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Operated by 5H OIL CO., LLC (P-5 953786) in the HOWARD GLASSCOCK field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 20493District 08Field 42971001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$79 k
Jan 1993 – Mar 2012
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
231
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 285 leases and 3,948 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
400 ft
minimum
From a lease line
200 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 5 acres. The field rule took effect on 2008-07-28.

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: HOWARD GLASSCOCK (CONSOLIDATED), EFFECTIVE 11/22/11.

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
OilDisposition3,799 bbl$78,528
Casinghead gasProduction29 Mcf$0
Total$78,528

29 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 29 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 32.0877, -101.3442. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.4 miles.

32.08755, -101.34416 · 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
40.0%
4 of 10 wells
Median depth
2,000 ft
9 wells filed one
Completion to plug
39.3 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
10100.0%
A plug date is filed
440.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
440.0%
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, 9 of 10 wells. Median 2,000 ft, with the middle half between 1,979 and 2,020 ft; the shallowest is 1,955 ft and the deepest 2,025 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, 6 of 10 wells, Apr 1967 – May 1985. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Apr 1967 – May 1985
6 of 10 wells; 4 filed none
Plug dates filed
Dec 2006 – Sep 2014
4 of 10 wells; 6 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 39.3 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 39.2 years and 39.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

10 wells

42-1731033612,002 ftYes
42-1731035632,000 ftJun 2008Yes
42-227336279W2,025 ftSep 2014Yes
42-227815614Yes
42-2273362810W2,025 ftMay 1985Yes
42-22733660132,020 ftMar 1985Yes
42-2271088261,955 ftFeb 1968Feb 2007Yes
42-2271088371,971 ftFeb 1968Yes
42-1731035752,000 ftJun 1967Yes
42-1731033721,979 ftApr 1967Dec 2006Yes

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 (231)

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

231 months

Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
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 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 200660068.717.34$4,123
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 200266026.914.85$1,776
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 200261023.733.34$1,448
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 20020023.653.51$0
Mar 20020022.003.10$0
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 200267017.172.38$1,150
Dec 20010016.932.36$0
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 200169019.782.53$1,365
Sep 200176024.262.25$1,844
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 200177023.933.20$1,843
Jun 200178024.563.82$1,916
May 200175025.524.31$1,914
Apr 20010024.685.34$0
Mar 200176024.545.38$1,865
Feb 200176027.755.77$2,109
Jan 200187027.478.40$2,390
Dec 200087026.889.12$2,339
Nov 200090032.215.66$2,899
Oct 200086031.235.15$2,686
Sep 200085031.875.19$2,709
Aug 200060029.644.54$1,778
Jul 200086028.534.09$2,454
Jun 200069029.304.40$2,022
May 200084027.263.68$2,290
Apr 200044024.513.12$1,078
Mar 200043028.422.86$1,222
Feb 200046027.622.73$1,271
Jan 200062025.272.48$1,567
Dec 199967024.282.42$1,627
Nov 19990023.192.43$0
Oct 199963020.982.80$1,322
Sep 199962021.752.62$1,349
Aug 199961019.262.88$1,175
Jul 19990017.892.37$0
Jun 19990015.942.36$0
May 199962015.792.32$979
Apr 19990015.102.21$0
Mar 199965012.471.84$811
Feb 1999009.981.82$0
Jan 1999126010.381.90$1,308
Dec 19986209.201.77$570
Nov 1998113010.892.19$1,231
Oct 1998122012.421.97$1,515
Sep 199861012.592.08$768
Aug 1998124011.301.91$1,401
Jul 1998124011.742.24$1,456
Jun 1998121011.242.24$1,360
May 1998122012.622.21$1,540
Apr 199835013.042.51$456
Mar 19980012.802.31$0
Feb 199872013.952.30$1,004
Jan 19980014.702.15$0
Dec 19970016.322.41$0
Nov 19978018.193.09$146
Oct 19970019.253.15$0
Sep 19970017.742.95$0
Aug 1997166017.862.55$2,965
Jul 19970017.582.25$0
Jun 19970017.242.26$0
May 19978018.972.31$152
Apr 19970017.882.08$0
Mar 199716018.951.94$303
Feb 19970020.492.21$0
Jan 19970023.483.54$0
Dec 19960023.32$0
Nov 19960021.97$0
Oct 19960023.31$0
Sep 19960022.22$0
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 199612019.55$235
Jun 19960018.73$0
May 19968019.43$155
Apr 19968021.51$172
Mar 19960019.38$0
Feb 199618016.98$306
Jan 19960017.07$0
Dec 19958017.19$138
Nov 199516116.00$256
Oct 19950115.43$0
Sep 199525116.18$405
Aug 19958115.92$127
Jul 19950115.24$0
Jun 19958116.41$131
May 19958117.56$140
Apr 199517117.73$301
Mar 19950116.44$0
Feb 19958116.58$133
Jan 19958115.92$127
Dec 19948115.03$120
Nov 199417115.90$270
Oct 19948115.58$125
Sep 19948115.29$122
Aug 199442116.13$677
Jul 19940017.56$0
Jun 19940017.09$0
May 19940015.88$0
Apr 19940014.14$0
Mar 19940112.46$0
Feb 19940112.50$0
Jan 199417112.66$215
Dec 199316112.33$197
Nov 19938114.49$116
Oct 19939115.85$143
Sep 199316115.03$240
Aug 199316115.66$251
Jul 19938115.46$124
Jun 199319016.79$319
May 199317117.68$301
Apr 199318118.05$325
Mar 19939118.14$163
Feb 19938117.90$143
Jan 199333016.93$559

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.

Aug 2006 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   60 bbl  × $ 68.71 =     $4,123
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  7.34 =         $0

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Month total                                   $4,123

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/20493 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.