MURPHY, J. E. "A"

Operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 561136) in the BOONSVILLE (BEND CONGL., GAS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 29048District 09Field 10574520CondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$142 k
Jan 1993 – May 2009
Value, last 12 filed months
$2 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
197
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 3,438 leases and 3,443 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1945-05-01
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 1991-06-10.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: AMOUNT HAD BEEN CALCULATED FOR 5/1/97.

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
CondensateDisposition1,652 bbl$36,288
GasProduction58,523 Mcf$105,924
Total$142,212

25,828 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 42 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 (1)

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 33.0594, -97.7378. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

33.05944, -97.73779 · 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%
1 of 1 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
6,200 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
50.0 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1100.0%
A plug date is filed
1100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1100.0%
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

The one well that filed a depth was drilled to 6,200 ft.

Completions filed
Feb 1959
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Feb 2009
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 50.0 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 50.0 years and 50.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-4970169916,200 ftFeb 1959Feb 2009Yes

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 (197)

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

197 months

May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 200952032.814.63$1,706
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 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20061069.376.34$69
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 20050149.207.36$7
Mar 200531050.377.15$1,561
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20042049.706.52$99
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 200402536.106.43$161
May 200401937.486.49$123
Apr 20040134.475.86$6
Mar 200401734.365.53$94
Feb 200401932.455.51$105
Jan 200406232.036.30$391
Dec 20031788330.266.30$5,909
Nov 200309728.804.60$446
Oct 2003038628.174.76$1,837
Sep 2003042426.314.75$2,014
Aug 2003054029.765.13$2,770
Jul 200309129.415.17$471
Jun 200305928.565.98$353
May 200307626.595.97$454
Apr 2003011626.675.41$627
Mar 200309831.146.10$597
Feb 2003010433.487.93$824
Jan 2003014730.315.58$821
Dec 2002018526.914.85$898
Nov 2002027424.664.14$1,134
Oct 2002032226.464.23$1,362
Sep 2002018127.443.64$658
Aug 2002032325.963.16$1,022
Jul 2002019724.583.06$603
Jun 2002033523.733.34$1,118
May 2002027024.663.58$968
Apr 200218746923.653.51$6,070
Mar 2002037922.003.10$1,176
Feb 2002020518.222.38$487
Jan 2002036117.172.38$858
Dec 2001057816.932.36$1,367
Nov 2001055418.072.41$1,333
Oct 2001053119.782.53$1,343
Sep 2001074824.262.25$1,684
Aug 2001071324.873.05$2,177
Jul 2001058623.933.20$1,873
Jun 2001075724.563.82$2,895
May 2001052425.524.31$2,257
Apr 2001049224.685.34$2,625
Mar 2001050824.545.38$2,731
Feb 2001036527.755.77$2,105
Jan 20018643127.478.40$5,982
Dec 2000030326.889.12$2,764
Nov 2000021732.215.66$1,228
Oct 2000035531.235.15$1,827
Sep 2000032731.875.19$1,696
Aug 2000047029.644.54$2,134
Jul 2000040628.534.09$1,660
Jun 200017755129.304.40$7,609
May 2000053327.263.68$1,961
Apr 2000058324.513.12$1,817
Mar 2000078528.422.86$2,245
Feb 2000083527.622.73$2,277
Jan 2000087525.272.48$2,170
Dec 1999070924.282.42$1,718
Nov 1999095323.192.43$2,320
Oct 19990020.982.80$0
Sep 199917887321.752.62$6,158
Aug 1999086719.262.88$2,493
Jul 199901,18817.892.37$2,818
Jun 199901,05915.942.36$2,501
May 1999099015.792.32$2,298
Apr 199901,22415.102.21$2,703
Mar 199901,41212.471.84$2,596
Feb 199909259.981.82$1,681
Jan 19990010.381.90$0
Dec 199801,2759.201.77$2,261
Nov 1998019110.892.19$417
Oct 1998015712.421.97$309
Sep 19980012.592.08$0
Aug 19980011.301.91$0
Jul 1998035711.742.24$799
Jun 1998036411.242.24$814
May 199809112.622.21$201
Apr 199803013.042.51$75
Mar 19982545712.802.31$3,383
Feb 199802813.952.30$64
Jan 199803314.702.15$71
Dec 199705116.322.41$123
Nov 199705318.193.09$164
Oct 199707619.253.15$239
Sep 199709217.742.95$272
Aug 1997010717.862.55$273
Jul 1997011617.582.25$261
Jun 1997010117.242.26$228
May 199707318.972.31$169
Apr 199708017.882.08$167
Mar 199708518.951.94$165
Feb 199708620.492.21$190
Jan 199709923.483.54$350
Dec 1996012223.32$0
Nov 1996012421.97$0
Oct 1996012823.31$0
Sep 1996013622.22$0
Aug 199609620.26$0
Jul 1996011219.55$0
Jun 1996010918.73$0
May 199608919.43$0
Apr 199608321.51$0
Mar 199609719.38$0
Feb 1996010316.98$0
Jan 199607617.07$0
Dec 199503917.19$0
Nov 19950316.00$0
Oct 19950015.43$0
Sep 19950016.18$0
Aug 19950015.92$0
Jul 19950015.24$0
Jun 19950016.41$0
May 19950017.56$0
Apr 19950817.73$0
Mar 1995151916.44$2,482
Feb 199501616.58$0
Jan 1995082115.92$0
Dec 199401,58315.03$0
Nov 199401,08915.90$0
Oct 1994084615.58$0
Sep 199416278715.29$2,477
Aug 1994060916.13$0
Jul 1994056917.56$0
Jun 1994083317.09$0
May 1994085015.88$0
Apr 1994087814.14$0
Mar 1994065012.46$0
Feb 1994060612.50$0
Jan 199401,16812.66$0
Dec 199301,19612.33$0
Nov 199301,20714.49$0
Oct 199301,04315.85$0
Sep 1993097115.03$0
Aug 1993061015.66$0
Jul 1993075115.46$0
Jun 199301,02716.79$0
May 19931931,32117.68$3,412
Apr 199301,08818.05$0
Mar 199301,12418.14$0
Feb 199301,52817.90$0
Jan 199301,32316.93$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.

Feb 2009 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate            52 bbl  × $ 32.81 =     $1,706
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  4.63 =         $0

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Month total                                   $1,706

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/29048 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.