BLACK THISTLE UNIT

Operated by BKV NORTH TEXAS, LLC (P-5 100345) in the NEWARK, EAST (BARNETT SHALE) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 229682District 09Field 65280200CondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$8.0 M
Dec 2006 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$20 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
234
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, 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 21,881 leases and 22,468 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1981-10-15
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
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 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 2009-09-29.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: DESIGNATED AS UFT FIELD PER DOCKET 01-0299858

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
CondensateDisposition4 bbl$222
GasProduction1,613,468 Mcf$8,020,732
Total$8,020,955

Every month this lease reported (234)

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

234 months

May 20260109106.413.05$332
Apr 2026037998.932.87$1,088
Mar 2026046689.753.15$1,468
Feb 2026040263.503.75$1,508
Jan 2026038659.138.00$3,087
Dec 2025039456.664.41$1,739
Nov 2025047958.593.93$1,881
Oct 2025049059.383.30$1,619
Sep 2025041262.743.08$1,268
Aug 2025046063.933.01$1,387
Jul 2025043866.743.32$1,452
Jun 2025095866.483.13$2,997
May 202501,92160.553.23$6,209
Apr 202502,10862.363.54$7,469
Mar 202502,53567.704.27$10,820
Feb 202501,82670.884.34$7,926
Jan 202501,13574.324.28$4,856
Dec 202401,69168.993.12$5,278
Nov 202402,60969.052.20$5,736
Oct 202401,97971.372.28$4,515
Sep 202402,46769.612.36$5,833
Aug 202402,34575.632.06$4,839
Jul 202402,53579.932.15$5,442
Jun 202402,40578.082.63$6,335
May 202402,72878.812.20$5,997
Apr 202402,50984.451.66$4,163
Mar 202402,86980.301.55$4,433
Feb 202402,64276.091.78$4,712
Jan 202403,47473.023.30$11,456
Dec 202303,29571.262.61$8,602
Nov 202303,59877.892.81$10,102
Oct 202303,86885.443.09$11,942
Sep 202303,85489.042.74$10,541
Aug 202303,87280.522.67$10,349
Jul 202303,30674.852.64$8,734
Jun 202303,89268.962.26$8,790
May 202304,30670.622.23$9,591
Apr 202303,85878.122.24$8,633
Mar 202304,82272.852.39$11,540
Feb 202303,91175.112.47$9,643
Jan 202306,25476.533.39$21,187
Dec 202205,26776.415.73$30,175
Nov 202204,78485.005.65$27,011
Oct 202203,44087.185.86$20,171
Sep 202201184.888.16$90
Aug 202201,19994.529.13$10,943
Jul 20220408101.587.54$3,077
Jun 202202,047115.097.98$16,329
May 202202,248109.378.43$18,957
Apr 202202,379104.226.84$16,267
Mar 202203,160108.885.08$16,041
Feb 202201,68291.054.86$8,173
Jan 202201,10681.844.54$5,019
Dec 202103,42071.323.90$13,335
Nov 202103,58577.435.24$18,774
Oct 202102,22179.795.71$12,691
Sep 202104,25069.865.35$22,741
Aug 202104,26866.024.22$18,013
Jul 202103,75570.783.98$14,953
Jun 202103,40769.493.38$11,518
May 202103,76863.483.02$11,371
Apr 202103,43660.362.76$9,478
Mar 2021081161.302.72$2,203
Feb 202101,76757.805.55$9,803
Jan 2021015850.412.81$444
Dec 2020048644.642.68$1,300
Nov 202001,06838.772.71$2,891
Oct 202002,93936.972.48$7,284
Sep 202003,92437.091.99$7,813
Aug 202003,12139.982.39$7,444
Jul 202002,82238.371.83$5,150
Jun 202003,43234.901.69$5,801
May 202004,02616.921.81$7,306
Apr 202003,49714.751.80$6,310
Mar 202004,39830.341.86$8,164
Feb 202003,97049.881.98$7,863
Jan 202004,26957.252.09$8,942
Dec 201903,79859.012.30$8,752
Nov 201905,56855.302.75$15,316
Oct 201902,69353.472.42$6,513
Sep 201903,14455.052.66$8,354
Aug 201903,16853.112.30$7,300
Jul 201904,63956.272.46$11,412
Jun 201904,40352.782.49$10,969
May 201904,65858.482.74$12,764
Apr 201905,55462.632.75$15,277
Mar 201906,07556.803.06$18,602
Feb 201905,91850.852.79$16,524
Jan 201906,75846.033.23$21,816
Dec 201807,25346.594.19$30,357
Nov 201806,48452.934.24$27,474
Oct 201806,16961.443.40$20,963
Sep 201801,60359.543.11$4,982
Aug 201802,87559.403.07$8,816
Jul 201803,44665.142.93$10,103
Jun 201802,67260.183.08$8,222
May 201804,81265.382.90$13,959
Apr 201805,00763.842.90$14,524
Mar 201804,16961.222.79$11,618
Feb 201805,82461.782.77$16,110
Jan 201807,10262.874.01$28,474
Dec 201706,78357.272.92$19,817
Nov 201707,05155.423.12$21,988
Oct 201705,86849.292.98$17,508
Sep 201704,68147.523.09$14,452
Aug 201704,74245.373.00$14,247
Jul 201701,56143.873.09$4,819
Jun 201703,26242.493.09$10,071
May 201703,70145.373.26$12,078
Apr 201704,33547.933.21$13,922
Mar 201704,00546.772.98$11,950
Feb 201702,72250.452.95$8,037
Jan 201704,71649.413.42$16,123
Dec 201604,20448.763.72$15,651
Nov 201604,89642.492.64$12,947
Oct 201604,67946.193.09$14,459
Sep 201603,69141.553.10$11,444
Aug 201605,22441.442.92$15,277
Jul 201605,26441.622.92$15,394
Jun 201605,23045.352.69$14,047
May 201606,47242.521.99$12,886
Apr 201605,90736.561.99$11,761
Mar 201606,22033.011.79$11,159
Feb 201605,73526.472.06$11,835
Jan 201606,20427.352.36$14,668
Dec 201505,89832.362.00$11,804
Nov 201506,01038.792.17$13,026
Oct 201505,06743.552.43$12,295
Sep 201503,94542.992.76$10,882
Aug 201507,43640.162.87$21,360
Jul 201506,89748.152.95$20,312
Jun 201506,96356.152.88$20,073
May 201503,15355.212.96$9,319
Apr 201508,26949.822.71$22,381
Mar 201507,89742.892.93$23,175
Feb 201504,58344.662.98$13,640
Jan 201505043.433.10$155
Dec 201402,34854.693.59$8,433
Nov 201407,23970.464.25$30,779
Oct 201408,26078.303.90$32,222
Sep 201408,61586.164.05$34,851
Aug 201409,07089.394.04$36,599
Jul 201409,15296.564.18$38,252
Jun 201402,29398.164.74$10,862
May 201401,33194.734.73$6,291
Apr 201408,97295.944.81$43,147
Mar 201409,43995.895.06$47,731
Feb 201409,05397.406.19$56,056
Jan 2014010,28990.404.86$50,012
Dec 201304,14791.824.35$18,058
Nov 201309,58088.853.74$35,813
Oct 201306,01997.423.78$22,748
Sep 201301,489104.113.72$5,536
Aug 201301,054104.253.52$3,713
Jul 201301,560102.523.72$5,800
Jun 201301,89394.403.93$7,446
May 201305,38994.834.15$22,359
Apr 201307,14693.964.28$30,603
Mar 201303,64893.623.91$14,274
Feb 201301,02391.233.42$3,499
Jan 201301,66791.603.42$5,701
Dec 201202,16786.773.42$7,411
Nov 201201,06486.953.62$3,857
Oct 201201,49089.383.40$5,066
Sep 201201,84194.672.92$5,373
Aug 201202,82592.662.91$8,216
Jul 201203,00885.133.02$9,087
Jun 201203,57279.822.52$8,998
May 2012011,22591.612.49$27,931
Apr 2012011,998101.652.00$23,958
Mar 201209,414105.052.22$20,919
Feb 201205,940101.102.57$15,267
Jan 2012010,36298.092.73$28,331
Dec 2011020,57096.873.24$66,641
Nov 2011020,86895.723.31$69,100
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 201102,92798.134.40$12,893
Apr 201106,403105.964.33$27,746
Mar 201108,53396.364.06$34,621
Feb 201105,73485.644.18$23,968
Jan 201107,84686.504.59$36,004
Dec 2010022,59885.734.35$98,250
Nov 201009,73480.843.80$36,944
Oct 201007,53078.103.51$26,422
Sep 201006,23372.633.98$24,804
Aug 201007,22573.684.42$31,930
Jul 201008,40172.554.74$39,791
Jun 201008,18770.364.91$40,201
May 201008,76571.124.24$37,122
Apr 201008,91481.694.12$36,750
Mar 201009,29778.394.39$40,801
Feb 201008,78573.585.44$47,811
Jan 201009,81074.365.96$58,508
Dec 200908,95671.445.48$49,112
Nov 200907,72174.593.75$28,965
Oct 200908,60272.544.11$35,356
Sep 200908,42665.543.06$25,824
Aug 200908,42567.423.22$27,116
Jul 200909,65061.133.46$33,432
Jun 2009010,40666.163.90$40,531
May 2009011,41554.743.93$44,812
Apr 2009011,95146.773.59$42,874
Mar 2009018,05342.144.06$73,277
Feb 2009015,24332.814.63$70,621
Jan 2009031,75335.865.37$170,545
Dec 2008016,71837.105.98$99,926
Nov 2008010,00655.496.86$68,645
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 2008012131.3313.03$156
May 200806,586123.1711.57$76,228
Apr 2008011,386110.3110.45$119,039
Mar 200805,859101.909.66$56,622
Feb 2008023,03592.538.77$202,030
Jan 2008024,66090.388.21$202,353
Dec 2007025,40288.337.30$185,485
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 2007014,12982.856.92$97,801
Sep 2007027,79675.846.24$173,563
Aug 2007028,45169.066.39$181,743
Jul 2007036,17370.906.39$231,071
Jun 2007038,21762.007.55$288,479
May 2007044,12258.747.85$346,194
Apr 2007048,37559.617.81$377,577
Mar 2007147,75556.927.30$348,763
Feb 2007357,17855.108.22$469,940
Jan 2007085,01750.306.73$571,897
Dec 2006036,41956.656.92$251,963

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.

May 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Gas                  109 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $332

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Month total                                     $332

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. 09/G/229682 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.