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Operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 561136) 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 2717District 08Field 42971001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.5 M
Jan 1993 – Oct 2012
Value, last 12 filed months
$26 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
238
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
OilDisposition105,549 bbl$3,491,581
Casinghead gasProduction7,115 Mcf$13,354
Total$3,504,935

3,480 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 (9)

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 32.0992, -101.2722. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.4 miles.

32.09917, -101.27290 · 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%
9 of 9 wells
With a plug date
44.4%
4 of 9 wells
Median depth
2,465 ft
9 wells filed one
Completion to plug
44.3 years
median over 4 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
9100.0%
A plug date is filed
444.4%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
444.4%
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 9 wells. Median 2,465 ft, with the middle half between 2,465 and 2,475 ft; the shallowest is 1,868 ft and the deepest 3,259 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, 8 of 9 wells, Nov 1962 – Aug 2000. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Nov 1962 – Aug 2000
8 of 9 wells; 1 filed none
Plug dates filed
Oct 1996 – Jun 2021
4 of 9 wells; 5 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 44.3 years across the 4 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 38.4 years and 50.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

9 wells

42-227009721012,470 ftYes
42-2270097323,259 ftAug 2000Yes
42-227105361081,868 ftDec 1965Yes
42-227101221072,465 ftJul 1963Yes
42-227101211062,485 ftJul 1963Yes
42-227101201052,475 ftJul 1963Nov 2011Yes
42-227101191042,465 ftJul 1963Oct 1996Yes
42-227101181032,465 ftJul 1963Jun 2021Yes
42-227009431022,450 ftNov 1962Jan 2003Yes

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 (238)

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

238 months

Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 2011268095.723.31$25,653
Oct 2011290084.983.65$24,644
Sep 2011299083.623.99$25,002
Aug 2011280083.404.15$23,352
Jul 2011275094.144.52$25,889
Jun 2011266092.904.64$24,711
May 2011270098.134.40$26,495
Apr 20113550105.964.33$37,616
Mar 2011232096.364.06$22,356
Feb 2011270085.644.18$23,123
Jan 2011329086.504.59$28,459
Dec 2010370085.734.35$31,720
Nov 2010179080.843.80$14,470
Oct 2010111078.103.51$8,669
Sep 2010158072.633.98$11,476
Aug 2010202073.684.42$14,883
Jul 2010199072.554.74$14,437
Jun 2010181070.364.91$12,735
May 2010182071.124.24$12,944
Apr 2010187081.694.12$15,276
Mar 2010170078.394.39$13,326
Feb 2010113073.585.44$8,315
Jan 2010121074.365.96$8,998
Dec 2009188071.445.48$13,431
Nov 2009285074.593.75$21,258
Oct 2009174072.544.11$12,622
Sep 2009145065.543.06$9,503
Aug 2009143067.423.22$9,641
Jul 2009171061.133.46$10,453
Jun 2009173066.163.90$11,446
May 2009204054.743.93$11,167
Apr 2009148046.773.59$6,922
Mar 2009156042.144.06$6,574
Feb 2009370032.814.63$12,140
Jan 2009472035.865.37$16,926
Dec 2008349037.105.98$12,948
Nov 2008297055.496.86$16,481
Oct 2008302075.246.92$22,722
Sep 20082920101.767.88$29,714
Aug 20082930114.228.48$33,466
Jul 20082760131.0811.39$36,178
Jun 20082640131.3313.03$34,671
May 20083180123.1711.57$39,168
Apr 20083330110.3110.45$36,733
Mar 20083400101.909.66$34,646
Feb 2008330092.538.77$30,535
Jan 2008413090.388.21$37,327
Dec 2007315088.337.30$27,824
Nov 2007321091.677.29$29,426
Oct 2007208082.856.92$17,233
Sep 2007337075.846.24$25,558
Aug 2007366869.066.39$25,327
Jul 2007335570.906.39$23,783
Jun 2007250462.007.55$15,530
May 2007379958.747.85$22,333
Apr 20074051159.617.81$24,228
Mar 20074121156.927.30$23,531
Feb 2007374055.108.22$20,607
Jan 20074561250.306.73$23,018
Dec 20063681256.656.92$20,930
Nov 2006398954.207.62$21,640
Oct 20064331054.906.01$23,832
Sep 2006435860.085.04$26,175
Aug 20065131068.717.34$35,322
Jul 20065791269.376.34$40,241
Jun 20064681066.286.38$31,083
May 2006358066.016.42$23,632
Apr 2006272764.397.36$17,566
Mar 2006291056.707.08$16,500
Feb 2006271057.597.75$15,607
Jan 2006270060.598.93$16,359
Dec 2005369054.9413.42$20,273
Nov 2005383054.6910.59$20,946
Oct 2005335758.3413.80$19,640
Sep 2005372561.4512.08$22,920
Aug 2005351061.519.80$21,590
Jul 2005459055.697.84$25,562
Jun 2005507152.337.38$26,539
May 2005470445.226.65$21,280
Apr 2005501549.207.36$24,686
Mar 2005461850.377.15$23,278
Feb 2005526845.226.31$23,836
Jan 2005498443.166.32$21,519
Dec 20045351039.866.75$21,393
Nov 20045441545.286.33$24,727
Oct 20045132049.706.52$25,626
Sep 20044671843.245.28$20,288
Aug 20044531742.375.55$19,288
Jul 20044821638.286.08$18,548
Jun 20044821636.106.43$17,503
May 20044931737.486.49$18,588
Apr 20045091434.475.86$17,627
Mar 20045441434.365.53$18,769
Feb 20044961632.455.51$16,183
Jan 20045391732.036.30$17,371
Dec 20034071630.266.30$12,417
Nov 20033771728.804.60$10,936
Oct 20034141928.174.76$11,753
Sep 20033101626.314.75$8,232
Aug 20034173129.765.13$12,569
Jul 20034603729.415.17$13,720
Jun 20034283428.565.98$12,427
May 20034593926.595.97$12,438
Apr 20035054726.675.41$13,722
Mar 20036035031.146.10$19,082
Feb 20035164233.487.93$17,609
Jan 20034493330.315.58$13,793
Dec 20024543626.914.85$12,392
Nov 20025124324.664.14$12,804
Oct 20025054326.464.23$13,544
Sep 20024753827.443.64$13,172
Aug 20024654125.963.16$12,201
Jul 20024203424.583.06$10,428
Jun 20024343423.733.34$10,412
May 20024563624.663.58$11,374
Apr 20024633523.653.51$11,073
Mar 20024903422.003.10$10,885
Feb 20024112618.222.38$7,550
Jan 20024703517.172.38$8,153
Dec 20014373416.932.36$7,479
Nov 20013933018.072.41$7,174
Oct 20014994119.782.53$9,974
Sep 20014484224.262.25$10,963
Aug 20015044624.873.05$12,675
Jul 20014373123.933.20$10,557
Jun 20014372124.563.82$10,813
May 20014991125.524.31$12,782
Apr 20014662724.685.34$11,645
Mar 20015082224.545.38$12,585
Feb 20014711327.755.77$13,145
Jan 20016412827.478.40$17,843
Dec 20005474226.889.12$15,087
Nov 20005002432.215.66$16,241
Oct 2000515331.235.15$16,099
Sep 20005364131.875.19$17,295
Aug 20005993229.644.54$17,900
Jul 20005574528.534.09$16,075
Jun 20005664429.304.40$16,777
May 20005484727.263.68$15,111
Apr 20005154824.513.12$12,772
Mar 20005174728.422.86$14,828
Feb 20004523527.622.73$12,580
Jan 20005092925.272.48$12,934
Dec 19995224624.282.42$12,786
Nov 19995074623.192.43$11,869
Oct 19994844920.982.80$10,292
Sep 19994202921.752.62$9,211
Aug 19995595519.262.88$10,925
Jul 19995825517.892.37$10,542
Jun 19996106315.942.36$9,872
May 19996266315.792.32$10,031
Apr 19996164015.102.21$9,390
Mar 19996995612.471.84$8,819
Feb 1999667509.981.82$6,748
Jan 19997154110.381.90$7,500
Dec 1998739279.201.77$6,847
Nov 19987071910.892.19$7,741
Oct 19986651912.421.97$8,297
Sep 19984542412.592.08$5,766
Aug 19985803211.301.91$6,615
Jul 19986253311.742.24$7,411
Jun 19986243311.242.24$7,088
May 19986783812.622.21$8,640
Apr 19986333913.042.51$8,352
Mar 19985923712.802.31$7,663
Feb 19987225513.952.30$10,198
Jan 19987826014.702.15$11,625
Dec 19978034716.322.41$13,218
Nov 19977325718.193.09$13,491
Oct 19977596419.253.15$14,812
Sep 19977736517.742.95$13,905
Aug 19977656617.862.55$13,832
Jul 19977196017.582.25$12,775
Jun 19977585917.242.26$13,201
May 19977465818.972.31$14,286
Apr 19977194817.882.08$12,956
Mar 19976924618.951.94$13,203
Feb 19975704220.492.21$11,772
Jan 19976714523.483.54$15,914
Dec 19967405623.32$17,257
Nov 19966607321.97$14,500
Oct 19966756723.31$15,734
Sep 19966246122.22$13,865
Aug 19967226620.26$14,628
Jul 19967837119.55$15,308
Jun 19966996518.73$13,092
May 19967606719.43$14,767
Apr 19965494521.51$11,809
Mar 19966174319.38$11,957
Feb 19966084416.98$10,324
Jan 19965524317.07$9,423
Dec 19955474617.19$9,403
Nov 19955144916.00$8,224
Oct 19954113915.43$6,342
Sep 19954644516.18$7,508
Aug 19954384315.92$6,973
Jul 19956635815.24$10,104
Jun 19955164416.41$8,468
May 19954494317.56$7,884
Apr 19953813417.73$6,755
Mar 19953993216.44$6,560
Feb 19953402816.58$5,637
Jan 19953472915.92$5,524
Dec 19943903315.03$5,862
Nov 19944144215.90$6,583
Oct 19943615615.58$5,624
Sep 19943064815.29$4,679
Aug 19942784216.13$4,484
Jul 19942303517.56$4,039
Jun 19942764317.09$4,717
May 19943154615.88$5,002
Apr 19944347014.14$6,137
Mar 19944547212.46$5,657
Feb 19943205012.50$4,000
Jan 19942994612.66$3,785
Dec 19933575412.33$4,402
Nov 19933465214.49$5,014
Oct 19933386415.85$5,357
Sep 19933345915.03$5,020
Aug 19933566115.66$5,575
Jul 19936409715.46$9,894
Jun 19933555816.79$5,960
May 19931,48825317.68$26,308
Apr 19931,54425018.05$27,869
Mar 19931,40624118.14$25,505
Feb 19931,23525317.90$22,107
Jan 19931,25326416.93$21,213

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.

Nov 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  268 bbl  × $ 95.72 =    $25,653
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.31 =         $0

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Month total                                  $25,653

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/2717 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.