RATLIFF RANCH -B-

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

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

Oil lease lease 33985District 08Field 39971500Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.1 M

Sep 1993 – Mar 2008

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

175

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The HEADLEE, N. (DEVONIAN) 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 35 leases and 73 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1956-04-04

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 1957-07-19.

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: “FIRST GAS WELL IN AN OIL 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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	27,474 bbl	$560,326
Casinghead gas	Production	252,232 Mcf	$545,730
Total			$1,106,056

106,404 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 39 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 31.9348, -102.3437. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.93476, -102.34373 · 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

12,888 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

13.7 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 12,888 ft.

Completions filed

Dec 2006

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Aug 2020

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 13.7 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 13.7 years and 13.7 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-13536740	1043	12,888 ft	Dec 2006	Aug 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 (175)

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

175 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	181	0	50.30	6.73	$9,104
Dec 2006	177	0	56.65	6.92	$10,027
Nov 2006	0	229	54.20	7.62	$1,744
Oct 2006	0	89	54.90	6.01	$535
Sep 2006	0	1	60.08	5.04	$5
Aug 2006	0	264	68.71	7.34	$1,938
Jul 2006	0	368	69.37	6.34	$2,334
Jun 2006	0	757	66.28	6.38	$4,833
May 2006	0	905	66.01	6.42	$5,815
Apr 2006	1	548	64.39	7.36	$4,098
Mar 2006	134	171	56.70	7.08	$8,809
Feb 2006	0	0	57.59	7.75	$0
Jan 2006	0	0	60.59	8.93	$0
Dec 2005	0	134	54.94	13.42	$1,798
Nov 2005	0	273	54.69	10.59	$2,891
Oct 2005	0	158	58.34	13.80	$2,180
Sep 2005	0	43	61.45	12.08	$519
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	1	50.37	7.15	$7
Feb 2005	183	1,035	45.22	6.31	$14,808
Jan 2005	0	1,420	43.16	6.32	$8,978
Dec 2004	182	1,394	39.86	6.75	$16,666
Nov 2004	1	1,276	45.28	6.33	$8,123
Oct 2004	182	1,397	49.70	6.52	$18,147
Sep 2004	182	1,265	43.24	5.28	$14,554
Aug 2004	0	1,498	42.37	5.55	$8,315
Jul 2004	177	1,493	38.28	6.08	$15,859
Jun 2004	175	1,505	36.10	6.43	$15,999
May 2004	0	1,414	37.48	6.49	$9,183
Apr 2004	185	1,276	34.47	5.86	$13,852
Mar 2004	179	1,228	34.36	5.53	$12,941
Feb 2004	180	1,196	32.45	5.51	$12,431
Jan 2004	0	1,437	32.03	6.30	$9,053
Dec 2003	189	1,433	30.26	6.30	$14,749
Nov 2003	178	1,408	28.80	4.60	$11,596
Oct 2003	0	1,449	28.17	4.76	$6,897
Sep 2003	273	1,424	26.31	4.75	$13,946
Aug 2003	0	1,497	29.76	5.13	$7,679
Jul 2003	183	1,557	29.41	5.17	$13,433
Jun 2003	180	1,485	28.56	5.98	$14,026
May 2003	189	1,550	26.59	5.97	$14,283
Apr 2003	180	1,471	26.67	5.41	$12,755
Mar 2003	188	1,464	31.14	6.10	$14,779
Feb 2003	182	1,397	33.48	7.93	$17,166
Jan 2003	0	1,334	30.31	5.58	$7,446
Dec 2002	186	1,295	26.91	4.85	$11,291
Nov 2002	187	1,350	24.66	4.14	$10,196
Oct 2002	182	1,418	26.46	4.23	$10,813
Sep 2002	179	1,445	27.44	3.64	$10,165
Aug 2002	186	1,185	25.96	3.16	$8,578
Jul 2002	176	1,173	24.58	3.06	$7,918
Jun 2002	0	1,520	23.73	3.34	$5,074
May 2002	354	1,641	24.66	3.58	$14,611
Apr 2002	179	2,048	23.65	3.51	$11,427
Mar 2002	186	2,177	22.00	3.10	$10,847
Feb 2002	400	1,643	18.22	2.38	$11,191
Jan 2002	173	956	17.17	2.38	$5,242
Dec 2001	167	1,375	16.93	2.36	$6,078
Nov 2001	354	1,171	18.07	2.41	$9,214
Oct 2001	183	1,384	19.78	2.53	$7,120
Sep 2001	177	934	24.26	2.25	$6,397
Aug 2001	0	588	24.87	3.05	$1,795
Jul 2001	0	114	23.93	3.20	$364
Jun 2001	0	175	24.56	3.82	$669
May 2001	0	200	25.52	4.31	$861
Apr 2001	0	421	24.68	5.34	$2,246
Mar 2001	183	885	24.54	5.38	$9,249
Feb 2001	0	1,131	27.75	5.77	$6,523
Jan 2001	183	1,017	27.47	8.40	$13,569
Dec 2000	183	1,547	26.88	9.12	$19,032
Nov 2000	178	0	32.21	5.66	$5,733
Oct 2000	179	1,976	31.23	5.15	$15,758
Sep 2000	328	0	31.87	5.19	$10,453
Aug 2000	353	2,501	29.64	4.54	$21,819
Jul 2000	184	1,595	28.53	4.09	$11,773
Jun 2000	182	1,549	29.30	4.40	$12,144
May 2000	366	1,166	27.26	3.68	$14,268
Apr 2000	0	955	24.51	3.12	$2,976
Mar 2000	0	142	28.42	2.86	$406
Feb 2000	0	238	27.62	2.73	$649
Jan 2000	0	0	25.27	2.48	$0
Dec 1999	0	178	24.28	2.42	$431
Nov 1999	0	232	23.19	2.43	$565
Oct 1999	0	314	20.98	2.80	$880
Sep 1999	0	381	21.75	2.62	$998
Aug 1999	0	415	19.26	2.88	$1,193
Jul 1999	0	425	17.89	2.37	$1,008
Jun 1999	188	905	15.94	2.36	$5,134
May 1999	0	3,380	15.79	2.32	$7,845
Apr 1999	0	1,464	15.10	2.21	$3,233
Mar 1999	370	17,210	12.47	1.84	$36,252
Feb 1999	196	1,589	9.98	1.82	$4,845
Jan 1999	19	2,517	10.38	1.90	$4,979
Dec 1998	0	1,377	9.20	1.77	$2,442
Nov 1998	466	2,477	10.89	2.19	$10,489
Oct 1998	184	1,685	12.42	1.97	$5,603
Sep 1998	445	1,732	12.59	2.08	$9,210
Aug 1998	0	1,932	11.30	1.91	$3,685
Jul 1998	225	2,149	11.74	2.24	$7,449
Jun 1998	226	0	11.24	2.24	$2,540
May 1998	451	2,527	12.62	2.21	$11,267
Apr 1998	209	2,369	13.04	2.51	$8,660
Mar 1998	133	290	12.80	2.31	$2,372
Feb 1998	0	361	13.95	2.30	$830
Jan 1998	0	653	14.70	2.15	$1,407
Dec 1997	0	898	16.32	2.41	$2,165
Nov 1997	0	1,019	18.19	3.09	$3,147
Oct 1997	0	960	19.25	3.15	$3,024
Sep 1997	190	1,767	17.74	2.95	$8,592
Aug 1997	194	2,452	17.86	2.55	$9,729
Jul 1997	0	1,681	17.58	2.25	$3,777
Jun 1997	189	1,966	17.24	2.26	$7,696
May 1997	191	2,121	18.97	2.31	$8,520
Apr 1997	191	2,211	17.88	2.08	$8,020
Mar 1997	198	1,414	18.95	1.94	$6,494
Feb 1997	189	1,603	20.49	2.21	$7,409
Jan 1997	0	2,015	23.48	3.54	$7,133
Dec 1996	193	1,759	23.32	—	$4,501
Nov 1996	201	1,903	21.97	—	$4,416
Oct 1996	202	2,256	23.31	—	$4,709
Sep 1996	201	2,158	22.22	—	$4,466
Aug 1996	196	2,339	20.26	—	$3,971
Jul 1996	190	2,359	19.55	—	$3,715
Jun 1996	186	2,287	18.73	—	$3,484
May 1996	197	2,433	19.43	—	$3,828
Apr 1996	194	2,231	21.51	—	$4,173
Mar 1996	188	2,436	19.38	—	$3,643
Feb 1996	197	2,048	16.98	—	$3,345
Jan 1996	202	2,308	17.07	—	$3,448
Dec 1995	196	2,279	17.19	—	$3,369
Nov 1995	184	2,440	16.00	—	$2,944
Oct 1995	366	2,581	15.43	—	$5,647
Sep 1995	197	2,601	16.18	—	$3,187
Aug 1995	199	3,003	15.92	—	$3,168
Jul 1995	183	3,189	15.24	—	$2,789
Jun 1995	197	3,192	16.41	—	$3,233
May 1995	380	3,336	17.56	—	$6,673
Apr 1995	187	3,161	17.73	—	$3,316
Mar 1995	371	3,418	16.44	—	$6,099
Feb 1995	186	3,221	16.58	—	$3,084
Jan 1995	543	1	15.92	—	$8,645
Dec 1994	186	1	15.03	—	$2,796
Nov 1994	571	2,667	15.90	—	$9,079
Oct 1994	402	2,287	15.58	—	$6,263
Sep 1994	184	1	15.29	—	$2,813
Aug 1994	0	1,385	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	543	3,841	17.56	—	$9,535
Jun 1994	186	4,275	17.09	—	$3,179
May 1994	547	4,358	15.88	—	$8,686
Apr 1994	731	3,373	14.14	—	$10,336
Mar 1994	445	3,209	12.46	—	$5,545
Feb 1994	203	3,015	12.50	—	$2,538
Jan 1994	391	2,523	12.66	—	$4,950
Dec 1993	980	5,047	12.33	—	$12,083
Nov 1993	2,666	7,196	14.49	—	$38,630
Oct 1993	0	4,287	15.85	—	$0
Sep 1993	0	0	15.03	—	$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.

Jan 2007 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  181 bbl  × $ 50.30 =     $9,104
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  6.73 =         $0

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Month total                                   $9,104

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/33985 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.