FONDREN

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

Operated by M. E. OPERATING & SERVICES, INC. (P-5 518265) in the BETHESDA (BIG SALINE) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 127950District 7BField 07565300CondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$391 k

Jan 1993 – Sep 2020

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

333

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The BETHESDA (BIG SALINE) 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 34 leases and 34 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1974-10-01

as the register files it

Field class

Gas

the register's own label

Between wells

—

no field rule filed

From a lease line

—

no field rule filed

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “ALLOCATION FORMULA EFF. 1-1-80 PER AMENDMENT TO SWR 28 & 29”

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
Condensate	Disposition	340 bbl	$7,824
Gas	Production	164,315 Mcf	$383,298
Total			$391,122

79,808 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 32.9540, -98.0160. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.95400, -98.01597 · 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

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

Median depth

5,021 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

32.2 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 5,021 ft.

Completions filed

Jul 1988

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Sep 2020

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 32.2 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 32.2 years and 32.2 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-36733052	1	5,021 ft	Jul 1988	Sep 2020	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 (333)

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

333 months


Sep 2020	0	0	37.09	1.99	$0
Aug 2020	0	0	39.98	2.39	$0
Jul 2020	0	0	38.37	1.83	$0
Jun 2020	0	0	34.90	1.69	$0
May 2020	0	0	16.92	1.81	$0
Apr 2020	0	0	14.75	1.80	$0
Mar 2020	0	0	30.34	1.86	$0
Feb 2020	0	0	49.88	1.98	$0
Jan 2020	0	0	57.25	2.09	$0
Dec 2019	0	0	59.01	2.30	$0
Nov 2019	0	0	55.30	2.75	$0
Oct 2019	0	0	53.47	2.42	$0
Sep 2019	0	0	55.05	2.66	$0
Aug 2019	0	0	53.11	2.30	$0
Jul 2019	0	0	56.27	2.46	$0
Jun 2019	0	0	52.78	2.49	$0
May 2019	0	0	58.48	2.74	$0
Apr 2019	0	0	62.63	2.75	$0
Mar 2019	0	25	56.80	3.06	$77
Feb 2019	0	0	50.85	2.79	$0
Jan 2019	0	0	46.03	3.23	$0
Dec 2018	0	0	46.59	4.19	$0
Nov 2018	0	0	52.93	4.24	$0
Oct 2018	0	0	61.44	3.40	$0
Sep 2018	0	0	59.54	3.11	$0
Aug 2018	0	0	59.40	3.07	$0
Jul 2018	0	0	65.14	2.93	$0
Jun 2018	0	0	60.18	3.08	$0
May 2018	0	0	65.38	2.90	$0
Apr 2018	0	0	63.84	2.90	$0
Mar 2018	0	0	61.22	2.79	$0
Feb 2018	0	0	61.78	2.77	$0
Jan 2018	0	53	62.87	4.01	$212
Dec 2017	0	53	57.27	2.92	$155
Nov 2017	0	71	55.42	3.12	$221
Oct 2017	0	35	49.29	2.98	$104
Sep 2017	0	74	47.52	3.09	$228
Aug 2017	0	82	45.37	3.00	$246
Jul 2017	0	98	43.87	3.09	$303
Jun 2017	0	0	42.49	3.09	$0
May 2017	0	0	45.37	3.26	$0
Apr 2017	0	0	47.93	3.21	$0
Mar 2017	0	17	46.77	2.98	$51
Feb 2017	0	54	50.45	2.95	$159
Jan 2017	0	3	49.41	3.42	$10
Dec 2016	0	37	48.76	3.72	$138
Nov 2016	0	0	42.49	2.64	$0
Oct 2016	0	0	46.19	3.09	$0
Sep 2016	0	2	41.55	3.10	$6
Aug 2016	0	24	41.44	2.92	$70
Jul 2016	0	226	41.62	2.92	$661
Jun 2016	0	249	45.35	2.69	$669
May 2016	0	240	42.52	1.99	$478
Apr 2016	0	240	36.56	1.99	$478
Mar 2016	0	228	33.01	1.79	$409
Feb 2016	0	214	26.47	2.06	$442
Jan 2016	0	224	27.35	2.36	$530
Dec 2015	0	206	32.36	2.00	$412
Nov 2015	0	205	38.79	2.17	$444
Oct 2015	0	243	43.55	2.43	$590
Sep 2015	0	249	42.99	2.76	$687
Aug 2015	0	248	40.16	2.87	$712
Jul 2015	0	318	48.15	2.95	$937
Jun 2015	0	250	56.15	2.88	$721
May 2015	0	257	55.21	2.96	$760
Apr 2015	0	243	49.82	2.71	$658
Mar 2015	0	239	42.89	2.93	$701
Feb 2015	0	218	44.66	2.98	$649
Jan 2015	0	234	43.43	3.10	$726
Dec 2014	0	224	54.69	3.59	$804
Nov 2014	0	235	70.46	4.25	$999
Oct 2014	0	277	78.30	3.90	$1,081
Sep 2014	0	263	86.16	4.05	$1,064
Aug 2014	0	266	89.39	4.04	$1,073
Jul 2014	0	265	96.56	4.18	$1,108
Jun 2014	0	250	98.16	4.74	$1,184
May 2014	0	260	94.73	4.73	$1,229
Apr 2014	0	240	95.94	4.81	$1,154
Mar 2014	0	246	95.89	5.06	$1,244
Feb 2014	0	241	97.40	6.19	$1,492
Jan 2014	0	286	90.40	4.86	$1,390
Dec 2013	0	280	91.82	4.35	$1,219
Nov 2013	0	228	88.85	3.74	$852
Oct 2013	0	257	97.42	3.78	$971
Sep 2013	0	265	104.11	3.72	$985
Aug 2013	0	273	104.25	3.52	$962
Jul 2013	0	283	102.52	3.72	$1,052
Jun 2013	0	262	94.40	3.93	$1,031
May 2013	0	269	94.83	4.15	$1,116
Apr 2013	0	249	93.96	4.28	$1,066
Mar 2013	0	259	93.62	3.91	$1,013
Feb 2013	0	241	91.23	3.42	$824
Jan 2013	0	270	91.60	3.42	$923
Dec 2012	0	267	86.77	3.42	$913
Nov 2012	0	287	86.95	3.62	$1,040
Oct 2012	0	266	89.38	3.40	$904
Sep 2012	0	296	94.67	2.92	$864
Aug 2012	0	296	92.66	2.91	$861
Jul 2012	0	287	85.13	3.02	$867
Jun 2012	0	298	79.82	2.52	$751
May 2012	0	288	91.61	2.49	$717
Apr 2012	0	249	101.65	2.00	$497
Mar 2012	0	269	105.05	2.22	$598
Feb 2012	0	274	101.10	2.57	$704
Jan 2012	0	287	98.09	2.73	$785
Dec 2011	0	316	96.87	3.24	$1,024
Nov 2011	0	237	95.72	3.31	$785
Oct 2011	0	284	84.98	3.65	$1,036
Sep 2011	0	294	83.62	3.99	$1,172
Aug 2011	0	298	83.40	4.15	$1,237
Jul 2011	0	308	94.14	4.52	$1,391
Jun 2011	0	241	92.90	4.64	$1,118
May 2011	0	336	98.13	4.40	$1,480
Apr 2011	0	318	105.96	4.33	$1,378
Mar 2011	0	291	96.36	4.06	$1,181
Feb 2011	0	251	85.64	4.18	$1,049
Jan 2011	0	284	86.50	4.59	$1,303
Dec 2010	0	291	85.73	4.35	$1,265
Nov 2010	0	170	80.84	3.80	$645
Oct 2010	0	288	78.10	3.51	$1,011
Sep 2010	0	288	72.63	3.98	$1,146
Aug 2010	0	319	73.68	4.42	$1,410
Jul 2010	0	292	72.55	4.74	$1,383
Jun 2010	0	181	70.36	4.91	$889
May 2010	0	305	71.12	4.24	$1,292
Apr 2010	0	269	81.69	4.12	$1,109
Mar 2010	0	312	78.39	4.39	$1,369
Feb 2010	0	270	73.58	5.44	$1,469
Jan 2010	0	282	74.36	5.96	$1,682
Dec 2009	0	295	71.44	5.48	$1,618
Nov 2009	0	267	74.59	3.75	$1,002
Oct 2009	0	305	72.54	4.11	$1,254
Sep 2009	0	312	65.54	3.06	$956
Aug 2009	0	311	67.42	3.22	$1,001
Jul 2009	0	345	61.13	3.46	$1,195
Jun 2009	0	312	66.16	3.90	$1,215
May 2009	0	333	54.74	3.93	$1,307
Apr 2009	0	301	46.77	3.59	$1,080
Mar 2009	0	273	42.14	4.06	$1,108
Feb 2009	0	284	32.81	4.63	$1,316
Jan 2009	0	344	35.86	5.37	$1,848
Dec 2008	0	290	37.10	5.98	$1,733
Nov 2008	0	312	55.49	6.86	$2,140
Oct 2008	0	303	75.24	6.92	$2,097
Sep 2008	0	242	101.76	7.88	$1,906
Aug 2008	0	322	114.22	8.48	$2,732
Jul 2008	0	424	131.08	11.39	$4,829
Jun 2008	0	273	131.33	13.03	$3,558
May 2008	0	323	123.17	11.57	$3,739
Apr 2008	0	299	110.31	10.45	$3,126
Mar 2008	0	303	101.90	9.66	$2,928
Feb 2008	0	299	92.53	8.77	$2,622
Jan 2008	0	327	90.38	8.21	$2,683
Dec 2007	0	348	88.33	7.30	$2,541
Nov 2007	0	336	91.67	7.29	$2,450
Oct 2007	0	356	82.85	6.92	$2,464
Sep 2007	0	319	75.84	6.24	$1,992
Aug 2007	0	389	69.06	6.39	$2,485
Jul 2007	0	291	70.90	6.39	$1,859
Jun 2007	0	324	62.00	7.55	$2,446
May 2007	0	355	58.74	7.85	$2,785
Apr 2007	0	339	59.61	7.81	$2,646
Mar 2007	0	363	56.92	7.30	$2,651
Feb 2007	0	305	55.10	8.22	$2,506
Jan 2007	0	282	50.30	6.73	$1,897
Dec 2006	0	305	56.65	6.92	$2,110
Nov 2006	0	318	54.20	7.62	$2,422
Oct 2006	0	365	54.90	6.01	$2,195
Sep 2006	0	353	60.08	5.04	$1,778
Aug 2006	0	337	68.71	7.34	$2,474
Jul 2006	0	365	69.37	6.34	$2,315
Jun 2006	0	323	66.28	6.38	$2,062
May 2006	0	360	66.01	6.42	$2,313
Apr 2006	0	335	64.39	7.36	$2,466
Mar 2006	0	317	56.70	7.08	$2,245
Feb 2006	0	316	57.59	7.75	$2,449
Jan 2006	0	316	60.59	8.93	$2,823
Dec 2005	0	349	54.94	13.42	$4,682
Nov 2005	0	334	54.69	10.59	$3,537
Oct 2005	0	363	58.34	13.80	$5,008
Sep 2005	0	347	61.45	12.08	$4,191
Aug 2005	0	367	61.51	9.80	$3,595
Jul 2005	0	364	55.69	7.84	$2,855
Jun 2005	0	362	52.33	7.38	$2,672
May 2005	0	348	45.22	6.65	$2,315
Apr 2005	0	353	49.20	7.36	$2,598
Mar 2005	0	338	50.37	7.15	$2,418
Feb 2005	0	281	45.22	6.31	$1,774
Jan 2005	0	370	43.16	6.32	$2,339
Dec 2004	0	320	39.86	6.75	$2,160
Nov 2004	0	315	45.28	6.33	$1,994
Oct 2004	0	348	49.70	6.52	$2,267
Sep 2004	0	296	43.24	5.28	$1,564
Aug 2004	0	377	42.37	5.55	$2,093
Jul 2004	0	396	38.28	6.08	$2,409
Jun 2004	0	359	36.10	6.43	$2,309
May 2004	0	351	37.48	6.49	$2,280
Apr 2004	0	365	34.47	5.86	$2,138
Mar 2004	0	375	34.36	5.53	$2,074
Feb 2004	0	346	32.45	5.51	$1,906
Jan 2004	0	427	32.03	6.30	$2,690
Dec 2003	0	135	30.26	6.30	$851
Nov 2003	0	65	28.80	4.60	$299
Oct 2003	0	369	28.17	4.76	$1,756
Sep 2003	0	342	26.31	4.75	$1,624
Aug 2003	0	325	29.76	5.13	$1,667
Jul 2003	0	321	29.41	5.17	$1,660
Jun 2003	0	364	28.56	5.98	$2,178
May 2003	0	399	26.59	5.97	$2,383
Apr 2003	0	389	26.67	5.41	$2,103
Mar 2003	0	400	31.14	6.10	$2,438
Feb 2003	0	338	33.48	7.93	$2,679
Jan 2003	0	371	30.31	5.58	$2,071
Dec 2002	0	407	26.91	4.85	$1,975
Nov 2002	0	376	24.66	4.14	$1,556
Oct 2002	0	406	26.46	4.23	$1,717
Sep 2002	0	389	27.44	3.64	$1,414
Aug 2002	0	396	25.96	3.16	$1,253
Jul 2002	0	441	24.58	3.06	$1,350
Jun 2002	0	450	23.73	3.34	$1,502
May 2002	0	424	24.66	3.58	$1,520
Apr 2002	0	405	23.65	3.51	$1,422
Mar 2002	0	380	22.00	3.10	$1,179
Feb 2002	0	370	18.22	2.38	$879
Jan 2002	0	389	17.17	2.38	$924
Dec 2001	0	443	16.93	2.36	$1,047
Nov 2001	0	409	18.07	2.41	$984
Oct 2001	0	406	19.78	2.53	$1,027
Sep 2001	0	413	24.26	2.25	$930
Aug 2001	0	406	24.87	3.05	$1,240
Jul 2001	0	390	23.93	3.20	$1,247
Jun 2001	0	385	24.56	3.82	$1,472
May 2001	0	392	25.52	4.31	$1,688
Apr 2001	0	375	24.68	5.34	$2,001
Mar 2001	0	374	24.54	5.38	$2,011
Feb 2001	0	713	27.75	5.77	$4,112
Jan 2001	0	648	27.47	8.40	$5,442
Dec 2000	0	839	26.88	9.12	$7,654
Nov 2000	0	686	32.21	5.66	$3,881
Oct 2000	0	780	31.23	5.15	$4,013
Sep 2000	0	806	31.87	5.19	$4,180
Aug 2000	0	420	29.64	4.54	$1,907
Jul 2000	0	376	28.53	4.09	$1,538
Jun 2000	0	387	29.30	4.40	$1,702
May 2000	0	348	27.26	3.68	$1,281
Apr 2000	0	390	24.51	3.12	$1,215
Mar 2000	180	431	28.42	2.86	$6,348
Feb 2000	0	406	27.62	2.73	$1,107
Jan 2000	0	331	25.27	2.48	$821
Dec 1999	0	388	24.28	2.42	$940
Nov 1999	0	390	23.19	2.43	$949
Oct 1999	0	369	20.98	2.80	$1,035
Sep 1999	0	387	21.75	2.62	$1,013
Aug 1999	0	309	19.26	2.88	$889
Jul 1999	0	401	17.89	2.37	$951
Jun 1999	0	412	15.94	2.36	$973
May 1999	0	384	15.79	2.32	$891
Apr 1999	0	435	15.10	2.21	$961
Mar 1999	0	527	12.47	1.84	$969
Feb 1999	0	509	9.98	1.82	$925
Jan 1999	0	475	10.38	1.90	$902
Dec 1998	0	593	9.20	1.77	$1,052
Nov 1998	0	558	10.89	2.19	$1,220
Oct 1998	0	648	12.42	1.97	$1,276
Sep 1998	0	625	12.59	2.08	$1,302
Aug 1998	0	702	11.30	1.91	$1,339
Jul 1998	0	665	11.74	2.24	$1,488
Jun 1998	0	616	11.24	2.24	$1,378
May 1998	0	661	12.62	2.21	$1,458
Apr 1998	0	632	13.04	2.51	$1,583
Mar 1998	0	548	12.80	2.31	$1,266
Feb 1998	0	523	13.95	2.30	$1,202
Jan 1998	0	559	14.70	2.15	$1,205
Dec 1997	0	525	16.32	2.41	$1,266
Nov 1997	0	585	18.19	3.09	$1,807
Oct 1997	0	498	19.25	3.15	$1,569
Sep 1997	0	484	17.74	2.95	$1,430
Aug 1997	0	520	17.86	2.55	$1,328
Jul 1997	0	542	17.58	2.25	$1,218
Jun 1997	0	655	17.24	2.26	$1,478
May 1997	0	616	18.97	2.31	$1,422
Apr 1997	0	613	17.88	2.08	$1,277
Mar 1997	0	606	18.95	1.94	$1,175
Feb 1997	0	518	20.49	2.21	$1,143
Jan 1997	0	520	23.48	3.54	$1,841
Dec 1996	0	516	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	0	559	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	0	674	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	0	608	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	0	776	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	0	752	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	0	728	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	0	903	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	0	992	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	0	1,052	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	0	956	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	0	938	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	0	1,008	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	0	1,031	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	0	1,083	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	0	1,003	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	0	1,156	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	0	1,194	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	0	1,273	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	0	1,218	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	0	1,143	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	0	1,308	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	0	1,272	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	0	1,459	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	0	1,554	15.03	—	$0
Nov 1994	0	1,467	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	0	1,396	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	0	1,273	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	0	1,483	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	0	1,725	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	0	1,602	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	0	2,219	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	0	1,998	14.14	—	$0
Mar 1994	0	2,494	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	0	1,972	12.50	—	$0
Jan 1994	0	2,333	12.66	—	$0
Dec 1993	0	2,452	12.33	—	$0
Nov 1993	0	2,468	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	0	2,733	15.85	—	$0
Sep 1993	0	2,866	15.03	—	$0
Aug 1993	0	2,785	15.66	—	$0
Jul 1993	0	3,041	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	0	2,934	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	0	2,979	17.68	—	$0
Apr 1993	0	3,122	18.05	—	$0
Mar 1993	0	3,216	18.14	—	$0
Feb 1993	0	3,204	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	160	2,890	16.93	—	$2,709

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 2019 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 56.80 =         $0
Gas                   25 Mcf  × $  3.06 =        $77

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Month total                                      $77

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/127950 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.