POP-A-TOP

Name: POP-A-TOP lease production and value, Mar 1997 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by MIDLAND OIL AND GAS, INC. (P-5 565589) in the LUTHER, SE. (PENN CANYON) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 35278District 08Field 55822350OilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.4 M

Mar 1997 – Sep 2014

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

211

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The LUTHER, SE. (PENN 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 7 leases and 7 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1987-06-18

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 field rule took effect on 1988-04-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “OPTIONAL 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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	36,968 bbl	$1,179,608
Casinghead gas	Production	56,246 Mcf	$195,559
Total			$1,375,168

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 32.4873, -101.4728. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.48726, -101.47281 · 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

9,910 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

16.4 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 9,910 ft.

Completions filed

Mar 1997

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Aug 2013

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 16.4 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 16.4 years and 16.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-22735140	1	9,910 ft	Mar 1997	Aug 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 (211)

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

211 months


Sep 2014	0	0	86.16	4.05	$0
Aug 2014	0	0	89.39	4.04	$0
Jul 2014	0	0	96.56	4.18	$0
Jun 2014	0	0	98.16	4.74	$0
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	206	0	93.96	4.28	$19,356
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	291	0	86.77	3.42	$25,250
Nov 2012	165	0	86.95	3.62	$14,347
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	169	2	91.61	2.49	$15,487
Apr 2012	165	6	101.65	2.00	$16,784
Mar 2012	0	23	105.05	2.22	$51
Feb 2012	0	66	101.10	2.57	$170
Jan 2012	0	72	98.09	2.73	$197
Dec 2011	338	76	96.87	3.24	$32,988
Nov 2011	0	69	95.72	3.31	$228
Oct 2011	0	72	84.98	3.65	$263
Sep 2011	0	74	83.62	3.99	$295
Aug 2011	0	86	83.40	4.15	$357
Jul 2011	0	72	94.14	4.52	$325
Jun 2011	0	67	92.90	4.64	$311
May 2011	0	76	98.13	4.40	$335
Apr 2011	167	66	105.96	4.33	$17,981
Mar 2011	0	59	96.36	4.06	$239
Feb 2011	168	66	85.64	4.18	$14,663
Jan 2011	0	86	86.50	4.59	$395
Dec 2010	171	96	85.73	4.35	$15,077
Nov 2010	0	83	80.84	3.80	$315
Oct 2010	0	106	78.10	3.51	$372
Sep 2010	341	108	72.63	3.98	$25,197
Aug 2010	0	104	73.68	4.42	$460
Jul 2010	0	106	72.55	4.74	$502
Jun 2010	0	111	70.36	4.91	$545
May 2010	0	114	71.12	4.24	$483
Apr 2010	162	106	81.69	4.12	$13,671
Mar 2010	172	106	78.39	4.39	$13,948
Feb 2010	0	80	73.58	5.44	$435
Jan 2010	0	92	74.36	5.96	$549
Dec 2009	169	100	71.44	5.48	$12,622
Nov 2009	0	7	74.59	3.75	$26
Oct 2009	165	49	72.54	4.11	$12,171
Sep 2009	0	0	65.54	3.06	$0
Aug 2009	169	3	67.42	3.22	$11,404
Jul 2009	162	0	61.13	3.46	$9,903
Jun 2009	0	28	66.16	3.90	$109
May 2009	0	105	54.74	3.93	$412
Apr 2009	171	102	46.77	3.59	$8,364
Mar 2009	170	103	42.14	4.06	$7,582
Feb 2009	0	80	32.81	4.63	$371
Jan 2009	173	107	35.86	5.37	$6,778
Dec 2008	0	117	37.10	5.98	$699
Nov 2008	172	123	55.49	6.86	$10,388
Oct 2008	155	17	75.24	6.92	$11,780
Sep 2008	0	75	101.76	7.88	$591
Aug 2008	0	133	114.22	8.48	$1,128
Jul 2008	0	201	131.08	11.39	$2,289
Jun 2008	177	135	131.33	13.03	$25,005
May 2008	0	124	123.17	11.57	$1,435
Apr 2008	174	125	110.31	10.45	$20,501
Mar 2008	179	118	101.90	9.66	$19,380
Feb 2008	0	114	92.53	8.77	$1,000
Jan 2008	356	120	90.38	8.21	$33,160
Dec 2007	0	95	88.33	7.30	$694
Nov 2007	0	108	91.67	7.29	$788
Oct 2007	179	135	82.85	6.92	$15,765
Sep 2007	0	136	75.84	6.24	$849
Aug 2007	193	104	69.06	6.39	$13,993
Jul 2007	192	141	70.90	6.39	$14,514
Jun 2007	187	110	62.00	7.55	$12,424
May 2007	0	64	58.74	7.85	$502
Apr 2007	0	110	59.61	7.81	$859
Mar 2007	0	129	56.92	7.30	$942
Feb 2007	0	30	55.10	8.22	$246
Jan 2007	0	59	50.30	6.73	$397
Dec 2006	199	119	56.65	6.92	$12,097
Nov 2006	0	117	54.20	7.62	$891
Oct 2006	0	111	54.90	6.01	$668
Sep 2006	195	85	60.08	5.04	$12,144
Aug 2006	0	105	68.71	7.34	$771
Jul 2006	184	119	69.37	6.34	$13,519
Jun 2006	192	126	66.28	6.38	$13,530
May 2006	0	153	66.01	6.42	$983
Apr 2006	0	102	64.39	7.36	$751
Mar 2006	156	169	56.70	7.08	$10,042
Feb 2006	189	0	57.59	7.75	$10,885
Jan 2006	0	139	60.59	8.93	$1,242
Dec 2005	185	133	54.94	13.42	$11,948
Nov 2005	183	165	54.69	10.59	$11,755
Oct 2005	0	153	58.34	13.80	$2,111
Sep 2005	181	97	61.45	12.08	$12,294
Aug 2005	1	93	61.51	9.80	$973
Jul 2005	180	78	55.69	7.84	$10,636
Jun 2005	178	80	52.33	7.38	$9,905
May 2005	3	94	45.22	6.65	$761
Apr 2005	357	60	49.20	7.36	$18,006
Mar 2005	0	49	50.37	7.15	$351
Feb 2005	183	35	45.22	6.31	$8,496
Jan 2005	1	33	43.16	6.32	$252
Dec 2004	0	49	39.86	6.75	$331
Nov 2004	0	0	45.28	6.33	$0
Oct 2004	194	0	49.70	6.52	$9,642
Sep 2004	177	0	43.24	5.28	$7,653
Aug 2004	0	43	42.37	5.55	$239
Jul 2004	178	97	38.28	6.08	$7,404
Jun 2004	3	115	36.10	6.43	$848
May 2004	180	120	37.48	6.49	$7,526
Apr 2004	1	139	34.47	5.86	$849
Mar 2004	180	157	34.36	5.53	$7,053
Feb 2004	181	138	32.45	5.51	$6,634
Jan 2004	0	99	32.03	6.30	$624
Dec 2003	182	50	30.26	6.30	$5,822
Nov 2003	177	157	28.80	4.60	$5,819
Oct 2003	176	149	28.17	4.76	$5,667
Sep 2003	0	200	26.31	4.75	$950
Aug 2003	179	195	29.76	5.13	$6,327
Jul 2003	179	198	29.41	5.17	$6,288
Jun 2003	0	136	28.56	5.98	$814
May 2003	179	186	26.59	5.97	$5,871
Apr 2003	178	186	26.67	5.41	$5,753
Mar 2003	182	162	31.14	6.10	$6,655
Feb 2003	184	137	33.48	7.93	$7,246
Jan 2003	0	142	30.31	5.58	$793
Dec 2002	178	166	26.91	4.85	$5,596
Nov 2002	175	200	24.66	4.14	$5,143
Oct 2002	176	219	26.46	4.23	$5,583
Sep 2002	171	76	27.44	3.64	$4,969
Aug 2002	173	96	25.96	3.16	$4,795
Jul 2002	0	158	24.58	3.06	$484
Jun 2002	173	200	23.73	3.34	$4,773
May 2002	170	253	24.66	3.58	$5,099
Apr 2002	181	82	23.65	3.51	$4,569
Mar 2002	181	109	22.00	3.10	$4,320
Feb 2002	172	168	18.22	2.38	$3,533
Jan 2002	175	150	17.17	2.38	$3,361
Dec 2001	173	209	16.93	2.36	$3,423
Nov 2001	170	248	18.07	2.41	$3,668
Oct 2001	175	313	19.78	2.53	$4,253
Sep 2001	173	315	24.26	2.25	$4,906
Aug 2001	174	319	24.87	3.05	$5,301
Jul 2001	172	259	23.93	3.20	$4,944
Jun 2001	172	323	24.56	3.82	$5,460
May 2001	171	276	25.52	4.31	$5,553
Apr 2001	177	329	24.68	5.34	$6,124
Mar 2001	179	323	24.54	5.38	$6,129
Feb 2001	175	267	27.75	5.77	$6,396
Jan 2001	347	266	27.47	8.40	$11,766
Dec 2000	173	247	26.88	9.12	$6,904
Nov 2000	176	268	32.21	5.66	$7,185
Oct 2000	170	340	31.23	5.15	$7,059
Sep 2000	174	383	31.87	5.19	$7,532
Aug 2000	339	404	29.64	4.54	$11,882
Jul 2000	171	427	28.53	4.09	$6,625
Jun 2000	166	489	29.30	4.40	$7,014
May 2000	333	543	27.26	3.68	$11,076
Apr 2000	173	525	24.51	3.12	$5,876
Mar 2000	347	565	28.42	2.86	$11,478
Feb 2000	168	486	27.62	2.73	$5,965
Jan 2000	342	526	25.27	2.48	$9,947
Dec 1999	347	551	24.28	2.42	$9,761
Nov 1999	173	581	23.19	2.43	$5,426
Oct 1999	337	668	20.98	2.80	$8,943
Sep 1999	345	675	21.75	2.62	$9,271
Aug 1999	174	714	19.26	2.88	$5,404
Jul 1999	335	712	17.89	2.37	$7,682
Jun 1999	344	712	15.94	2.36	$7,165
May 1999	169	751	15.79	2.32	$4,412
Apr 1999	346	765	15.10	2.21	$6,914
Mar 1999	344	738	12.47	1.84	$5,646
Feb 1999	342	695	9.98	1.82	$4,677
Jan 1999	343	780	10.38	1.90	$5,042
Dec 1998	347	816	9.20	1.77	$4,639
Nov 1998	349	776	10.89	2.19	$5,497
Oct 1998	353	765	12.42	1.97	$5,891
Sep 1998	347	703	12.59	2.08	$5,833
Aug 1998	518	875	11.30	1.91	$7,522
Jul 1998	351	962	11.74	2.24	$6,273
Jun 1998	346	1,133	11.24	2.24	$6,424
May 1998	519	1,240	12.62	2.21	$9,286
Apr 1998	698	1,243	13.04	2.51	$12,216
Mar 1998	348	1,265	12.80	2.31	$7,376
Feb 1998	696	1,197	13.95	2.30	$12,461
Jan 1998	521	1,407	14.70	2.15	$10,690
Dec 1997	870	1,526	16.32	2.41	$17,878
Nov 1997	681	1,577	18.19	3.09	$17,258
Oct 1997	1,237	1,952	19.25	3.15	$29,961
Sep 1997	1,190	1,956	17.74	2.95	$26,890
Aug 1997	346	645	17.86	2.55	$7,827
Jul 1997	1,021	1,165	17.58	2.25	$20,567
Jun 1997	1,369	1,829	17.24	2.26	$27,730
May 1997	2,057	2,340	18.97	2.31	$44,423
Apr 1997	1,021	1,130	17.88	2.08	$20,609
Mar 1997	334	48	18.95	1.94	$6,422

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 2013 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  206 bbl  × $ 93.96 =    $19,356
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.28 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $19,356

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/35278 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.