STERLING 'X' FEE

Name: STERLING 'X' FEE lease production and value, May 1994 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. (P-5 148113) in the CONGER, SW (PENN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 149866District 08Field 201015002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.1 M

May 1994 – Jul 2013

Value, last 12 filed months

$20 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

231

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The CONGER, SW (PENN) 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 271 leases and 445 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1979-02-21

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and gas

the register's own label

Between wells

933 ft

minimum

From a lease line

660 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1986-07-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “OPERATOR REQUEST. TEXACO E & P INC ALLICIANT..”

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
High Cost Gas	1	1	1995-01-03	130691
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
Condensate	Disposition	9,432 bbl	$290,869
Gas	Production	297,072 Mcf	$838,520
Total			$1,129,389

105,135 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 32 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 31.6562, -101.2299. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.65619, -101.22986 · 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

8,245 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 8,245 ft.

Completions filed

Jul 2013

1 of 1 wells

1 well


42-43132497	6	8,245 ft	Jul 2013	—	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 (231)

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

231 months


Jul 2013	0	0	102.52	3.72	$0
Jun 2013	0	159	94.40	3.93	$625
May 2013	0	292	94.83	4.15	$1,212
Apr 2013	2	491	93.96	4.28	$2,291
Mar 2013	0	578	93.62	3.91	$2,262
Feb 2013	0	553	91.23	3.42	$1,891
Jan 2013	0	480	91.60	3.42	$1,642
Dec 2012	0	472	86.77	3.42	$1,614
Nov 2012	2	472	86.95	3.62	$1,885
Oct 2012	5	387	89.38	3.40	$1,763
Sep 2012	8	380	94.67	2.92	$1,866
Aug 2012	17	406	92.66	2.91	$2,756
Jul 2012	12	407	85.13	3.02	$2,251
Jun 2012	0	428	79.82	2.52	$1,078
May 2012	0	484	91.61	2.49	$1,204
Apr 2012	0	453	101.65	2.00	$905
Mar 2012	0	397	105.05	2.22	$882
Feb 2012	0	364	101.10	2.57	$936
Jan 2012	0	423	98.09	2.73	$1,157
Dec 2011	2	513	96.87	3.24	$1,856
Nov 2011	6	537	95.72	3.31	$2,352
Oct 2011	5	471	84.98	3.65	$2,143
Sep 2011	5	498	83.62	3.99	$2,403
Aug 2011	5	633	83.40	4.15	$3,044
Jul 2011	5	618	94.14	4.52	$3,262
Jun 2011	4	554	92.90	4.64	$2,942
May 2011	3	432	98.13	4.40	$2,197
Apr 2011	4	473	105.96	4.33	$2,473
Mar 2011	3	357	96.36	4.06	$1,738
Feb 2011	2	334	85.64	4.18	$1,567
Jan 2011	2	348	86.50	4.59	$1,770
Dec 2010	2	374	85.73	4.35	$1,798
Nov 2010	1	339	80.84	3.80	$1,367
Oct 2010	1	389	78.10	3.51	$1,443
Sep 2010	0	560	72.63	3.98	$2,229
Aug 2010	0	614	73.68	4.42	$2,713
Jul 2010	2	551	72.55	4.74	$2,755
Jun 2010	3	482	70.36	4.91	$2,578
May 2010	3	578	71.12	4.24	$2,661
Apr 2010	3	658	81.69	4.12	$2,958
Mar 2010	3	633	78.39	4.39	$3,013
Feb 2010	4	628	73.58	5.44	$3,712
Jan 2010	7	860	74.36	5.96	$5,650
Dec 2009	6	705	71.44	5.48	$4,295
Nov 2009	7	702	74.59	3.75	$3,156
Oct 2009	3	650	72.54	4.11	$2,889
Sep 2009	4	660	65.54	3.06	$2,285
Aug 2009	5	625	67.42	3.22	$2,349
Jul 2009	6	573	61.13	3.46	$2,352
Jun 2009	7	516	66.16	3.90	$2,473
May 2009	4	575	54.74	3.93	$2,476
Apr 2009	4	660	46.77	3.59	$2,555
Mar 2009	4	709	42.14	4.06	$3,046
Feb 2009	2	557	32.81	4.63	$2,646
Jan 2009	1	729	35.86	5.37	$3,951
Dec 2008	0	697	37.10	5.98	$4,166
Nov 2008	3	573	55.49	6.86	$4,097
Oct 2008	4	630	75.24	6.92	$4,662
Sep 2008	6	638	101.76	7.88	$5,636
Aug 2008	17	713	114.22	8.48	$7,990
Jul 2008	325	664	131.08	11.39	$50,164
Jun 2008	387	597	131.33	13.03	$58,605
May 2008	6	593	123.17	11.57	$7,603
Apr 2008	4	605	110.31	10.45	$6,766
Mar 2008	3	697	101.90	9.66	$7,042
Feb 2008	2	643	92.53	8.77	$5,825
Jan 2008	2	627	90.38	8.21	$5,326
Dec 2007	3	643	88.33	7.30	$4,960
Nov 2007	9	733	91.67	7.29	$6,170
Oct 2007	4	615	82.85	6.92	$4,588
Sep 2007	6	632	75.84	6.24	$4,401
Aug 2007	7	732	69.06	6.39	$5,159
Jul 2007	8	718	70.90	6.39	$5,154
Jun 2007	7	866	62.00	7.55	$6,971
May 2007	5	852	58.74	7.85	$6,979
Apr 2007	13	810	59.61	7.81	$7,097
Mar 2007	7	903	56.92	7.30	$6,992
Feb 2007	10	797	55.10	8.22	$7,099
Jan 2007	14	808	50.30	6.73	$6,139
Dec 2006	11	846	56.65	6.92	$6,476
Nov 2006	10	717	54.20	7.62	$6,004
Oct 2006	11	702	54.90	6.01	$4,826
Sep 2006	21	639	60.08	5.04	$4,480
Aug 2006	19	664	68.71	7.34	$6,179
Jul 2006	40	730	69.37	6.34	$7,405
Jun 2006	19	694	66.28	6.38	$5,690
May 2006	25	733	66.01	6.42	$6,360
Apr 2006	19	735	64.39	7.36	$6,633
Mar 2006	26	804	56.70	7.08	$7,169
Feb 2006	22	621	57.59	7.75	$6,080
Jan 2006	22	789	60.59	8.93	$8,381
Dec 2005	24	762	54.94	13.42	$11,541
Nov 2005	31	825	54.69	10.59	$10,431
Oct 2005	15	1,121	58.34	13.80	$16,340
Sep 2005	10	815	61.45	12.08	$10,459
Aug 2005	9	779	61.51	9.80	$8,185
Jul 2005	8	811	55.69	7.84	$6,807
Jun 2005	7	772	52.33	7.38	$6,064
May 2005	11	866	45.22	6.65	$6,257
Apr 2005	12	913	49.20	7.36	$7,311
Mar 2005	18	934	50.37	7.15	$7,589
Feb 2005	21	770	45.22	6.31	$5,810
Jan 2005	26	866	43.16	6.32	$6,597
Dec 2004	26	896	39.86	6.75	$7,085
Nov 2004	34	738	45.28	6.33	$6,211
Oct 2004	60	426	49.70	6.52	$5,757
Sep 2004	49	463	43.24	5.28	$4,565
Aug 2004	12	742	42.37	5.55	$4,627
Jul 2004	17	724	38.28	6.08	$5,056
Jun 2004	17	711	36.10	6.43	$5,188
May 2004	19	680	37.48	6.49	$5,128
Apr 2004	21	593	34.47	5.86	$4,198
Mar 2004	20	628	34.36	5.53	$4,160
Feb 2004	15	801	32.45	5.51	$4,900
Jan 2004	17	942	32.03	6.30	$6,479
Dec 2003	18	899	30.26	6.30	$6,210
Nov 2003	16	909	28.80	4.60	$4,638
Oct 2003	27	953	28.17	4.76	$5,297
Sep 2003	24	920	26.31	4.75	$5,001
Aug 2003	17	886	29.76	5.13	$5,051
Jul 2003	7	838	29.41	5.17	$4,539
Jun 2003	11	827	28.56	5.98	$5,262
May 2003	11	889	26.59	5.97	$5,602
Apr 2003	14	883	26.67	5.41	$5,148
Mar 2003	17	949	31.14	6.10	$6,315
Feb 2003	16	837	33.48	7.93	$7,170
Jan 2003	14	917	30.31	5.58	$5,543
Dec 2002	7	917	26.91	4.85	$4,639
Nov 2002	9	886	24.66	4.14	$3,887
Oct 2002	7	1,046	26.46	4.23	$4,609
Sep 2002	10	969	27.44	3.64	$3,797
Aug 2002	10	693	25.96	3.16	$2,452
Jul 2002	9	655	24.58	3.06	$2,227
Jun 2002	14	712	23.73	3.34	$2,709
May 2002	3	1,021	24.66	3.58	$3,733
Apr 2002	2	996	23.65	3.51	$3,546
Mar 2002	4	1,031	22.00	3.10	$3,287
Feb 2002	8	908	18.22	2.38	$2,303
Jan 2002	3	976	17.17	2.38	$2,370
Dec 2001	0	1,058	16.93	2.36	$2,502
Nov 2001	1	957	18.07	2.41	$2,320
Oct 2001	7	966	19.78	2.53	$2,581
Sep 2001	17	1,007	24.26	2.25	$2,680
Aug 2001	12	1,228	24.87	3.05	$4,048
Jul 2001	11	1,255	23.93	3.20	$4,276
Jun 2001	8	1,195	24.56	3.82	$4,766
May 2001	6	1,149	25.52	4.31	$5,102
Apr 2001	6	1,119	24.68	5.34	$6,118
Mar 2001	9	1,307	24.54	5.38	$7,248
Feb 2001	9	1,391	27.75	5.77	$8,272
Jan 2001	30	1,466	27.47	8.40	$13,137
Dec 2000	28	1,402	26.88	9.12	$13,542
Nov 2000	18	1,155	32.21	5.66	$7,115
Oct 2000	18	1,214	31.23	5.15	$6,809
Sep 2000	13	1,196	31.87	5.19	$6,617
Aug 2000	20	1,217	29.64	4.54	$6,119
Jul 2000	22	1,240	28.53	4.09	$5,699
Jun 2000	22	1,193	29.30	4.40	$5,891
May 2000	25	1,392	27.26	3.68	$5,804
Apr 2000	25	1,360	24.51	3.12	$4,851
Mar 2000	20	1,418	28.42	2.86	$4,624
Feb 2000	13	1,258	27.62	2.73	$3,789
Jan 2000	13	1,349	25.27	2.48	$3,675
Dec 1999	16	1,389	24.28	2.42	$3,755
Nov 1999	28	1,890	23.19	2.43	$5,250
Oct 1999	29	1,946	20.98	2.80	$6,064
Sep 1999	28	1,853	21.75	2.62	$5,462
Aug 1999	53	1,684	19.26	2.88	$5,863
Jul 1999	44	1,705	17.89	2.37	$4,832
Jun 1999	43	1,667	15.94	2.36	$4,623
May 1999	38	2,006	15.79	2.32	$5,256
Apr 1999	40	1,990	15.10	2.21	$4,998
Mar 1999	36	2,092	12.47	1.84	$4,295
Feb 1999	41	1,571	9.98	1.82	$3,265
Jan 1999	39	1,746	10.38	1.90	$3,722
Dec 1998	49	1,751	9.20	1.77	$3,556
Nov 1998	49	1,688	10.89	2.19	$4,223
Oct 1998	51	1,776	12.42	1.97	$4,131
Sep 1998	47	1,777	12.59	2.08	$4,293
Aug 1998	60	1,870	11.30	1.91	$4,245
Jul 1998	45	1,922	11.74	2.24	$4,828
Jun 1998	48	1,864	11.24	2.24	$4,710
May 1998	38	2,006	12.62	2.21	$4,905
Apr 1998	70	1,907	13.04	2.51	$5,690
Mar 1998	54	1,869	12.80	2.31	$5,008
Feb 1998	38	1,578	13.95	2.30	$4,158
Jan 1998	48	1,726	14.70	2.15	$4,425
Dec 1997	49	1,809	16.32	2.41	$5,161
Nov 1997	67	2,315	18.19	3.09	$8,368
Oct 1997	66	2,311	19.25	3.15	$8,550
Sep 1997	69	2,334	17.74	2.95	$8,121
Aug 1997	60	1,666	17.86	2.55	$5,328
Jul 1997	78	1,682	17.58	2.25	$5,151
Jun 1997	80	1,644	17.24	2.26	$5,090
May 1997	86	2,427	18.97	2.31	$7,234
Apr 1997	81	2,464	17.88	2.08	$6,580
Mar 1997	76	2,663	18.95	1.94	$6,604
Feb 1997	81	2,205	20.49	2.21	$6,524
Jan 1997	63	2,376	23.48	3.54	$9,890
Dec 1996	66	2,525	23.32	—	$1,539
Nov 1996	57	2,573	21.97	—	$1,252
Oct 1996	76	2,769	23.31	—	$1,772
Sep 1996	70	2,746	22.22	—	$1,555
Aug 1996	63	2,963	20.26	—	$1,276
Jul 1996	50	3,040	19.55	—	$978
Jun 1996	56	3,131	18.73	—	$1,049
May 1996	60	3,077	19.43	—	$1,166
Apr 1996	66	3,142	21.51	—	$1,420
Mar 1996	68	2,988	19.38	—	$1,318
Feb 1996	25	3,471	16.98	—	$425
Jan 1996	25	3,389	17.07	—	$427
Dec 1995	34	4,420	17.19	—	$584
Nov 1995	79	2,597	16.00	—	$1,264
Oct 1995	79	3,785	15.43	—	$1,219
Sep 1995	71	3,583	16.18	—	$1,149
Aug 1995	48	4,029	15.92	—	$764
Jul 1995	166	4,128	15.24	—	$2,530
Jun 1995	50	2,321	16.41	—	$821
May 1995	221	3,065	17.56	—	$3,881
Apr 1995	229	4,015	17.73	—	$4,060
Mar 1995	395	4,128	16.44	—	$6,494
Feb 1995	385	3,049	16.58	—	$6,383
Jan 1995	416	4,238	15.92	—	$6,623
Dec 1994	68	1,858	15.03	—	$1,022
Nov 1994	450	4,208	15.90	—	$7,155
Oct 1994	329	4,362	15.58	—	$5,126
Sep 1994	308	2,369	15.29	—	$4,709
Aug 1994	126	1,770	16.13	—	$2,032
Jul 1994	378	4,545	17.56	—	$6,638
Jun 1994	298	4,038	17.09	—	$5,093
May 1994	331	2,813	15.88	—	$5,256

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 2013 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 94.40 =         $0
Gas                  159 Mcf  × $  3.93 =       $625

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $625

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/149866 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.