CUTTER, E.K. "A"

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

Oil lease lease 5242District 10Field 21694500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$976 k
Jan 1993 – May 2015
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
269
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 81 leases and 102 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1965-11-15
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
1,867 ft
minimum
From a lease line
933 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 160 acres.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: REQUIRING NEW DRILLING PERMITS.

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
OilDisposition14,743 bbl$506,178
Casinghead gasProduction143,114 Mcf$469,751
Total$975,929

40,150 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 36.3451, -100.7143. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

36.34511, -100.71427 · 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
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
Median depth
7,250 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 7,250 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1982
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-3573123937,250 ftNov 1982Yes

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 (269)

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

269 months

May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
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 2013042691.233.42$1,457
Jan 2013046891.603.42$1,601
Dec 201218247886.773.42$17,427
Nov 2012046286.953.62$1,675
Oct 2012051789.383.40$1,758
Sep 2012049894.672.92$1,453
Aug 2012051492.662.91$1,495
Jul 2012039985.133.02$1,205
Jun 2012033179.822.52$834
May 2012048291.612.49$1,199
Apr 20120451101.652.00$901
Mar 20120261105.052.22$580
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 2012045698.092.73$1,247
Dec 201117849296.873.24$18,837
Nov 2011048895.723.31$1,616
Oct 2011049984.983.65$1,821
Sep 2011049783.623.99$1,981
Aug 2011030383.404.15$1,257
Jul 201104794.144.52$212
Jun 2011017692.904.64$817
May 2011027998.134.40$1,229
Apr 20110393105.964.33$1,703
Mar 2011039696.364.06$1,607
Feb 2011038485.644.18$1,605
Jan 2011042686.504.59$1,955
Dec 201018543385.734.35$17,743
Nov 2010041480.843.80$1,571
Oct 2010045478.103.51$1,593
Sep 2010043072.633.98$1,711
Aug 201017745473.684.42$15,048
Jul 2010045272.554.74$2,141
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 2010044471.124.24$1,880
Apr 2010039881.694.12$1,641
Mar 201016435778.394.39$14,423
Feb 2010037373.585.44$2,030
Jan 2010042074.365.96$2,505
Dec 2009041571.445.48$2,276
Nov 200917840274.593.75$14,785
Oct 2009041772.544.11$1,714
Sep 2009041565.543.06$1,272
Aug 2009042767.423.22$1,374
Jul 200918243961.133.46$12,647
Jun 2009042866.163.90$1,667
May 2009043654.743.93$1,712
Apr 2009035546.773.59$1,274
Mar 200918144042.144.06$9,413
Feb 2009047332.814.63$2,191
Jan 2009036235.865.37$1,944
Dec 2008043337.105.98$2,588
Nov 2008043255.496.86$2,964
Oct 200818544075.246.92$16,965
Sep 20080454101.767.88$3,576
Aug 20080466114.228.48$3,953
Jul 20080465131.0811.39$5,296
Jun 2008177455131.3313.03$29,175
May 20080441123.1711.57$5,104
Apr 20080405110.3110.45$4,234
Mar 20080421101.909.66$4,069
Feb 200818238992.538.77$20,252
Jan 2008041790.388.21$3,422
Dec 2007042688.337.30$3,111
Nov 200718041791.677.29$19,541
Oct 2007044082.856.92$3,046
Sep 2007043275.846.24$2,697
Aug 200717153369.066.39$15,214
Jul 2007013770.906.39$875
Jun 2007043662.007.55$3,291
May 20079739658.747.85$8,805
Apr 2007040059.617.81$3,122
Mar 2007043056.927.30$3,140
Feb 2007036955.108.22$3,032
Jan 200720142450.306.73$12,962
Dec 2006043856.656.92$3,030
Nov 2006042754.207.62$3,253
Oct 2006042554.906.01$2,556
Sep 200618642860.085.04$13,331
Aug 2006046968.717.34$3,442
Jul 2006040369.376.34$2,556
Jun 200619238766.286.38$15,196
May 2006045866.016.42$2,943
Apr 2006045064.397.36$3,312
Mar 2006045056.707.08$3,187
Feb 200619540457.597.75$14,362
Jan 2006044760.598.93$3,993
Dec 2005045954.9413.42$6,158
Nov 200510044554.6910.59$10,181
Oct 2005043658.3413.80$6,015
Sep 200519246161.4512.08$17,367
Aug 2005047561.519.80$4,654
Jul 200518646455.697.84$13,998
Jun 2005044652.337.38$3,292
May 2005045145.226.65$3,000
Apr 2005042749.207.36$3,143
Mar 200519642050.377.15$12,878
Feb 2005027145.226.31$1,711
Jan 2005052543.166.32$3,319
Dec 200429253639.866.75$15,258
Nov 2004054345.286.33$3,437
Oct 2004059149.706.52$3,850
Sep 2004057643.245.28$3,044
Aug 200412460042.375.55$8,584
Jul 200420160338.286.08$11,363
Jun 2004059636.106.43$3,834
May 200420153237.486.49$10,989
Apr 2004064134.475.86$3,755
Mar 200420458334.365.53$10,234
Feb 200420878832.455.51$11,091
Jan 2004042432.036.30$2,671
Dec 2003036830.266.30$2,319
Nov 2003041128.804.60$1,889
Oct 2003029428.174.76$1,399
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 2003046529.765.13$2,385
Jul 2003058929.415.17$3,046
Jun 2003026028.565.98$1,556
May 2003052226.595.97$3,118
Apr 200320149826.675.41$8,054
Mar 2003058431.146.10$3,560
Feb 2003052233.487.93$4,137
Jan 2003058630.315.58$3,271
Dec 200220059126.914.85$8,251
Nov 2002057824.664.14$2,391
Oct 2002060726.464.23$2,567
Sep 2002060527.443.64$2,199
Aug 200220450125.963.16$6,881
Jul 20029853124.583.06$4,035
Jun 2002051823.733.34$1,729
May 2002055024.663.58$1,971
Apr 200219956723.653.51$6,698
Mar 2002055922.003.10$1,734
Feb 2002052418.222.38$1,245
Jan 2002061317.172.38$1,456
Dec 2001061916.932.36$1,464
Nov 200119060818.072.41$4,896
Oct 2001064219.782.53$1,624
Sep 200119264124.262.25$6,101
Aug 2001069524.873.05$2,122
Jul 2001069423.933.20$2,219
Jun 200120666324.563.82$7,595
May 2001067825.524.31$2,920
Apr 2001064324.685.34$3,431
Mar 2001065824.545.38$3,538
Feb 2001058427.755.77$3,368
Jan 200129664227.478.40$13,523
Dec 2000061426.889.12$5,601
Nov 2000059232.215.66$3,350
Oct 2000067431.235.15$3,468
Sep 2000069731.875.19$3,615
Aug 200039273829.644.54$14,970
Jul 2000073128.534.09$2,990
Jun 2000063029.304.40$2,770
May 2000071427.263.68$2,627
Apr 2000068424.513.12$2,131
Mar 2000071928.422.86$2,056
Feb 200019566427.622.73$7,196
Jan 2000074025.272.48$1,836
Dec 1999073624.282.42$1,784
Nov 1999072223.192.43$1,757
Oct 199919374520.982.80$6,138
Sep 1999065121.752.62$1,705
Aug 1999076019.262.88$2,185
Jul 199910777017.892.37$3,741
Jun 199919172315.942.36$4,752
May 1999069415.792.32$1,611
Apr 199918966315.102.21$4,318
Mar 1999070612.471.84$1,298
Feb 199906759.981.82$1,227
Jan 1999064710.381.90$1,229
Dec 19981927819.201.77$3,151
Nov 1998074010.892.19$1,617
Oct 199819481212.421.97$4,008
Sep 1998079312.592.08$1,652
Aug 199819182111.301.91$3,724
Jul 1998082111.742.24$1,837
Jun 1998079511.242.24$1,779
May 1998082012.622.21$1,809
Apr 199821277813.042.51$4,714
Mar 1998082012.802.31$1,894
Feb 1998074413.952.30$1,711
Jan 1998079714.702.15$1,717
Dec 1997080416.322.41$1,939
Nov 1997080518.193.09$2,486
Oct 199719585119.253.15$6,434
Sep 1997083817.742.95$2,476
Aug 1997084417.862.55$2,156
Jul 199719387017.582.25$5,348
Jun 1997083417.242.26$1,883
May 1997068918.972.31$1,591
Apr 199719483717.882.08$5,212
Mar 1997083418.951.94$1,617
Feb 199717761820.492.21$4,990
Jan 199701,02123.483.54$3,614
Dec 199617380623.32$4,034
Nov 1996070921.97$0
Oct 199617872023.31$4,149
Sep 1996070522.22$0
Aug 199618773520.26$3,789
Jul 1996074119.55$0
Jun 1996071918.73$0
May 199619071619.43$3,692
Apr 199617363721.51$3,721
Mar 1996050419.38$0
Feb 199617872216.98$3,022
Jan 199618192017.07$3,090
Dec 1995076117.19$0
Nov 1995077216.00$0
Oct 199517879115.43$2,747
Sep 199517277216.18$2,783
Aug 1995084415.92$0
Jul 199517789115.24$2,697
Jun 199518366016.41$3,003
May 1995086217.56$0
Apr 199517883417.73$3,156
Mar 199518086816.44$2,959
Feb 199519180716.58$3,167
Jan 199519195715.92$3,041
Dec 1994066215.03$0
Nov 1994071815.90$0
Oct 1994081315.58$0
Sep 1994072415.29$0
Aug 1994087916.13$0
Jul 1994094817.56$0
Jun 1994090217.09$0
May 19941841,18215.88$2,922
Apr 199432380114.14$4,567
Mar 1994083012.46$0
Feb 1994082312.50$0
Jan 199401,00312.66$0
Dec 199319086112.33$2,343
Nov 199318683714.49$2,695
Oct 1993095915.85$0
Sep 199319199315.03$2,871
Aug 19931801,04515.66$2,819
Jul 199301,07015.46$0
Jun 199318481516.79$3,089
May 19931841,01717.68$3,253
Apr 199318497918.05$3,321
Mar 19931611,03418.14$2,921
Feb 1993081817.90$0
Jan 199336898416.93$6,230

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.

Feb 2013 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    0 bbl  × $ 91.23 =         $0
Casinghead gas       426 Mcf  × $  3.42 =     $1,457

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $1,457

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/5242 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.