HOWARD

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

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

Oil lease lease 21696District 08Field 85280300NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.0 M

Jan 1993 – Jan 2007

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

169

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The SPRABERRY (TREND AREA) 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 16,587 leases and 43,997 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1952-12-22

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and gas

the register's own label

Between wells

0 ft

minimum

From a lease line

330 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2018-02-13.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “SPRABERRY (TREND AREA) FIELD EFFECTIVE 10/1/2019.”

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.

Programme	Filings	With an approval date	Dated	Docket
NGPA	2	none	—	—

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	41,557 bbl	$784,492
Casinghead gas	Production	149,144 Mcf	$223,738
Total			$1,008,230

76,074 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 32.1644, -101.9114. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.5 miles.

32.16425, -101.91115 · 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

9,113 ft

4 wells filed one

Completion to plug

20.8 years

median over 2 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 9,020 and 9,210 ft, median 9,113 ft, over the 4 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Feb 1984 – Mar 1984

2 of 4 wells; 2 filed none

Plug dates filed

Jan 1998 – Dec 2004

4 of 4 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 20.8 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 20.8 years and 20.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

4 wells


42-31730133	1	9,025 ft	—	Dec 2004	Yes
42-31730143	2	9,020 ft	—	Jan 1998	Yes
42-31732850	4	9,210 ft	Mar 1984	Nov 2004	Yes
42-31732852	3	9,200 ft	Feb 1984	Dec 2004	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 (169)

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

169 months


Jan 2007	0	0	50.30	6.73	$0
Dec 2006	0	0	56.65	6.92	$0
Nov 2006	0	0	54.20	7.62	$0
Oct 2006	0	0	54.90	6.01	$0
Sep 2006	0	0	60.08	5.04	$0
Aug 2006	0	0	68.71	7.34	$0
Jul 2006	0	0	69.37	6.34	$0
Jun 2006	0	0	66.28	6.38	$0
May 2006	0	0	66.01	6.42	$0
Apr 2006	0	0	64.39	7.36	$0
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	0	0	57.59	7.75	$0
Jan 2006	0	0	60.59	8.93	$0
Dec 2005	0	0	54.94	13.42	$0
Nov 2005	0	0	54.69	10.59	$0
Oct 2005	0	0	58.34	13.80	$0
Sep 2005	0	0	61.45	12.08	$0
Aug 2005	0	0	61.51	9.80	$0
Jul 2005	0	0	55.69	7.84	$0
Jun 2005	0	0	52.33	7.38	$0
May 2005	0	0	45.22	6.65	$0
Apr 2005	0	0	49.20	7.36	$0
Mar 2005	0	0	50.37	7.15	$0
Feb 2005	0	0	45.22	6.31	$0
Jan 2005	0	0	43.16	6.32	$0
Dec 2004	0	0	39.86	6.75	$0
Nov 2004	0	0	45.28	6.33	$0
Oct 2004	0	0	49.70	6.52	$0
Sep 2004	0	0	43.24	5.28	$0
Aug 2004	0	0	42.37	5.55	$0
Jul 2004	0	0	38.28	6.08	$0
Jun 2004	0	0	36.10	6.43	$0
May 2004	0	0	37.48	6.49	$0
Apr 2004	60	0	34.47	5.86	$2,068
Mar 2004	0	0	34.36	5.53	$0
Feb 2004	0	0	32.45	5.51	$0
Jan 2004	0	0	32.03	6.30	$0
Dec 2003	0	52	30.26	6.30	$328
Nov 2003	0	0	28.80	4.60	$0
Oct 2003	0	0	28.17	4.76	$0
Sep 2003	0	0	26.31	4.75	$0
Aug 2003	182	65	29.76	5.13	$5,750
Jul 2003	0	117	29.41	5.17	$605
Jun 2003	0	76	28.56	5.98	$455
May 2003	183	94	26.59	5.97	$5,427
Apr 2003	351	212	26.67	5.41	$10,508
Mar 2003	183	189	31.14	6.10	$6,851
Feb 2003	0	134	33.48	7.93	$1,062
Jan 2003	181	145	30.31	5.58	$6,296
Dec 2002	179	308	26.91	4.85	$6,312
Nov 2002	169	288	24.66	4.14	$5,359
Oct 2002	188	299	26.46	4.23	$6,239
Sep 2002	0	216	27.44	3.64	$785
Aug 2002	180	186	25.96	3.16	$5,261
Jul 2002	186	330	24.58	3.06	$5,582
Jun 2002	179	114	23.73	3.34	$4,628
May 2002	184	306	24.66	3.58	$5,634
Apr 2002	174	289	23.65	3.51	$5,130
Mar 2002	183	393	22.00	3.10	$5,245
Feb 2002	0	428	18.22	2.38	$1,017
Jan 2002	183	674	17.17	2.38	$4,743
Dec 2001	361	674	16.93	2.36	$7,705
Nov 2001	174	583	18.07	2.41	$4,547
Oct 2001	0	575	19.78	2.53	$1,454
Sep 2001	160	380	24.26	2.25	$4,737
Aug 2001	168	429	24.87	3.05	$5,488
Jul 2001	0	558	23.93	3.20	$1,784
Jun 2001	177	430	24.56	3.82	$5,992
May 2001	176	639	25.52	4.31	$7,244
Apr 2001	341	699	24.68	5.34	$12,145
Mar 2001	179	1,013	24.54	5.38	$9,839
Feb 2001	348	1,067	27.75	5.77	$15,810
Jan 2001	543	1,177	27.47	8.40	$24,802
Dec 2000	367	990	26.88	9.12	$18,896
Nov 2000	356	951	32.21	5.66	$16,848
Oct 2000	355	1,124	31.23	5.15	$16,870
Sep 2000	174	902	31.87	5.19	$10,224
Aug 2000	367	1,058	29.64	4.54	$15,682
Jul 2000	353	1,263	28.53	4.09	$15,236
Jun 2000	336	1,142	29.30	4.40	$14,866
May 2000	371	1,181	27.26	3.68	$14,459
Apr 2000	362	1,162	24.51	3.12	$12,493
Mar 2000	545	1,181	28.42	2.86	$18,866
Feb 2000	372	1,181	27.62	2.73	$13,495
Jan 2000	181	1,227	25.27	2.48	$7,617
Dec 1999	534	1,234	24.28	2.42	$15,956
Nov 1999	347	976	23.19	2.43	$10,423
Oct 1999	171	958	20.98	2.80	$6,274
Sep 1999	178	1,106	21.75	2.62	$6,768
Aug 1999	535	1,272	19.26	2.88	$13,962
Jul 1999	347	1,187	17.89	2.37	$9,024
Jun 1999	321	1,040	15.94	2.36	$7,573
May 1999	350	1,246	15.79	2.32	$8,418
Apr 1999	333	1,117	15.10	2.21	$7,495
Mar 1999	351	1,157	12.47	1.84	$6,504
Feb 1999	347	1,217	9.98	1.82	$5,675
Jan 1999	532	1,288	10.38	1.90	$7,969
Dec 1998	370	1,215	9.20	1.77	$5,559
Nov 1998	344	1,251	10.89	2.19	$6,481
Oct 1998	515	1,365	12.42	1.97	$9,084
Sep 1998	172	917	12.59	2.08	$4,075
Aug 1998	174	1,308	11.30	1.91	$4,461
Jul 1998	334	1,517	11.74	2.24	$7,315
Jun 1998	346	1,489	11.24	2.24	$7,220
May 1998	540	1,555	12.62	2.21	$10,246
Apr 1998	346	1,250	13.04	2.51	$7,644
Mar 1998	357	1,486	12.80	2.31	$8,001
Feb 1998	357	1,101	13.95	2.30	$7,511
Jan 1998	534	1,393	14.70	2.15	$10,851
Dec 1997	181	1,356	16.32	2.41	$6,223
Nov 1997	359	1,106	18.19	3.09	$9,946
Oct 1997	895	1,240	19.25	3.15	$21,135
Sep 1997	0	1,441	17.74	2.95	$4,258
Aug 1997	174	1,504	17.86	2.55	$6,950
Jul 1997	505	1,613	17.58	2.25	$12,502
Jun 1997	355	1,495	17.24	2.26	$9,495
May 1997	356	1,619	18.97	2.31	$10,491
Apr 1997	348	1,516	17.88	2.08	$9,380
Mar 1997	525	1,540	18.95	1.94	$12,935
Feb 1997	343	1,139	20.49	2.21	$9,541
Jan 1997	182	1,355	23.48	3.54	$9,070
Dec 1996	519	1,491	23.32	—	$12,103
Nov 1996	352	1,566	21.97	—	$7,733
Oct 1996	347	1,600	23.31	—	$8,089
Sep 1996	371	1,526	22.22	—	$8,244
Aug 1996	333	1,738	20.26	—	$6,747
Jul 1996	345	1,791	19.55	—	$6,745
Jun 1996	513	1,780	18.73	—	$9,608
May 1996	344	1,827	19.43	—	$6,684
Apr 1996	502	1,677	21.51	—	$10,798
Mar 1996	335	1,411	19.38	—	$6,492
Feb 1996	341	1,048	16.98	—	$5,790
Jan 1996	684	1,276	17.07	—	$11,676
Dec 1995	272	1,707	17.19	—	$4,676
Nov 1995	187	1,164	16.00	—	$2,992
Oct 1995	308	1,131	15.43	—	$4,752
Sep 1995	440	1,241	16.18	—	$7,119
Aug 1995	362	1,258	15.92	—	$5,763
Jul 1995	423	1,593	15.24	—	$6,447
Jun 1995	352	1,632	16.41	—	$5,776
May 1995	376	1,709	17.56	—	$6,603
Apr 1995	391	1,642	17.73	—	$6,932
Mar 1995	419	1,597	16.44	—	$6,888
Feb 1995	404	1,407	16.58	—	$6,698
Jan 1995	304	1,631	15.92	—	$4,840
Dec 1994	623	1,646	15.03	—	$9,364
Nov 1994	332	1,626	15.90	—	$5,279
Oct 1994	365	1,711	15.58	—	$5,687
Sep 1994	340	1,741	15.29	—	$5,199
Aug 1994	388	2,000	16.13	—	$6,258
Jul 1994	343	1,989	17.56	—	$6,023
Jun 1994	418	1,764	17.09	—	$7,144
May 1994	237	1,915	15.88	—	$3,764
Apr 1994	716	1,563	14.14	—	$10,124
Mar 1994	395	1,530	12.46	—	$4,922
Feb 1994	401	1,447	12.50	—	$5,013
Jan 1994	448	1,627	12.66	—	$5,672
Dec 1993	422	1,638	12.33	—	$5,203
Nov 1993	379	1,624	14.49	—	$5,492
Oct 1993	405	1,609	15.85	—	$6,419
Sep 1993	413	1,682	15.03	—	$6,207
Aug 1993	224	1,588	15.66	—	$3,508
Jul 1993	568	1,558	15.46	—	$8,781
Jun 1993	423	1,566	16.79	—	$7,102
May 1993	632	1,760	17.68	—	$11,174
Apr 1993	182	1,459	18.05	—	$3,285
Mar 1993	164	1,403	18.14	—	$2,975
Feb 1993	329	1,533	17.90	—	$5,889
Jan 1993	517	1,652	16.93	—	$8,753

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.

Apr 2004 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   60 bbl  × $ 34.47 =     $2,068
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  5.86 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $2,068

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/21696 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.