BURKE-BALES

Operated by BALES, D. F. & M. L. (P-5 48151) in the WICHITA COUNTY REGULAR field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 24283District 09Field 97155001OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$748 k
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
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 1,994 leases and 19,278 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1910-12-31
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
OilDisposition20,821 bbl$747,500
Casinghead gasProduction21 Mcf$0
Total$747,500

21 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 21 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 (2)

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 34.0928, -98.5652. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

34.09276, -98.56523 · 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%
2 of 2 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
2 of 2 wells
Median depth
1,710 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
21.7 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
2100.0%
A plug date is filed
2100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
2100.0%
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 1,571 and 1,848 ft, median 1,710 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Apr 1996 – Jan 1997
2 of 2 wells
Plug dates filed
Apr 2018
2 of 2 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 21.7 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 21.4 years and 21.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells

42-4853968911,848 ftJan 1997Apr 2018Yes
42-4854316721,571 ftApr 1996Apr 2018Yes

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 (401)

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

401 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 2017174057.272.92$9,965
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 2017167047.933.21$8,004
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 2016175046.193.09$8,083
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 2016180033.011.79$5,942
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 2015174040.162.87$6,988
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 2015175042.892.93$7,506
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 2014174086.164.05$14,992
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 2014171094.734.73$16,199
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 2014166097.406.19$16,168
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 20131730104.113.72$18,011
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 2013174094.834.15$16,500
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 2013170091.233.42$15,509
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 2012172094.672.92$16,283
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 2012173079.822.52$13,809
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 2012171098.092.73$16,773
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 2011177083.623.99$14,801
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 2011168092.904.64$15,607
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 2011176086.504.59$15,224
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 2010179072.633.98$13,001
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 2010176071.124.24$12,517
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 2010175074.365.96$13,013
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 2009175065.543.06$11,470
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 2009174066.163.90$11,512
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 2009174032.814.63$5,709
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 2008182075.246.92$13,694
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 20081810131.3313.03$23,771
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 2008185092.538.77$17,118
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 2007182082.856.92$15,079
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 2007181062.007.55$11,222
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 2007180055.108.22$9,918
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 2006187054.906.01$10,266
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 2006181066.286.38$11,997
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 2006182057.597.75$10,481
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 2005172061.4512.08$10,569
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 2005132049.207.36$6,494
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 2005129043.166.32$5,568
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 2004127049.706.52$6,312
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 2004125042.375.55$5,296
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 2004132036.106.43$4,765
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 2004126034.475.86$4,343
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 2004138032.036.30$4,420
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 2003129028.804.60$3,715
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 2003125029.765.13$3,720
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 2003122028.565.98$3,484
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 2003129026.675.41$3,440
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 2003116033.487.93$3,884
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 2002130026.914.85$3,498
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 2002130026.464.23$3,440
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 2002132025.963.16$3,427
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 2002133023.733.34$3,156
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 2002129023.653.51$3,051
Mar 20020022.003.10$0
Feb 2002133018.222.38$2,423
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 2001133016.932.36$2,252
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 2001132019.782.53$2,611
Sep 20010024.262.25$0
Aug 2001130024.873.05$3,233
Jul 20010023.933.20$0
Jun 2001132024.563.82$3,242
May 2001132025.524.31$3,369
Apr 20010024.685.34$0
Mar 2001132024.545.38$3,239
Feb 20010027.755.77$0
Jan 2001131027.478.40$3,599
Dec 2000133026.889.12$3,575
Nov 20000032.215.66$0
Oct 2000131031.235.15$4,091
Sep 20000031.875.19$0
Aug 2000134029.644.54$3,972
Jul 2000133028.534.09$3,794
Jun 20000029.304.40$0
May 2000131027.263.68$3,571
Apr 2000131024.513.12$3,211
Mar 20000028.422.86$0
Feb 2000132027.622.73$3,646
Jan 2000131025.272.48$3,310
Dec 1999132024.282.42$3,205
Nov 19990023.192.43$0
Oct 1999129020.982.80$2,706
Sep 1999132021.752.62$2,871
Aug 19990019.262.88$0
Jul 1999127017.892.37$2,272
Jun 1999132015.942.36$2,104
May 1999130015.792.32$2,053
Apr 19990015.102.21$0
Mar 1999131012.471.84$1,634
Feb 199913309.981.82$1,327
Jan 1999133010.381.90$1,381
Dec 199813309.201.77$1,224
Nov 1998133010.892.19$1,448
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 1998130012.592.08$1,637
Aug 1998129011.301.91$1,458
Jul 1998129011.742.24$1,514
Jun 1998129011.242.24$1,450
May 1998128012.622.21$1,615
Apr 1998133013.042.51$1,734
Mar 1998131012.802.31$1,677
Feb 1998136013.952.30$1,897
Jan 1998136014.702.15$1,999
Dec 1997256016.322.41$4,178
Nov 1997131018.193.09$2,383
Oct 1997133019.253.15$2,560
Sep 1997124017.742.95$2,200
Aug 1997258017.862.55$4,608
Jul 1997130017.582.25$2,285
Jun 1997262017.242.26$4,517
May 1997255018.972.31$4,837
Apr 1997131017.882.08$2,342
Mar 1997376018.951.94$7,125
Feb 1997132020.492.21$2,705
Jan 1997262023.483.54$6,152
Dec 1996396023.32$9,235
Nov 1996266021.97$5,844
Oct 1996390023.31$9,091
Sep 1996258022.22$5,733
Aug 1996382020.26$7,739
Jul 1996398019.55$7,781
Jun 1996377018.73$7,061
May 1996122019.43$2,370
Apr 1996129021.51$2,775
Mar 1996134019.38$2,597
Feb 19960016.98$0
Jan 1996130017.07$2,219
Dec 19950017.19$0
Nov 1995130016.00$2,080
Oct 19950015.43$0
Sep 1995130016.18$2,103
Aug 19950015.92$0
Jul 1995130015.24$1,981
Jun 19950016.41$0
May 19950017.56$0
Apr 1995130017.73$2,305
Mar 19950016.44$0
Feb 1995131016.58$2,172
Jan 19950015.92$0
Dec 1994132015.03$1,984
Nov 1994131015.90$2,083
Oct 19940015.58$0
Sep 1994130115.29$1,988
Aug 19940116.13$0
Jul 1994132117.56$2,318
Jun 19940117.09$0
May 1994131115.88$2,080
Apr 1994132114.14$1,866
Mar 19940112.46$0
Feb 1994131112.50$1,638
Jan 19940112.66$0
Dec 1993131112.33$1,615
Nov 1993133114.49$1,927
Oct 19930115.85$0
Sep 1993130115.03$1,954
Aug 19930115.66$0
Jul 1993130115.46$2,010
Jun 19930116.79$0
May 1993132117.68$2,334
Apr 19930118.05$0
Mar 1993134118.14$2,431
Feb 19930117.90$0
Jan 1993132116.93$2,235

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.

Dec 2017 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  174 bbl  × $ 57.27 =     $9,965
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.92 =         $0

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Month total                                   $9,965

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/24283 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.