SMITH 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 253959District 09Field 65280200GasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.4 M
Aug 2009 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
202
no gaps in the span
Streams
1
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
GasProduction886,930 Mcf$3,426,494
Total$3,426,494

Every month this lease reported (202)

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

202 months

May 20260106.413.05$0
Apr 2026098.932.87$0
Mar 2026089.753.15$0
Feb 2026063.503.75$0
Jan 2026059.138.00$0
Dec 2025056.664.41$0
Nov 2025058.593.93$0
Oct 2025059.383.30$0
Sep 2025062.743.08$0
Aug 2025063.933.01$0
Jul 2025066.743.32$0
Jun 2025066.483.13$0
May 2025060.553.23$0
Apr 2025062.363.54$0
Mar 2025067.704.27$0
Feb 2025070.884.34$0
Jan 2025074.324.28$0
Dec 2024068.993.12$0
Nov 2024069.052.20$0
Oct 2024071.372.28$0
Sep 2024069.612.36$0
Aug 2024075.632.06$0
Jul 2024079.932.15$0
Jun 2024078.082.63$0
May 2024078.812.20$0
Apr 2024084.451.66$0
Mar 2024080.301.55$0
Feb 2024076.091.78$0
Jan 2024073.023.30$0
Dec 2023071.262.61$0
Nov 2023077.892.81$0
Oct 2023085.443.09$0
Sep 2023089.042.74$0
Aug 2023080.522.67$0
Jul 2023074.852.64$0
Jun 2023068.962.26$0
May 2023070.622.23$0
Apr 2023078.122.24$0
Mar 2023072.852.39$0
Feb 2023075.112.47$0
Jan 2023076.533.39$0
Dec 2022076.415.73$0
Nov 2022085.005.65$0
Oct 2022087.185.86$0
Sep 2022084.888.16$0
Aug 2022094.529.13$0
Jul 20220101.587.54$0
Jun 20220115.097.98$0
May 20220109.378.43$0
Apr 20220104.226.84$0
Mar 20220108.885.08$0
Feb 2022091.054.86$0
Jan 2022081.844.54$0
Dec 2021071.323.90$0
Nov 2021077.435.24$0
Oct 2021079.795.71$0
Sep 2021069.865.35$0
Aug 2021066.024.22$0
Jul 2021070.783.98$0
Jun 2021069.493.38$0
May 2021063.483.02$0
Apr 2021060.362.76$0
Mar 2021061.302.72$0
Feb 2021057.805.55$0
Jan 2021050.412.81$0
Dec 2020044.642.68$0
Nov 2020038.772.71$0
Oct 2020036.972.48$0
Sep 2020037.091.99$0
Aug 2020039.982.39$0
Jul 2020038.371.83$0
Jun 2020034.901.69$0
May 2020016.921.81$0
Apr 2020014.751.80$0
Mar 202029630.341.86$549
Feb 202060349.881.98$1,194
Jan 202091857.252.09$1,923
Dec 20192,88859.012.30$6,655
Nov 20192,44055.302.75$6,712
Oct 20191,47453.472.42$3,565
Sep 20191,96255.052.66$5,214
Aug 20191,53353.112.30$3,533
Jul 201948956.272.46$1,203
Jun 201943852.782.49$1,091
May 20192,09958.482.74$5,752
Apr 20193,57362.632.75$9,828
Mar 20193,66456.803.06$11,220
Feb 20191,64250.852.79$4,585
Jan 20193,31346.033.23$10,695
Dec 20183,46246.594.19$14,490
Nov 20182,35552.934.24$9,979
Oct 201822661.443.40$768
Sep 201823659.543.11$733
Aug 201833859.403.07$1,037
Jul 201828365.142.93$830
Jun 201826060.183.08$800
May 20181,89565.382.90$5,497
Apr 20181,54463.842.90$4,479
Mar 20181,79961.222.79$5,014
Feb 201835861.782.77$990
Jan 201836062.874.01$1,443
Dec 201729457.272.92$859
Nov 201735155.423.12$1,095
Oct 201736349.292.98$1,083
Sep 20174,33847.523.09$13,393
Aug 20174,21445.373.00$12,661
Jul 20174,69743.873.09$14,501
Jun 20172,36742.493.09$7,308
May 20171,01845.373.26$3,322
Apr 20174,56647.933.21$14,664
Mar 20174,67346.772.98$13,943
Feb 20173,36350.452.95$9,930
Jan 20172,71549.413.42$9,282
Dec 20163,91948.763.72$14,590
Nov 20163,86242.492.64$10,212
Oct 20164,77946.193.09$14,768
Sep 20164,66041.553.10$14,449
Aug 20165,11341.442.92$14,952
Jul 20165,71341.622.92$16,707
Jun 201632745.352.69$878
May 20164,91042.521.99$9,776
Apr 20163,97836.561.99$7,920
Mar 20165,90633.011.79$10,595
Feb 20166,42726.472.06$13,263
Jan 20168,22527.352.36$19,447
Dec 20158,07232.362.00$16,155
Nov 20157,18038.792.17$15,561
Oct 20157,52543.552.43$18,260
Sep 20157,08142.992.76$19,532
Aug 20157,54340.162.87$21,667
Jul 20159,74748.152.95$28,706
Jun 20153,03356.152.88$8,744
May 20152,51355.212.96$7,427
Apr 20151,64249.822.71$4,444
Mar 20153,40942.892.93$10,004
Feb 20152,12844.662.98$6,333
Jan 20154,36043.433.10$13,519
Dec 20142,85754.693.59$10,261
Nov 20144,81070.464.25$20,451
Oct 20143,93978.303.90$15,366
Sep 20141,55786.164.05$6,299
Aug 2014089.394.04$0
Jul 2014096.564.18$0
Jun 2014798.164.74$33
May 201416694.734.73$785
Apr 201410,61895.944.81$51,063
Mar 20149,00895.895.06$45,552
Feb 20141,69097.406.19$10,464
Jan 20144590.404.86$219
Dec 2013091.824.35$0
Nov 20139888.853.74$366
Oct 20133,79297.423.78$14,331
Sep 20134,429104.113.72$16,466
Aug 20135,332104.253.52$18,783
Jul 20135,414102.523.72$20,128
Jun 20135,69494.403.93$22,397
May 20131,91894.834.15$7,958
Apr 2013093.964.28$0
Mar 20133,64493.623.91$14,259
Feb 20131,96191.233.42$6,706
Jan 20135,32691.603.42$18,214
Dec 20125,86286.773.42$20,049
Nov 20127,87086.953.62$28,528
Oct 20125,56589.383.40$18,919
Sep 20128,11194.672.92$23,671
Aug 20124,01792.662.91$11,682
Jul 20124,72485.133.02$14,270
Jun 20128,40179.822.52$21,162
May 20129,39091.612.49$23,365
Apr 20125,765101.652.00$11,512
Mar 201211,081105.052.22$24,623
Feb 201210,893101.102.57$27,998
Jan 20128,00898.092.73$21,895
Dec 2011996.873.24$29
Nov 20114,08895.723.31$13,537
Oct 20116,87884.983.65$25,095
Sep 201114,05583.623.99$56,020
Aug 201114,53783.404.15$60,319
Jul 201114,22194.144.52$64,240
Jun 201117,12192.904.64$79,439
May 201124,34498.134.40$107,231
Apr 201128,211105.964.33$122,246
Mar 201125,37496.364.06$102,951
Feb 201168485.644.18$2,859
Jan 201113,90386.504.59$63,798
Dec 201015,14985.734.35$65,864
Nov 201020,68780.843.80$78,514
Oct 201021,83478.103.51$76,613
Sep 201023,92672.633.98$95,213
Aug 201027,33673.684.42$120,808
Jul 201030,06272.554.74$142,388
Jun 201032,58370.364.91$159,996
May 201037,84771.124.24$160,290
Apr 201042,44281.694.12$174,975
Mar 201052,08978.394.39$228,601
Feb 201062,09973.585.44$337,965
Jan 2010074.365.96$0
Dec 2009071.445.48$0
Nov 2009074.593.75$0
Oct 2009072.544.11$0
Sep 2009065.543.06$0
Aug 2009067.423.22$0

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 2020 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Gas                  296 Mcf  × $  1.86 =       $549

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Month total                                     $549

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/253959 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.