COPE, E. B.

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

Operated by CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. (P-5 148113) in the CONGER, SW (PENN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 26351District 08Field 20101500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$5.8 M

Jan 1993 – Sep 2006

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

165

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The CONGER, SW (PENN) 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 271 leases and 445 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1979-02-21

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and gas

the register's own label

Between wells

933 ft

minimum

From a lease line

660 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1986-07-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “OPERATOR REQUEST. TEXACO E & P INC ALLICIANT..”

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	26	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	47,633 bbl	$881,263
Casinghead gas	Production	2,780,870 Mcf	$4,938,488
Total			$5,819,751

1,312,066 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 (16)

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 31.6872, -101.2321. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.0 miles.

31.68711, -101.23333 · 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%

16 of 16 wells

With a plug date

0.0%

0 of 16 wells

Median depth

8,273 ft

16 wells filed one

Completion to plug

—

no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

16100.0%

A plug date is filed

00.0%

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

00.0%

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, 16 of 16 wells. Median 8,273 ft, with the middle half between 8,178 and 8,351 ft; the shallowest is 8,125 ft and the deepest 8,441 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, 16 of 16 wells, Dec 1983 – Jul 2014. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed

Dec 1983 – Jul 2014

16 of 16 wells

16 wells


42-43131595	10	8,172 ft	Jul 2014	—	Yes
42-43131286	6	8,304 ft	Aug 2013	—	Yes
42-43131765	11	8,180 ft	Mar 2012	—	Yes
42-43130949	2	8,428 ft	Oct 2009	—	Yes
42-43130935	1	8,441 ft	Nov 2008	—	Yes
42-43130948	3	8,400 ft	Oct 2008	—	Yes
42-43131287	5	8,335 ft	Apr 2008	—	Yes
42-43131769	12	8,125 ft	Jun 2007	—	Yes
42-43130947	4	8,400 ft	Jul 2004	—	Yes
42-43131768	14	8,240 ft	Apr 2004	—	Yes
42-43131387	7	8,170 ft	Feb 2004	—	Yes
42-43131767	13	8,140 ft	Aug 1986	—	Yes
42-43131764	16	8,265 ft	Aug 1986	—	Yes
42-43131766	15	8,300 ft	Jun 1986	—	Yes
42-43131593	9	8,200 ft	Apr 1985	—	Yes
42-43131398	8	8,280 ft	Dec 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 (165)

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

165 months


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	4	0	36.10	6.43	$144
May 2004	46	8,249	37.48	6.49	$55,298
Apr 2004	46	8,852	34.47	5.86	$53,445
Mar 2004	55	10,429	34.36	5.53	$59,564
Feb 2004	74	10,397	32.45	5.51	$59,685
Jan 2004	67	10,341	32.03	6.30	$67,291
Dec 2003	235	11,031	30.26	6.30	$76,624
Nov 2003	173	11,443	28.80	4.60	$57,565
Oct 2003	152	11,895	28.17	4.76	$60,898
Sep 2003	175	11,828	26.31	4.75	$60,780
Aug 2003	103	11,925	29.76	5.13	$64,237
Jul 2003	123	12,501	29.41	5.17	$68,258
Jun 2003	143	12,106	28.56	5.98	$76,514
May 2003	125	12,603	26.59	5.97	$78,597
Apr 2003	130	12,298	26.67	5.41	$69,966
Mar 2003	139	12,040	31.14	6.10	$77,725
Feb 2003	156	11,742	33.48	7.93	$98,289
Jan 2003	150	12,227	30.31	5.58	$72,798
Dec 2002	121	12,095	26.91	4.85	$61,962
Nov 2002	230	12,974	24.66	4.14	$59,345
Oct 2002	202	12,407	26.46	4.23	$57,816
Sep 2002	222	12,535	27.44	3.64	$51,659
Aug 2002	163	13,237	25.96	3.16	$46,115
Jul 2002	131	12,803	24.58	3.06	$42,420
Jun 2002	122	12,486	23.73	3.34	$44,576
May 2002	168	13,604	24.66	3.58	$52,900
Apr 2002	219	13,161	23.65	3.51	$51,405
Mar 2002	307	13,579	22.00	3.10	$48,886
Feb 2002	255	12,267	18.22	2.38	$33,789
Jan 2002	310	13,093	17.17	2.38	$36,427
Dec 2001	339	13,313	16.93	2.36	$37,217
Nov 2001	291	13,182	18.07	2.41	$36,968
Oct 2001	331	13,569	19.78	2.53	$40,862
Sep 2001	303	13,515	24.26	2.25	$37,777
Aug 2001	242	14,185	24.87	3.05	$49,328
Jul 2001	247	14,978	23.93	3.20	$53,797
Jun 2001	231	13,364	24.56	3.82	$56,779
May 2001	266	14,555	25.52	4.31	$69,481
Apr 2001	263	14,231	24.68	5.34	$82,418
Mar 2001	209	15,122	24.54	5.38	$86,431
Feb 2001	188	12,904	27.75	5.77	$79,635
Jan 2001	267	14,820	27.47	8.40	$131,804
Dec 2000	277	15,266	26.88	9.12	$146,710
Nov 2000	251	15,037	32.21	5.66	$93,164
Oct 2000	233	15,988	31.23	5.15	$89,543
Sep 2000	118	15,816	31.87	5.19	$85,790
Aug 2000	172	15,673	29.64	4.54	$76,265
Jul 2000	160	16,078	28.53	4.09	$70,320
Jun 2000	220	15,763	29.30	4.40	$75,760
May 2000	261	17,586	27.26	3.68	$71,827
Apr 2000	276	17,169	24.51	3.12	$60,263
Mar 2000	252	17,366	28.42	2.86	$56,824
Feb 2000	293	16,551	27.62	2.73	$53,219
Jan 2000	307	17,435	25.27	2.48	$51,005
Dec 1999	331	18,036	24.28	2.42	$51,751
Nov 1999	324	18,006	23.19	2.43	$51,340
Oct 1999	362	18,943	20.98	2.80	$60,705
Sep 1999	342	19,104	21.75	2.62	$57,469
Aug 1999	367	21,017	19.26	2.88	$67,505
Jul 1999	267	21,114	17.89	2.37	$54,867
Jun 1999	300	20,385	15.94	2.36	$52,933
May 1999	357	22,065	15.79	2.32	$56,850
Apr 1999	357	21,234	15.10	2.21	$52,276
Mar 1999	367	21,258	12.47	1.84	$43,656
Feb 1999	375	20,278	9.98	1.82	$40,604
Jan 1999	400	23,269	10.38	1.90	$48,362
Dec 1998	398	22,885	9.20	1.77	$44,244
Nov 1998	399	22,292	10.89	2.19	$53,069
Oct 1998	410	23,593	12.42	1.97	$51,552
Sep 1998	442	24,182	12.59	2.08	$55,927
Aug 1998	537	23,475	11.30	1.91	$50,843
Jul 1998	343	25,547	11.74	2.24	$61,182
Jun 1998	372	24,411	11.24	2.24	$58,795
May 1998	401	24,386	12.62	2.21	$58,864
Apr 1998	431	22,818	13.04	2.51	$62,787
Mar 1998	442	25,658	12.80	2.31	$64,913
Feb 1998	323	17,981	13.95	2.30	$45,847
Jan 1998	417	19,092	14.70	2.15	$47,269
Dec 1997	390	18,194	16.32	2.41	$50,232
Nov 1997	402	18,980	18.19	3.09	$65,928
Oct 1997	399	20,197	19.25	3.15	$71,298
Sep 1997	406	20,833	17.74	2.95	$68,761
Aug 1997	327	22,483	17.86	2.55	$63,278
Jul 1997	291	20,280	17.58	2.25	$50,684
Jun 1997	305	19,240	17.24	2.26	$48,687
May 1997	181	20,317	18.97	2.31	$50,335
Apr 1997	435	20,068	17.88	2.08	$49,575
Mar 1997	370	20,261	18.95	1.94	$46,300
Feb 1997	386	18,365	20.49	2.21	$48,420
Jan 1997	297	18,943	23.48	3.54	$74,026
Dec 1996	358	19,368	23.32	—	$8,349
Nov 1996	374	19,635	21.97	—	$8,217
Oct 1996	460	21,406	23.31	—	$10,723
Sep 1996	424	20,357	22.22	—	$9,421
Aug 1996	412	23,069	20.26	—	$8,347
Jul 1996	325	23,645	19.55	—	$6,354
Jun 1996	302	21,796	18.73	—	$5,656
May 1996	382	22,786	19.43	—	$7,422
Apr 1996	422	21,005	21.51	—	$9,077
Mar 1996	463	21,124	19.38	—	$8,973
Feb 1996	446	21,446	16.98	—	$7,573
Jan 1996	509	23,636	17.07	—	$8,689
Dec 1995	509	22,359	17.19	—	$8,750
Nov 1995	355	21,330	16.00	—	$5,680
Oct 1995	461	22,443	15.43	—	$7,113
Sep 1995	375	24,457	16.18	—	$6,068
Aug 1995	338	25,337	15.92	—	$5,381
Jul 1995	276	27,142	15.24	—	$4,206
Jun 1995	316	23,476	16.41	—	$5,186
May 1995	442	28,351	17.56	—	$7,762
Apr 1995	529	26,950	17.73	—	$9,379
Mar 1995	320	25,199	16.44	—	$5,261
Feb 1995	391	23,632	16.58	—	$6,483
Jan 1995	608	26,582	15.92	—	$9,679
Dec 1994	621	25,034	15.03	—	$9,334
Nov 1994	541	26,752	15.90	—	$8,602
Oct 1994	420	24,220	15.58	—	$6,544
Sep 1994	398	26,169	15.29	—	$6,085
Aug 1994	410	26,557	16.13	—	$6,613
Jul 1994	388	28,389	17.56	—	$6,813
Jun 1994	398	30,163	17.09	—	$6,802
May 1994	464	29,432	15.88	—	$7,368
Apr 1994	468	29,254	14.14	—	$6,618
Mar 1994	563	31,296	12.46	—	$7,015
Feb 1994	561	28,454	12.50	—	$7,013
Jan 1994	658	31,256	12.66	—	$8,330
Dec 1993	656	33,658	12.33	—	$8,088
Nov 1993	548	32,317	14.49	—	$7,941
Oct 1993	634	35,051	15.85	—	$10,049
Sep 1993	556	32,622	15.03	—	$8,357
Aug 1993	539	34,446	15.66	—	$8,441
Jul 1993	574	37,435	15.46	—	$8,874
Jun 1993	577	33,553	16.79	—	$9,688
May 1993	672	37,495	17.68	—	$11,881
Apr 1993	751	36,173	18.05	—	$13,556
Mar 1993	939	35,912	18.14	—	$17,033
Feb 1993	836	31,187	17.90	—	$14,964
Jan 1993	868	38,710	16.93	—	$14,695

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.

Jun 2004 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                    4 bbl  × $ 36.10 =       $144
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  6.43 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $144

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/26351 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.