COWDEN K

Operated by ANDECTOR EXPLORATION COMPANY (P-5 20783) in the GOLDSMITH (5600) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 8834District 08Field 35652868Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$440 k
Jan 1993 – Apr 2011
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
220
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 157 leases and 1,575 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1947-10-26
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
850 ft
minimum
From a lease line
555 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 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: INTO THE GOLDSMITH (CLEAR FORK) FIELD.

Severance-tax incentive filings

Applications the operator filed to have this lease's gas taxed at a reduced state rate. A filing is an application, and this page never calls one a reduction that was granted.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
NGPA2none

This says nothing about a royalty. A severance tax is charged to the operator. Whether a reduced rate reaches a royalty owner depends on the wording of the lease instrument, which is a private contract this site does not hold.

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
OilDisposition10,068 bbl$268,911
Casinghead gasProduction49,324 Mcf$171,437
Total$440,348

13,668 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 36 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 (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 32.0643, -102.7582. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles.

32.06430, -102.75816 · 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%
2 of 2 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 2 wells
Median depth
no depth filed
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
2100.0%
A plug date is filed
00.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
00.0%
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.

Completions filed
Nov 1955
1 of 2 wells; 1 filed none

2 wells

42-135002902Yes
42-135002891Nov 1955Yes

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 (220)

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

220 months

Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
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 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
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 200617041854.906.01$11,847
Sep 2006037460.085.04$1,884
Aug 200617140268.717.34$14,700
Jul 2006040269.376.34$2,550
Jun 2006039566.286.38$2,522
May 2006058566.016.42$3,759
Apr 200617741164.397.36$14,422
Mar 2006042656.707.08$3,017
Feb 2006033057.597.75$2,558
Jan 200617042060.598.93$14,052
Dec 2005043054.9413.42$5,769
Nov 200516943454.6910.59$13,838
Oct 2005037858.3413.80$5,215
Sep 2005037061.4512.08$4,469
Aug 200517523161.519.80$13,027
Jul 2005022055.697.84$1,726
Jun 200513945952.337.38$10,662
May 200517756345.226.65$11,749
Apr 2005059249.207.36$4,357
Mar 200533079150.377.15$22,282
Feb 200509245.226.31$581
Jan 2005013443.166.32$847
Dec 2004026639.866.75$1,796
Nov 2004032445.286.33$2,051
Oct 200417329449.706.52$10,514
Sep 2004030743.245.28$1,622
Aug 2004023942.375.55$1,327
Jul 2004025438.286.08$1,545
Jun 200417930936.106.43$8,450
May 2004015837.486.49$1,026
Apr 2004023834.475.86$1,394
Mar 2004029234.365.53$1,615
Feb 200418730432.455.51$7,743
Jan 2004034132.036.30$2,148
Dec 2003022230.266.30$1,399
Nov 200318227728.804.60$6,514
Oct 2003026328.174.76$1,252
Sep 2003024226.314.75$1,149
Aug 2003024729.765.13$1,267
Jul 200317619729.415.17$6,195
Jun 2003023528.565.98$1,406
May 2003031526.595.97$1,881
Apr 200317730626.675.41$6,375
Mar 2003034531.146.10$2,103
Feb 2003033533.487.93$2,655
Jan 200318029130.315.58$7,080
Dec 2002021826.914.85$1,058
Nov 2002020424.664.14$844
Oct 2002027226.464.23$1,150
Sep 200218221727.443.64$5,783
Aug 2002023125.963.16$731
Jul 2002036124.583.06$1,105
Jun 2002034523.733.34$1,152
May 200217126324.663.58$5,159
Apr 2002032323.653.51$1,134
Mar 2002016722.003.10$518
Feb 200218520618.222.38$3,860
Jan 2002024317.172.38$577
Dec 2001025716.932.36$608
Nov 200118527718.072.41$4,009
Oct 2001023119.782.53$584
Sep 2001020324.262.25$457
Aug 200118222724.873.05$5,219
Jul 2001022523.933.20$719
Jun 2001021624.563.82$826
May 2001020325.524.31$874
Apr 200118018724.685.34$5,440
Mar 2001022024.545.38$1,183
Feb 2001021127.755.77$1,217
Jan 200119125627.478.40$7,397
Dec 2000030326.889.12$2,764
Nov 2000029332.215.66$1,658
Oct 200016526131.235.15$6,496
Sep 2000019131.875.19$991
Aug 2000021829.644.54$990
Jul 2000014528.534.09$593
Jun 200018224429.304.40$6,406
May 2000020227.263.68$743
Apr 2000026524.513.12$826
Mar 2000029428.422.86$841
Feb 200017628727.622.73$5,644
Jan 2000132325.272.48$826
Dec 199918332324.282.42$5,226
Nov 1999130723.192.43$770
Oct 1999131220.982.80$896
Sep 1999124621.752.62$666
Aug 199918527119.262.88$4,342
Jul 1999128117.892.37$685
Jun 1999128615.942.36$692
May 199918031515.792.32$3,573
Apr 1999132015.102.21$722
Mar 1999133212.471.84$623
Feb 19991813049.981.82$2,359
Jan 1999334410.381.90$685
Dec 19981823169.201.77$2,235
Nov 1998032610.892.19$713
Oct 1998029312.421.97$577
Sep 199818833812.592.08$3,071
Aug 1998029311.301.91$559
Jul 1998028411.742.24$635
Jun 199818233611.242.24$2,797
May 1998135212.622.21$789
Apr 1998034413.042.51$862
Mar 199818834912.802.31$3,212
Feb 1998130813.952.30$722
Jan 1998131914.702.15$702
Dec 199718232116.322.41$3,744
Nov 1997133118.193.09$1,040
Oct 199717522519.253.15$4,077
Sep 1997130217.742.95$910
Aug 1997135817.862.55$932
Jul 199717735817.582.25$3,916
Jun 1997033517.242.26$756
May 1997135118.972.31$829
Apr 199717732517.882.08$3,842
Mar 1997037318.951.94$723
Feb 199718133420.492.21$4,445
Jan 1997029723.483.54$1,051
Dec 1996027623.32$0
Nov 199617735421.97$3,889
Oct 1996036923.31$0
Sep 1996036122.22$0
Aug 19961779420.26$3,586
Jul 199605419.55$0
Jun 199616918418.73$3,165
May 1996037419.43$0
Apr 1996036521.51$0
Mar 199616937119.38$3,275
Feb 1996037816.98$0
Jan 199617840417.07$3,038
Dec 1995138617.19$17
Nov 199518237516.00$2,912
Oct 1995140515.43$15
Sep 1995041116.18$0
Aug 199517523215.92$2,786
Jul 1995139315.24$15
Jun 199517632416.41$2,888
May 1995243817.56$35
Apr 199516344017.73$2,890
Mar 1995039516.44$0
Feb 199517636616.58$2,918
Jan 1995040315.92$0
Dec 199416837115.03$2,525
Nov 1994021515.90$0
Oct 199416025515.58$2,493
Sep 1994031115.29$0
Aug 1994038416.13$0
Jul 199411239917.56$1,967
Jun 199431,98317.09$51
May 199414729515.88$2,334
Apr 1994243114.14$28
Mar 199416947712.46$2,106
Feb 1994033012.50$0
Jan 19941716512.66$2,165
Dec 19930012.33$0
Nov 1993237014.49$3,434
Oct 19930015.85$0
Sep 19930015.03$0
Aug 19930015.66$0
Jul 19930015.46$0
Jun 19930016.79$0
May 19930017.68$0
Apr 19930018.05$0
Mar 19930018.14$0
Feb 19930017.90$0
Jan 199342016.93$711

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.

Oct 2006 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  170 bbl  × $ 54.90 =     $9,333
Casinghead gas       418 Mcf  × $  6.01 =     $2,514

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Month total                                  $11,847

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/8834 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.