BIG MINERAL CREEK -S- SAND UNIT

Name: BIG MINERAL CREEK -S- SAND UNIT lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by VENOCO, INC. (P-5 884509) in the BIG MINERAL CREEK (S SDSTN.) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 14655District 09Field 07988450NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$9.1 M

Jan 1993 – Jan 2001

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The BIG MINERAL CREEK (S SDSTN.) field

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 4 leases and 53 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1952-12-17

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

933 ft

minimum

From a lease line

330 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “DOC. 09-0217503 CONSOLIDATED TO BIG MINERAL CREEK (CONSOLIDATED)”

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.

Programme	Filings	With an approval date	Dated	Docket
NGPA	11	none	—	—

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	538,865 bbl	$8,932,732
Casinghead gas	Production	242,138 Mcf	$129,049
Total			$9,061,781

188,189 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 47 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 (48)

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 33.7397, -96.7864. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.4 miles. 1 well has no surveyed location and is left out of it.

33.73949, -96.78794 · centre of 47 wells drawn, derived⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom

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%

48 of 48 wells

With a plug date

27.1%

13 of 48 wells

Median depth

6,400 ft

41 wells filed one

Completion to plug

5.4 years

median over 4 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

48100.0%

A plug date is filed

1327.1%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

1327.1%

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

Total depth in feet, 41 of 48 wells. Median 6,400 ft, with the middle half between 6,105 and 7,199 ft; the shallowest is 3,498 ft and the deepest 11,939 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 31 of 48 wells, May 1955 – Feb 2024. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed

May 1955 – Feb 2024

31 of 48 wells; 17 filed none

Plug dates filed

Nov 1986 – Jun 2023

13 of 48 wells; 35 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 5.4 years across the 4 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 3.1 years and 8.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

48 wells


42-18100163	3S	3,498 ft	—	—	Yes
42-18100170	2S	4,715 ft	—	Mar 2017	Yes
42-18101681	326W	5,964 ft	—	Jun 2023	Yes
42-18101694	325	7,339 ft	—	Jun 2023	Yes
42-18101829	321	—	—	—	Yes
42-18101833	319	6,011 ft	—	Jun 2023	Yes
42-18101846	308	—	—	—	Yes
42-18101852	315W	7,978 ft	—	Feb 1995	Yes
42-18101856	327W	6,397 ft	—	Mar 1993	Yes
42-18101857	328W	6,400 ft	—	Mar 1993	Yes
42-18101872	306W	6,140 ft	—	Feb 2019	Yes
42-18101874	302	—	—	—	Yes
42-18130037	332	6,050 ft	—	Jun 2023	Yes
42-18130640	339	—	—	—	Yes
42-18130641	340	—	—	—	Yes
42-18130642	338	6,189 ft	—	—	Yes
42-18180835	300W	—	—	—	Yes
42-18101815	317	7,337 ft	Feb 2024	—	Yes
42-18101816	313	7,200 ft	Feb 2024	—	Yes
42-18101696	324	7,339 ft	Dec 2021	—	Yes
42-18101843	318	6,068 ft	Dec 2021	Jun 2023	Yes
42-18100853	303	6,100 ft	Oct 2021	—	Yes
42-18101239	345W	7,043 ft	Apr 2021	—	Yes
42-18101836	335	6,400 ft	Apr 2021	—	Yes
42-18131193	346	7,100 ft	Jul 2020	—	Yes
42-18101838	314	11,939 ft	Aug 2018	—	Yes
42-18101231	336	6,446 ft	Jun 2018	—	Yes
42-18101820	310	7,199 ft	Jan 2018	—	Yes
42-18130672	341	6,105 ft	Oct 2014	—	Yes
42-18131203	348	6,150 ft	Sep 2014	—	Yes
42-18101225	312	7,995 ft	Dec 2013	—	Yes
42-18101232	333	6,947 ft	May 2011	—	Yes
42-18130671	343	6,200 ft	Jun 2003	—	Yes
42-18100850	304	6,101 ft	Feb 2003	—	Yes
42-18100629	316W	7,074 ft	Nov 1991	—	Yes
42-18100645	329W	7,260 ft	Jun 1989	—	Yes
42-18101236	320W	7,330 ft	Mar 1989	—	Yes
42-18101868	305	6,014 ft	Jan 1989	—	Yes
42-18101840	330W	7,942 ft	Nov 1988	Feb 1996	Yes
42-18101226	309	—	Jun 1988	—	Yes
42-18131202	347	6,200 ft	Dec 1987	—	Yes
42-18101241	307W	6,295 ft	Apr 1983	Nov 1986	Yes
42-18101862	344 W	6,915 ft	Oct 1982	Jan 1993	Yes
42-18101844	311	6,550 ft	Sep 1982	—	Yes
42-18101230	337	6,552 ft	Apr 1982	—	Yes
42-18101831	334	6,499 ft	Mar 1981	—	Yes
42-18130666	342	6,109 ft	Oct 1979	—	Yes
42-18101860	322	5,978 ft	May 1955	—	Yes

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 (97)

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

97 months


Jan 2001	0	0	27.47	8.40	$0
Dec 2000	0	0	26.88	9.12	$0
Nov 2000	0	0	32.21	5.66	$0
Oct 2000	0	0	31.23	5.15	$0
Sep 2000	0	0	31.87	5.19	$0
Aug 2000	0	0	29.64	4.54	$0
Jul 2000	0	0	28.53	4.09	$0
Jun 2000	0	0	29.30	4.40	$0
May 2000	0	0	27.26	3.68	$0
Apr 2000	0	0	24.51	3.12	$0
Mar 2000	0	0	28.42	2.86	$0
Feb 2000	0	0	27.62	2.73	$0
Jan 2000	0	0	25.27	2.48	$0
Dec 1999	0	0	24.28	2.42	$0
Nov 1999	0	0	23.19	2.43	$0
Oct 1999	0	0	20.98	2.80	$0
Sep 1999	0	0	21.75	2.62	$0
Aug 1999	0	0	19.26	2.88	$0
Jul 1999	0	0	17.89	2.37	$0
Jun 1999	0	0	15.94	2.36	$0
May 1999	0	0	15.79	2.32	$0
Apr 1999	0	0	15.10	2.21	$0
Mar 1999	0	0	12.47	1.84	$0
Feb 1999	0	0	9.98	1.82	$0
Jan 1999	0	0	10.38	1.90	$0
Dec 1998	0	0	9.20	1.77	$0
Nov 1998	6,032	2,267	10.89	2.19	$70,644
Oct 1998	5,382	2,157	12.42	1.97	$71,092
Sep 1998	5,577	2,596	12.59	2.08	$75,621
Aug 1998	6,072	2,613	11.30	1.91	$73,598
Jul 1998	5,619	2,008	11.74	2.24	$70,460
Jun 1998	5,526	2,311	11.24	2.24	$67,283
May 1998	5,481	2,456	12.62	2.21	$74,589
Apr 1998	4,955	1,822	13.04	2.51	$69,178
Mar 1998	4,347	1,668	12.80	2.31	$59,494
Feb 1998	3,193	1,152	13.95	2.30	$47,191
Jan 1998	4,999	2,121	14.70	2.15	$78,056
Dec 1997	5,959	2,312	16.32	2.41	$102,825
Nov 1997	5,932	2,318	18.19	3.09	$115,062
Oct 1997	6,735	2,707	19.25	3.15	$138,175
Sep 1997	6,597	2,556	17.74	2.95	$124,583
Aug 1997	6,629	2,617	17.86	2.55	$125,080
Jul 1997	6,691	2,607	17.58	2.25	$123,486
Jun 1997	6,923	2,536	17.24	2.26	$125,077
May 1997	7,013	2,985	18.97	2.31	$139,927
Apr 1997	6,743	2,940	17.88	2.08	$126,688
Mar 1997	6,962	2,546	18.95	1.94	$136,867
Feb 1997	6,168	2,074	20.49	2.21	$130,957
Jan 1997	6,991	2,580	23.48	3.54	$173,281
Dec 1996	7,009	3,252	23.32	—	$163,450
Nov 1996	7,363	3,272	21.97	—	$161,765
Oct 1996	7,435	3,234	23.31	—	$173,310
Sep 1996	6,702	3,127	22.22	—	$148,918
Aug 1996	7,364	3,196	20.26	—	$149,195
Jul 1996	7,134	3,291	19.55	—	$139,470
Jun 1996	7,334	3,145	18.73	—	$137,366
May 1996	7,510	3,039	19.43	—	$145,919
Apr 1996	7,060	2,780	21.51	—	$151,861
Mar 1996	7,532	2,696	19.38	—	$145,970
Feb 1996	6,896	0	16.98	—	$117,094
Jan 1996	8,013	4,245	17.07	—	$136,782
Dec 1995	7,991	4,334	17.19	—	$137,365
Nov 1995	7,484	4,112	16.00	—	$119,744
Oct 1995	7,443	3,180	15.43	—	$114,845
Sep 1995	6,134	2,218	16.18	—	$99,248
Aug 1995	7,663	3,439	15.92	—	$121,995
Jul 1995	6,827	2,378	15.24	—	$104,043
Jun 1995	4,852	2,342	16.41	—	$79,621
May 1995	6,430	2,768	17.56	—	$112,911
Apr 1995	8,164	4,071	17.73	—	$144,748
Mar 1995	8,942	3,179	16.44	—	$147,006
Feb 1995	7,953	4,347	16.58	—	$131,861
Jan 1995	8,774	3,479	15.92	—	$139,682
Dec 1994	9,040	3,329	15.03	—	$135,871
Nov 1994	8,690	3,532	15.90	—	$138,171
Oct 1994	8,780	3,933	15.58	—	$136,792
Sep 1994	8,529	3,773	15.29	—	$130,408
Aug 1994	8,855	4,130	16.13	—	$142,831
Jul 1994	8,439	3,800	17.56	—	$148,189
Jun 1994	8,886	4,338	17.09	—	$151,862
May 1994	9,918	4,677	15.88	—	$157,498
Apr 1994	10,142	8,363	14.14	—	$143,408
Mar 1994	10,446	8,345	12.46	—	$130,157
Feb 1994	9,797	3,833	12.50	—	$122,463
Jan 1994	10,532	8,325	12.66	—	$133,335
Dec 1993	10,148	8,306	12.33	—	$125,125
Nov 1993	9,422	7,794	14.49	—	$136,525
Oct 1993	9,486	12,540	15.85	—	$150,353
Sep 1993	9,567	4,206	15.03	—	$143,792
Aug 1993	9,823	4,227	15.66	—	$153,828
Jul 1993	9,669	4,544	15.46	—	$149,483
Jun 1993	9,039	3,161	16.79	—	$151,765
May 1993	6,866	1,649	17.68	—	$121,391
Apr 1993	10,394	1,914	18.05	—	$187,612
Mar 1993	10,826	1,877	18.14	—	$196,384
Feb 1993	9,152	1,421	17.90	—	$163,821
Jan 1993	9,884	1,048	16.93	—	$167,336

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.

Nov 1998 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                6,032 bbl  × $ 10.89 =    $65,688
Casinghead gas     2,267 Mcf  × $  2.19 =     $4,955

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Month total                                  $70,644

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/O/14655 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.