DUERSON, L. "A"

Operated by BEST PETROLEUM EXPLORATIONS,INC. (P-5 68287) in the JACK COUNTY REGULAR (GAS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 99973District 09Field 45274025CondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$137 k
Jan 1993 – Mar 2012
Value, last 12 filed months
$14 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
231
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 363 leases and 363 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
no field rule filed
From a lease line
no field rule filed

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
CondensateDisposition176 bbl$15,481
GasProduction35,320 Mcf$121,707
Total$137,187

11,858 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 46 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 33.1535, -98.2456. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

33.15346, -98.24559 · 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
5,050 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
35.3 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 5,050 ft.

Completions filed
Dec 1976
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Mar 2012
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 35.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 35.3 years and 35.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-2373118015,050 ftDec 1976Mar 2012Yes

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 (231)

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

231 months

Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
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 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 20111350105.964.33$14,305
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 200902135.865.37$113
Dec 2008014237.105.98$849
Nov 2008015055.496.86$1,029
Oct 2008012575.246.92$865
Sep 20080132101.767.88$1,040
Aug 20080178114.228.48$1,510
Jul 20080170131.0811.39$1,936
Jun 20080159131.3313.03$2,072
May 20080153123.1711.57$1,771
Apr 20080147110.3110.45$1,537
Mar 20080144101.909.66$1,392
Feb 2008015792.538.77$1,377
Jan 2008218190.388.21$1,666
Dec 2007019588.337.30$1,424
Nov 2007016991.677.29$1,232
Oct 2007018182.856.92$1,253
Sep 2007018275.846.24$1,136
Aug 2007017069.066.39$1,086
Jul 2007015770.906.39$1,003
Jun 2007014762.007.55$1,110
May 2007015458.747.85$1,208
Apr 2007015959.617.81$1,241
Mar 2007013356.927.30$971
Feb 2007014255.108.22$1,167
Jan 2007014750.306.73$989
Dec 2006014756.656.92$1,017
Nov 2006016254.207.62$1,234
Oct 2006013854.906.01$830
Sep 2006017360.085.04$871
Aug 2006017068.717.34$1,248
Jul 2006018869.376.34$1,192
Jun 2006018266.286.38$1,162
May 2006018566.016.42$1,189
Apr 2006015864.397.36$1,163
Mar 2006015856.707.08$1,119
Feb 2006014857.597.75$1,147
Jan 2006015860.598.93$1,411
Dec 2005017054.9413.42$2,281
Nov 2005015554.6910.59$1,641
Oct 2005015558.3413.80$2,138
Sep 2005015561.4512.08$1,872
Aug 2005014561.519.80$1,421
Jul 2005015055.697.84$1,177
Jun 2005014652.337.38$1,078
May 2005014545.226.65$964
Apr 2005014449.207.36$1,060
Mar 2005014950.377.15$1,066
Feb 2005014645.226.31$922
Jan 2005016143.166.32$1,018
Dec 2004017239.866.75$1,161
Nov 2004015145.286.33$956
Oct 2004016849.706.52$1,095
Sep 2004012843.245.28$676
Aug 2004015942.375.55$883
Jul 2004012538.286.08$761
Jun 2004013536.106.43$868
May 2004015237.486.49$987
Apr 2004014034.475.86$820
Mar 2004016134.365.53$890
Feb 2004014832.455.51$815
Jan 2004015132.036.30$951
Dec 2003017330.266.30$1,090
Nov 2003017228.804.60$790
Oct 2003017828.174.76$847
Sep 2003017226.314.75$817
Aug 2003019629.765.13$1,005
Jul 2003015229.415.17$786
Jun 2003015828.565.98$945
May 2003016426.595.97$980
Apr 2003014526.675.41$784
Mar 2003010131.146.10$616
Feb 2003011433.487.93$904
Jan 2003011430.315.58$636
Dec 2002010426.914.85$505
Nov 2002010824.664.14$447
Oct 2002013226.464.23$558
Sep 2002012727.443.64$462
Aug 2002019625.963.16$620
Jul 2002020224.583.06$618
Jun 2002020423.733.34$681
May 2002022424.663.58$803
Apr 2002031523.653.51$1,106
Mar 2002034322.003.10$1,064
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 20010016.932.36$0
Nov 2001016618.072.41$399
Oct 2001020519.782.53$518
Sep 2001021924.262.25$493
Aug 2001023424.873.05$714
Jul 2001025023.933.20$799
Jun 2001023724.563.82$906
May 20013920825.524.31$1,891
Apr 2001023224.685.34$1,238
Mar 2001021424.545.38$1,151
Feb 2001018827.755.77$1,084
Jan 2001019927.478.40$1,671
Dec 2000020926.889.12$1,907
Nov 2000021032.215.66$1,188
Oct 2000019631.235.15$1,009
Sep 2000019931.875.19$1,032
Aug 2000021729.644.54$985
Jul 2000023428.534.09$957
Jun 2000022929.304.40$1,007
May 2000022427.263.68$824
Apr 2000019024.513.12$592
Mar 2000022428.422.86$641
Feb 2000022027.622.73$600
Jan 2000025625.272.48$635
Dec 1999025024.282.42$606
Nov 1999022923.192.43$557
Oct 1999024120.982.80$676
Sep 1999027021.752.62$707
Aug 1999028219.262.88$811
Jul 19990017.892.37$0
Jun 199909915.942.36$234
May 1999037415.792.32$868
Apr 1999037915.102.21$837
Mar 1999026612.471.84$489
Feb 199903839.981.82$696
Jan 1999048210.381.90$916
Dec 199805499.201.77$974
Nov 1998050910.892.19$1,113
Oct 1998084712.421.97$1,668
Sep 1998016912.592.08$352
Aug 19980611.301.91$11
Jul 19980011.742.24$0
Jun 19980011.242.24$0
May 19980012.622.21$0
Apr 19980013.042.51$0
Mar 19980012.802.31$0
Feb 19980013.952.30$0
Jan 19980014.702.15$0
Dec 19970016.322.41$0
Nov 19970018.193.09$0
Oct 19970019.253.15$0
Sep 19970017.742.95$0
Aug 19970017.862.55$0
Jul 19970017.582.25$0
Jun 19970017.242.26$0
May 19970018.972.31$0
Apr 19970017.882.08$0
Mar 19970018.951.94$0
Feb 19970020.492.21$0
Jan 19970023.483.54$0
Dec 19960023.32$0
Nov 19960021.97$0
Oct 1996010123.31$0
Sep 1996024222.22$0
Aug 1996025320.26$0
Jul 1996030219.55$0
Jun 1996025618.73$0
May 1996027319.43$0
Apr 1996025121.51$0
Mar 1996028919.38$0
Feb 1996027316.98$0
Jan 1996021417.07$0
Dec 1995018917.19$0
Nov 1995021216.00$0
Oct 1995024615.43$0
Sep 1995032516.18$0
Aug 1995042115.92$0
Jul 1995015215.24$0
Jun 1995029416.41$0
May 1995026117.56$0
Apr 1995015517.73$0
Mar 1995020016.44$0
Feb 1995016616.58$0
Jan 1995018815.92$0
Dec 1994024315.03$0
Nov 1994023015.90$0
Oct 1994023015.58$0
Sep 1994022715.29$0
Aug 1994026016.13$0
Jul 1994028717.56$0
Jun 1994024917.09$0
May 1994026715.88$0
Apr 1994027714.14$0
Mar 1994029012.46$0
Feb 1994024512.50$0
Jan 1994025312.66$0
Dec 1993027712.33$0
Nov 1993032214.49$0
Oct 1993027015.85$0
Sep 1993028115.03$0
Aug 1993026215.66$0
Jul 1993027515.46$0
Jun 1993029216.79$0
May 1993029817.68$0
Apr 1993028618.05$0
Mar 1993031518.14$0
Feb 1993037017.90$0
Jan 1993028916.93$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.

Apr 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate           135 bbl  × $105.96 =    $14,305
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  4.33 =         $0

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Month total                                  $14,305

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/99973 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.