SIMPSON, B.

Name: SIMPSON, B. lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by STAMPER OPERATING CO., INC. (P-5 812133) in the BRYSON, EAST field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 23628District 09Field 12800001NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$580 k

Jan 1993 – Jun 2022

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

354

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The BRYSON, EAST 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 174 leases and 413 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1915-12-31

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and gas

the register's own label

Between wells

660 ft

minimum

From a lease line

330 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres.

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	3	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	5,027 bbl	$184,703
Casinghead gas	Production	134,072 Mcf	$394,948
Total			$579,650

45,186 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 (3)

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 33.1232, -98.3795. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.1 miles.

33.12336, -98.37963 · centre of the 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%

3 of 3 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

3 of 3 wells

Median depth

3,431 ft

3 wells filed one

Completion to plug

36.2 years

median over 3 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

3100.0%

A plug date is filed

3100.0%

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

3100.0%

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

Between 3,425 and 4,896 ft, median 3,431 ft, over the 3 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Aug 1983 – Jan 1985

3 of 3 wells

Plug dates filed

Oct 2008 – Mar 2021

3 of 3 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 36.2 years across the 3 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 30.7 years and 36.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

3 wells


42-23736568	5	3,425 ft	Jan 1985	Mar 2021	Yes
42-23735903	4	4,896 ft	Sep 1984	Mar 2021	Yes
42-23735125	1	3,431 ft	Aug 1983	Oct 2008	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 (354)

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

354 months


Jun 2022	0	0	115.09	7.98	$0
May 2022	0	0	109.37	8.43	$0
Apr 2022	0	0	104.22	6.84	$0
Mar 2022	0	0	108.88	5.08	$0
Feb 2022	0	0	91.05	4.86	$0
Jan 2022	0	0	81.84	4.54	$0
Dec 2021	0	0	71.32	3.90	$0
Nov 2021	0	0	77.43	5.24	$0
Oct 2021	0	0	79.79	5.71	$0
Sep 2021	0	0	69.86	5.35	$0
Aug 2021	0	0	66.02	4.22	$0
Jul 2021	0	0	70.78	3.98	$0
Jun 2021	0	0	69.49	3.38	$0
May 2021	0	0	63.48	3.02	$0
Apr 2021	0	0	60.36	2.76	$0
Mar 2021	0	0	61.30	2.72	$0
Feb 2021	0	0	57.80	5.55	$0
Jan 2021	0	0	50.41	2.81	$0
Dec 2020	0	0	44.64	2.68	$0
Nov 2020	0	0	38.77	2.71	$0
Oct 2020	0	0	36.97	2.48	$0
Sep 2020	0	0	37.09	1.99	$0
Aug 2020	0	0	39.98	2.39	$0
Jul 2020	0	0	38.37	1.83	$0
Jun 2020	0	0	34.90	1.69	$0
May 2020	0	0	16.92	1.81	$0
Apr 2020	0	0	14.75	1.80	$0
Mar 2020	0	0	30.34	1.86	$0
Feb 2020	0	0	49.88	1.98	$0
Jan 2020	0	0	57.25	2.09	$0
Dec 2019	0	0	59.01	2.30	$0
Nov 2019	0	0	55.30	2.75	$0
Oct 2019	0	0	53.47	2.42	$0
Sep 2019	0	0	55.05	2.66	$0
Aug 2019	0	0	53.11	2.30	$0
Jul 2019	0	0	56.27	2.46	$0
Jun 2019	0	0	52.78	2.49	$0
May 2019	0	0	58.48	2.74	$0
Apr 2019	0	0	62.63	2.75	$0
Mar 2019	0	0	56.80	3.06	$0
Feb 2019	0	0	50.85	2.79	$0
Jan 2019	0	0	46.03	3.23	$0
Dec 2018	0	0	46.59	4.19	$0
Nov 2018	0	0	52.93	4.24	$0
Oct 2018	0	0	61.44	3.40	$0
Sep 2018	0	0	59.54	3.11	$0
Aug 2018	0	0	59.40	3.07	$0
Jul 2018	0	14	65.14	2.93	$41
Jun 2018	0	9	60.18	3.08	$28
May 2018	0	86	65.38	2.90	$249
Apr 2018	0	145	63.84	2.90	$421
Mar 2018	0	167	61.22	2.79	$465
Feb 2018	0	67	61.78	2.77	$185
Jan 2018	0	38	62.87	4.01	$152
Dec 2017	0	214	57.27	2.92	$625
Nov 2017	0	160	55.42	3.12	$499
Oct 2017	0	218	49.29	2.98	$650
Sep 2017	0	207	47.52	3.09	$639
Aug 2017	0	207	45.37	3.00	$622
Jul 2017	46	274	43.87	3.09	$2,864
Jun 2017	0	345	42.49	3.09	$1,065
May 2017	0	255	45.37	3.26	$832
Apr 2017	0	233	47.93	3.21	$748
Mar 2017	0	253	46.77	2.98	$755
Feb 2017	0	240	50.45	2.95	$709
Jan 2017	0	223	49.41	3.42	$762
Dec 2016	0	235	48.76	3.72	$875
Nov 2016	0	242	42.49	2.64	$640
Oct 2016	0	280	46.19	3.09	$865
Sep 2016	0	189	41.55	3.10	$586
Aug 2016	0	21	41.44	2.92	$61
Jul 2016	0	55	41.62	2.92	$161
Jun 2016	0	208	45.35	2.69	$559
May 2016	0	212	42.52	1.99	$422
Apr 2016	0	192	36.56	1.99	$382
Mar 2016	0	203	33.01	1.79	$364
Feb 2016	0	219	26.47	2.06	$452
Jan 2016	0	248	27.35	2.36	$586
Dec 2015	0	238	32.36	2.00	$476
Nov 2015	0	236	38.79	2.17	$511
Oct 2015	0	257	43.55	2.43	$624
Sep 2015	0	269	42.99	2.76	$742
Aug 2015	0	298	40.16	2.87	$856
Jul 2015	48	280	48.15	2.95	$3,136
Jun 2015	0	260	56.15	2.88	$750
May 2015	0	269	55.21	2.96	$795
Apr 2015	0	254	49.82	2.71	$687
Mar 2015	0	254	42.89	2.93	$745
Feb 2015	0	247	44.66	2.98	$735
Jan 2015	0	170	43.43	3.10	$527
Dec 2014	0	185	54.69	3.59	$664
Nov 2014	0	276	70.46	4.25	$1,174
Oct 2014	0	280	78.30	3.90	$1,092
Sep 2014	0	250	86.16	4.05	$1,011
Aug 2014	0	153	89.39	4.04	$617
Jul 2014	0	235	96.56	4.18	$982
Jun 2014	0	195	98.16	4.74	$924
May 2014	0	209	94.73	4.73	$988
Apr 2014	0	230	95.94	4.81	$1,106
Mar 2014	0	234	95.89	5.06	$1,183
Feb 2014	0	172	97.40	6.19	$1,065
Jan 2014	0	210	90.40	4.86	$1,021
Dec 2013	0	235	91.82	4.35	$1,023
Nov 2013	0	168	88.85	3.74	$628
Oct 2013	0	200	97.42	3.78	$756
Sep 2013	0	244	104.11	3.72	$907
Aug 2013	0	267	104.25	3.52	$941
Jul 2013	84	307	102.52	3.72	$9,753
Jun 2013	0	221	94.40	3.93	$869
May 2013	1	204	94.83	4.15	$941
Apr 2013	0	187	93.96	4.28	$801
Mar 2013	0	191	93.62	3.91	$747
Feb 2013	0	112	91.23	3.42	$383
Jan 2013	0	145	91.60	3.42	$496
Dec 2012	0	134	86.77	3.42	$458
Nov 2012	0	199	86.95	3.62	$721
Oct 2012	0	248	89.38	3.40	$843
Sep 2012	0	209	94.67	2.92	$610
Aug 2012	0	176	92.66	2.91	$512
Jul 2012	1	251	85.13	3.02	$843
Jun 2012	0	298	79.82	2.52	$751
May 2012	0	0	91.61	2.49	$0
Apr 2012	2	45	101.65	2.00	$293
Mar 2012	81	222	105.05	2.22	$9,002
Feb 2012	1	242	101.10	2.57	$723
Jan 2012	0	232	98.09	2.73	$634
Dec 2011	0	278	96.87	3.24	$901
Nov 2011	0	229	95.72	3.31	$758
Oct 2011	0	251	84.98	3.65	$916
Sep 2011	0	285	83.62	3.99	$1,136
Aug 2011	78	285	83.40	4.15	$7,688
Jul 2011	0	296	94.14	4.52	$1,337
Jun 2011	1	237	92.90	4.64	$1,193
May 2011	0	282	98.13	4.40	$1,242
Apr 2011	0	336	105.96	4.33	$1,456
Mar 2011	0	268	96.36	4.06	$1,087
Feb 2011	0	205	85.64	4.18	$857
Jan 2011	0	267	86.50	4.59	$1,225
Dec 2010	0	301	85.73	4.35	$1,309
Nov 2010	0	240	80.84	3.80	$911
Oct 2010	0	316	78.10	3.51	$1,109
Sep 2010	0	314	72.63	3.98	$1,250
Aug 2010	0	331	73.68	4.42	$1,463
Jul 2010	74	337	72.55	4.74	$6,965
Jun 2010	1	373	70.36	4.91	$1,902
May 2010	0	366	71.12	4.24	$1,550
Apr 2010	0	253	81.69	4.12	$1,043
Mar 2010	44	238	78.39	4.39	$4,494
Feb 2010	0	109	73.58	5.44	$593
Jan 2010	0	173	74.36	5.96	$1,032
Dec 2009	0	105	71.44	5.48	$576
Nov 2009	0	234	74.59	3.75	$878
Oct 2009	0	254	72.54	4.11	$1,044
Sep 2009	0	371	65.54	3.06	$1,137
Aug 2009	0	458	67.42	3.22	$1,474
Jul 2009	0	455	61.13	3.46	$1,576
Jun 2009	79	243	66.16	3.90	$6,173
May 2009	0	111	54.74	3.93	$436
Apr 2009	0	72	46.77	3.59	$258
Mar 2009	0	321	42.14	4.06	$1,303
Feb 2009	0	321	32.81	4.63	$1,487
Jan 2009	0	411	35.86	5.37	$2,207
Dec 2008	0	444	37.10	5.98	$2,654
Nov 2008	89	435	55.49	6.86	$7,923
Oct 2008	0	442	75.24	6.92	$3,060
Sep 2008	0	443	101.76	7.88	$3,490
Aug 2008	0	441	114.22	8.48	$3,741
Jul 2008	82	27	131.08	11.39	$11,056
Jun 2008	0	374	131.33	13.03	$4,874
May 2008	0	324	123.17	11.57	$3,750
Apr 2008	37	346	110.31	10.45	$7,699
Mar 2008	0	291	101.90	9.66	$2,812
Feb 2008	0	250	92.53	8.77	$2,193
Jan 2008	93	347	90.38	8.21	$11,253
Dec 2007	0	318	88.33	7.30	$2,322
Nov 2007	0	279	91.67	7.29	$2,034
Oct 2007	0	353	82.85	6.92	$2,443
Sep 2007	0	334	75.84	6.24	$2,086
Aug 2007	63	401	69.06	6.39	$6,912
Jul 2007	0	379	70.90	6.39	$2,421
Jun 2007	0	344	62.00	7.55	$2,597
May 2007	0	327	58.74	7.85	$2,566
Apr 2007	82	386	59.61	7.81	$7,901
Mar 2007	0	347	56.92	7.30	$2,534
Feb 2007	0	249	55.10	8.22	$2,046
Jan 2007	0	271	50.30	6.73	$1,823
Dec 2006	0	258	56.65	6.92	$1,785
Nov 2006	89	259	54.20	7.62	$6,797
Oct 2006	0	351	54.90	6.01	$2,111
Sep 2006	0	400	60.08	5.04	$2,015
Aug 2006	0	447	68.71	7.34	$3,281
Jul 2006	0	459	69.37	6.34	$2,911
Jun 2006	0	443	66.28	6.38	$2,828
May 2006	92	463	66.01	6.42	$9,048
Apr 2006	0	424	64.39	7.36	$3,121
Mar 2006	0	411	56.70	7.08	$2,911
Feb 2006	86	345	57.59	7.75	$7,627
Jan 2006	0	425	60.59	8.93	$3,797
Dec 2005	0	315	54.94	13.42	$4,226
Nov 2005	2	401	54.69	10.59	$4,355
Oct 2005	45	422	58.34	13.80	$8,447
Sep 2005	0	459	61.45	12.08	$5,544
Aug 2005	30	404	61.51	9.80	$5,803
Jul 2005	77	476	55.69	7.84	$8,022
Jun 2005	0	412	52.33	7.38	$3,041
May 2005	0	447	45.22	6.65	$2,973
Apr 2005	72	392	49.20	7.36	$6,428
Mar 2005	0	374	50.37	7.15	$2,676
Feb 2005	0	275	45.22	6.31	$1,736
Jan 2005	82	292	43.16	6.32	$5,385
Dec 2004	0	286	39.86	6.75	$1,931
Nov 2004	0	328	45.28	6.33	$2,076
Oct 2004	78	320	49.70	6.52	$5,961
Sep 2004	0	233	43.24	5.28	$1,231
Aug 2004	0	367	42.37	5.55	$2,037
Jul 2004	34	356	38.28	6.08	$3,467
Jun 2004	0	320	36.10	6.43	$2,059
May 2004	80	378	37.48	6.49	$5,453
Apr 2004	0	356	34.47	5.86	$2,086
Mar 2004	0	365	34.36	5.53	$2,019
Feb 2004	78	310	32.45	5.51	$4,239
Jan 2004	0	334	32.03	6.30	$2,104
Dec 2003	84	356	30.26	6.30	$4,785
Nov 2003	0	398	28.80	4.60	$1,829
Oct 2003	76	380	28.17	4.76	$3,950
Sep 2003	0	377	26.31	4.75	$1,791
Aug 2003	50	401	29.76	5.13	$3,545
Jul 2003	0	395	29.41	5.17	$2,042
Jun 2003	59	385	28.56	5.98	$3,988
May 2003	0	435	26.59	5.97	$2,598
Apr 2003	0	400	26.67	5.41	$2,163
Mar 2003	34	412	31.14	6.10	$3,570
Feb 2003	79	305	33.48	7.93	$5,062
Jan 2003	0	286	30.31	5.58	$1,596
Dec 2002	83	370	26.91	4.85	$4,029
Nov 2002	0	368	24.66	4.14	$1,522
Oct 2002	0	383	26.46	4.23	$1,620
Sep 2002	0	391	27.44	3.64	$1,421
Aug 2002	0	431	25.96	3.16	$1,364
Jul 2002	0	368	24.58	3.06	$1,127
Jun 2002	78	390	23.73	3.34	$3,153
May 2002	0	430	24.66	3.58	$1,541
Apr 2002	0	362	23.65	3.51	$1,271
Mar 2002	0	395	22.00	3.10	$1,226
Feb 2002	0	359	18.22	2.38	$853
Jan 2002	0	457	17.17	2.38	$1,086
Dec 2001	0	197	16.93	2.36	$466
Nov 2001	46	397	18.07	2.41	$1,786
Oct 2001	0	453	19.78	2.53	$1,146
Sep 2001	0	465	24.26	2.25	$1,047
Aug 2001	0	444	24.87	3.05	$1,356
Jul 2001	0	449	23.93	3.20	$1,435
Jun 2001	36	435	24.56	3.82	$2,548
May 2001	0	408	25.52	4.31	$1,757
Apr 2001	0	433	24.68	5.34	$2,310
Mar 2001	0	471	24.54	5.38	$2,532
Feb 2001	69	372	27.75	5.77	$4,060
Jan 2001	0	245	27.47	8.40	$2,058
Dec 2000	0	328	26.88	9.12	$2,992
Nov 2000	0	387	32.21	5.66	$2,190
Oct 2000	0	631	31.23	5.15	$3,247
Sep 2000	72	556	31.87	5.19	$5,178
Aug 2000	0	716	29.64	4.54	$3,251
Jul 2000	0	621	28.53	4.09	$2,540
Jun 2000	66	643	29.30	4.40	$4,761
May 2000	0	738	27.26	3.68	$2,716
Apr 2000	71	803	24.51	3.12	$4,242
Mar 2000	0	245	28.42	2.86	$701
Feb 2000	0	110	27.62	2.73	$300
Jan 2000	0	524	25.27	2.48	$1,300
Dec 1999	0	544	24.28	2.42	$1,319
Nov 1999	64	477	23.19	2.43	$2,645
Oct 1999	0	591	20.98	2.80	$1,657
Sep 1999	0	589	21.75	2.62	$1,543
Aug 1999	0	627	19.26	2.88	$1,803
Jul 1999	0	615	17.89	2.37	$1,459
Jun 1999	0	592	15.94	2.36	$1,398
May 1999	0	632	15.79	2.32	$1,467
Apr 1999	0	568	15.10	2.21	$1,254
Mar 1999	79	537	12.47	1.84	$1,972
Feb 1999	0	430	9.98	1.82	$782
Jan 1999	0	550	10.38	1.90	$1,045
Dec 1998	0	497	9.20	1.77	$881
Nov 1998	86	515	10.89	2.19	$2,062
Oct 1998	0	632	12.42	1.97	$1,245
Sep 1998	0	688	12.59	2.08	$1,433
Aug 1998	78	696	11.30	1.91	$2,209
Jul 1998	0	719	11.74	2.24	$1,609
Jun 1998	0	677	11.24	2.24	$1,515
May 1998	70	665	12.62	2.21	$2,351
Apr 1998	0	633	13.04	2.51	$1,586
Mar 1998	77	567	12.80	2.31	$2,295
Feb 1998	0	641	13.95	2.30	$1,474
Jan 1998	0	481	14.70	2.15	$1,036
Dec 1997	76	570	16.32	2.41	$2,615
Nov 1997	0	509	18.19	3.09	$1,572
Oct 1997	0	680	19.25	3.15	$2,142
Sep 1997	76	580	17.74	2.95	$3,062
Aug 1997	0	542	17.86	2.55	$1,385
Jul 1997	0	739	17.58	2.25	$1,660
Jun 1997	0	567	17.24	2.26	$1,280
May 1997	0	562	18.97	2.31	$1,297
Apr 1997	0	602	17.88	2.08	$1,254
Mar 1997	90	539	18.95	1.94	$2,751
Feb 1997	0	558	20.49	2.21	$1,231
Jan 1997	0	528	23.48	3.54	$1,869
Dec 1996	0	585	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	112	563	21.97	—	$2,461
Oct 1996	0	585	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	89	889	22.22	—	$1,978
Aug 1996	0	959	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	0	805	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	0	917	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	0	1,385	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	0	672	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	0	966	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	116	765	16.98	—	$1,970
Jan 1996	0	1,160	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	0	1,089	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	0	1,496	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	0	1,223	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	108	1,315	16.18	—	$1,747
Aug 1995	0	1,642	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	0	1,463	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	0	1,672	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	100	1,692	17.56	—	$1,756
Apr 1995	0	1,585	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	106	1,443	16.44	—	$1,743
Feb 1995	0	565	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	0	826	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	0	828	15.03	—	$0
Nov 1994	110	761	15.90	—	$1,749
Oct 1994	0	761	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	0	710	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	96	594	16.13	—	$1,548
Jul 1994	0	743	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	0	642	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	108	570	15.88	—	$1,715
Apr 1994	0	745	14.14	—	$0
Mar 1994	0	790	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	116	766	12.50	—	$1,450
Jan 1994	0	928	12.66	—	$0
Dec 1993	112	761	12.33	—	$1,381
Nov 1993	0	867	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	0	735	15.85	—	$0
Sep 1993	82	938	15.03	—	$1,232
Aug 1993	0	1,046	15.66	—	$0
Jul 1993	117	982	15.46	—	$1,809
Jun 1993	0	853	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	0	866	17.68	—	$0
Apr 1993	100	635	18.05	—	$1,805
Mar 1993	0	774	18.14	—	$0
Feb 1993	0	716	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	124	913	16.93	—	$2,099

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.

Jul 2018 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                    0 bbl  × $ 65.14 =         $0
Casinghead gas        14 Mcf  × $  2.93 =        $41

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Month total                                      $41

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/23628 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.