RICH, J. L.

Operated by HEAPE EXPLORATION, INC. (P-5 370195) in the GORDONVILLE, WEST (VIOLA) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 30308District 09Field 35960500OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.6 M
Dec 2003 – Feb 2020
Value, last 12 filed months
$18 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
195
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 8 leases and 8 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1978-10-20
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
3,735 ft
minimum
From a lease line
1,867 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 640 acres.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: RULES EFF 7-1-79 PER ORDER #9-72318

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
OilDisposition10,016 bbl$621,394
Casinghead gasProduction153,070 Mcf$991,193
Total$1,612,587

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 33.8144, -96.8940. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

33.81439, -96.89403 · 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
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
16,620 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 16,620 ft.

Completions filed
Dec 2003
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Jul 2019
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

42-18130624116,620 ftDec 2003Jul 2019Yes

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 (195)

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

195 months

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 2019031656.272.46$777
Jun 2019011352.782.49$282
May 201901,62058.482.74$4,439
Apr 201904,54162.632.75$12,491
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 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 201701842.493.09$56
May 201709245.373.26$300
Apr 201709747.933.21$312
Mar 201708446.772.98$251
Feb 201706950.452.95$204
Jan 201708749.413.42$297
Dec 201608648.763.72$320
Nov 201608242.492.64$217
Oct 201609346.193.09$287
Sep 2016012741.553.10$394
Aug 2016013841.442.92$404
Jul 2016017541.622.92$512
Jun 2016022145.352.69$594
May 2016021642.521.99$430
Apr 2016016036.561.99$319
Mar 2016016033.011.79$287
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 201607327.352.36$173
Dec 201503332.362.00$66
Nov 201501338.792.17$28
Oct 2015018443.552.43$446
Sep 2015022742.992.76$626
Aug 2015017340.162.87$497
Jul 2015011148.152.95$327
Jun 2015022456.152.88$646
May 2015025755.212.96$760
Apr 2015020249.822.71$547
Mar 2015020142.892.93$590
Feb 2015015144.662.98$449
Jan 2015010743.433.10$332
Dec 201409454.693.59$338
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 201401086.164.05$40
Aug 2014014289.394.04$573
Jul 2014015696.564.18$652
Jun 2014018898.164.74$891
May 201408294.734.73$388
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 2014013890.404.86$671
Dec 201304491.824.35$192
Nov 201302588.853.74$93
Oct 201307597.423.78$283
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 201302294.403.93$87
May 20131606794.834.15$15,451
Apr 2013017193.964.28$732
Mar 201303293.623.91$125
Feb 2013010591.233.42$359
Jan 201305091.603.42$171
Dec 201208186.773.42$277
Nov 2012011386.953.62$410
Oct 2012027789.383.40$942
Sep 2012020994.672.92$610
Aug 20121821,99892.662.91$22,675
Jul 2012018185.133.02$547
Jun 2012017179.822.52$431
May 201217623791.612.49$16,713
Apr 201201,257101.652.00$2,510
Mar 20120173105.052.22$384
Feb 20121811,281101.102.57$21,592
Jan 201218120398.092.73$18,309
Dec 2011021396.873.24$690
Nov 20111801,62295.723.31$22,601
Oct 2011018584.983.65$675
Sep 20111661,67183.623.99$20,541
Aug 2011022083.404.15$913
Jul 2011027094.144.52$1,220
Jun 20111771,69792.904.64$24,317
May 2011017098.134.40$749
Apr 20111801,767105.964.33$26,730
Mar 2011023596.364.06$953
Feb 2011014985.644.18$623
Jan 20111841,60586.504.59$23,281
Dec 2010025085.734.35$1,087
Nov 20101791,82080.843.80$21,378
Oct 2010030578.103.51$1,070
Sep 2010040872.633.98$1,624
Aug 20101802,05973.684.42$22,362
Jul 2010033672.554.74$1,591
Jun 201018230470.364.91$14,298
May 20101772,61271.124.24$23,651
Apr 2010024781.694.12$1,018
Mar 2010027278.394.39$1,194
Feb 2010040373.585.44$2,193
Jan 2010033874.365.96$2,016
Dec 20091561,33071.445.48$18,438
Nov 20091801,67874.593.75$19,721
Oct 2009032272.544.11$1,324
Sep 200901,98765.543.06$6,090
Aug 2009034767.423.22$1,117
Jul 20091721,63361.133.46$16,172
Jun 200901,63166.163.90$6,353
May 20091803,51354.743.93$23,644
Apr 2009037846.773.59$1,356
Mar 200918449942.144.06$9,779
Feb 200901,33732.814.63$6,194
Jan 200902,50835.865.37$13,470
Dec 200814751137.105.98$8,508
Nov 2008078355.496.86$5,372
Oct 2008050275.246.92$3,475
Sep 20081842,341101.767.88$37,164
Aug 20080917114.228.48$7,779
Jul 20081762,135131.0811.39$47,387
Jun 200802,135131.3313.03$27,825
May 200802,892123.1711.57$33,473
Apr 200801,576110.3110.45$16,477
Mar 20080511101.909.66$4,938
Feb 2008065992.538.77$5,780
Jan 2008049490.388.21$4,054
Dec 20078450188.337.30$11,078
Nov 200701,01691.677.29$7,408
Oct 200701,43682.856.92$9,940
Sep 2007015975.846.24$993
Aug 200714114469.066.39$10,657
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 200701,21162.007.55$9,141
May 200701,71958.747.85$13,488
Apr 200702,08559.617.81$16,274
Mar 20071702,45456.927.30$27,595
Feb 200701,80255.108.22$14,805
Jan 20071802,67250.306.73$27,028
Dec 200602,16956.656.92$15,006
Nov 20061832,47554.207.62$28,772
Oct 200602,34054.906.01$14,072
Sep 200602,63760.085.04$13,283
Aug 20061693,58268.717.34$37,904
Jul 200601,73769.376.34$11,017
Jun 200601,77666.286.38$11,338
May 20061812,67866.016.42$29,154
Apr 20061741,90564.397.36$25,226
Mar 200602,08756.707.08$14,782
Feb 20061842,71257.597.75$31,618
Jan 200601,04860.598.93$9,362
Dec 20053423,96654.9413.42$71,995
Nov 200501,57854.6910.59$16,709
Oct 20051772,27258.3413.80$41,670
Sep 20051662,13061.4512.08$35,929
Aug 20051692,20361.519.80$31,978
Jul 20051752,33055.697.84$28,021
Jun 20053412,70652.337.38$37,818
May 2005028945.226.65$1,922
Apr 20051631,79549.207.36$21,232
Mar 200520616150.377.15$11,528
Feb 20051972,21845.226.31$22,908
Jan 20050943.166.32$57
Dec 20043091,81139.866.75$24,543
Nov 20041941,21645.286.33$16,482
Oct 20045002,60149.706.52$41,796
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 2004019642.375.55$1,088
Jul 20043672,51238.286.08$29,332
Jun 2004052836.106.43$3,397
May 200417640937.486.49$9,253
Apr 2004076334.475.86$4,470
Mar 20043674,64134.365.53$38,276
Feb 20044241,23532.455.51$20,563
Jan 20041901,70232.036.30$16,808
Dec 20032231,64430.266.30$17,108

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.

Jul 2019 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    0 bbl  × $ 56.27 =         $0
Casinghead gas       316 Mcf  × $  2.46 =       $777

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Month total                                     $777

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/30308 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.