BENSON SMJ "A"

Operated by CRAIG, CARL (P-5 186455) in the YOUNG COUNTY REGULAR field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 7420District 09Field 99480001OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.6 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
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 2,525 leases and 8,014 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1917-12-31
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

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
OilDisposition43,730 bbl$1,579,442
Casinghead gasProduction21 Mcf$0
Total$1,579,442

21 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 21 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 (21)

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 33.3902, -98.6323. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles.

33.39041, -98.63185 · 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
52.4%
11 of 21 wells
With a plug date
52.4%
11 of 21 wells
Median depth
910 ft
20 wells filed one
Completion to plug
30.5 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1152.4%
A plug date is filed
1152.4%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1152.4%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
1047.6%

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

Total depth in feet, 20 of 21 wells. Median 910 ft, with the middle half between 885 and 933 ft; the shallowest is 878 ft and the deepest 951 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 10 of 21 wells, Jun 1980 – Jul 2020. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Jun 1980 – Jul 2020
10 of 21 wells; 11 filed none
Plug dates filed
Sep 1988 – Mar 2022
10 of 21 wells; 11 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 30.5 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 30.5 years and 30.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

21 wells

42-503812871W878 ftSep 1988Yes
42-503812882G882 ftSep 1988Yes
42-503812893886 ftSep 1988Yes
42-503812904880 ftSep 1988Yes
42-503812915880 ftSep 1988Yes
42-503812937886 ftSep 1988Yes
42-5038129414878 ftSep 1988Yes
42-5038129515R914 ft1976Yes
42-5038556310905 ftMar 2022Yes
42-5038556415900 ftMar 2022Yes
42-503812926
42-5034022626937 ftJul 2020
42-5034015325933 ftFeb 1992
42-5034030727933 ftApr 1991
42-5034003822925 ftMar 1990Sep 2020Yes
42-5034009823932 ftDec 1989
42-5033994820904 ftFeb 1989
42-5033993219929 ftFeb 1989
42-5033993118934 ftFeb 1989
42-503385964X951 ftMar 1985
42-503338281X942 ftJun 1980

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 (401)

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

401 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 2024171071.372.28$12,204
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 2022172084.888.16$14,599
Aug 2022173094.529.13$16,352
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 20221740104.226.84$18,134
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 2022173091.054.86$15,752
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 2021179079.795.71$14,282
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 2021178066.024.22$11,752
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 2021364063.483.02$23,107
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 2020166057.252.09$9,504
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 2019163053.112.30$8,657
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 2018167063.842.90$10,661
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 2017184057.272.92$10,538
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 2017176047.523.09$8,364
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 2017176042.493.09$7,478
May 2017179045.373.26$8,121
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 2016110042.492.64$4,674
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 2016153041.553.10$6,357
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 2016122045.352.69$5,533
May 2016165042.521.99$7,016
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 2016142027.352.36$3,884
Dec 2015164032.362.00$5,307
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 2015155042.992.76$6,663
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 2015175048.152.95$8,426
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 2015177049.822.71$8,818
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 2015105043.433.10$4,560
Dec 2014167054.693.59$9,133
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 2014125078.303.90$9,788
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 2014139089.394.04$12,425
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 2014165098.164.74$16,196
May 201447094.734.73$4,452
Apr 2014132095.944.81$12,664
Mar 2014144095.895.06$13,808
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 2014152090.404.86$13,741
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 2013140088.853.74$12,439
Oct 2013172097.423.78$16,756
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 20131570102.523.72$16,096
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 2013134094.834.15$12,707
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 2013129093.623.91$12,077
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 2013162091.603.42$14,839
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 2012125092.662.91$11,583
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 20121380101.652.00$14,028
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 20121680101.102.57$16,985
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 2011110083.623.99$9,198
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 2011177094.144.52$16,663
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 201180098.134.40$7,850
Apr 20111040105.964.33$11,020
Mar 201158096.364.06$5,589
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 2011183086.504.59$15,830
Dec 2010121085.734.35$10,373
Nov 2010180080.843.80$14,551
Oct 2010113078.103.51$8,825
Sep 2010126072.633.98$9,151
Aug 2010175073.684.42$12,894
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 2010175070.364.91$12,313
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 2010174081.694.12$14,214
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 2009171074.593.75$12,755
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 2009170067.423.22$11,461
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 2009171066.163.90$11,313
May 2009173054.743.93$9,470
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 2009168042.144.06$7,080
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 2009176035.865.37$6,311
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 20081260114.228.48$14,392
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 20081870123.1711.57$23,033
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 20081800101.909.66$18,342
Feb 200873092.538.77$6,755
Jan 2008176090.388.21$15,907
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 2007184091.677.29$16,867
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 2007174075.846.24$13,196
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 2007180058.747.85$10,573
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 2007179056.927.30$10,189
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 2007178050.306.73$8,953
Dec 2006179056.656.92$10,140
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 200687054.906.01$4,776
Sep 2006165060.085.04$9,913
Aug 2006182068.717.34$12,505
Jul 2006171069.376.34$11,862
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 2006350066.016.42$23,104
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 2006130056.707.08$7,371
Feb 2006176057.597.75$10,136
Jan 2006176060.598.93$10,664
Dec 2005177054.9413.42$9,724
Nov 2005113054.6910.59$6,180
Oct 2005181058.3413.80$10,560
Sep 2005182061.4512.08$11,184
Aug 2005351061.519.80$21,590
Jul 2005113055.697.84$6,293
Jun 2005114052.337.38$5,966
May 2005121045.226.65$5,472
Apr 2005187049.207.36$9,200
Mar 200582050.377.15$4,130
Feb 2005128045.226.31$5,788
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 2004334039.866.75$13,313
Nov 2004175045.286.33$7,924
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 2004179043.245.28$7,740
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 200376030.266.30$2,300
Nov 200354028.804.60$1,555
Oct 2003165028.174.76$4,648
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 2003174029.415.17$5,117
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 2003244026.595.97$6,488
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 200273024.664.14$1,800
Oct 2002182026.464.23$4,816
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 2002184024.583.06$4,523
Jun 20020023.733.34$0
May 2002181024.663.58$4,463
Apr 2002181023.653.51$4,281
Mar 200298022.003.10$2,156
Feb 2002361018.222.38$6,577
Jan 2002181017.172.38$3,108
Dec 2001284016.932.36$4,808
Nov 2001181018.072.41$3,271
Oct 2001109019.782.53$2,156
Sep 2001162024.262.25$3,930
Aug 2001235024.873.05$5,844
Jul 20010023.933.20$0
Jun 2001141024.563.82$3,463
May 2001105025.524.31$2,680
Apr 2001173024.685.34$4,270
Mar 2001172024.545.38$4,221
Feb 2001164027.755.77$4,551
Jan 2001208027.478.40$5,714
Dec 2000157026.889.12$4,220
Nov 2000179032.215.66$5,766
Oct 2000162031.235.15$5,059
Sep 2000242031.875.19$7,713
Aug 2000182029.644.54$5,394
Jul 2000183028.534.09$5,221
Jun 2000231029.304.40$6,768
May 2000299027.263.68$8,151
Apr 2000169024.513.12$4,142
Mar 2000282028.422.86$8,014
Feb 2000160027.622.73$4,419
Jan 2000274025.272.48$6,924
Dec 1999354024.282.42$8,595
Nov 1999182023.192.43$4,221
Oct 1999339020.982.80$7,112
Sep 1999316021.752.62$6,873
Aug 1999351019.262.88$6,760
Jul 1999356017.892.37$6,369
Jun 1999339015.942.36$5,404
May 1999282015.792.32$4,453
Apr 1999365015.102.21$5,512
Mar 1999391012.471.84$4,876
Feb 199938409.981.82$3,832
Jan 1999384010.381.90$3,986
Dec 199837709.201.77$3,468
Nov 1998388010.892.19$4,225
Oct 1998239012.421.97$2,968
Sep 1998237012.592.08$2,984
Aug 1998249011.301.91$2,814
Jul 199819011.742.24$223
Jun 1998258011.242.24$2,900
May 1998120012.622.21$1,514
Apr 1998129013.042.51$1,682
Mar 1998249012.802.31$3,187
Feb 1998113013.952.30$1,576
Jan 1998236014.702.15$3,469
Dec 1997240016.322.41$3,917
Nov 1997252018.193.09$4,584
Oct 1997251019.253.15$4,832
Sep 1997249017.742.95$4,417
Aug 1997252017.862.55$4,501
Jul 1997232017.582.25$4,079
Jun 1997112017.242.26$1,931
May 1997227018.972.31$4,306
Apr 1997366017.882.08$6,544
Mar 1997260018.951.94$4,927
Feb 1997198020.492.21$4,057
Jan 1997258023.483.54$6,058
Dec 1996257023.32$5,993
Nov 1996252021.97$5,536
Oct 1996388023.31$9,044
Sep 1996387022.22$8,599
Aug 1996389020.26$7,881
Jul 1996254019.55$4,966
Jun 1996253018.73$4,739
May 1996255019.43$4,955
Apr 1996385021.51$8,281
Mar 1996386019.38$7,481
Feb 1996388016.98$6,588
Jan 1996396017.07$6,760
Dec 1995264017.19$4,538
Nov 1995392016.00$6,272
Oct 1995501015.43$7,730
Sep 1995387016.18$6,262
Aug 1995386015.92$6,145
Jul 1995388015.24$5,913
Jun 1995260016.41$4,267
May 1995385017.56$6,761
Apr 1995358017.73$6,347
Mar 1995130016.44$2,137
Feb 1995261016.58$4,327
Jan 1995123015.92$1,958
Dec 1994253015.03$3,803
Nov 1994263015.90$4,182
Oct 1994130015.58$2,025
Sep 1994118115.29$1,804
Aug 1994240116.13$3,871
Jul 1994129117.56$2,265
Jun 1994131117.09$2,239
May 19940115.88$0
Apr 1994110114.14$1,555
Mar 1994130112.46$1,620
Feb 1994221112.50$2,763
Jan 19940112.66$0
Dec 1993239112.33$2,947
Nov 1993131114.49$1,898
Oct 1993260115.85$4,121
Sep 1993131115.03$1,969
Aug 1993188115.66$2,944
Jul 1993221115.46$3,417
Jun 1993319116.79$5,356
May 1993250117.68$4,420
Apr 1993354118.05$6,390
Mar 1993260118.14$4,716
Feb 1993261117.90$4,672
Jan 1993250116.93$4,233

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.

Oct 2024 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  171 bbl  × $ 71.37 =    $12,204
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.28 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $12,204

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/7420 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.