ELLIS "A"

Operated by PARATUS PETROLEUM LLC (P-5 103733) in the LOST VALLEY (CADDO) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 29194District 09Field 55050333OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.4 M
Aug 1996 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
358
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 62 leases and 99 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1971-12-30
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 1997-10-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: PSEUDO RULES BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE MITCHELL'S HORIZ. WELL

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
OilDisposition30,793 bbl$672,702
Casinghead gasProduction179,698 Mcf$731,463
Total$1,404,165

3,051 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 5 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 33.3443, -98.3757. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.1 miles.

33.34427, -98.37574 · 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
50.0%
1 of 2 wells
With a plug date
50.0%
1 of 2 wells
Median depth
5,055 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
17 months
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
150.0%
A plug date is filed
150.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
150.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
150.0%

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 5,030 and 5,080 ft, median 5,055 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Aug 1996 – Mar 1998
2 of 2 wells
Plug dates filed
Aug 1999
1 of 2 wells; 1 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 17 months across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 17 months and 17 months. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells

42-2373835255,030 ftMar 1998Aug 1999Yes
42-2373820425,080 ftAug 1996

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 (358)

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

358 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 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170255.423.12$6
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 201702047.523.09$62
Aug 201702445.373.00$72
Jul 201703343.873.09$102
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
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 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 201601541.553.10$47
Aug 20160441.442.92$12
Jul 20160241.622.92$6
Jun 20160445.352.69$11
May 20160142.521.99$2
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20160126.472.06$2
Jan 201607527.352.36$177
Dec 20150132.362.00$2
Nov 20150438.792.17$9
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 201505248.152.95$153
Jun 201504656.152.88$133
May 201506655.212.96$195
Apr 201506049.822.71$162
Mar 201501542.892.93$44
Feb 201501644.662.98$48
Jan 201501743.433.10$53
Dec 20140854.693.59$29
Nov 201403070.464.25$128
Oct 201406478.303.90$250
Sep 201403786.164.05$150
Aug 20140489.394.04$16
Jul 201402296.564.18$92
Jun 201404898.164.74$227
May 201401994.734.73$90
Apr 20140795.944.81$34
Mar 20140395.895.06$15
Feb 20140597.406.19$31
Jan 20140990.404.86$44
Dec 201304591.824.35$196
Nov 201301888.853.74$67
Oct 201301497.423.78$53
Sep 2013017104.113.72$63
Aug 201308104.253.52$28
Jul 20133428102.523.72$3,590
Jun 201301694.403.93$63
May 201302894.834.15$116
Apr 201302293.964.28$94
Mar 201301493.623.91$55
Feb 20130891.233.42$27
Jan 20130291.603.42$7
Dec 20120286.773.42$7
Nov 201206886.953.62$247
Oct 2012014789.383.40$500
Sep 2012015894.672.92$461
Aug 2012017792.662.91$515
Jul 2012017985.133.02$541
Jun 2012017979.822.52$451
May 20125217691.612.49$5,202
Apr 20120176101.652.00$351
Mar 20120181105.052.22$402
Feb 20120138101.102.57$355
Jan 201217914398.092.73$17,949
Dec 2011014896.873.24$479
Nov 2011015995.723.31$526
Oct 2011018884.983.65$686
Sep 2011019283.623.99$765
Aug 2011019683.404.15$813
Jul 2011022094.144.52$994
Jun 2011014792.904.64$682
May 2011025498.134.40$1,119
Apr 20110232105.964.33$1,005
Mar 2011022696.364.06$917
Feb 2011017585.644.18$732
Jan 201116319386.504.59$14,985
Dec 2010018285.734.35$791
Nov 2010022280.843.80$843
Oct 2010027678.103.51$968
Sep 201006172.633.98$243
Aug 2010027773.684.42$1,224
Jul 2010025172.554.74$1,189
Jun 2010026570.364.91$1,301
May 2010026871.124.24$1,135
Apr 201018230481.694.12$16,121
Mar 2010023778.394.39$1,040
Feb 2010023773.585.44$1,290
Jan 2010022774.365.96$1,354
Dec 2009010671.445.48$581
Nov 2009022674.593.75$848
Oct 20090472.544.11$16
Sep 2009025165.543.06$769
Aug 200916940067.423.22$12,681
Jul 2009041361.133.46$1,431
Jun 2009039066.163.90$1,519
May 2009037454.743.93$1,468
Apr 2009031546.773.59$1,130
Mar 2009034242.144.06$1,388
Feb 2009031532.814.63$1,459
Jan 200918033235.865.37$8,238
Dec 2008030937.105.98$1,847
Nov 2008032255.496.86$2,209
Oct 2008041475.246.92$2,866
Sep 20080276101.767.88$2,174
Aug 20080408114.228.48$3,461
Jul 2008165484131.0811.39$27,141
Jun 20080379131.3313.03$4,939
May 20080468123.1711.57$5,417
Apr 20080444110.3110.45$4,642
Mar 20080450101.909.66$4,349
Feb 2008035992.538.77$3,149
Jan 2008043890.388.21$3,594
Dec 200717039188.337.30$17,871
Nov 2007040891.677.29$2,975
Oct 2007049782.856.92$3,440
Sep 2007051975.846.24$3,241
Aug 2007058869.066.39$3,756
Jul 200716259570.906.39$15,287
Jun 2007059862.007.55$4,514
May 2007052358.747.85$4,104
Apr 2007018159.617.81$1,413
Mar 2007015156.927.30$1,103
Feb 2007011855.108.22$969
Jan 2007019150.306.73$1,285
Dec 2006018156.656.92$1,252
Nov 2006053654.207.62$4,083
Oct 200616555654.906.01$12,402
Sep 2006056860.085.04$2,861
Aug 2006091968.717.34$6,745
Jul 2006095569.376.34$6,057
Jun 2006086666.286.38$5,528
May 2006092466.016.42$5,937
Apr 200616765464.397.36$15,567
Mar 2006028256.707.08$1,997
Feb 2006027957.597.75$2,163
Jan 2006024160.598.93$2,153
Dec 2005031054.9413.42$4,159
Nov 2005034354.6910.59$3,632
Oct 2005041058.3413.80$5,656
Sep 2005051661.4512.08$6,233
Aug 2005159461.519.80$5,881
Jul 2005061555.697.84$4,824
Jun 2005059552.337.38$4,392
May 2005053245.226.65$3,538
Apr 2005049949.207.36$3,673
Mar 200516946050.377.15$11,804
Feb 2005078645.226.31$4,961
Jan 2005085743.166.32$5,418
Dec 2004084739.866.75$5,718
Nov 2004059145.286.33$3,741
Oct 2004078049.706.52$5,082
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 2004042842.375.55$2,376
Jul 200401,10838.286.08$6,741
Jun 20041751,12436.106.43$13,548
May 200401,24537.486.49$8,086
Apr 200401,23634.475.86$7,241
Mar 200401,36634.365.53$7,554
Feb 200401,09232.455.51$6,017
Jan 20041701,38232.036.30$14,151
Dec 200301,24930.266.30$7,871
Nov 200301,23228.804.60$5,661
Oct 200311,38028.174.76$6,596
Sep 20031771,08526.314.75$9,810
Aug 200301,45429.765.13$7,459
Jul 200301,41229.415.17$7,301
Jun 200301,49128.565.98$8,921
May 200301,41626.595.97$8,457
Apr 20031701,25926.675.41$11,342
Mar 200301,25031.146.10$7,620
Feb 200301,04033.487.93$8,243
Jan 200301,31530.315.58$7,340
Dec 20021851,38426.914.85$11,696
Nov 200231,38824.664.14$5,816
Oct 200201,41826.464.23$5,997
Sep 20021811,09827.443.64$8,958
Aug 2002084025.963.16$2,658
Jul 200201,00024.583.06$3,062
Jun 2002098923.733.34$3,302
May 200218198924.663.58$8,008
Apr 2002076623.653.51$2,690
Mar 200201,15722.003.10$3,590
Feb 200211,26818.222.38$3,031
Jan 20021841,44817.172.38$6,599
Dec 200161,51516.932.36$3,684
Nov 2001688118.072.41$2,228
Oct 20011871,56519.782.53$7,657
Sep 200101,61224.262.25$3,629
Aug 20011811,74224.873.05$9,820
Jul 200121,79023.933.20$5,771
Jun 20011871,95524.563.82$12,069
May 20011902,26325.524.31$14,596
Apr 20011902,05024.685.34$15,627
Mar 200116369624.545.38$7,742
Feb 200113067727.755.77$7,512
Jan 200101,01127.478.40$8,491
Dec 2000099226.889.12$9,050
Nov 20001741,55332.215.66$14,391
Oct 200041,64531.235.15$8,589
Sep 20001791,99831.875.19$16,067
Aug 20001801,80129.644.54$13,513
Jul 200082,26528.534.09$9,492
Jun 20001942,43629.304.40$16,396
May 20003511,91227.263.68$16,604
Apr 2000211,86124.513.12$6,314
Mar 20003392,58328.422.86$17,021
Feb 20003292,22927.622.73$15,164
Jan 20002372,29825.272.48$11,689
Dec 19993512,00824.282.42$13,389
Nov 19993842,04823.192.43$13,890
Oct 19992011,65820.982.80$8,866
Sep 19992292,12921.752.62$10,556
Aug 19993592,19919.262.88$13,238
Jul 19993752,22617.892.37$11,990
Jun 19993831,87315.942.36$10,529
May 19994051,98915.792.32$11,011
Apr 19995512,13515.102.21$13,034
Mar 19993701,87212.471.84$8,055
Feb 19993901,2319.981.82$6,130
Jan 19993961,58410.381.90$7,120
Dec 19983562,2209.201.77$7,212
Nov 19987382,63310.892.19$13,792
Oct 19987483,30312.421.97$15,794
Sep 19981,0373,24512.592.08$19,814
Aug 19989203,02811.301.91$16,171
Jul 19985342,16011.742.24$11,102
Jun 19985072,91911.242.24$12,229
May 19986581,50812.622.21$11,631
Apr 19989032,54813.042.51$18,159
Mar 19981,7022,66312.802.31$27,936
Feb 19985831,19313.952.30$10,876
Jan 19985691,15314.702.15$10,849
Dec 199757190016.322.41$11,489
Nov 199756894218.193.09$13,241
Oct 199756599019.253.15$13,995
Sep 199754864717.742.95$11,633
Aug 199754789017.862.55$12,043
Jul 199752972117.582.25$10,920
Jun 199736764417.242.26$7,781
May 199765573318.972.31$14,117
Apr 199771280317.882.08$14,403
Mar 199780078518.951.94$16,682
Feb 199736049120.492.21$8,460
Jan 199760046723.483.54$15,741
Dec 199659758523.32$13,922
Nov 199674467021.97$16,346
Oct 199680358123.31$18,718
Sep 199686373322.22$19,176
Aug 199667148220.26$13,594

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.

Nov 2017 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    0 bbl  × $ 55.42 =         $0
Casinghead gas         2 Mcf  × $  3.12 =         $6

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Month total                                       $6

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/29194 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.