HARDCASTLE

Name: HARDCASTLE lease production and value, Dec 1996 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by NORDSTRAND ENGINEERING, INC. (P-5 612858) in the WESTBROOK field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 35242District 08Field 96563001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$706 k

Dec 1996 – May 2014

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

210

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The WESTBROOK 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 103 leases and 2,419 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1921-12-31

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

933 ft

minimum

From a lease line

330 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 10 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: “OF ALL NECESSARY FORMS AND FEES STILL REQUIRED,EFFECTIVE 6/27/11”

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	18,665 bbl	$706,318
Casinghead gas	Production	1 Mcf	$3
Total			$706,321

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 32.3831, -101.0070. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.38308, -101.00700 · 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

3,530 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

39.5 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 3,530 ft.

Completions filed

Jan 1974

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Jul 2013

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 39.5 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 39.5 years and 39.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-33530259	1	3,530 ft	Jan 1974	Jul 2013	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 (210)

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

210 months


May 2014	0	0	94.73	4.73	$0
Apr 2014	0	0	95.94	4.81	$0
Mar 2014	0	0	95.89	5.06	$0
Feb 2014	0	0	97.40	6.19	$0
Jan 2014	0	0	90.40	4.86	$0
Dec 2013	0	0	91.82	4.35	$0
Nov 2013	0	0	88.85	3.74	$0
Oct 2013	0	0	97.42	3.78	$0
Sep 2013	0	0	104.11	3.72	$0
Aug 2013	0	0	104.25	3.52	$0
Jul 2013	0	0	102.52	3.72	$0
Jun 2013	0	0	94.40	3.93	$0
May 2013	0	0	94.83	4.15	$0
Apr 2013	0	0	93.96	4.28	$0
Mar 2013	0	0	93.62	3.91	$0
Feb 2013	0	0	91.23	3.42	$0
Jan 2013	0	0	91.60	3.42	$0
Dec 2012	0	0	86.77	3.42	$0
Nov 2012	0	0	86.95	3.62	$0
Oct 2012	0	0	89.38	3.40	$0
Sep 2012	0	0	94.67	2.92	$0
Aug 2012	0	0	92.66	2.91	$0
Jul 2012	0	0	85.13	3.02	$0
Jun 2012	0	0	79.82	2.52	$0
May 2012	0	0	91.61	2.49	$0
Apr 2012	0	0	101.65	2.00	$0
Mar 2012	0	0	105.05	2.22	$0
Feb 2012	0	0	101.10	2.57	$0
Jan 2012	0	0	98.09	2.73	$0
Dec 2011	0	0	96.87	3.24	$0
Nov 2011	0	0	95.72	3.31	$0
Oct 2011	0	0	84.98	3.65	$0
Sep 2011	0	0	83.62	3.99	$0
Aug 2011	0	0	83.40	4.15	$0
Jul 2011	0	0	94.14	4.52	$0
Jun 2011	0	0	92.90	4.64	$0
May 2011	0	0	98.13	4.40	$0
Apr 2011	0	0	105.96	4.33	$0
Mar 2011	0	0	96.36	4.06	$0
Feb 2011	0	0	85.64	4.18	$0
Jan 2011	0	0	86.50	4.59	$0
Dec 2010	0	0	85.73	4.35	$0
Nov 2010	55	0	80.84	3.80	$4,446
Oct 2010	0	0	78.10	3.51	$0
Sep 2010	0	0	72.63	3.98	$0
Aug 2010	0	0	73.68	4.42	$0
Jul 2010	0	0	72.55	4.74	$0
Jun 2010	0	0	70.36	4.91	$0
May 2010	0	0	71.12	4.24	$0
Apr 2010	0	0	81.69	4.12	$0
Mar 2010	0	0	78.39	4.39	$0
Feb 2010	0	0	73.58	5.44	$0
Jan 2010	0	0	74.36	5.96	$0
Dec 2009	0	0	71.44	5.48	$0
Nov 2009	0	0	74.59	3.75	$0
Oct 2009	0	0	72.54	4.11	$0
Sep 2009	0	0	65.54	3.06	$0
Aug 2009	0	0	67.42	3.22	$0
Jul 2009	0	0	61.13	3.46	$0
Jun 2009	0	0	66.16	3.90	$0
May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	158	0	46.77	3.59	$7,390
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	2	0	55.49	6.86	$111
Oct 2008	176	0	75.24	6.92	$13,242
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	168	0	123.17	11.57	$20,693
Apr 2008	0	0	110.31	10.45	$0
Mar 2008	168	0	101.90	9.66	$17,119
Feb 2008	0	0	92.53	8.77	$0
Jan 2008	176	0	90.38	8.21	$15,907
Dec 2007	4	0	88.33	7.30	$353
Nov 2007	170	0	91.67	7.29	$15,584
Oct 2007	0	0	82.85	6.92	$0
Sep 2007	168	0	75.84	6.24	$12,741
Aug 2007	175	0	69.06	6.39	$12,086
Jul 2007	1	0	70.90	6.39	$71
Jun 2007	169	0	62.00	7.55	$10,478
May 2007	159	0	58.74	7.85	$9,340
Apr 2007	0	0	59.61	7.81	$0
Mar 2007	169	0	56.92	7.30	$9,619
Feb 2007	0	0	55.10	8.22	$0
Jan 2007	170	0	50.30	6.73	$8,551
Dec 2006	167	0	56.65	6.92	$9,461
Nov 2006	177	0	54.20	7.62	$9,593
Oct 2006	0	0	54.90	6.01	$0
Sep 2006	156	0	60.08	5.04	$9,372
Aug 2006	165	0	68.71	7.34	$11,337
Jul 2006	0	0	69.37	6.34	$0
Jun 2006	295	0	66.28	6.38	$19,553
May 2006	0	0	66.01	6.42	$0
Apr 2006	165	0	64.39	7.36	$10,624
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	166	0	57.59	7.75	$9,560
Jan 2006	169	0	60.59	8.93	$10,240
Dec 2005	170	0	54.94	13.42	$9,340
Nov 2005	171	0	54.69	10.59	$9,352
Oct 2005	179	0	58.34	13.80	$10,443
Sep 2005	188	0	61.45	12.08	$11,553
Aug 2005	192	0	61.51	9.80	$11,810
Jul 2005	0	0	55.69	7.84	$0
Jun 2005	312	0	52.33	7.38	$16,327
May 2005	175	0	45.22	6.65	$7,914
Apr 2005	170	0	49.20	7.36	$8,364
Mar 2005	173	0	50.37	7.15	$8,714
Feb 2005	173	0	45.22	6.31	$7,823
Jan 2005	170	0	43.16	6.32	$7,337
Dec 2004	173	0	39.86	6.75	$6,896
Nov 2004	175	0	45.28	6.33	$7,924
Oct 2004	171	0	49.70	6.52	$8,499
Sep 2004	173	0	43.24	5.28	$7,481
Aug 2004	337	0	42.37	5.55	$14,279
Jul 2004	168	0	38.28	6.08	$6,431
Jun 2004	159	0	36.10	6.43	$5,740
May 2004	360	0	37.48	6.49	$13,493
Apr 2004	171	0	34.47	5.86	$5,894
Mar 2004	180	0	34.36	5.53	$6,185
Feb 2004	172	0	32.45	5.51	$5,581
Jan 2004	360	0	32.03	6.30	$11,531
Dec 2003	335	0	30.26	6.30	$10,137
Nov 2003	176	0	28.80	4.60	$5,069
Oct 2003	167	0	28.17	4.76	$4,704
Sep 2003	336	0	26.31	4.75	$8,840
Aug 2003	162	0	29.76	5.13	$4,821
Jul 2003	347	0	29.41	5.17	$10,205
Jun 2003	171	0	28.56	5.98	$4,884
May 2003	339	0	26.59	5.97	$9,014
Apr 2003	316	0	26.67	5.41	$8,428
Mar 2003	316	0	31.14	6.10	$9,840
Feb 2003	197	0	33.48	7.93	$6,596
Jan 2003	401	0	30.31	5.58	$12,154
Dec 2002	201	0	26.91	4.85	$5,409
Nov 2002	201	0	24.66	4.14	$4,957
Oct 2002	370	0	26.46	4.23	$9,790
Sep 2002	401	0	27.44	3.64	$11,003
Aug 2002	197	0	25.96	3.16	$5,114
Jul 2002	197	0	24.58	3.06	$4,842
Jun 2002	0	0	23.73	3.34	$0
May 2002	195	0	24.66	3.58	$4,809
Apr 2002	1	0	23.65	3.51	$24
Mar 2002	184	0	22.00	3.10	$4,048
Feb 2002	0	0	18.22	2.38	$0
Jan 2002	151	0	17.17	2.38	$2,593
Dec 2001	85	0	16.93	2.36	$1,439
Nov 2001	0	0	18.07	2.41	$0
Oct 2001	117	0	19.78	2.53	$2,314
Sep 2001	95	0	24.26	2.25	$2,305
Aug 2001	193	0	24.87	3.05	$4,800
Jul 2001	0	0	23.93	3.20	$0
Jun 2001	99	0	24.56	3.82	$2,431
May 2001	195	0	25.52	4.31	$4,976
Apr 2001	0	0	24.68	5.34	$0
Mar 2001	85	0	24.54	5.38	$2,086
Feb 2001	131	0	27.75	5.77	$3,635
Jan 2001	141	0	27.47	8.40	$3,873
Dec 2000	0	0	26.88	9.12	$0
Nov 2000	195	0	32.21	5.66	$6,281
Oct 2000	0	0	31.23	5.15	$0
Sep 2000	112	0	31.87	5.19	$3,569
Aug 2000	112	0	29.64	4.54	$3,320
Jul 2000	181	0	28.53	4.09	$5,164
Jun 2000	0	0	29.30	4.40	$0
May 2000	68	0	27.26	3.68	$1,854
Apr 2000	193	0	24.51	3.12	$4,730
Mar 2000	0	0	28.42	2.86	$0
Feb 2000	179	0	27.62	2.73	$4,944
Jan 2000	0	0	25.27	2.48	$0
Dec 1999	228	0	24.28	2.42	$5,536
Nov 1999	0	0	23.19	2.43	$0
Oct 1999	195	0	20.98	2.80	$4,091
Sep 1999	0	0	21.75	2.62	$0
Aug 1999	190	0	19.26	2.88	$3,659
Jul 1999	0	0	17.89	2.37	$0
Jun 1999	167	0	15.94	2.36	$2,662
May 1999	160	0	15.79	2.32	$2,526
Apr 1999	198	0	15.10	2.21	$2,990
Mar 1999	195	0	12.47	1.84	$2,432
Feb 1999	0	0	9.98	1.82	$0
Jan 1999	197	0	10.38	1.90	$2,045
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	198	0	12.59	2.08	$2,493
Aug 1998	193	0	11.30	1.91	$2,181
Jul 1998	0	0	11.74	2.24	$0
Jun 1998	198	0	11.24	2.24	$2,226
May 1998	0	0	12.62	2.21	$0
Apr 1998	191	0	13.04	2.51	$2,491
Mar 1998	0	0	12.80	2.31	$0
Feb 1998	191	0	13.95	2.30	$2,664
Jan 1998	0	0	14.70	2.15	$0
Dec 1997	199	0	16.32	2.41	$3,248
Nov 1997	203	0	18.19	3.09	$3,693
Oct 1997	0	0	19.25	3.15	$0
Sep 1997	0	1	17.74	2.95	$3
Aug 1997	0	0	17.86	2.55	$0
Jul 1997	0	0	17.58	2.25	$0
Jun 1997	0	0	17.24	2.26	$0
May 1997	0	0	18.97	2.31	$0
Apr 1997	0	0	17.88	2.08	$0
Mar 1997	0	0	18.95	1.94	$0
Feb 1997	0	0	20.49	2.21	$0
Jan 1997	0	0	23.48	3.54	$0
Dec 1996	0	0	23.32	—	$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.

Nov 2010 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   55 bbl  × $ 80.84 =     $4,446
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.80 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $4,446

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/35242 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.