DOUTHIT, E. W., -C- DE

Operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 561136) in the HOWARD-GLASSCOCK (GLORIETA) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 19028District 08Field 42971332Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$4.5 M
Jan 1993 – Jul 2012
Value, last 12 filed months
$105 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
235
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 131 leases and 850 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1925-12-31
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
660 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: 11/22/11.

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
NGPA6none

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
OilDisposition128,626 bbl$4,491,883
Casinghead gasProduction25,185 Mcf$35,968
Total$4,527,851

14,422 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 (12)

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 32.1058, -101.2464. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.5 miles.

32.10593, -101.24660 · 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%
12 of 12 wells
With a plug date
41.7%
5 of 12 wells
Median depth
3,175 ft
12 wells filed one
Completion to plug
28.8 years
median over 5 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
12100.0%
A plug date is filed
541.7%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
541.7%
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, 12 of 12 wells. Median 3,175 ft, with the middle half between 3,137 and 3,200 ft; the shallowest is 3,094 ft and the deepest 3,450 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, 12 of 12 wells, Oct 1959 – May 2018. 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 1959 – May 2018
12 of 12 wells
Plug dates filed
Jan 2003 – Apr 2024
5 of 12 wells; 7 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 28.8 years across the 5 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 13.5 years and 30.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

12 wells

42-2270096223,094 ftMay 2018Jun 2018Yes
42-22733302113,450 ftApr 2014Yes
42-22734154143,200 ftFeb 1999Yes
42-2273043593,150 ftApr 1995Yes
42-2270095313,103 ftMar 1995Yes
42-2273042273,110 ftDec 1994Yes
42-22734067123,200 ftApr 1991Oct 2004Yes
42-22734155153,200 ftApr 1991Yes
42-22734063133,200 ftOct 1990Apr 2024Yes
42-22733303103,450 ftJul 1987Apr 2016Yes
42-2273042383,150 ftJan 1973Jan 2003Yes
42-227009685 L3,146 ftOct 1959Yes

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 (235)

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

235 months

Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 2011331095.723.31$31,683
Oct 2011301084.983.65$25,579
Sep 2011353083.623.99$29,518
Aug 2011216083.404.15$18,014
Jul 2011325094.144.52$30,596
Jun 2011283092.904.64$26,291
May 2011318098.134.40$31,205
Apr 20112990105.964.33$31,682
Mar 2011228096.364.06$21,970
Feb 2011274085.644.18$23,465
Jan 2011299086.504.59$25,864
Dec 2010335085.734.35$28,720
Nov 2010335080.843.80$27,081
Oct 2010363078.103.51$28,350
Sep 2010332072.633.98$24,113
Aug 2010353073.684.42$26,009
Jul 2010333072.554.74$24,159
Jun 2010301070.364.91$21,178
May 2010315071.124.24$22,403
Apr 2010301081.694.12$24,589
Mar 2010414078.394.39$32,453
Feb 2010370073.585.44$27,225
Jan 2010443074.365.96$32,941
Dec 2009479071.445.48$34,220
Nov 2009551074.593.75$41,099
Oct 2009430072.544.11$31,192
Sep 2009439065.543.06$28,772
Aug 2009494067.423.22$33,305
Jul 2009467061.133.46$28,548
Jun 2009265066.163.90$17,532
May 2009453054.743.93$24,797
Apr 2009449046.773.59$21,000
Mar 2009512042.144.06$21,576
Feb 2009515032.814.63$16,897
Jan 2009401035.865.37$14,380
Dec 2008463037.105.98$17,177
Nov 2008432055.496.86$23,972
Oct 2008452075.246.92$34,008
Sep 20085150101.767.88$52,406
Aug 20085050114.228.48$57,681
Jul 20084640131.0811.39$60,821
Jun 20084400131.3313.03$57,785
May 20084670123.1711.57$57,520
Apr 20084410110.3110.45$48,647
Mar 20083930101.909.66$40,047
Feb 2008400092.538.77$37,012
Jan 2008403090.388.21$36,423
Dec 2007373088.337.30$32,947
Nov 2007450091.677.29$41,252
Oct 2007488082.856.92$40,431
Sep 2007474075.846.24$35,948
Aug 2007451069.066.39$31,146
Jul 2007355070.906.39$25,170
Jun 2007236062.007.55$14,632
May 2007210058.747.85$12,335
Apr 2007311059.617.81$18,539
Mar 2007604056.927.30$34,380
Feb 2007561055.108.22$30,911
Jan 2007368050.306.73$18,510
Dec 2006652056.656.92$36,936
Nov 2006749054.207.62$40,596
Oct 2006579054.906.01$31,787
Sep 2006467060.085.04$28,057
Aug 2006576068.717.34$39,577
Jul 2006290069.376.34$20,117
Jun 2006486066.286.38$32,212
May 2006591066.016.42$39,012
Apr 2006628064.397.36$40,437
Mar 2006699056.707.08$39,633
Feb 2006494057.597.75$28,449
Jan 2006532060.598.93$32,234
Dec 2005374054.9413.42$20,548
Nov 2005328054.6910.59$17,938
Oct 2005239058.3413.80$13,943
Sep 2005427361.4512.08$26,275
Aug 20053872761.519.80$24,069
Jul 20054774555.697.84$26,917
Jun 2005453052.337.38$23,705
May 2005371045.226.65$16,777
Apr 2005350049.207.36$17,220
Mar 2005459050.377.15$23,120
Feb 2005466045.226.31$21,073
Jan 2005416043.166.32$17,955
Dec 200499039.866.75$3,946
Nov 2004725245.286.33$32,841
Oct 20041,045349.706.52$51,956
Sep 2004955843.245.28$41,336
Aug 20049941442.375.55$42,193
Jul 20048181638.286.08$31,410
Jun 20041,1463536.106.43$41,596
May 20041,321237.486.49$49,524
Apr 20041,0971134.475.86$37,878
Mar 20041,4691834.365.53$50,574
Feb 20048014232.455.51$26,224
Jan 20041,1736032.036.30$37,949
Dec 20031,0403430.266.30$31,685
Nov 20031,0404428.804.60$30,154
Oct 20031,0344128.174.76$29,323
Sep 20034395826.314.75$11,826
Aug 20031295629.765.13$4,126
Jul 20035585029.415.17$16,669
Jun 20034403128.565.98$12,752
May 20034654026.595.97$12,603
Apr 20034634726.675.41$12,602
Mar 20034274731.146.10$13,583
Feb 20033386933.487.93$11,863
Jan 20034047530.315.58$12,664
Dec 20023686926.914.85$10,238
Nov 20023526824.664.14$8,962
Oct 20024999026.464.23$13,584
Sep 20025369927.443.64$15,068
Aug 200255712325.963.16$14,849
Jul 200252710124.583.06$13,263
Jun 200245910423.733.34$11,239
May 200246110324.663.58$11,737
Apr 20024569423.653.51$11,115
Mar 20025429022.003.10$12,203
Feb 20025186718.222.38$9,597
Jan 20025487717.172.38$9,592
Dec 20013815416.932.36$6,578
Nov 20014465318.072.41$8,187
Oct 20014854319.782.53$9,702
Sep 200142712024.262.25$10,629
Aug 200148714224.873.05$12,545
Jul 200144716223.933.20$11,215
Jun 200136115924.563.82$9,474
May 200148223625.524.31$13,317
Apr 200145413124.685.34$11,904
Mar 200144823724.545.38$12,268
Feb 200148621627.755.77$14,732
Jan 200147315727.478.40$14,312
Dec 200049914126.889.12$14,699
Nov 20005068532.215.66$16,779
Oct 20005175631.235.15$16,434
Sep 200051311231.875.19$16,930
Aug 20004368529.644.54$13,309
Jul 200048413328.534.09$14,352
Jun 200047710729.304.40$14,447
May 20005059927.263.68$14,131
Apr 20004656524.513.12$11,600
Mar 20005019528.422.86$14,510
Feb 20005026927.622.73$14,053
Jan 20005277525.272.48$13,503
Dec 19995327824.282.42$13,106
Nov 19994977223.192.43$11,701
Oct 199955410920.982.80$11,929
Sep 19994638821.752.62$10,301
Aug 199957411619.262.88$11,389
Jul 199956017117.892.37$10,424
Jun 199952114015.942.36$8,635
May 199964521015.792.32$10,672
Apr 199956923515.102.21$9,111
Mar 199969028612.471.84$9,130
Feb 19997792279.981.82$8,187
Jan 199931110310.381.90$3,424
Dec 1998532559.201.77$4,992
Nov 199842617910.892.19$5,030
Oct 199850417812.421.97$6,610
Sep 199856821812.592.08$7,605
Aug 199853315911.301.91$6,326
Jul 199851312511.742.24$6,302
Jun 19985014711.242.24$5,736
May 199858616012.622.21$7,748
Apr 199857216313.042.51$7,867
Mar 199863316712.802.31$8,488
Feb 199856816513.952.30$8,303
Jan 199868214814.702.15$10,344
Dec 19977064816.322.41$11,638
Nov 199768920318.193.09$13,160
Oct 199773620319.253.15$14,807
Sep 199764723017.742.95$12,157
Aug 199764225217.862.55$12,110
Jul 199767226917.582.25$12,418
Jun 199766221517.242.26$11,898
May 199772822718.972.31$14,334
Apr 199767422817.882.08$12,526
Mar 199769614418.951.94$13,468
Feb 199759221020.492.21$12,593
Jan 199756414023.483.54$13,738
Dec 19965373123.32$12,523
Nov 199655119121.97$12,105
Oct 1996640123.31$14,918
Sep 1996626122.22$13,910
Aug 1996682220.26$13,817
Jul 1996711219.55$13,900
Jun 1996674118.73$12,624
May 199672115119.43$14,009
Apr 199674812121.51$16,089
Mar 199679336019.38$15,368
Feb 199660915116.98$10,341
Jan 199662425917.07$10,652
Dec 199567724517.19$11,638
Nov 199559219616.00$9,472
Oct 199560626115.43$9,351
Sep 199571328516.18$11,536
Aug 19957848115.92$12,481
Jul 19957502915.24$11,430
Jun 199578712316.41$12,915
May 199585122617.56$14,944
Apr 199547811917.73$8,475
Mar 199577313916.44$12,708
Feb 199573722116.58$12,219
Jan 199582125615.92$13,070
Dec 1994902615.03$13,557
Nov 1994760415.90$12,084
Oct 199488727015.58$13,819
Sep 199477125815.29$11,789
Aug 199490528416.13$14,598
Jul 199483027217.56$14,575
Jun 199471664217.09$12,236
May 199480085315.88$12,704
Apr 199482875714.14$11,708
Mar 199486170812.46$10,728
Feb 199462163412.50$7,763
Jan 199477173812.66$9,761
Dec 199378132912.33$9,630
Nov 199383123414.49$12,041
Oct 199394942415.85$15,042
Sep 199398552715.03$14,805
Aug 199395350515.66$14,924
Jul 19931,05260515.46$16,264
Jun 199372461216.79$12,156
May 19931,03349017.68$18,263
Apr 19931,05456418.05$19,025
Mar 19931,11956018.14$20,299
Feb 199376833517.90$13,747
Jan 199374435916.93$12,596

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 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  331 bbl  × $ 95.72 =    $31,683
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.31 =         $0

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Month total                                  $31,683

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/19028 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.