CHUTE BUSTER

Operated by COG OPERATING LLC (P-5 166150) in the FORD, WEST (WOLFCAMP) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 272209District 08Field 31913800Hydrogen sulphide field2 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$11.9 M
Aug 2012 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$15 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
166
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, 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 1,466 leases and 1,484 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2010-11-05
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2018-06-05.

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: DOCKET SAYS PRO PLAT NOT REQUIRED NOT LEASE PLAT NOT REQ

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.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
High Cost Gas112014-09-02213722
NGPA1none

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.

StreamBasisVolumeValue
CondensateDisposition91,185 bbl$6,973,910
GasProduction1,446,852 Mcf$4,936,085
Total$11,909,996

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 31.9988, -104.2113. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.99876, -104.21127 · 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
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
Median depth
9,831 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
00.0%
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.
1100.0%

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 9,831 ft.

Completions filed
Aug 2012
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-10932428604 H9,831 ftAug 2012

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 (166)

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

166 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 202614098.932.87$1,385
Mar 202632089.753.15$2,872
Feb 202626063.503.75$1,651
Jan 202645059.138.00$2,661
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20253063.933.01$192
Jul 20251289766.743.32$3,775
Jun 20253610166.483.13$2,709
May 20255527360.553.23$4,213
Apr 20252030362.363.54$2,321
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20241068.993.12$69
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 202401179.932.15$24
Jun 20240478.082.63$11
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 202401780.301.55$26
Feb 2024016276.091.78$289
Jan 202411073.023.30$803
Dec 20233281171.262.61$4,398
Nov 2023352277.892.81$2,788
Oct 20231094785.443.09$9,458
Sep 20239120789.042.74$8,669
Aug 2023691280.522.67$5,588
Jul 2023222074.852.64$16,617
Jun 2023013668.962.26$307
May 202357070.622.23$4,025
Apr 20233823878.122.24$3,501
Mar 20235227272.852.39$4,439
Feb 202335075.112.47$2,629
Jan 202360076.533.39$4,592
Dec 202213512176.415.73$11,009
Nov 20221821,96185.005.65$26,542
Oct 202201,97187.185.86$11,557
Sep 2022823,61584.888.16$36,472
Aug 20222132,48094.529.13$42,768
Jul 20221721,557101.587.54$29,215
Jun 2022852,770115.097.98$31,879
May 20221165,119109.378.43$55,856
Apr 2022611,753104.226.84$18,344
Mar 20221613,404108.885.08$34,810
Feb 20221292,55691.054.86$24,165
Jan 20222133,02181.844.54$31,140
Dec 2021412,73771.323.90$13,596
Nov 20211941,12977.435.24$20,934
Oct 20211673,37979.795.71$32,632
Sep 2021262,95269.865.35$17,612
Aug 20211072,96666.024.22$19,582
Jul 20212394,89070.783.98$36,389
Jun 20212465,86569.493.38$36,922
May 20212367,22663.483.02$36,787
Apr 20212755,70860.362.76$32,344
Mar 20212602,84661.302.72$23,670
Feb 20211882,94857.805.55$27,222
Jan 20212264,38650.412.81$23,719
Dec 20203836,65144.642.68$34,892
Nov 202022210,16138.772.71$36,108
Oct 20201836,67236.972.48$23,302
Sep 20201527,61437.091.99$20,797
Aug 2020877,12139.982.39$20,463
Jul 20201317,67438.371.83$19,032
Jun 20201967,66734.901.69$19,800
May 20203176,76716.921.81$17,644
Apr 20201716,11114.751.80$13,549
Mar 20201606,96430.341.86$17,781
Feb 20201886,54749.881.98$22,345
Jan 20201646,92757.252.09$23,899
Dec 20192887,98459.012.30$35,393
Nov 20192798,03855.302.75$37,539
Oct 20192118,41453.472.42$31,632
Sep 20191866,69255.052.66$28,022
Aug 20192147,46753.112.30$28,572
Jul 20191067,33456.272.46$24,007
Jun 20192807,13252.782.49$32,546
May 20193018,06258.482.74$39,695
Apr 20193657,37962.632.75$43,157
Mar 20192716,59956.803.06$35,600
Feb 20191925,19950.852.79$24,280
Jan 20192546,48546.033.23$32,626
Dec 20183276,93646.594.19$44,265
Nov 20182415,69852.934.24$36,900
Oct 20182146,82961.443.40$36,354
Sep 201822059.543.11$1,310
Aug 20183331,61859.403.07$24,742
Jul 2018168165.142.93$10,946
Jun 20181085,46060.183.08$23,299
May 20182638,82165.382.90$42,783
Apr 20183408,50363.842.90$46,371
Mar 20182899,52261.222.79$44,229
Feb 20183028,82961.782.77$43,080
Jan 201841910,56962.874.01$68,717
Dec 201742810,31557.272.92$54,647
Nov 201750610,43455.423.12$60,579
Oct 201751410,87749.292.98$57,789
Sep 201749410,63247.523.09$56,299
Aug 201749710,30445.373.00$53,506
Jul 201749910,64843.873.09$54,764
Jun 201750411,10242.493.09$55,690
May 201750914,06845.373.26$69,003
Apr 201758211,94947.933.21$66,271
Mar 20173878,06346.772.98$42,157
Feb 20171284,68650.452.95$20,293
Jan 201740911,64049.413.42$60,004
Dec 2016194648.763.72$9,482
Nov 2016191342.492.64$8,124
Oct 201656510,21046.193.09$57,649
Sep 201656610,29541.553.10$55,438
Aug 201655810,84341.442.92$54,832
Jul 201637410,77941.622.92$47,087
Jun 201693010,43745.352.69$70,208
May 201655911,60542.521.99$46,875
Apr 201676111,81036.561.99$51,336
Mar 201652712,49633.011.79$39,814
Feb 20167269,17626.472.06$38,153
Jan 201604,50027.352.36$10,640
Dec 20151846,30032.362.00$18,563
Nov 20155508,70038.792.17$40,190
Oct 20159099,00043.552.43$61,426
Sep 20155433,90042.992.76$34,101
Aug 201503,84240.162.87$11,036
Jul 201559913,75848.152.95$69,360
Jun 20151,6047,01156.152.88$110,276
May 201587711,43055.212.96$82,200
Apr 20151,2586,76349.822.71$80,978
Mar 20151,25110,52942.892.93$84,555
Feb 20151,0798,90644.662.98$74,694
Jan 201570911,67443.433.10$66,989
Dec 20141,5897,48454.693.59$113,780
Nov 20141,0817,38970.464.25$107,584
Oct 20141,42312,52478.303.90$160,277
Sep 20141,04610,72586.164.05$133,511
Aug 20141,41713,86489.394.04$182,609
Jul 20141,58615,53696.564.18$218,078
Jun 20141,03116,58298.164.74$179,750
May 20142,09017,48794.734.73$280,639
Apr 201492817,43095.944.81$172,855
Mar 20141,10119,01095.895.06$201,705
Feb 20141,46817,95297.406.19$254,142
Jan 20141,63620,62390.404.86$248,137
Dec 20131,09420,84391.824.35$191,212
Nov 20131,26120,74188.853.74$189,576
Oct 20131,29721,70297.423.78$208,373
Sep 20132,02322,052104.113.72$292,598
Aug 20131,40323,448104.253.52$228,861
Jul 201393523,638102.523.72$183,736
Jun 20131,66523,94894.403.93$251,373
May 20132,48625,74694.834.15$342,570
Apr 20131,44226,65893.964.28$249,656
Mar 20131,97429,28193.623.91$299,379
Feb 20131,82028,36391.233.42$263,038
Jan 20131,95234,52091.603.42$296,858
Dec 20122,50638,09786.773.42$347,743
Nov 20122,72843,08486.953.62$393,377
Oct 20124,13056,62389.383.40$561,639
Sep 20125,53281,47794.672.92$761,497
Aug 20126,43494,01492.662.91$869,582

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.

Apr 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate            14 bbl  × $ 98.93 =     $1,385
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  2.87 =         $0

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Month total                                   $1,385

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/272209 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.