ARNOLD

Name: ARNOLD lease production and value, Jun 1996 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by PETROHAWK OPERATING COMPANY (P-5 660146) in the HIGGINS, SOUTH (MORROW) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 159808District 10Field 41107300CondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$799 k

Jun 1996 – Aug 2010

Value, last 12 filed months

$8 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

171

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The HIGGINS, SOUTH (MORROW) field

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 66 leases and 66 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1960-12-03

as the register files it

Field class

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: “ALLOCATION FORMULA SUSPENDED EFF. 4/1/93”

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Condensate	Disposition	1,240 bbl	$34,274
Gas	Production	270,440 Mcf	$764,540
Total			$798,814

48,614 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 6 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 (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 36.0593, -100.0371. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

36.05932, -100.03710 · centre of the wells drawn, derived⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom

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

11,982 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

13.6 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 11,982 ft.

Completions filed

Jun 1996

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Jan 2010

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 13.6 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 13.6 years and 13.6 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-29532286	1	11,982 ft	Jun 1996	Jan 2010	Yes

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 (171)

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

171 months


Aug 2010	0	0	73.68	4.42	$0
Jul 2010	0	0	72.55	4.74	$0
Jun 2010	0	0	70.36	4.91	$0
May 2010	0	0	71.12	4.24	$0
Apr 2010	0	0	81.69	4.12	$0
Mar 2010	100	0	78.39	4.39	$7,839
Feb 2010	0	0	73.58	5.44	$0
Jan 2010	0	0	74.36	5.96	$0
Dec 2009	0	0	71.44	5.48	$0
Nov 2009	0	0	74.59	3.75	$0
Oct 2009	0	0	72.54	4.11	$0
Sep 2009	0	5	65.54	3.06	$15
Aug 2009	0	0	67.42	3.22	$0
Jul 2009	0	0	61.13	3.46	$0
Jun 2009	0	0	66.16	3.90	$0
May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	0	0	46.77	3.59	$0
Mar 2009	0	0	42.14	4.06	$0
Feb 2009	0	0	32.81	4.63	$0
Jan 2009	0	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	0	2	37.10	5.98	$12
Nov 2008	0	13	55.49	6.86	$89
Oct 2008	0	26	75.24	6.92	$180
Sep 2008	0	89	101.76	7.88	$701
Aug 2008	0	130	114.22	8.48	$1,103
Jul 2008	0	0	131.08	11.39	$0
Jun 2008	0	0	131.33	13.03	$0
May 2008	0	0	123.17	11.57	$0
Apr 2008	0	0	110.31	10.45	$0
Mar 2008	0	1	101.90	9.66	$10
Feb 2008	0	0	92.53	8.77	$0
Jan 2008	0	5	90.38	8.21	$41
Dec 2007	0	24	88.33	7.30	$175
Nov 2007	0	60	91.67	7.29	$438
Oct 2007	0	79	82.85	6.92	$547
Sep 2007	0	117	75.84	6.24	$731
Aug 2007	0	302	69.06	6.39	$1,929
Jul 2007	0	663	70.90	6.39	$4,235
Jun 2007	0	914	62.00	7.55	$6,899
May 2007	0	549	58.74	7.85	$4,308
Apr 2007	0	1,469	59.61	7.81	$11,466
Mar 2007	0	101	56.92	7.30	$738
Feb 2007	0	651	55.10	8.22	$5,349
Jan 2007	0	631	50.30	6.73	$4,245
Dec 2006	0	1,431	56.65	6.92	$9,900
Nov 2006	0	0	54.20	7.62	$0
Oct 2006	0	320	54.90	6.01	$1,924
Sep 2006	0	784	60.08	5.04	$3,949
Aug 2006	0	812	68.71	7.34	$5,960
Jul 2006	0	401	69.37	6.34	$2,543
Jun 2006	0	1,055	66.28	6.38	$6,735
May 2006	0	48	66.01	6.42	$308
Apr 2006	0	234	64.39	7.36	$1,722
Mar 2006	0	885	56.70	7.08	$6,268
Feb 2006	0	1,362	57.59	7.75	$10,557
Jan 2006	0	11	60.59	8.93	$98
Dec 2005	0	140	54.94	13.42	$1,878
Nov 2005	0	272	54.69	10.59	$2,880
Oct 2005	0	821	58.34	13.80	$11,326
Sep 2005	0	381	61.45	12.08	$4,602
Aug 2005	0	444	61.51	9.80	$4,350
Jul 2005	0	325	55.69	7.84	$2,549
Jun 2005	223	147	52.33	7.38	$12,755
May 2005	0	109	45.22	6.65	$725
Apr 2005	0	1,860	49.20	7.36	$13,690
Mar 2005	0	614	50.37	7.15	$4,393
Feb 2005	0	1,033	45.22	6.31	$6,520
Jan 2005	0	230	43.16	6.32	$1,454
Dec 2004	0	1,000	39.86	6.75	$6,751
Nov 2004	0	893	45.28	6.33	$5,653
Oct 2004	0	851	49.70	6.52	$5,544
Sep 2004	0	733	43.24	5.28	$3,873
Aug 2004	0	1,448	42.37	5.55	$8,037
Jul 2004	0	252	38.28	6.08	$1,533
Jun 2004	0	585	36.10	6.43	$3,763
May 2004	0	420	37.48	6.49	$2,728
Apr 2004	0	0	34.47	5.86	$0
Mar 2004	0	460	34.36	5.53	$2,544
Feb 2004	0	428	32.45	5.51	$2,358
Jan 2004	0	423	32.03	6.30	$2,665
Dec 2003	0	552	30.26	6.30	$3,479
Nov 2003	0	688	28.80	4.60	$3,161
Oct 2003	0	418	28.17	4.76	$1,990
Sep 2003	0	563	26.31	4.75	$2,674
Aug 2003	0	983	29.76	5.13	$5,043
Jul 2003	0	1,074	29.41	5.17	$5,553
Jun 2003	0	1,268	28.56	5.98	$7,586
May 2003	0	1,709	26.59	5.97	$10,207
Apr 2003	0	405	26.67	5.41	$2,190
Mar 2003	0	1,555	31.14	6.10	$9,479
Feb 2003	0	2,633	33.48	7.93	$20,869
Jan 2003	0	0	30.31	5.58	$0
Dec 2002	0	0	26.91	4.85	$0
Nov 2002	0	424	24.66	4.14	$1,754
Oct 2002	0	0	26.46	4.23	$0
Sep 2002	0	135	27.44	3.64	$491
Aug 2002	0	305	25.96	3.16	$965
Jul 2002	0	567	24.58	3.06	$1,736
Jun 2002	0	1,982	23.73	3.34	$6,616
May 2002	0	2,120	24.66	3.58	$7,598
Apr 2002	0	1,956	23.65	3.51	$6,870
Mar 2002	0	2,066	22.00	3.10	$6,410
Feb 2002	0	855	18.22	2.38	$2,031
Jan 2002	180	3,007	17.17	2.38	$10,234
Dec 2001	0	2,945	16.93	2.36	$6,963
Nov 2001	0	283	18.07	2.41	$681
Oct 2001	0	2,440	19.78	2.53	$6,170
Sep 2001	0	414	24.26	2.25	$932
Aug 2001	0	3,327	24.87	3.05	$10,158
Jul 2001	0	0	23.93	3.20	$0
Jun 2001	0	139	24.56	3.82	$532
May 2001	0	455	25.52	4.31	$1,960
Apr 2001	0	1,941	24.68	5.34	$10,356
Mar 2001	0	809	24.54	5.38	$4,350
Feb 2001	0	696	27.75	5.77	$4,014
Jan 2001	0	1,529	27.47	8.40	$12,842
Dec 2000	0	1,499	26.88	9.12	$13,675
Nov 2000	0	522	32.21	5.66	$2,953
Oct 2000	0	626	31.23	5.15	$3,221
Sep 2000	0	325	31.87	5.19	$1,686
Aug 2000	0	666	29.64	4.54	$3,024
Jul 2000	0	1,615	28.53	4.09	$6,605
Jun 2000	0	2,046	29.30	4.40	$8,997
May 2000	0	2,262	27.26	3.68	$8,324
Apr 2000	0	2,321	24.51	3.12	$7,232
Mar 2000	0	2,146	28.42	2.86	$6,137
Feb 2000	0	1,883	27.62	2.73	$5,134
Jan 2000	0	2,261	25.27	2.48	$5,608
Dec 1999	0	1,906	24.28	2.42	$4,620
Nov 1999	0	3,198	23.19	2.43	$7,784
Oct 1999	0	2,595	20.98	2.80	$7,276
Sep 1999	0	2,910	21.75	2.62	$7,621
Aug 1999	0	2,672	19.26	2.88	$7,684
Jul 1999	0	2,093	17.89	2.37	$4,965
Jun 1999	0	1,970	15.94	2.36	$4,653
May 1999	0	1,737	15.79	2.32	$4,032
Apr 1999	0	3,273	15.10	2.21	$7,227
Mar 1999	0	1,888	12.47	1.84	$3,471
Feb 1999	0	1,662	9.98	1.82	$3,021
Jan 1999	0	2,889	10.38	1.90	$5,489
Dec 1998	185	3,612	9.20	1.77	$8,107
Nov 1998	0	2,947	10.89	2.19	$6,441
Oct 1998	0	3,603	12.42	1.97	$7,095
Sep 1998	0	3,682	12.59	2.08	$7,668
Aug 1998	0	4,128	11.30	1.91	$7,874
Jul 1998	0	3,710	11.74	2.24	$8,300
Jun 1998	0	3,103	11.24	2.24	$6,942
May 1998	0	2,846	12.62	2.21	$6,279
Apr 1998	178	3,150	13.04	2.51	$10,213
Mar 1998	0	3,055	12.80	2.31	$7,055
Feb 1998	0	3,535	13.95	2.30	$8,127
Jan 1998	0	4,141	14.70	2.15	$8,923
Dec 1997	0	4,315	16.32	2.41	$10,404
Nov 1997	0	4,800	18.19	3.09	$14,824
Oct 1997	0	3,627	19.25	3.15	$11,424
Sep 1997	0	4,109	17.74	2.95	$12,142
Aug 1997	0	5,586	17.86	2.55	$14,271
Jul 1997	183	5,222	17.58	2.25	$14,951
Jun 1997	8	5,641	17.24	2.26	$12,871
May 1997	0	5,591	18.97	2.31	$12,907
Apr 1997	0	5,796	17.88	2.08	$12,072
Mar 1997	0	6,804	18.95	1.94	$13,194
Feb 1997	0	6,798	20.49	2.21	$14,996
Jan 1997	183	7,774	23.48	3.54	$31,814
Dec 1996	0	10,570	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	0	3,830	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	0	6,619	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	0	7,714	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	0	10,583	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	0	9,298	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	0	0	18.73	—	$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.

Mar 2010 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate           100 bbl  × $ 78.39 =     $7,839
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  4.39 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $7,839

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. 10/G/159808 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.