THORNDYKE, RUTH

Operated by LINN OPERATING, INC. (P-5 501545) in the HORIZON (CLEVELAND) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 3822District 10Field 42597332OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$214 k
Jan 1993 – Jul 2013
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
247
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 172 leases and 292 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1957-09-19
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 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 1958-06-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: PETRO (CLEVELAND) FLD 68735120 EFC 5/1/11

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
OilDisposition6,092 bbl$114,670
Casinghead gasProduction96,571 Mcf$99,626
Total$214,296

67,477 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 (2)

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 36.1224, -101.0965. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.2 miles.

36.12242, -101.09646 · 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%
2 of 2 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
2 of 2 wells
Median depth
7,551 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
16.0 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
2100.0%
A plug date is filed
2100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
2100.0%
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 6,597 and 8,505 ft, median 7,551 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Mar 1981 – Sep 2004
2 of 2 wells
Plug dates filed
Dec 2008
2 of 2 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 16.0 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 10.2 years and 21.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells

42-1950074918,505 ftSep 2004Dec 2008Yes
42-1953077926,597 ftMar 1981Dec 2008Yes

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 (247)

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

247 months

Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 2012280105.052.22$2,941
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
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 20110083.404.15$0
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 200308131.146.10$494
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 200206726.914.85$325
Nov 200206024.664.14$248
Oct 200207226.464.23$305
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 200201725.963.16$54
Jul 2002320924.583.06$7,893
Jun 200205723.733.34$190
May 200207724.663.58$276
Apr 200208423.653.51$295
Mar 200209522.003.10$295
Feb 200208718.222.38$207
Jan 2002015217.172.38$361
Dec 2001015316.932.36$362
Nov 2001013318.072.41$320
Oct 2001010619.782.53$268
Sep 200105024.262.25$113
Aug 2001011424.873.05$348
Jul 2001011323.933.20$361
Jun 2001011324.563.82$432
May 2001010725.524.31$461
Apr 2001013924.685.34$742
Mar 2001065024.545.38$3,495
Feb 2001069727.755.77$4,020
Jan 2001081527.478.40$6,845
Dec 2000082926.889.12$7,563
Nov 200018971832.215.66$10,150
Oct 2000078731.235.15$4,050
Sep 2000072031.875.19$3,734
Aug 2000071929.644.54$3,265
Jul 200019672128.534.09$8,541
Jun 2000074229.304.40$3,263
May 2000081227.263.68$2,988
Apr 2000076624.513.12$2,387
Mar 2000079628.422.86$2,276
Feb 200018576527.622.73$7,195
Jan 200020090325.272.48$7,294
Dec 1999069624.282.42$1,687
Nov 1999065123.192.43$1,585
Oct 199919064620.982.80$5,797
Sep 1999054921.752.62$1,438
Aug 1999055319.262.88$1,590
Jul 1999068217.892.37$1,618
Jun 1999054115.942.36$1,278
May 1999059515.792.32$1,381
Apr 1999056615.102.21$1,250
Mar 1999036112.471.84$664
Feb 199902659.981.82$482
Jan 199919212610.381.90$2,232
Dec 199803519.201.77$622
Nov 1998035010.892.19$765
Oct 1998028412.421.97$559
Sep 1998027812.592.08$579
Aug 1998030111.301.91$574
Jul 1998030111.742.24$673
Jun 199838131811.242.24$4,994
May 1998033712.622.21$744
Apr 1998032213.042.51$807
Mar 1998040612.802.31$938
Feb 1998039413.952.30$906
Jan 1998029914.702.15$644
Dec 1997036016.322.41$868
Nov 199719338218.193.09$4,690
Oct 1997060219.253.15$1,896
Sep 1997039317.742.95$1,161
Aug 1997045017.862.55$1,150
Jul 1997049217.582.25$1,105
Jun 1997050017.242.26$1,129
May 1997063918.972.31$1,475
Apr 1997044017.882.08$916
Mar 1997042218.951.94$818
Feb 199738142320.492.21$8,740
Jan 1997049323.483.54$1,745
Dec 1996046823.32$0
Nov 1996044521.97$0
Oct 1996045623.31$0
Sep 1996041122.22$0
Aug 1996068920.26$0
Jul 1996075519.55$0
Jun 19961801,18318.73$3,371
May 199601,48119.43$0
Apr 19963871,48121.51$8,324
Mar 199601,40419.38$0
Feb 19961941,04316.98$3,294
Jan 199601,18617.07$0
Dec 199501,43117.19$0
Nov 199501,26116.00$0
Oct 19951951,41715.43$3,009
Sep 199501,40116.18$0
Aug 199501,20115.92$0
Jul 19951631,73715.24$2,484
Jun 19951891,62316.41$3,101
May 199501,69517.56$0
Apr 199501,35617.73$0
Mar 19951911,92716.44$3,140
Feb 19951961,62016.58$3,250
Jan 1995090415.92$0
Dec 199401,40915.03$0
Nov 199401,52515.90$0
Oct 19941691,52815.58$2,633
Sep 199401,51315.29$0
Aug 199401,48916.13$0
Jul 19941581,55417.56$2,774
Jun 199401,49117.09$0
May 19941821,59315.88$2,890
Apr 199401,56114.14$0
Mar 19941821,70612.46$2,268
Feb 199401,54112.50$0
Jan 19941761,85512.66$2,228
Dec 199301,68512.33$0
Nov 19931861,75514.49$2,695
Oct 199302,02715.85$0
Sep 19931771,03015.03$2,660
Aug 199301,39315.66$0
Jul 19931771,72415.46$2,736
Jun 199301,73616.79$0
May 19931791,74717.68$3,165
Apr 199301,67318.05$0
Mar 19931831,87818.14$3,320
Feb 19931731,65917.90$3,097
Jan 199301,83016.93$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.

Mar 2012 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   28 bbl  × $105.05 =     $2,941
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.22 =         $0

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Month total                                   $2,941

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/3822 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.