BLANKENSHIP UNIT

Operated by CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. (P-5 148113) 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 159869District 06Field 160321742 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.8 M
Apr 1996 – Sep 2022
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
318
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, 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 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.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
High Cost Gas111996-10-09134823
NGPA1none

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
CondensateDisposition7 bbl$134
GasProduction1,268,295 Mcf$3,849,640
Total$3,849,774

304,916 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 9 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 32.2169, -94.3975. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.21695, -94.39750 · 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%
1 of 1 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
10,095 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
26.5 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 10,095 ft.

Completions filed
Apr 1996
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Oct 2022
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 26.5 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 26.5 years and 26.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-3653331310 D10,095 ftApr 1996Oct 2022Yes

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 (318)

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

318 months

Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 2015013543.433.10$419
Dec 2014029254.693.59$1,049
Nov 2014029970.464.25$1,271
Oct 2014030578.303.90$1,190
Sep 2014025086.164.05$1,011
Aug 201403689.394.04$145
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 2014020798.164.74$981
May 2014013994.734.73$657
Apr 2014029495.944.81$1,414
Mar 2014031895.895.06$1,608
Feb 2014015397.406.19$947
Jan 201404990.404.86$238
Dec 201307891.824.35$340
Nov 201306988.853.74$258
Oct 201306197.423.78$231
Sep 2013046104.113.72$171
Aug 2013048104.253.52$169
Jul 2013050102.523.72$186
Jun 201306194.403.93$240
May 201305494.834.15$224
Apr 201306193.964.28$261
Mar 201306193.623.91$239
Feb 201308591.233.42$291
Jan 201309191.603.42$311
Dec 201208986.773.42$304
Nov 201209186.953.62$330
Oct 201207989.383.40$269
Sep 201206194.672.92$178
Aug 201204792.662.91$137
Jul 201204485.133.02$133
Jun 201204579.822.52$113
May 201204191.612.49$102
Apr 2012032101.652.00$64
Mar 2012033105.052.22$73
Feb 2012067101.102.57$172
Jan 2012011998.092.73$325
Dec 2011013996.873.24$450
Nov 2011011995.723.31$394
Oct 2011012884.983.65$467
Sep 2011011583.623.99$458
Aug 201103883.404.15$158
Jul 201106094.144.52$271
Jun 201109292.904.64$427
May 2011011398.134.40$498
Apr 20110548105.964.33$2,375
Mar 2011062496.364.06$2,532
Feb 2011041485.644.18$1,731
Jan 2011010186.504.59$463
Dec 2010012185.734.35$526
Nov 2010012080.843.80$455
Oct 2010013078.103.51$456
Sep 2010010172.633.98$402
Aug 201008873.684.42$389
Jul 201009372.554.74$440
Jun 201009170.364.91$447
May 201008571.124.24$360
Apr 201005981.694.12$243
Mar 201003278.394.39$140
Feb 201007573.585.44$408
Jan 2010011274.365.96$668
Dec 2009013971.445.48$762
Nov 2009011874.593.75$443
Oct 200909872.544.11$403
Sep 200908465.543.06$257
Aug 200906467.423.22$206
Jul 200904961.133.46$170
Jun 200904266.163.90$164
May 200906754.743.93$263
Apr 200909246.773.59$330
Mar 200909642.144.06$390
Feb 200908032.814.63$371
Jan 2009010335.865.37$553
Dec 200809337.105.98$556
Nov 200807055.496.86$480
Oct 200805575.246.92$381
Sep 2008049101.767.88$386
Aug 200801,141114.228.48$9,679
Jul 200803,241131.0811.39$36,913
Jun 200803,078131.3313.03$40,114
May 200803,166123.1711.57$36,644
Apr 200802,784110.3110.45$29,106
Mar 200802,569101.909.66$24,827
Feb 200802,39092.538.77$20,962
Jan 200802,74690.388.21$22,533
Dec 200702,83988.337.30$20,730
Nov 200702,80591.677.29$20,453
Oct 200704,08882.856.92$28,297
Sep 200703,44075.846.24$21,480
Aug 200704,33669.066.39$27,698
Jul 200704,20470.906.39$26,855
Jun 200703,83862.007.55$28,971
May 200703,28458.747.85$25,767
Apr 200703,23359.617.81$25,234
Mar 200704,32556.927.30$31,581
Feb 200704,18055.108.22$34,343
Jan 200704,20950.306.73$28,313
Dec 200604,73356.656.92$32,745
Nov 200603,87154.207.62$29,487
Oct 200603,14954.906.01$18,937
Sep 200603,30260.085.04$16,633
Aug 200603,74868.717.34$27,510
Jul 200603,67069.376.34$23,278
Jun 200603,42566.286.38$21,865
May 200603,28066.016.42$21,074
Apr 200603,42764.397.36$25,224
Mar 200603,39956.707.08$24,075
Feb 200602,55457.597.75$19,796
Jan 200602,78260.598.93$24,853
Dec 200503,38854.9413.42$45,451
Nov 200503,65954.6910.59$38,743
Oct 200503,86358.3413.80$53,293
Sep 200503,34361.4512.08$40,380
Aug 200504,17561.519.80$40,902
Jul 200504,16655.697.84$32,677
Jun 200504,03952.337.38$29,812
May 200504,12545.226.65$27,436
Apr 200503,71949.207.36$27,374
Mar 200503,80550.377.15$27,224
Feb 200503,81045.226.31$24,048
Jan 200504,07743.166.32$25,776
Dec 200403,72039.866.75$25,114
Nov 200404,24445.286.33$26,866
Oct 200404,66649.706.52$30,399
Sep 200403,58443.245.28$18,938
Aug 200403,72142.375.55$20,654
Jul 200404,30238.286.08$26,174
Jun 200404,30936.106.43$27,720
May 200403,36237.486.49$21,835
Apr 200403,62734.475.86$21,249
Mar 200403,44534.365.53$19,051
Feb 200403,62132.455.51$19,950
Jan 200404,68332.036.30$29,501
Dec 200303,58530.266.30$22,591
Nov 200304,44428.804.60$20,421
Oct 200304,70928.174.76$22,413
Sep 200304,75326.314.75$22,574
Aug 200302,97529.765.13$15,261
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 2003026926.675.41$1,455
Mar 200304,21231.146.10$25,677
Feb 200304,58333.487.93$36,324
Jan 200304,38230.315.58$24,461
Dec 200204,53426.914.85$22,007
Nov 200203,95324.664.14$16,353
Oct 200204,25026.464.23$17,974
Sep 200204,91727.443.64$17,874
Aug 200205,08525.963.16$16,090
Jul 200204,43524.583.06$13,579
Jun 200203,95023.733.34$13,186
May 200204,71524.663.58$16,899
Apr 200204,53223.653.51$15,918
Mar 200205,86122.003.10$18,185
Feb 200205,31218.222.38$12,620
Jan 200206,13017.172.38$14,563
Dec 200105,53816.932.36$13,094
Nov 200105,45918.072.41$13,132
Oct 200106,05719.782.53$15,317
Sep 200106,09524.262.25$13,722
Aug 200106,51524.873.05$19,891
Jul 200106,59123.933.20$21,072
Jun 200106,37724.563.82$24,387
May 200106,49825.524.31$27,989
Apr 200106,46224.685.34$34,477
Mar 200106,43724.545.38$34,608
Feb 200106,14827.755.77$35,456
Jan 200106,68727.478.40$56,163
Dec 200006,67126.889.12$60,856
Nov 200006,44832.215.66$36,483
Oct 200006,70231.235.15$34,485
Sep 200007,02431.875.19$36,430
Aug 200006,99429.644.54$31,758
Jul 200006,71528.534.09$27,463
Jun 200006,13029.304.40$26,955
May 200006,28827.263.68$23,138
Apr 200007,85124.513.12$24,464
Mar 200008,80228.422.86$25,172
Feb 200008,32927.622.73$22,709
Jan 200009,14425.272.48$22,682
Dec 199909,34124.282.42$22,640
Nov 199909,18723.192.43$22,361
Oct 199909,84320.982.80$27,597
Sep 199909,92721.752.62$25,997
Aug 199909,86319.262.88$28,362
Jul 1999010,05217.892.37$23,847
Jun 1999011,65015.942.36$27,518
May 1999012,40215.792.32$28,785
Apr 199908,21415.102.21$18,137
Mar 199907,10612.471.84$13,063
Feb 199908,8519.981.82$16,089
Jan 199908,24510.381.90$15,665
Dec 199805,3689.201.77$9,519
Nov 199805,77110.892.19$12,614
Oct 1998065212.421.97$1,284
Sep 199801,17612.592.08$2,449
Aug 199806,85011.301.91$13,065
Jul 199809,71111.742.24$21,726
Jun 1998012,66211.242.24$28,328
May 1998011,59012.622.21$25,571
Apr 1998014,37813.042.51$36,022
Mar 1998012,73412.802.31$29,408
Feb 1998016,25013.952.30$37,361
Jan 1998019,47814.702.15$41,971
Dec 1997020,41316.322.41$49,218
Nov 1997018,15518.193.09$56,067
Oct 1997021,57519.253.15$67,957
Sep 1997022,60517.742.95$66,795
Aug 1997021,99317.862.55$56,186
Jul 1997021,82217.582.25$49,033
Jun 1997021,88117.242.26$49,390
May 1997023,00918.972.31$53,116
Apr 1997123,16817.882.08$48,272
Mar 1997025,18518.951.94$48,837
Feb 1997023,06220.492.21$50,872
Jan 1997026,08623.483.54$92,337
Dec 1996027,34623.32$0
Nov 1996025,14921.97$0
Oct 1996027,76223.31$0
Sep 1996028,69722.22$0
Aug 1996032,65820.26$0
Jul 1996036,74119.55$0
Jun 1996041,07518.73$0
May 1996645,82619.43$117
Apr 1996039,66221.51$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.

Jan 2015 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 43.43 =         $0
Gas                  135 Mcf  × $  3.10 =       $419

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Month total                                     $419

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/159869 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.