WRISTEN BROS. -D-

Operated by WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION (P-5 920478) in the SHIPLEY (QUEEN SAND) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 5896District 08Field 83292500Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$65 k
Jan 1993 – Jan 2013
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
241
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 27 leases and 466 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1928-12-31
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 10 acres. The field rule took effect on 2013-10-22.

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: IN ORDER.

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
OilDisposition1,572 bbl$65,297
Casinghead gasProduction34 Mcf$4
Total$65,301

33 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 33 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 (17)

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 31.3806, -102.8045. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.5 miles.

31.38066, -102.80461 · 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
100.0%
17 of 17 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
17 of 17 wells
Median depth
2,620 ft
17 wells filed one
Completion to plug
10.8 years
median over 13 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
17100.0%
A plug date is filed
17100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
17100.0%
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

Total depth in feet, 17 of 17 wells. Median 2,620 ft, with the middle half between 2,560 and 2,684 ft; the shallowest is 650 ft and the deepest 2,700 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 13 of 17 wells, Nov 1957 – Dec 1968. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Nov 1957 – Dec 1968
13 of 17 wells; 4 filed none
Plug dates filed
May 1972 – Sep 2012
17 of 17 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 10.8 years across the 13 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 10.2 years and 14.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

17 wells

42-4750428632,491 ftAug 1973Yes
42-4750429042,560 ftSep 2012Yes
42-4750429562,556 ftApr 1983Yes
42-4750432812W2,700 ftJul 1985Yes
42-47520020D 18650 ftDec 1968Jul 1985Yes
42-47510431132,625 ftMay 1963Jul 1973Yes
42-47510433142,620 ftMay 1963Jul 1973Yes
42-47510434152,700 ftJan 1963May 1972Yes
42-47510536172,700 ftJan 1963May 1972Yes
42-47504308162,700 ftDec 1962May 1972Yes
42-47504333112,657 ftNov 1962Jul 1973Yes
42-47504332102,684 ftOct 1962Aug 1973Yes
42-4750433192,570 ftSep 1962Jul 1973Yes
42-4750429772,583 ftDec 1958May 1972Yes
42-4750429982,572 ftNov 1958Aug 1973Yes
42-4750429652,548 ftMar 1958Aug 1973Yes
42-4750427612,659 ftNov 1957Apr 1983Yes

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 (241)

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

241 months

Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20111096.364.06$96
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 20104073.684.42$295
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 201017071.124.24$1,209
Apr 201017081.694.12$1,389
Mar 201015078.394.39$1,176
Feb 201017073.585.44$1,251
Jan 201016074.365.96$1,190
Dec 200916071.445.48$1,143
Nov 200916074.593.75$1,193
Oct 200917072.544.11$1,233
Sep 200917065.543.06$1,114
Aug 200917067.423.22$1,146
Jul 200917061.133.46$1,039
Jun 200917066.163.90$1,125
May 200917054.743.93$931
Apr 200917046.773.59$795
Mar 200918042.144.06$759
Feb 200917032.814.63$558
Jan 200934035.865.37$1,219
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 200816055.496.86$888
Oct 200816075.246.92$1,204
Sep 2008330101.767.88$3,358
Aug 2008170114.228.48$1,942
Jul 2008170131.0811.39$2,228
Jun 2008160131.3313.03$2,101
May 2008170123.1711.57$2,094
Apr 2008510110.3110.45$5,626
Mar 2008330101.909.66$3,363
Feb 200816092.538.77$1,480
Jan 200817090.388.21$1,536
Dec 200717088.337.30$1,502
Nov 200734091.677.29$3,117
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 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 20020023.733.34$0
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 20020023.653.51$0
Mar 20020022.003.10$0
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 20010016.932.36$0
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 20010019.782.53$0
Sep 20010024.262.25$0
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 20010023.933.20$0
Jun 20010024.563.82$0
May 20010025.524.31$0
Apr 20010024.685.34$0
Mar 20010024.545.38$0
Feb 20010027.755.77$0
Jan 20010027.478.40$0
Dec 20000026.889.12$0
Nov 20000032.215.66$0
Oct 20000031.235.15$0
Sep 20000031.875.19$0
Aug 20000029.644.54$0
Jul 20000028.534.09$0
Jun 20000029.304.40$0
May 20000027.263.68$0
Apr 20000024.513.12$0
Mar 20000028.422.86$0
Feb 20000027.622.73$0
Jan 20000025.272.48$0
Dec 19990024.282.42$0
Nov 19990023.192.43$0
Oct 19990020.982.80$0
Sep 19990021.752.62$0
Aug 19990019.262.88$0
Jul 19990017.892.37$0
Jun 19990015.942.36$0
May 19990015.792.32$0
Apr 19990015.102.21$0
Mar 19990012.471.84$0
Feb 1999009.981.82$0
Jan 19990010.381.90$0
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 19980010.892.19$0
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 19980012.592.08$0
Aug 19980011.301.91$0
Jul 19980011.742.24$0
Jun 19980011.242.24$0
May 19980012.622.21$0
Apr 19980013.042.51$0
Mar 19980012.802.31$0
Feb 19980013.952.30$0
Jan 19980014.702.15$0
Dec 19970016.322.41$0
Nov 19970018.193.09$0
Oct 19970019.253.15$0
Sep 19970017.742.95$0
Aug 19970017.862.55$0
Jul 19970017.582.25$0
Jun 19970017.242.26$0
May 19970018.972.31$0
Apr 19970017.882.08$0
Mar 19970018.951.94$0
Feb 19970020.492.21$0
Jan 19970123.483.54$4
Dec 19960123.32$0
Nov 19960121.97$0
Oct 19960123.31$0
Sep 19960122.22$0
Aug 19960120.26$0
Jul 19960119.55$0
Jun 19960118.73$0
May 19960119.43$0
Apr 19960121.51$0
Mar 19960119.38$0
Feb 19960116.98$0
Jan 19960117.07$0
Dec 19950117.19$0
Nov 19950116.00$0
Oct 19950115.43$0
Sep 19950116.18$0
Aug 19950115.92$0
Jul 199552115.24$792
Jun 19950116.41$0
May 1995132117.56$2,318
Apr 19950017.73$0
Mar 19950116.44$0
Feb 19950016.58$0
Jan 19950015.92$0
Dec 19940015.03$0
Nov 19940015.90$0
Oct 19940015.58$0
Sep 19940015.29$0
Aug 19940016.13$0
Jul 199456017.56$983
Jun 19940017.09$0
May 19940015.88$0
Apr 19940014.14$0
Mar 19940012.46$0
Feb 19940012.50$0
Jan 19940012.66$0
Dec 19930112.33$0
Nov 1993149114.49$2,159
Oct 19930115.85$0
Sep 19930115.03$0
Aug 1993134115.66$2,098
Jul 19930115.46$0
Jun 1993136116.79$2,283
May 19930117.68$0
Apr 19930118.05$0
Mar 1993151118.14$2,739
Feb 19930117.90$0
Jan 1993155116.93$2,624

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.

Mar 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    1 bbl  × $ 96.36 =        $96
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.06 =         $0

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Month total                                      $96

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/5896 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.