BIRD

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

Operated by WESTERN CHIEF OPERATING, L.L.C. (P-5 911808) in the TJN (STRAWN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 25095District 09Field 87998800OilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$564 k

Jan 1993 – May 2009

Value, last 12 filed months

$12 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

197

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The TJN (STRAWN) 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 33 leases and 42 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1982-07-03

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

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “ALLOCATION FORMULA EFFECTIVE 03/01/87.”

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	8,053 bbl	$211,635
Casinghead gas	Production	98,840 Mcf	$352,550
Total			$564,185

27,400 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 (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 33.1461, -98.2393. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

33.14607, -98.23933 · 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%

1 of 1 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

Median depth

5,020 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

24.0 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 5,020 ft.

Completions filed

Feb 1985

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Feb 2009

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 24.0 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 24.0 years and 24.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-23736032	1	5,020 ft	Feb 1985	Feb 2009	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 (197)

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

197 months


May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	0	0	46.77	3.59	$0
Mar 2009	0	0	42.14	4.06	$0
Feb 2009	20	0	32.81	4.63	$656
Jan 2009	0	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	0	0	37.10	5.98	$0
Nov 2008	0	0	55.49	6.86	$0
Oct 2008	0	0	75.24	6.92	$0
Sep 2008	73	0	101.76	7.88	$7,428
Aug 2008	0	0	114.22	8.48	$0
Jul 2008	0	113	131.08	11.39	$1,287
Jun 2008	0	179	131.33	13.03	$2,333
May 2008	2	100	123.17	11.57	$1,404
Apr 2008	0	61	110.31	10.45	$638
Mar 2008	0	120	101.90	9.66	$1,160
Feb 2008	0	336	92.53	8.77	$2,947
Jan 2008	0	402	90.38	8.21	$3,299
Dec 2007	0	208	88.33	7.30	$1,519
Nov 2007	0	433	91.67	7.29	$3,157
Oct 2007	167	418	82.85	6.92	$16,729
Sep 2007	0	395	75.84	6.24	$2,466
Aug 2007	0	495	69.06	6.39	$3,162
Jul 2007	0	558	70.90	6.39	$3,564
Jun 2007	0	515	62.00	7.55	$3,887
May 2007	0	464	58.74	7.85	$3,641
Apr 2007	0	474	59.61	7.81	$3,700
Mar 2007	0	479	56.92	7.30	$3,498
Feb 2007	0	445	55.10	8.22	$3,656
Jan 2007	174	416	50.30	6.73	$11,551
Dec 2006	0	475	56.65	6.92	$3,286
Nov 2006	0	431	54.20	7.62	$3,283
Oct 2006	0	512	54.90	6.01	$3,079
Sep 2006	0	486	60.08	5.04	$2,448
Aug 2006	0	566	68.71	7.34	$4,154
Jul 2006	0	538	69.37	6.34	$3,412
Jun 2006	179	447	66.28	6.38	$14,718
May 2006	0	447	66.01	6.42	$2,872
Apr 2006	0	468	64.39	7.36	$3,445
Mar 2006	0	457	56.70	7.08	$3,237
Feb 2006	0	444	57.59	7.75	$3,442
Jan 2006	0	496	60.59	8.93	$4,431
Dec 2005	0	509	54.94	13.42	$6,828
Nov 2005	152	541	54.69	10.59	$14,041
Oct 2005	0	558	58.34	13.80	$7,698
Sep 2005	0	629	61.45	12.08	$7,598
Aug 2005	0	618	61.51	9.80	$6,054
Jul 2005	0	663	55.69	7.84	$5,200
Jun 2005	174	566	52.33	7.38	$13,283
May 2005	0	546	45.22	6.65	$3,632
Apr 2005	0	533	49.20	7.36	$3,923
Mar 2005	0	532	50.37	7.15	$3,806
Feb 2005	153	439	45.22	6.31	$9,690
Jan 2005	0	449	43.16	6.32	$2,839
Dec 2004	0	524	39.86	6.75	$3,538
Nov 2004	0	490	45.28	6.33	$3,102
Oct 2004	145	542	49.70	6.52	$10,738
Sep 2004	0	461	43.24	5.28	$2,436
Aug 2004	0	465	42.37	5.55	$2,581
Jul 2004	0	608	38.28	6.08	$3,699
Jun 2004	180	570	36.10	6.43	$10,165
May 2004	0	590	37.48	6.49	$3,832
Apr 2004	0	598	34.47	5.86	$3,503
Mar 2004	0	589	34.36	5.53	$3,257
Feb 2004	0	560	32.45	5.51	$3,085
Jan 2004	129	596	32.03	6.30	$7,886
Dec 2003	0	618	30.26	6.30	$3,894
Nov 2003	0	389	28.80	4.60	$1,788
Oct 2003	146	374	28.17	4.76	$5,893
Sep 2003	0	620	26.31	4.75	$2,945
Aug 2003	0	640	29.76	5.13	$3,283
Jul 2003	177	674	29.41	5.17	$8,691
Jun 2003	0	621	28.56	5.98	$3,715
May 2003	0	664	26.59	5.97	$3,966
Apr 2003	0	629	26.67	5.41	$3,401
Mar 2003	163	667	31.14	6.10	$9,142
Feb 2003	0	571	33.48	7.93	$4,526
Jan 2003	0	625	30.31	5.58	$3,489
Dec 2002	175	633	26.91	4.85	$7,782
Nov 2002	0	628	24.66	4.14	$2,598
Oct 2002	0	741	26.46	4.23	$3,134
Sep 2002	176	598	27.44	3.64	$7,003
Aug 2002	0	667	25.96	3.16	$2,110
Jul 2002	0	611	24.58	3.06	$1,871
Jun 2002	170	675	23.73	3.34	$6,287
May 2002	0	705	24.66	3.58	$2,527
Apr 2002	155	650	23.65	3.51	$5,949
Mar 2002	0	624	22.00	3.10	$1,936
Feb 2002	0	590	18.22	2.38	$1,402
Jan 2002	162	642	17.17	2.38	$4,307
Dec 2001	0	640	16.93	2.36	$1,513
Nov 2001	182	713	18.07	2.41	$5,004
Oct 2001	0	509	19.78	2.53	$1,287
Sep 2001	0	429	24.26	2.25	$966
Aug 2001	0	467	24.87	3.05	$1,426
Jul 2001	178	439	23.93	3.20	$5,663
Jun 2001	0	416	24.56	3.82	$1,591
May 2001	0	414	25.52	4.31	$1,783
Apr 2001	0	416	24.68	5.34	$2,219
Mar 2001	0	422	24.54	5.38	$2,269
Feb 2001	145	407	27.75	5.77	$6,371
Jan 2001	0	433	27.47	8.40	$3,637
Dec 2000	0	397	26.88	9.12	$3,622
Nov 2000	0	447	32.21	5.66	$2,529
Oct 2000	0	474	31.23	5.15	$2,439
Sep 2000	0	540	31.87	5.19	$2,801
Aug 2000	0	540	29.64	4.54	$2,452
Jul 2000	153	505	28.53	4.09	$6,430
Jun 2000	174	537	29.30	4.40	$7,460
May 2000	0	633	27.26	3.68	$2,329
Apr 2000	0	636	24.51	3.12	$1,982
Mar 2000	0	532	28.42	2.86	$1,521
Feb 2000	0	602	27.62	2.73	$1,641
Jan 2000	0	528	25.27	2.48	$1,310
Dec 1999	0	570	24.28	2.42	$1,382
Nov 1999	0	561	23.19	2.43	$1,365
Oct 1999	0	672	20.98	2.80	$1,884
Sep 1999	0	305	21.75	2.62	$799
Aug 1999	0	538	19.26	2.88	$1,547
Jul 1999	177	497	17.89	2.37	$4,346
Jun 1999	0	541	15.94	2.36	$1,278
May 1999	0	559	15.79	2.32	$1,297
Apr 1999	0	197	15.10	2.21	$435
Mar 1999	0	348	12.47	1.84	$640
Feb 1999	0	361	9.98	1.82	$656
Jan 1999	183	429	10.38	1.90	$2,715
Dec 1998	0	445	9.20	1.77	$789
Nov 1998	0	515	10.89	2.19	$1,126
Oct 1998	0	532	12.42	1.97	$1,048
Sep 1998	0	528	12.59	2.08	$1,100
Aug 1998	142	506	11.30	1.91	$2,570
Jul 1998	0	492	11.74	2.24	$1,101
Jun 1998	0	493	11.24	2.24	$1,103
May 1998	0	554	12.62	2.21	$1,222
Apr 1998	0	516	13.04	2.51	$1,293
Mar 1998	118	513	12.80	2.31	$2,695
Feb 1998	0	501	13.95	2.30	$1,152
Jan 1998	0	528	14.70	2.15	$1,138
Dec 1997	127	544	16.32	2.41	$3,384
Nov 1997	0	600	18.19	3.09	$1,853
Oct 1997	0	609	19.25	3.15	$1,918
Sep 1997	151	685	17.74	2.95	$4,703
Aug 1997	104	617	17.86	2.55	$3,434
Jul 1997	0	599	17.58	2.25	$1,346
Jun 1997	0	602	17.24	2.26	$1,359
May 1997	163	648	18.97	2.31	$4,588
Apr 1997	0	609	17.88	2.08	$1,268
Mar 1997	0	568	18.95	1.94	$1,101
Feb 1997	0	547	20.49	2.21	$1,207
Jan 1997	0	625	23.48	3.54	$2,212
Dec 1996	151	536	23.32	—	$3,521
Nov 1996	0	434	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	134	702	23.31	—	$3,124
Sep 1996	0	671	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	0	625	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	168	644	19.55	—	$3,284
Jun 1996	0	599	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	0	684	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	0	632	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	149	506	19.38	—	$2,888
Feb 1996	0	631	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	0	604	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	171	616	17.19	—	$2,939
Nov 1995	145	644	16.00	—	$2,320
Oct 1995	0	677	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	0	641	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	155	773	15.92	—	$2,468
Jul 1995	0	771	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	159	612	16.41	—	$2,609
May 1995	0	693	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	0	626	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	0	534	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	172	649	16.58	—	$2,852
Jan 1995	0	580	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	0	588	15.03	—	$0
Nov 1994	179	627	15.90	—	$2,846
Oct 1994	0	527	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	175	467	15.29	—	$2,676
Aug 1994	0	531	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	0	591	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	167	525	17.09	—	$2,854
May 1994	0	534	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	0	623	14.14	—	$0
Mar 1994	175	552	12.46	—	$2,181
Feb 1994	0	596	12.50	—	$0
Jan 1994	183	576	12.66	—	$2,317
Dec 1993	0	525	12.33	—	$0
Nov 1993	0	537	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	155	605	15.85	—	$2,457
Sep 1993	176	597	15.03	—	$2,645
Aug 1993	160	725	15.66	—	$2,506
Jul 1993	151	376	15.46	—	$2,334
Jun 1993	0	401	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	0	375	17.68	—	$0
Apr 1993	0	332	18.05	—	$0
Mar 1993	117	463	18.14	—	$2,122
Feb 1993	0	296	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	142	347	16.93	—	$2,404

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.

Feb 2009 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   20 bbl  × $ 32.81 =       $656
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.63 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $656

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/25095 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.