BAIRD, W. E.

Operated by DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO, L.P. (P-5 216378) in the KERMIT (ELLENBURGER) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 11771District 08Field 49038071Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$27.6 M
Jan 1993 – Feb 2011
Value, last 12 filed months
$294 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
218
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead 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 41 leases and 63 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1943-04-25
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,150 ft
minimum
From a lease line
660 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 1957-02-04.

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: BASE ACREAGE 80

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
NGPA2none

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
OilDisposition178,237 bbl$4,224,847
Casinghead gasProduction6,060,750 Mcf$23,418,545
Total$27,643,393

872,202 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 (10)

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 31.8971, -103.0759. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.4 miles.

31.89667, -103.07515 · 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%
10 of 10 wells
With a plug date
70.0%
7 of 10 wells
Median depth
10,643 ft
10 wells filed one
Completion to plug
13.9 years
median over 7 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
10100.0%
A plug date is filed
770.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
770.0%
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

Total depth in feet, 10 of 10 wells. Median 10,643 ft, with the middle half between 10,617 and 10,650 ft; the shallowest is 10,445 ft and the deepest 10,662 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 9 of 10 wells, Feb 1960 – Mar 2024. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Feb 1960 – Mar 2024
9 of 10 wells; 1 filed none
Plug dates filed
Mar 1998 – Apr 2018
7 of 10 wells; 3 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 13.9 years across the 7 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 11.1 years and 30.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

10 wells

42-49505141132310,657 ftYes
42-495051451312 L10,652 ftMar 2024Yes
42-495314271953E10,600 ftFeb 2013Yes
42-495310501844E10,610 ftNov 2007Apr 2018Yes
42-495051241811 L10,639 ftOct 2007Mar 2014Yes
42-495327231382EL10,445 ftApr 2006Jan 2018Yes
42-49505144131410,641 ftMar 1996Feb 2010Yes
42-495051151843 L10,645 ftAug 1991Mar 2014Yes
42-495051561213 L10,662 ftApr 1960Mar 1998Yes
42-495051221831 L10,644 ftFeb 1960Oct 2010Yes

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 (218)

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

218 months

Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 201018320,73671.124.24$100,836
Apr 20107420,29581.694.12$89,715
Mar 201014221,02378.394.39$103,394
Feb 201014616,47273.585.44$100,389
Jan 201014019,26974.365.96$125,332
Dec 200915219,38371.445.48$117,150
Nov 200926519,80674.593.75$94,069
Oct 20099221,15472.544.11$93,622
Sep 200921721,98465.543.06$81,598
Aug 20096225,12767.423.22$85,051
Jul 200911011,28861.133.46$45,832
Jun 200916220,24066.163.90$89,553
May 200911621,76654.743.93$91,798
Apr 200920921,21746.773.59$85,891
Mar 200911222,18842.144.06$94,781
Feb 200931620,63532.814.63$105,970
Jan 200916123,23635.865.37$130,574
Dec 200816223,64637.105.98$147,346
Nov 200815623,88855.496.86$172,537
Oct 200825728,60875.246.92$217,361
Sep 2008010,759101.767.88$84,750
Aug 200818923,761114.228.48$223,153
Jul 200812622,800131.0811.39$276,195
Jun 200813521,140131.3313.03$293,239
May 200814721,845123.1711.57$270,946
Apr 200831020,951110.3110.45$253,236
Mar 2008021,968101.909.66$212,300
Feb 200828620,91792.538.77$209,918
Jan 200814421,54690.388.21$189,815
Dec 200715321,12388.337.30$167,754
Nov 200715221,75691.677.29$172,572
Oct 200731122,78782.856.92$183,498
Sep 200723323,88775.846.24$166,825
Aug 200715018,73969.066.39$130,063
Jul 200715322,81070.906.39$156,557
Jun 200716120,45562.007.55$164,386
May 200734022,39558.747.85$195,689
Apr 200739120,06759.617.81$179,934
Mar 200723222,10856.927.30$174,637
Feb 200751719,87255.108.22$191,755
Jan 200719821,09950.306.73$151,889
Dec 200645521,44556.656.92$174,142
Nov 200624619,92554.207.62$165,111
Oct 200626820,25854.906.01$136,541
Sep 200627020,20060.085.04$117,973
Aug 200622318,57768.717.34$151,676
Jul 200632319,63469.376.34$146,940
Jun 200615118,08566.286.38$125,461
May 200633417,74966.016.42$136,085
Apr 200635716,62464.397.36$145,348
Mar 200636016,92456.707.08$140,283
Feb 200618215,35257.597.75$129,477
Jan 200651217,58460.598.93$188,106
Dec 200534417,70954.9413.42$256,473
Nov 200534216,94454.6910.59$198,114
Oct 200534217,75758.3413.80$264,924
Sep 200517918,18661.4512.08$230,668
Aug 200533517,97961.519.80$196,743
Jul 200526818,22055.697.84$157,836
Jun 200528718,29252.337.38$150,033
May 200539320,65745.226.65$155,164
Apr 200538917,09849.207.36$144,988
Mar 200529318,31250.377.15$145,779
Feb 200552117,59345.226.31$134,605
Jan 200538319,63543.166.32$140,667
Dec 200439021,48439.866.75$160,586
Nov 200465521,69045.286.33$166,965
Oct 200459925,50449.706.52$195,931
Sep 200439828,21243.245.28$166,279
Aug 200454431,92942.375.55$200,276
Jul 200443531,22538.286.08$206,630
Jun 200414129,10636.106.43$192,330
May 200427030,28937.486.49$206,834
Apr 200446328,43834.475.86$182,563
Mar 200452929,37334.365.53$180,613
Feb 200427114,46332.455.51$88,480
Jan 2004462032.036.30$14,798
Dec 200355020,33430.266.30$144,781
Nov 20031,15452,23428.804.60$273,259
Oct 200386947,09328.174.76$248,625
Sep 200366724,58326.314.75$134,302
Aug 200373029,08429.765.13$170,918
Jul 20031,03837,72229.415.17$225,582
Jun 200359839,17428.565.98$251,455
May 200375641,25026.595.97$266,475
Apr 200358242,09926.675.41$243,163
Mar 200343646,65731.146.10$298,000
Feb 200398344,07933.487.93$382,276
Jan 200345743,08630.315.58$254,359
Dec 200293746,67226.914.85$251,749
Nov 200294144,66524.664.14$207,982
Oct 200245442,04526.464.23$189,826
Sep 200289039,88827.443.64$169,422
Aug 200235845,25025.963.16$152,472
Jul 200274645,89724.583.06$158,862
Jun 200245742,75223.733.34$153,561
May 200292247,08124.663.58$191,475
Apr 200252444,86123.653.51$169,959
Mar 200295747,95022.003.10$169,829
Feb 200242040,90018.222.38$104,818
Jan 200282047,21817.172.38$126,254
Dec 200188243,49616.932.36$117,774
Nov 200152441,65318.072.41$109,666
Oct 20011,05841,04419.782.53$124,723
Sep 200173340,89524.262.25$109,850
Aug 200181045,12124.873.05$157,906
Jul 200150943,29723.933.20$150,604
Jun 20011,02138,64124.563.82$172,845
May 200195438,89425.524.31$191,875
Apr 200194847,66024.685.34$277,678
Mar 200194449,04524.545.38$286,853
Feb 200185745,91927.755.77$288,600
Jan 200141341,08227.478.40$356,383
Dec 200096654,07926.889.12$519,302
Nov 2000744032.215.66$23,964
Oct 200071340,35531.235.15$229,914
Sep 200061537,78131.875.19$215,551
Aug 20001,15540,30329.644.54$217,240
Jul 200077742,44428.534.09$195,753
Jun 20001,23043,80329.304.40$228,652
May 20001,34251,22227.263.68$225,067
Apr 20001,37250,67724.513.12$191,537
Mar 20001,42043,49428.422.86$164,738
Feb 20001,91142,54527.622.73$168,781
Jan 20001,37353,06925.272.48$166,333
Dec 19991,79457,93424.282.42$183,974
Nov 19991,88752,22823.192.43$170,882
Oct 19991,44670,41420.982.80$227,758
Sep 19991,59185,47021.752.62$258,437
Aug 19991,58656,94019.262.88$194,283
Jul 19991,35456,31017.892.37$157,811
Jun 199966637,10215.942.36$98,255
May 199986837,81915.792.32$101,484
Apr 199970943,31415.102.21$106,345
Mar 199963138,65112.471.84$78,922
Feb 199991238,9159.981.82$79,841
Jan 199971040,89310.381.90$85,064
Dec 19981,19142,5509.201.77$86,412
Nov 19981,13042,00210.892.19$104,110
Oct 19981,04041,45612.421.97$94,552
Sep 19981,35044,43112.592.08$109,529
Aug 19981,24049,77011.301.91$108,941
Jul 199862446,71711.742.24$111,844
Jun 199871645,16611.242.24$109,096
May 19981,13855,94312.622.21$137,791
Apr 199895227,10113.042.51$80,311
Mar 19981,34031,94612.802.31$90,929
Feb 199883240,46013.952.30$104,629
Jan 199883543,08914.702.15$105,122
Dec 19971,19042,33216.322.41$121,487
Nov 199770244,47318.193.09$150,114
Oct 19971,13254,54619.253.15$193,601
Sep 19971,04039,69917.742.95$135,755
Aug 199742030,15117.862.55$84,529
Jul 19971,53341,26617.582.25$119,672
Jun 199797848,80617.242.26$127,026
May 19971,22536,92218.972.31$108,473
Apr 19971,67429,98517.882.08$92,383
Mar 19971,40828,64518.951.94$82,228
Feb 199795226,99320.492.21$79,050
Jan 199758821,81823.483.54$91,035
Dec 199674622,44423.32$17,397
Nov 19961,14817,92921.97$25,222
Oct 19961,64129,14623.31$38,252
Sep 19961,77625,75022.22$39,463
Aug 19961,22228,35520.26$24,758
Jul 19961,53729,47519.55$30,048
Jun 19961,18627,13418.73$22,214
May 19961,50230,66019.43$29,184
Apr 19962,53632,95821.51$54,549
Mar 19961,43027,59719.38$27,713
Feb 19961,52018,57416.98$25,810
Jan 19961,10118,71917.07$18,794
Dec 19952,21121,45517.19$38,007
Nov 19951,89125,50716.00$30,256
Oct 19952,55830,28215.43$39,470
Sep 19951,62029,17016.18$26,212
Aug 19952,08431,11515.92$33,177
Jul 19951,95929,40215.24$29,855
Jun 19951,99430,17416.41$32,722
May 19951,66524,46517.56$29,237
Apr 19951,96127,33817.73$34,769
Mar 19952,14225,48316.44$35,214
Feb 19951,93114,57716.58$32,016
Jan 19951,99416,23415.92$31,744
Dec 19942,32617,78115.03$34,960
Nov 19942,47919,34215.90$39,416
Oct 19941,55417,02715.58$24,211
Sep 19941,78512,80015.29$27,293
Aug 19942,51018,39816.13$40,486
Jul 19942,53615,55117.56$44,532
Jun 19941,36214,03617.09$23,277
May 19941,33813,81915.88$21,247
Apr 19941,66815,37014.14$23,586
Mar 19941,49520,36312.46$18,628
Feb 19948618,49812.50$10,763
Jan 19946358,75912.66$8,039
Dec 19936455,62212.33$7,953
Nov 19931,2258,01014.49$17,750
Oct 19931,0078,19415.85$15,961
Sep 19932,0558,60115.03$30,887
Aug 19932,2416,66415.66$35,094
Jul 19938074,63115.46$12,476
Jun 19937616,16516.79$12,777
May 19931,2844,07417.68$22,701
Apr 19931,9346,14218.05$34,909
Mar 19931,2596,59518.14$22,838
Feb 19931,2034,81517.90$21,534
Jan 19931,5357,00216.93$25,988

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.

May 2010 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  183 bbl  × $ 71.12 =    $13,015
Casinghead gas    20,736 Mcf  × $  4.24 =    $87,822

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Month total                                 $100,836

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/O/11771 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.