MCDANIEL BROTHERS

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

Operated by SAMSON LONE STAR, LLC (P-5 744737) in the SAINT LAWRENCE (STRAWN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 29072District 08Field 79689700NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$923 k

Jan 1993 – Oct 2009

Value, last 12 filed months

$27 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

202

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The SAINT LAWRENCE (STRAWN) 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 55 leases and 65 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1983-08-10

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 field rule took effect on 1991-03-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “OPERATOR REQUEST (COSTILLA PETROLEUM CORP.)”

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	1	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	11,838 bbl	$306,260
Casinghead gas	Production	180,277 Mcf	$616,308
Total			$922,568

58,426 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 31.7721, -101.5861. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.77207, -101.58609 · 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%

1 of 1 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

Median depth

10,280 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

36.1 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 10,280 ft.

Completions filed

Mar 1984

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Apr 2020

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 36.1 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 36.1 years and 36.1 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-17331512	3034	10,280 ft	Mar 1984	Apr 2020	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 (202)

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

202 months


Oct 2009	0	0	72.54	4.11	$0
Sep 2009	0	0	65.54	3.06	$0
Aug 2009	0	0	67.42	3.22	$0
Jul 2009	0	0	61.13	3.46	$0
Jun 2009	0	0	66.16	3.90	$0
May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	0	864	46.77	3.59	$3,100
Mar 2009	0	893	42.14	4.06	$3,625
Feb 2009	0	812	32.81	4.63	$3,762
Jan 2009	0	896	35.86	5.37	$4,812
Dec 2008	0	905	37.10	5.98	$5,409
Nov 2008	0	881	55.49	6.86	$6,044
Oct 2008	0	935	75.24	6.92	$6,472
Sep 2008	0	921	101.76	7.88	$7,255
Aug 2008	0	954	114.22	8.48	$8,093
Jul 2008	0	964	131.08	11.39	$10,979
Jun 2008	0	932	131.33	13.03	$12,146
May 2008	0	967	123.17	11.57	$11,192
Apr 2008	0	939	110.31	10.45	$9,817
Mar 2008	0	974	101.90	9.66	$9,413
Feb 2008	0	922	92.53	8.77	$8,086
Jan 2008	0	968	90.38	8.21	$7,943
Dec 2007	0	979	88.33	7.30	$7,149
Nov 2007	0	984	91.67	7.29	$7,175
Oct 2007	0	964	82.85	6.92	$6,673
Sep 2007	177	1,002	75.84	6.24	$19,680
Aug 2007	0	1,082	69.06	6.39	$6,912
Jul 2007	0	1,202	70.90	6.39	$7,678
Jun 2007	0	1,073	62.00	7.55	$8,099
May 2007	0	1,228	58.74	7.85	$9,635
Apr 2007	0	514	59.61	7.81	$4,012
Mar 2007	0	1,018	56.92	7.30	$7,433
Feb 2007	0	909	55.10	8.22	$7,468
Jan 2007	0	581	50.30	6.73	$3,908
Dec 2006	59	610	56.65	6.92	$7,563
Nov 2006	185	610	54.20	7.62	$14,674
Oct 2006	0	645	54.90	6.01	$3,879
Sep 2006	0	648	60.08	5.04	$3,264
Aug 2006	185	669	68.71	7.34	$17,622
Jul 2006	0	682	69.37	6.34	$4,326
Jun 2006	0	619	66.28	6.38	$3,952
May 2006	178	645	66.01	6.42	$15,894
Apr 2006	0	626	64.39	7.36	$4,608
Mar 2006	0	614	56.70	7.08	$4,349
Feb 2006	184	554	57.59	7.75	$14,891
Jan 2006	0	630	60.59	8.93	$5,628
Dec 2005	0	627	54.94	13.42	$8,411
Nov 2005	0	616	54.69	10.59	$6,522
Oct 2005	0	678	58.34	13.80	$9,354
Sep 2005	183	660	61.45	12.08	$19,217
Aug 2005	0	699	61.51	9.80	$6,848
Jul 2005	0	677	55.69	7.84	$5,310
Jun 2005	0	659	52.33	7.38	$4,864
May 2005	191	673	45.22	6.65	$13,113
Apr 2005	0	631	49.20	7.36	$4,644
Mar 2005	0	674	50.37	7.15	$4,822
Feb 2005	0	615	45.22	6.31	$3,882
Jan 2005	181	686	43.16	6.32	$12,149
Dec 2004	0	696	39.86	6.75	$4,699
Nov 2004	0	696	45.28	6.33	$4,406
Oct 2004	0	711	49.70	6.52	$4,632
Sep 2004	180	646	43.24	5.28	$11,197
Aug 2004	0	744	42.37	5.55	$4,130
Jul 2004	0	724	38.28	6.08	$4,405
Jun 2004	183	732	36.10	6.43	$11,315
May 2004	0	743	37.48	6.49	$4,825
Apr 2004	0	717	34.47	5.86	$4,201
Mar 2004	181	744	34.36	5.53	$10,334
Feb 2004	0	712	32.45	5.51	$3,923
Jan 2004	0	789	32.03	6.30	$4,970
Dec 2003	184	760	30.26	6.30	$10,357
Nov 2003	0	764	28.80	4.60	$3,511
Oct 2003	0	779	28.17	4.76	$3,708
Sep 2003	181	717	26.31	4.75	$8,167
Aug 2003	0	664	29.76	5.13	$3,406
Jul 2003	181	695	29.41	5.17	$8,917
Jun 2003	0	679	28.56	5.98	$4,062
May 2003	0	687	26.59	5.97	$4,103
Apr 2003	0	681	26.67	5.41	$3,682
Mar 2003	163	751	31.14	6.10	$9,654
Feb 2003	183	697	33.48	7.93	$11,651
Jan 2003	0	834	30.31	5.58	$4,655
Dec 2002	0	743	26.91	4.85	$3,606
Nov 2002	185	720	24.66	4.14	$7,541
Oct 2002	0	742	26.46	4.23	$3,138
Sep 2002	0	696	27.44	3.64	$2,530
Aug 2002	177	679	25.96	3.16	$6,743
Jul 2002	0	697	24.58	3.06	$2,134
Jun 2002	0	685	23.73	3.34	$2,287
May 2002	183	724	24.66	3.58	$7,108
Apr 2002	0	574	23.65	3.51	$2,016
Mar 2002	0	656	22.00	3.10	$2,035
Feb 2002	181	575	18.22	2.38	$4,664
Jan 2002	0	647	17.17	2.38	$1,537
Dec 2001	170	671	16.93	2.36	$4,465
Nov 2001	0	636	18.07	2.41	$1,530
Oct 2001	0	673	19.78	2.53	$1,702
Sep 2001	174	684	24.26	2.25	$5,761
Aug 2001	0	743	24.87	3.05	$2,269
Jul 2001	0	742	23.93	3.20	$2,372
Jun 2001	183	726	24.56	3.82	$7,271
May 2001	0	758	25.52	4.31	$3,265
Apr 2001	180	722	24.68	5.34	$8,295
Mar 2001	0	758	24.54	5.38	$4,075
Feb 2001	181	667	27.75	5.77	$8,869
Jan 2001	0	740	27.47	8.40	$6,215
Dec 2000	0	756	26.88	9.12	$6,897
Nov 2000	186	736	32.21	5.66	$10,155
Oct 2000	0	769	31.23	5.15	$3,957
Sep 2000	185	719	31.87	5.19	$9,625
Aug 2000	0	699	29.64	4.54	$3,174
Jul 2000	0	744	28.53	4.09	$3,043
Jun 2000	0	736	29.30	4.40	$3,236
May 2000	188	749	27.26	3.68	$7,881
Apr 2000	0	700	24.51	3.12	$2,181
Mar 2000	0	726	28.42	2.86	$2,076
Feb 2000	359	652	27.62	2.73	$11,693
Jan 2000	0	889	25.27	2.48	$2,205
Dec 1999	0	1,136	24.28	2.42	$2,753
Nov 1999	0	1,381	23.19	2.43	$3,361
Oct 1999	173	1,117	20.98	2.80	$6,761
Sep 1999	0	1,121	21.75	2.62	$2,936
Aug 1999	0	1,557	19.26	2.88	$4,477
Jul 1999	169	1,167	17.89	2.37	$5,792
Jun 1999	180	1,114	15.94	2.36	$5,501
May 1999	0	912	15.79	2.32	$2,117
Apr 1999	0	924	15.10	2.21	$2,040
Mar 1999	0	1,121	12.47	1.84	$2,061
Feb 1999	377	1,201	9.98	1.82	$5,946
Jan 1999	0	769	10.38	1.90	$1,461
Dec 1998	0	803	9.20	1.77	$1,424
Nov 1998	0	0	10.89	2.19	$0
Oct 1998	0	1,156	12.42	1.97	$2,276
Sep 1998	368	1,225	12.59	2.08	$7,184
Aug 1998	0	1,128	11.30	1.91	$2,151
Jul 1998	0	1,205	11.74	2.24	$2,696
Jun 1998	0	1,432	11.24	2.24	$3,204
May 1998	0	763	12.62	2.21	$1,683
Apr 1998	189	1,283	13.04	2.51	$5,679
Mar 1998	0	939	12.80	2.31	$2,169
Feb 1998	0	783	13.95	2.30	$1,800
Jan 1998	194	413	14.70	2.15	$3,742
Dec 1997	0	591	16.32	2.41	$1,425
Nov 1997	0	717	18.19	3.09	$2,214
Oct 1997	348	698	19.25	3.15	$8,898
Sep 1997	0	935	17.74	2.95	$2,763
Aug 1997	0	969	17.86	2.55	$2,476
Jul 1997	0	802	17.58	2.25	$1,802
Jun 1997	187	1,097	17.24	2.26	$5,700
May 1997	0	1,085	18.97	2.31	$2,505
Apr 1997	187	1,172	17.88	2.08	$5,785
Mar 1997	0	1,547	18.95	1.94	$3,000
Feb 1997	0	1,341	20.49	2.21	$2,958
Jan 1997	196	1,642	23.48	3.54	$10,414
Dec 1996	0	1,457	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	0	982	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	192	943	23.31	—	$4,476
Sep 1996	0	1,303	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	180	864	20.26	—	$3,647
Jul 1996	0	909	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	181	1,348	18.73	—	$3,390
May 1996	0	1,146	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	0	1,439	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	174	985	19.38	—	$3,372
Feb 1996	0	1,019	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	181	1,268	17.07	—	$3,090
Dec 1995	0	1,524	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	0	1,351	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	180	1,246	15.43	—	$2,777
Sep 1995	0	1,197	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	171	1,130	15.92	—	$2,722
Jul 1995	0	1,071	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	0	1,202	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	180	1,192	17.56	—	$3,161
Apr 1995	0	1,182	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	182	2,662	16.44	—	$2,992
Feb 1995	0	3,230	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	0	1,208	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	175	577	15.03	—	$2,630
Nov 1994	0	1,079	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	179	1,009	15.58	—	$2,789
Sep 1994	0	1,007	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	183	1,098	16.13	—	$2,952
Jul 1994	0	1,164	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	177	1,214	17.09	—	$3,025
May 1994	0	1,246	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	186	1,012	14.14	—	$2,630
Mar 1994	0	1,233	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	180	1,159	12.50	—	$2,250
Jan 1994	0	1,170	12.66	—	$0
Dec 1993	180	1,276	12.33	—	$2,219
Nov 1993	0	988	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	178	1,101	15.85	—	$2,821
Sep 1993	0	1,047	15.03	—	$0
Aug 1993	179	1,039	15.66	—	$2,803
Jul 1993	0	1,381	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	177	1,069	16.79	—	$2,972
May 1993	183	1,238	17.68	—	$3,235
Apr 1993	0	1,338	18.05	—	$0
Mar 1993	0	1,052	18.14	—	$0
Feb 1993	181	952	17.90	—	$3,240
Jan 1993	0	1,119	16.93	—	$0

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 2009 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                    0 bbl  × $ 46.77 =         $0
Casinghead gas       864 Mcf  × $  3.59 =     $3,100

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $3,100

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/29072 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.