CRAFT-WATER BOARD UNIT 9

Operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 561136) in the MORRIS (CONSOLIDATED CONGL.) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 29310District 09Field 62970700OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.4 M
Dec 1996 – Nov 2011
Value, last 12 filed months
$12 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
180
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 432 leases and 514 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1974-07-01
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,320 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: SAME.

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
OilDisposition9,002 bbl$328,710
Casinghead gasProduction243,957 Mcf$1,067,357
Total$1,396,066

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 33.1897, -97.8890. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

33.18975, -97.88902 · 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%
1 of 1 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
Median depth
5,770 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1100.0%
A plug date is filed
00.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
00.0%
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 5,770 ft.

Completions filed
Sep 1959
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4970164515,770 ftSep 1959Yes

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 (180)

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

180 months

Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 201170085.644.18$5,995
Jan 2011072386.504.59$3,318
Dec 2010072885.734.35$3,165
Nov 2010072680.843.80$2,755
Oct 2010076678.103.51$2,688
Sep 2010061672.633.98$2,451
Aug 2010065873.684.42$2,908
Jul 2010072872.554.74$3,448
Jun 2010050770.364.91$2,490
May 2010056371.124.24$2,384
Apr 2010045881.694.12$1,888
Mar 2010073178.394.39$3,208
Feb 2010065573.585.44$3,565
Jan 2010075174.365.96$4,479
Dec 2009078271.445.48$4,288
Nov 2009074674.593.75$2,799
Oct 2009078972.544.11$3,243
Sep 2009080565.543.06$2,467
Aug 2009080767.423.22$2,597
Jul 2009081361.133.46$2,817
Jun 2009072666.163.90$2,828
May 2009066954.743.93$2,626
Apr 2009065446.773.59$2,346
Mar 2009065042.144.06$2,638
Feb 200917669832.814.63$9,008
Jan 2009091835.865.37$4,931
Dec 2008095737.105.98$5,720
Nov 20081791,25355.496.86$18,529
Oct 200801,31075.246.92$9,068
Sep 200801,014101.767.88$7,987
Aug 20081721,297114.228.48$30,648
Jul 200801,230131.0811.39$14,009
Jun 200801,131131.3313.03$14,740
May 200801,158123.1711.57$13,403
Apr 20081551,223110.3110.45$29,884
Mar 20080801101.909.66$7,741
Feb 20081831,03092.538.77$25,967
Jan 200801,22990.388.21$10,085
Dec 20071771,52788.337.30$26,785
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20071751,18382.856.92$22,687
Sep 200701,48575.846.24$9,273
Aug 2007087069.066.39$5,558
Jul 2007057970.906.39$3,699
Jun 2007058062.007.55$4,378
May 2007079858.747.85$6,261
Apr 2007086759.617.81$6,767
Mar 200716493656.927.30$16,170
Feb 200717384955.108.22$16,508
Jan 200701,17850.306.73$7,924
Dec 2006088556.656.92$6,123
Nov 200601,36454.207.62$10,390
Oct 20061651,16654.906.01$16,071
Sep 200601,29260.085.04$6,508
Aug 200601,01468.717.34$7,443
Jul 20061731,47969.376.34$21,382
Jun 200601,05666.286.38$6,741
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 200617984164.397.36$17,716
Mar 200601,24756.707.08$8,832
Feb 2006083857.597.75$6,495
Jan 2006072860.598.93$6,503
Dec 200501,35954.9413.42$18,232
Nov 200517497754.6910.59$19,861
Oct 2005058058.3413.80$8,002
Sep 200501,03461.4512.08$12,490
Aug 2005070861.519.80$6,936
Jul 2005075655.697.84$5,930
Jun 2005082852.337.38$6,112
May 200501,01545.226.65$6,751
Apr 200534283849.207.36$22,994
Mar 2005078550.377.15$5,617
Feb 2005052045.226.31$3,282
Jan 200502,27043.166.32$14,351
Dec 20041751,34239.866.75$16,035
Nov 200401,22045.286.33$7,723
Oct 200401,14949.706.52$7,486
Sep 200401,46443.245.28$7,736
Aug 20041811,70542.375.55$17,133
Jul 2004099338.286.08$6,042
Jun 2004066836.106.43$4,297
May 2004093237.486.49$6,053
Apr 2004097034.475.86$5,683
Mar 2004083534.365.53$4,618
Feb 2004075432.455.51$4,154
Jan 2004084432.036.30$5,317
Dec 20031591,21230.266.30$12,449
Nov 200301,26028.804.60$5,790
Oct 200301,14128.174.76$5,431
Sep 20031491,24226.314.75$9,819
Aug 200301,39829.765.13$7,171
Jul 200301,38029.415.17$7,136
Jun 20031751,45528.565.98$13,703
May 200301,37026.595.97$8,183
Apr 200301,19726.675.41$6,473
Mar 20031811,11031.146.10$12,403
Feb 200301,03333.487.93$8,187
Jan 200301,23830.315.58$6,911
Dec 20021801,43526.914.85$11,809
Nov 2002089624.664.14$3,707
Oct 20021821,57226.464.23$11,464
Sep 200201,20327.443.64$4,373
Aug 200201,57025.963.16$4,968
Jul 20021721,66424.583.06$9,323
Jun 200201,54323.733.34$5,151
May 200201,27424.663.58$4,566
Apr 200201,11823.653.51$3,927
Mar 20021631,00122.003.10$6,692
Feb 200201,06618.222.38$2,532
Jan 200201,27117.172.38$3,019
Dec 200101,19816.932.36$2,833
Nov 2001019318.072.41$464
Oct 20011761,58519.782.53$7,490
Sep 20011051,47024.262.25$5,857
Aug 200101,33024.873.05$4,061
Jul 20011801,39323.933.20$8,761
Jun 200101,31724.563.82$5,036
May 200101,36525.524.31$5,879
Apr 200101,14024.685.34$6,082
Mar 200101,16024.545.38$6,237
Feb 20011771,08927.755.77$11,192
Jan 200101,62527.478.40$13,648
Dec 200001,61626.889.12$14,742
Nov 20001771,78332.215.66$15,789
Oct 200001,85831.235.15$9,560
Sep 20001681,76431.875.19$14,503
Aug 200001,83729.644.54$8,341
Jul 20001801,65528.534.09$11,904
Jun 200001,56129.304.40$6,864
May 200001,52227.263.68$5,601
Apr 200001,69824.513.12$5,291
Mar 20001851,77628.422.86$10,337
Feb 200001,47227.622.73$4,013
Jan 200001,56825.272.48$3,889
Dec 19991751,61324.282.42$8,158
Nov 199901,73423.192.43$4,221
Oct 199901,90120.982.80$5,330
Sep 19991651,82621.752.62$8,371
Aug 199901,73319.262.88$4,983
Jul 199901,69517.892.37$4,021
Jun 199901,50215.942.36$3,548
May 19991652,13115.792.32$7,551
Apr 199902,05215.102.21$4,531
Mar 19991742,01012.471.84$5,865
Feb 199901,7419.981.82$3,165
Jan 199901,88810.381.90$3,587
Dec 19981541,8529.201.77$4,701
Nov 199802,29910.892.19$5,025
Oct 19981462,46112.421.97$6,660
Sep 199802,40612.592.08$5,011
Aug 199802,59111.301.91$4,942
Jul 19981782,99811.742.24$8,797
Jun 19981573,38311.242.24$9,333
May 199803,13012.622.21$6,906
Apr 199801,97213.042.51$4,941
Mar 199802,12112.802.31$4,898
Feb 19981832,15213.952.30$7,501
Jan 19981232,18714.702.15$6,521
Dec 199702,47416.322.41$5,965
Nov 199702,30218.193.09$7,109
Oct 19971662,82319.253.15$12,087
Sep 199703,00217.742.95$8,871
Aug 199703,37617.862.55$8,625
Jul 19971753,77217.582.25$11,552
Jun 199704,40117.242.26$9,934
May 19971755,18118.972.31$15,280
Apr 19971645,86017.882.08$15,137
Mar 19973064,06318.951.94$13,677
Feb 19973294,92120.492.21$17,596
Jan 19973456,17223.483.54$29,948
Dec 19960023.32$0

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 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   70 bbl  × $ 85.64 =     $5,995
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.18 =         $0

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Month total                                   $5,995

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/29310 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.