SUTRO GAS UNIT

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

Operated by BC OPERATING, INC. (P-5 58893) in the MC COMB (ELLENBURGER) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 118797District 08Field 59030500Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingGasSave Export

Value, all time

$21.5 M

Jan 1993 – Dec 2014

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

264

no gaps in the span

Streams

gas

The MC COMB (ELLENBURGER) 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 6 leases and 6 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1981-11-24

as the register files it

Field class

Gas

the register's own label

Between wells

3,735 ft

minimum

From a lease line

1,320 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 640 acres. The field rule took effect on 1986-02-24.

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: “AOF-2, EFFECTIVE 04/01/2021”

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
Gas	Production	6,722,221 Mcf	$21,535,193
Total			$21,535,193

1,914,401 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 30.8591, -102.7259. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.85912, -102.72587 · 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

0.0%

0 of 1 wells

Median depth

25,030 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

—

no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

1100.0%

A plug date is filed

00.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

00.0%

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 25,030 ft.

Completions filed

Dec 2014

1 of 1 wells

1 well


42-37135104	1	25,030 ft	Dec 2014	—	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 (264)

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

264 months


Dec 2014	0	54.69	3.59	$0
Nov 2014	0	70.46	4.25	$0
Oct 2014	0	78.30	3.90	$0
Sep 2014	0	86.16	4.05	$0
Aug 2014	0	89.39	4.04	$0
Jul 2014	0	96.56	4.18	$0
Jun 2014	0	98.16	4.74	$0
May 2014	0	94.73	4.73	$0
Apr 2014	0	95.94	4.81	$0
Mar 2014	0	95.89	5.06	$0
Feb 2014	0	97.40	6.19	$0
Jan 2014	0	90.40	4.86	$0
Dec 2013	0	91.82	4.35	$0
Nov 2013	2	88.85	3.74	$7
Oct 2013	0	97.42	3.78	$0
Sep 2013	0	104.11	3.72	$0
Aug 2013	146	104.25	3.52	$514
Jul 2013	4,352	102.52	3.72	$16,180
Jun 2013	12,382	94.40	3.93	$48,703
May 2013	13,249	94.83	4.15	$54,971
Apr 2013	14,504	93.96	4.28	$62,115
Mar 2013	15,302	93.62	3.91	$59,875
Feb 2013	13,581	91.23	3.42	$46,446
Jan 2013	15,165	91.60	3.42	$51,863
Dec 2012	15,472	86.77	3.42	$52,917
Nov 2012	14,995	86.95	3.62	$54,356
Oct 2012	14,686	89.38	3.40	$49,928
Sep 2012	15,180	94.67	2.92	$44,301
Aug 2012	15,399	92.66	2.91	$44,783
Jul 2012	15,400	85.13	3.02	$46,520
Jun 2012	12,705	79.82	2.52	$32,004
May 2012	15,127	91.61	2.49	$37,641
Apr 2012	15,967	101.65	2.00	$31,883
Mar 2012	13,132	105.05	2.22	$29,180
Feb 2012	0	101.10	2.57	$0
Jan 2012	13,751	98.09	2.73	$37,596
Dec 2011	15,191	96.87	3.24	$49,215
Nov 2011	13,786	95.72	3.31	$45,649
Oct 2011	15,496	84.98	3.65	$56,538
Sep 2011	14,987	83.62	3.99	$59,735
Aug 2011	15,561	83.40	4.15	$64,568
Jul 2011	15,728	94.14	4.52	$71,047
Jun 2011	15,038	92.90	4.64	$69,775
May 2011	15,818	98.13	4.40	$69,675
Apr 2011	14,033	105.96	4.33	$60,809
Mar 2011	9,532	96.36	4.06	$38,675
Feb 2011	9,027	85.64	4.18	$37,733
Jan 2011	16,915	86.50	4.59	$77,619
Dec 2010	14,992	85.73	4.35	$65,181
Nov 2010	15,174	80.84	3.80	$57,590
Oct 2010	15,358	78.10	3.51	$53,890
Sep 2010	14,769	72.63	3.98	$58,773
Aug 2010	17,565	73.68	4.42	$77,626
Jul 2010	16,515	72.55	4.74	$78,223
Jun 2010	16,322	70.36	4.91	$80,148
May 2010	16,914	71.12	4.24	$71,635
Apr 2010	17,437	81.69	4.12	$71,887
Mar 2010	16,581	78.39	4.39	$72,769
Feb 2010	14,477	73.58	5.44	$78,789
Jan 2010	16,130	74.36	5.96	$96,201
Dec 2009	15,831	71.44	5.48	$86,813
Nov 2009	15,603	74.59	3.75	$58,535
Oct 2009	18,347	72.54	4.11	$75,411
Sep 2009	17,605	65.54	3.06	$53,955
Aug 2009	16,730	67.42	3.22	$53,846
Jul 2009	16,936	61.13	3.46	$58,675
Jun 2009	16,336	66.16	3.90	$63,629
May 2009	13,086	54.74	3.93	$51,372
Apr 2009	10,373	46.77	3.59	$37,213
Mar 2009	16,438	42.14	4.06	$66,722
Feb 2009	15,904	32.81	4.63	$73,683
Jan 2009	18,093	35.86	5.37	$97,178
Dec 2008	17,536	37.10	5.98	$104,815
Nov 2008	14,910	55.49	6.86	$102,288
Oct 2008	16,875	75.24	6.92	$116,808
Sep 2008	19,185	101.76	7.88	$151,122
Aug 2008	19,679	114.22	8.48	$166,937
Jul 2008	20,634	131.08	11.39	$235,010
Jun 2008	17,576	131.33	13.03	$229,062
May 2008	18,660	123.17	11.57	$215,976
Apr 2008	19,038	110.31	10.45	$199,040
Mar 2008	15,452	101.90	9.66	$149,329
Feb 2008	15,879	92.53	8.77	$139,268
Jan 2008	17,240	90.38	8.21	$141,467
Dec 2007	18,198	88.33	7.30	$132,881
Nov 2007	18,861	91.67	7.29	$137,529
Oct 2007	18,015	82.85	6.92	$124,699
Sep 2007	17,769	75.84	6.24	$110,952
Aug 2007	18,489	69.06	6.39	$118,107
Jul 2007	18,212	70.90	6.39	$116,337
Jun 2007	16,487	62.00	7.55	$124,451
May 2007	14,020	58.74	7.85	$110,005
Apr 2007	13,542	59.61	7.81	$105,698
Mar 2007	15,136	56.92	7.30	$110,523
Feb 2007	13,192	55.10	8.22	$108,385
Jan 2007	16,008	50.30	6.73	$107,683
Dec 2006	23,012	56.65	6.92	$159,207
Nov 2006	20,651	54.20	7.62	$157,309
Oct 2006	22,296	54.90	6.01	$134,084
Sep 2006	22,910	60.08	5.04	$115,402
Aug 2006	25,977	68.71	7.34	$190,669
Jul 2006	13,816	69.37	6.34	$87,632
Jun 2006	23,593	66.28	6.38	$150,615
May 2006	25,345	66.01	6.42	$162,842
Apr 2006	25,649	64.39	7.36	$188,789
Mar 2006	27,549	56.70	7.08	$195,127
Feb 2006	25,744	57.59	7.75	$199,545
Jan 2006	28,838	60.59	8.93	$257,619
Dec 2005	28,023	54.94	13.42	$375,940
Nov 2005	33,277	54.69	10.59	$352,350
Oct 2005	4,757	58.34	13.80	$65,626
Sep 2005	398	61.45	12.08	$4,807
Aug 2005	533	61.51	9.80	$5,222
Jul 2005	775	55.69	7.84	$6,079
Jun 2005	1,383	52.33	7.38	$10,208
May 2005	2,642	45.22	6.65	$17,572
Apr 2005	1,782	49.20	7.36	$13,116
Mar 2005	2,830	50.37	7.15	$20,248
Feb 2005	2,870	45.22	6.31	$18,115
Jan 2005	14,296	43.16	6.32	$90,382
Dec 2004	25,541	39.86	6.75	$172,429
Nov 2004	30,606	45.28	6.33	$193,749
Oct 2004	32,137	49.70	6.52	$209,376
Sep 2004	31,300	43.24	5.28	$165,386
Aug 2004	32,261	42.37	5.55	$179,070
Jul 2004	32,868	38.28	6.08	$199,975
Jun 2004	29,766	36.10	6.43	$191,485
May 2004	31,858	37.48	6.49	$206,904
Apr 2004	31,378	34.47	5.86	$183,827
Mar 2004	32,081	34.36	5.53	$177,412
Feb 2004	30,435	32.45	5.51	$167,685
Jan 2004	32,106	32.03	6.30	$202,256
Dec 2003	32,535	30.26	6.30	$205,024
Nov 2003	30,807	28.80	4.60	$141,563
Oct 2003	32,685	28.17	4.76	$155,569
Sep 2003	31,548	26.31	4.75	$149,833
Aug 2003	32,887	29.76	5.13	$168,701
Jul 2003	32,983	29.41	5.17	$170,550
Jun 2003	32,084	28.56	5.98	$191,957
May 2003	32,837	26.59	5.97	$196,125
Apr 2003	32,156	26.67	5.41	$173,877
Mar 2003	33,465	31.14	6.10	$204,004
Feb 2003	29,689	33.48	7.93	$235,311
Jan 2003	32,868	30.31	5.58	$183,470
Dec 2002	33,175	26.91	4.85	$161,023
Nov 2002	32,410	24.66	4.14	$134,079
Oct 2002	33,016	26.46	4.23	$139,629
Sep 2002	32,265	27.44	3.64	$117,290
Aug 2002	33,374	25.96	3.16	$105,601
Jul 2002	33,370	24.58	3.06	$102,171
Jun 2002	32,470	23.73	3.34	$108,393
May 2002	32,848	24.66	3.58	$117,727
Apr 2002	32,785	23.65	3.51	$115,151
Mar 2002	33,986	22.00	3.10	$105,449
Feb 2002	29,990	18.22	2.38	$71,247
Jan 2002	33,162	17.17	2.38	$78,782
Dec 2001	34,779	16.93	2.36	$82,231
Nov 2001	30,707	18.07	2.41	$73,866
Oct 2001	33,931	19.78	2.53	$85,807
Sep 2001	32,423	24.26	2.25	$72,995
Aug 2001	34,034	24.87	3.05	$103,911
Jul 2001	34,586	23.93	3.20	$110,574
Jun 2001	34,064	24.56	3.82	$130,266
May 2001	32,210	25.52	4.31	$138,739
Apr 2001	30,501	24.68	5.34	$162,733
Mar 2001	33,274	24.54	5.38	$178,896
Feb 2001	31,504	27.75	5.77	$181,686
Jan 2001	32,677	27.47	8.40	$274,446
Dec 2000	30,382	26.88	9.12	$277,160
Nov 2000	30,380	32.21	5.66	$171,890
Oct 2000	35,211	31.23	5.15	$181,178
Sep 2000	30,350	31.87	5.19	$157,410
Aug 2000	30,103	29.64	4.54	$136,690
Jul 2000	29,179	28.53	4.09	$119,335
Jun 2000	28,344	29.30	4.40	$124,636
May 2000	28,893	27.26	3.68	$106,319
Apr 2000	34,270	24.51	3.12	$106,785
Mar 2000	26,423	28.42	2.86	$75,563
Feb 2000	24,572	27.62	2.73	$66,996
Jan 2000	37,237	25.27	2.48	$92,366
Dec 1999	35,520	24.28	2.42	$86,091
Nov 1999	36,097	23.19	2.43	$87,860
Oct 1999	36,702	20.98	2.80	$102,902
Sep 1999	33,058	21.75	2.62	$86,574
Aug 1999	37,675	19.26	2.88	$108,338
Jul 1999	35,794	17.89	2.37	$84,917
Jun 1999	35,551	15.94	2.36	$83,975
May 1999	35,379	15.79	2.32	$82,115
Apr 1999	35,798	15.10	2.21	$79,044
Mar 1999	34,603	12.47	1.84	$63,612
Feb 1999	33,365	9.98	1.82	$60,651
Jan 1999	36,842	10.38	1.90	$69,998
Dec 1998	37,720	9.20	1.77	$66,890
Nov 1998	32,303	10.89	2.19	$70,605
Oct 1998	37,810	12.42	1.97	$74,456
Sep 1998	34,192	12.59	2.08	$71,209
Aug 1998	37,330	11.30	1.91	$71,201
Jul 1998	37,170	11.74	2.24	$83,159
Jun 1998	36,447	11.24	2.24	$81,542
May 1998	35,233	12.62	2.21	$77,736
Apr 1998	37,430	13.04	2.51	$93,775
Mar 1998	35,110	12.80	2.31	$81,084
Feb 1998	34,321	13.95	2.30	$78,908
Jan 1998	36,679	14.70	2.15	$79,036
Dec 1997	36,932	16.32	2.41	$89,047
Nov 1997	36,775	18.19	3.09	$113,571
Oct 1997	37,067	19.25	3.15	$116,754
Sep 1997	35,998	17.74	2.95	$106,370
Aug 1997	37,331	17.86	2.55	$95,371
Jul 1997	38,233	17.58	2.25	$85,907
Jun 1997	36,576	17.24	2.26	$82,559
May 1997	37,781	18.97	2.31	$87,217
Apr 1997	36,960	17.88	2.08	$76,980
Mar 1997	39,781	18.95	1.94	$77,141
Feb 1997	31,916	20.49	2.21	$70,404
Jan 1997	37,911	23.48	3.54	$134,194
Dec 1996	37,145	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	35,984	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	38,454	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	35,122	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	37,405	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	39,386	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	38,085	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	36,636	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	39,508	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	38,208	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	37,867	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	38,567	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	33,961	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	38,245	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	38,904	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	40,681	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	36,615	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	41,361	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	42,644	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	41,796	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	41,543	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	39,811	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	35,662	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	44,133	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	41,897	15.03	—	$0
Nov 1994	39,966	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	43,139	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	42,982	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	47,468	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	34,485	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	42,358	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	42,937	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	46,452	14.14	—	$0
Mar 1994	46,901	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	32,797	12.50	—	$0
Jan 1994	38,882	12.66	—	$0
Dec 1993	36,178	12.33	—	$0
Nov 1993	35,690	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	27,564	15.85	—	$0
Sep 1993	38,356	15.03	—	$0
Aug 1993	41,436	15.66	—	$0
Jul 1993	43,613	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	44,161	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	43,702	17.68	—	$0
Apr 1993	45,874	18.05	—	$0
Mar 1993	52,535	18.14	—	$0
Feb 1993	36,738	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	40,567	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.

Nov 2013 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Gas                    2 Mcf  × $  3.74 =         $7

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Month total                                       $7

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. 08/G/118797 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.