SHAPLEY, F. A., JR.

Operated by APACHE CORPORATION (P-5 27200) in the SHAPLEY (MORROW) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 1962District 10Field 82677333Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$404 k
Jan 1993 – Jan 2012
Value, last 12 filed months
$12 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
229
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 75 leases and 82 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1958-11-18
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and 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 160 acres. The field rule took effect on 1962-07-11.

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: MULTI 49B WITH 160 AC BASE UNIT UP TO 640 AC PLUS 10% TOL

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
OilDisposition4,609 bbl$88,368
Casinghead gasProduction240,653 Mcf$316,095
Total$404,463

137,657 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 (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 36.3646, -101.3939. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.8 miles.

36.36483, -101.39706 · 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%
4 of 4 wells
With a plug date
75.0%
3 of 4 wells
Median depth
7,068 ft
4 wells filed one
Completion to plug
43.8 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
4100.0%
A plug date is filed
375.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
375.0%
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

Between 7,002 and 7,081 ft, median 7,068 ft, over the 4 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Sep 1958 – Dec 1980
3 of 4 wells; 1 filed none
Plug dates filed
Feb 1984 – Mar 2011
3 of 4 wells; 1 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 43.8 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 41.0 years and 46.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

4 wells

42-1958076327,080 ftFeb 1984Yes
42-1953074547,055 ftDec 1980Yes
42-1950091037,081 ftDec 1961Mar 2011Yes
42-1950014117,002 ftSep 1958Dec 1996Yes

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 (229)

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

229 months

Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 2011140083.404.15$11,676
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 20020023.733.34$0
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 20020023.653.51$0
Mar 20020022.003.10$0
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 20010016.932.36$0
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 20010019.782.53$0
Sep 20010024.262.25$0
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 200101,52123.933.20$4,863
Jun 200101,59724.563.82$6,107
May 200101,67425.524.31$7,210
Apr 200101,64424.685.34$8,771
Mar 200101,70624.545.38$9,172
Feb 200101,61327.755.77$9,302
Jan 200101,65627.478.40$13,908
Dec 200001,28426.889.12$11,713
Nov 200001,61232.215.66$9,121
Oct 200001,81931.235.15$9,360
Sep 200001,77031.875.19$9,180
Aug 200001,87029.644.54$8,491
Jul 200001,61428.534.09$6,601
Jun 200001,59029.304.40$6,992
May 200001,70327.263.68$6,267
Apr 200001,27624.513.12$3,976
Mar 200001,57828.422.86$4,513
Feb 200001,79027.622.73$4,880
Jan 200001,89625.272.48$4,703
Dec 1999921,41724.282.42$5,668
Nov 199901,93623.192.43$4,712
Oct 1999691,84720.982.80$6,626
Sep 199901,74621.752.62$4,573
Aug 199901,43719.262.88$4,132
Jul 199901,94317.892.37$4,610
Jun 199921,90415.942.36$4,529
May 199902,12315.792.32$4,928
Apr 199902,24215.102.21$4,950
Mar 19992001,43112.471.84$5,125
Feb 199901,5369.981.82$2,792
Jan 199930252810.381.90$4,138
Dec 199801,1979.201.77$2,123
Nov 199802,03310.892.19$4,444
Oct 199802,06912.421.97$4,074
Sep 199801,97312.592.08$4,109
Aug 199802,06611.301.91$3,941
Jul 199802,15711.742.24$4,826
Jun 199801,91311.242.24$4,280
May 199802,01712.622.21$4,450
Apr 199802,03313.042.51$5,093
Mar 199802,38412.802.31$5,506
Feb 199802,82913.952.30$6,504
Jan 1998061714.702.15$1,330
Dec 199701,66816.322.41$4,022
Nov 199702,31618.193.09$7,152
Oct 19973122,39419.253.15$13,547
Sep 199702,29917.742.95$6,793
Aug 199702,38017.862.55$6,080
Jul 199702,50117.582.25$5,620
Jun 199702,57317.242.26$5,808
May 199701,99818.972.31$4,612
Apr 199702,56917.882.08$5,351
Mar 199702,47418.951.94$4,797
Feb 199702,59020.492.21$5,713
Jan 199702,64323.483.54$9,355
Dec 1996027223.32$0
Nov 19962023,12721.97$4,438
Oct 19963263,19723.31$7,599
Sep 199601,60022.22$0
Aug 199601,10620.26$0
Jul 199602,10419.55$0
Jun 199602,09018.73$0
May 199601,80819.43$0
Apr 199601,31021.51$0
Mar 19963211,76819.38$6,221
Feb 199601,86216.98$0
Jan 199602,49217.07$0
Dec 199502,67317.19$0
Nov 199503,37716.00$0
Oct 199503,16015.43$0
Sep 19953163,43216.18$5,113
Aug 199503,01915.92$0
Jul 199503,53915.24$0
Jun 19951562,91216.41$2,560
May 19953174,18717.56$5,567
Apr 199503,44017.73$0
Mar 199509,58916.44$0
Feb 199503,00516.58$0
Jan 199503,11615.92$0
Dec 199403,35215.03$0
Nov 199403,86415.90$0
Oct 19943513,09115.58$5,469
Sep 199403,46715.29$0
Aug 199403,16016.13$0
Jul 199402,94517.56$0
Jun 19942563,22617.09$4,375
May 19941923,64815.88$3,049
Apr 199403,34614.14$0
Mar 199402,93412.46$0
Feb 199401,83112.50$0
Jan 199402,04512.66$0
Dec 199302,13612.33$0
Nov 19932472,16214.49$3,579
Oct 199302,61215.85$0
Sep 199303,02815.03$0
Aug 199301,89215.66$0
Jul 19933082,42415.46$4,762
Jun 199302,74216.79$0
May 19931983,15917.68$3,501
Apr 199303,41218.05$0
Mar 199303,07318.14$0
Feb 199303,04417.90$0
Jan 19933022,87916.93$5,113

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.

Aug 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  140 bbl  × $ 83.40 =    $11,676
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.15 =         $0

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Month total                                  $11,676

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/O/1962 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.