WHORTON, M.

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

Gas lease lease 27310District 10Field 89120001GasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.3 M
Jan 1993 – Aug 2011
Value, last 12 filed months
$545
at the published price for each month
Months reported
224
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 1,719 leases and 1,719 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1945-06-25
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
2,500 ft
minimum
From a lease line
1,250 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1996-02-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: OPTIONS.

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
GasProduction357,722 Mcf$1,263,599
Total$1,263,599

105,401 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 36.3796, -101.8915. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

36.37957, -101.89150 · 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
2,868 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
62.8 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 2,868 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1948
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Aug 2011
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 62.8 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 62.8 years and 62.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-4210035312,868 ftNov 1948Aug 2011Yes

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 (224)

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

224 months

Aug 2011083.404.15$0
Jul 2011094.144.52$0
Jun 20111192.904.64$51
May 20113498.134.40$150
Apr 201127105.964.33$117
Mar 20111896.364.06$73
Feb 20111485.644.18$59
Jan 2011586.504.59$23
Dec 2010485.734.35$17
Nov 20101180.843.80$42
Oct 2010478.103.51$14
Sep 2010072.633.98$0
Aug 2010173.684.42$4
Jul 20101472.554.74$66
Jun 20102670.364.91$128
May 2010371.124.24$13
Apr 2010081.694.12$0
Mar 2010078.394.39$0
Feb 201015373.585.44$833
Jan 20101,33874.365.96$7,980
Dec 20091,36571.445.48$7,485
Nov 20091,29774.593.75$4,866
Oct 20091,35272.544.11$5,557
Sep 20091,29365.543.06$3,963
Aug 20091,30167.423.22$4,187
Jul 20091,38261.133.46$4,788
Jun 20091,34066.163.90$5,219
May 20091,41954.743.93$5,571
Apr 20091,38146.773.59$4,954
Mar 20091,46842.144.06$5,959
Feb 20091,32632.814.63$6,143
Jan 20091,52135.865.37$8,169
Dec 20081,57537.105.98$9,414
Nov 20081,41955.496.86$9,735
Oct 20081,47575.246.92$10,210
Sep 20081,449101.767.88$11,414
Aug 20081,434114.228.48$12,165
Jul 20081,477131.0811.39$16,822
Jun 20081,353131.3313.03$17,633
May 20081,127123.1711.57$13,044
Apr 20081,445110.3110.45$15,107
Mar 20081,523101.909.66$14,718
Feb 20081,44692.538.77$12,682
Jan 20081,50090.388.21$12,309
Dec 20071,50888.337.30$11,011
Nov 20071,46191.677.29$10,653
Oct 20071,46682.856.92$10,148
Sep 20071,47675.846.24$9,216
Aug 20071,50969.066.39$9,639
Jul 20071,47870.906.39$9,441
Jun 20071,44262.007.55$10,885
May 20071,48758.747.85$11,667
Apr 20071,45459.617.81$11,349
Mar 20071,49256.927.30$10,895
Feb 20071,35355.108.22$11,116
Jan 20071,48350.306.73$9,976
Dec 20061,51256.656.92$10,461
Nov 20061,52854.207.62$11,640
Oct 20061,58254.906.01$9,514
Sep 20061,51060.085.04$7,606
Aug 20061,57268.717.34$11,538
Jul 20061,56469.376.34$9,920
Jun 20061,52666.286.38$9,742
May 20061,57566.016.42$10,119
Apr 20061,44064.397.36$10,599
Mar 20061,58456.707.08$11,219
Feb 20061,43757.597.75$11,138
Jan 20061,57760.598.93$14,088
Dec 20051,55154.9413.42$20,807
Nov 20051,53954.6910.59$16,296
Oct 20051,58458.3413.80$21,852
Sep 20051,55661.4512.08$18,795
Aug 20051,60861.519.80$15,753
Jul 20051,58955.697.84$12,464
Jun 20051,54052.337.38$11,367
May 20051,46845.226.65$9,764
Apr 20051,55849.207.36$11,468
Mar 20051,62050.377.15$11,591
Feb 20051,45645.226.31$9,190
Jan 20051,58343.166.32$10,008
Dec 20041,59239.866.75$10,748
Nov 20041,59445.286.33$10,091
Oct 20041,58049.706.52$10,294
Sep 20041,47343.245.28$7,783
Aug 20041,57642.375.55$8,748
Jul 20041,57138.286.08$9,558
Jun 20041,50636.106.43$9,688
May 20041,54337.486.49$10,021
Apr 20041,51834.475.86$8,893
Mar 20041,54034.365.53$8,516
Feb 20041,40132.455.51$7,719
Jan 20041,08932.036.30$6,860
Dec 20031,72230.266.30$10,851
Nov 20031,68628.804.60$7,747
Oct 20031,73028.174.76$8,234
Sep 20031,70126.314.75$8,079
Aug 20031,76529.765.13$9,054
Jul 20031,31929.415.17$6,820
Jun 20031,67828.565.98$10,039
May 20031,67726.595.97$10,016
Apr 20031,65626.675.41$8,954
Mar 20031,71131.146.10$10,430
Feb 20031,55433.487.93$12,317
Jan 20031,71130.315.58$9,551
Dec 20021,74126.914.85$8,450
Nov 20021,69824.664.14$7,025
Oct 20021,70726.464.23$7,219
Sep 20021,67427.443.64$6,085
Aug 20021,81325.963.16$5,737
Jul 20021,69824.583.06$5,199
Jun 20021,63123.733.34$5,445
May 20021,44224.663.58$5,168
Apr 20021,68423.653.51$5,915
Mar 20021,70622.003.10$5,293
Feb 20021,56618.222.38$3,720
Jan 20021,73817.172.38$4,129
Dec 20011,74216.932.36$4,119
Nov 20011,70918.072.41$4,111
Oct 20011,83819.782.53$4,648
Sep 20011,56224.262.25$3,517
Aug 20011,56524.873.05$4,778
Jul 20011,61823.933.20$5,173
Jun 20011,40524.563.82$5,373
May 20011,74825.524.31$7,529
Apr 20011,66724.685.34$8,894
Mar 20011,61924.545.38$8,704
Feb 20011,64327.755.77$9,475
Jan 20011,76327.478.40$14,807
Dec 20001,95326.889.12$17,816
Nov 20001,53932.215.66$8,708
Oct 20001,27331.235.15$6,550
Sep 200062831.875.19$3,257
Aug 20001,81829.644.54$8,255
Jul 20001,61828.534.09$6,617
Jun 20001,53629.304.40$6,754
May 20001,64827.263.68$6,064
Apr 20001,03224.513.12$3,216
Mar 20001,57628.422.86$4,507
Feb 20001,68027.622.73$4,581
Jan 20001,57725.272.48$3,912
Dec 19991,76024.282.42$4,266
Nov 19991,67023.192.43$4,065
Oct 19991,93020.982.80$5,411
Sep 19991,53421.752.62$4,017
Aug 19991,72519.262.88$4,960
Jul 19991,94317.892.37$4,610
Jun 19991,81515.942.36$4,287
May 19991,76715.792.32$4,101
Apr 19991,55615.102.21$3,436
Mar 19991,60212.471.84$2,945
Feb 19991,5069.981.82$2,738
Jan 19991,57010.381.90$2,983
Dec 19981,7779.201.77$3,151
Nov 19981,84210.892.19$4,026
Oct 19981,91412.421.97$3,769
Sep 19981,87312.592.08$3,901
Aug 19981,90511.301.91$3,634
Jul 19981,95711.742.24$4,378
Jun 19981,72711.242.24$3,864
May 19981,84112.622.21$4,062
Apr 19981,85513.042.51$4,647
Mar 19982,01112.802.31$4,644
Feb 19981,75413.952.30$4,033
Jan 19981,97614.702.15$4,258
Dec 19972,07516.322.41$5,003
Nov 19971,95018.193.09$6,022
Oct 19972,04019.253.15$6,426
Sep 19971,98017.742.95$5,851
Aug 19971,97217.862.55$5,038
Jul 19971,98817.582.25$4,467
Jun 19971,89317.242.26$4,273
May 19971,91318.972.31$4,416
Apr 19971,95717.882.08$4,076
Mar 19972,05818.951.94$3,991
Feb 19971,85320.492.21$4,088
Jan 19972,08523.483.54$7,380
Dec 19962,21323.32$0
Nov 19962,00621.97$0
Oct 19962,02923.31$0
Sep 19961,98022.22$0
Aug 19962,09920.26$0
Jul 19962,04819.55$0
Jun 19961,83918.73$0
May 19962,14419.43$0
Apr 19962,06621.51$0
Mar 19962,29419.38$0
Feb 19962,03216.98$0
Jan 19962,39317.07$0
Dec 19952,24517.19$0
Nov 19952,03316.00$0
Oct 19952,25115.43$0
Sep 19952,14516.18$0
Aug 19952,38715.92$0
Jul 19952,32215.24$0
Jun 19951,59716.41$0
May 19952,27317.56$0
Apr 19952,18217.73$0
Mar 19952,28516.44$0
Feb 19952,07316.58$0
Jan 19952,26115.92$0
Dec 19942,16915.03$0
Nov 19942,10015.90$0
Oct 19942,27115.58$0
Sep 19942,19415.29$0
Aug 19942,25516.13$0
Jul 19942,33117.56$0
Jun 19941,74417.09$0
May 19942,34015.88$0
Apr 19942,19114.14$0
Mar 19942,29112.46$0
Feb 19942,07612.50$0
Jan 19942,25312.66$0
Dec 19932,31012.33$0
Nov 19932,24614.49$0
Oct 19932,49215.85$0
Sep 19932,41215.03$0
Aug 19932,53015.66$0
Jul 19932,39815.46$0
Jun 19931,83016.79$0
May 19932,53017.68$0
Apr 19932,21818.05$0
Mar 19932,41418.14$0
Feb 19932,12817.90$0
Jan 19932,48116.93$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.

Jun 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Gas                   11 Mcf  × $  4.64 =        $51

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Month total                                      $51

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/27310 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.