BELCHER, C. W. "A"

Operated by EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION (P-5 257128) in the TALCO field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 1706District 06Field 88207001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$837 k
Jan 1993 – Jun 2012
Value, last 12 filed months
$9 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
234
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead 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 229 leases and 1,675 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1936-03-16
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
233 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 5 acres. The field rule took effect on 2012-11-06.

The register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: NON-CURRENT RESTR.REMOVED ALSO FOR API#(159-30200,30572)-HAGANSPOR

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
OilDisposition28,455 bbl$836,754
Casinghead gasProduction23 Mcf$0
Total$836,754

23 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 23 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 (13)

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 33.3588, -95.0614. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles. 1 well has no surveyed location and is left out of it.

33.35860, -95.06131 · centre of 12 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
69.2%
9 of 13 wells
With a plug date
46.2%
6 of 13 wells
Median depth
4,474 ft
11 wells filed one
Completion to plug
12.4 years
median over 6 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
969.2%
A plug date is filed
646.2%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
646.2%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
430.8%

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

Total depth in feet, 11 of 13 wells. Median 4,474 ft, with the middle half between 4,325 and 4,554 ft; the shallowest is 4,320 ft and the deepest 4,600 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 12 of 13 wells, Oct 1951 – Jul 2012. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Oct 1951 – Jul 2012
12 of 13 wells; 1 filed none
Plug dates filed
Sep 1971 – Nov 2019
6 of 13 wells; 7 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 12.4 years across the 6 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 2.7 years and 20.1 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

13 wells

42-449003242Yes
42-44930468124,600 ftJul 2012
42-44930462114,600 ftMar 2012
42-4490032534,323 ftAug 1988
42-4490032964,382 ftJan 1988Nov 1992Yes
42-4493041794,500 ftOct 1987Nov 2019Yes
42-4493041884,474 ftOct 1987Dec 2007Yes
42-44930437104,600 ftJun 1985
42-4490110014,325 ftMay 1985Feb 1986Yes
42-4490032644,320 ftJul 1980Yes
42-449800765D4,508 ftJan 1980Dec 1981Yes
42-449003275Jul 1970Yes
42-449003131 D4,325 ftOct 1951Sep 1971Yes

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 (234)

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

234 months

Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20129098.092.73$883
Dec 20117096.873.24$678
Nov 20118095.723.31$766
Oct 201123084.983.65$1,955
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 201138083.404.15$3,169
Jul 201116094.144.52$1,506
Jun 201141092.904.64$3,809
May 201138098.134.40$3,729
Apr 2011560105.964.33$5,934
Mar 201133096.364.06$3,180
Feb 201127085.644.18$2,312
Jan 201119086.504.59$1,644
Dec 201038085.734.35$3,258
Nov 201079080.843.80$6,386
Oct 2010122078.103.51$9,528
Sep 20101072.633.98$73
Aug 201063073.684.42$4,642
Jul 201078072.554.74$5,659
Jun 201065070.364.91$4,573
May 201088071.124.24$6,259
Apr 201075081.694.12$6,127
Mar 201090078.394.39$7,055
Feb 201064073.585.44$4,709
Jan 201041074.365.96$3,049
Dec 200950071.445.48$3,572
Nov 200971074.593.75$5,296
Oct 200969072.544.11$5,005
Sep 200935065.543.06$2,294
Aug 200917067.423.22$1,146
Jul 200955061.133.46$3,362
Jun 200954066.163.90$3,573
May 200955054.743.93$3,011
Apr 2009101046.773.59$4,724
Mar 200994042.144.06$3,961
Feb 2009105032.814.63$3,445
Jan 2009144035.865.37$5,164
Dec 2008151037.105.98$5,602
Nov 200864055.496.86$3,551
Oct 200883075.246.92$6,245
Sep 20081130101.767.88$11,499
Aug 20081360114.228.48$15,534
Jul 20081460131.0811.39$19,138
Jun 2008770131.3313.03$10,112
May 20081140123.1711.57$14,041
Apr 200890110.3110.45$993
Mar 2008240101.909.66$2,446
Feb 200882092.538.77$7,587
Jan 200876090.388.21$6,869
Dec 200765088.337.30$5,741
Nov 200747091.677.29$4,308
Oct 200749082.856.92$4,060
Sep 200776075.846.24$5,764
Aug 200780069.066.39$5,525
Jul 200776070.906.39$5,388
Jun 200773062.007.55$4,526
May 200774058.747.85$4,347
Apr 200758059.617.81$3,457
Mar 200781056.927.30$4,611
Feb 200770055.108.22$3,857
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 200611056.656.92$623
Nov 200659054.207.62$3,198
Oct 200655054.906.01$3,020
Sep 200661060.085.04$3,665
Aug 200679068.717.34$5,428
Jul 200670069.376.34$4,856
Jun 200666066.286.38$4,374
May 200688066.016.42$5,809
Apr 200672064.397.36$4,636
Mar 200697056.707.08$5,500
Feb 200672057.597.75$4,146
Jan 200681060.598.93$4,908
Dec 200575054.9413.42$4,121
Nov 200526054.6910.59$1,422
Oct 200578058.3413.80$4,551
Sep 200595061.4512.08$5,838
Aug 200576061.519.80$4,675
Jul 200584055.697.84$4,678
Jun 200563052.337.38$3,297
May 200566045.226.65$2,985
Apr 200576049.207.36$3,739
Mar 200595050.377.15$4,785
Feb 2005105045.226.31$4,748
Jan 200583043.166.32$3,582
Dec 200483039.866.75$3,308
Nov 200493045.286.33$4,211
Oct 200488049.706.52$4,374
Sep 200484043.245.28$3,632
Aug 200492042.375.55$3,898
Jul 200496038.286.08$3,675
Jun 200495036.106.43$3,430
May 200494037.486.49$3,523
Apr 200469034.475.86$2,378
Mar 200451034.365.53$1,752
Feb 2004105032.455.51$3,407
Jan 200490032.036.30$2,883
Dec 200372030.266.30$2,179
Nov 200348028.804.60$1,382
Oct 200332028.174.76$901
Sep 200365026.314.75$1,710
Aug 200348029.765.13$1,428
Jul 200344029.415.17$1,294
Jun 200370028.565.98$1,999
May 200368026.595.97$1,808
Apr 200323026.675.41$613
Mar 200392031.146.10$2,865
Feb 200319033.487.93$636
Jan 20031030.315.58$30
Dec 200267026.914.85$1,803
Nov 200232024.664.14$789
Oct 200283026.464.23$2,196
Sep 2002138027.443.64$3,787
Aug 2002107025.963.16$2,778
Jul 2002111024.583.06$2,728
Jun 200273023.733.34$1,732
May 200293024.663.58$2,293
Apr 2002144023.653.51$3,406
Mar 20020022.003.10$0
Feb 200215018.222.38$273
Jan 200216017.172.38$275
Dec 200111016.932.36$186
Nov 200132018.072.41$578
Oct 2001130019.782.53$2,571
Sep 2001117024.262.25$2,838
Aug 2001118024.873.05$2,935
Jul 2001188023.933.20$4,499
Jun 200182024.563.82$2,014
May 2001138025.524.31$3,522
Apr 2001127024.685.34$3,134
Mar 2001136024.545.38$3,337
Feb 2001120027.755.77$3,330
Jan 2001138027.478.40$3,791
Dec 2000119026.889.12$3,199
Nov 2000183032.215.66$5,894
Oct 2000114031.235.15$3,560
Sep 200093031.875.19$2,964
Aug 2000115029.644.54$3,409
Jul 2000101028.534.09$2,882
Jun 2000179029.304.40$5,245
May 200093027.263.68$2,535
Apr 2000166024.513.12$4,069
Mar 2000158028.422.86$4,490
Feb 2000132027.622.73$3,646
Jan 2000172025.272.48$4,346
Dec 1999242024.282.42$5,876
Nov 199998023.192.43$2,273
Oct 1999176020.982.80$3,692
Sep 1999145021.752.62$3,154
Aug 1999137019.262.88$2,639
Jul 1999172017.892.37$3,077
Jun 1999115015.942.36$1,833
May 1999215015.792.32$3,395
Apr 1999170015.102.21$2,567
Mar 1999112012.471.84$1,397
Feb 199917509.981.82$1,747
Jan 199945010.381.90$467
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 1998153010.892.19$1,666
Oct 1998200012.421.97$2,484
Sep 1998210012.592.08$2,644
Aug 1998224011.301.91$2,531
Jul 1998164011.742.24$1,925
Jun 1998236011.242.24$2,653
May 1998221012.622.21$2,789
Apr 1998266013.042.51$3,469
Mar 1998297012.802.31$3,802
Feb 1998251013.952.30$3,501
Jan 1998405014.702.15$5,954
Dec 1997232016.322.41$3,786
Nov 199732018.193.09$582
Oct 199799019.253.15$1,906
Sep 1997219017.742.95$3,885
Aug 1997273017.862.55$4,876
Jul 1997210017.582.25$3,692
Jun 1997113017.242.26$1,948
May 199762018.972.31$1,176
Apr 199733017.882.08$590
Mar 1997211018.951.94$3,998
Feb 1997211020.492.21$4,323
Jan 1997183023.483.54$4,297
Dec 1996250023.32$5,830
Nov 1996224021.97$4,921
Oct 1996151023.31$3,520
Sep 1996230022.22$5,111
Aug 1996244020.26$4,943
Jul 1996234019.55$4,575
Jun 1996202018.73$3,783
May 1996249019.43$4,838
Apr 1996203021.51$4,367
Mar 1996167019.38$3,236
Feb 1996165016.98$2,802
Jan 1996191017.07$3,260
Dec 1995165017.19$2,836
Nov 1995186016.00$2,976
Oct 1995181015.43$2,793
Sep 1995258016.18$4,174
Aug 1995285015.92$4,537
Jul 1995251015.24$3,825
Jun 1995216016.41$3,545
May 1995180017.56$3,161
Apr 1995149017.73$2,642
Mar 1995178016.44$2,926
Feb 1995207016.58$3,432
Jan 1995182015.92$2,897
Dec 1994200015.03$3,006
Nov 1994222115.90$3,530
Oct 1994268115.58$4,175
Sep 1994196115.29$2,997
Aug 1994264116.13$4,258
Jul 1994289117.56$5,075
Jun 1994198117.09$3,384
May 1994251115.88$3,986
Apr 1994309114.14$4,369
Mar 1994186112.46$2,318
Feb 1994279112.50$3,488
Jan 1994316112.66$4,001
Dec 199383112.33$1,023
Nov 1993260114.49$3,767
Oct 1993329115.85$5,215
Sep 1993230115.03$3,457
Aug 1993289115.66$4,526
Jul 1993331115.46$5,117
Jun 1993214116.79$3,593
May 1993253117.68$4,473
Apr 1993266118.05$4,801
Mar 1993247118.14$4,481
Feb 1993251117.90$4,493
Jan 1993480116.93$8,126

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 2012 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    9 bbl  × $ 98.09 =       $883
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.73 =         $0

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Month total                                     $883

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/1706 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.