FROST, A. E., UNIT

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

Operated by VALENCE OPERATING COMPANY (P-5 881167) in the FROST (SMACKOVER) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 5008District 06Field 33105500Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$551 k

Jan 1993 – Jul 2006

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

163

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The FROST (SMACKOVER) 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 13 leases and 20 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1964-02-02

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

1,650 ft

minimum

From a lease line

660 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 160 acres.

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: “NO LATER THAN NOV. 15TH”

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	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
Oil	Disposition	13,878 bbl	$258,474
Casinghead gas	Production	209,109 Mcf	$292,756
Total			$551,230

97,692 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 30 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 33.2497, -94.4491. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

33.24968, -94.44907 · 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

3,898 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

—

1 well filed both, dated out of order

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 3,898 ft.

Completions filed

Nov 2014

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Jul 2004

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: no median is published. 1 well on this lease filed both dates, and on that one the last completion is dated after the plug date, so there is no interval to take a median of. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-06700097	1	3,898 ft	Nov 2014	Jul 2004	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 (163)

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

163 months


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	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	0	0	57.59	7.75	$0
Jan 2006	0	0	60.59	8.93	$0
Dec 2005	0	0	54.94	13.42	$0
Nov 2005	0	0	54.69	10.59	$0
Oct 2005	0	0	58.34	13.80	$0
Sep 2005	0	0	61.45	12.08	$0
Aug 2005	0	0	61.51	9.80	$0
Jul 2005	0	0	55.69	7.84	$0
Jun 2005	0	0	52.33	7.38	$0
May 2005	0	0	45.22	6.65	$0
Apr 2005	0	0	49.20	7.36	$0
Mar 2005	0	0	50.37	7.15	$0
Feb 2005	0	0	45.22	6.31	$0
Jan 2005	0	0	43.16	6.32	$0
Dec 2004	0	0	39.86	6.75	$0
Nov 2004	0	0	45.28	6.33	$0
Oct 2004	0	0	49.70	6.52	$0
Sep 2004	0	0	43.24	5.28	$0
Aug 2004	0	0	42.37	5.55	$0
Jul 2004	0	0	38.28	6.08	$0
Jun 2004	0	0	36.10	6.43	$0
May 2004	0	0	37.48	6.49	$0
Apr 2004	0	0	34.47	5.86	$0
Mar 2004	0	0	34.36	5.53	$0
Feb 2004	0	0	32.45	5.51	$0
Jan 2004	0	0	32.03	6.30	$0
Dec 2003	0	0	30.26	6.30	$0
Nov 2003	0	0	28.80	4.60	$0
Oct 2003	0	0	28.17	4.76	$0
Sep 2003	0	0	26.31	4.75	$0
Aug 2003	0	0	29.76	5.13	$0
Jul 2003	0	0	29.41	5.17	$0
Jun 2003	0	0	28.56	5.98	$0
May 2003	0	0	26.59	5.97	$0
Apr 2003	0	0	26.67	5.41	$0
Mar 2003	0	0	31.14	6.10	$0
Feb 2003	0	0	33.48	7.93	$0
Jan 2003	0	301	30.31	5.58	$1,680
Dec 2002	0	51	26.91	4.85	$248
Nov 2002	0	13	24.66	4.14	$54
Oct 2002	0	0	26.46	4.23	$0
Sep 2002	0	0	27.44	3.64	$0
Aug 2002	0	0	25.96	3.16	$0
Jul 2002	176	983	24.58	3.06	$7,336
Jun 2002	180	1,744	23.73	3.34	$10,093
May 2002	0	941	24.66	3.58	$3,373
Apr 2002	0	153	23.65	3.51	$537
Mar 2002	0	243	22.00	3.10	$754
Feb 2002	0	0	18.22	2.38	$0
Jan 2002	183	431	17.17	2.38	$4,166
Dec 2001	0	625	16.93	2.36	$1,478
Nov 2001	0	0	18.07	2.41	$0
Oct 2001	0	302	19.78	2.53	$764
Sep 2001	0	221	24.26	2.25	$498
Aug 2001	0	0	24.87	3.05	$0
Jul 2001	0	167	23.93	3.20	$534
Jun 2001	347	1,030	24.56	3.82	$12,461
May 2001	126	391	25.52	4.31	$4,900
Apr 2001	0	0	24.68	5.34	$0
Mar 2001	0	27	24.54	5.38	$145
Feb 2001	0	208	27.75	5.77	$1,200
Jan 2001	0	220	27.47	8.40	$1,848
Dec 2000	0	376	26.88	9.12	$3,430
Nov 2000	0	0	32.21	5.66	$0
Oct 2000	0	546	31.23	5.15	$2,809
Sep 2000	182	1,155	31.87	5.19	$11,791
Aug 2000	175	870	29.64	4.54	$9,137
Jul 2000	0	918	28.53	4.09	$3,754
Jun 2000	180	1,272	29.30	4.40	$10,867
May 2000	0	1,311	27.26	3.68	$4,824
Apr 2000	179	342	24.51	3.12	$5,453
Mar 2000	179	2,140	28.42	2.86	$11,207
Feb 2000	357	2,047	27.62	2.73	$15,441
Jan 2000	0	1,018	25.27	2.48	$2,525
Dec 1999	0	356	24.28	2.42	$863
Nov 1999	0	0	23.19	2.43	$0
Oct 1999	0	20	20.98	2.80	$56
Sep 1999	0	345	21.75	2.62	$904
Aug 1999	0	0	19.26	2.88	$0
Jul 1999	100	0	17.89	2.37	$1,789
Jun 1999	0	0	15.94	2.36	$0
May 1999	0	0	15.79	2.32	$0
Apr 1999	0	0	15.10	2.21	$0
Mar 1999	0	1	12.47	1.84	$2
Feb 1999	0	0	9.98	1.82	$0
Jan 1999	0	694	10.38	1.90	$1,319
Dec 1998	165	3,210	9.20	1.77	$7,210
Nov 1998	13	1	10.89	2.19	$144
Oct 1998	0	501	12.42	1.97	$987
Sep 1998	185	1,778	12.59	2.08	$6,032
Aug 1998	36	3,340	11.30	1.91	$6,777
Jul 1998	180	3,858	11.74	2.24	$10,745
Jun 1998	242	4,961	11.24	2.24	$13,819
May 1998	167	3,626	12.62	2.21	$10,108
Apr 1998	205	3,720	13.04	2.51	$11,993
Mar 1998	181	5,249	12.80	2.31	$14,439
Feb 1998	224	4,356	13.95	2.30	$13,140
Jan 1998	180	5,742	14.70	2.15	$15,019
Dec 1997	307	6,500	16.32	2.41	$20,682
Nov 1997	302	5,090	18.19	3.09	$21,213
Oct 1997	161	4,603	19.25	3.15	$17,598
Sep 1997	368	5,313	17.74	2.95	$22,228
Aug 1997	230	4,692	17.86	2.55	$16,095
Jul 1997	150	4,485	17.58	2.25	$12,715
Jun 1997	335	3,562	17.24	2.26	$13,816
May 1997	395	5,901	18.97	2.31	$21,116
Apr 1997	368	4,808	17.88	2.08	$16,594
Mar 1997	22	1,162	18.95	1.94	$2,670
Feb 1997	203	2,172	20.49	2.21	$8,951
Jan 1997	112	1,325	23.48	3.54	$7,320
Dec 1996	95	1,900	23.32	—	$2,215
Nov 1996	366	2,704	21.97	—	$8,041
Oct 1996	155	3,064	23.31	—	$3,613
Sep 1996	491	5,420	22.22	—	$10,910
Aug 1996	432	5,340	20.26	—	$8,752
Jul 1996	368	5,102	19.55	—	$7,194
Jun 1996	466	5,241	18.73	—	$8,728
May 1996	90	1,049	19.43	—	$1,749
Apr 1996	5	201	21.51	—	$108
Mar 1996	102	2,405	19.38	—	$1,977
Feb 1996	297	4,199	16.98	—	$5,043
Jan 1996	282	2,685	17.07	—	$4,814
Dec 1995	194	3,949	17.19	—	$3,335
Nov 1995	234	2,439	16.00	—	$3,744
Oct 1995	207	4,966	15.43	—	$3,194
Sep 1995	194	1,010	16.18	—	$3,139
Aug 1995	180	2,795	15.92	—	$2,866
Jul 1995	79	1,756	15.24	—	$1,204
Jun 1995	0	0	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	149	1,988	17.56	—	$2,616
Apr 1995	347	8,049	17.73	—	$6,152
Mar 1995	231	3,024	16.44	—	$3,798
Feb 1995	0	341	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	491	5,580	15.92	—	$7,817
Dec 1994	403	8,080	15.03	—	$6,057
Nov 1994	448	9,292	15.90	—	$7,123
Oct 1994	370	2,689	15.58	—	$5,765
Sep 1994	105	1,795	15.29	—	$1,605
Aug 1994	0	447	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	0	107	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	0	75	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	0	0	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	0	0	14.14	—	$0
Mar 1994	0	0	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	2	0	12.50	—	$25
Jan 1994	0	0	12.66	—	$0
Dec 1993	0	0	12.33	—	$0
Nov 1993	0	0	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	0	0	15.85	—	$0
Sep 1993	0	0	15.03	—	$0
Aug 1993	0	0	15.66	—	$0
Jul 1993	0	0	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	0	0	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	0	0	17.68	—	$0
Apr 1993	0	0	18.05	—	$0
Mar 1993	0	0	18.14	—	$0
Feb 1993	0	0	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	0	0	16.93	—	$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 2003 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                    0 bbl  × $ 30.31 =         $0
Casinghead gas       301 Mcf  × $  5.58 =     $1,680

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $1,680

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/5008 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.