VERNON FILES

Operated by WATSON OIL & GAS, INC. (P-5 901174) in the MITTIE (MARBLE FALLS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 115497District 7BField 62229666Hydrogen sulphide fieldGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$22 k
Jan 1993 – Jul 2017
Value, last 12 filed months
$11
at the published price for each month
Months reported
295
no gaps in the span
Streams
1
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 134 leases and 152 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1978-03-05
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres.

The register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: OPT ACREAGE 160 PLUT 10 TOL W/4500' DIAG/LAST WELL 20 AC

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
GasProduction7,800 Mcf$21,759
Total$21,759

3,160 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 32.1697, -98.6931. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.16972, -98.69309 · 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
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
2,842 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
33.7 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1100.0%
A plug date is filed
1100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1100.0%
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 2,842 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1983
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Jul 2017
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 33.7 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 33.7 years and 33.7 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-0933108112,842 ftNov 1983Jul 2017Yes

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 (295)

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

295 months

Jul 2017043.873.09$0
Jun 2017042.493.09$0
May 2017045.373.26$0
Apr 2017047.933.21$0
Mar 2017146.772.98$3
Feb 2017150.452.95$3
Jan 2017049.413.42$0
Dec 2016048.763.72$0
Nov 2016142.492.64$3
Oct 2016046.193.09$0
Sep 2016041.553.10$0
Aug 2016141.442.92$3
Jul 2016141.622.92$3
Jun 2016145.352.69$3
May 2016142.521.99$2
Apr 2016036.561.99$0
Mar 2016033.011.79$0
Feb 2016126.472.06$2
Jan 2016127.352.36$2
Dec 2015732.362.00$14
Nov 2015138.792.17$2
Oct 2015143.552.43$2
Sep 2015142.992.76$3
Aug 2015140.162.87$3
Jul 2015148.152.95$3
Jun 2015156.152.88$3
May 2015155.212.96$3
Apr 2015149.822.71$3
Mar 2015142.892.93$3
Feb 2015144.662.98$3
Jan 2015143.433.10$3
Dec 2014154.693.59$4
Nov 2014170.464.25$4
Oct 2014178.303.90$4
Sep 2014186.164.05$4
Aug 2014189.394.04$4
Jul 2014196.564.18$4
Jun 2014198.164.74$5
May 2014194.734.73$5
Apr 2014095.944.81$0
Mar 2014195.895.06$5
Feb 2014197.406.19$6
Jan 2014190.404.86$5
Dec 2013091.824.35$0
Nov 2013188.853.74$4
Oct 20131097.423.78$38
Sep 20135104.113.72$19
Aug 20131104.253.52$4
Jul 20130102.523.72$0
Jun 2013594.403.93$20
May 2013094.834.15$0
Apr 2013793.964.28$30
Mar 2013093.623.91$0
Feb 2013591.233.42$17
Jan 2013091.603.42$0
Dec 2012986.773.42$31
Nov 2012086.953.62$0
Oct 20121089.383.40$34
Sep 2012094.672.92$0
Aug 20121192.662.91$32
Jul 2012085.133.02$0
Jun 20121179.822.52$28
May 2012091.612.49$0
Apr 201211101.652.00$22
Mar 20120105.052.22$0
Feb 20129101.102.57$23
Jan 2012098.092.73$0
Dec 2011896.873.24$26
Nov 2011895.723.31$26
Oct 2011684.983.65$22
Sep 2011783.623.99$28
Aug 2011083.404.15$0
Jul 2011594.144.52$23
Jun 2011692.904.64$28
May 2011098.134.40$0
Apr 20118105.964.33$35
Mar 2011296.364.06$8
Feb 2011585.644.18$21
Jan 2011886.504.59$37
Dec 20101085.734.35$43
Nov 2010980.843.80$34
Oct 2010578.103.51$18
Sep 2010672.633.98$24
Aug 2010973.684.42$40
Jul 2010672.554.74$28
Jun 2010970.364.91$44
May 2010871.124.24$34
Apr 2010081.694.12$0
Mar 2010578.394.39$22
Feb 2010573.585.44$27
Jan 2010774.365.96$42
Dec 2009771.445.48$38
Nov 2009274.593.75$8
Oct 2009472.544.11$16
Sep 2009465.543.06$12
Aug 2009767.423.22$23
Jul 20091161.133.46$38
Jun 20091166.163.90$43
May 2009254.743.93$8
Apr 2009046.773.59$0
Mar 20091542.144.06$61
Feb 20091432.814.63$65
Jan 20092035.865.37$107
Dec 20081537.105.98$90
Nov 20081655.496.86$110
Oct 20081175.246.92$76
Sep 200810101.767.88$79
Aug 200815114.228.48$127
Jul 200815131.0811.39$171
Jun 200820131.3313.03$261
May 200820123.1711.57$231
Apr 200818110.3110.45$188
Mar 200820101.909.66$193
Feb 20082092.538.77$175
Jan 20082590.388.21$205
Dec 20072888.337.30$204
Nov 20073591.677.29$255
Oct 20074082.856.92$277
Sep 20073075.846.24$187
Aug 20072369.066.39$147
Jul 20074170.906.39$262
Jun 20074062.007.55$302
May 20071058.747.85$78
Apr 20071459.617.81$109
Mar 20071956.927.30$139
Feb 20071755.108.22$140
Jan 20073050.306.73$202
Dec 20064056.656.92$277
Nov 20064354.207.62$328
Oct 20064054.906.01$241
Sep 20063460.085.04$171
Aug 20063368.717.34$242
Jul 20063169.376.34$197
Jun 20063066.286.38$192
May 20063066.016.42$193
Apr 20062064.397.36$147
Mar 20062556.707.08$177
Feb 20062057.597.75$155
Jan 20062060.598.93$179
Dec 20052254.9413.42$295
Nov 20052054.6910.59$212
Oct 20051958.3413.80$262
Sep 20052161.4512.08$254
Aug 20052761.519.80$265
Jul 20052155.697.84$165
Jun 20052052.337.38$148
May 20052245.226.65$146
Apr 20052049.207.36$147
Mar 20052850.377.15$200
Feb 20053045.226.31$189
Jan 20053043.166.32$190
Dec 20044039.866.75$270
Nov 20043045.286.33$190
Oct 20044049.706.52$261
Sep 20043043.245.28$159
Aug 20042842.375.55$155
Jul 20042538.286.08$152
Jun 20042536.106.43$161
May 20043037.486.49$195
Apr 20043034.475.86$176
Mar 20043534.365.53$194
Feb 20042032.455.51$110
Jan 20043032.036.30$189
Dec 20032930.266.30$183
Nov 20033028.804.60$138
Oct 20031528.174.76$71
Sep 2003826.314.75$38
Aug 20031229.765.13$62
Jul 20031329.415.17$67
Jun 20031428.565.98$84
May 20031526.595.97$90
Apr 2003826.675.41$43
Mar 20031731.146.10$104
Feb 20031533.487.93$119
Jan 20031830.315.58$100
Dec 20022326.914.85$112
Nov 20021924.664.14$79
Oct 20021826.464.23$76
Sep 20022227.443.64$80
Aug 20023125.963.16$98
Jul 20022824.583.06$86
Jun 20023023.733.34$100
May 20022524.663.58$90
Apr 20021823.653.51$63
Mar 20022122.003.10$65
Feb 20022018.222.38$48
Jan 20022817.172.38$67
Dec 20013216.932.36$76
Nov 2001318.072.41$7
Oct 20011019.782.53$25
Sep 20012824.262.25$63
Aug 20012224.873.05$67
Jul 20012023.933.20$64
Jun 20013024.563.82$115
May 20012825.524.31$121
Apr 20013024.685.34$160
Mar 20014024.545.38$215
Feb 20014027.755.77$231
Jan 20012827.478.40$235
Dec 20005626.889.12$511
Nov 20002932.215.66$164
Oct 20003131.235.15$160
Sep 20002831.875.19$145
Aug 20003229.644.54$145
Jul 20003528.534.09$143
Jun 20002729.304.40$119
May 20002827.263.68$103
Apr 20003224.513.12$100
Mar 20003928.422.86$112
Feb 20003527.622.73$95
Jan 20004025.272.48$99
Dec 19996124.282.42$148
Nov 19995923.192.43$144
Oct 19994920.982.80$137
Sep 19994121.752.62$107
Aug 19994019.262.88$115
Jul 19993917.892.37$93
Jun 19993715.942.36$87
May 19993915.792.32$91
Apr 19994315.102.21$95
Mar 19994912.471.84$90
Feb 1999619.981.82$111
Jan 19994610.381.90$87
Dec 1998449.201.77$78
Nov 19983310.892.19$72
Oct 19983012.421.97$59
Sep 19983512.592.08$73
Aug 19983611.301.91$69
Jul 19984511.742.24$101
Jun 19983911.242.24$87
May 19984512.622.21$99
Apr 19984313.042.51$108
Mar 19984512.802.31$104
Feb 19984213.952.30$97
Jan 19985514.702.15$119
Dec 19974816.322.41$116
Nov 19975818.193.09$179
Oct 19974019.253.15$126
Sep 19972817.742.95$83
Aug 19974017.862.55$102
Jul 19973517.582.25$79
Jun 19973017.242.26$68
May 19973518.972.31$81
Apr 19974017.882.08$83
Mar 19973618.951.94$70
Feb 19974120.492.21$90
Jan 19974023.483.54$142
Dec 19964923.32$0
Nov 19964321.97$0
Oct 19964723.31$0
Sep 19963722.22$0
Aug 19964320.26$0
Jul 19965019.55$0
Jun 19964618.73$0
May 19964419.43$0
Apr 19964221.51$0
Mar 19964319.38$0
Feb 19964016.98$0
Jan 19964517.07$0
Dec 19954917.19$0
Nov 19955116.00$0
Oct 19956415.43$0
Sep 19955716.18$0
Aug 19956215.92$0
Jul 19956315.24$0
Jun 19955616.41$0
May 19952917.56$0
Apr 19955217.73$0
Mar 19955416.44$0
Feb 19955216.58$0
Jan 19955815.92$0
Dec 19945715.03$0
Nov 19948015.90$0
Oct 19947215.58$0
Sep 19945415.29$0
Aug 19947316.13$0
Jul 19948017.56$0
Jun 19947617.09$0
May 19947515.88$0
Apr 19947314.14$0
Mar 19947512.46$0
Feb 19945712.50$0
Jan 19947012.66$0
Dec 19937912.33$0
Nov 19936714.49$0
Oct 19938815.85$0
Sep 19938815.03$0
Aug 19938515.66$0
Jul 19938215.46$0
Jun 19939816.79$0
May 19939317.68$0
Apr 199310118.05$0
Mar 199312718.14$0
Feb 199311117.90$0
Jan 199312316.93$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 2017 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Gas                    1 Mcf  × $  2.98 =         $3

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                       $3

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. 7B/G/115497 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.