RUTHERFORD, KATE "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 1714District 06Field 88207001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$6.7 M
Jan 1993 – Oct 2011
Value, last 12 filed months
$252 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
226
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
OilDisposition186,367 bbl$6,731,506
Casinghead gasProduction23 Mcf$0
Total$6,731,506

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 (14)

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 33.3404, -95.2060. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles.

33.34044, -95.20620 · 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
21.4%
3 of 14 wells
With a plug date
14.3%
2 of 14 wells
Median depth
4,564 ft
14 wells filed one
Completion to plug
5.8 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
321.4%
A plug date is filed
214.3%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
214.3%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
1178.6%

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, 14 of 14 wells. Median 4,564 ft, with the middle half between 4,272 and 4,600 ft; the shallowest is 4,265 ft and the deepest 4,620 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, 13 of 14 wells, Jun 1984 – 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
Jun 1984 – Jul 2012
13 of 14 wells; 1 filed none
Plug dates filed
Aug 1995 – Sep 2017
2 of 14 wells; 12 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 5.8 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 5.8 years and 5.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

14 wells

42-1590005034,266 ftAug 1995Yes
42-15930395124,600 ftJul 2012
42-1590007014,278 ftDec 2011Sep 2017Yes
42-1593035884,558 ftJul 2011
42-15930419134,570 ftJul 2011
42-15930394114,600 ftMar 2011
42-1593020974,620 ftApr 2008Yes
42-1590007124,270 ftApr 1990
42-1593037094,600 ftApr 1988
42-1590007354,270 ftOct 1987
42-15930373104,588 ftJan 1987
42-1590007244,396 ftNov 1986
42-15930420144,603 ftOct 1986
42-1590005764,265 ftJun 1984

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 (226)

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

226 months

Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 2011365092.904.64$33,909
May 2011781098.134.40$76,640
Apr 20115220105.964.33$55,311
Mar 2011389096.364.06$37,484
Feb 2011241085.644.18$20,639
Jan 201165086.504.59$5,623
Dec 2010132085.734.35$11,316
Nov 2010131080.843.80$10,590
Oct 2010163078.103.51$12,730
Sep 2010241072.633.98$17,504
Aug 2010391073.684.42$28,809
Jul 2010546072.554.74$39,612
Jun 2010697070.364.91$49,041
May 2010649071.124.24$46,157
Apr 2010634081.694.12$51,791
Mar 2010586078.394.39$45,937
Feb 2010701073.585.44$51,580
Jan 2010623074.365.96$46,326
Dec 2009565071.445.48$40,364
Nov 2009612074.593.75$45,649
Oct 2009530072.544.11$38,446
Sep 2009567065.543.06$37,161
Aug 2009757067.423.22$51,037
Jul 2009649061.133.46$39,673
Jun 2009532066.163.90$35,197
May 2009846054.743.93$46,310
Apr 2009864046.773.59$40,409
Mar 2009765042.144.06$32,237
Feb 2009535032.814.63$17,553
Jan 2009631035.865.37$22,628
Dec 2008573037.105.98$21,258
Nov 2008656055.496.86$36,401
Oct 2008700075.246.92$52,668
Sep 20086610101.767.88$67,263
Aug 20087120114.228.48$81,325
Jul 20085670131.0811.39$74,322
Jun 20086730131.3313.03$88,385
May 20086620123.1711.57$81,539
Apr 20089980110.3110.45$110,089
Mar 20088870101.909.66$90,385
Feb 2008924092.538.77$85,498
Jan 2008890090.388.21$80,438
Dec 2007894088.337.30$78,967
Nov 2007902091.677.29$82,686
Oct 2007908082.856.92$75,228
Sep 2007790075.846.24$59,914
Aug 2007806069.066.39$55,662
Jul 2007929070.906.39$65,866
Jun 2007832062.007.55$51,584
May 2007805058.747.85$47,286
Apr 2007709059.617.81$42,263
Mar 2007763056.927.30$43,430
Feb 2007915055.108.22$50,417
Jan 20071,034050.306.73$52,010
Dec 2006786056.656.92$44,527
Nov 2006783054.207.62$42,439
Oct 2006996054.906.01$54,680
Sep 2006889060.085.04$53,411
Aug 2006742068.717.34$50,983
Jul 20061,047069.376.34$72,630
Jun 20061,069066.286.38$70,853
May 20061,185066.016.42$78,222
Apr 2006929064.397.36$59,818
Mar 20061,041056.707.08$59,025
Feb 2006895057.597.75$51,543
Jan 20061,101060.598.93$66,710
Dec 20051,001054.9413.42$54,995
Nov 20051,003054.6910.59$54,854
Oct 20051,063058.3413.80$62,015
Sep 2005952061.4512.08$58,500
Aug 2005984061.519.80$60,526
Jul 20051,085055.697.84$60,424
Jun 20051,122052.337.38$58,714
May 20051,245045.226.65$56,299
Apr 20051,210049.207.36$59,532
Mar 20051,209050.377.15$60,897
Feb 20051,165045.226.31$52,681
Jan 20051,211043.166.32$52,267
Dec 20041,108039.866.75$44,165
Nov 20041,273045.286.33$57,641
Oct 2004994049.706.52$49,402
Sep 20041,176043.245.28$50,850
Aug 20041,022042.375.55$43,302
Jul 2004923038.286.08$35,332
Jun 20041,041036.106.43$37,580
May 2004843037.486.49$31,596
Apr 2004945034.475.86$32,574
Mar 2004812034.365.53$27,900
Feb 2004515032.455.51$16,712
Jan 2004589032.036.30$18,866
Dec 2003762030.266.30$23,058
Nov 2003783028.804.60$22,550
Oct 2003901028.174.76$25,381
Sep 20031,004026.314.75$26,415
Aug 20031,050029.765.13$31,248
Jul 2003939029.415.17$27,616
Jun 20031,183028.565.98$33,786
May 2003976026.595.97$25,952
Apr 2003844026.675.41$22,509
Mar 2003645031.146.10$20,085
Feb 2003837033.487.93$28,023
Jan 2003979030.315.58$29,673
Dec 2002645026.914.85$17,357
Nov 2002774024.664.14$19,087
Oct 2002966026.464.23$25,560
Sep 2002875027.443.64$24,010
Aug 2002959025.963.16$24,896
Jul 2002717024.583.06$17,624
Jun 2002983023.733.34$23,327
May 2002946024.663.58$23,328
Apr 20021,064023.653.51$25,164
Mar 20021,015022.003.10$22,330
Feb 2002986018.222.38$17,965
Jan 20021,500017.172.38$25,755
Dec 20011,036016.932.36$17,539
Nov 20011,185018.072.41$21,413
Oct 20011,630019.782.53$32,241
Sep 20011,058024.262.25$25,667
Aug 2001965024.873.05$24,000
Jul 20011,326023.933.20$31,731
Jun 2001284024.563.82$6,975
May 2001458025.524.31$11,688
Apr 2001579024.685.34$14,290
Mar 2001404024.545.38$9,914
Feb 2001304027.755.77$8,436
Jan 2001265027.478.40$7,280
Dec 2000175026.889.12$4,704
Nov 2000224032.215.66$7,215
Oct 2000168031.235.15$5,247
Sep 2000173031.875.19$5,514
Aug 2000352029.644.54$10,433
Jul 2000366028.534.09$10,442
Jun 2000239029.304.40$7,003
May 2000156027.263.68$4,253
Apr 2000171024.513.12$4,191
Mar 2000174028.422.86$4,945
Feb 2000124027.622.73$3,425
Jan 2000167025.272.48$4,220
Dec 1999223024.282.42$5,414
Nov 199990023.192.43$2,087
Oct 1999181020.982.80$3,797
Sep 1999124021.752.62$2,697
Aug 1999265019.262.88$5,104
Jul 1999303017.892.37$5,421
Jun 1999275015.942.36$4,384
May 1999241015.792.32$3,805
Apr 1999232015.102.21$3,503
Mar 1999307012.471.84$3,828
Feb 199928109.981.82$2,804
Jan 1999860010.381.90$8,927
Dec 199877909.201.77$7,167
Nov 19981,006010.892.19$10,955
Oct 19981,038012.421.97$12,892
Sep 19981,180012.592.08$14,856
Aug 19981,082011.301.91$12,227
Jul 19981,100011.742.24$12,914
Jun 19981,133011.242.24$12,735
May 19981,086012.622.21$13,705
Apr 19981,888013.042.51$24,620
Mar 19982,343012.802.31$29,990
Feb 19981,337013.952.30$18,651
Jan 19981,876014.702.15$27,577
Dec 19971,271016.322.41$20,743
Nov 19971,648018.193.09$29,977
Oct 19971,419019.253.15$27,316
Sep 1997858017.742.95$15,221
Aug 19971,001017.862.55$17,878
Jul 19971,278017.582.25$22,467
Jun 19971,083017.242.26$18,671
May 19971,447018.972.31$27,450
Apr 19971,400017.882.08$25,032
Mar 19972,007018.951.94$38,033
Feb 19971,814020.492.21$37,169
Jan 19971,442023.483.54$33,858
Dec 19961,697023.32$39,574
Nov 19961,616021.97$35,504
Oct 19961,532023.31$35,711
Sep 1996899022.22$19,976
Aug 19961,213020.26$24,575
Jul 19961,171019.55$22,893
Jun 19961,188018.73$22,251
May 1996932019.43$18,109
Apr 1996247021.51$5,313
Mar 1996284019.38$5,504
Feb 1996140016.98$2,377
Jan 1996266017.07$4,541
Dec 1995126017.19$2,166
Nov 1995239016.00$3,824
Oct 1995292015.43$4,506
Sep 1995181016.18$2,929
Aug 1995257015.92$4,091
Jul 1995271015.24$4,130
Jun 1995277016.41$4,546
May 1995274017.56$4,811
Apr 1995336017.73$5,957
Mar 1995406016.44$6,675
Feb 1995333016.58$5,521
Jan 1995246015.92$3,916
Dec 1994305015.03$4,584
Nov 1994195115.90$3,101
Oct 1994361115.58$5,624
Sep 1994403115.29$6,162
Aug 1994440116.13$7,097
Jul 1994431117.56$7,568
Jun 1994369117.09$6,306
May 1994322115.88$5,113
Apr 1994439114.14$6,207
Mar 1994396112.46$4,934
Feb 1994244112.50$3,050
Jan 1994366112.66$4,634
Dec 1993781112.33$9,630
Nov 19931,657114.49$24,010
Oct 19931,808115.85$28,657
Sep 19931,489115.03$22,380
Aug 19931,986115.66$31,101
Jul 19931,827115.46$28,245
Jun 19932,233116.79$37,492
May 19932,503117.68$44,253
Apr 19932,676118.05$48,302
Mar 19932,853118.14$51,753
Feb 19932,637117.90$47,202
Jan 19934,155116.93$70,344

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.

Jun 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  365 bbl  × $ 92.90 =    $33,909
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.64 =         $0

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Month total                                  $33,909

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/1714 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.