BASHARA-PROTHRO

Operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 561136) in the KEYSTONE (HOLT) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 30317District 08Field 49129396Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$29.7 M
Jan 1993 – Dec 2015
Value, last 12 filed months
$516 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
276
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 63 leases and 354 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1943-09-08
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
660 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 1975-07-07.

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: INTO THE KEYSTONE (CONSOLIDATED) FIELD.

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
OilDisposition276,070 bbl$11,690,948
Casinghead gasProduction3,995,706 Mcf$17,960,489
Total$29,651,437

56,265 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 43 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 (7)

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 31.8799, -103.0871. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.6 miles.

31.87989, -103.08722 · 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%
7 of 7 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 7 wells
Median depth
5,500 ft
7 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
7100.0%
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 5,500 and 9,186 ft, median 5,500 ft, over the 7 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Oct 1990 – Jan 2016
7 of 7 wells

7 wells

42-4953281575,500 ftJan 2016Yes
42-4950329519,080 ftMay 2000Yes
42-495313503A8,590 ftAug 1997Yes
42-4953265755,500 ftMay 1997Yes
42-4953265645,500 ftMay 1997Yes
42-4953265565,500 ftApr 1997Yes
42-4951024329,186 ftOct 1990Yes

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 (276)

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

276 months

Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20159549,70340.162.87$66,184
Jul 201550811,11148.152.95$57,183
Jun 20156678,30056.152.88$61,380
May 201549411,36555.212.96$60,862
Apr 201567711,01649.822.71$63,544
Mar 201568111,70942.892.93$63,571
Feb 201566410,75344.662.98$61,657
Jan 20151,01312,05643.433.10$81,376
Dec 201433512,61454.693.59$63,623
Nov 201484710,30670.464.25$103,499
Oct 201433611,84278.303.90$72,504
Sep 20149768,02886.164.05$116,569
Aug 201468813,18289.394.04$114,691
Jul 201466914,30596.564.18$124,388
Jun 201449711,63298.164.74$103,885
May 201467712,41194.734.73$122,794
Apr 20141,02312,00295.944.81$155,866
Mar 201454212,47095.895.06$115,031
Feb 201472510,36797.406.19$134,807
Jan 20141,02112,47590.404.86$152,936
Dec 201350512,53691.824.35$100,957
Nov 20131,16013,30688.853.74$152,808
Oct 201364910,18297.423.78$101,707
Sep 201364113,027104.113.72$115,166
Aug 20131,13214,347104.253.52$168,550
Jul 201383914,410102.523.72$139,587
Jun 20131,00914,21894.403.93$151,175
May 201350114,59294.834.15$108,053
Apr 20131,01314,11593.964.28$155,630
Mar 20131,02115,13793.623.91$154,815
Feb 201367313,84791.233.42$108,753
Jan 201389613,93991.603.42$129,744
Dec 20121,01812,73486.773.42$131,884
Nov 20121,00715,51986.953.62$143,814
Oct 201283316,70089.383.40$131,228
Sep 20121,21813,01094.672.92$153,276
Aug 201266513,19592.662.91$99,992
Jul 20121,15817,78985.133.02$152,318
Jun 201299216,17779.822.52$119,932
May 201267116,20791.612.49$101,799
Apr 20121,00816,220101.652.00$134,851
Mar 20121,02915,346105.052.22$142,196
Feb 20121,00516,057101.102.57$142,876
Jan 20121,34213,40698.092.73$168,290
Dec 201168415,80896.873.24$117,473
Nov 20111,02310,12495.723.31$131,445
Oct 201174616,96184.983.65$125,278
Sep 20111,09113,17083.623.99$143,722
Aug 20111,04513,78683.404.15$144,356
Jul 20111,29816,66394.144.52$197,464
Jun 201137712,88892.904.64$94,822
May 201170312,41598.134.40$123,671
Apr 20115139,836105.964.33$96,980
Mar 20117333,98096.364.06$86,780
Feb 201108,59885.644.18$35,939
Jan 20111,16614,96086.504.59$169,507
Dec 201085716,49585.734.35$145,187
Nov 20101,20015,95680.843.80$157,566
Oct 201066512,63778.103.51$96,278
Sep 201087012,03372.633.98$111,073
Aug 201086712,78473.684.42$120,378
Jul 20101,02515,34572.554.74$147,045
Jun 201067514,58370.364.91$119,101
May 20101,00415,29571.124.24$136,182
Apr 201070015,09181.694.12$119,399
Mar 20101,38716,09078.394.39$179,341
Feb 201067715,73373.585.44$135,438
Jan 20101,03816,56274.365.96$175,963
Dec 20091,32616,16571.445.48$183,374
Nov 200966015,37174.593.75$106,894
Oct 200966413,11872.544.11$102,085
Sep 200905,14465.543.06$15,765
Aug 2009160067.423.22$10,787
Jul 20091,01110,27461.133.46$97,397
Jun 200966217,51766.163.90$112,027
May 20091,32818,84154.743.93$146,660
Apr 20091,38115,87346.773.59$121,534
Mar 20091,34717,51342.144.06$127,848
Feb 200952311,53132.814.63$70,583
Jan 200968012,25735.865.37$90,217
Dec 20081,02111,99237.105.98$109,557
Nov 200850310,18455.496.86$97,777
Oct 20083398,94575.246.92$87,423
Sep 20081684,900101.767.88$55,693
Aug 20081,01410,288114.228.48$203,092
Jul 200849810,878131.0811.39$189,172
Jun 200866211,835131.3313.03$241,182
May 200868212,517123.1711.57$228,877
Apr 200831812,203110.3110.45$162,659
Mar 200868112,908101.909.66$194,138
Feb 200898212,24492.538.77$198,251
Jan 200868012,48690.388.21$163,915
Dec 200771012,14488.337.30$151,389
Nov 200763712,53191.677.29$149,766
Oct 200799713,18382.856.92$173,854
Sep 200733113,56975.846.24$109,830
Aug 200764611,46969.066.39$117,876
Jul 200796814,15670.906.39$159,059
Jun 200765212,95262.007.55$138,192
May 200765713,93458.747.85$147,922
Apr 200781614,48959.617.81$161,731
Mar 200783014,81756.927.30$155,437
Feb 200799813,34855.108.22$164,657
Jan 200751415,25650.306.73$128,479
Dec 20061,16015,07056.656.92$169,975
Nov 200650015,36554.207.62$144,143
Oct 200698816,88854.906.01$155,802
Sep 20061,00215,28460.085.04$137,189
Aug 200665913,57968.717.34$144,949
Jul 200698914,48969.376.34$160,507
Jun 200698215,70866.286.38$165,365
May 200699716,11366.016.42$169,338
Apr 200633315,11464.397.36$132,688
Mar 20061,00115,68456.707.08$167,845
Feb 200667112,66557.597.75$136,811
Jan 20061,32615,82160.598.93$221,676
Dec 200566616,53954.9413.42$258,467
Nov 20051,33315,85554.6910.59$240,781
Oct 200599916,12258.3413.80$280,697
Sep 200566914,85661.4512.08$220,556
Aug 200581815,05661.519.80$197,816
Jul 20051,00816,86655.697.84$188,426
Jun 200567116,98352.337.38$160,466
May 200565917,86645.226.65$148,630
Apr 200585217,28549.207.36$169,144
Mar 20051,02318,59150.377.15$184,545
Feb 200567416,20845.226.31$132,782
Jan 20051,02018,08643.166.32$158,367
Dec 20041,20618,89039.866.75$175,599
Nov 200469918,35645.286.33$147,852
Oct 20041,07519,32449.706.52$179,325
Sep 20041,05418,46143.245.28$143,121
Aug 20041,02719,66942.375.55$152,690
Jul 200486518,31438.286.08$144,538
Jun 20041,17819,59836.106.43$168,600
May 200468119,17437.486.49$150,051
Apr 20041,37320,69334.475.86$168,556
Mar 200484620,71134.365.53$143,603
Feb 20041,17917,81832.455.51$136,429
Jan 20041,03719,65732.036.30$157,047
Dec 200387020,78430.266.30$157,299
Nov 20031,37820,04428.804.60$131,792
Oct 20031,02121,89028.174.76$132,950
Sep 20031,38221,15526.314.75$136,833
Aug 20031,01920,92429.765.13$137,660
Jul 20031,34220,47929.415.17$145,362
Jun 20031,02822,73028.565.98$165,352
May 20031,50724,09226.595.97$183,965
Apr 20031,35222,89526.675.41$159,858
Mar 20031,38423,58031.146.10$186,842
Feb 20031,03718,83833.487.93$184,026
Jan 20032,07221,53630.315.58$183,017
Dec 20021,05622,59326.914.85$138,078
Nov 20021,75621,79224.664.14$133,456
Oct 20021,39224,23426.464.23$139,321
Sep 20021,38424,54027.443.64$127,185
Aug 20021,57825,21725.963.16$120,756
Jul 20021,71925,34924.583.06$119,866
Jun 20021,37824,61923.733.34$114,884
May 20021,38125,58624.663.58$125,756
Apr 20021,73524,80123.653.51$128,142
Mar 20021,70625,69822.003.10$117,266
Feb 20021,74022,68718.222.38$85,600
Jan 20021,38225,55017.172.38$84,428
Dec 20011,79625,86216.932.36$91,554
Nov 20011,44525,55518.072.41$87,584
Oct 20012,07027,53519.782.53$110,577
Sep 20011,71727,37624.262.25$103,287
Aug 20011,73028,98024.873.05$131,506
Jul 20012,06629,29023.933.20$143,082
Jun 20011,36528,66724.563.82$143,152
May 20012,38329,71425.524.31$188,802
Apr 20011,68428,01324.685.34$191,019
Mar 20012,38429,56024.545.38$217,431
Feb 20011,73825,83027.755.77$197,193
Jan 20012,08828,14427.478.40$293,732
Dec 20002,05230,13326.889.12$330,046
Nov 20002,78230,21132.215.66$260,542
Oct 20002,09226,02031.235.15$199,219
Sep 20001,39417,19631.875.19$133,614
Aug 20002,05519,48029.644.54$149,364
Jul 20001,72921,30128.534.09$136,444
Jun 20001,71218,00129.304.40$129,317
May 20002,40421,34527.263.68$144,077
Apr 20001,73419,32324.513.12$102,711
Mar 20001,72020,61628.422.86$107,839
Feb 20001,73819,82227.622.73$102,048
Jan 20001,87320,63925.272.48$98,526
Dec 19991,71421,38024.282.42$93,435
Nov 19992,39120,38023.192.43$105,052
Oct 19991,71520,38020.982.80$93,120
Sep 19991,72116,64221.752.62$81,015
Aug 19992,06716,86219.262.88$88,299
Jul 19991,74217,91217.892.37$73,658
Jun 19991,37217,59115.942.36$63,421
May 19991,04018,10715.792.32$58,448
Apr 19991,02717,61215.102.21$54,396
Mar 19991,36316,66112.471.84$47,625
Feb 19991,20413,3589.981.82$36,298
Jan 19992,07417,50410.381.90$54,785
Dec 19981,18817,1259.201.77$41,298
Nov 19981,37418,70110.892.19$55,838
Oct 19982,27020,41112.421.97$68,387
Sep 19982,40721,81712.592.08$75,741
Aug 19981,86128,85711.301.91$76,070
Jul 19982,18827,23911.742.24$86,628
Jun 19982,79628,44811.242.24$95,073
May 19982,47922,47112.622.21$80,864
Apr 19981,75119,38213.042.51$71,391
Mar 19982,46823,13612.802.31$85,022
Feb 19982,48325,23013.952.30$92,645
Jan 19983,16425,19114.702.15$100,792
Dec 19972,83328,08716.322.41$113,955
Nov 19973,19863,58218.193.09$254,529
Oct 19973,23034,12719.253.15$169,671
Sep 19974,02035,81017.742.95$177,129
Aug 19972,32232,28917.862.55$123,961
Jul 19972,15725,04717.582.25$94,199
Jun 19972,25223,61417.242.26$92,126
May 19972,22322,51118.972.31$94,137
Apr 19971,84019,63417.882.08$73,793
Mar 19971,81722,07618.951.94$77,241
Feb 199789412,24720.492.21$45,334
Jan 19971,45116,74823.483.54$93,352
Dec 19961,53414,68123.32$35,773
Nov 19960021.97$0
Oct 19960023.31$0
Sep 19960022.22$0
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 19960019.55$0
Jun 199608418.73$0
May 199612693419.43$2,448
Apr 19967790421.51$1,656
Mar 19967784119.38$1,492
Feb 19967881116.98$1,324
Jan 19967577217.07$1,280
Dec 19958180917.19$1,392
Nov 19957672416.00$1,216
Oct 19957779415.43$1,188
Sep 19958190716.18$1,311
Aug 19959784415.92$1,544
Jul 199519085115.24$2,896
Jun 19959776716.41$1,592
May 1995998417.56$1,738
Apr 19959388817.73$1,649
Mar 19959488516.44$1,545
Feb 199510094816.58$1,658
Jan 199515577915.92$2,468
Dec 199415382115.03$2,300
Nov 1994848415.90$1,336
Oct 19941308415.58$2,025
Sep 1994801,25515.29$1,223
Aug 19941091,34116.13$1,758
Jul 1994621,09917.56$1,089
Jun 1994661,19017.09$1,128
May 19941061,34215.88$1,683
Apr 19941161,26114.14$1,640
Mar 19941551,26712.46$1,931
Feb 19941501,12412.50$1,875
Jan 19941111,26512.66$1,405
Dec 19931911,12812.33$2,355
Nov 19931311,23314.49$1,898
Oct 19931931,30415.85$3,059
Sep 19931981,36715.03$2,976
Aug 19931311,44315.66$2,051
Jul 19932201,52915.46$3,401
Jun 19931971,47416.79$3,308
May 19932181,52217.68$3,854
Apr 19932431,41718.05$4,386
Mar 19933181,54218.14$5,769
Feb 199323281517.90$4,153
Jan 19932341,05116.93$3,962

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.

Aug 2015 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  954 bbl  × $ 40.16 =    $38,313
Casinghead gas     9,703 Mcf  × $  2.87 =    $27,872

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Month total                                  $66,184

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/30317 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.