MID SHOT

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

Operated by REEF EXPLORATION, L.P. (P-5 697952) in the MATTHEWS (LOWER CHERRY CANYON) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 31526District 08Field 58327500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$564 k

Jan 1993 – Mar 2008

Value, last 12 filed months

$17 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

183

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The MATTHEWS (LOWER CHERRY CANYON) 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 19 leases and 35 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1984-05-18

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

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 1999-04-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “OPTIONAL ACRES 20, 1500 DIAG.”

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	24,577 bbl	$478,658
Casinghead gas	Production	46,440 Mcf	$85,701
Total			$564,359

27,315 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 41 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 31.8557, -103.9196. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.85568, -103.91962 · 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

4,630 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

34.5 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 4,630 ft.

Completions filed

Nov 1987

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

May 2022

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 34.5 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 34.5 years and 34.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-38931818	1	4,630 ft	Nov 1987	May 2022	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	29	100	75.84	6.24	$2,824
Aug 2007	21	132	69.06	6.39	$2,293
Jul 2007	31	154	70.90	6.39	$3,182
Jun 2007	18	183	62.00	7.55	$2,497
May 2007	32	168	58.74	7.85	$3,198
Apr 2007	29	182	59.61	7.81	$3,149
Mar 2007	17	155	56.92	7.30	$2,099
Feb 2007	29	182	55.10	8.22	$3,093
Jan 2007	30	115	50.30	6.73	$2,283
Dec 2006	26	158	56.65	6.92	$2,566
Nov 2006	25	146	54.20	7.62	$2,467
Oct 2006	33	166	54.90	6.01	$2,810
Sep 2006	27	145	60.08	5.04	$2,353
Aug 2006	32	149	68.71	7.34	$3,292
Jul 2006	26	153	69.37	6.34	$2,774
Jun 2006	31	144	66.28	6.38	$2,974
May 2006	23	159	66.01	6.42	$2,540
Apr 2006	32	159	64.39	7.36	$3,231
Mar 2006	23	181	56.70	7.08	$2,586
Feb 2006	35	160	57.59	7.75	$3,256
Jan 2006	30	161	60.59	8.93	$3,256
Dec 2005	23	144	54.94	13.42	$3,195
Nov 2005	29	156	54.69	10.59	$3,238
Oct 2005	29	175	58.34	13.80	$4,106
Sep 2005	29	191	61.45	12.08	$4,089
Aug 2005	32	168	61.51	9.80	$3,614
Jul 2005	21	117	55.69	7.84	$2,087
Jun 2005	29	127	52.33	7.38	$2,455
May 2005	27	86	45.22	6.65	$1,793
Apr 2005	35	70	49.20	7.36	$2,237
Mar 2005	38	67	50.37	7.15	$2,393
Feb 2005	27	48	45.22	6.31	$1,524
Jan 2005	7	56	43.16	6.32	$656
Dec 2004	79	138	39.86	6.75	$4,081
Nov 2004	39	74	45.28	6.33	$2,234
Oct 2004	58	134	49.70	6.52	$3,756
Sep 2004	54	108	43.24	5.28	$2,906
Aug 2004	53	138	42.37	5.55	$3,012
Jul 2004	71	130	38.28	6.08	$3,509
Jun 2004	56	126	36.10	6.43	$2,832
May 2004	77	148	37.48	6.49	$3,847
Apr 2004	54	137	34.47	5.86	$2,664
Mar 2004	66	144	34.36	5.53	$3,064
Feb 2004	68	138	32.45	5.51	$2,967
Jan 2004	54	155	32.03	6.30	$2,706
Dec 2003	86	165	30.26	6.30	$3,642
Nov 2003	70	166	28.80	4.60	$2,779
Oct 2003	72	190	28.17	4.76	$2,933
Sep 2003	72	179	26.31	4.75	$2,744
Aug 2003	72	211	29.76	5.13	$3,225
Jul 2003	86	216	29.41	5.17	$3,646
Jun 2003	86	214	28.56	5.98	$3,737
May 2003	63	154	26.59	5.97	$2,595
Apr 2003	52	149	26.67	5.41	$2,193
Mar 2003	56	155	31.14	6.10	$2,689
Feb 2003	60	140	33.48	7.93	$3,118
Jan 2003	55	155	30.31	5.58	$2,532
Dec 2002	75	155	26.91	4.85	$2,771
Nov 2002	0	150	24.66	4.14	$621
Oct 2002	50	85	26.46	4.23	$1,682
Sep 2002	51	84	27.44	3.64	$1,705
Aug 2002	51	0	25.96	3.16	$1,324
Jul 2002	100	0	24.58	3.06	$2,458
Jun 2002	100	0	23.73	3.34	$2,373
May 2002	100	0	24.66	3.58	$2,466
Apr 2002	150	0	23.65	3.51	$3,548
Mar 2002	96	0	22.00	3.10	$2,112
Feb 2002	97	0	18.22	2.38	$1,767
Jan 2002	102	0	17.17	2.38	$1,751
Dec 2001	101	0	16.93	2.36	$1,710
Nov 2001	153	0	18.07	2.41	$2,765
Oct 2001	101	0	19.78	2.53	$1,998
Sep 2001	100	0	24.26	2.25	$2,426
Aug 2001	150	0	24.87	3.05	$3,731
Jul 2001	49	0	23.93	3.20	$1,173
Jun 2001	106	0	24.56	3.82	$2,603
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	0	0	26.88	9.12	$0
Nov 2000	0	0	32.21	5.66	$0
Oct 2000	0	0	31.23	5.15	$0
Sep 2000	0	0	31.87	5.19	$0
Aug 2000	0	0	29.64	4.54	$0
Jul 2000	0	0	28.53	4.09	$0
Jun 2000	0	0	29.30	4.40	$0
May 2000	0	0	27.26	3.68	$0
Apr 2000	0	0	24.51	3.12	$0
Mar 2000	0	0	28.42	2.86	$0
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	0	0	23.19	2.43	$0
Oct 1999	0	0	20.98	2.80	$0
Sep 1999	0	0	21.75	2.62	$0
Aug 1999	0	0	19.26	2.88	$0
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	0	0	15.10	2.21	$0
Mar 1999	0	0	12.47	1.84	$0
Feb 1999	0	0	9.98	1.82	$0
Jan 1999	0	0	10.38	1.90	$0
Dec 1998	0	0	9.20	1.77	$0
Nov 1998	0	0	10.89	2.19	$0
Oct 1998	0	0	12.42	1.97	$0
Sep 1998	156	0	12.59	2.08	$1,964
Aug 1998	512	349	11.30	1.91	$6,451
Jul 1998	180	608	11.74	2.24	$3,473
Jun 1998	0	0	11.24	2.24	$0
May 1998	348	694	12.62	2.21	$5,923
Apr 1998	358	919	13.04	2.51	$6,971
Mar 1998	0	0	12.80	2.31	$0
Feb 1998	351	707	13.95	2.30	$6,522
Jan 1998	710	806	14.70	2.15	$12,174
Dec 1997	352	0	16.32	2.41	$5,745
Nov 1997	0	0	18.19	3.09	$0
Oct 1997	542	740	19.25	3.15	$12,764
Sep 1997	528	813	17.74	2.95	$11,769
Aug 1997	0	422	17.86	2.55	$1,078
Jul 1997	536	422	17.58	2.25	$10,371
Jun 1997	174	422	17.24	2.26	$3,952
May 1997	0	0	18.97	2.31	$0
Apr 1997	450	750	17.88	2.08	$9,608
Mar 1997	400	790	18.95	1.94	$9,112
Feb 1997	634	981	20.49	2.21	$15,155
Jan 1997	472	907	23.48	3.54	$14,293
Dec 1996	507	678	23.32	—	$11,823
Nov 1996	441	507	21.97	—	$9,689
Oct 1996	0	0	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	109	214	22.22	—	$2,422
Aug 1996	12	92	20.26	—	$243
Jul 1996	19	17	19.55	—	$371
Jun 1996	27	169	18.73	—	$506
May 1996	105	304	19.43	—	$2,040
Apr 1996	69	247	21.51	—	$1,484
Mar 1996	34	610	19.38	—	$659
Feb 1996	301	270	16.98	—	$5,111
Jan 1996	220	210	17.07	—	$3,755
Dec 1995	254	373	17.19	—	$4,366
Nov 1995	277	332	16.00	—	$4,432
Oct 1995	278	439	15.43	—	$4,290
Sep 1995	154	490	16.18	—	$2,492
Aug 1995	119	144	15.92	—	$1,894
Jul 1995	0	0	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	0	0	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	0	0	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	0	0	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	0	0	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	14	0	16.58	—	$232
Jan 1995	145	1	15.92	—	$2,308
Dec 1994	129	1	15.03	—	$1,939
Nov 1994	0	1	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	0	134	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	0	460	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	237	761	16.13	—	$3,823
Jul 1994	291	1,078	17.56	—	$5,110
Jun 1994	545	1,229	17.09	—	$9,314
May 1994	381	1,014	15.88	—	$6,050
Apr 1994	559	1,337	14.14	—	$7,904
Mar 1994	586	1,587	12.46	—	$7,302
Feb 1994	324	902	12.50	—	$4,050
Jan 1994	562	1,415	12.66	—	$7,115
Dec 1993	550	1,242	12.33	—	$6,782
Nov 1993	554	1,242	14.49	—	$8,027
Oct 1993	692	1,273	15.85	—	$10,968
Sep 1993	756	1,333	15.03	—	$11,363
Aug 1993	560	1,071	15.66	—	$8,770
Jul 1993	833	1,660	15.46	—	$12,878
Jun 1993	732	890	16.79	—	$12,290
May 1993	530	805	17.68	—	$9,370
Apr 1993	279	572	18.05	—	$5,036
Mar 1993	563	949	18.14	—	$10,213
Feb 1993	374	480	17.90	—	$6,695
Jan 1993	556	782	16.93	—	$9,413

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.

Sep 2007 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   29 bbl  × $ 75.84 =     $2,199
Casinghead gas       100 Mcf  × $  6.24 =       $624

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Month total                                   $2,824

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/31526 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.