READING-MOSS

Name: READING-MOSS lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by LAGUNA PETROLEUM CORPORATION (P-5 482327) in the COWDEN, SOUTH (CANYON 8790) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 20113District 08Field 21292125Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.9 M

Jan 1993 – Nov 2012

Value, last 12 filed months

$1 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

239

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The COWDEN, SOUTH (CANYON 8790) field

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 123 leases and 343 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1966-05-29

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 80 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: “SEE DOCKET 8-58,042”

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	62,855 bbl	$1,706,485
Casinghead gas	Production	92,291 Mcf	$209,544
Total			$1,916,029

43,903 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 (4)

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 31.8091, -102.4277. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles.

31.80897, -102.42811 · centre of the wells drawn, derived⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom

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%

4 of 4 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

4 of 4 wells

Median depth

11,554 ft

4 wells filed one

Completion to plug

26.1 years

median over 4 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

4100.0%

A plug date is filed

4100.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

4100.0%

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

Between 9,300 and 14,199 ft, median 11,554 ft, over the 4 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Mar 1966 – Sep 1983

4 of 4 wells

Plug dates filed

May 1983 – Mar 2012

4 of 4 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 26.1 years across the 4 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 22.5 years and 28.1 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

4 wells


42-13534202	5	9,300 ft	Sep 1983	Aug 2011	Yes
42-13534194	4	9,300 ft	Aug 1983	Mar 2012	Yes
42-13530082	2 U	13,807 ft	Oct 1969	Jan 1994	Yes
42-13520425	1 M	14,199 ft	Mar 1966	May 1983	Yes

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 (239)

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

239 months


Nov 2012	0	0	86.95	3.62	$0
Oct 2012	0	0	89.38	3.40	$0
Sep 2012	15	0	94.67	2.92	$1,420
Aug 2012	0	0	92.66	2.91	$0
Jul 2012	0	0	85.13	3.02	$0
Jun 2012	0	0	79.82	2.52	$0
May 2012	0	0	91.61	2.49	$0
Apr 2012	0	0	101.65	2.00	$0
Mar 2012	0	0	105.05	2.22	$0
Feb 2012	0	0	101.10	2.57	$0
Jan 2012	0	0	98.09	2.73	$0
Dec 2011	0	0	96.87	3.24	$0
Nov 2011	0	0	95.72	3.31	$0
Oct 2011	60	55	84.98	3.65	$5,299
Sep 2011	89	134	83.62	3.99	$7,976
Aug 2011	95	152	83.40	4.15	$8,554
Jul 2011	116	32	94.14	4.52	$11,065
Jun 2011	68	115	92.90	4.64	$6,851
May 2011	106	147	98.13	4.40	$11,049
Apr 2011	59	69	105.96	4.33	$6,551
Mar 2011	116	119	96.36	4.06	$11,661
Feb 2011	31	162	85.64	4.18	$3,332
Jan 2011	139	353	86.50	4.59	$13,643
Dec 2010	50	90	85.73	4.35	$4,678
Nov 2010	86	96	80.84	3.80	$7,317
Oct 2010	25	24	78.10	3.51	$2,037
Sep 2010	29	40	72.63	3.98	$2,265
Aug 2010	52	25	73.68	4.42	$3,942
Jul 2010	70	20	72.55	4.74	$5,173
Jun 2010	73	37	70.36	4.91	$5,318
May 2010	90	251	71.12	4.24	$7,464
Apr 2010	107	113	81.69	4.12	$9,207
Mar 2010	118	132	78.39	4.39	$9,829
Feb 2010	100	87	73.58	5.44	$7,831
Jan 2010	116	129	74.36	5.96	$9,395
Dec 2009	118	170	71.44	5.48	$9,362
Nov 2009	134	130	74.59	3.75	$10,483
Oct 2009	104	169	72.54	4.11	$8,239
Sep 2009	109	220	65.54	3.06	$7,818
Aug 2009	98	129	67.42	3.22	$7,022
Jul 2009	79	95	61.13	3.46	$5,158
Jun 2009	86	177	66.16	3.90	$6,379
May 2009	82	212	54.74	3.93	$5,321
Apr 2009	92	233	46.77	3.59	$5,139
Mar 2009	108	288	42.14	4.06	$5,720
Feb 2009	97	18	32.81	4.63	$3,266
Jan 2009	110	58	35.86	5.37	$4,256
Dec 2008	92	41	37.10	5.98	$3,658
Nov 2008	110	106	55.49	6.86	$6,831
Oct 2008	115	180	75.24	6.92	$9,899
Sep 2008	106	164	101.76	7.88	$12,078
Aug 2008	116	38	114.22	8.48	$13,572
Jul 2008	138	271	131.08	11.39	$21,176
Jun 2008	142	194	131.33	13.03	$21,177
May 2008	187	220	123.17	11.57	$25,579
Apr 2008	209	318	110.31	10.45	$26,379
Mar 2008	217	346	101.90	9.66	$25,456
Feb 2008	215	364	92.53	8.77	$23,086
Jan 2008	196	254	90.38	8.21	$19,799
Dec 2007	211	325	88.33	7.30	$21,011
Nov 2007	68	204	91.67	7.29	$7,721
Oct 2007	183	294	82.85	6.92	$17,197
Sep 2007	143	487	75.84	6.24	$13,886
Aug 2007	125	393	69.06	6.39	$11,143
Jul 2007	116	130	70.90	6.39	$9,055
Jun 2007	158	183	62.00	7.55	$11,177
May 2007	185	181	58.74	7.85	$12,287
Apr 2007	52	65	59.61	7.81	$3,607
Mar 2007	0	0	56.92	7.30	$0
Feb 2007	0	0	55.10	8.22	$0
Jan 2007	0	0	50.30	6.73	$0
Dec 2006	0	0	56.65	6.92	$0
Nov 2006	2	0	54.20	7.62	$108
Oct 2006	32	23	54.90	6.01	$1,895
Sep 2006	62	77	60.08	5.04	$4,113
Aug 2006	153	240	68.71	7.34	$12,274
Jul 2006	119	284	69.37	6.34	$10,056
Jun 2006	167	194	66.28	6.38	$12,307
May 2006	138	67	66.01	6.42	$9,540
Apr 2006	146	134	64.39	7.36	$10,387
Mar 2006	135	218	56.70	7.08	$9,199
Feb 2006	121	208	57.59	7.75	$8,581
Jan 2006	148	93	60.59	8.93	$9,798
Dec 2005	131	157	54.94	13.42	$9,303
Nov 2005	178	170	54.69	10.59	$11,535
Oct 2005	199	181	58.34	13.80	$14,107
Sep 2005	172	188	61.45	12.08	$12,840
Aug 2005	157	219	61.51	9.80	$11,803
Jul 2005	180	221	55.69	7.84	$11,758
Jun 2005	172	213	52.33	7.38	$10,573
May 2005	123	170	45.22	6.65	$6,693
Apr 2005	74	165	49.20	7.36	$4,855
Mar 2005	139	426	50.37	7.15	$10,049
Feb 2005	110	163	45.22	6.31	$6,003
Jan 2005	165	111	43.16	6.32	$7,823
Dec 2004	114	117	39.86	6.75	$5,334
Nov 2004	126	337	45.28	6.33	$7,839
Oct 2004	154	176	49.70	6.52	$8,800
Sep 2004	134	153	43.24	5.28	$6,603
Aug 2004	143	169	42.37	5.55	$6,997
Jul 2004	157	177	38.28	6.08	$7,087
Jun 2004	155	211	36.10	6.43	$6,953
May 2004	171	160	37.48	6.49	$7,448
Apr 2004	167	173	34.47	5.86	$6,770
Mar 2004	164	255	34.36	5.53	$7,045
Feb 2004	154	199	32.45	5.51	$6,094
Jan 2004	154	150	32.03	6.30	$5,878
Dec 2003	147	164	30.26	6.30	$5,482
Nov 2003	170	201	28.80	4.60	$5,820
Oct 2003	162	131	28.17	4.76	$5,187
Sep 2003	172	133	26.31	4.75	$5,157
Aug 2003	196	153	29.76	5.13	$6,618
Jul 2003	169	221	29.41	5.17	$6,113
Jun 2003	130	198	28.56	5.98	$4,897
May 2003	174	497	26.59	5.97	$7,595
Apr 2003	152	164	26.67	5.41	$4,941
Mar 2003	173	106	31.14	6.10	$6,033
Feb 2003	175	404	33.48	7.93	$9,061
Jan 2003	349	46	30.31	5.58	$10,835
Dec 2002	0	0	26.91	4.85	$0
Nov 2002	360	283	24.66	4.14	$10,048
Oct 2002	169	303	26.46	4.23	$5,753
Sep 2002	181	262	27.44	3.64	$5,919
Aug 2002	174	153	25.96	3.16	$5,001
Jul 2002	243	420	24.58	3.06	$7,259
Jun 2002	229	370	23.73	3.34	$6,669
May 2002	339	535	24.66	3.58	$10,277
Apr 2002	176	519	23.65	3.51	$5,985
Mar 2002	168	322	22.00	3.10	$4,695
Feb 2002	43	77	18.22	2.38	$966
Jan 2002	174	4	17.17	2.38	$2,997
Dec 2001	0	0	16.93	2.36	$0
Nov 2001	328	220	18.07	2.41	$6,456
Oct 2001	541	489	19.78	2.53	$11,938
Sep 2001	347	556	24.26	2.25	$9,670
Aug 2001	455	546	24.87	3.05	$12,983
Jul 2001	167	631	23.93	3.20	$6,014
Jun 2001	312	806	24.56	3.82	$10,745
May 2001	167	501	25.52	4.31	$6,420
Apr 2001	220	577	24.68	5.34	$8,508
Mar 2001	332	979	24.54	5.38	$13,411
Feb 2001	0	0	27.75	5.77	$0
Jan 2001	139	1	27.47	8.40	$3,827
Dec 2000	277	296	26.88	9.12	$10,146
Nov 2000	351	302	32.21	5.66	$13,014
Oct 2000	178	343	31.23	5.15	$7,324
Sep 2000	255	377	31.87	5.19	$10,082
Aug 2000	275	395	29.64	4.54	$9,945
Jul 2000	302	383	28.53	4.09	$10,182
Jun 2000	256	391	29.30	4.40	$9,220
May 2000	352	323	27.26	3.68	$10,784
Apr 2000	179	415	24.51	3.12	$5,680
Mar 2000	359	359	28.42	2.86	$11,229
Feb 2000	357	353	27.62	2.73	$10,823
Jan 2000	178	306	25.27	2.48	$5,257
Dec 1999	341	344	24.28	2.42	$9,113
Nov 1999	342	391	23.19	2.43	$8,883
Oct 1999	181	297	20.98	2.80	$4,630
Sep 1999	315	427	21.75	2.62	$7,970
Aug 1999	332	455	19.26	2.88	$7,703
Jul 1999	327	485	17.89	2.37	$7,001
Jun 1999	341	398	15.94	2.36	$6,376
May 1999	351	593	15.79	2.32	$6,919
Apr 1999	328	773	15.10	2.21	$6,660
Mar 1999	348	452	12.47	1.84	$5,170
Feb 1999	346	426	9.98	1.82	$4,227
Jan 1999	338	449	10.38	1.90	$4,362
Dec 1998	510	435	9.20	1.77	$5,463
Nov 1998	174	436	10.89	2.19	$2,848
Oct 1998	507	478	12.42	1.97	$7,238
Sep 1998	337	488	12.59	2.08	$5,259
Aug 1998	340	504	11.30	1.91	$4,803
Jul 1998	683	513	11.74	2.24	$9,166
Jun 1998	88	525	11.24	2.24	$2,164
May 1998	344	584	12.62	2.21	$5,630
Apr 1998	334	567	13.04	2.51	$5,776
Mar 1998	518	541	12.80	2.31	$7,880
Feb 1998	337	562	13.95	2.30	$5,993
Jan 1998	515	510	14.70	2.15	$8,669
Dec 1997	503	510	16.32	2.41	$9,439
Nov 1997	344	436	18.19	3.09	$7,604
Oct 1997	504	521	19.25	3.15	$11,343
Sep 1997	343	567	17.74	2.95	$7,760
Aug 1997	518	571	17.86	2.55	$10,710
Jul 1997	338	570	17.58	2.25	$7,223
Jun 1997	340	579	17.24	2.26	$7,169
May 1997	505	505	18.97	2.31	$10,746
Apr 1997	336	515	17.88	2.08	$7,080
Mar 1997	505	568	18.95	1.94	$10,671
Feb 1997	339	528	20.49	2.21	$8,111
Jan 1997	340	432	23.48	3.54	$9,512
Dec 1996	677	520	23.32	—	$15,788
Nov 1996	354	562	21.97	—	$7,777
Oct 1996	519	655	23.31	—	$12,098
Sep 1996	510	614	22.22	—	$11,332
Aug 1996	320	520	20.26	—	$6,483
Jul 1996	356	499	19.55	—	$6,960
Jun 1996	512	394	18.73	—	$9,590
May 1996	689	480	19.43	—	$13,387
Apr 1996	341	672	21.51	—	$7,335
Mar 1996	684	637	19.38	—	$13,256
Feb 1996	339	611	16.98	—	$5,756
Jan 1996	358	629	17.07	—	$6,111
Dec 1995	683	669	17.19	—	$11,741
Nov 1995	683	672	16.00	—	$10,928
Oct 1995	340	747	15.43	—	$5,246
Sep 1995	676	726	16.18	—	$10,938
Aug 1995	341	776	15.92	—	$5,429
Jul 1995	685	687	15.24	—	$10,439
Jun 1995	339	811	16.41	—	$5,563
May 1995	694	812	17.56	—	$12,187
Apr 1995	354	819	17.73	—	$6,276
Mar 1995	698	838	16.44	—	$11,475
Feb 1995	512	751	16.58	—	$8,489
Jan 1995	351	778	15.92	—	$5,588
Dec 1994	690	833	15.03	—	$10,371
Nov 1994	687	879	15.90	—	$10,923
Oct 1994	346	951	15.58	—	$5,391
Sep 1994	348	918	15.29	—	$5,321
Aug 1994	670	904	16.13	—	$10,807
Jul 1994	686	902	17.56	—	$12,046
Jun 1994	342	1,050	17.09	—	$5,845
May 1994	347	1,023	15.88	—	$5,510
Apr 1994	691	965	14.14	—	$9,771
Mar 1994	688	1,018	12.46	—	$8,572
Feb 1994	345	802	12.50	—	$4,313
Jan 1994	693	979	12.66	—	$8,773
Dec 1993	679	1,011	12.33	—	$8,372
Nov 1993	685	1,044	14.49	—	$9,926
Oct 1993	676	1,172	15.85	—	$10,715
Sep 1993	373	1,263	15.03	—	$5,606
Aug 1993	1,004	1,389	15.66	—	$15,723
Jul 1993	852	1,500	15.46	—	$13,172
Jun 1993	695	1,423	16.79	—	$11,669
May 1993	696	1,485	17.68	—	$12,305
Apr 1993	1,035	1,424	18.05	—	$18,682
Mar 1993	868	1,632	18.14	—	$15,746
Feb 1993	1,225	1,882	17.90	—	$21,928
Jan 1993	348	1,575	16.93	—	$5,892

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.

Sep 2012 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   15 bbl  × $ 94.67 =     $1,420
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.92 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $1,420

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/20113 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.