RED CAVE -A-

Operated by SNW OPERATING COMPANY (P-5 799856) in the PANHANDLE, WEST (RED CAVE) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 27232District 10Field 68831200Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$260 k
Jan 1993 – Dec 2013
Value, last 12 filed months
$230
at the published price for each month
Months reported
252
no gaps in the span
Streams
1
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 666 leases and 666 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1960-07-15
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
660 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 160 acres. The field rule took effect on 2019-11-19.

The register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: THE LOCATION OF PERFORATIONS.

Severance-tax incentive filings

Applications the operator filed to have this lease's gas taxed at a reduced state rate. A filing is an application, and this page never calls one a reduction that was granted.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
NGPA1none

This says nothing about a royalty. A severance tax is charged to the operator. Whether a reduced rate reaches a royalty owner depends on the wording of the lease instrument, which is a private contract this site does not hold.

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
GasProduction73,083 Mcf$259,810
Total$259,810

19,662 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 44 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 35.7026, -101.5454. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

35.70260, -101.54536 · 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
1,903 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
53.1 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 1,903 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1960
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Dec 2013
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 53.1 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 53.1 years and 53.1 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-2330765111,903 ftNov 1960Dec 2013Yes

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 (252)

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

252 months

Dec 2013091.824.35$0
Nov 2013088.853.74$0
Oct 2013097.423.78$0
Sep 20130104.113.72$0
Aug 20130104.253.52$0
Jul 20137102.523.72$26
Jun 2013894.403.93$31
May 20131094.834.15$41
Apr 20131193.964.28$47
Mar 20131193.623.91$43
Feb 2013991.233.42$31
Jan 2013391.603.42$10
Dec 20121186.773.42$38
Nov 20121286.953.62$44
Oct 20121489.383.40$48
Sep 20121394.672.92$38
Aug 20121292.662.91$35
Jul 20121585.133.02$45
Jun 20121579.822.52$38
May 20121391.612.49$32
Apr 201215101.652.00$30
Mar 201213105.052.22$29
Feb 20126101.102.57$15
Jan 20121098.092.73$27
Dec 20111396.873.24$42
Nov 20112695.723.31$86
Oct 20113084.983.65$109
Sep 20112383.623.99$92
Aug 20111783.404.15$71
Jul 20111994.144.52$86
Jun 20111492.904.64$65
May 20111098.134.40$44
Apr 20114105.964.33$17
Mar 20111296.364.06$49
Feb 20111185.644.18$46
Jan 2011886.504.59$37
Dec 2010785.734.35$30
Nov 2010780.843.80$27
Oct 2010778.103.51$25
Sep 2010772.633.98$28
Aug 2010773.684.42$31
Jul 2010472.554.74$19
Jun 20101670.364.91$79
May 20102471.124.24$102
Apr 2010481.694.12$16
Mar 2010978.394.39$40
Feb 20101373.585.44$71
Jan 20101174.365.96$66
Dec 2009571.445.48$27
Nov 2009174.593.75$4
Oct 2009172.544.11$4
Sep 2009065.543.06$0
Aug 2009167.423.22$3
Jul 2009161.133.46$3
Jun 2009566.163.90$19
May 2009254.743.93$8
Apr 2009146.773.59$4
Mar 2009142.144.06$4
Feb 2009032.814.63$0
Jan 2009135.865.37$5
Dec 2008037.105.98$0
Nov 2008055.496.86$0
Oct 2008075.246.92$0
Sep 20080101.767.88$0
Aug 20080114.228.48$0
Jul 200813131.0811.39$148
Jun 2008220131.3313.03$2,867
May 2008216123.1711.57$2,500
Apr 2008216110.3110.45$2,258
Mar 2008151101.909.66$1,459
Feb 20083892.538.77$333
Jan 20089590.388.21$780
Dec 200734688.337.30$2,526
Nov 200734891.677.29$2,538
Oct 200737082.856.92$2,561
Sep 200736575.846.24$2,279
Aug 200737869.066.39$2,415
Jul 200737370.906.39$2,383
Jun 200733562.007.55$2,529
May 200739358.747.85$3,084
Apr 200718059.617.81$1,405
Mar 200737356.927.30$2,724
Feb 200737055.108.22$3,040
Jan 200742650.306.73$2,866
Dec 200640056.656.92$2,767
Nov 200640354.207.62$3,070
Oct 200646254.906.01$2,778
Sep 200647460.085.04$2,388
Aug 200651368.717.34$3,765
Jul 200650569.376.34$3,203
Jun 200651666.286.38$3,294
May 200649266.016.42$3,161
Apr 200655164.397.36$4,056
Mar 20061,04956.707.08$7,430
Feb 200626057.597.75$2,015
Jan 2006060.598.93$0
Dec 2005054.9413.42$0
Nov 20057354.6910.59$773
Oct 200528658.3413.80$3,946
Sep 200520661.4512.08$2,488
Aug 200526861.519.80$2,626
Jul 200527455.697.84$2,149
Jun 200526952.337.38$1,986
May 200529045.226.65$1,929
Apr 200528849.207.36$2,120
Mar 200530150.377.15$2,154
Feb 200526945.226.31$1,698
Jan 200534743.166.32$2,194
Dec 200432339.866.75$2,181
Nov 200430345.286.33$1,918
Oct 200431849.706.52$2,072
Sep 200430443.245.28$1,606
Aug 200431042.375.55$1,721
Jul 200431738.286.08$1,929
Jun 200429736.106.43$1,911
May 200432137.486.49$2,085
Apr 200431834.475.86$1,863
Mar 200435434.365.53$1,958
Feb 200466332.455.51$3,653
Jan 200458132.036.30$3,660
Dec 200336730.266.30$2,313
Nov 200336628.804.60$1,682
Oct 200378728.174.76$3,746
Sep 200337626.314.75$1,786
Aug 200338929.765.13$1,995
Jul 200336929.415.17$1,908
Jun 200338528.565.98$2,303
May 200342726.595.97$2,550
Apr 200345026.675.41$2,433
Mar 200367831.146.10$4,133
Feb 200369433.487.93$5,501
Jan 200349130.315.58$2,741
Dec 200244926.914.85$2,179
Nov 200239624.664.14$1,638
Oct 200240426.464.23$1,709
Sep 200239927.443.64$1,450
Aug 200241125.963.16$1,300
Jul 200240424.583.06$1,237
Jun 200241323.733.34$1,379
May 200240224.663.58$1,441
Apr 200239123.653.51$1,373
Mar 200238622.003.10$1,198
Feb 200235218.222.38$836
Jan 200239517.172.38$938
Dec 200141516.932.36$981
Nov 200141418.072.41$996
Oct 200144919.782.53$1,135
Sep 200144224.262.25$995
Aug 200144524.873.05$1,359
Jul 200145323.933.20$1,448
Jun 200145524.563.82$1,740
May 200144225.524.31$1,904
Apr 200131024.685.34$1,654
Mar 200142624.545.38$2,290
Feb 200141027.755.77$2,365
Jan 200149727.478.40$4,174
Dec 200053026.889.12$4,835
Nov 200067732.215.66$3,830
Oct 200046131.235.15$2,372
Sep 200044231.875.19$2,292
Aug 200045629.644.54$2,071
Jul 200047828.534.09$1,955
Jun 200049029.304.40$2,155
May 200046027.263.68$1,693
Apr 200058324.513.12$1,817
Mar 200056928.422.86$1,627
Feb 200030727.622.73$837
Jan 200052025.272.48$1,290
Dec 199951324.282.42$1,243
Nov 199951823.192.43$1,261
Oct 199952720.982.80$1,478
Sep 199929221.752.62$765
Aug 199929619.262.88$851
Jul 199948117.892.37$1,141
Jun 199950215.942.36$1,186
May 199946315.792.32$1,075
Apr 199929915.102.21$660
Mar 199931712.471.84$583
Feb 19992909.981.82$527
Jan 199932210.381.90$612
Dec 19983279.201.77$580
Nov 199831610.892.19$691
Oct 199833112.421.97$652
Sep 199831812.592.08$662
Aug 199832811.301.91$626
Jul 199833111.742.24$741
Jun 199831811.242.24$711
May 199832712.622.21$721
Apr 199832513.042.51$814
Mar 199834112.802.31$788
Feb 199830813.952.30$708
Jan 199835314.702.15$761
Dec 199735516.322.41$856
Nov 199733518.193.09$1,035
Oct 199735919.253.15$1,131
Sep 199735317.742.95$1,043
Aug 199736817.862.55$940
Jul 199737717.582.25$847
Jun 199734117.242.26$770
May 199738018.972.31$877
Apr 199735117.882.08$731
Mar 199731318.951.94$607
Feb 199737320.492.21$823
Jan 199742023.483.54$1,487
Dec 199642523.32$0
Nov 199641221.97$0
Oct 199644123.31$0
Sep 199643422.22$0
Aug 199643420.26$0
Jul 199644119.55$0
Jun 199644418.73$0
May 199644219.43$0
Apr 199647621.51$0
Mar 199652619.38$0
Feb 199649216.98$0
Jan 199643217.07$0
Dec 1995017.19$0
Nov 1995016.00$0
Oct 1995015.43$0
Sep 1995016.18$0
Aug 19956915.92$0
Jul 199545015.24$0
Jun 199540616.41$0
May 199544117.56$0
Apr 199545117.73$0
Mar 199544816.44$0
Feb 199540716.58$0
Jan 199544815.92$0
Dec 199447015.03$0
Nov 199446515.90$0
Oct 199448415.58$0
Sep 199447815.29$0
Aug 199448616.13$0
Jul 199444717.56$0
Jun 199445917.09$0
May 199444915.88$0
Apr 199446414.14$0
Mar 199446412.46$0
Feb 199442012.50$0
Jan 199446612.66$0
Dec 199345812.33$0
Nov 199345614.49$0
Oct 199347515.85$0
Sep 199344515.03$0
Aug 199347515.66$0
Jul 199349715.46$0
Jun 199342316.79$0
May 199347017.68$0
Apr 199347418.05$0
Mar 199349318.14$0
Feb 199344417.90$0
Jan 199348116.93$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.

Jul 2013 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Gas                    7 Mcf  × $  3.72 =        $26

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Month total                                      $26

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/27232 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.