ESTES, W. A.

Operated by WILLIAMS OIL COMPANY (P-5 925440) in the SAND HILLS, WEST (DEVONIAN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 22985District 08Field 80481250Hydrogen sulphide fieldGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.5 M
Jan 1993 – Jun 2017
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
294
no gaps in the span
Streams
1
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 35 leases and 39 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1961-03-21
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,320 ft
minimum
From a lease line
660 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 320 acres. The field rule took effect on 1963-04-01.

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: ALLOCATION FORMULA SUSPENDED 9/1/90

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
GasProduction293,956 Mcf$1,544,774
Total$1,544,774

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 31.4186, -102.7755. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.41864, -102.77552 · 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
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
6,365 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
54.1 years
median over 1 well

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 6,365 ft.

Completions filed
May 1963
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Jun 2017
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 54.1 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 54.1 years and 54.1 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-47510097656,365 ftMay 1963Jun 2017Yes

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 (294)

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

294 months

Jun 2017042.493.09$0
May 2017045.373.26$0
Apr 2017047.933.21$0
Mar 2017046.772.98$0
Feb 2017050.452.95$0
Jan 2017049.413.42$0
Dec 2016048.763.72$0
Nov 2016042.492.64$0
Oct 2016046.193.09$0
Sep 2016041.553.10$0
Aug 2016041.442.92$0
Jul 2016041.622.92$0
Jun 2016045.352.69$0
May 2016042.521.99$0
Apr 2016036.561.99$0
Mar 2016033.011.79$0
Feb 2016026.472.06$0
Jan 2016027.352.36$0
Dec 2015032.362.00$0
Nov 2015038.792.17$0
Oct 2015043.552.43$0
Sep 2015042.992.76$0
Aug 2015040.162.87$0
Jul 20151548.152.95$44
Jun 20151056.152.88$29
May 2015055.212.96$0
Apr 2015049.822.71$0
Mar 20151,29142.892.93$3,789
Feb 20151,73744.662.98$5,170
Jan 20151,00643.433.10$3,119
Dec 201446854.693.59$1,681
Nov 20141,39670.464.25$5,936
Oct 201466778.303.90$2,602
Sep 20141,46586.164.05$5,927
Aug 20141,91689.394.04$7,731
Jul 20141,98796.564.18$8,305
Jun 20141,57498.164.74$7,456
May 20141,90194.734.73$8,985
Apr 20141,93495.944.81$9,301
Mar 20141,96095.895.06$9,911
Feb 20141,71797.406.19$10,632
Jan 20141,89690.404.86$9,216
Dec 20131,88191.824.35$8,191
Nov 20131,51288.853.74$5,652
Oct 20131,74897.423.78$6,606
Sep 20131,687104.113.72$6,272
Aug 20131,851104.253.52$6,520
Jul 20131,824102.523.72$6,781
Jun 20132,00494.403.93$7,883
May 20131,97394.834.15$8,186
Apr 20131,93593.964.28$8,287
Mar 20131,97693.623.91$7,732
Feb 20131,76291.233.42$6,026
Jan 20131,93391.603.42$6,611
Dec 20121,96886.773.42$6,731
Nov 20121,92786.953.62$6,985
Oct 20121,95389.383.40$6,640
Sep 20121,85894.672.92$5,422
Aug 20121,97592.662.91$5,744
Jul 20121,94185.133.02$5,863
Jun 20121,41379.822.52$3,559
May 20121,79691.612.49$4,469
Apr 20121,603101.652.00$3,201
Mar 2012886105.052.22$1,969
Feb 201214101.102.57$36
Jan 20124898.092.73$131
Dec 201156396.873.24$1,824
Nov 20111,48095.723.31$4,901
Oct 20111,13984.983.65$4,156
Sep 20111,18083.623.99$4,703
Aug 20111,53783.404.15$6,378
Jul 20111,58294.144.52$7,146
Jun 20111,56792.904.64$7,271
May 20111,41298.134.40$6,220
Apr 20111,567105.964.33$6,790
Mar 20111,61196.364.06$6,536
Feb 20111,37985.644.18$5,764
Jan 20111,52186.504.59$6,980
Dec 20101,49485.734.35$6,496
Nov 20101,50880.843.80$5,723
Oct 20101,57678.103.51$5,530
Sep 20101,56572.633.98$6,228
Aug 20101,64273.684.42$7,257
Jul 20101,57572.554.74$7,460
Jun 20101,53770.364.91$7,547
May 20101,59871.124.24$6,768
Apr 20101,54981.694.12$6,386
Mar 20101,59978.394.39$7,017
Feb 20101,42373.585.44$7,744
Jan 20101,58274.365.96$9,435
Dec 20091,58471.445.48$8,686
Nov 20091,31574.593.75$4,933
Oct 20091,55272.544.11$6,379
Sep 20091,26565.543.06$3,877
Aug 20091,27767.423.22$4,110
Jul 20091,30061.133.46$4,504
Jun 20091,23666.163.90$4,814
May 20091,37754.743.93$5,406
Apr 20091,32846.773.59$4,764
Mar 20091,45142.144.06$5,890
Feb 20091,31932.814.63$6,111
Jan 20091,49335.865.37$8,019
Dec 20081,49537.105.98$8,936
Nov 20081,49255.496.86$10,236
Oct 20081,55675.246.92$10,771
Sep 20081,496101.767.88$11,784
Aug 20081,590114.228.48$13,488
Jul 20081,573131.0811.39$17,916
Jun 20081,526131.3313.03$19,888
May 20081,593123.1711.57$18,438
Apr 20081,360110.3110.45$14,219
Mar 20081,566101.909.66$15,134
Feb 20081,46892.538.77$12,875
Jan 20081,57190.388.21$12,891
Dec 20071,58588.337.30$11,574
Nov 20071,53091.677.29$11,156
Oct 20071,60282.856.92$11,089
Sep 20071,56375.846.24$9,760
Aug 20071,60469.066.39$10,246
Jul 2007070.906.39$0
Jun 20071,00862.007.55$7,609
May 20071,60058.747.85$12,554
Apr 20071,57059.617.81$12,254
Mar 20071,64156.927.30$11,983
Feb 20071,48055.108.22$12,160
Jan 20071,63950.306.73$11,025
Dec 20061,63856.656.92$11,332
Nov 20061,56254.207.62$11,899
Oct 20061,64554.906.01$9,893
Sep 20061,60460.085.04$8,080
Aug 20061,24168.717.34$9,109
Jul 20061,48369.376.34$9,406
Jun 20061,62766.286.38$10,387
May 20061,69366.016.42$10,878
Apr 20061,65664.397.36$12,189
Mar 20061,71456.707.08$12,140
Feb 20061,55257.597.75$12,030
Jan 20061,72160.598.93$15,374
Dec 20051,71954.9413.42$23,061
Nov 2005054.6910.59$0
Oct 20051,66458.3413.80$22,956
Sep 20051,51861.4512.08$18,336
Aug 20051,75461.519.80$17,184
Jul 20051,77555.697.84$13,922
Jun 20051,71952.337.38$12,688
May 20051,80645.226.65$12,012
Apr 20051,77749.207.36$13,080
Mar 20051,75550.377.15$12,557
Feb 20051,61545.226.31$10,194
Jan 20051,81643.166.32$11,481
Dec 20041,83939.866.75$12,415
Nov 20041,80845.286.33$11,445
Oct 20041,89149.706.52$12,320
Sep 20041,85943.245.28$9,823
Aug 20041,94142.375.55$10,774
Jul 20041,93838.286.08$11,791
Jun 20041,85536.106.43$11,933
May 20042,02237.486.49$13,132
Apr 20041,97434.475.86$11,565
Mar 20042,08234.365.53$11,514
Feb 20042,14332.455.51$11,807
Jan 20042,14332.036.30$13,500
Dec 20032,16230.266.30$13,624
Nov 20032,13428.804.60$9,806
Oct 20032,24428.174.76$10,681
Sep 20032,17426.314.75$10,325
Aug 20032,26329.765.13$11,609
Jul 20032,26729.415.17$11,722
Jun 20032,21928.565.98$13,276
May 20032,16726.595.97$12,943
Apr 20031,86826.675.41$10,101
Mar 20032,19231.146.10$13,363
Feb 20032,01533.487.93$15,971
Jan 20032,25830.315.58$12,604
Dec 20022,28426.914.85$11,086
Nov 20022,25224.664.14$9,316
Oct 20022,37226.464.23$10,031
Sep 20022,33527.443.64$8,488
Aug 20022,42925.963.16$7,686
Jul 20022,41624.583.06$7,397
Jun 20022,31023.733.34$7,711
May 20022,35724.663.58$8,447
Apr 20022,24923.653.51$7,899
Mar 20022,30722.003.10$7,158
Feb 20022,06218.222.38$4,899
Jan 20022,27717.172.38$5,409
Dec 20012,29016.932.36$5,414
Nov 20012,25118.072.41$5,415
Oct 20012,29719.782.53$5,809
Sep 20012,14124.262.25$4,820
Aug 20012,12624.873.05$6,491
Jul 20011,83823.933.20$5,876
Jun 20011,78324.563.82$6,818
May 20011,77025.524.31$7,624
Apr 20011,72524.685.34$9,203
Mar 20011,82524.545.38$9,812
Feb 20011,55927.755.77$8,991
Jan 200157727.478.40$4,846
Dec 200054626.889.12$4,981
Nov 20001,01032.215.66$5,715
Oct 200090531.235.15$4,657
Sep 20001,09931.875.19$5,700
Aug 200078529.644.54$3,564
Jul 200071128.534.09$2,908
Jun 200088129.304.40$3,874
May 20001,47627.263.68$5,431
Apr 2000024.513.12$0
Mar 2000028.422.86$0
Feb 2000027.622.73$0
Jan 2000025.272.48$0
Dec 1999024.282.42$0
Nov 1999023.192.43$0
Oct 1999020.982.80$0
Sep 1999021.752.62$0
Aug 1999019.262.88$0
Jul 1999017.892.37$0
Jun 1999015.942.36$0
May 1999015.792.32$0
Apr 1999015.102.21$0
Mar 1999012.471.84$0
Feb 199909.981.82$0
Jan 1999010.381.90$0
Dec 199809.201.77$0
Nov 1998010.892.19$0
Oct 1998012.421.97$0
Sep 1998012.592.08$0
Aug 1998011.301.91$0
Jul 1998011.742.24$0
Jun 1998011.242.24$0
May 1998012.622.21$0
Apr 1998013.042.51$0
Mar 1998012.802.31$0
Feb 1998013.952.30$0
Jan 1998014.702.15$0
Dec 1997016.322.41$0
Nov 1997018.193.09$0
Oct 1997019.253.15$0
Sep 1997017.742.95$0
Aug 1997017.862.55$0
Jul 1997017.582.25$0
Jun 1997017.242.26$0
May 1997018.972.31$0
Apr 1997017.882.08$0
Mar 1997018.951.94$0
Feb 1997020.492.21$0
Jan 1997023.483.54$0
Dec 1996023.32$0
Nov 1996021.97$0
Oct 1996023.31$0
Sep 1996022.22$0
Aug 1996020.26$0
Jul 1996019.55$0
Jun 1996018.73$0
May 1996019.43$0
Apr 1996021.51$0
Mar 1996019.38$0
Feb 1996016.98$0
Jan 1996017.07$0
Dec 1995017.19$0
Nov 1995016.00$0
Oct 1995015.43$0
Sep 1995016.18$0
Aug 1995015.92$0
Jul 1995015.24$0
Jun 1995016.41$0
May 1995017.56$0
Apr 1995017.73$0
Mar 1995016.44$0
Feb 1995016.58$0
Jan 1995015.92$0
Dec 1994015.03$0
Nov 1994015.90$0
Oct 1994015.58$0
Sep 1994015.29$0
Aug 1994016.13$0
Jul 1994017.56$0
Jun 1994017.09$0
May 1994015.88$0
Apr 1994014.14$0
Mar 1994012.46$0
Feb 1994012.50$0
Jan 1994012.66$0
Dec 1993012.33$0
Nov 1993014.49$0
Oct 1993015.85$0
Sep 1993015.03$0
Aug 1993015.66$0
Jul 1993015.46$0
Jun 1993016.79$0
May 1993017.68$0
Apr 1993018.05$0
Mar 1993018.14$0
Feb 1993017.90$0
Jan 1993016.93$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.

Jul 2015 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Gas                   15 Mcf  × $  2.95 =        $44

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Month total                                      $44

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/22985 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.