SPARKMAN

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

Operated by BASA RESOURCES, INC. (P-5 53974) in the MINDEN (TRAVIS PEAK, LO. OIL) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 11175District 06Field 61792902NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$806 k

Jan 1993 – Aug 2007

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

176

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The MINDEN (TRAVIS PEAK, LO. OIL) 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 9 leases and 9 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1981-11-23

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

—

no field rule filed

From a lease line

—

no field rule filed

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “03/28/2006 PER DOCKET 06-0245877.”

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
NGPA	2	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
Oil	Disposition	32,694 bbl	$805,614
Casinghead gas	Production	53 Mcf	$12
Total			$805,626

48 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 32.0405, -94.7071. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.04050, -94.70707 · 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

8,000 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

28.2 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 8,000 ft.

Completions filed

Aug 1983

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Oct 2011

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 28.2 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 28.2 years and 28.2 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-40131534	2	8,000 ft	Aug 1983	Oct 2011	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 (176)

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

176 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	0	0	56.65	6.92	$0
Nov 2006	0	0	54.20	7.62	$0
Oct 2006	0	0	54.90	6.01	$0
Sep 2006	0	0	60.08	5.04	$0
Aug 2006	0	0	68.71	7.34	$0
Jul 2006	0	0	69.37	6.34	$0
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	225	0	56.70	7.08	$12,758
Feb 2006	0	0	57.59	7.75	$0
Jan 2006	181	0	60.59	8.93	$10,967
Dec 2005	155	0	54.94	13.42	$8,516
Nov 2005	158	0	54.69	10.59	$8,641
Oct 2005	183	0	58.34	13.80	$10,676
Sep 2005	394	0	61.45	12.08	$24,211
Aug 2005	176	0	61.51	9.80	$10,826
Jul 2005	140	0	55.69	7.84	$7,797
Jun 2005	344	0	52.33	7.38	$18,002
May 2005	180	0	45.22	6.65	$8,140
Apr 2005	187	0	49.20	7.36	$9,200
Mar 2005	366	0	50.37	7.15	$18,435
Feb 2005	180	0	45.22	6.31	$8,140
Jan 2005	212	0	43.16	6.32	$9,150
Dec 2004	159	0	39.86	6.75	$6,338
Nov 2004	184	0	45.28	6.33	$8,332
Oct 2004	209	0	49.70	6.52	$10,387
Sep 2004	178	0	43.24	5.28	$7,697
Aug 2004	385	0	42.37	5.55	$16,312
Jul 2004	185	0	38.28	6.08	$7,082
Jun 2004	186	0	36.10	6.43	$6,715
May 2004	184	0	37.48	6.49	$6,896
Apr 2004	156	0	34.47	5.86	$5,377
Mar 2004	166	0	34.36	5.53	$5,704
Feb 2004	342	0	32.45	5.51	$11,098
Jan 2004	172	0	32.03	6.30	$5,509
Dec 2003	176	0	30.26	6.30	$5,326
Nov 2003	205	0	28.80	4.60	$5,904
Oct 2003	184	0	28.17	4.76	$5,183
Sep 2003	196	0	26.31	4.75	$5,157
Aug 2003	348	0	29.76	5.13	$10,356
Jul 2003	180	0	29.41	5.17	$5,294
Jun 2003	205	0	28.56	5.98	$5,855
May 2003	0	0	26.59	5.97	$0
Apr 2003	177	0	26.67	5.41	$4,721
Mar 2003	192	0	31.14	6.10	$5,979
Feb 2003	213	0	33.48	7.93	$7,131
Jan 2003	210	0	30.31	5.58	$6,365
Dec 2002	158	0	26.91	4.85	$4,252
Nov 2002	205	0	24.66	4.14	$5,055
Oct 2002	201	0	26.46	4.23	$5,318
Sep 2002	171	0	27.44	3.64	$4,692
Aug 2002	192	0	25.96	3.16	$4,984
Jul 2002	247	0	24.58	3.06	$6,071
Jun 2002	207	0	23.73	3.34	$4,912
May 2002	294	0	24.66	3.58	$7,250
Apr 2002	209	0	23.65	3.51	$4,943
Mar 2002	159	0	22.00	3.10	$3,498
Feb 2002	154	0	18.22	2.38	$2,806
Jan 2002	292	0	17.17	2.38	$5,014
Dec 2001	102	0	16.93	2.36	$1,727
Nov 2001	133	0	18.07	2.41	$2,403
Oct 2001	141	0	19.78	2.53	$2,789
Sep 2001	162	0	24.26	2.25	$3,930
Aug 2001	154	0	24.87	3.05	$3,830
Jul 2001	183	0	23.93	3.20	$4,379
Jun 2001	158	0	24.56	3.82	$3,880
May 2001	317	0	25.52	4.31	$8,090
Apr 2001	189	0	24.68	5.34	$4,665
Mar 2001	119	0	24.54	5.38	$2,920
Feb 2001	168	0	27.75	5.77	$4,662
Jan 2001	281	0	27.47	8.40	$7,719
Dec 2000	164	0	26.88	9.12	$4,408
Nov 2000	158	0	32.21	5.66	$5,089
Oct 2000	291	0	31.23	5.15	$9,088
Sep 2000	150	0	31.87	5.19	$4,781
Aug 2000	321	0	29.64	4.54	$9,514
Jul 2000	371	0	28.53	4.09	$10,585
Jun 2000	187	0	29.30	4.40	$5,479
May 2000	204	0	27.26	3.68	$5,561
Apr 2000	175	0	24.51	3.12	$4,289
Mar 2000	288	0	28.42	2.86	$8,185
Feb 2000	180	0	27.62	2.73	$4,972
Jan 2000	326	0	25.27	2.48	$8,238
Dec 1999	183	0	24.28	2.42	$4,443
Nov 1999	162	0	23.19	2.43	$3,757
Oct 1999	104	0	20.98	2.80	$2,182
Sep 1999	338	0	21.75	2.62	$7,352
Aug 1999	181	0	19.26	2.88	$3,486
Jul 1999	179	0	17.89	2.37	$3,202
Jun 1999	166	0	15.94	2.36	$2,646
May 1999	343	0	15.79	2.32	$5,416
Apr 1999	213	0	15.10	2.21	$3,216
Mar 1999	388	0	12.47	1.84	$4,838
Feb 1999	182	0	9.98	1.82	$1,816
Jan 1999	163	0	10.38	1.90	$1,692
Dec 1998	205	0	9.20	1.77	$1,886
Nov 1998	378	0	10.89	2.19	$4,116
Oct 1998	188	0	12.42	1.97	$2,335
Sep 1998	183	0	12.59	2.08	$2,304
Aug 1998	398	0	11.30	1.91	$4,497
Jul 1998	211	0	11.74	2.24	$2,477
Jun 1998	393	0	11.24	2.24	$4,417
May 1998	180	0	12.62	2.21	$2,272
Apr 1998	209	0	13.04	2.51	$2,725
Mar 1998	209	0	12.80	2.31	$2,675
Feb 1998	388	0	13.95	2.30	$5,413
Jan 1998	402	0	14.70	2.15	$5,909
Dec 1997	0	0	16.32	2.41	$0
Nov 1997	189	0	18.19	3.09	$3,438
Oct 1997	212	0	19.25	3.15	$4,081
Sep 1997	210	0	17.74	2.95	$3,725
Aug 1997	210	0	17.86	2.55	$3,751
Jul 1997	179	0	17.58	2.25	$3,147
Jun 1997	168	0	17.24	2.26	$2,896
May 1997	187	1	18.97	2.31	$3,550
Apr 1997	183	1	17.88	2.08	$3,274
Mar 1997	370	1	18.95	1.94	$7,013
Feb 1997	193	1	20.49	2.21	$3,957
Jan 1997	0	1	23.48	3.54	$4
Dec 1996	214	1	23.32	—	$4,990
Nov 1996	212	1	21.97	—	$4,658
Oct 1996	170	1	23.31	—	$3,963
Sep 1996	182	1	22.22	—	$4,044
Aug 1996	150	1	20.26	—	$3,039
Jul 1996	339	1	19.55	—	$6,627
Jun 1996	212	1	18.73	—	$3,971
May 1996	176	1	19.43	—	$3,420
Apr 1996	309	1	21.51	—	$6,647
Mar 1996	211	1	19.38	—	$4,089
Feb 1996	271	1	16.98	—	$4,602
Jan 1996	211	1	17.07	—	$3,602
Dec 1995	186	1	17.19	—	$3,197
Nov 1995	162	1	16.00	—	$2,592
Oct 1995	210	1	15.43	—	$3,240
Sep 1995	221	1	16.18	—	$3,576
Aug 1995	216	1	15.92	—	$3,439
Jul 1995	187	1	15.24	—	$2,850
Jun 1995	181	1	16.41	—	$2,970
May 1995	180	1	17.56	—	$3,161
Apr 1995	224	1	17.73	—	$3,972
Mar 1995	170	1	16.44	—	$2,795
Feb 1995	361	1	16.58	—	$5,985
Jan 1995	134	1	15.92	—	$2,133
Dec 1994	223	1	15.03	—	$3,352
Nov 1994	352	1	15.90	—	$5,597
Oct 1994	179	1	15.58	—	$2,789
Sep 1994	67	1	15.29	—	$1,024
Aug 1994	0	1	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	165	1	17.56	—	$2,897
Jun 1994	170	1	17.09	—	$2,905
May 1994	188	1	15.88	—	$2,985
Apr 1994	187	1	14.14	—	$2,644
Mar 1994	178	1	12.46	—	$2,218
Feb 1994	180	1	12.50	—	$2,250
Jan 1994	2	1	12.66	—	$25
Dec 1993	177	1	12.33	—	$2,182
Nov 1993	164	1	14.49	—	$2,376
Oct 1993	169	1	15.85	—	$2,679
Sep 1993	185	1	15.03	—	$2,781
Aug 1993	181	1	15.66	—	$2,834
Jul 1993	0	1	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	373	1	16.79	—	$6,263
May 1993	192	1	17.68	—	$3,395
Apr 1993	192	1	18.05	—	$3,466
Mar 1993	381	1	18.14	—	$6,911
Feb 1993	186	1	17.90	—	$3,329
Jan 1993	183	1	16.93	—	$3,098

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.

Mar 2006 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  225 bbl  × $ 56.70 =    $12,758
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  7.08 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $12,758

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/O/11175 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.