BIRD, G. W. ESTATE

Operated by VERADO ENERGY, INC. (P-5 884563) in the OAK HILL (COTTON VALLEY) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 227269District 06Field 664612752 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.9 M
Jan 2007 – May 2023
Value, last 12 filed months
$54 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
197
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 2,275 leases and 2,276 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1976-11-17
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 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: 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 Gas112007-07-09174744
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
CondensateDisposition1,136 bbl$83,736
GasProduction724,140 Mcf$3,859,569
Total$3,943,305

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 32.2983, -94.6573. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.29825, -94.65725 · 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
10,596 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
16.0 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 10,596 ft.

Completions filed
Feb 2007
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Feb 2023
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 16.0 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 16.0 years and 16.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-401341171210,596 ftFeb 2007Feb 2023Yes

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 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 2023022075.112.47$542
Jan 2023040376.533.39$1,365
Dec 202201,07276.415.73$6,142
Nov 202201,30685.005.65$7,374
Oct 2022096587.185.86$5,659
Sep 2022088784.888.16$7,241
Aug 202201,01794.529.13$9,282
Jul 202201,195101.587.54$9,013
Jun 20220980115.097.98$7,818
May 20220988109.378.43$8,332
Apr 202201,108104.226.84$7,576
Mar 20220911108.885.08$4,625
Feb 2022076791.054.86$3,727
Jan 2022090981.844.54$4,125
Dec 2021091471.323.90$3,564
Nov 2021082177.435.24$4,299
Oct 2021095279.795.71$5,440
Sep 2021087569.865.35$4,682
Aug 202101,23266.024.22$5,200
Jul 202101,41270.783.98$5,623
Jun 202101,16569.493.38$3,938
May 2021080363.483.02$2,423
Apr 2021090760.362.76$2,502
Mar 202101,00761.302.72$2,736
Feb 2021077257.805.55$4,283
Jan 2021095250.412.81$2,675
Dec 202001,18944.642.68$3,181
Nov 202001,03838.772.71$2,809
Oct 202001,18236.972.48$2,930
Sep 202001,18237.091.99$2,353
Aug 202001,13939.982.39$2,717
Jul 202001,43638.371.83$2,621
Jun 202001,38034.901.69$2,333
May 202001,27216.921.81$2,308
Apr 202001,19514.751.80$2,156
Mar 202001,25430.341.86$2,328
Feb 202001,17249.881.98$2,321
Jan 202001,34457.252.09$2,815
Dec 201901,21859.012.30$2,807
Nov 201901,27055.302.75$3,493
Oct 201901,33053.472.42$3,217
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 2019171,54453.112.30$4,461
Jul 201901,73956.272.46$4,278
Jun 201901,85252.782.49$4,614
May 201902,58758.482.74$7,089
Apr 201902,03262.632.75$5,589
Mar 2019131,48656.803.06$5,289
Feb 201901,39050.852.79$3,881
Jan 201901,58346.033.23$5,110
Dec 201801,66946.594.19$6,986
Nov 2018121,69952.934.24$7,834
Oct 201811,65261.443.40$5,675
Sep 201801,50659.543.11$4,681
Aug 201801,63559.403.07$5,014
Jul 201801,72765.142.93$5,063
Jun 201801,80960.183.08$5,566
May 201801,82165.382.90$5,282
Apr 2018131,82163.842.90$6,112
Mar 201801,94361.222.79$5,415
Feb 201801,76161.782.77$4,871
Jan 201801,89162.874.01$7,582
Dec 201701,95857.272.92$5,720
Nov 201702,04455.423.12$6,374
Oct 201702,38449.292.98$7,113
Sep 2017182,24647.523.09$7,789
Aug 201702,34245.373.00$7,036
Jul 201702,37843.873.09$7,342
Jun 201702,49342.493.09$7,697
May 201703,37645.373.26$11,017
Apr 201702,45547.933.21$7,884
Mar 2017172,54746.772.98$8,395
Feb 201702,25650.452.95$6,661
Jan 201701,92549.413.42$6,581
Dec 201602,66048.763.72$9,903
Nov 201602,97642.492.64$7,870
Oct 201613,12446.193.09$9,700
Sep 201613,26641.553.10$10,168
Aug 2016273,75441.442.92$12,097
Jul 201613,92741.622.92$11,526
Jun 201613,95645.352.69$10,670
May 201614,33642.521.99$8,676
Apr 201604,15236.561.99$8,267
Mar 201614,20533.011.79$7,577
Feb 201614,04526.472.06$8,374
Jan 201614,78227.352.36$11,334
Dec 201525,28232.362.00$10,636
Nov 2015325,24538.792.17$12,609
Oct 201525,49043.552.43$13,409
Sep 201515,03242.992.76$13,923
Aug 201525,34340.162.87$15,428
Jul 201525,39648.152.95$15,988
Jun 201525,18356.152.88$15,054
May 201515,42555.212.96$16,089
Apr 2015275,39649.822.71$15,950
Mar 201525,32842.892.93$15,722
Feb 201544,62844.662.98$13,952
Jan 201514,98443.433.10$15,497
Dec 2014315,73054.693.59$22,274
Nov 201425,25170.464.25$22,467
Oct 201414,70578.303.90$18,432
Sep 201414,58186.164.05$18,618
Aug 201424,71889.394.04$19,216
Jul 201435,06596.564.18$21,459
Jun 2014335,11798.164.74$27,478
May 201425,36494.734.73$25,543
Apr 201425,11295.944.81$24,776
Mar 201445,99895.895.06$30,714
Feb 2014275,11797.406.19$34,314
Jan 201415,64690.404.86$27,534
Dec 201305,75091.824.35$25,038
Nov 201305,79388.853.74$21,656
Oct 2013286,19197.423.78$26,126
Sep 201305,726104.113.72$21,288
Aug 201305,922104.253.52$20,861
Jul 2013235,621102.523.72$23,255
Jun 201305,50294.403.93$21,642
May 201305,12894.834.15$21,276
Apr 2013111,57993.964.28$7,796
Mar 201301,08993.623.91$4,261
Feb 2013092291.233.42$3,153
Jan 201391,05191.603.42$4,419
Dec 201201,38686.773.42$4,740
Nov 201201,40386.953.62$5,086
Oct 201291,45189.383.40$5,737
Sep 201201,39494.672.92$4,068
Aug 2012092892.662.91$2,699
Jul 201201,26485.133.02$3,818
Jun 201271,26479.822.52$3,743
May 2012090691.612.49$2,254
Apr 20120938101.652.00$1,873
Mar 201271,367105.052.22$3,773
Feb 201201,350101.102.57$3,470
Jan 201201,27098.092.73$3,472
Dec 201101,41196.873.24$4,571
Nov 2011111,81395.723.31$7,056
Oct 201101,32384.983.65$4,827
Sep 201101,12483.623.99$4,480
Aug 201171,22683.404.15$5,671
Jul 201111,73494.144.52$7,927
Jun 201111,63792.904.64$7,688
May 201171,42798.134.40$6,973
Apr 201103,355105.964.33$14,538
Mar 201111,50496.364.06$6,199
Feb 201191,39385.644.18$6,593
Jan 201101,58686.504.59$7,278
Dec 201071,47485.734.35$7,009
Nov 201011,60980.843.80$6,188
Oct 201001,75578.103.51$6,158
Sep 2010101,57472.633.98$6,990
Aug 201011,96473.684.42$8,753
Jul 2010132,24972.554.74$11,596
Jun 201001,70870.364.91$8,387
May 201002,39471.124.24$10,139
Apr 2010122,57081.694.12$11,576
Mar 201003,56278.394.39$15,632
Feb 201002,17073.585.44$11,810
Jan 2010102,51374.365.96$15,731
Dec 2009173,98171.445.48$23,045
Nov 200901,90374.593.75$7,139
Oct 200902,50972.544.11$10,313
Sep 2009112,63065.543.06$8,781
Aug 200902,74267.423.22$8,825
Jul 200903,10961.133.46$10,771
Jun 2009194,15366.163.90$17,433
May 200902,91554.743.93$11,444
Apr 2009123,30746.773.59$12,425
Mar 200905,30042.144.06$21,513
Feb 2009143,09432.814.63$14,794
Jan 2009133,74035.865.37$20,554
Dec 200804,57337.105.98$27,333
Nov 2008124,01255.496.86$28,190
Oct 200805,05975.246.92$35,018
Sep 2008185,951101.767.88$48,708
Aug 200805,746114.228.48$48,743
Jul 2008166,365131.0811.39$74,591
Jun 2008217,185131.3313.03$96,397
May 200808,187123.1711.57$94,759
Apr 2008198,315110.3110.45$89,028
Mar 20082310,119101.909.66$100,134
Feb 20082310,67192.538.77$95,719
Jan 20085213,17890.388.21$112,835
Dec 20072213,55288.337.30$100,900
Nov 20073014,04591.677.29$105,162
Oct 20073817,60782.856.92$125,024
Sep 2007214,54375.846.24$90,961
Aug 20073617,17869.066.39$112,218
Jul 20073719,24570.906.39$125,559
Jun 20074319,51362.007.55$149,959
May 20075420,97258.747.85$167,724
Apr 20076425,32359.617.81$201,466
Mar 20072030,68456.927.30$225,192
Feb 200708,39155.108.22$68,940
Jan 2007227,06250.306.73$48,612

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.

Feb 2023 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 75.11 =         $0
Gas                  220 Mcf  × $  2.47 =       $542

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Month total                                     $542

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/227269 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.