TXL -L- A/C #3

Name: TXL -L- A/C #3 lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by APACHE CORPORATION (P-5 27200) in the TXL (ELLENBURGER) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 6980District 08Field 88071290Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.7 M

Jan 1993 – Jan 2011

Value, last 12 filed months

$124 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

217

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The TXL (ELLENBURGER) 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 30 leases and 76 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1949-05-02

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and gas

the register's own label

Between wells

1,300 ft

minimum

From a lease line

650 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 2009-11-28.

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: “GAS FIELD CREATED/OIL FIELD RULES APPLIED.”

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	32,759 bbl	$1,102,595
Casinghead gas	Production	154,072 Mcf	$619,974
Total			$1,722,569

11,947 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 22 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 (10)

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 31.7155, -101.8475. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 58.6 miles, so treat it as the lease's centre and not as its location.

31.80880, -102.24105 · 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%

10 of 10 wells

With a plug date

90.0%

9 of 10 wells

Median depth

8,660 ft

10 wells filed one

Completion to plug

12.8 years

median over 9 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

10100.0%

A plug date is filed

990.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

990.0%

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, 10 of 10 wells. Median 8,660 ft, with the middle half between 8,600 and 8,709 ft; the shallowest is 7,785 ft and the deepest 9,755 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, 9 of 10 wells, Sep 1976 – Feb 2019. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed

Sep 1976 – Feb 2019

9 of 10 wells; 1 filed none

Plug dates filed

Jun 1995 – Dec 2020

9 of 10 wells; 1 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 12.8 years across the 9 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 2.7 years and 30.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

10 wells


42-17300863	6	7,785 ft	—	—	Yes
42-17332052	11	8,705 ft	Feb 2019	Dec 2020	Yes
42-17300856	3	8,700 ft	Jul 2009	Mar 2012	Yes
42-13505916	5 L	9,755 ft	Jul 2009	Jan 2011	Yes
42-17332050	9	8,600 ft	Apr 1989	Mar 2020	Yes
42-17300862	5	8,600 ft	Feb 1989	Dec 2001	Yes
42-17300864	7	9,360 ft	Feb 1989	Jun 1995	Yes
42-17300859	4	8,600 ft	Jan 1989	Mar 2012	Yes
42-17332054	10	8,710 ft	Dec 1988	Feb 2020	Yes
42-17300926	1	8,620 ft	Sep 1976	Jun 2010	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 (217)

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

217 months


Jan 2011	0	0	86.50	4.59	$0
Dec 2010	0	0	85.73	4.35	$0
Nov 2010	0	0	80.84	3.80	$0
Oct 2010	0	0	78.10	3.51	$0
Sep 2010	142	0	72.63	3.98	$10,313
Aug 2010	75	0	73.68	4.42	$5,526
Jul 2010	72	71	72.55	4.74	$5,560
Jun 2010	168	465	70.36	4.91	$14,104
May 2010	303	1,492	71.12	4.24	$27,868
Apr 2010	194	1,138	81.69	4.12	$20,539
Mar 2010	134	1,267	78.39	4.39	$16,065
Feb 2010	197	1,758	73.58	5.44	$24,063
Jan 2010	453	1,653	74.36	5.96	$43,544
Dec 2009	610	1,601	71.44	5.48	$52,358
Nov 2009	494	2,037	74.59	3.75	$44,489
Oct 2009	474	2,810	72.54	4.11	$45,934
Sep 2009	471	2,633	65.54	3.06	$38,939
Aug 2009	224	2,337	67.42	3.22	$22,624
Jul 2009	0	1,645	61.13	3.46	$5,699
Jun 2009	114	0	66.16	3.90	$7,542
May 2009	350	1,826	54.74	3.93	$26,327
Apr 2009	544	269	46.77	3.59	$26,408
Mar 2009	178	1,492	42.14	4.06	$13,557
Feb 2009	251	1,497	32.81	4.63	$15,171
Jan 2009	229	793	35.86	5.37	$12,471
Dec 2008	255	711	37.10	5.98	$13,710
Nov 2008	236	520	55.49	6.86	$16,663
Oct 2008	10	83	75.24	6.92	$1,327
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	0	0	123.17	11.57	$0
Apr 2008	0	0	110.31	10.45	$0
Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	0	0	92.53	8.77	$0
Jan 2008	1	0	90.38	8.21	$90
Dec 2007	1	0	88.33	7.30	$88
Nov 2007	0	0	91.67	7.29	$0
Oct 2007	25	0	82.85	6.92	$2,071
Sep 2007	0	0	75.84	6.24	$0
Aug 2007	119	0	69.06	6.39	$8,218
Jul 2007	0	0	70.90	6.39	$0
Jun 2007	61	168	62.00	7.55	$5,050
May 2007	0	429	58.74	7.85	$3,366
Apr 2007	217	635	59.61	7.81	$17,892
Mar 2007	0	800	56.92	7.30	$5,842
Feb 2007	218	768	55.10	8.22	$18,322
Jan 2007	0	974	50.30	6.73	$6,552
Dec 2006	418	1,201	56.65	6.92	$31,989
Nov 2006	107	740	54.20	7.62	$11,436
Oct 2006	102	1,232	54.90	6.01	$13,009
Sep 2006	209	1,230	60.08	5.04	$18,752
Aug 2006	206	1,239	68.71	7.34	$23,248
Jul 2006	0	1,221	69.37	6.34	$7,745
Jun 2006	398	603	66.28	6.38	$30,229
May 2006	129	806	66.01	6.42	$13,694
Apr 2006	101	662	64.39	7.36	$11,376
Mar 2006	187	447	56.70	7.08	$13,769
Feb 2006	95	442	57.59	7.75	$8,897
Jan 2006	45	569	60.59	8.93	$7,810
Dec 2005	5	268	54.94	13.42	$3,870
Nov 2005	0	0	54.69	10.59	$0
Oct 2005	91	0	58.34	13.80	$5,309
Sep 2005	28	507	61.45	12.08	$7,845
Aug 2005	131	224	61.51	9.80	$10,252
Jul 2005	0	514	55.69	7.84	$4,032
Jun 2005	0	0	52.33	7.38	$0
May 2005	251	0	45.22	6.65	$11,350
Apr 2005	262	690	49.20	7.36	$17,969
Mar 2005	252	1,023	50.37	7.15	$20,013
Feb 2005	0	610	45.22	6.31	$3,850
Jan 2005	0	1,064	43.16	6.32	$6,727
Dec 2004	176	1,267	39.86	6.75	$15,569
Nov 2004	52	1,306	45.28	6.33	$10,622
Oct 2004	97	632	49.70	6.52	$8,938
Sep 2004	0	608	43.24	5.28	$3,213
Aug 2004	98	605	42.37	5.55	$7,510
Jul 2004	96	641	38.28	6.08	$7,575
Jun 2004	117	647	36.10	6.43	$8,386
May 2004	248	778	37.48	6.49	$14,348
Apr 2004	210	817	34.47	5.86	$12,025
Mar 2004	159	971	34.36	5.53	$10,833
Feb 2004	0	648	32.45	5.51	$3,570
Jan 2004	0	586	32.03	6.30	$3,692
Dec 2003	328	951	30.26	6.30	$15,918
Nov 2003	165	960	28.80	4.60	$9,163
Oct 2003	161	792	28.17	4.76	$8,305
Sep 2003	162	467	26.31	4.75	$6,480
Aug 2003	0	533	29.76	5.13	$2,734
Jul 2003	190	568	29.41	5.17	$8,525
Jun 2003	178	1,097	28.56	5.98	$11,647
May 2003	207	1,106	26.59	5.97	$12,110
Apr 2003	198	1,294	26.67	5.41	$12,278
Mar 2003	316	935	31.14	6.10	$15,540
Feb 2003	166	711	33.48	7.93	$11,193
Jan 2003	192	1,005	30.31	5.58	$11,429
Dec 2002	188	1,062	26.91	4.85	$10,214
Nov 2002	184	1,039	24.66	4.14	$8,836
Oct 2002	211	1,058	26.46	4.23	$10,057
Sep 2002	239	1,133	27.44	3.64	$10,677
Aug 2002	182	1,030	25.96	3.16	$7,984
Jul 2002	180	1,110	24.58	3.06	$7,823
Jun 2002	198	843	23.73	3.34	$7,513
May 2002	200	1,209	24.66	3.58	$9,265
Apr 2002	398	1,151	23.65	3.51	$13,455
Mar 2002	189	1,196	22.00	3.10	$7,869
Feb 2002	187	1,051	18.22	2.38	$5,904
Jan 2002	184	1,073	17.17	2.38	$5,708
Dec 2001	183	1,125	16.93	2.36	$5,758
Nov 2001	136	1,002	18.07	2.41	$4,868
Oct 2001	131	616	19.78	2.53	$4,149
Sep 2001	178	1,034	24.26	2.25	$6,646
Aug 2001	165	990	24.87	3.05	$7,126
Jul 2001	320	1,373	23.93	3.20	$12,047
Jun 2001	161	1,305	24.56	3.82	$8,945
May 2001	147	1,393	25.52	4.31	$9,752
Apr 2001	157	1,034	24.68	5.34	$9,391
Mar 2001	351	1,541	24.54	5.38	$16,899
Feb 2001	173	1,158	27.75	5.77	$11,479
Jan 2001	134	1,477	27.47	8.40	$16,086
Dec 2000	151	976	26.88	9.12	$12,962
Nov 2000	352	1,544	32.21	5.66	$20,074
Oct 2000	175	1,517	31.23	5.15	$13,271
Sep 2000	136	1,279	31.87	5.19	$10,968
Aug 2000	210	1,033	29.64	4.54	$10,915
Jul 2000	90	877	28.53	4.09	$6,154
Jun 2000	81	792	29.30	4.40	$5,856
May 2000	159	488	27.26	3.68	$6,130
Apr 2000	91	637	24.51	3.12	$4,215
Mar 2000	212	856	28.42	2.86	$8,473
Feb 2000	79	890	27.62	2.73	$4,609
Jan 2000	109	585	25.27	2.48	$4,206
Dec 1999	194	480	24.28	2.42	$5,874
Nov 1999	126	1,143	23.19	2.43	$5,704
Oct 1999	252	1,188	20.98	2.80	$8,618
Sep 1999	228	1,041	21.75	2.62	$7,685
Aug 1999	289	1,029	19.26	2.88	$8,525
Jul 1999	170	1,322	17.89	2.37	$6,178
Jun 1999	150	1,254	15.94	2.36	$5,353
May 1999	142	1,299	15.79	2.32	$5,257
Apr 1999	280	1,247	15.10	2.21	$6,981
Mar 1999	290	1,229	12.47	1.84	$5,876
Feb 1999	161	1,181	9.98	1.82	$3,754
Jan 1999	291	1,442	10.38	1.90	$5,760
Dec 1998	130	1,177	9.20	1.77	$3,283
Nov 1998	385	1,156	10.89	2.19	$6,719
Oct 1998	0	1,662	12.42	1.97	$3,273
Sep 1998	296	1,465	12.59	2.08	$6,778
Aug 1998	119	1,126	11.30	1.91	$3,492
Jul 1998	226	850	11.74	2.24	$4,555
Jun 1998	285	1,034	11.24	2.24	$5,517
May 1998	118	1,165	12.62	2.21	$4,060
Apr 1998	186	833	13.04	2.51	$4,512
Mar 1998	155	753	12.80	2.31	$3,723
Feb 1998	81	583	13.95	2.30	$2,470
Jan 1998	167	729	14.70	2.15	$4,026
Dec 1997	196	900	16.32	2.41	$5,369
Nov 1997	96	948	18.19	3.09	$4,674
Oct 1997	172	733	19.25	3.15	$5,620
Sep 1997	78	533	17.74	2.95	$2,959
Aug 1997	144	690	17.86	2.55	$4,335
Jul 1997	221	591	17.58	2.25	$5,213
Jun 1997	158	732	17.24	2.26	$4,376
May 1997	240	735	18.97	2.31	$6,250
Apr 1997	310	728	17.88	2.08	$7,059
Mar 1997	267	1,131	18.95	1.94	$7,253
Feb 1997	381	975	20.49	2.21	$9,957
Jan 1997	488	1,475	23.48	3.54	$16,679
Dec 1996	204	1,596	23.32	—	$4,757
Nov 1996	190	1,596	21.97	—	$4,174
Oct 1996	182	875	23.31	—	$4,242
Sep 1996	184	926	22.22	—	$4,088
Aug 1996	171	1,202	20.26	—	$3,464
Jul 1996	320	1,609	19.55	—	$6,256
Jun 1996	543	1,330	18.73	—	$10,170
May 1996	281	1,606	19.43	—	$5,460
Apr 1996	137	1,194	21.51	—	$2,947
Mar 1996	0	0	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	0	0	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	0	0	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	0	0	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	0	0	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	0	0	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	0	0	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	0	0	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	0	0	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	0	0	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	0	0	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	148	0	17.73	—	$2,624
Mar 1995	177	0	16.44	—	$2,910
Feb 1995	122	0	16.58	—	$2,023
Jan 1995	122	0	15.92	—	$1,942
Dec 1994	252	0	15.03	—	$3,788
Nov 1994	132	1	15.90	—	$2,099
Oct 1994	132	1	15.58	—	$2,057
Sep 1994	275	1	15.29	—	$4,205
Aug 1994	246	1	16.13	—	$3,968
Jul 1994	124	1	17.56	—	$2,177
Jun 1994	118	1	17.09	—	$2,017
May 1994	219	1	15.88	—	$3,478
Apr 1994	93	1	14.14	—	$1,315
Mar 1994	60	0	12.46	—	$748
Feb 1994	0	0	12.50	—	$0
Jan 1994	103	1	12.66	—	$1,304
Dec 1993	62	1	12.33	—	$764
Nov 1993	0	0	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	5	0	15.85	—	$79
Sep 1993	11	0	15.03	—	$165
Aug 1993	5	0	15.66	—	$78
Jul 1993	11	0	15.46	—	$170
Jun 1993	9	0	16.79	—	$151
May 1993	4	0	17.68	—	$71
Apr 1993	25	0	18.05	—	$451
Mar 1993	164	1	18.14	—	$2,975
Feb 1993	231	1	17.90	—	$4,135
Jan 1993	251	1	16.93	—	$4,249

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.

Sep 2010 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  142 bbl  × $ 72.63 =    $10,313
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.98 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $10,313

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/6980 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.