TEN BEARS -A-

Operated by WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION (P-5 920478) in the CHEYENNE (CAPITAN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 26007District 08Field 17585200Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$50 k
Jan 1993 – Feb 2012
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
230
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 15 leases and 38 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1976-08-21
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 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.

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
NGPA1none

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
OilDisposition2,040 bbl$40,296
Casinghead gasProduction6,230 Mcf$9,292
Total$49,589

3,484 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 (1)

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 31.9757, -103.2584. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.97570, -103.25836 · 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%
1 of 1 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
3,490 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
31.3 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1100.0%
A plug date is filed
1100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1100.0%
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

The one well that filed a depth was drilled to 3,490 ft.

Completions filed
Jul 1980
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Oct 2011
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 31.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 31.3 years and 31.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-4953120513,490 ftJul 1980Oct 2011Yes

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 (230)

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

230 months

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 20060068.717.34$0
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 200595058.3413.80$5,542
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 200438045.286.33$1,721
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 20020026.914.85$0
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 20020023.733.34$0
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 20020023.653.51$0
Mar 20020022.003.10$0
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 20010016.932.36$0
Nov 20010618.072.41$14
Oct 20011605119.782.53$3,294
Sep 200104724.262.25$106
Aug 200106124.873.05$186
Jul 200106823.933.20$217
Jun 200107124.563.82$272
May 200106525.524.31$280
Apr 200106924.685.34$368
Mar 20011405124.545.38$3,710
Feb 200105927.755.77$340
Jan 200107827.478.40$655
Dec 2000010426.889.12$949
Nov 2000011832.215.66$668
Oct 2000010731.235.15$551
Sep 20000731.875.19$36
Aug 20000929.644.54$41
Jul 20000828.534.09$33
Jun 200001129.304.40$48
May 20000527.263.68$18
Apr 20000424.513.12$12
Mar 200001028.422.86$29
Feb 200001227.622.73$33
Jan 200001725.272.48$42
Dec 19990624.282.42$15
Nov 19990023.192.43$0
Oct 199901420.982.80$39
Sep 199904221.752.62$110
Aug 19991774419.262.88$3,536
Jul 199902317.892.37$55
Jun 199905115.942.36$120
May 199904215.792.32$97
Apr 199906315.102.21$139
Mar 199903912.471.84$72
Feb 19990369.981.82$65
Jan 199905310.381.90$101
Dec 19980569.201.77$99
Nov 199806110.892.19$133
Oct 19981765312.421.97$2,290
Sep 199805112.592.08$106
Aug 199805811.301.91$111
Jul 199805611.742.24$125
Jun 199806011.242.24$134
May 199806112.622.21$135
Apr 199804913.042.51$123
Mar 199805712.802.31$132
Feb 199804713.952.30$108
Jan 199804614.702.15$99
Dec 19971564116.322.41$2,645
Nov 199704818.193.09$148
Oct 199705819.253.15$183
Sep 199705417.742.95$160
Aug 199705717.862.55$146
Jul 199705417.582.25$121
Jun 199705417.242.26$122
May 199705818.972.31$134
Apr 19971625717.882.08$3,015
Mar 199705618.951.94$109
Feb 199704720.492.21$104
Jan 199705623.483.54$198
Dec 199606023.32$0
Nov 199605421.97$0
Oct 199605723.31$0
Sep 199605822.22$0
Aug 199606220.26$0
Jul 199606419.55$0
Jun 19961627318.73$3,034
May 199607419.43$0
Apr 199606321.51$0
Mar 199606719.38$0
Feb 199606016.98$0
Jan 199606517.07$0
Dec 199506417.19$0
Nov 19951566116.00$2,496
Oct 199506715.43$0
Sep 199506316.18$0
Aug 199507915.92$0
Jul 199507515.24$0
Jun 199507516.41$0
May 199508517.56$0
Apr 199507217.73$0
Mar 19951708516.44$2,795
Feb 199507216.58$0
Jan 199507415.92$0
Dec 1994011415.03$0
Nov 1994010615.90$0
Oct 199407915.58$0
Sep 1994010715.29$0
Aug 199408416.13$0
Jul 1994658217.56$1,141
Jun 199407617.09$0
May 199407715.88$0
Apr 1994667814.14$933
Mar 199408212.46$0
Feb 199407312.50$0
Jan 1994587412.66$734
Dec 199306912.33$0
Nov 1993285914.49$406
Oct 199306915.85$0
Sep 1993707215.03$1,052
Aug 199307415.66$0
Jul 199306215.46$0
Jun 1993577116.79$957
May 199307017.68$0
Apr 1993247618.05$433
Mar 1993497118.14$889
Feb 199306017.90$0
Jan 1993317016.93$525

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.

Oct 2005 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   95 bbl  × $ 58.34 =     $5,542
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $ 13.80 =         $0

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Month total                                   $5,542

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/26007 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.