VIPER #1

Name: VIPER #1 lease production and value, Mar 2006 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by SABINE OIL & GAS CORPORATION (P-5 742143) in the MINDEN (COTTON VALLEY CONS.) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 220321District 06Field 617921112 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$4.5 M

Mar 2006 – Jan 2023

Value, last 12 filed months

$37 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

203

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The MINDEN (COTTON VALLEY CONS.) 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 456 leases and 456 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

2005-09-27

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 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 2018-03-20.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “EXCEPTION TO SWR51(A) 30 DAY RULE.”

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	2007-05-07	174698
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	1,656 bbl	$116,049
Gas	Production	804,484 Mcf	$4,399,898
Total			$4,515,947

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 32.0935, -94.7424. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.09349, -94.74241 · 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

10,940 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

16.9 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 10,940 ft.

Completions filed

Mar 2006

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Feb 2023

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 16.9 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 16.9 years and 16.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-40133839	13	10,940 ft	Mar 2006	Feb 2023	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 (203)

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

203 months


Jan 2023	0	1,591	76.53	3.39	$5,390
Dec 2022	0	3,243	76.41	5.73	$18,579
Nov 2022	0	66	85.00	5.65	$373
Oct 2022	0	94	87.18	5.86	$551
Sep 2022	0	122	84.88	8.16	$996
Aug 2022	0	178	94.52	9.13	$1,625
Jul 2022	0	327	101.58	7.54	$2,466
Jun 2022	0	284	115.09	7.98	$2,266
May 2022	0	239	109.37	8.43	$2,016
Apr 2022	0	191	104.22	6.84	$1,306
Mar 2022	0	177	108.88	5.08	$899
Feb 2022	0	147	91.05	4.86	$714
Jan 2022	0	165	81.84	4.54	$749
Dec 2021	0	204	71.32	3.90	$795
Nov 2021	0	200	77.43	5.24	$1,047
Oct 2021	0	201	79.79	5.71	$1,148
Sep 2021	0	251	69.86	5.35	$1,343
Aug 2021	0	315	66.02	4.22	$1,329
Jul 2021	0	301	70.78	3.98	$1,199
Jun 2021	0	311	69.49	3.38	$1,051
May 2021	0	267	63.48	3.02	$806
Apr 2021	0	242	60.36	2.76	$668
Mar 2021	0	214	61.30	2.72	$581
Feb 2021	0	113	57.80	5.55	$627
Jan 2021	0	170	50.41	2.81	$478
Dec 2020	0	134	44.64	2.68	$359
Nov 2020	0	163	38.77	2.71	$441
Oct 2020	0	223	36.97	2.48	$553
Sep 2020	0	292	37.09	1.99	$581
Aug 2020	0	415	39.98	2.39	$990
Jul 2020	0	408	38.37	1.83	$745
Jun 2020	0	333	34.90	1.69	$563
May 2020	1	185	16.92	1.81	$353
Apr 2020	0	171	14.75	1.80	$309
Mar 2020	0	274	30.34	1.86	$509
Feb 2020	0	259	49.88	1.98	$513
Jan 2020	0	396	57.25	2.09	$830
Dec 2019	0	627	59.01	2.30	$1,445
Nov 2019	0	885	55.30	2.75	$2,434
Oct 2019	0	1,393	53.47	2.42	$3,369
Sep 2019	0	1,584	55.05	2.66	$4,209
Aug 2019	0	1,717	53.11	2.30	$3,957
Jul 2019	0	1,677	56.27	2.46	$4,126
Jun 2019	0	1,562	52.78	2.49	$3,891
May 2019	0	1,567	58.48	2.74	$4,294
Apr 2019	0	1,407	62.63	2.75	$3,870
Mar 2019	0	1,251	56.80	3.06	$3,831
Feb 2019	0	1,033	50.85	2.79	$2,884
Jan 2019	0	1,160	46.03	3.23	$3,745
Dec 2018	0	1,216	46.59	4.19	$5,090
Nov 2018	0	1,188	52.93	4.24	$5,034
Oct 2018	0	1,269	61.44	3.40	$4,312
Sep 2018	0	1,387	59.54	3.11	$4,311
Aug 2018	0	1,428	59.40	3.07	$4,379
Jul 2018	0	1,485	65.14	2.93	$4,354
Jun 2018	0	1,418	60.18	3.08	$4,363
May 2018	0	1,513	65.38	2.90	$4,389
Apr 2018	0	1,201	63.84	2.90	$3,484
Mar 2018	0	1,309	61.22	2.79	$3,648
Feb 2018	0	1,087	61.78	2.77	$3,007
Jan 2018	0	1,299	62.87	4.01	$5,208
Dec 2017	0	1,524	57.27	2.92	$4,452
Nov 2017	0	1,592	55.42	3.12	$4,964
Oct 2017	0	1,769	49.29	2.98	$5,278
Sep 2017	0	1,680	47.52	3.09	$5,187
Aug 2017	0	1,816	45.37	3.00	$5,456
Jul 2017	0	1,842	43.87	3.09	$5,687
Jun 2017	0	1,928	42.49	3.09	$5,952
May 2017	0	1,871	45.37	3.26	$6,106
Apr 2017	0	1,812	47.93	3.21	$5,819
Mar 2017	0	1,793	46.77	2.98	$5,350
Feb 2017	0	1,429	50.45	2.95	$4,219
Jan 2017	0	1,729	49.41	3.42	$5,911
Dec 2016	0	1,492	48.76	3.72	$5,554
Nov 2016	0	1,406	42.49	2.64	$3,718
Oct 2016	0	1,649	46.19	3.09	$5,096
Sep 2016	0	1,688	41.55	3.10	$5,234
Aug 2016	0	1,766	41.44	2.92	$5,164
Jul 2016	0	1,904	41.62	2.92	$5,568
Jun 2016	3	1,780	45.35	2.69	$4,917
May 2016	0	1,882	42.52	1.99	$3,747
Apr 2016	0	1,907	36.56	1.99	$3,797
Mar 2016	0	1,965	33.01	1.79	$3,525
Feb 2016	0	2,009	26.47	2.06	$4,146
Jan 2016	0	2,687	27.35	2.36	$6,353
Dec 2015	0	2,518	32.36	2.00	$5,040
Nov 2015	0	2,366	38.79	2.17	$5,128
Oct 2015	0	2,537	43.55	2.43	$6,156
Sep 2015	0	2,399	42.99	2.76	$6,617
Aug 2015	0	2,601	40.16	2.87	$7,471
Jul 2015	0	2,648	48.15	2.95	$7,799
Jun 2015	0	2,615	56.15	2.88	$7,539
May 2015	0	2,570	55.21	2.96	$7,596
Apr 2015	0	2,834	49.82	2.71	$7,670
Mar 2015	0	2,765	42.89	2.93	$8,114
Feb 2015	0	2,550	44.66	2.98	$7,589
Jan 2015	0	2,891	43.43	3.10	$8,964
Dec 2014	0	2,841	54.69	3.59	$10,203
Nov 2014	0	2,815	70.46	4.25	$11,969
Oct 2014	0	2,894	78.30	3.90	$11,289
Sep 2014	0	2,756	86.16	4.05	$11,149
Aug 2014	0	2,851	89.39	4.04	$11,504
Jul 2014	0	2,729	96.56	4.18	$11,406
Jun 2014	0	2,796	98.16	4.74	$13,244
May 2014	0	2,821	94.73	4.73	$13,334
Apr 2014	0	2,763	95.94	4.81	$13,288
Mar 2014	0	2,894	95.89	5.06	$14,634
Feb 2014	0	2,510	97.40	6.19	$15,542
Jan 2014	0	2,780	90.40	4.86	$13,513
Dec 2013	0	2,938	91.82	4.35	$12,793
Nov 2013	0	2,761	88.85	3.74	$10,321
Oct 2013	0	3,069	97.42	3.78	$11,599
Sep 2013	0	3,116	104.11	3.72	$11,584
Aug 2013	0	3,340	104.25	3.52	$11,766
Jul 2013	0	3,473	102.52	3.72	$12,912
Jun 2013	0	3,386	94.40	3.93	$13,319
May 2013	0	3,456	94.83	4.15	$14,339
Apr 2013	7	3,330	93.96	4.28	$14,919
Mar 2013	0	3,381	93.62	3.91	$13,229
Feb 2013	0	3,052	91.23	3.42	$10,438
Jan 2013	0	2,959	91.60	3.42	$10,120
Dec 2012	0	3,327	86.77	3.42	$11,379
Nov 2012	6	3,291	86.95	3.62	$12,451
Oct 2012	19	3,362	89.38	3.40	$13,128
Sep 2012	0	3,303	94.67	2.92	$9,639
Aug 2012	0	3,505	92.66	2.91	$10,193
Jul 2012	5	3,406	85.13	3.02	$10,714
Jun 2012	2	3,384	79.82	2.52	$8,684
May 2012	10	3,598	91.61	2.49	$9,869
Apr 2012	5	3,538	101.65	2.00	$7,573
Mar 2012	5	4,525	105.05	2.22	$10,580
Feb 2012	7	4,402	101.10	2.57	$12,022
Jan 2012	16	4,274	98.09	2.73	$13,255
Dec 2011	34	3,979	96.87	3.24	$16,185
Nov 2011	11	3,395	95.72	3.31	$12,295
Oct 2011	0	3,772	84.98	3.65	$13,762
Sep 2011	18	3,724	83.62	3.99	$16,348
Aug 2011	7	4,055	83.40	4.15	$17,409
Jul 2011	34	4,314	94.14	4.52	$22,688
Jun 2011	12	4,003	92.90	4.64	$19,688
May 2011	10	4,285	98.13	4.40	$19,856
Apr 2011	20	4,084	105.96	4.33	$19,816
Mar 2011	2	3,593	96.36	4.06	$14,771
Feb 2011	11	3,512	85.64	4.18	$15,622
Jan 2011	11	3,985	86.50	4.59	$19,238
Dec 2010	5	4,110	85.73	4.35	$18,298
Nov 2010	10	4,045	80.84	3.80	$16,161
Oct 2010	9	4,300	78.10	3.51	$15,791
Sep 2010	13	4,317	72.63	3.98	$18,124
Aug 2010	13	4,532	73.68	4.42	$20,986
Jul 2010	12	4,560	72.55	4.74	$22,469
Jun 2010	19	4,486	70.36	4.91	$23,365
May 2010	11	4,649	71.12	4.24	$20,472
Apr 2010	16	4,537	81.69	4.12	$20,012
Mar 2010	25	4,697	78.39	4.39	$22,573
Feb 2010	19	4,331	73.58	5.44	$24,969
Jan 2010	18	4,730	74.36	5.96	$29,549
Dec 2009	13	4,725	71.44	5.48	$26,839
Nov 2009	15	4,836	74.59	3.75	$19,261
Oct 2009	10	5,033	72.54	4.11	$21,412
Sep 2009	27	4,988	65.54	3.06	$17,057
Aug 2009	15	5,471	67.42	3.22	$18,620
Jul 2009	28	5,618	61.13	3.46	$21,175
Jun 2009	21	5,388	66.16	3.90	$22,376
May 2009	26	5,670	54.74	3.93	$23,682
Apr 2009	23	5,508	46.77	3.59	$20,836
Mar 2009	17	5,855	42.14	4.06	$24,482
Feb 2009	17	4,844	32.81	4.63	$23,000
Jan 2009	34	6,004	35.86	5.37	$33,467
Dec 2008	18	4,539	37.10	5.98	$27,798
Nov 2008	4	4,661	55.49	6.86	$32,198
Oct 2008	6	5,176	75.24	6.92	$36,280
Sep 2008	6	4,965	101.76	7.88	$39,720
Aug 2008	8	5,610	114.22	8.48	$48,504
Jul 2008	5	5,580	131.08	11.39	$64,208
Jun 2008	7	5,415	131.33	13.03	$71,491
May 2008	8	5,998	123.17	11.57	$70,408
Apr 2008	6	5,836	110.31	10.45	$61,676
Mar 2008	8	6,408	101.90	9.66	$62,743
Feb 2008	14	6,880	92.53	8.77	$61,637
Jan 2008	14	7,588	90.38	8.21	$63,530
Dec 2007	16	7,822	88.33	7.30	$58,529
Nov 2007	12	7,946	91.67	7.29	$59,040
Oct 2007	12	8,453	82.85	6.92	$59,506
Sep 2007	17	8,436	75.84	6.24	$53,965
Aug 2007	15	8,989	69.06	6.39	$58,457
Jul 2007	13	9,500	70.90	6.39	$61,607
Jun 2007	10	9,663	62.00	7.55	$73,561
May 2007	25	10,428	58.74	7.85	$83,290
Apr 2007	18	10,670	59.61	7.81	$84,354
Mar 2007	28	11,705	56.92	7.30	$87,063
Feb 2007	34	11,159	55.10	8.22	$93,556
Jan 2007	38	13,208	50.30	6.73	$90,760
Dec 2006	31	14,473	56.65	6.92	$101,887
Nov 2006	41	15,346	54.20	7.62	$119,120
Oct 2006	53	17,819	54.90	6.01	$110,070
Sep 2006	87	20,283	60.08	5.04	$107,396
Aug 2006	99	23,388	68.71	7.34	$178,468
Jul 2006	56	22,317	69.37	6.34	$145,436
Jun 2006	275	25,547	66.28	6.38	$181,316
May 2006	0	42,781	66.01	6.42	$274,868
Apr 2006	0	37,591	64.39	7.36	$276,688
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$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 2023 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 76.53 =         $0
Gas                1,591 Mcf  × $  3.39 =     $5,390

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Month total                                   $5,390

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/220321 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.