BELL -A-

Name: BELL -A- lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by SIDWELL OPERATING COMPANY, L.P. (P-5 780000) in the PANHANDLE COLLINGSWORTH COUNTY field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 2986District 10Field 68859001OilCasinghead gasSave

Value, all time

$487 k

Jan 1993 – May 2009

Value, last 12 filed months

$17 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

197

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

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
Oil	Disposition	5,295 bbl	$145,254
Casinghead gas	Production	117,518 Mcf	$341,368
Total			$486,621

43,030 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 (5)

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 35.1637, -100.1240. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.7 miles.

35.16278, -100.12448 · 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%

5 of 5 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

5 of 5 wells

Median depth

2,184 ft

5 wells filed one

Completion to plug

44.8 years

median over 4 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

5100.0%

A plug date is filed

5100.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

5100.0%

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 2,144 and 2,302 ft, median 2,184 ft, over the 5 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Apr 1964 – Sep 1964

4 of 5 wells; 1 filed none

Plug dates filed

Jun 1988 – Mar 2009

5 of 5 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 44.8 years across the 4 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 44.7 years and 44.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

5 wells


42-08700512	9W	2,190 ft	—	Jun 1988	Yes
42-08700510	5	2,302 ft	Sep 1964	Mar 2009	Yes
42-08700509	3	2,144 ft	Jun 1964	Mar 2009	Yes
42-08700511	7	2,184 ft	May 1964	Mar 2009	Yes
42-08700508	1	2,179 ft	Apr 1964	Mar 2009	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 (197)

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

197 months


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	0	37.10	5.98	$0
Nov 2008	169	126	55.49	6.86	$10,242
Oct 2008	0	55	75.24	6.92	$381
Sep 2008	0	103	101.76	7.88	$811
Aug 2008	0	172	114.22	8.48	$1,459
Jul 2008	0	172	131.08	11.39	$1,959
Jun 2008	0	184	131.33	13.03	$2,398
May 2008	0	130	123.17	11.57	$1,505
Apr 2008	0	126	110.31	10.45	$1,317
Mar 2008	0	202	101.90	9.66	$1,952
Feb 2008	0	205	92.53	8.77	$1,798
Jan 2008	0	266	90.38	8.21	$2,183
Dec 2007	0	782	88.33	7.30	$5,710
Nov 2007	0	371	91.67	7.29	$2,705
Oct 2007	185	386	82.85	6.92	$17,999
Sep 2007	0	380	75.84	6.24	$2,373
Aug 2007	0	417	69.06	6.39	$2,664
Jul 2007	0	381	70.90	6.39	$2,434
Jun 2007	0	369	62.00	7.55	$2,785
May 2007	0	412	58.74	7.85	$3,233
Apr 2007	158	408	59.61	7.81	$12,603
Mar 2007	0	429	56.92	7.30	$3,133
Feb 2007	0	408	55.10	8.22	$3,352
Jan 2007	0	417	50.30	6.73	$2,805
Dec 2006	0	360	56.65	6.92	$2,491
Nov 2006	0	276	54.20	7.62	$2,102
Oct 2006	0	342	54.90	6.01	$2,057
Sep 2006	0	404	60.08	5.04	$2,035
Aug 2006	0	400	68.71	7.34	$2,936
Jul 2006	0	405	69.37	6.34	$2,569
Jun 2006	0	406	66.28	6.38	$2,592
May 2006	0	449	66.01	6.42	$2,885
Apr 2006	0	386	64.39	7.36	$2,841
Mar 2006	173	410	56.70	7.08	$12,713
Feb 2006	0	405	57.59	7.75	$3,139
Jan 2006	0	400	60.59	8.93	$3,573
Dec 2005	0	378	54.94	13.42	$5,071
Nov 2005	0	381	54.69	10.59	$4,034
Oct 2005	0	402	58.34	13.80	$5,546
Sep 2005	0	394	61.45	12.08	$4,759
Aug 2005	0	420	61.51	9.80	$4,115
Jul 2005	0	415	55.69	7.84	$3,255
Jun 2005	0	469	52.33	7.38	$3,462
May 2005	176	474	45.22	6.65	$11,111
Apr 2005	0	440	49.20	7.36	$3,239
Mar 2005	0	417	50.37	7.15	$2,984
Feb 2005	0	351	45.22	6.31	$2,215
Jan 2005	0	309	43.16	6.32	$1,954
Dec 2004	0	403	39.86	6.75	$2,721
Nov 2004	0	393	45.28	6.33	$2,488
Oct 2004	0	459	49.70	6.52	$2,990
Sep 2004	0	525	43.24	5.28	$2,774
Aug 2004	0	530	42.37	5.55	$2,942
Jul 2004	182	560	38.28	6.08	$10,374
Jun 2004	0	494	36.10	6.43	$3,178
May 2004	0	507	37.48	6.49	$3,293
Apr 2004	0	528	34.47	5.86	$3,093
Mar 2004	0	599	34.36	5.53	$3,313
Feb 2004	0	494	32.45	5.51	$2,722
Jan 2004	0	503	32.03	6.30	$3,169
Dec 2003	179	550	30.26	6.30	$8,882
Nov 2003	0	532	28.80	4.60	$2,445
Oct 2003	0	503	28.17	4.76	$2,394
Sep 2003	0	539	26.31	4.75	$2,560
Aug 2003	0	532	29.76	5.13	$2,729
Jul 2003	0	558	29.41	5.17	$2,885
Jun 2003	0	510	28.56	5.98	$3,051
May 2003	180	567	26.59	5.97	$8,173
Apr 2003	0	516	26.67	5.41	$2,790
Mar 2003	0	572	31.14	6.10	$3,487
Feb 2003	0	490	33.48	7.93	$3,884
Jan 2003	0	510	30.31	5.58	$2,847
Dec 2002	0	471	26.91	4.85	$2,286
Nov 2002	0	526	24.66	4.14	$2,176
Oct 2002	0	516	26.46	4.23	$2,182
Sep 2002	181	623	27.44	3.64	$7,231
Aug 2002	0	631	25.96	3.16	$1,997
Jul 2002	0	598	24.58	3.06	$1,831
Jun 2002	0	429	23.73	3.34	$1,432
May 2002	0	457	24.66	3.58	$1,638
Apr 2002	175	356	23.65	3.51	$5,389
Mar 2002	0	333	22.00	3.10	$1,033
Feb 2002	0	363	18.22	2.38	$862
Jan 2002	0	398	17.17	2.38	$946
Dec 2001	0	434	16.93	2.36	$1,026
Nov 2001	0	399	18.07	2.41	$960
Oct 2001	0	401	19.78	2.53	$1,014
Sep 2001	184	380	24.26	2.25	$5,319
Aug 2001	0	288	24.87	3.05	$879
Jul 2001	0	367	23.93	3.20	$1,173
Jun 2001	0	480	24.56	3.82	$1,836
May 2001	0	536	25.52	4.31	$2,309
Apr 2001	180	755	24.68	5.34	$8,471
Mar 2001	0	569	24.54	5.38	$3,059
Feb 2001	0	493	27.75	5.77	$2,843
Jan 2001	180	249	27.47	8.40	$7,036
Dec 2000	0	708	26.88	9.12	$6,459
Nov 2000	0	759	32.21	5.66	$4,294
Oct 2000	0	481	31.23	5.15	$2,475
Sep 2000	0	601	31.87	5.19	$3,117
Aug 2000	185	636	29.64	4.54	$8,371
Jul 2000	0	619	28.53	4.09	$2,532
Jun 2000	0	534	29.30	4.40	$2,348
May 2000	0	576	27.26	3.68	$2,120
Apr 2000	0	657	24.51	3.12	$2,047
Mar 2000	0	612	28.42	2.86	$1,750
Feb 2000	0	590	27.62	2.73	$1,609
Jan 2000	172	659	25.27	2.48	$5,981
Dec 1999	0	634	24.28	2.42	$1,537
Nov 1999	0	613	23.19	2.43	$1,492
Oct 1999	0	665	20.98	2.80	$1,864
Sep 1999	0	618	21.75	2.62	$1,618
Aug 1999	0	718	19.26	2.88	$2,065
Jul 1999	0	714	17.89	2.37	$1,694
Jun 1999	181	537	15.94	2.36	$4,154
May 1999	0	468	15.79	2.32	$1,086
Apr 1999	0	599	15.10	2.21	$1,323
Mar 1999	0	667	12.47	1.84	$1,226
Feb 1999	183	663	9.98	1.82	$3,032
Jan 1999	0	750	10.38	1.90	$1,425
Dec 1998	0	614	9.20	1.77	$1,089
Nov 1998	0	775	10.89	2.19	$1,694
Oct 1998	0	774	12.42	1.97	$1,524
Sep 1998	0	757	12.59	2.08	$1,577
Aug 1998	0	762	11.30	1.91	$1,453
Jul 1998	0	744	11.74	2.24	$1,665
Jun 1998	0	751	11.24	2.24	$1,680
May 1998	0	637	12.62	2.21	$1,405
Apr 1998	0	807	13.04	2.51	$2,022
Mar 1998	0	790	12.80	2.31	$1,824
Feb 1998	181	580	13.95	2.30	$3,858
Jan 1998	0	565	14.70	2.15	$1,217
Dec 1997	0	741	16.32	2.41	$1,787
Nov 1997	0	819	18.19	3.09	$2,529
Oct 1997	0	869	19.25	3.15	$2,737
Sep 1997	0	837	17.74	2.95	$2,473
Aug 1997	0	974	17.86	2.55	$2,488
Jul 1997	183	1,014	17.58	2.25	$5,496
Jun 1997	0	1,010	17.24	2.26	$2,280
May 1997	0	1,040	18.97	2.31	$2,401
Apr 1997	176	763	17.88	2.08	$4,736
Mar 1997	0	1,003	18.95	1.94	$1,945
Feb 1997	0	919	20.49	2.21	$2,027
Jan 1997	0	1,045	23.48	3.54	$3,699
Dec 1996	0	985	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	0	1,009	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	0	1,077	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	0	1,016	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	178	1,111	20.26	—	$3,606
Jul 1996	0	1,095	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	0	1,101	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	0	975	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	0	1,034	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	177	1,132	19.38	—	$3,430
Feb 1996	0	1,076	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	0	1,026	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	0	1,185	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	170	1,081	16.00	—	$2,720
Oct 1995	0	719	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	0	704	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	0	731	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	0	736	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	0	619	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	175	654	17.56	—	$3,073
Apr 1995	0	720	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	0	729	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	0	696	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	0	740	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	176	756	15.03	—	$2,645
Nov 1994	0	687	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	0	700	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	0	985	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	0	956	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	0	865	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	170	868	17.09	—	$2,905
May 1994	172	911	15.88	—	$2,731
Apr 1994	0	695	14.14	—	$0
Mar 1994	0	921	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	0	832	12.50	—	$0
Jan 1994	0	921	12.66	—	$0
Dec 1993	0	938	12.33	—	$0
Nov 1993	0	822	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	0	870	15.85	—	$0
Sep 1993	172	911	15.03	—	$2,585
Aug 1993	0	887	15.66	—	$0
Jul 1993	0	932	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	0	921	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	172	912	17.68	—	$3,041
Apr 1993	170	1,003	18.05	—	$3,069
Mar 1993	0	1,094	18.14	—	$0
Feb 1993	0	827	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	0	865	16.93	—	$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.

Nov 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  169 bbl  × $ 55.49 =     $9,378
Casinghead gas       126 Mcf  × $  6.86 =       $864

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Month total                                  $10,242

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/2986 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.