UNIVERSITY SOUTHERN MINERALS

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

Operated by FOREST OIL CORPORATION (P-5 275740) in the BLOCK 11 (WICHITA, LO) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 29944District 08Field 09230852Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$862 k

Jan 1993 – Mar 2008

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

183

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The BLOCK 11 (WICHITA, LO) 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 12 leases and 26 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1971-09-10

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

1,200 ft

minimum

From a lease line

467 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1999-05-25.

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: “CONSOLIDATED TO MARTIN (CONSOLIDATED)”

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	36,990 bbl	$754,780
Casinghead gas	Production	49,387 Mcf	$107,287
Total			$862,067

25,781 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 32.1527, -102.7711. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.2 miles.

32.15275, -102.77110 · 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%

2 of 2 wells

With a plug date

0.0%

0 of 2 wells

Median depth

8,432 ft

2 wells filed one

Completion to plug

—

no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

2100.0%

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

Between 8,040 and 8,823 ft, median 8,432 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Jul 2010 – Jun 2021

2 of 2 wells

2 wells


42-00302083	1	8,823 ft	Jun 2021	—	Yes
42-00338669	3	8,040 ft	Jul 2010	—	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 (183)

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

183 months


Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	0	0	92.53	8.77	$0
Jan 2008	0	0	90.38	8.21	$0
Dec 2007	0	0	88.33	7.30	$0
Nov 2007	0	0	91.67	7.29	$0
Oct 2007	0	0	82.85	6.92	$0
Sep 2007	0	0	75.84	6.24	$0
Aug 2007	0	0	69.06	6.39	$0
Jul 2007	0	0	70.90	6.39	$0
Jun 2007	0	0	62.00	7.55	$0
May 2007	0	0	58.74	7.85	$0
Apr 2007	0	0	59.61	7.81	$0
Mar 2007	0	0	56.92	7.30	$0
Feb 2007	0	0	55.10	8.22	$0
Jan 2007	0	0	50.30	6.73	$0
Dec 2006	0	0	56.65	6.92	$0
Nov 2006	0	0	54.20	7.62	$0
Oct 2006	0	0	54.90	6.01	$0
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	0	0	36.10	6.43	$0
May 2004	0	0	37.48	6.49	$0
Apr 2004	0	0	34.47	5.86	$0
Mar 2004	0	0	34.36	5.53	$0
Feb 2004	0	0	32.45	5.51	$0
Jan 2004	0	0	32.03	6.30	$0
Dec 2003	0	0	30.26	6.30	$0
Nov 2003	0	0	28.80	4.60	$0
Oct 2003	0	0	28.17	4.76	$0
Sep 2003	0	0	26.31	4.75	$0
Aug 2003	0	0	29.76	5.13	$0
Jul 2003	0	0	29.41	5.17	$0
Jun 2003	0	0	28.56	5.98	$0
May 2003	0	0	26.59	5.97	$0
Apr 2003	0	0	26.67	5.41	$0
Mar 2003	0	0	31.14	6.10	$0
Feb 2003	0	0	33.48	7.93	$0
Jan 2003	0	0	30.31	5.58	$0
Dec 2002	0	0	26.91	4.85	$0
Nov 2002	0	0	24.66	4.14	$0
Oct 2002	0	0	26.46	4.23	$0
Sep 2002	0	0	27.44	3.64	$0
Aug 2002	0	0	25.96	3.16	$0
Jul 2002	0	0	24.58	3.06	$0
Jun 2002	0	0	23.73	3.34	$0
May 2002	0	0	24.66	3.58	$0
Apr 2002	0	0	23.65	3.51	$0
Mar 2002	0	0	22.00	3.10	$0
Feb 2002	0	0	18.22	2.38	$0
Jan 2002	0	0	17.17	2.38	$0
Dec 2001	0	0	16.93	2.36	$0
Nov 2001	0	0	18.07	2.41	$0
Oct 2001	0	0	19.78	2.53	$0
Sep 2001	0	0	24.26	2.25	$0
Aug 2001	0	0	24.87	3.05	$0
Jul 2001	0	0	23.93	3.20	$0
Jun 2001	0	0	24.56	3.82	$0
May 2001	0	0	25.52	4.31	$0
Apr 2001	0	0	24.68	5.34	$0
Mar 2001	0	0	24.54	5.38	$0
Feb 2001	0	0	27.75	5.77	$0
Jan 2001	0	0	27.47	8.40	$0
Dec 2000	548	0	26.88	9.12	$14,730
Nov 2000	3,207	6,958	32.21	5.66	$142,666
Oct 2000	5,070	10,032	31.23	5.15	$209,956
Sep 2000	0	57	31.87	5.19	$296
Aug 2000	0	65	29.64	4.54	$295
Jul 2000	421	78	28.53	4.09	$12,330
Jun 2000	0	10	29.30	4.40	$44
May 2000	0	25	27.26	3.68	$92
Apr 2000	0	0	24.51	3.12	$0
Mar 2000	469	0	28.42	2.86	$13,329
Feb 2000	0	31	27.62	2.73	$85
Jan 2000	484	196	25.27	2.48	$12,717
Dec 1999	0	131	24.28	2.42	$318
Nov 1999	0	142	23.19	2.43	$346
Oct 1999	431	178	20.98	2.80	$9,541
Sep 1999	0	180	21.75	2.62	$471
Aug 1999	473	224	19.26	2.88	$9,754
Jul 1999	1	235	17.89	2.37	$575
Jun 1999	409	127	15.94	2.36	$6,819
May 1999	0	203	15.79	2.32	$471
Apr 1999	478	297	15.10	2.21	$7,874
Mar 1999	0	101	12.47	1.84	$186
Feb 1999	475	79	9.98	1.82	$4,884
Jan 1999	0	125	10.38	1.90	$237
Dec 1998	479	151	9.20	1.77	$4,675
Nov 1998	0	206	10.89	2.19	$450
Oct 1998	472	146	12.42	1.97	$6,150
Sep 1998	0	159	12.59	2.08	$331
Aug 1998	467	144	11.30	1.91	$5,552
Jul 1998	0	175	11.74	2.24	$392
Jun 1998	475	139	11.24	2.24	$5,650
May 1998	1	191	12.62	2.21	$434
Apr 1998	469	190	13.04	2.51	$6,592
Mar 1998	1	214	12.80	2.31	$507
Feb 1998	446	190	13.95	2.30	$6,659
Jan 1998	0	230	14.70	2.15	$496
Dec 1997	443	231	16.32	2.41	$7,787
Nov 1997	456	283	18.19	3.09	$9,169
Oct 1997	466	242	19.25	3.15	$9,733
Sep 1997	1	0	17.74	2.95	$18
Aug 1997	442	0	17.86	2.55	$7,894
Jul 1997	0	0	17.58	2.25	$0
Jun 1997	475	225	17.24	2.26	$8,697
May 1997	0	181	18.97	2.31	$418
Apr 1997	477	201	17.88	2.08	$8,947
Mar 1997	479	191	18.95	1.94	$9,447
Feb 1997	0	195	20.49	2.21	$430
Jan 1997	454	248	23.48	3.54	$11,538
Dec 1996	0	231	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	466	209	21.97	—	$10,238
Oct 1996	411	170	23.31	—	$9,580
Sep 1996	0	377	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	0	455	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	424	390	19.55	—	$8,289
Jun 1996	458	351	18.73	—	$8,578
May 1996	0	317	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	479	284	21.51	—	$10,303
Mar 1996	474	305	19.38	—	$9,186
Feb 1996	0	604	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	483	802	17.07	—	$8,245
Dec 1995	463	469	17.19	—	$7,959
Nov 1995	0	664	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	480	807	15.43	—	$7,406
Sep 1995	446	820	16.18	—	$7,216
Aug 1995	871	848	15.92	—	$13,866
Jul 1995	493	802	15.24	—	$7,513
Jun 1995	478	716	16.41	—	$7,844
May 1995	956	973	17.56	—	$16,787
Apr 1995	479	952	17.73	—	$8,493
Mar 1995	0	421	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	478	508	16.58	—	$7,925
Jan 1995	0	277	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	393	276	15.03	—	$5,907
Nov 1994	471	263	15.90	—	$7,489
Oct 1994	478	567	15.58	—	$7,447
Sep 1994	0	557	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	440	690	16.13	—	$7,097
Jul 1994	881	670	17.56	—	$15,470
Jun 1994	0	646	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	439	595	15.88	—	$6,971
Apr 1994	447	751	14.14	—	$6,321
Mar 1994	485	661	12.46	—	$6,043
Feb 1994	481	454	12.50	—	$6,013
Jan 1994	0	480	12.66	—	$0
Dec 1993	484	471	12.33	—	$5,968
Nov 1993	467	393	14.49	—	$6,767
Oct 1993	480	485	15.85	—	$7,608
Sep 1993	477	434	15.03	—	$7,169
Aug 1993	479	585	15.66	—	$7,501
Jul 1993	0	454	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	479	474	16.79	—	$8,042
May 1993	452	544	17.68	—	$7,991
Apr 1993	464	675	18.05	—	$8,375
Mar 1993	471	656	18.14	—	$8,544
Feb 1993	473	679	17.90	—	$8,467
Jan 1993	441	569	16.93	—	$7,466

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.

Dec 2000 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  548 bbl  × $ 26.88 =    $14,730
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  9.12 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $14,730

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/29944 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.