UNIVERSITY 16-30

Operated by ABRAXAS PETROLEUM CORPORATION (P-5 3125) in the CAVEAT EMPTOR (CHERRY CANYON) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 35993District 08Field 16455500Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$4.5 M
Apr 1999 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
326
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 10 leases and 23 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1988-07-25
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1989-03-01.

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: OPTIONAL 40 ACRES UNITS/2100'

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
OilDisposition71,801 bbl$3,011,361
Casinghead gasProduction291,827 Mcf$1,472,935
Total$4,484,296

Wells on this lease (2)

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 31.4849, -103.0910. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.2 miles.

31.48491, -103.09101 · centre of the wells drawn, derived

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
50.0%
1 of 2 wells
With a plug date
50.0%
1 of 2 wells
Median depth
6,715 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
19.3 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
150.0%
A plug date is filed
150.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
150.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
150.0%

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

Between 6,700 and 6,730 ft, median 6,715 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Apr 1999 – Sep 1999
2 of 2 wells
Plug dates filed
Dec 2018
1 of 2 wells; 1 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 19.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 19.3 years and 19.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells

42-4753459926,730 ftSep 1999Dec 2018Yes
42-4753458916,700 ftApr 1999

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 (326)

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

326 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20201049.881.98$50
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20193059.012.30$177
Nov 20194055.302.75$221
Oct 201910053.472.42$535
Sep 201945055.052.66$2,477
Aug 20192210253.112.30$1,403
Jul 20194023256.272.46$2,822
Jun 2019314052.782.49$1,736
May 2019119058.482.74$6,959
Apr 20194732762.632.75$3,843
Mar 20199738356.803.06$6,682
Feb 20193936650.852.79$3,005
Jan 20196940546.033.23$4,483
Dec 20184416646.594.19$2,745
Nov 20185010752.934.24$3,100
Oct 2018335061.443.40$2,197
Sep 20184645959.543.11$4,165
Aug 20189525559.403.07$6,425
Jul 201813638865.142.93$9,997
Jun 20184543260.183.08$4,037
May 20189547065.382.90$7,574
Apr 201814248463.842.90$10,469
Mar 20184947261.222.79$4,315
Feb 201816848861.782.77$11,729
Jan 20189452162.874.01$7,999
Dec 20179156357.272.92$6,856
Nov 20178561255.423.12$6,619
Oct 20179758949.292.98$6,539
Sep 201713349247.523.09$7,839
Aug 20178952345.373.00$5,609
Jul 201714160743.873.09$8,060
Jun 20178952842.493.09$5,412
May 20179857245.373.26$6,313
Apr 201718153447.933.21$10,390
Mar 201711857246.772.98$7,226
Feb 201715151150.452.95$9,127
Jan 20176941249.413.42$4,818
Dec 20161925548.763.72$1,876
Nov 20164327742.492.64$2,560
Oct 201612356146.193.09$7,415
Sep 20168526741.553.10$4,360
Aug 201612853041.442.92$6,854
Jul 201610750041.622.92$5,916
Jun 20165449945.352.69$3,789
May 201610047742.521.99$5,202
Apr 201612454436.561.99$5,617
Mar 201613260133.011.79$5,436
Feb 20169157726.472.06$3,599
Jan 201614770727.352.36$5,692
Dec 201514372232.362.00$6,073
Nov 20157548438.792.17$3,958
Oct 20157651043.552.43$4,547
Sep 201511753642.992.76$6,508
Aug 20157650640.162.87$4,506
Jul 201515055848.152.95$8,866
Jun 20157852156.152.88$5,882
May 201513123255.212.96$7,918
Apr 20159134549.822.71$5,467
Mar 201513053642.892.93$7,149
Feb 20156146644.662.98$4,111
Jan 20158841443.433.10$5,106
Dec 20148462354.693.59$6,831
Nov 20147753070.464.25$7,679
Oct 201411453878.303.90$11,025
Sep 20145750286.164.05$6,942
Aug 20148856789.394.04$10,154
Jul 201411362096.564.18$13,503
Jun 20149259998.164.74$11,868
May 20142941594.734.73$4,709
Apr 20149643495.944.81$11,297
Mar 20147546995.895.06$9,563
Feb 201412248097.406.19$14,855
Jan 20149160890.404.86$11,182
Dec 201311051991.824.35$12,360
Nov 20137632088.853.74$7,949
Oct 20137438397.423.78$8,657
Sep 2013113570104.113.72$13,884
Aug 201353337104.253.52$6,712
Jul 201375408102.523.72$9,206
Jun 20137948894.403.93$9,377
May 201312356094.834.15$13,988
Apr 20138757193.964.28$10,620
Mar 201312956893.623.91$14,299
Feb 201315152191.233.42$15,558
Jan 20137751291.603.42$8,804
Dec 20126655786.773.42$7,632
Nov 201211062986.953.62$11,845
Oct 201211467589.383.40$12,484
Sep 201210262194.672.92$11,469
Aug 20127466892.662.91$8,799
Jul 201210466585.133.02$10,862
Jun 201210665079.822.52$10,098
May 20127266491.612.49$8,248
Apr 201271646101.652.00$8,507
Mar 2012125690105.052.22$14,664
Feb 201264655101.102.57$8,154
Jan 201213069298.092.73$14,644
Dec 20116562096.873.24$8,305
Nov 201110069195.723.31$11,860
Oct 201113272084.983.65$13,844
Sep 20113468383.623.99$5,565
Aug 20119877383.404.15$11,381
Jul 20119779294.144.52$12,709
Jun 20119276092.904.64$12,073
May 20116164298.134.40$8,814
Apr 201192634105.964.33$12,496
Mar 20119869596.364.06$12,263
Feb 201110352485.644.18$11,011
Jan 20119773886.504.59$11,777
Dec 201010876885.734.35$12,598
Nov 20108079780.843.80$9,492
Oct 201010380578.103.51$10,869
Sep 20106764172.633.98$7,417
Aug 20109575173.684.42$10,319
Jul 201011292072.554.74$12,483
Jun 201017192570.364.91$16,574
May 20101031,04471.124.24$11,747
Apr 20103151,03981.694.12$30,016
Mar 20101081,06278.394.39$13,127
Feb 201032098573.585.44$28,906
Jan 20101651,18774.365.96$19,349
Dec 200916988071.445.48$16,899
Nov 200916890674.593.75$15,930
Oct 20091701,18672.544.11$17,207
Sep 20091731,16865.543.06$14,918
Aug 20091671,10067.423.22$14,799
Jul 20093351,41061.133.46$25,364
Jun 20091591,15066.163.90$14,999
May 20091721,46354.743.93$15,159
Apr 20093421,40346.773.59$21,029
Mar 20091741,59542.144.06$13,806
Feb 20091671,23132.814.63$11,182
Jan 20093581,70135.865.37$21,974
Dec 20081831,63637.105.98$16,568
Nov 20081981,43155.496.86$20,804
Oct 20083281,22175.246.92$33,130
Sep 20081741,525101.767.88$29,719
Aug 20081831,579114.228.48$34,297
Jul 20083541,454131.0811.39$62,963
Jun 20081881,499131.3313.03$44,226
May 20083151,376123.1711.57$54,725
Apr 20082211,289110.3110.45$37,855
Mar 20083451,358101.909.66$48,279
Feb 20081751,39392.538.77$28,410
Jan 200826176390.388.21$29,850
Dec 20071911,37388.337.30$26,897
Nov 200729883791.677.29$33,421
Oct 20071841,63282.856.92$26,541
Sep 20073031,90875.846.24$34,893
Aug 20072401,17469.066.39$24,074
Jul 20071721,79570.906.39$23,661
Jun 20073181,65162.007.55$32,178
May 20073161,68158.747.85$31,751
Apr 20071701,80559.617.81$24,222
Mar 20073511,73356.927.30$32,633
Feb 20071551,38055.108.22$19,879
Jan 20073171,73050.306.73$27,583
Dec 20063281,51356.656.92$29,049
Nov 20061521,14154.207.62$16,930
Oct 20063652,04954.906.01$32,361
Sep 200610366660.085.04$9,543
Aug 20062891,85168.717.34$33,443
Jul 20062992,11669.376.34$34,163
Jun 20062771,50066.286.38$27,935
May 20063641,84966.016.42$35,907
Apr 200615058764.397.36$13,979
Mar 20063491,60056.707.08$31,121
Feb 20063851,42757.597.75$33,233
Jan 20065351,51660.598.93$45,959
Dec 20054571,31254.9413.42$42,709
Nov 20053021,20054.6910.59$29,222
Oct 20052601,35658.3413.80$33,875
Sep 20054841,48261.4512.08$47,643
Aug 20052881,23361.519.80$29,794
Jul 20052601,73855.697.84$28,112
Jun 20054891,81052.337.38$38,949
May 20051961,37145.226.65$17,982
Apr 20053771,96249.207.36$32,990
Mar 200531572450.377.15$21,047
Feb 20054071,27345.226.31$26,440
Jan 20051941,09543.166.32$15,296
Dec 20043951,59439.866.75$26,506
Nov 20043491,36045.286.33$24,412
Oct 20043881,85649.706.52$31,376
Sep 20043651,40443.245.28$23,201
Aug 20044091,76142.375.55$27,104
Jul 20044031,81238.286.08$26,451
Jun 20043731,65836.106.43$24,131
May 20041761,80037.486.49$18,287
Apr 20043591,73834.475.86$22,557
Mar 20044111,82034.365.53$24,187
Feb 20044851,48632.455.51$23,926
Jan 20044321,60832.036.30$23,967
Dec 20034061,63530.266.30$22,589
Nov 20033331,27928.804.60$15,468
Oct 20034121,98928.174.76$21,073
Sep 20034001,66126.314.75$18,413
Aug 20034102,02829.765.13$22,605
Jul 20033862,26329.415.17$23,054
Jun 20035942,29428.565.98$30,690
May 20034232,40026.595.97$25,582
Apr 20033862,02026.675.41$21,217
Mar 20036322,36631.146.10$34,104
Feb 20034351,94233.487.93$29,956
Jan 20034192,19130.315.58$24,930
Dec 20024072,36826.914.85$22,446
Nov 20024042,91324.664.14$22,014
Oct 20023922,41526.464.23$20,586
Sep 20025902,47927.443.64$25,201
Aug 20023882,55625.963.16$18,160
Jul 20024002,28624.583.06$16,831
Jun 20026561,81523.733.34$21,626
May 20025501,85124.663.58$20,197
Apr 20026701,71523.653.51$21,869
Mar 20026231,14022.003.10$17,243
Feb 20025121,65318.222.38$13,256
Jan 200234096517.172.38$8,130
Dec 20015681,37916.932.36$12,877
Nov 20014622,69318.072.41$14,826
Oct 20016532,13519.782.53$18,316
Sep 20015782,90324.262.25$20,558
Aug 20016221,93324.873.05$21,371
Jul 20011521,14423.933.20$7,295
Jun 20014221,56224.563.82$16,338
May 200110230925.524.31$3,934
Apr 20012821,28024.685.34$13,789
Mar 20013751,61224.545.38$17,869
Feb 20016391,63927.755.77$27,184
Jan 20016512,12727.478.40$35,747
Dec 20005622,04126.889.12$33,726
Nov 20006892,80032.215.66$38,035
Oct 20004993,46831.235.15$33,428
Sep 20007733,42031.875.19$42,373
Aug 20009124,14229.644.54$45,839
Jul 20009382,65328.534.09$37,611
Jun 20001,0193,15529.304.40$43,730
May 20001,0772,53127.263.68$38,672
Apr 20009062,65324.513.12$30,473
Mar 20001,2412,46928.422.86$42,330
Feb 20001,2412,10127.622.73$40,005
Jan 20009431,40925.272.48$27,325
Dec 19991,4831,63224.282.42$39,963
Nov 19991,3572,78423.192.43$38,245
Oct 19991,8893,22020.982.80$48,659
Sep 19991,7301,72121.752.62$42,135
Aug 19991,5843,67119.262.88$41,064
Jul 19991,8523,83317.892.37$42,226
Jun 19991,6613,77015.942.36$35,381
May 199950363615.792.32$9,419
Apr 199923065715.102.21$4,924

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.

Feb 2020 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    1 bbl  × $ 49.88 =        $50
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  1.98 =         $0

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Month total                                      $50

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/35993 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.