WITT

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

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

Oil lease lease 4378District 10Field 84300400NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$645 k

Jan 1993 – Oct 2009

Value, last 12 filed months

$11 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

202

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The SMITH PERRYTON (MORROW, LOWER) field

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 10 leases and 12 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1960-06-20

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 Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “CONSOLIDATED TO SMITH PERRYTON (MORROW-MISS) 1/1/08.”

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.

Programme	Filings	With an approval date	Dated	Docket
NGPA	1	none	—	—

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	4,733 bbl	$135,607
Casinghead gas	Production	149,242 Mcf	$509,502
Total			$645,109

46,852 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 36.3995, -100.8766. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

36.39954, -100.87663 · 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%

1 of 1 wells

With a plug date

0.0%

0 of 1 wells

Median depth

8,453 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

—

no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

1100.0%

A plug date is filed

00.0%

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

00.0%

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 8,453 ft.

Completions filed

Dec 1978

1 of 1 wells

1 well


42-35730818	1	8,453 ft	Dec 1978	—	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 (202)

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

202 months


Oct 2009	0	0	72.54	4.11	$0
Sep 2009	0	0	65.54	3.06	$0
Aug 2009	0	0	67.42	3.22	$0
Jul 2009	0	0	61.13	3.46	$0
Jun 2009	167	0	66.16	3.90	$11,049
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	0	0	55.49	6.86	$0
Oct 2008	0	0	75.24	6.92	$0
Sep 2008	0	0	101.76	7.88	$0
Aug 2008	0	0	114.22	8.48	$0
Jul 2008	0	0	131.08	11.39	$0
Jun 2008	0	0	131.33	13.03	$0
May 2008	0	0	123.17	11.57	$0
Apr 2008	0	0	110.31	10.45	$0
Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	0	0	92.53	8.77	$0
Jan 2008	0	952	90.38	8.21	$7,812
Dec 2007	0	680	88.33	7.30	$4,965
Nov 2007	0	844	91.67	7.29	$6,154
Oct 2007	0	869	82.85	6.92	$6,015
Sep 2007	0	876	75.84	6.24	$5,470
Aug 2007	0	920	69.06	6.39	$5,877
Jul 2007	177	911	70.90	6.39	$18,369
Jun 2007	0	879	62.00	7.55	$6,635
May 2007	0	804	58.74	7.85	$6,308
Apr 2007	0	848	59.61	7.81	$6,619
Mar 2007	0	858	56.92	7.30	$6,265
Feb 2007	0	654	55.10	8.22	$5,373
Jan 2007	0	208	50.30	6.73	$1,399
Dec 2006	0	682	56.65	6.92	$4,718
Nov 2006	165	772	54.20	7.62	$14,824
Oct 2006	0	886	54.90	6.01	$5,328
Sep 2006	0	868	60.08	5.04	$4,372
Aug 2006	0	920	68.71	7.34	$6,753
Jul 2006	0	855	69.37	6.34	$5,423
Jun 2006	0	923	66.28	6.38	$5,892
May 2006	0	548	66.01	6.42	$3,521
Apr 2006	0	686	64.39	7.36	$5,049
Mar 2006	179	763	56.70	7.08	$15,554
Feb 2006	0	471	57.59	7.75	$3,651
Jan 2006	0	899	60.59	8.93	$8,031
Dec 2005	0	873	54.94	13.42	$11,712
Nov 2005	0	755	54.69	10.59	$7,994
Oct 2005	191	933	58.34	13.80	$24,014
Sep 2005	0	941	61.45	12.08	$11,366
Aug 2005	0	956	61.51	9.80	$9,366
Jul 2005	0	1,030	55.69	7.84	$8,079
Jun 2005	0	890	52.33	7.38	$6,569
May 2005	0	1,005	45.22	6.65	$6,684
Apr 2005	0	535	49.20	7.36	$3,938
Mar 2005	0	878	50.37	7.15	$6,282
Feb 2005	0	907	45.22	6.31	$5,725
Jan 2005	63	859	43.16	6.32	$8,150
Dec 2004	0	875	39.86	6.75	$5,907
Nov 2004	0	448	45.28	6.33	$2,836
Oct 2004	113	774	49.70	6.52	$10,659
Sep 2004	0	796	43.24	5.28	$4,206
Aug 2004	0	649	42.37	5.55	$3,602
Jul 2004	0	737	38.28	6.08	$4,484
Jun 2004	0	913	36.10	6.43	$5,873
May 2004	0	633	37.48	6.49	$4,111
Apr 2004	0	863	34.47	5.86	$5,056
Mar 2004	0	863	34.36	5.53	$4,773
Feb 2004	0	734	32.45	5.51	$4,044
Jan 2004	0	898	32.03	6.30	$5,657
Dec 2003	0	850	30.26	6.30	$5,356
Nov 2003	0	768	28.80	4.60	$3,529
Oct 2003	177	840	28.17	4.76	$8,984
Sep 2003	0	828	26.31	4.75	$3,932
Aug 2003	0	882	29.76	5.13	$4,524
Jul 2003	0	889	29.41	5.17	$4,597
Jun 2003	0	861	28.56	5.98	$5,151
May 2003	174	855	26.59	5.97	$9,733
Apr 2003	0	938	26.67	5.41	$5,072
Mar 2003	0	474	31.14	6.10	$2,890
Feb 2003	0	615	33.48	7.93	$4,874
Jan 2003	193	763	30.31	5.58	$10,109
Dec 2002	0	808	26.91	4.85	$3,922
Nov 2002	0	814	24.66	4.14	$3,367
Oct 2002	0	791	26.46	4.23	$3,345
Sep 2002	0	473	27.44	3.64	$1,719
Aug 2002	0	613	25.96	3.16	$1,940
Jul 2002	0	653	24.58	3.06	$1,999
Jun 2002	0	764	23.73	3.34	$2,550
May 2002	0	611	24.66	3.58	$2,190
Apr 2002	188	659	23.65	3.51	$6,761
Mar 2002	0	700	22.00	3.10	$2,172
Feb 2002	0	621	18.22	2.38	$1,475
Jan 2002	0	736	17.17	2.38	$1,749
Dec 2001	0	663	16.93	2.36	$1,568
Nov 2001	0	615	18.07	2.41	$1,479
Oct 2001	187	649	19.78	2.53	$5,340
Sep 2001	0	650	24.26	2.25	$1,463
Aug 2001	0	629	24.87	3.05	$1,920
Jul 2001	0	601	23.93	3.20	$1,921
Jun 2001	0	666	24.56	3.82	$2,547
May 2001	0	668	25.52	4.31	$2,877
Apr 2001	0	686	24.68	5.34	$3,660
Mar 2001	189	562	24.54	5.38	$7,660
Feb 2001	0	584	27.75	5.77	$3,368
Jan 2001	0	714	27.47	8.40	$5,997
Dec 2000	0	746	26.88	9.12	$6,805
Nov 2000	0	715	32.21	5.66	$4,045
Oct 2000	0	763	31.23	5.15	$3,926
Sep 2000	0	452	31.87	5.19	$2,344
Aug 2000	0	680	29.64	4.54	$3,088
Jul 2000	207	696	28.53	4.09	$8,752
Jun 2000	0	629	29.30	4.40	$2,766
May 2000	0	641	27.26	3.68	$2,359
Apr 2000	0	693	24.51	3.12	$2,159
Mar 2000	0	704	28.42	2.86	$2,013
Feb 2000	0	686	27.62	2.73	$1,870
Jan 2000	0	749	25.27	2.48	$1,858
Dec 1999	0	708	24.28	2.42	$1,716
Nov 1999	171	841	23.19	2.43	$6,012
Oct 1999	0	875	20.98	2.80	$2,453
Sep 1999	0	817	21.75	2.62	$2,140
Aug 1999	0	865	19.26	2.88	$2,487
Jul 1999	0	863	17.89	2.37	$2,047
Jun 1999	0	858	15.94	2.36	$2,027
May 1999	0	929	15.79	2.32	$2,156
Apr 1999	0	952	15.10	2.21	$2,102
Mar 1999	164	838	12.47	1.84	$3,586
Feb 1999	0	99	9.98	1.82	$180
Jan 1999	0	939	10.38	1.90	$1,784
Dec 1998	0	827	9.20	1.77	$1,467
Nov 1998	0	919	10.89	2.19	$2,009
Oct 1998	0	975	12.42	1.97	$1,920
Sep 1998	0	974	12.59	2.08	$2,028
Aug 1998	169	658	11.30	1.91	$3,165
Jul 1998	0	907	11.74	2.24	$2,029
Jun 1998	0	950	11.24	2.24	$2,125
May 1998	0	1,039	12.62	2.21	$2,292
Apr 1998	0	1,007	13.04	2.51	$2,523
Mar 1998	0	701	12.80	2.31	$1,619
Feb 1998	58	252	13.95	2.30	$1,388
Jan 1998	0	179	14.70	2.15	$386
Dec 1997	0	377	16.32	2.41	$909
Nov 1997	0	918	18.19	3.09	$2,835
Oct 1997	0	935	19.25	3.15	$2,945
Sep 1997	0	799	17.74	2.95	$2,361
Aug 1997	180	967	17.86	2.55	$5,685
Jul 1997	0	981	17.58	2.25	$2,204
Jun 1997	0	945	17.24	2.26	$2,133
May 1997	0	964	18.97	2.31	$2,225
Apr 1997	0	942	17.88	2.08	$1,962
Mar 1997	178	1,005	18.95	1.94	$5,322
Feb 1997	0	790	20.49	2.21	$1,743
Jan 1997	0	827	23.48	3.54	$2,927
Dec 1996	0	917	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	0	833	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	0	935	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	0	913	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	175	978	20.26	—	$3,546
Jul 1996	0	977	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	0	944	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	0	978	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	0	969	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	0	938	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	176	811	16.98	—	$2,988
Jan 1996	0	641	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	0	881	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	0	924	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	0	950	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	0	951	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	172	1,025	15.92	—	$2,738
Jul 1995	0	985	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	0	775	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	0	990	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	0	955	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	0	983	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	178	892	16.58	—	$2,951
Jan 1995	0	940	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	0	997	15.03	—	$0
Nov 1994	0	1,052	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	0	1,030	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	179	939	15.29	—	$2,737
Aug 1994	0	1,020	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	0	1,055	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	0	928	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	0	1,171	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	178	1,028	14.14	—	$2,517
Mar 1994	0	1,059	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	0	886	12.50	—	$0
Jan 1994	0	1,017	12.66	—	$0
Dec 1993	0	1,031	12.33	—	$0
Nov 1993	0	906	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	0	1,044	15.85	—	$0
Sep 1993	0	1,051	15.03	—	$0
Aug 1993	191	1,116	15.66	—	$2,991
Jul 1993	0	1,140	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	0	999	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	0	1,171	17.68	—	$0
Apr 1993	194	1,134	18.05	—	$3,502
Mar 1993	0	1,054	18.14	—	$0
Feb 1993	0	976	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	0	963	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.

Jun 2009 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  167 bbl  × $ 66.16 =    $11,049
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.90 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $11,049

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/4378 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.