BENSCH

Name: BENSCH lease production and value, Oct 1997 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. (P-5 147715) in the LOESCH (MORROW UPPER) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 166113District 10Field 54383250CondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$3.0 M

Oct 1997 – Apr 2012

Value, last 12 filed months

$2 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

175

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The LOESCH (MORROW UPPER) 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 4 leases and 4 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1996-09-17

as the register files it

Field class

Gas

the register's own label

Between wells

1,320 ft

minimum

From a lease line

660 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 320 acres. The field rule took effect on 1997-01-31.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “AOF-1 AND AOF-2 EFFECTIVE 08/01/98.”

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	11,101 bbl	$176,391
Gas	Production	991,616 Mcf	$2,848,095
Total			$3,024,486

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 36.3643, -100.4349. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

36.36428, -100.43492 · 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

9,453 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

13.7 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 9,453 ft.

Completions filed

Oct 1997

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Jun 2011

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 13.7 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 13.7 years and 13.7 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-29532373	1992	9,453 ft	Oct 1997	Jun 2011	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 (175)

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

175 months


Apr 2012	0	0	101.65	2.00	$0
Mar 2012	0	0	105.05	2.22	$0
Feb 2012	0	0	101.10	2.57	$0
Jan 2012	0	0	98.09	2.73	$0
Dec 2011	0	0	96.87	3.24	$0
Nov 2011	0	0	95.72	3.31	$0
Oct 2011	0	0	84.98	3.65	$0
Sep 2011	0	0	83.62	3.99	$0
Aug 2011	0	0	83.40	4.15	$0
Jul 2011	19	0	94.14	4.52	$1,789
Jun 2011	0	0	92.90	4.64	$0
May 2011	0	44	98.13	4.40	$194
Apr 2011	0	59	105.96	4.33	$256
Mar 2011	0	46	96.36	4.06	$187
Feb 2011	0	16	85.64	4.18	$67
Jan 2011	0	19	86.50	4.59	$87
Dec 2010	0	20	85.73	4.35	$87
Nov 2010	0	44	80.84	3.80	$167
Oct 2010	0	49	78.10	3.51	$172
Sep 2010	0	49	72.63	3.98	$195
Aug 2010	0	55	73.68	4.42	$243
Jul 2010	0	53	72.55	4.74	$251
Jun 2010	0	50	70.36	4.91	$246
May 2010	0	53	71.12	4.24	$224
Apr 2010	0	52	81.69	4.12	$214
Mar 2010	0	54	78.39	4.39	$237
Feb 2010	0	40	73.58	5.44	$218
Jan 2010	0	52	74.36	5.96	$310
Dec 2009	0	45	71.44	5.48	$247
Nov 2009	0	51	74.59	3.75	$191
Oct 2009	0	76	72.54	4.11	$312
Sep 2009	0	160	65.54	3.06	$490
Aug 2009	0	115	67.42	3.22	$370
Jul 2009	0	309	61.13	3.46	$1,071
Jun 2009	0	105	66.16	3.90	$409
May 2009	0	296	54.74	3.93	$1,162
Apr 2009	0	116	46.77	3.59	$416
Mar 2009	0	85	42.14	4.06	$345
Feb 2009	0	115	32.81	4.63	$533
Jan 2009	0	189	35.86	5.37	$1,015
Dec 2008	0	172	37.10	5.98	$1,028
Nov 2008	0	266	55.49	6.86	$1,825
Oct 2008	0	386	75.24	6.92	$2,672
Sep 2008	0	164	101.76	7.88	$1,292
Aug 2008	0	92	114.22	8.48	$780
Jul 2008	0	188	131.08	11.39	$2,141
Jun 2008	0	122	131.33	13.03	$1,590
May 2008	0	238	123.17	11.57	$2,755
Apr 2008	0	177	110.31	10.45	$1,851
Mar 2008	0	238	101.90	9.66	$2,300
Feb 2008	0	396	92.53	8.77	$3,473
Jan 2008	0	299	90.38	8.21	$2,454
Dec 2007	0	396	88.33	7.30	$2,892
Nov 2007	0	379	91.67	7.29	$2,764
Oct 2007	0	348	82.85	6.92	$2,409
Sep 2007	0	125	75.84	6.24	$781
Aug 2007	0	155	69.06	6.39	$990
Jul 2007	0	226	70.90	6.39	$1,444
Jun 2007	0	216	62.00	7.55	$1,630
May 2007	0	111	58.74	7.85	$871
Apr 2007	0	174	59.61	7.81	$1,358
Mar 2007	138	251	56.92	7.30	$9,688
Feb 2007	0	74	55.10	8.22	$608
Jan 2007	0	136	50.30	6.73	$915
Dec 2006	0	112	56.65	6.92	$775
Nov 2006	0	59	54.20	7.62	$449
Oct 2006	0	121	54.90	6.01	$728
Sep 2006	0	27	60.08	5.04	$136
Aug 2006	0	35	68.71	7.34	$257
Jul 2006	0	38	69.37	6.34	$241
Jun 2006	0	51	66.28	6.38	$326
May 2006	0	66	66.01	6.42	$424
Apr 2006	0	90	64.39	7.36	$662
Mar 2006	0	124	56.70	7.08	$878
Feb 2006	0	201	57.59	7.75	$1,558
Jan 2006	0	142	60.59	8.93	$1,269
Dec 2005	0	184	54.94	13.42	$2,468
Nov 2005	0	223	54.69	10.59	$2,361
Oct 2005	0	227	58.34	13.80	$3,132
Sep 2005	0	74	61.45	12.08	$894
Aug 2005	0	79	61.51	9.80	$774
Jul 2005	0	67	55.69	7.84	$526
Jun 2005	0	82	52.33	7.38	$605
May 2005	0	111	45.22	6.65	$738
Apr 2005	0	83	49.20	7.36	$611
Mar 2005	0	144	50.37	7.15	$1,030
Feb 2005	0	67	45.22	6.31	$423
Jan 2005	0	136	43.16	6.32	$860
Dec 2004	0	63	39.86	6.75	$425
Nov 2004	0	409	45.28	6.33	$2,589
Oct 2004	0	2,102	49.70	6.52	$13,695
Sep 2004	0	1,937	43.24	5.28	$10,235
Aug 2004	0	2,246	42.37	5.55	$12,467
Jul 2004	0	2,337	38.28	6.08	$14,219
Jun 2004	0	2,430	36.10	6.43	$15,632
May 2004	0	2,661	37.48	6.49	$17,282
Apr 2004	0	2,678	34.47	5.86	$15,689
Mar 2004	0	2,873	34.36	5.53	$15,888
Feb 2004	0	2,608	32.45	5.51	$14,369
Jan 2004	0	2,760	32.03	6.30	$17,387
Dec 2003	0	2,155	30.26	6.30	$13,580
Nov 2003	0	2,565	28.80	4.60	$11,787
Oct 2003	0	3,346	28.17	4.76	$15,926
Sep 2003	0	3,136	26.31	4.75	$14,894
Aug 2003	0	3,402	29.76	5.13	$17,451
Jul 2003	0	2,865	29.41	5.17	$14,814
Jun 2003	0	829	28.56	5.98	$4,960
May 2003	0	456	26.59	5.97	$2,724
Apr 2003	0	477	26.67	5.41	$2,579
Mar 2003	0	501	31.14	6.10	$3,054
Feb 2003	0	408	33.48	7.93	$3,234
Jan 2003	188	460	30.31	5.58	$8,266
Dec 2002	0	382	26.91	4.85	$1,854
Nov 2002	0	272	24.66	4.14	$1,125
Oct 2002	0	288	26.46	4.23	$1,218
Sep 2002	0	162	27.44	3.64	$589
Aug 2002	0	41	25.96	3.16	$130
Jul 2002	0	232	24.58	3.06	$710
Jun 2002	0	814	23.73	3.34	$2,717
May 2002	0	801	24.66	3.58	$2,871
Apr 2002	0	810	23.65	3.51	$2,845
Mar 2002	0	1,122	22.00	3.10	$3,481
Feb 2002	0	3,321	18.22	2.38	$7,890
Jan 2002	0	2,422	17.17	2.38	$5,754
Dec 2001	0	4,083	16.93	2.36	$9,654
Nov 2001	0	3,925	18.07	2.41	$9,442
Oct 2001	0	2,623	19.78	2.53	$6,633
Sep 2001	0	4,222	24.26	2.25	$9,505
Aug 2001	0	4,701	24.87	3.05	$14,353
Jul 2001	0	5,077	23.93	3.20	$16,232
Jun 2001	0	5,334	24.56	3.82	$20,398
May 2001	0	4,830	25.52	4.31	$20,804
Apr 2001	0	5,827	24.68	5.34	$31,089
Mar 2001	0	6,101	24.54	5.38	$32,802
Feb 2001	0	4,906	27.75	5.77	$28,293
Jan 2001	26	6,830	27.47	8.40	$58,078
Dec 2000	0	6,297	26.88	9.12	$57,444
Nov 2000	0	6,661	32.21	5.66	$37,688
Oct 2000	0	7,561	31.23	5.15	$38,905
Sep 2000	182	7,883	31.87	5.19	$46,686
Aug 2000	0	8,806	29.64	4.54	$39,986
Jul 2000	0	8,210	28.53	4.09	$33,577
Jun 2000	0	9,579	29.30	4.40	$42,121
May 2000	0	10,452	27.26	3.68	$38,461
Apr 2000	0	9,666	24.51	3.12	$30,119
Mar 2000	0	11,552	28.42	2.86	$33,036
Feb 2000	0	11,596	27.62	2.73	$31,616
Jan 2000	0	12,251	25.27	2.48	$30,389
Dec 1999	0	12,750	24.28	2.42	$30,902
Nov 1999	0	14,006	23.19	2.43	$34,090
Oct 1999	193	13,128	20.98	2.80	$40,856
Sep 1999	0	15,086	21.75	2.62	$39,508
Aug 1999	0	16,723	19.26	2.88	$48,089
Jul 1999	198	17,802	17.89	2.37	$45,775
Jun 1999	0	18,645	15.94	2.36	$44,041
May 1999	0	18,714	15.79	2.32	$43,436
Apr 1999	201	17,270	15.10	2.21	$41,168
Mar 1999	0	19,186	12.47	1.84	$35,270
Feb 1999	200	18,898	9.98	1.82	$36,349
Jan 1999	208	20,894	10.38	1.90	$41,857
Dec 1998	0	21,235	9.20	1.77	$37,656
Nov 1998	400	22,098	10.89	2.19	$52,656
Oct 1998	0	23,850	12.42	1.97	$46,966
Sep 1998	195	26,207	12.59	2.08	$57,034
Aug 1998	395	29,041	11.30	1.91	$59,855
Jul 1998	390	31,691	11.74	2.24	$75,480
Jun 1998	385	32,957	11.24	2.24	$78,061
May 1998	582	35,608	12.62	2.21	$85,908
Apr 1998	736	38,122	13.04	2.51	$105,106
Mar 1998	796	43,290	12.80	2.31	$110,164
Feb 1998	982	43,654	13.95	2.30	$114,065
Jan 1998	1,203	54,527	14.70	2.15	$135,178
Dec 1997	1,562	57,729	16.32	2.41	$164,682
Nov 1997	1,351	60,792	18.19	3.09	$212,316
Oct 1997	571	32,080	19.25	3.15	$112,038

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 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate            19 bbl  × $ 94.14 =     $1,789
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  4.52 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $1,789

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/166113 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.