WHITE, MELDON L. (SHALLOW)

Operated by LARIAT ENERGY CORPORATION (P-5 486655) in the WISER (580) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 21272District 09Field 98265100OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$171 k
Jan 1993 – Jan 2011
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
217
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead 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 1 leases and 10 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1981-07-24
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
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
OilDisposition7,706 bbl$170,855
Casinghead gasProduction20 Mcf$0
Total$170,855

20 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 20 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 (10)

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 33.7527, -98.6362. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles.

33.75256, -98.63662 · 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%
10 of 10 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
10 of 10 wells
Median depth
623 ft
10 wells filed one
Completion to plug
28.5 years
median over 10 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
10100.0%
A plug date is filed
10100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
10100.0%
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

Total depth in feet, 10 of 10 wells. Median 623 ft, with the middle half between 612 and 635 ft; the shallowest is 600 ft and the deepest 1,655 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, 10 of 10 wells, Jul 1981 – Dec 1982. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Jul 1981 – Dec 1982
10 of 10 wells
Plug dates filed
May 2010
10 of 10 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 28.5 years across the 10 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 28.5 years and 28.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

10 wells

42-0093563718600 ftDec 1982May 2010Yes
42-0093647614611 ftSep 1982May 2010Yes
42-009356284650 ftNov 1981May 2010Yes
42-0093574512615 ftNov 1981May 2010Yes
42-009356306630 ftNov 1981May 2010Yes
42-009356339636 ftNov 1981May 2010Yes
42-009356295605 ftNov 1981May 2010Yes
42-0093563511630 ftNov 1981May 2010Yes
42-009356317615 ftNov 1981May 2010Yes
42-0093482811,655 ftJul 1981May 2010Yes

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 (217)

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

217 months

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 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 2008340114.228.48$3,883
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 200611068.717.34$756
Jul 2006135069.376.34$9,365
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 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 200365028.565.98$1,856
May 200370026.595.97$1,861
Apr 200374026.675.41$1,974
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 200379033.487.93$2,645
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 200270026.914.85$1,884
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 2002100026.464.23$2,646
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 2002101025.963.16$2,622
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 200274023.733.34$1,756
May 2002100024.663.58$2,466
Apr 200244023.653.51$1,041
Mar 200279022.003.10$1,738
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 200275017.172.38$1,288
Dec 200180016.932.36$1,354
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 2001100019.782.53$1,978
Sep 20010024.262.25$0
Aug 2001100024.873.05$2,487
Jul 2001101023.933.20$2,417
Jun 2001100024.563.82$2,456
May 2001100025.524.31$2,552
Apr 2001101024.685.34$2,493
Mar 2001101024.545.38$2,479
Feb 2001200027.755.77$5,550
Jan 20010027.478.40$0
Dec 20000026.889.12$0
Nov 2000100032.215.66$3,221
Oct 2000146031.235.15$4,560
Sep 2000128031.875.19$4,079
Aug 2000100029.644.54$2,964
Jul 20000028.534.09$0
Jun 2000100029.304.40$2,930
May 2000101027.263.68$2,753
Apr 2000100024.513.12$2,451
Mar 2000100028.422.86$2,842
Feb 20000027.622.73$0
Jan 2000100025.272.48$2,527
Dec 1999126024.282.42$3,059
Nov 1999126023.192.43$2,922
Oct 1999137020.982.80$2,874
Sep 1999125021.752.62$2,719
Aug 1999136019.262.88$2,619
Jul 19990017.892.37$0
Jun 19990015.942.36$0
May 19990015.792.32$0
Apr 19990015.102.21$0
Mar 19990012.471.84$0
Feb 1999009.981.82$0
Jan 19990010.381.90$0
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 19980010.892.19$0
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 19980012.592.08$0
Aug 199845011.301.91$509
Jul 19980011.742.24$0
Jun 199825011.242.24$281
May 19980012.622.21$0
Apr 199844013.042.51$574
Mar 199846012.802.31$589
Feb 199827013.952.30$377
Jan 199828014.702.15$412
Dec 199745016.322.41$734
Nov 199726018.193.09$473
Oct 199727019.253.15$520
Sep 199745017.742.95$798
Aug 199754017.862.55$964
Jul 199744017.582.25$774
Jun 199726017.242.26$448
May 199753018.972.31$1,005
Apr 199728017.882.08$501
Mar 199743018.951.94$815
Feb 199745020.492.21$922
Jan 199755023.483.54$1,291
Dec 199646023.32$1,073
Nov 199644021.97$967
Oct 199645023.31$1,049
Sep 199686022.22$1,911
Aug 199626020.26$527
Jul 199644019.55$860
Jun 199627018.73$506
May 199690019.43$1,749
Apr 199690021.51$1,936
Mar 19960019.38$0
Feb 199681016.98$1,375
Jan 199689017.07$1,519
Dec 199546017.19$791
Nov 199589016.00$1,424
Oct 199527015.43$417
Sep 199589016.18$1,440
Aug 199545015.92$716
Jul 199577015.24$1,173
Jun 199591016.41$1,493
May 19950017.56$0
Apr 199588017.73$1,560
Mar 199568016.44$1,118
Feb 199596016.58$1,592
Jan 199546015.92$732
Dec 199445015.03$676
Nov 199494015.90$1,495
Oct 199448015.58$748
Sep 199491115.29$1,391
Aug 199492016.13$1,484
Jul 199446117.56$808
Jun 199492117.09$1,572
May 199445115.88$715
Apr 199447114.14$665
Mar 199484112.46$1,047
Feb 199447112.50$588
Jan 199494112.66$1,190
Dec 199395112.33$1,171
Nov 199395114.49$1,377
Oct 199347115.85$745
Sep 199391115.03$1,368
Aug 199393115.66$1,456
Jul 1993125115.46$1,933
Jun 199392116.79$1,545
May 1993111117.68$1,962
Apr 199346118.05$830
Mar 199389118.14$1,614
Feb 199394117.90$1,683
Jan 199348116.93$813

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.

Aug 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   34 bbl  × $114.22 =     $3,883
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  8.48 =         $0

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Month total                                   $3,883

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/21272 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.