STEPHENS, MATT

Operated by SOCORRO EXPLORATION, INC. (P-5 800278) in the BREEDLOVE (SPRABERRY) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 34269District 08Field 11751200Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$177 k
Sep 1994 – Aug 2009
Value, last 12 filed months
$2 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
180
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 37 leases and 62 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1962-02-07
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
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 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: OP. 80 ACRE DIAG. 3250

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
OilDisposition8,645 bbl$175,377
Casinghead gasProduction1,082 Mcf$1,289
Total$176,666

696 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 28 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.

Every month this lease reported (180)

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

180 months

Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 200943054.743.93$2,354
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 2003101129.415.17$2,976
Jun 20030228.565.98$12
May 20030526.595.97$30
Apr 200374426.675.41$1,995
Mar 2003152531.146.10$4,764
Feb 2003183233.487.93$6,143
Jan 20030230.315.58$11
Dec 20020326.914.85$15
Nov 2002180524.664.14$4,459
Oct 20020326.464.23$13
Sep 20020527.443.64$18
Aug 2002180525.963.16$4,689
Jul 20020524.583.06$15
Jun 20020323.733.34$10
May 2002176324.663.58$4,351
Apr 20020623.653.51$21
Mar 2002158522.003.10$3,492
Feb 20020318.222.38$7
Jan 2002164317.172.38$2,823
Dec 2001129316.932.36$2,191
Nov 20010218.072.41$5
Oct 2001181619.782.53$3,595
Sep 20010524.262.25$11
Aug 2001181524.873.05$4,517
Jul 20010323.933.20$10
Jun 20010324.563.82$11
May 2001175425.524.31$4,483
Apr 20010524.685.34$27
Mar 2001184524.545.38$4,542
Feb 20010527.755.77$29
Jan 20010527.478.40$42
Dec 2000139626.889.12$3,791
Nov 20000532.215.66$28
Oct 2000159531.235.15$4,991
Sep 20000831.875.19$41
Aug 2000137529.644.54$4,083
Jul 20000428.534.09$16
Jun 2000166529.304.40$4,886
May 20000427.263.68$15
Apr 2000150524.513.12$3,692
Mar 20000328.422.86$9
Feb 20000527.622.73$14
Jan 2000153525.272.48$3,879
Dec 19990524.282.42$12
Nov 1999170623.192.43$3,957
Oct 1999180520.982.80$3,790
Sep 19990521.752.62$13
Aug 19990519.262.88$14
Jul 1999177517.892.37$3,178
Jun 19990515.942.36$12
May 1999171515.792.32$2,712
Apr 19990515.102.21$11
Mar 1999173412.471.84$2,165
Feb 1999039.981.82$5
Jan 19990510.381.90$10
Dec 1998059.201.77$9
Nov 1998162510.892.19$1,775
Oct 19980512.421.97$10
Sep 1998157512.592.08$1,987
Aug 19980511.301.91$10
Jul 1998171511.742.24$2,019
Jun 19980511.242.24$11
May 1998165512.622.21$2,093
Apr 19980513.042.51$13
Mar 1998180512.802.31$2,316
Feb 19980513.952.30$12
Jan 1998170514.702.15$2,510
Dec 19970516.322.41$12
Nov 1997172518.193.09$3,144
Oct 19970519.253.15$16
Sep 1997179517.742.95$3,190
Aug 1997177617.862.55$3,177
Jul 19970517.582.25$11
Jun 19970517.242.26$11
May 1997167518.972.31$3,180
Apr 199701017.882.08$21
Mar 19971771018.951.94$3,374
Feb 19970320.492.21$7
Jan 19971542323.483.54$3,697
Dec 19960223.32$0
Nov 1996115321.97$2,527
Oct 199602823.31$0
Sep 19961731722.22$3,844
Aug 19960220.26$0
Jul 19961712719.55$3,343
Jun 199601118.73$0
May 19961802719.43$3,497
Apr 199603021.51$0
Mar 19961821219.38$3,527
Feb 199601116.98$0
Jan 19961761417.07$3,004
Dec 199501417.19$0
Nov 19951801316.00$2,880
Oct 199501215.43$0
Sep 19951741016.18$2,815
Aug 199501615.92$0
Jul 19951751615.24$2,667
Jun 19950816.41$0
May 19951761717.56$3,091
Apr 199501917.73$0
Mar 19951803016.44$2,959
Feb 19951823216.58$3,018
Jan 199503615.92$0
Dec 19941836415.03$2,750
Nov 199406115.90$0
Oct 199433110715.58$5,157
Sep 199405715.29$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.

May 2009 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   43 bbl  × $ 54.74 =     $2,354
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.93 =         $0

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Month total                                   $2,354

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/34269 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.