BENSON -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 7699District 09Field 99480001OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.3 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$127 k
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
OilDisposition51,898 bbl$2,271,791
Casinghead gasProduction20 Mcf$0
Total$2,271,791

20 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 20 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 (4)

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 33.3897, -98.6319. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.4 miles.

33.38996, -98.63260 · 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%
2 of 4 wells
With a plug date
50.0%
2 of 4 wells
Median depth
4,581 ft
4 wells filed one
Completion to plug
58.4 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
250.0%
A plug date is filed
250.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
250.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
250.0%

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 4,530 and 4,600 ft, median 4,581 ft, over the 4 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Dec 1953 – Nov 1978
4 of 4 wells
Plug dates filed
Oct 2023 – Oct 2025
2 of 4 wells; 2 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 58.4 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 51.7 years and 65.1 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

4 wells

42-5030162724,530 ftNov 1978
42-5033290164,600 ftNov 1978Oct 2023Yes
42-5030799154,566 ftNov 1954
42-5030832144,595 ftDec 1953Oct 2025Yes

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 2026177089.753.15$15,886
Feb 2026183063.503.75$11,621
Jan 2026181059.138.00$10,703
Dec 2025183056.664.41$10,369
Nov 2025180058.593.93$10,546
Oct 2025174059.383.30$10,332
Sep 2025177062.743.08$11,105
Aug 2025175063.933.01$11,188
Jul 2025355066.743.32$23,693
Jun 2025173066.483.13$11,501
May 2025173060.553.23$10,475
Apr 2025173062.363.54$10,788
Mar 2025178067.704.27$12,051
Feb 2025185070.884.34$13,113
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 2024182069.052.20$12,567
Oct 2024182071.372.28$12,989
Sep 2024176069.612.36$12,251
Aug 2024351075.632.06$26,546
Jul 2024179079.932.15$14,307
Jun 2024348078.082.63$27,172
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 2024178084.451.66$15,032
Mar 2024175080.301.55$14,053
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 2023333077.892.81$25,937
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 2023166080.522.67$13,366
Jul 2023169074.852.64$12,650
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 2023170078.122.24$13,280
Mar 2023169072.852.39$12,312
Feb 2023169075.112.47$12,694
Jan 2023171076.533.39$13,087
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 2022168084.888.16$14,260
Aug 2022172094.529.13$16,257
Jul 20221690101.587.54$17,167
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 20223410104.226.84$35,539
Mar 20221700108.885.08$18,510
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 2022172081.844.54$14,076
Dec 2021165071.323.90$11,768
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 2021340079.795.71$27,129
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 2021169066.024.22$11,157
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 2021136069.493.38$9,451
May 2021166063.483.02$10,538
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 2020168044.642.68$7,500
Nov 2020169038.772.71$6,552
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 2020171037.091.99$6,342
Aug 2020167039.982.39$6,677
Jul 2020170038.371.83$6,523
Jun 2020170034.901.69$5,933
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 2020178030.341.86$5,401
Feb 2020180049.881.98$8,978
Jan 2020173057.252.09$9,904
Dec 2019178059.012.30$10,504
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 2019176053.472.42$9,411
Sep 2019170055.052.66$9,359
Aug 2019171053.112.30$9,082
Jul 2019172056.272.46$9,678
Jun 2019171052.782.49$9,025
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 2019176062.632.75$11,023
Mar 2019174056.803.06$9,883
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 2019353046.033.23$16,249
Dec 2018175046.594.19$8,153
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 2018177059.403.07$10,514
Jul 2018176065.142.93$11,465
Jun 2018170060.183.08$10,231
May 2018172065.382.90$11,245
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 2018177061.222.79$10,836
Feb 2018180061.782.77$11,120
Jan 2018351062.874.01$22,067
Dec 2017178057.272.92$10,194
Nov 2017174055.423.12$9,643
Oct 2017179049.292.98$8,823
Sep 2017174047.523.09$8,268
Aug 2017177045.373.00$8,030
Jul 2017351043.873.09$15,398
Jun 2017347042.493.09$14,744
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 201763046.772.98$2,947
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 2016110048.763.72$5,364
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 2016131046.193.09$6,051
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 2016124041.442.92$5,139
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 2016153036.561.99$5,594
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 2016144026.472.06$3,812
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 2015151032.362.00$4,886
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 2015158043.552.43$6,881
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 2015145048.152.95$6,982
Jun 2015161056.152.88$9,040
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 2015168042.892.93$7,206
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 2015156043.433.10$6,775
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 2014144078.303.90$11,275
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 2014152096.564.18$14,677
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 201496094.734.73$9,094
Apr 2014148095.944.81$14,199
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 2014138097.406.19$13,441
Jan 2014136090.404.86$12,294
Dec 2013133091.824.35$12,212
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 2013141097.423.78$13,736
Sep 20131430104.113.72$14,888
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 20131380102.523.72$14,148
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 2013136094.834.15$12,897
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 2013130093.623.91$12,171
Feb 2013136091.233.42$12,407
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 2012154086.773.42$13,363
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 2012123089.383.40$10,994
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 2012115092.662.91$10,656
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 20121310101.652.00$13,316
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 2012165098.092.73$16,185
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 201176083.623.99$6,355
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 2011140094.144.52$13,180
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 2011104098.134.40$10,206
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 2011145096.364.06$13,972
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 2011123086.504.59$10,640
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 2010152078.103.51$11,871
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 2010153073.684.42$11,273
Jul 2010128072.554.74$9,286
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 2010155071.124.24$11,024
Apr 2010162081.694.12$13,234
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 2010132074.365.96$9,816
Dec 2009148071.445.48$10,573
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 2009152065.543.06$9,962
Aug 2009140067.423.22$9,439
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 2009161066.163.90$10,652
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 2009154046.773.59$7,203
Mar 2009156042.144.06$6,574
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 2009196035.865.37$7,029
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 2008194075.246.92$14,597
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 20081880114.228.48$21,473
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 20081800131.3313.03$23,639
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 20081630110.3110.45$17,981
Mar 20081940101.909.66$19,769
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 2008193090.388.21$17,443
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 2007146091.677.29$13,384
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 2007188069.066.39$12,983
Jul 2007162070.906.39$11,486
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 2007186058.747.85$10,926
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 2007187056.927.30$10,644
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 2007178050.306.73$8,953
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 2006179054.207.62$9,702
Oct 2006195054.906.01$10,706
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 2006184068.717.34$12,643
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 2006190066.286.38$12,593
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 2006160064.397.36$10,302
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 2006191060.598.93$11,573
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 2005125054.6910.59$6,836
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 2005128061.4512.08$7,866
Aug 2005165061.519.80$10,149
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 2005166052.337.38$8,687
May 2005130045.226.65$5,879
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 2005145050.377.15$7,304
Feb 2005187045.226.31$8,456
Jan 2005130043.166.32$5,611
Dec 2004195039.866.75$7,773
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 2004163049.706.52$8,101
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 2004159042.375.55$6,737
Jul 2004151038.286.08$5,780
Jun 2004127036.106.43$4,585
May 2004256037.486.49$9,595
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 2004193034.365.53$6,631
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 2004191032.036.30$6,118
Dec 2003181030.266.30$5,477
Nov 2003185028.804.60$5,328
Oct 2003196028.174.76$5,521
Sep 2003164026.314.75$4,315
Aug 2003123029.765.13$3,660
Jul 2003300029.415.17$8,823
Jun 2003185028.565.98$5,284
May 2003186026.595.97$4,946
Apr 2003186026.675.41$4,961
Mar 2003192031.146.10$5,979
Feb 2003181033.487.93$6,060
Jan 2003126030.315.58$3,819
Dec 2002130026.914.85$3,498
Nov 2002287024.664.14$7,077
Oct 2002181026.464.23$4,789
Sep 2002180027.443.64$4,939
Aug 2002104025.963.16$2,700
Jul 2002235024.583.06$5,776
Jun 2002175023.733.34$4,153
May 2002180024.663.58$4,439
Apr 2002223023.653.51$5,274
Mar 2002181022.003.10$3,982
Feb 2002179018.222.38$3,261
Jan 2002178017.172.38$3,056
Dec 2001177016.932.36$2,997
Nov 2001303018.072.41$5,475
Oct 2001179019.782.53$3,541
Sep 200190024.262.25$2,183
Aug 2001124024.873.05$3,084
Jul 2001221023.933.20$5,289
Jun 2001126024.563.82$3,095
May 2001344025.524.31$8,779
Apr 20010024.685.34$0
Mar 2001152024.545.38$3,730
Feb 2001226027.755.77$6,272
Jan 20010027.478.40$0
Dec 200078026.889.12$2,097
Nov 2000160032.215.66$5,154
Oct 2000187031.235.15$5,840
Sep 2000190031.875.19$6,055
Aug 2000178029.644.54$5,276
Jul 2000224028.534.09$6,391
Jun 2000131029.304.40$3,838
May 2000282027.263.68$7,687
Apr 2000167024.513.12$4,093
Mar 2000165028.422.86$4,689
Feb 2000120027.622.73$3,314
Jan 2000164025.272.48$4,144
Dec 1999202024.282.42$4,905
Nov 1999151023.192.43$3,502
Oct 1999191020.982.80$4,007
Sep 1999182021.752.62$3,959
Aug 1999215019.262.88$4,141
Jul 1999121017.892.37$2,165
Jun 1999233015.942.36$3,714
May 1999109015.792.32$1,721
Apr 1999203015.102.21$3,065
Mar 1999355012.471.84$4,427
Feb 199919309.981.82$1,926
Jan 1999204010.381.90$2,118
Dec 199826809.201.77$2,466
Nov 1998101010.892.19$1,100
Oct 1998221012.421.97$2,745
Sep 1998168012.592.08$2,115
Aug 1998196011.301.91$2,215
Jul 1998175011.742.24$2,055
Jun 1998182011.242.24$2,046
May 1998217012.622.21$2,739
Apr 1998171013.042.51$2,230
Mar 1998181012.802.31$2,317
Feb 1998231013.952.30$3,222
Jan 1998197014.702.15$2,896
Dec 1997178016.322.41$2,905
Nov 19970018.193.09$0
Oct 1997164019.253.15$3,157
Sep 1997123017.742.95$2,182
Aug 1997308017.862.55$5,501
Jul 19970017.582.25$0
Jun 1997210017.242.26$3,620
May 1997128018.972.31$2,428
Apr 1997303017.882.08$5,418
Mar 1997174018.951.94$3,297
Feb 1997192020.492.21$3,934
Jan 1997280023.483.54$6,574
Dec 1996179023.32$4,174
Nov 1996376021.97$8,261
Oct 1996184023.31$4,289
Sep 1996178022.22$3,955
Aug 1996181020.26$3,667
Jul 1996162019.55$3,167
Jun 1996304018.73$5,694
May 1996126019.43$2,448
Apr 1996297021.51$6,388
Mar 1996309019.38$5,988
Feb 1996179016.98$3,039
Jan 1996338017.07$5,770
Dec 1995193017.19$3,318
Nov 1995133016.00$2,128
Oct 1995247015.43$3,811
Sep 1995263016.18$4,255
Aug 1995120015.92$1,910
Jul 1995263015.24$4,008
Jun 1995130016.41$2,133
May 1995256017.56$4,495
Apr 1995128017.73$2,269
Mar 1995267016.44$4,389
Feb 1995134016.58$2,222
Jan 1995131015.92$2,086
Dec 1994261015.03$3,923
Nov 1994134015.90$2,131
Oct 1994265015.58$4,129
Sep 1994128015.29$1,957
Aug 1994258116.13$4,162
Jul 1994125117.56$2,195
Jun 1994125117.09$2,136
May 1994124115.88$1,969
Apr 1994264114.14$3,733
Mar 1994256112.46$3,190
Feb 1994132112.50$1,650
Jan 1994271112.66$3,431
Dec 1993135112.33$1,665
Nov 1993266114.49$3,854
Oct 1993132115.85$2,092
Sep 1993263115.03$3,953
Aug 1993130115.66$2,036
Jul 1993256115.46$3,958
Jun 1993131116.79$2,199
May 1993261117.68$4,614
Apr 1993262118.05$4,729
Mar 1993134118.14$2,431
Feb 1993258117.90$4,618
Jan 1993129116.93$2,184

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.

Mar 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  177 bbl  × $ 89.75 =    $15,886
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.15 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $15,886

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/7699 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.