WADDELL TR H

Operated by BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC (P-5 73056) in the LEA (SAN ANDRES) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 17869District 08Field 52624800Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.8 M
Jan 1993 – Apr 2024
Value, last 12 filed months
$45 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
376
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 32 leases and 262 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1955-05-01
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
500 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 10 acres.

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: FIELD # 52624220 EFFECTIVE 11/15/2023 (12/01/2023)

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
NGPA5none

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
OilDisposition49,673 bbl$1,663,819
Casinghead gasProduction66,940 Mcf$168,648
Total$1,832,467

28,932 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 (8)

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 31.3922, -102.5238. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.6 miles.

31.39196, -102.52365 · 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%
8 of 8 wells
With a plug date
62.5%
5 of 8 wells
Median depth
3,175 ft
7 wells filed one
Completion to plug
40.8 years
median over 5 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
8100.0%
A plug date is filed
562.5%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
562.5%
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, 7 of 8 wells. Median 3,175 ft, with the middle half between 3,170 and 3,250 ft; the shallowest is 3,155 ft and the deepest 4,320 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, 7 of 8 wells, Oct 1973 – May 1998. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Oct 1973 – May 1998
7 of 8 wells; 1 filed none
Plug dates filed
Oct 2017 – Apr 2024
5 of 8 wells; 3 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 40.8 years across the 5 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 35.8 years and 42.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

8 wells

42-10301697226Yes
42-1033236111733,175 ftMay 1998Apr 2024Yes
42-103100678684,320 ftMar 1982Dec 2022Yes
42-1033272811763,250 ftJan 1982Oct 2017Yes
42-1033220111483,155 ftApr 1980Yes
42-1033220211493,169 ftFeb 1980Dec 2022Yes
42-1033210410963,170 ftAug 1979Apr 2024Yes
42-103102608673,250 ftOct 1973Yes

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 (376)

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

376 months

Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 2023902077.892.81$7,066
Oct 2023761785.443.09$6,546
Sep 202375089.042.74$6,678
Aug 2023844480.522.67$6,881
Jul 2023823974.852.64$6,241
Jun 2023922268.962.26$6,394
May 2023663870.622.23$4,746
Apr 2023995078.122.24$7,846
Mar 202371572.852.39$5,184
Feb 202372075.112.47$5,408
Jan 202383176.533.39$6,355
Dec 202264176.415.73$4,896
Nov 2022691785.005.65$5,961
Oct 202279187.185.86$6,893
Sep 202271284.888.16$6,043
Aug 202289294.529.13$8,431
Jul 2022722101.587.54$7,329
Jun 2022658115.097.98$7,545
May 2022675109.378.43$7,370
Apr 20228676104.226.84$9,483
Mar 2022720108.885.08$7,839
Feb 202265091.054.86$5,918
Jan 202265081.844.54$5,320
Dec 202180071.323.90$5,706
Nov 202179077.435.24$6,117
Oct 202184079.795.71$6,702
Sep 202166369.865.35$4,627
Aug 202159566.024.22$3,916
Jul 202156070.783.98$3,964
Jun 202153069.493.38$3,683
May 202147063.483.02$2,984
Apr 202141060.362.76$2,475
Mar 202144061.302.72$2,697
Feb 202121057.805.55$1,214
Jan 202147050.412.81$2,369
Dec 202046344.642.68$2,061
Nov 202041038.772.71$1,590
Oct 202056136.972.48$2,073
Sep 202078337.091.99$2,899
Aug 2020722339.982.39$2,933
Jul 2020913338.371.83$3,552
Jun 2020503634.901.69$1,806
May 2020662316.921.81$1,158
Apr 2020752114.751.80$1,144
Mar 202054030.341.86$1,638
Feb 202068049.881.98$3,392
Jan 202066057.252.09$3,779
Dec 20191405859.012.30$8,395
Nov 20191265655.302.75$7,122
Oct 2019864653.472.42$4,710
Sep 20191275955.052.66$7,148
Aug 20191343853.112.30$7,204
Jul 20191483156.272.46$8,404
Jun 2019853552.782.49$4,573
May 2019109658.482.74$6,391
Apr 2019644462.632.75$4,129
Mar 2019915656.803.06$5,340
Feb 2019844850.852.79$4,405
Jan 2019918946.033.23$4,476
Dec 2018852946.594.19$4,082
Nov 20181117152.934.24$6,176
Oct 2018266961.443.40$1,832
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20188065.382.90$523
Apr 2018231663.842.90$1,515
Mar 2018593361.222.79$3,704
Feb 2018785961.782.77$4,982
Jan 2018476162.874.01$3,199
Dec 2017405557.272.92$2,451
Nov 2017331355.423.12$1,869
Oct 2017461049.292.98$2,297
Sep 2017942047.523.09$4,529
Aug 20171122845.373.00$5,166
Jul 2017913543.873.09$4,100
Jun 2017723842.493.09$3,177
May 20171194345.373.26$5,539
Apr 20171084347.933.21$5,315
Mar 20171052446.772.98$4,982
Feb 20179550.452.95$469
Jan 20171132749.413.42$5,676
Dec 2016138048.763.72$6,729
Nov 201668042.492.64$2,889
Oct 201660046.193.09$2,771
Sep 201674041.553.10$3,075
Aug 201661041.442.92$2,528
Jul 2016109041.622.92$4,537
Jun 2016559445.352.69$2,747
May 20161234542.521.99$5,320
Apr 2016862036.561.99$3,184
Mar 20165910833.011.79$2,141
Feb 201645026.472.06$1,191
Jan 201658027.352.36$1,586
Dec 201558032.362.00$1,877
Nov 2015107038.792.17$4,151
Oct 2015611243.552.43$2,686
Sep 2015792342.992.76$3,460
Aug 2015786440.162.87$3,316
Jul 20151297748.152.95$6,438
Jun 2015837956.152.88$4,888
May 20151385655.212.96$7,784
Apr 2015976349.822.71$5,003
Mar 20151056042.892.93$4,680
Feb 2015704244.662.98$3,251
Jan 2015434843.433.10$2,016
Dec 2014144754.693.59$934
Nov 201472170.464.25$583
Oct 2014223378.303.90$1,851
Sep 2014223186.164.05$2,021
Aug 201421689.394.04$1,901
Jul 201427096.564.18$2,607
Jun 201414398.164.74$1,388
May 2014391194.734.73$3,746
Apr 2014314895.944.81$3,205
Mar 2014397495.895.06$4,114
Feb 2014416697.406.19$4,402
Jan 2014417590.404.86$4,071
Dec 2013355391.824.35$3,444
Nov 2013436588.853.74$4,064
Oct 2013432897.423.78$4,295
Sep 20132852104.113.72$3,108
Aug 20131777104.253.52$2,043
Jul 20131876102.523.72$2,128
Jun 2013173094.403.93$1,723
May 2013251394.834.15$2,425
Apr 2013241893.964.28$2,332
Mar 201322793.623.91$2,087
Feb 2013296391.233.42$2,861
Jan 2013298591.603.42$2,947
Dec 2012308686.773.42$2,897
Nov 20123410386.953.62$3,330
Oct 201236089.383.40$3,218
Sep 2012285594.672.92$2,811
Aug 2012304692.662.91$2,914
Jul 2012375885.133.02$3,325
Jun 2012387279.822.52$3,215
May 2012206391.612.49$1,989
Apr 20123457101.652.00$3,570
Mar 20122762105.052.22$2,974
Feb 20124950101.102.57$5,082
Jan 201253098.092.73$5,199
Dec 2011439496.873.24$4,470
Nov 20114910695.723.31$5,041
Oct 20116011684.983.65$5,522
Sep 20116413083.623.99$5,870
Aug 20115816283.404.15$5,509
Jul 20116411494.144.52$6,540
Jun 2011325192.904.64$3,209
May 20115610798.134.40$5,967
Apr 20114394105.964.33$4,964
Mar 2011319596.364.06$3,373
Feb 2011288985.644.18$2,770
Jan 20113611086.504.59$3,619
Dec 20103613385.734.35$3,665
Nov 20104212080.843.80$3,851
Oct 20104112678.103.51$3,644
Sep 20103813172.633.98$3,281
Aug 20104516173.684.42$4,027
Jul 20101218372.554.74$1,737
Jun 2010019070.364.91$933
May 2010016071.124.24$678
Apr 2010315981.694.12$901
Mar 20102520278.394.39$2,846
Feb 20107018973.585.44$6,179
Jan 20108419774.365.96$7,421
Dec 20097417171.445.48$6,224
Nov 20096318174.593.75$5,378
Oct 20098220572.544.11$6,791
Sep 20095621565.543.06$4,329
Aug 20097617967.423.22$5,700
Jul 20099315861.133.46$6,232
Jun 20099516266.163.90$6,916
May 20097712554.743.93$4,706
Apr 20098112946.773.59$4,251
Mar 2009677042.144.06$3,108
Feb 20096711832.814.63$2,745
Jan 20096516135.865.37$3,196
Dec 20088615837.105.98$4,135
Nov 200810021755.496.86$7,038
Oct 200810816375.246.92$9,254
Sep 2008100140101.767.88$11,279
Aug 2008117333114.228.48$16,189
Jul 2008104338131.0811.39$17,482
Jun 200852118131.3313.03$8,367
May 200893185123.1711.57$13,596
Apr 2008109236110.3110.45$14,491
Mar 200889138101.909.66$10,403
Feb 20087910692.538.77$8,240
Jan 20087810890.388.21$7,936
Dec 200710710188.337.30$10,189
Nov 20071549391.677.29$14,795
Oct 200712811382.856.92$11,387
Sep 200710211475.846.24$8,448
Aug 20079311169.066.39$7,132
Jul 20079611970.906.39$7,567
Jun 200711216162.007.55$8,159
May 200711014758.747.85$7,615
Apr 200710112359.617.81$6,981
Mar 200712713756.927.30$8,229
Feb 20077910055.108.22$5,175
Jan 20078710250.306.73$5,062
Dec 20069412056.656.92$6,155
Nov 200610512154.207.62$6,613
Oct 200613413154.906.01$8,144
Sep 200613315460.085.04$8,766
Aug 200612215368.717.34$9,506
Jul 200610115769.376.34$8,002
Jun 20067814166.286.38$6,070
May 20069116966.016.42$7,093
Apr 200610115764.397.36$7,659
Mar 200613020556.707.08$8,823
Feb 200614711057.597.75$9,318
Jan 20061089460.598.93$7,383
Dec 200513215254.9413.42$9,291
Nov 200511414354.6910.59$7,749
Oct 200511515158.3413.80$8,792
Sep 200510014561.4512.08$7,896
Aug 20058715761.519.80$6,889
Jul 20058322955.697.84$6,418
Jun 20058519852.337.38$5,910
May 200510920045.226.65$6,259
Apr 200511419949.207.36$7,074
Mar 200513318250.377.15$8,001
Feb 200511414145.226.31$6,045
Jan 200514117643.166.32$7,198
Dec 200414317339.866.75$6,868
Nov 20049713645.286.33$5,253
Oct 20048516549.706.52$5,299
Sep 20047913543.245.28$4,129
Aug 20046615742.375.55$3,668
Jul 20047119738.286.08$3,916
Jun 20047517136.106.43$3,808
May 20049011537.486.49$4,120
Apr 20048314834.475.86$3,728
Mar 20049012234.365.53$3,767
Feb 2004678232.455.51$2,626
Jan 2004679732.036.30$2,757
Dec 20037514130.266.30$3,158
Nov 20039713628.804.60$3,419
Oct 20038914028.174.76$3,173
Sep 200310512426.314.75$3,351
Aug 200311214129.765.13$4,056
Jul 200313114929.415.17$4,623
Jun 200311912028.565.98$4,117
May 200311613026.595.97$3,861
Apr 2003655826.675.41$2,047
Mar 200311711331.146.10$4,332
Feb 20031229633.487.93$4,845
Jan 200316512430.315.58$5,693
Dec 200216012426.914.85$4,907
Nov 200215312724.664.14$4,298
Oct 200213211826.464.23$3,992
Sep 200212310927.443.64$3,771
Aug 200211212525.963.16$3,303
Jul 200212813124.583.06$3,547
Jun 200213413223.733.34$3,620
May 200218313924.663.58$5,011
Apr 200217812823.653.51$4,659
Mar 200210912522.003.10$2,786
Feb 2002599218.222.38$1,294
Jan 20026510917.172.38$1,375
Dec 20016710916.932.36$1,392
Nov 20016812918.072.41$1,539
Oct 20018313019.782.53$1,970
Sep 20018617624.262.25$2,483
Aug 20017016124.873.05$2,232
Jul 200110619923.933.20$3,173
Jun 200111623824.563.82$3,759
May 200114130225.524.31$4,899
Apr 200111226024.685.34$4,151
Mar 200111822124.545.38$4,084
Feb 20019618627.755.77$3,737
Jan 200112621327.478.40$5,250
Dec 200014021726.889.12$5,743
Nov 200011021032.215.66$4,731
Oct 200010615031.235.15$4,082
Sep 20009822431.875.19$4,285
Aug 200010823729.644.54$4,277
Jul 200013023028.534.09$4,650
Jun 200012223429.304.40$4,604
May 200010223027.263.68$3,627
Apr 200011221724.513.12$3,421
Mar 200010421728.422.86$3,576
Feb 200010419427.622.73$3,401
Jan 200011220525.272.48$3,339
Dec 199915720524.282.42$4,309
Nov 199919425123.192.43$5,110
Oct 199913325820.982.80$3,514
Sep 199910313421.752.62$2,591
Aug 19995623119.262.88$1,743
Jul 19992622117.892.37$989
Jun 199916631715.942.36$3,395
May 199918732315.792.32$3,702
Apr 199917535515.102.21$3,426
Mar 199919533912.471.84$3,055
Feb 19991582729.981.82$2,071
Jan 199912523610.381.90$1,746
Dec 19981973419.201.77$2,417
Nov 199822834710.892.19$3,241
Oct 199821431512.421.97$3,278
Sep 199820931812.592.08$3,294
Aug 199822134411.301.91$3,153
Jul 199828137711.742.24$4,142
Jun 199819032411.242.24$2,860
May 199821837712.622.21$3,583
Apr 199818443113.042.51$3,479
Mar 199821051412.802.31$3,875
Feb 199817848713.952.30$3,603
Jan 199821443514.702.15$4,083
Dec 199721631016.322.41$4,273
Nov 199717234018.193.09$4,179
Oct 199718729619.253.15$4,532
Sep 199724139417.742.95$5,440
Aug 199725526417.862.55$5,229
Jul 199727129617.582.25$5,429
Jun 199723627917.242.26$4,698
May 199719937818.972.31$4,648
Apr 199717827417.882.08$3,753
Mar 199719041718.951.94$4,409
Feb 199721436220.492.21$5,183
Jan 199724341823.483.54$7,185
Dec 199623850223.32$5,550
Nov 199626557521.97$5,822
Oct 199628873723.31$6,713
Sep 199621464022.22$4,755
Aug 199620255620.26$4,093
Jul 199619758719.55$3,851
Jun 199621553218.73$4,027
May 199617641719.43$3,420
Apr 19961431,32721.51$3,076
Mar 199637542119.38$7,268
Feb 199623731416.98$4,024
Jan 199620147317.07$3,431
Dec 199530052817.19$5,157
Nov 199528037116.00$4,480
Oct 199546159715.43$7,113
Sep 199544359216.18$7,168
Aug 199547656815.92$7,578
Jul 199547243615.24$7,193
Jun 199548932216.41$8,024
May 199549832117.56$8,745
Apr 199541237117.73$7,305
Mar 199548937816.44$8,039
Feb 199543338016.58$7,179
Jan 199553331815.92$8,485
Dec 199447632015.03$7,154
Nov 199447241315.90$7,505
Oct 199442943115.58$6,684
Sep 199433335415.29$5,092
Aug 199441242716.13$6,646
Jul 199439751817.56$6,971
Jun 199448271517.09$8,237
May 199449059115.88$7,781
Apr 199440950614.14$5,783
Mar 199444255312.46$5,507
Feb 199439644712.50$4,950
Jan 199448749812.66$6,165
Dec 199355880312.33$6,880
Nov 199357274814.49$8,288
Oct 199374487115.85$11,792
Sep 199367298415.03$10,100
Aug 199366194015.66$10,351
Jul 19936971,05315.46$10,776
Jun 199356080116.79$9,402
May 199358194717.68$10,272
Apr 199357053718.05$10,289
Mar 19935321,96018.14$9,650
Feb 199360970217.90$10,901
Jan 199359155016.93$10,006

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 2023 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   90 bbl  × $ 77.89 =     $7,010
Casinghead gas        20 Mcf  × $  2.81 =        $56

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Month total                                   $7,066

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/17869 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.