BUTLER, ARNOLD

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

Operated by WATSON OIL & GAS, INC. (P-5 901174) in the DUSTER, NE. (MARBLE FALLS 2750) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 138045District 7BField 26784600Hydrogen sulphide fieldGasSave Export

Value, all time

$65 k

Jan 1993 – Mar 2014

Value, last 12 filed months

$1 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

255

no gaps in the span

Streams

gas

The DUSTER, NE. (MARBLE FALLS 2750) 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 75 leases and 81 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1977-08-01

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: “EFFEC. 7-1-79 PER DOCKET #7B-71,672”

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
Gas	Production	23,840 Mcf	$64,916
Total			$64,916

8,298 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 32.1770, -98.6521. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.17704, -98.65207 · 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

2,877 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

34.8 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 2,877 ft.

Completions filed

Jun 1979

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Apr 2014

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 34.8 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 34.8 years and 34.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-09300049	3	2,877 ft	Jun 1979	Apr 2014	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 (255)

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

255 months


Mar 2014	0	95.89	5.06	$0
Feb 2014	0	97.40	6.19	$0
Jan 2014	1	90.40	4.86	$5
Dec 2013	1	91.82	4.35	$4
Nov 2013	1	88.85	3.74	$4
Oct 2013	31	97.42	3.78	$117
Sep 2013	18	104.11	3.72	$67
Aug 2013	23	104.25	3.52	$81
Jul 2013	39	102.52	3.72	$145
Jun 2013	30	94.40	3.93	$118
May 2013	35	94.83	4.15	$145
Apr 2013	76	93.96	4.28	$325
Mar 2013	54	93.62	3.91	$211
Feb 2013	46	91.23	3.42	$157
Jan 2013	53	91.60	3.42	$181
Dec 2012	58	86.77	3.42	$198
Nov 2012	68	86.95	3.62	$247
Oct 2012	68	89.38	3.40	$231
Sep 2012	1	94.67	2.92	$3
Aug 2012	13	92.66	2.91	$38
Jul 2012	32	85.13	3.02	$97
Jun 2012	0	79.82	2.52	$0
May 2012	10	91.61	2.49	$25
Apr 2012	32	101.65	2.00	$64
Mar 2012	10	105.05	2.22	$22
Feb 2012	7	101.10	2.57	$18
Jan 2012	22	98.09	2.73	$60
Dec 2011	58	96.87	3.24	$188
Nov 2011	55	95.72	3.31	$182
Oct 2011	59	84.98	3.65	$215
Sep 2011	55	83.62	3.99	$219
Aug 2011	54	83.40	4.15	$224
Jul 2011	64	94.14	4.52	$289
Jun 2011	61	92.90	4.64	$283
May 2011	57	98.13	4.40	$251
Apr 2011	58	105.96	4.33	$251
Mar 2011	58	96.36	4.06	$235
Feb 2011	56	85.64	4.18	$234
Jan 2011	63	86.50	4.59	$289
Dec 2010	69	85.73	4.35	$300
Nov 2010	60	80.84	3.80	$228
Oct 2010	62	78.10	3.51	$218
Sep 2010	58	72.63	3.98	$231
Aug 2010	64	73.68	4.42	$283
Jul 2010	62	72.55	4.74	$294
Jun 2010	59	70.36	4.91	$290
May 2010	69	71.12	4.24	$292
Apr 2010	62	81.69	4.12	$256
Mar 2010	63	78.39	4.39	$276
Feb 2010	54	73.58	5.44	$294
Jan 2010	41	74.36	5.96	$245
Dec 2009	46	71.44	5.48	$252
Nov 2009	44	74.59	3.75	$165
Oct 2009	48	72.54	4.11	$197
Sep 2009	52	65.54	3.06	$159
Aug 2009	50	67.42	3.22	$161
Jul 2009	46	61.13	3.46	$159
Jun 2009	45	66.16	3.90	$175
May 2009	48	54.74	3.93	$188
Apr 2009	47	46.77	3.59	$169
Mar 2009	47	42.14	4.06	$191
Feb 2009	50	32.81	4.63	$232
Jan 2009	62	35.86	5.37	$333
Dec 2008	61	37.10	5.98	$365
Nov 2008	52	55.49	6.86	$357
Oct 2008	54	75.24	6.92	$374
Sep 2008	48	101.76	7.88	$378
Aug 2008	52	114.22	8.48	$441
Jul 2008	40	131.08	11.39	$456
Jun 2008	43	131.33	13.03	$560
May 2008	42	123.17	11.57	$486
Apr 2008	38	110.31	10.45	$397
Mar 2008	65	101.90	9.66	$628
Feb 2008	48	92.53	8.77	$421
Jan 2008	50	90.38	8.21	$410
Dec 2007	48	88.33	7.30	$350
Nov 2007	42	91.67	7.29	$306
Oct 2007	55	82.85	6.92	$381
Sep 2007	60	75.84	6.24	$375
Aug 2007	50	69.06	6.39	$319
Jul 2007	46	70.90	6.39	$294
Jun 2007	64	62.00	7.55	$483
May 2007	77	58.74	7.85	$604
Apr 2007	70	59.61	7.81	$546
Mar 2007	118	56.92	7.30	$862
Feb 2007	52	55.10	8.22	$427
Jan 2007	47	50.30	6.73	$316
Dec 2006	43	56.65	6.92	$297
Nov 2006	46	54.20	7.62	$350
Oct 2006	47	54.90	6.01	$283
Sep 2006	50	60.08	5.04	$252
Aug 2006	45	68.71	7.34	$330
Jul 2006	52	69.37	6.34	$330
Jun 2006	58	66.28	6.38	$370
May 2006	53	66.01	6.42	$341
Apr 2006	44	64.39	7.36	$324
Mar 2006	37	56.70	7.08	$262
Feb 2006	59	57.59	7.75	$457
Jan 2006	64	60.59	8.93	$572
Dec 2005	52	54.94	13.42	$698
Nov 2005	65	54.69	10.59	$688
Oct 2005	47	58.34	13.80	$648
Sep 2005	42	61.45	12.08	$507
Aug 2005	53	61.51	9.80	$519
Jul 2005	55	55.69	7.84	$431
Jun 2005	83	52.33	7.38	$613
May 2005	33	45.22	6.65	$219
Apr 2005	38	49.20	7.36	$280
Mar 2005	46	50.37	7.15	$329
Feb 2005	37	45.22	6.31	$234
Jan 2005	56	43.16	6.32	$354
Dec 2004	41	39.86	6.75	$277
Nov 2004	51	45.28	6.33	$323
Oct 2004	53	49.70	6.52	$345
Sep 2004	50	43.24	5.28	$264
Aug 2004	51	42.37	5.55	$283
Jul 2004	40	38.28	6.08	$243
Jun 2004	54	36.10	6.43	$347
May 2004	71	37.48	6.49	$461
Apr 2004	30	34.47	5.86	$176
Mar 2004	78	34.36	5.53	$431
Feb 2004	52	32.45	5.51	$287
Jan 2004	50	32.03	6.30	$315
Dec 2003	60	30.26	6.30	$378
Nov 2003	71	28.80	4.60	$326
Oct 2003	70	28.17	4.76	$333
Sep 2003	51	26.31	4.75	$242
Aug 2003	55	29.76	5.13	$282
Jul 2003	49	29.41	5.17	$253
Jun 2003	28	28.56	5.98	$168
May 2003	44	26.59	5.97	$263
Apr 2003	36	26.67	5.41	$195
Mar 2003	85	31.14	6.10	$518
Feb 2003	66	33.48	7.93	$523
Jan 2003	107	30.31	5.58	$597
Dec 2002	115	26.91	4.85	$558
Nov 2002	109	24.66	4.14	$451
Oct 2002	149	26.46	4.23	$630
Sep 2002	54	27.44	3.64	$196
Aug 2002	74	25.96	3.16	$234
Jul 2002	27	24.58	3.06	$83
Jun 2002	37	23.73	3.34	$124
May 2002	53	24.66	3.58	$190
Apr 2002	77	23.65	3.51	$270
Mar 2002	57	22.00	3.10	$177
Feb 2002	75	18.22	2.38	$178
Jan 2002	75	17.17	2.38	$178
Dec 2001	106	16.93	2.36	$251
Nov 2001	16	18.07	2.41	$38
Oct 2001	56	19.78	2.53	$142
Sep 2001	80	24.26	2.25	$180
Aug 2001	75	24.87	3.05	$229
Jul 2001	73	23.93	3.20	$233
Jun 2001	85	24.56	3.82	$325
May 2001	78	25.52	4.31	$336
Apr 2001	89	24.68	5.34	$475
Mar 2001	107	24.54	5.38	$575
Feb 2001	75	27.75	5.77	$433
Jan 2001	101	27.47	8.40	$848
Dec 2000	105	26.88	9.12	$958
Nov 2000	101	32.21	5.66	$571
Oct 2000	108	31.23	5.15	$556
Sep 2000	49	31.87	5.19	$254
Aug 2000	101	29.64	4.54	$459
Jul 2000	101	28.53	4.09	$413
Jun 2000	91	29.30	4.40	$400
May 2000	97	27.26	3.68	$357
Apr 2000	88	24.51	3.12	$274
Mar 2000	102	28.42	2.86	$292
Feb 2000	109	27.62	2.73	$297
Jan 2000	90	25.27	2.48	$223
Dec 1999	95	24.28	2.42	$230
Nov 1999	211	23.19	2.43	$514
Oct 1999	183	20.98	2.80	$513
Sep 1999	171	21.75	2.62	$448
Aug 1999	213	19.26	2.88	$613
Jul 1999	203	17.89	2.37	$482
Jun 1999	191	15.94	2.36	$451
May 1999	200	15.79	2.32	$464
Apr 1999	212	15.10	2.21	$468
Mar 1999	210	12.47	1.84	$386
Feb 1999	249	9.98	1.82	$453
Jan 1999	284	10.38	1.90	$540
Dec 1998	288	9.20	1.77	$511
Nov 1998	306	10.89	2.19	$669
Oct 1998	288	12.42	1.97	$567
Sep 1998	294	12.59	2.08	$612
Aug 1998	371	11.30	1.91	$708
Jul 1998	340	11.74	2.24	$761
Jun 1998	138	11.24	2.24	$309
May 1998	108	12.62	2.21	$238
Apr 1998	114	13.04	2.51	$286
Mar 1998	62	12.80	2.31	$143
Feb 1998	72	13.95	2.30	$166
Jan 1998	95	14.70	2.15	$205
Dec 1997	14	16.32	2.41	$34
Nov 1997	113	18.19	3.09	$349
Oct 1997	94	19.25	3.15	$296
Sep 1997	83	17.74	2.95	$245
Aug 1997	48	17.86	2.55	$123
Jul 1997	47	17.58	2.25	$106
Jun 1997	94	17.24	2.26	$212
May 1997	137	18.97	2.31	$316
Apr 1997	138	17.88	2.08	$287
Mar 1997	70	18.95	1.94	$136
Feb 1997	109	20.49	2.21	$240
Jan 1997	107	23.48	3.54	$379
Dec 1996	124	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	124	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	98	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	91	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	102	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	60	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	70	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	110	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	119	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	250	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	241	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	180	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	198	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	160	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	100	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	67	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	87	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	116	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	80	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	80	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	200	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	250	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	210	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	233	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	236	15.03	—	$0
Nov 1994	218	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	220	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	189	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	173	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	310	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	255	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	235	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	285	14.14	—	$0
Mar 1994	230	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	185	12.50	—	$0
Jan 1994	279	12.66	—	$0
Dec 1993	279	12.33	—	$0
Nov 1993	249	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	240	15.85	—	$0
Sep 1993	142	15.03	—	$0
Aug 1993	140	15.66	—	$0
Jul 1993	147	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	152	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	203	17.68	—	$0
Apr 1993	151	18.05	—	$0
Mar 1993	138	18.14	—	$0
Feb 1993	142	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	150	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.

Jan 2014 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Gas                    1 Mcf  × $  4.86 =         $5

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                       $5

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/138045 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.