38	1.90	$1,912
Dec 1998	163	1	9.20	1.77	$1,501
Nov 1998	0	1	10.89	2.19	$2
Oct 1998	170	1	12.42	1.97	$2,113
Sep 1998	183	1	12.59	2.08	$2,306
Aug 1998	160	1	11.30	1.91	$1,810
Jul 1998	186	1	11.74	2.24	$2,186
Jun 1998	316	1	11.24	2.24	$3,554
May 1998	354	1	12.62	2.21	$4,470
Apr 1998	158	1	13.04	2.51	$2,063
Mar 1998	163	1	12.80	2.31	$2,089
Feb 1998	161	1	13.95	2.30	$2,248
Jan 1998	479	1	14.70	2.15	$7,043
Dec 1997	455	1	16.32	2.41	$7,428
Nov 1997	363	1	18.19	3.09	$6,606
Oct 1997	196	1	19.25	3.15	$3,776
Sep 1997	344	1	17.74	2.95	$6,106
Aug 1997	333	1	17.86	2.55	$5,950
Jul 1997	353	1	17.58	2.25	$6,208
Jun 1997	355	1	17.24	2.26	$6,122
May 1997	364	1	18.97	2.31	$6,907
Apr 1997	178	1	17.88	2.08	$3,185
Mar 1997	332	1	18.95	1.94	$6,293
Feb 1997	173	1	20.49	2.21	$3,547
Jan 1997	165	1	23.48	3.54	$3,878
Dec 1996	343	1	23.32	—	$7,999
Nov 1996	170	1	21.97	—	$3,735
Oct 1996	523	1	23.31	—	$12,191
Sep 1996	665	1	22.22	—	$14,776
Aug 1996	871	1	20.26	—	$17,646
Jul 1996	865	1	19.55	—	$16,911
Jun 1996	687	1	18.73	—	$12,868
May 1996	1,063	1	19.43	—	$20,654
Apr 1996	1,038	1	21.51	—	$22,327
Mar 1996	855	1	19.38	—	$16,570
Feb 1996	1,038	1	16.98	—	$17,625
Jan 1996	1,068	1	17.07	—	$18,231
Dec 1995	1,458	1	17.19	—	$25,063
Nov 1995	1,076	1	16.00	—	$17,216
Oct 1995	1,440	1	15.43	—	$22,219
Sep 1995	1,274	1	16.18	—	$20,613
Aug 1995	1,247	1	15.92	—	$19,852
Jul 1995	1,939	1	15.24	—	$29,550
Jun 1995	1,410	1	16.41	—	$23,138
May 1995	1,571	1	17.56	—	$27,587
Apr 1995	1,799	1	17.73	—	$31,896
Mar 1995	1,932	1	16.44	—	$31,762
Feb 1995	2,138	1	16.58	—	$35,448
Jan 1995	1,925	1	15.92	—	$30,646
Dec 1994	2,601	1	15.03	—	$39,093
Nov 1994	2,450	1	15.90	—	$38,955
Oct 1994	2,838	1	15.58	—	$44,216
Sep 1994	2,338	1	15.29	—	$35,748
Aug 1994	2,905	1	16.13	—	$46,858
Jul 1994	3,171	1	17.56	—	$55,683
Jun 1994	2,747	1	17.09	—	$46,946
May 1994	2,554	1	15.88	—	$40,558
Apr 1994	1,950	1	14.14	—	$27,573
Mar 1994	2,227	1	12.46	—	$27,748
Feb 1994	2,307	1	12.50	—	$28,838
Jan 1994	1,736	1	12.66	—	$21,978
Dec 1993	2,917	1	12.33	—	$35,967
Nov 1993	4,721	1	14.49	—	$68,407
Oct 1993	3,514	1	15.85	—	$55,697
Sep 1993	3,975	1	15.03	—	$59,744
Aug 1993	4,871	1	15.66	—	$76,280
Jul 1993	7,214	1	15.46	—	$111,528
Jun 1993	6,942	1	16.79	—	$116,556
May 1993	5,329	1	17.68	—	$94,217

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.

Oct 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   68 bbl  × $ 84.98 =     $5,779
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.65 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $5,779

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/3450 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.