DIAL "A'

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

Operated by SNW OPERATING COMPANY (P-5 799856) in the PANHANDLE HUTCHINSON COUNTY FLD. field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 5678District 10Field 68887001NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.5 M

Jan 1993 – Mar 2008

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

183

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The PANHANDLE HUTCHINSON COUNTY FLD. 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 918 leases and 8,177 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1921-12-31

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

467 ft

minimum

From a lease line

330 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 1989-05-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “SPECIAL TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR WELLS WITH GOR GREATER THAN 5000.”

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	80,768 bbl	$1,440,973
Casinghead gas	Production	72,735 Mcf	$105,244
Total			$1,546,217

38,890 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 (7)

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 35.7955, -101.3552. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.5 miles.

35.79494, -101.35648 · 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

0.0%

0 of 7 wells

With a plug date

0.0%

0 of 7 wells

Median depth

3,010 ft

7 wells filed one

Completion to plug

—

no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

00.0%

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.

7100.0%

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 3,000 and 4,514 ft, median 3,010 ft, over the 7 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Feb 1984 – Oct 1991

7 of 7 wells

7 wells


42-23331960	4	4,514 ft	Oct 1991	—	—
42-23332319	8	3,000 ft	Feb 1988	—	—
42-23332287	7	3,010 ft	Jun 1987	—	—
42-23332190	6	3,010 ft	Dec 1985	—	—
42-23332130	5	3,010 ft	Jul 1985	—	—
42-23331882	2	3,050 ft	May 1984	—	—
42-23331780	1	3,315 ft	Feb 1984	—	—

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 (183)

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

183 months


Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	0	0	92.53	8.77	$0
Jan 2008	0	0	90.38	8.21	$0
Dec 2007	0	0	88.33	7.30	$0
Nov 2007	0	0	91.67	7.29	$0
Oct 2007	0	0	82.85	6.92	$0
Sep 2007	0	0	75.84	6.24	$0
Aug 2007	0	0	69.06	6.39	$0
Jul 2007	0	0	70.90	6.39	$0
Jun 2007	0	0	62.00	7.55	$0
May 2007	0	0	58.74	7.85	$0
Apr 2007	0	0	59.61	7.81	$0
Mar 2007	0	0	56.92	7.30	$0
Feb 2007	0	0	55.10	8.22	$0
Jan 2007	0	0	50.30	6.73	$0
Dec 2006	0	0	56.65	6.92	$0
Nov 2006	0	0	54.20	7.62	$0
Oct 2006	0	0	54.90	6.01	$0
Sep 2006	0	0	60.08	5.04	$0
Aug 2006	0	0	68.71	7.34	$0
Jul 2006	0	0	69.37	6.34	$0
Jun 2006	0	0	66.28	6.38	$0
May 2006	0	0	66.01	6.42	$0
Apr 2006	0	0	64.39	7.36	$0
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	0	0	57.59	7.75	$0
Jan 2006	0	0	60.59	8.93	$0
Dec 2005	0	0	54.94	13.42	$0
Nov 2005	0	0	54.69	10.59	$0
Oct 2005	0	0	58.34	13.80	$0
Sep 2005	0	0	61.45	12.08	$0
Aug 2005	0	0	61.51	9.80	$0
Jul 2005	0	0	55.69	7.84	$0
Jun 2005	0	0	52.33	7.38	$0
May 2005	0	0	45.22	6.65	$0
Apr 2005	0	0	49.20	7.36	$0
Mar 2005	0	0	50.37	7.15	$0
Feb 2005	0	0	45.22	6.31	$0
Jan 2005	0	0	43.16	6.32	$0
Dec 2004	0	0	39.86	6.75	$0
Nov 2004	0	0	45.28	6.33	$0
Oct 2004	0	0	49.70	6.52	$0
Sep 2004	0	0	43.24	5.28	$0
Aug 2004	0	0	42.37	5.55	$0
Jul 2004	0	0	38.28	6.08	$0
Jun 2004	0	0	36.10	6.43	$0
May 2004	0	0	37.48	6.49	$0
Apr 2004	0	0	34.47	5.86	$0
Mar 2004	0	0	34.36	5.53	$0
Feb 2004	0	0	32.45	5.51	$0
Jan 2004	0	0	32.03	6.30	$0
Dec 2003	0	0	30.26	6.30	$0
Nov 2003	0	0	28.80	4.60	$0
Oct 2003	0	0	28.17	4.76	$0
Sep 2003	0	0	26.31	4.75	$0
Aug 2003	0	0	29.76	5.13	$0
Jul 2003	0	0	29.41	5.17	$0
Jun 2003	0	0	28.56	5.98	$0
May 2003	0	0	26.59	5.97	$0
Apr 2003	0	0	26.67	5.41	$0
Mar 2003	0	0	31.14	6.10	$0
Feb 2003	0	0	33.48	7.93	$0
Jan 2003	0	0	30.31	5.58	$0
Dec 2002	0	0	26.91	4.85	$0
Nov 2002	0	0	24.66	4.14	$0
Oct 2002	0	0	26.46	4.23	$0
Sep 2002	0	0	27.44	3.64	$0
Aug 2002	0	0	25.96	3.16	$0
Jul 2002	0	0	24.58	3.06	$0
Jun 2002	0	0	23.73	3.34	$0
May 2002	0	0	24.66	3.58	$0
Apr 2002	0	0	23.65	3.51	$0
Mar 2002	0	0	22.00	3.10	$0
Feb 2002	0	0	18.22	2.38	$0
Jan 2002	0	0	17.17	2.38	$0
Dec 2001	0	0	16.93	2.36	$0
Nov 2001	0	0	18.07	2.41	$0
Oct 2001	0	0	19.78	2.53	$0
Sep 2001	0	0	24.26	2.25	$0
Aug 2001	0	0	24.87	3.05	$0
Jul 2001	0	0	23.93	3.20	$0
Jun 2001	0	0	24.56	3.82	$0
May 2001	0	0	25.52	4.31	$0
Apr 2001	631	681	24.68	5.34	$19,206
Mar 2001	548	683	24.54	5.38	$17,120
Feb 2001	711	631	27.75	5.77	$23,369
Jan 2001	534	648	27.47	8.40	$20,111
Dec 2000	535	676	26.88	9.12	$20,548
Nov 2000	728	662	32.21	5.66	$27,194
Oct 2000	367	504	31.23	5.15	$14,055
Sep 2000	365	726	31.87	5.19	$15,398
Aug 2000	547	817	29.64	4.54	$19,923
Jul 2000	738	365	28.53	4.09	$22,548
Jun 2000	189	364	29.30	4.40	$7,138
May 2000	543	435	27.26	3.68	$16,403
Apr 2000	757	900	24.51	3.12	$21,358
Mar 2000	725	1,436	28.42	2.86	$24,711
Feb 2000	520	1,266	27.62	2.73	$17,814
Jan 2000	680	703	25.27	2.48	$18,927
Dec 1999	181	447	24.28	2.42	$5,478
Nov 1999	516	387	23.19	2.43	$12,908
Oct 1999	538	552	20.98	2.80	$12,835
Sep 1999	535	365	21.75	2.62	$12,592
Aug 1999	535	506	19.26	2.88	$11,759
Jul 1999	727	508	17.89	2.37	$14,211
Jun 1999	718	640	15.94	2.36	$12,957
May 1999	365	481	15.79	2.32	$6,880
Apr 1999	358	513	15.10	2.21	$6,539
Mar 1999	368	541	12.47	1.84	$5,584
Feb 1999	520	520	9.98	1.82	$6,135
Jan 1999	544	606	10.38	1.90	$6,798
Dec 1998	535	713	9.20	1.77	$6,186
Nov 1998	530	713	10.89	2.19	$7,330
Oct 1998	532	713	12.42	1.97	$8,011
Sep 1998	872	832	12.59	2.08	$12,711
Aug 1998	531	886	11.30	1.91	$7,690
Jul 1998	882	1,120	11.74	2.24	$12,860
Jun 1998	531	707	11.24	2.24	$7,550
May 1998	686	960	12.62	2.21	$10,775
Apr 1998	867	907	13.04	2.51	$13,578
Mar 1998	706	362	12.80	2.31	$9,873
Feb 1998	890	1,031	13.95	2.30	$14,786
Jan 1998	541	764	14.70	2.15	$9,599
Dec 1997	869	824	16.32	2.41	$16,169
Nov 1997	726	702	18.19	3.09	$15,374
Oct 1997	905	690	19.25	3.15	$19,595
Sep 1997	885	701	17.74	2.95	$17,771
Aug 1997	691	643	17.86	2.55	$13,984
Jul 1997	902	535	17.58	2.25	$17,059
Jun 1997	530	476	17.24	2.26	$10,212
May 1997	727	436	18.97	2.31	$14,798
Apr 1997	726	364	17.88	2.08	$13,739
Mar 1997	722	440	18.95	1.94	$14,535
Feb 1997	728	437	20.49	2.21	$15,881
Jan 1997	705	326	23.48	3.54	$17,707
Dec 1996	898	545	23.32	—	$20,941
Nov 1996	544	611	21.97	—	$11,952
Oct 1996	910	761	23.31	—	$21,212
Sep 1996	905	688	22.22	—	$20,109
Aug 1996	898	661	20.26	—	$18,193
Jul 1996	907	690	19.55	—	$17,732
Jun 1996	890	574	18.73	—	$16,670
May 1996	1,066	748	19.43	—	$20,712
Apr 1996	1,087	789	21.51	—	$23,381
Mar 1996	1,080	739	19.38	—	$20,930
Feb 1996	718	608	16.98	—	$12,192
Jan 1996	885	636	17.07	—	$15,107
Dec 1995	1,092	722	17.19	—	$18,771
Nov 1995	906	806	16.00	—	$14,496
Oct 1995	1,264	853	15.43	—	$19,504
Sep 1995	1,078	814	16.18	—	$17,442
Aug 1995	1,064	856	15.92	—	$16,939
Jul 1995	1,072	919	15.24	—	$16,337
Jun 1995	1,080	848	16.41	—	$17,723
May 1995	1,094	754	17.56	—	$19,211
Apr 1995	1,087	820	17.73	—	$19,273
Mar 1995	914	856	16.44	—	$15,026
Feb 1995	912	779	16.58	—	$15,121
Jan 1995	1,047	792	15.92	—	$16,668
Dec 1994	1,267	839	15.03	—	$19,043
Nov 1994	914	804	15.90	—	$14,533
Oct 1994	1,101	972	15.58	—	$17,154
Sep 1994	910	734	15.29	—	$13,914
Aug 1994	1,077	778	16.13	—	$17,372
Jul 1994	1,094	822	17.56	—	$19,211
Jun 1994	1,076	792	17.09	—	$18,389
May 1994	1,090	819	15.88	—	$17,309
Apr 1994	1,091	742	14.14	—	$15,427
Mar 1994	1,093	770	12.46	—	$13,619
Feb 1994	918	688	12.50	—	$11,475
Jan 1994	1,080	750	12.66	—	$13,673
Dec 1993	890	887	12.33	—	$10,974
Nov 1993	1,066	867	14.49	—	$15,446
Oct 1993	1,099	858	15.85	—	$17,419
Sep 1993	1,103	902	15.03	—	$16,578
Aug 1993	1,095	1,065	15.66	—	$17,148
Jul 1993	1,103	1,069	15.46	—	$17,052
Jun 1993	1,103	1,043	16.79	—	$18,519
May 1993	1,124	1,073	17.68	—	$19,872
Apr 1993	1,120	1,042	18.05	—	$20,216
Mar 1993	944	1,072	18.14	—	$17,124
Feb 1993	895	874	17.90	—	$16,021
Jan 1993	875	759	16.93	—	$14,814

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.

Apr 2001 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  631 bbl  × $ 24.68 =    $15,573
Casinghead gas       681 Mcf  × $  5.34 =     $3,633

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Month total                                  $19,206

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/5678 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.