SMITH-BIRD UNIT

Name: SMITH-BIRD UNIT lease production and value, Jul 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO, L.P. (P-5 216378) in the CARTHAGE (COTTON VALLEY) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 146000District 06Field 160321742 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.6 M

Jul 1993 – Aug 2007

Value, last 12 filed months

$3 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

170

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The CARTHAGE (COTTON VALLEY) 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 4,104 leases and 4,104 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1968-05-01

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and 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 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 2011-02-08.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “FIELD. EFFECTIVE 4/12/16.”

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	1993-09-22	129454
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	7,427 bbl	$142,677
Gas	Production	1,094,493 Mcf	$1,410,137
Total			$1,552,814

677,107 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 (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 32.1796, -94.3224. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.17960, -94.32244 · 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

0.0%

0 of 1 wells

Median depth

9,652 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

—

no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

1100.0%

A plug date is filed

00.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

00.0%

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 9,652 ft.

Completions filed

Dec 2006

1 of 1 wells

1 well


42-36532721	7	9,652 ft	Dec 2006	—	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 (170)

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

170 months


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	0	0	50.30	6.73	$0
Dec 2006	4	0	56.65	6.92	$227
Nov 2006	3	163	54.20	7.62	$1,404
Oct 2006	3	99	54.90	6.01	$760
Sep 2006	5	128	60.08	5.04	$945
Aug 2006	3	54	68.71	7.34	$602
Jul 2006	0	41	69.37	6.34	$260
Jun 2006	0	0	66.28	6.38	$0
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	2	0	60.59	8.93	$121
Dec 2005	1	11	54.94	13.42	$203
Nov 2005	7	0	54.69	10.59	$383
Oct 2005	17	657	58.34	13.80	$10,056
Sep 2005	17	928	61.45	12.08	$12,254
Aug 2005	15	1,128	61.51	9.80	$11,973
Jul 2005	16	808	55.69	7.84	$7,229
Jun 2005	0	1,003	52.33	7.38	$7,403
May 2005	7	786	45.22	6.65	$5,544
Apr 2005	0	848	49.20	7.36	$6,242
Mar 2005	0	799	50.37	7.15	$5,717
Feb 2005	0	334	45.22	6.31	$2,108
Jan 2005	0	1,093	43.16	6.32	$6,910
Dec 2004	0	1,502	39.86	6.75	$10,140
Nov 2004	0	1,463	45.28	6.33	$9,261
Oct 2004	4	1,103	49.70	6.52	$7,385
Sep 2004	28	1,853	43.24	5.28	$11,002
Aug 2004	76	2,221	42.37	5.55	$15,548
Jul 2004	39	2,342	38.28	6.08	$15,742
Jun 2004	39	2,288	36.10	6.43	$16,127
May 2004	79	2,269	37.48	6.49	$17,697
Apr 2004	45	2,210	34.47	5.86	$14,498
Mar 2004	96	2,260	34.36	5.53	$15,797
Feb 2004	94	2,204	32.45	5.51	$15,194
Jan 2004	102	2,621	32.03	6.30	$19,778
Dec 2003	52	2,775	30.26	6.30	$19,061
Nov 2003	49	2,907	28.80	4.60	$14,769
Oct 2003	101	2,419	28.17	4.76	$14,359
Sep 2003	51	2,499	26.31	4.75	$13,210
Aug 2003	50	2,698	29.76	5.13	$15,328
Jul 2003	20	2,764	29.41	5.17	$14,880
Jun 2003	2	3,731	28.56	5.98	$22,380
May 2003	0	1,784	26.59	5.97	$10,655
Apr 2003	0	2,625	26.67	5.41	$14,194
Mar 2003	1	2,075	31.14	6.10	$12,680
Feb 2003	5	1,172	33.48	7.93	$9,457
Jan 2003	6	1,332	30.31	5.58	$7,617
Dec 2002	11	1,465	26.91	4.85	$7,407
Nov 2002	5	1,746	24.66	4.14	$7,346
Oct 2002	4	2,047	26.46	4.23	$8,763
Sep 2002	5	2,039	27.44	3.64	$7,549
Aug 2002	12	3,967	25.96	3.16	$12,864
Jul 2002	4	4,704	24.58	3.06	$14,501
Jun 2002	5	3,822	23.73	3.34	$12,877
May 2002	10	4,728	24.66	3.58	$17,192
Apr 2002	5	4,308	23.65	3.51	$15,249
Mar 2002	11	3,700	22.00	3.10	$11,722
Feb 2002	5	3,071	18.22	2.38	$7,387
Jan 2002	10	3,206	17.17	2.38	$7,788
Dec 2001	11	2,422	16.93	2.36	$5,913
Nov 2001	5	3,297	18.07	2.41	$8,021
Oct 2001	11	3,942	19.78	2.53	$10,186
Sep 2001	5	4,120	24.26	2.25	$9,397
Aug 2001	11	4,091	24.87	3.05	$12,764
Jul 2001	11	4,163	23.93	3.20	$13,573
Jun 2001	11	3,940	24.56	3.82	$15,337
May 2001	12	3,722	25.52	4.31	$16,338
Apr 2001	43	3,555	24.68	5.34	$20,028
Mar 2001	20	3,448	24.54	5.38	$19,029
Feb 2001	18	2,565	27.75	5.77	$15,292
Jan 2001	15	4,016	27.47	8.40	$34,141
Dec 2000	1	4,462	26.88	9.12	$40,731
Nov 2000	2	3,954	32.21	5.66	$22,436
Oct 2000	2	1,930	31.23	5.15	$9,993
Sep 2000	3	2,078	31.87	5.19	$10,873
Aug 2000	2	2,439	29.64	4.54	$11,134
Jul 2000	2	2,674	28.53	4.09	$10,993
Jun 2000	3	2,665	29.30	4.40	$11,807
May 2000	3	2,744	27.26	3.68	$10,179
Apr 2000	7	2,534	24.51	3.12	$8,068
Mar 2000	45	2,925	28.42	2.86	$9,644
Feb 2000	45	2,933	27.62	2.73	$9,240
Jan 2000	9	3,036	25.27	2.48	$7,758
Dec 1999	18	2,872	24.28	2.42	$7,398
Nov 1999	18	3,225	23.19	2.43	$8,267
Oct 1999	19	3,427	20.98	2.80	$10,007
Sep 1999	22	3,455	21.75	2.62	$9,527
Aug 1999	0	3,854	19.26	2.88	$11,083
Jul 1999	25	4,272	17.89	2.37	$10,582
Jun 1999	35	4,519	15.94	2.36	$11,232
May 1999	33	5,263	15.79	2.32	$12,737
Apr 1999	65	4,868	15.10	2.21	$11,730
Mar 1999	26	5,038	12.47	1.84	$9,586
Feb 1999	0	4,583	9.98	1.82	$8,331
Jan 1999	57	5,505	10.38	1.90	$11,051
Dec 1998	0	5,059	9.20	1.77	$8,971
Nov 1998	0	4,913	10.89	2.19	$10,738
Oct 1998	57	6,139	12.42	1.97	$12,797
Sep 1998	0	6,333	12.59	2.08	$13,189
Aug 1998	0	6,632	11.30	1.91	$12,650
Jul 1998	0	5,930	11.74	2.24	$13,267
Jun 1998	56	6,481	11.24	2.24	$15,129
May 1998	0	5,967	12.62	2.21	$13,165
Apr 1998	54	6,948	13.04	2.51	$18,111
Mar 1998	0	6,907	12.80	2.31	$15,951
Feb 1998	0	6,799	13.95	2.30	$15,632
Jan 1998	51	6,713	14.70	2.15	$15,215
Dec 1997	51	6,169	16.32	2.41	$15,706
Nov 1997	47	8,288	18.19	3.09	$26,450
Oct 1997	49	8,930	19.25	3.15	$29,071
Sep 1997	48	9,002	17.74	2.95	$27,451
Aug 1997	0	9,695	17.86	2.55	$24,768
Jul 1997	47	10,305	17.58	2.25	$23,981
Jun 1997	55	9,810	17.24	2.26	$23,091
May 1997	47	10,658	18.97	2.31	$25,496
Apr 1997	47	10,753	17.88	2.08	$23,236
Mar 1997	53	9,412	18.95	1.94	$19,256
Feb 1997	94	10,562	20.49	2.21	$25,225
Jan 1997	54	9,645	23.48	3.54	$35,408
Dec 1996	54	10,771	23.32	—	$1,259
Nov 1996	101	12,468	21.97	—	$2,219
Oct 1996	43	12,262	23.31	—	$1,002
Sep 1996	86	14,048	22.22	—	$1,911
Aug 1996	40	16,593	20.26	—	$810
Jul 1996	69	6,689	19.55	—	$1,349
Jun 1996	0	5,132	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	35	4,839	19.43	—	$680
Apr 1996	75	4,813	21.51	—	$1,613
Mar 1996	93	4,866	19.38	—	$1,802
Feb 1996	106	4,924	16.98	—	$1,800
Jan 1996	108	5,601	17.07	—	$1,844
Dec 1995	52	6,675	17.19	—	$894
Nov 1995	53	6,925	16.00	—	$848
Oct 1995	47	8,758	15.43	—	$725
Sep 1995	94	9,733	16.18	—	$1,521
Aug 1995	136	11,210	15.92	—	$2,165
Jul 1995	96	11,958	15.24	—	$1,463
Jun 1995	43	11,800	16.41	—	$706
May 1995	33	12,497	17.56	—	$579
Apr 1995	39	12,667	17.73	—	$691
Mar 1995	39	13,587	16.44	—	$641
Feb 1995	39	12,545	16.58	—	$647
Jan 1995	36	14,727	15.92	—	$573
Dec 1994	38	15,195	15.03	—	$571
Nov 1994	0	15,884	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	0	18,165	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	0	16,175	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	209	19,628	16.13	—	$3,371
Jul 1994	194	21,143	17.56	—	$3,407
Jun 1994	0	23,284	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	178	25,780	15.88	—	$2,827
Apr 1994	181	26,731	14.14	—	$2,559
Mar 1994	391	31,112	12.46	—	$4,872
Feb 1994	201	32,244	12.50	—	$2,513
Jan 1994	199	22,780	12.66	—	$2,519
Dec 1993	202	24,825	12.33	—	$2,491
Nov 1993	378	25,689	14.49	—	$5,477
Oct 1993	201	29,214	15.85	—	$3,186
Sep 1993	394	31,231	15.03	—	$5,922
Aug 1993	397	33,680	15.66	—	$6,217
Jul 1993	196	28,259	15.46	—	$3,030

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 2006 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             4 bbl  × $ 56.65 =       $227
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  6.92 =         $0

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Month total                                     $227

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. 06/G/146000 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.