DOWNIE RANCH -6-

Name: DOWNIE RANCH -6- lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC. (P-5 748016) in the THISTLE (CABALLOS NOVACULITE) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 30946District 08Field 89408200NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.7 M

Jan 1993 – May 2009

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

197

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The THISTLE (CABALLOS NOVACULITE) 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 3 leases and 10 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1984-06-06

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 160 acres. The field rule took effect on 1984-10-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “THE THISTLE (OVERTHRUST) FLD.”

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	2	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	21,789 bbl	$611,137
Casinghead gas	Production	214,510 Mcf	$1,042,383
Total			$1,653,520

48,929 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 (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 30.4706, -102.4808. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles.

30.47064, -102.48083 · 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

50.0%

1 of 2 wells

Median depth

3,750 ft

2 wells filed one

Completion to plug

21.7 years

median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

2100.0%

A plug date is filed

150.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

150.0%

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 3,500 and 4,000 ft, median 3,750 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Aug 1990 – Feb 2015

2 of 2 wells

Plug dates filed

Apr 2012

1 of 2 wells; 1 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 21.7 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 21.7 years and 21.7 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells


42-37135912	5	3,500 ft	Feb 2015	—	Yes
42-37135297	1	4,000 ft	Aug 1990	Apr 2012	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 (197)

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

197 months


May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	0	0	46.77	3.59	$0
Mar 2009	0	0	42.14	4.06	$0
Feb 2009	0	0	32.81	4.63	$0
Jan 2009	0	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	0	0	37.10	5.98	$0
Nov 2008	0	0	55.49	6.86	$0
Oct 2008	0	0	75.24	6.92	$0
Sep 2008	0	0	101.76	7.88	$0
Aug 2008	0	0	114.22	8.48	$0
Jul 2008	0	0	131.08	11.39	$0
Jun 2008	0	0	131.33	13.03	$0
May 2008	0	0	123.17	11.57	$0
Apr 2008	159	806	110.31	10.45	$25,966
Mar 2008	160	2,593	101.90	9.66	$41,363
Feb 2008	0	2,014	92.53	8.77	$17,664
Jan 2008	157	1,493	90.38	8.21	$26,441
Dec 2007	171	1,794	88.33	7.30	$28,204
Nov 2007	0	2,831	91.67	7.29	$20,643
Oct 2007	166	424	82.85	6.92	$16,688
Sep 2007	0	49	75.84	6.24	$306
Aug 2007	0	278	69.06	6.39	$1,776
Jul 2007	159	365	70.90	6.39	$13,605
Jun 2007	0	387	62.00	7.55	$2,921
May 2007	0	1,188	58.74	7.85	$9,321
Apr 2007	159	946	59.61	7.81	$16,862
Mar 2007	0	2,040	56.92	7.30	$14,896
Feb 2007	171	1,739	55.10	8.22	$23,710
Jan 2007	0	1,972	50.30	6.73	$13,265
Dec 2006	159	2,010	56.65	6.92	$22,913
Nov 2006	0	1,771	54.20	7.62	$13,491
Oct 2006	0	884	54.90	6.01	$5,316
Sep 2006	161	1,725	60.08	5.04	$18,362
Aug 2006	0	1,351	68.71	7.34	$9,916
Jul 2006	172	2,063	69.37	6.34	$25,017
Jun 2006	0	2,292	66.28	6.38	$14,632
May 2006	159	1,795	66.01	6.42	$22,028
Apr 2006	0	1,604	64.39	7.36	$11,806
Mar 2006	162	2,101	56.70	7.08	$24,067
Feb 2006	0	2,139	57.59	7.75	$16,580
Jan 2006	161	2,483	60.59	8.93	$31,936
Dec 2005	166	2,674	54.94	13.42	$44,993
Nov 2005	162	2,865	54.69	10.59	$39,196
Oct 2005	0	2,484	58.34	13.80	$34,269
Sep 2005	157	2,507	61.45	12.08	$39,930
Aug 2005	0	2,517	61.51	9.80	$24,659
Jul 2005	0	1,423	55.69	7.84	$11,162
Jun 2005	147	2,130	52.33	7.38	$23,414
May 2005	163	2,259	45.22	6.65	$22,396
Apr 2005	0	1,982	49.20	7.36	$14,588
Mar 2005	173	2,175	50.37	7.15	$24,276
Feb 2005	0	3,059	45.22	6.31	$19,308
Jan 2005	165	2,329	43.16	6.32	$21,846
Dec 2004	171	1,643	39.86	6.75	$17,908
Nov 2004	0	3,665	45.28	6.33	$23,201
Oct 2004	162	3,950	49.70	6.52	$33,786
Sep 2004	326	3,178	43.24	5.28	$30,888
Aug 2004	0	4,288	42.37	5.55	$23,801
Jul 2004	163	4,802	38.28	6.08	$35,456
Jun 2004	162	4,387	36.10	6.43	$34,070
May 2004	165	4,553	37.48	6.49	$35,754
Apr 2004	163	4,324	34.47	5.86	$30,951
Mar 2004	161	4,822	34.36	5.53	$32,198
Feb 2004	160	3,578	32.45	5.51	$24,905
Jan 2004	0	4,495	32.03	6.30	$28,317
Dec 2003	157	4,010	30.26	6.30	$30,020
Nov 2003	158	4,144	28.80	4.60	$23,593
Oct 2003	0	4,177	28.17	4.76	$19,881
Sep 2003	161	3,836	26.31	4.75	$22,454
Aug 2003	0	3,040	29.76	5.13	$15,594
Jul 2003	172	169	29.41	5.17	$5,932
Jun 2003	0	251	28.56	5.98	$1,502
May 2003	0	271	26.59	5.97	$1,619
Apr 2003	164	248	26.67	5.41	$5,715
Mar 2003	0	266	31.14	6.10	$1,622
Feb 2003	159	256	33.48	7.93	$7,352
Jan 2003	0	302	30.31	5.58	$1,686
Dec 2002	165	312	26.91	4.85	$5,955
Nov 2002	0	302	24.66	4.14	$1,249
Oct 2002	169	302	26.46	4.23	$5,749
Sep 2002	0	267	27.44	3.64	$971
Aug 2002	0	312	25.96	3.16	$987
Jul 2002	142	272	24.58	3.06	$4,323
Jun 2002	163	0	23.73	3.34	$3,868
May 2002	0	0	24.66	3.58	$0
Apr 2002	167	0	23.65	3.51	$3,950
Mar 2002	0	0	22.00	3.10	$0
Feb 2002	158	0	18.22	2.38	$2,879
Jan 2002	0	0	17.17	2.38	$0
Dec 2001	166	0	16.93	2.36	$2,810
Nov 2001	0	0	18.07	2.41	$0
Oct 2001	158	0	19.78	2.53	$3,125
Sep 2001	0	0	24.26	2.25	$0
Aug 2001	163	0	24.87	3.05	$4,054
Jul 2001	0	0	23.93	3.20	$0
Jun 2001	175	0	24.56	3.82	$4,298
May 2001	166	0	25.52	4.31	$4,236
Apr 2001	0	0	24.68	5.34	$0
Mar 2001	0	0	24.54	5.38	$0
Feb 2001	166	0	27.75	5.77	$4,607
Jan 2001	0	0	27.47	8.40	$0
Dec 2000	178	0	26.88	9.12	$4,785
Nov 2000	0	0	32.21	5.66	$0
Oct 2000	172	0	31.23	5.15	$5,372
Sep 2000	0	0	31.87	5.19	$0
Aug 2000	177	0	29.64	4.54	$5,246
Jul 2000	170	1,515	28.53	4.09	$11,046
Jun 2000	160	1,050	29.30	4.40	$9,305
May 2000	96	0	27.26	3.68	$2,617
Apr 2000	0	0	24.51	3.12	$0
Mar 2000	338	0	28.42	2.86	$9,606
Feb 2000	0	0	27.62	2.73	$0
Jan 2000	0	0	25.27	2.48	$0
Dec 1999	0	0	24.28	2.42	$0
Nov 1999	336	0	23.19	2.43	$7,792
Oct 1999	0	0	20.98	2.80	$0
Sep 1999	0	0	21.75	2.62	$0
Aug 1999	177	0	19.26	2.88	$3,409
Jul 1999	0	0	17.89	2.37	$0
Jun 1999	0	0	15.94	2.36	$0
May 1999	0	0	15.79	2.32	$0
Apr 1999	359	0	15.10	2.21	$5,421
Mar 1999	0	1,666	12.47	1.84	$3,063
Feb 1999	0	1,867	9.98	1.82	$3,394
Jan 1999	0	1,896	10.38	1.90	$3,602
Dec 1998	0	1,690	9.20	1.77	$2,997
Nov 1998	0	1,626	10.89	2.19	$3,554
Oct 1998	0	1,306	12.42	1.97	$2,572
Sep 1998	530	1,365	12.59	2.08	$9,515
Aug 1998	0	1,327	11.30	1.91	$2,531
Jul 1998	0	1,179	11.74	2.24	$2,638
Jun 1998	0	1,107	11.24	2.24	$2,477
May 1998	171	1,659	12.62	2.21	$5,818
Apr 1998	0	1,490	13.04	2.51	$3,733
Mar 1998	185	0	12.80	2.31	$2,368
Feb 1998	0	0	13.95	2.30	$0
Jan 1998	0	0	14.70	2.15	$0
Dec 1997	187	132	16.32	2.41	$3,370
Nov 1997	181	90	18.19	3.09	$3,570
Oct 1997	356	116	19.25	3.15	$7,218
Sep 1997	0	232	17.74	2.95	$686
Aug 1997	181	435	17.86	2.55	$4,344
Jul 1997	0	365	17.58	2.25	$820
Jun 1997	0	207	17.24	2.26	$467
May 1997	173	350	18.97	2.31	$4,090
Apr 1997	341	349	17.88	2.08	$6,824
Mar 1997	0	113	18.95	1.94	$219
Feb 1997	182	204	20.49	2.21	$4,179
Jan 1997	0	282	23.48	3.54	$998
Dec 1996	175	268	23.32	—	$4,081
Nov 1996	181	279	21.97	—	$3,977
Oct 1996	0	196	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	179	1,229	22.22	—	$3,977
Aug 1996	175	1,423	20.26	—	$3,546
Jul 1996	167	1,217	19.55	—	$3,265
Jun 1996	177	1,009	18.73	—	$3,315
May 1996	366	1,331	19.43	—	$7,111
Apr 1996	0	1,440	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	350	1,268	19.38	—	$6,783
Feb 1996	731	1,288	16.98	—	$12,412
Jan 1996	728	1,273	17.07	—	$12,427
Dec 1995	165	99	17.19	—	$2,836
Nov 1995	164	318	16.00	—	$2,624
Oct 1995	164	188	15.43	—	$2,531
Sep 1995	0	0	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	0	0	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	0	0	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	0	0	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	0	0	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	110	495	17.73	—	$1,950
Mar 1995	89	1,138	16.44	—	$1,463
Feb 1995	165	593	16.58	—	$2,736
Jan 1995	32	1,171	15.92	—	$509
Dec 1994	165	661	15.03	—	$2,480
Nov 1994	0	790	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	257	507	15.58	—	$4,004
Sep 1994	343	648	15.29	—	$5,244
Aug 1994	0	699	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	263	593	17.56	—	$4,618
Jun 1994	0	878	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	90	674	15.88	—	$1,429
Apr 1994	60	375	14.14	—	$848
Mar 1994	162	707	12.46	—	$2,019
Feb 1994	311	514	12.50	—	$3,888
Jan 1994	250	972	12.66	—	$3,165
Dec 1993	272	642	12.33	—	$3,354
Nov 1993	244	493	14.49	—	$3,536
Oct 1993	169	588	15.85	—	$2,679
Sep 1993	483	1,715	15.03	—	$7,259
Aug 1993	268	3,548	15.66	—	$4,197
Jul 1993	597	3,137	15.46	—	$9,230
Jun 1993	151	2,286	16.79	—	$2,535
May 1993	66	2,317	17.68	—	$1,167
Apr 1993	41	1,230	18.05	—	$740
Mar 1993	61	2,418	18.14	—	$1,107
Feb 1993	353	3,073	17.90	—	$6,319
Jan 1993	444	3,241	16.93	—	$7,517

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 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  159 bbl  × $110.31 =    $17,539
Casinghead gas       806 Mcf  × $ 10.45 =     $8,427

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Month total                                  $25,966

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/30946 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.