COWDEN

Operated by HERBIG OIL & GAS CO. (P-5 379646) in the COWDEN, SOUTH (CANYON 8790) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 27847District 08Field 21292125Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.0 M
Jan 1993 – Aug 2014
Value, last 12 filed months
$19 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
260
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 123 leases and 343 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1966-05-29
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,320 ft
minimum
From a lease line
660 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 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.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: SEE DOCKET 8-58,042

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
NGPA2none

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
OilDisposition44,223 bbl$1,756,113
Casinghead gasProduction82,766 Mcf$272,844
Total$2,028,957

28,374 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 (2)

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 31.7898, -102.4845. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles.

31.78982, -102.48447 · 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%
2 of 2 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
2 of 2 wells
Median depth
9,375 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
18.6 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
2100.0%
A plug date is filed
2100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
2100.0%
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 9,350 and 9,400 ft, median 9,375 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Jan 1983 – Dec 1983
2 of 2 wells
Plug dates filed
Dec 1989 – Feb 2014
2 of 2 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 18.6 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 12.8 years and 24.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells

42-1353427429,350 ftDec 1983Feb 2014Yes
42-1353408919,400 ftJan 1983Dec 1989Yes

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 (260)

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

260 months

Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 2014211090.404.86$19,074
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
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 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 2011172084.983.65$14,617
Sep 2011109283.623.99$1,203
Aug 201117025983.404.15$15,253
Jul 201118030694.144.52$18,327
Jun 201116326492.904.64$16,368
May 201117827298.134.40$18,665
Apr 2011170148105.964.33$18,655
Mar 201133428396.364.06$33,332
Feb 201133624885.644.18$29,812
Jan 2011028586.504.59$1,308
Dec 201016329785.734.35$15,265
Nov 201033227980.843.80$27,898
Oct 201016929478.103.51$14,231
Sep 201016329072.633.98$12,993
Aug 201017730473.684.42$14,385
Jul 201016730472.554.74$13,556
Jun 201026928970.364.91$20,346
May 201017927771.124.24$13,904
Apr 201017326281.694.12$15,213
Mar 201034328678.394.39$28,143
Feb 201017824073.585.44$14,403
Jan 201016631974.365.96$14,246
Dec 200917031471.445.48$13,867
Nov 200932831774.593.75$25,655
Oct 200916634772.544.11$13,468
Sep 200917634865.543.06$12,602
Aug 200934837167.423.22$24,656
Jul 200916730761.133.46$11,272
Jun 200917529466.163.90$12,723
May 200916830554.743.93$10,394
Apr 200931732446.773.59$15,988
Mar 2009015542.144.06$629
Feb 200933326532.814.63$12,153
Jan 200916830535.865.37$7,663
Dec 200817631037.105.98$8,383
Nov 200816730255.496.86$11,339
Oct 200817028775.246.92$14,777
Sep 2008328250101.767.88$35,347
Aug 2008168300114.228.48$21,734
Jul 2008180315131.0811.39$27,182
Jun 2008174320131.3313.03$27,022
May 2008333324123.1711.57$44,766
Apr 2008174337110.3110.45$22,717
Mar 2008168271101.909.66$19,738
Feb 200816730992.538.77$18,163
Jan 200817937490.388.21$19,247
Dec 200733322488.337.30$31,050
Nov 200716931591.677.29$17,789
Oct 200716834682.856.92$16,314
Sep 200717334475.846.24$15,268
Aug 200716935469.066.39$13,932
Jul 200733336570.906.39$25,941
Jun 200716935962.007.55$13,188
May 200717738258.747.85$13,394
Apr 200717132859.617.81$12,753
Mar 200733933456.927.30$21,735
Feb 200718630855.108.22$12,779
Jan 200716630950.306.73$10,428
Dec 200616434756.656.92$11,691
Nov 200616620254.207.62$10,536
Oct 200616933954.906.01$11,317
Sep 200617232960.085.04$11,991
Aug 200618132768.717.34$14,837
Jul 200617528269.376.34$13,928
Jun 2006110666.286.38$743
May 200617416966.016.42$12,572
Apr 200617731264.397.36$13,694
Mar 200618534056.707.08$12,898
Feb 200616830657.597.75$12,047
Jan 200633730660.598.93$23,152
Dec 2005529554.9413.42$4,232
Nov 200518630754.6910.59$13,423
Oct 200517033758.3413.80$14,567
Sep 200516432761.4512.08$14,028
Aug 200535532761.519.80$25,040
Jul 200517634855.697.84$12,531
Jun 200517832752.337.38$11,728
May 200517134645.226.65$10,034
Apr 200518833149.207.36$11,686
Mar 200519334150.377.15$12,161
Feb 200517931345.226.31$10,070
Jan 200533535543.166.32$16,703
Dec 200416230939.866.75$8,543
Nov 200417234345.286.33$9,959
Oct 200417236249.706.52$10,907
Sep 200416933743.245.28$9,088
Aug 200436336042.375.55$17,379
Jul 200418836438.286.08$9,411
Jun 200418931236.106.43$8,830
May 200417535337.486.49$8,852
Apr 200416533634.475.86$7,656
Mar 200433834334.365.53$13,511
Feb 200416128932.455.51$6,817
Jan 200418132532.036.30$7,845
Dec 200318230930.266.30$7,455
Nov 200318230528.804.60$6,643
Oct 200317531928.174.76$6,448
Sep 200316631226.314.75$5,849
Aug 200317531729.765.13$6,834
Jul 200317423529.415.17$6,332
Jun 200316930628.565.98$6,657
May 200319232226.595.97$7,028
Apr 200316932026.675.41$6,238
Mar 200319231131.146.10$7,875
Feb 2003426233.487.93$2,211
Jan 200320424230.315.58$7,534
Dec 200277726.914.85$562
Nov 200219630524.664.14$6,095
Oct 200218931626.464.23$6,337
Sep 200218231327.443.64$6,132
Aug 200234730625.963.16$9,976
Jul 2002735724.583.06$1,265
Jun 200215430323.733.34$4,666
May 200218930024.663.58$5,736
Apr 200216830623.653.51$5,048
Mar 200218733022.003.10$5,138
Feb 200218829518.222.38$4,126
Jan 200219329917.172.38$4,024
Dec 2001912716.932.36$453
Nov 200117719418.072.41$3,665
Oct 200117731419.782.53$4,295
Sep 200120231424.262.25$5,607
Aug 200117630124.873.05$5,296
Jul 200117329623.933.20$5,086
Jun 2001317924.563.82$758
May 200117229125.524.31$5,643
Apr 200114926924.685.34$5,113
Mar 200118331424.545.38$6,179
Feb 2001327627.755.77$1,675
Jan 200119529427.478.40$7,826
Dec 200018825126.889.12$7,343
Nov 2000520632.215.66$1,327
Oct 200015721031.235.15$5,984
Sep 200018525231.875.19$7,203
Aug 2000125629.644.54$1,192
Jul 200017424128.534.09$5,950
Jun 200016622329.304.40$5,844
May 200098427.263.68$554
Apr 20001318624.513.12$898
Mar 200020927628.422.86$6,729
Feb 200020023727.622.73$6,170
Jan 200020124125.272.48$5,677
Dec 19991723224.282.42$975
Nov 19991626923.192.43$3,925
Oct 199919824320.982.80$4,835
Sep 199915730221.752.62$4,206
Aug 199917634119.262.88$4,370
Jul 199922131417.892.37$4,699
Jun 199918030715.942.36$3,594
May 199918132515.792.32$3,612
Apr 199919031415.102.21$3,562
Mar 199917429412.471.84$2,710
Feb 19991812869.981.82$2,326
Jan 199935534310.381.90$4,337
Dec 19981863439.201.77$2,319
Nov 199818633210.892.19$2,751
Oct 199819433912.421.97$3,077
Sep 199818232812.592.08$2,974
Aug 199819233011.301.91$2,799
Jul 199818334811.742.24$2,927
Jun 199833032111.242.24$4,427
May 199819732912.622.21$3,212
Apr 199817932613.042.51$3,151
Mar 199817434212.802.31$3,017
Feb 199818420413.952.30$3,036
Jan 199819734414.702.15$3,637
Dec 199726634416.322.41$5,171
Nov 199714230918.193.09$3,537
Oct 199725427919.253.15$5,768
Sep 199722840517.742.95$5,241
Aug 199711336717.862.55$2,956
Jul 199726251317.582.25$5,759
Jun 199719246517.242.26$4,360
May 199717554818.972.31$4,585
Apr 199723384717.882.08$5,930
Mar 199722975618.951.94$5,806
Feb 199724263520.492.21$6,359
Jan 199736950023.483.54$10,434
Dec 199617557723.32$4,081
Nov 199633070221.97$7,250
Oct 199618152023.31$4,219
Sep 199616032222.22$3,555
Aug 199616253820.26$3,282
Jul 199634568219.55$6,745
Jun 199618963418.73$3,540
May 199615445819.43$2,992
Apr 199618063821.51$3,872
Mar 199617637819.38$3,411
Feb 199616458016.98$2,785
Jan 199638174817.07$6,504
Dec 199518575517.19$3,180
Nov 199518348916.00$2,928
Oct 199519320815.43$2,978
Sep 199537972816.18$6,132
Aug 199518586015.92$2,945
Jul 199518188515.24$2,758
Jun 199519752316.41$3,233
May 199534866117.56$6,111
Apr 199517362317.73$3,067
Mar 199517953816.44$2,943
Feb 199518136516.58$3,001
Jan 199519044315.92$3,025
Dec 199435235915.03$5,291
Nov 199417640215.90$2,798
Oct 199437340315.58$5,811
Sep 1994049515.29$0
Aug 199437039616.13$5,968
Jul 199418268617.56$3,196
Jun 199418097717.09$3,076
May 19942571,21215.88$4,081
Apr 199436884014.14$5,204
Mar 199418478712.46$2,293
Feb 199416878212.50$2,100
Jan 199418382712.66$2,317
Dec 199336471012.33$4,488
Nov 199317969214.49$2,594
Oct 199317570615.85$2,774
Sep 199333247015.03$4,990
Aug 199317439015.66$2,725
Jul 199336536415.46$5,643
Jun 199334139116.79$5,725
May 199318941717.68$3,342
Apr 199317251818.05$3,105
Mar 199335050718.14$6,349
Feb 199337959417.90$6,784
Jan 199318059416.93$3,047

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.

Jan 2014 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  211 bbl  × $ 90.40 =    $19,074
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.86 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $19,074

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/27847 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.