SMITH GAS UNIT

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

Operated by BRIAR ENERGY CORPORATION (P-5 90877) in the ALVORD, SOUTH (BRYSON UPPER) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 28276District 09Field 02148581OilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$184 k

Jan 1993 – Mar 2008

Value, last 12 filed months

$4 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

183

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The ALVORD, SOUTH (BRYSON UPPER) 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 6 leases and 12 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1960-08-08

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	7,938 bbl	$184,116
Casinghead gas	Production	665 Mcf	$0
Total			$184,116

665 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 22 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 33.3040, -97.6573. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

33.30401, -97.65728 · 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

6,212 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

15.6 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 6,212 ft.

Completions filed

Feb 1992

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Sep 2007

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 15.6 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 15.6 years and 15.6 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-49700287	1	6,212 ft	Feb 1992	Sep 2007	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 (183)

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

183 months


Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	0	0	92.53	8.77	$0
Jan 2008	46	0	90.38	8.21	$4,157
Dec 2007	0	0	88.33	7.30	$0
Nov 2007	0	0	91.67	7.29	$0
Oct 2007	0	0	82.85	6.92	$0
Sep 2007	0	0	75.84	6.24	$0
Aug 2007	0	0	69.06	6.39	$0
Jul 2007	0	0	70.90	6.39	$0
Jun 2007	0	0	62.00	7.55	$0
May 2007	0	0	58.74	7.85	$0
Apr 2007	0	0	59.61	7.81	$0
Mar 2007	0	0	56.92	7.30	$0
Feb 2007	0	0	55.10	8.22	$0
Jan 2007	0	0	50.30	6.73	$0
Dec 2006	0	0	56.65	6.92	$0
Nov 2006	0	0	54.20	7.62	$0
Oct 2006	0	0	54.90	6.01	$0
Sep 2006	0	0	60.08	5.04	$0
Aug 2006	0	0	68.71	7.34	$0
Jul 2006	0	0	69.37	6.34	$0
Jun 2006	0	0	66.28	6.38	$0
May 2006	0	0	66.01	6.42	$0
Apr 2006	0	0	64.39	7.36	$0
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	0	0	57.59	7.75	$0
Jan 2006	0	0	60.59	8.93	$0
Dec 2005	76	0	54.94	13.42	$4,175
Nov 2005	0	0	54.69	10.59	$0
Oct 2005	108	0	58.34	13.80	$6,301
Sep 2005	0	0	61.45	12.08	$0
Aug 2005	60	0	61.51	9.80	$3,691
Jul 2005	0	0	55.69	7.84	$0
Jun 2005	55	0	52.33	7.38	$2,878
May 2005	0	0	45.22	6.65	$0
Apr 2005	82	0	49.20	7.36	$4,034
Mar 2005	0	0	50.37	7.15	$0
Feb 2005	61	0	45.22	6.31	$2,758
Jan 2005	0	0	43.16	6.32	$0
Dec 2004	74	0	39.86	6.75	$2,950
Nov 2004	0	0	45.28	6.33	$0
Oct 2004	64	0	49.70	6.52	$3,181
Sep 2004	0	0	43.24	5.28	$0
Aug 2004	84	0	42.37	5.55	$3,559
Jul 2004	0	0	38.28	6.08	$0
Jun 2004	85	0	36.10	6.43	$3,069
May 2004	0	0	37.48	6.49	$0
Apr 2004	65	0	34.47	5.86	$2,241
Mar 2004	0	0	34.36	5.53	$0
Feb 2004	82	0	32.45	5.51	$2,661
Jan 2004	0	0	32.03	6.30	$0
Dec 2003	75	0	30.26	6.30	$2,270
Nov 2003	0	0	28.80	4.60	$0
Oct 2003	31	0	28.17	4.76	$873
Sep 2003	80	0	26.31	4.75	$2,105
Aug 2003	0	0	29.76	5.13	$0
Jul 2003	79	0	29.41	5.17	$2,323
Jun 2003	0	0	28.56	5.98	$0
May 2003	134	0	26.59	5.97	$3,563
Apr 2003	0	0	26.67	5.41	$0
Mar 2003	76	0	31.14	6.10	$2,367
Feb 2003	0	0	33.48	7.93	$0
Jan 2003	91	0	30.31	5.58	$2,758
Dec 2002	0	0	26.91	4.85	$0
Nov 2002	78	0	24.66	4.14	$1,923
Oct 2002	0	0	26.46	4.23	$0
Sep 2002	90	0	27.44	3.64	$2,470
Aug 2002	0	0	25.96	3.16	$0
Jul 2002	38	0	24.58	3.06	$934
Jun 2002	46	0	23.73	3.34	$1,092
May 2002	56	0	24.66	3.58	$1,381
Apr 2002	73	0	23.65	3.51	$1,726
Mar 2002	0	0	22.00	3.10	$0
Feb 2002	82	0	18.22	2.38	$1,494
Jan 2002	0	0	17.17	2.38	$0
Dec 2001	87	0	16.93	2.36	$1,473
Nov 2001	0	0	18.07	2.41	$0
Oct 2001	38	0	19.78	2.53	$752
Sep 2001	46	0	24.26	2.25	$1,116
Aug 2001	66	0	24.87	3.05	$1,641
Jul 2001	50	0	23.93	3.20	$1,197
Jun 2001	70	0	24.56	3.82	$1,719
May 2001	66	0	25.52	4.31	$1,684
Apr 2001	110	0	24.68	5.34	$2,715
Mar 2001	0	0	24.54	5.38	$0
Feb 2001	93	0	27.75	5.77	$2,581
Jan 2001	101	0	27.47	8.40	$2,774
Dec 2000	0	0	26.88	9.12	$0
Nov 2000	130	0	32.21	5.66	$4,187
Oct 2000	0	0	31.23	5.15	$0
Sep 2000	83	0	31.87	5.19	$2,645
Aug 2000	0	0	29.64	4.54	$0
Jul 2000	111	0	28.53	4.09	$3,167
Jun 2000	0	0	29.30	4.40	$0
May 2000	91	0	27.26	3.68	$2,481
Apr 2000	0	0	24.51	3.12	$0
Mar 2000	58	0	28.42	2.86	$1,648
Feb 2000	98	0	27.62	2.73	$2,707
Jan 2000	0	0	25.27	2.48	$0
Dec 1999	70	0	24.28	2.42	$1,700
Nov 1999	0	0	23.19	2.43	$0
Oct 1999	85	0	20.98	2.80	$1,783
Sep 1999	0	0	21.75	2.62	$0
Aug 1999	0	0	19.26	2.88	$0
Jul 1999	50	0	17.89	2.37	$895
Jun 1999	67	0	15.94	2.36	$1,068
May 1999	88	0	15.79	2.32	$1,390
Apr 1999	0	0	15.10	2.21	$0
Mar 1999	0	0	12.47	1.84	$0
Feb 1999	102	0	9.98	1.82	$1,018
Jan 1999	0	0	10.38	1.90	$0
Dec 1998	80	0	9.20	1.77	$736
Nov 1998	0	0	10.89	2.19	$0
Oct 1998	90	0	12.42	1.97	$1,118
Sep 1998	0	0	12.59	2.08	$0
Aug 1998	85	0	11.30	1.91	$961
Jul 1998	0	0	11.74	2.24	$0
Jun 1998	115	0	11.24	2.24	$1,293
May 1998	0	0	12.62	2.21	$0
Apr 1998	0	0	13.04	2.51	$0
Mar 1998	98	0	12.80	2.31	$1,254
Feb 1998	0	0	13.95	2.30	$0
Jan 1998	100	0	14.70	2.15	$1,470
Dec 1997	0	0	16.32	2.41	$0
Nov 1997	70	0	18.19	3.09	$1,273
Oct 1997	98	0	19.25	3.15	$1,887
Sep 1997	0	0	17.74	2.95	$0
Aug 1997	0	0	17.86	2.55	$0
Jul 1997	97	0	17.58	2.25	$1,705
Jun 1997	0	0	17.24	2.26	$0
May 1997	102	0	18.97	2.31	$1,935
Apr 1997	0	0	17.88	2.08	$0
Mar 1997	101	0	18.95	1.94	$1,914
Feb 1997	0	0	20.49	2.21	$0
Jan 1997	86	0	23.48	3.54	$2,019
Dec 1996	0	0	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	104	0	21.97	—	$2,285
Oct 1996	0	0	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	103	0	22.22	—	$2,289
Aug 1996	0	0	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	95	0	19.55	—	$1,857
Jun 1996	0	0	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	112	0	19.43	—	$2,176
Apr 1996	0	0	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	0	0	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	12	0	16.98	—	$204
Jan 1996	50	0	17.07	—	$854
Dec 1995	54	0	17.19	—	$928
Nov 1995	60	0	16.00	—	$960
Oct 1995	51	0	15.43	—	$787
Sep 1995	57	0	16.18	—	$922
Aug 1995	50	0	15.92	—	$796
Jul 1995	55	0	15.24	—	$838
Jun 1995	59	0	16.41	—	$968
May 1995	46	0	17.56	—	$808
Apr 1995	57	0	17.73	—	$1,011
Mar 1995	62	0	16.44	—	$1,019
Feb 1995	61	0	16.58	—	$1,011
Jan 1995	61	0	15.92	—	$971
Dec 1994	53	0	15.03	—	$797
Nov 1994	81	0	15.90	—	$1,288
Oct 1994	55	1	15.58	—	$857
Sep 1994	59	1	15.29	—	$902
Aug 1994	83	1	16.13	—	$1,339
Jul 1994	83	1	17.56	—	$1,457
Jun 1994	50	1	17.09	—	$855
May 1994	62	1	15.88	—	$985
Apr 1994	72	1	14.14	—	$1,018
Mar 1994	69	1	12.46	—	$860
Feb 1994	65	1	12.50	—	$813
Jan 1994	74	1	12.66	—	$937
Dec 1993	78	1	12.33	—	$962
Nov 1993	81	1	14.49	—	$1,174
Oct 1993	69	214	15.85	—	$1,094
Sep 1993	84	1	15.03	—	$1,263
Aug 1993	80	1	15.66	—	$1,253
Jul 1993	104	1	15.46	—	$1,608
Jun 1993	103	1	16.79	—	$1,729
May 1993	80	1	17.68	—	$1,414
Apr 1993	105	1	18.05	—	$1,895
Mar 1993	112	78	18.14	—	$2,032
Feb 1993	106	307	17.90	—	$1,897
Jan 1993	128	48	16.93	—	$2,167

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.

Jan 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   46 bbl  × $ 90.38 =     $4,157
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  8.21 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $4,157

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/28276 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.