BLACK RANCH

Name: BLACK RANCH lease production and value, Sep 1995 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by XTO ENERGY INC. (P-5 945936) in the BLACK RANCH (STRAWN 1500) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 156653District 7BField 08535850GasSave Export

Value, all time

$32 k

Sep 1995 – Aug 2020

Value, last 12 filed months

$195

at the published price for each month

Months reported

300

no gaps in the span

Streams

gas

The BLACK RANCH (STRAWN 1500) 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 3 leases and 3 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1993-09-10

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 EFFECTIVE 03/01/94.”

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	19,907 Mcf	$31,804
Total			$31,804

12,704 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 16 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 32.5303, -97.9309. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.53026, -97.93091 · 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

1,734 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

24.9 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 1,734 ft.

Completions filed

Sep 1995

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Aug 2020

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 24.9 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 24.9 years and 24.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-22130942	1BT	1,734 ft	Sep 1995	Aug 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 (300)

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

300 months


Aug 2020	0	39.98	2.39	$0
Jul 2020	0	38.37	1.83	$0
Jun 2020	0	34.90	1.69	$0
May 2020	11	16.92	1.81	$20
Apr 2020	17	14.75	1.80	$31
Mar 2020	0	30.34	1.86	$0
Feb 2020	0	49.88	1.98	$0
Jan 2020	0	57.25	2.09	$0
Dec 2019	0	59.01	2.30	$0
Nov 2019	0	55.30	2.75	$0
Oct 2019	6	53.47	2.42	$15
Sep 2019	49	55.05	2.66	$130
Aug 2019	31	53.11	2.30	$71
Jul 2019	31	56.27	2.46	$76
Jun 2019	30	52.78	2.49	$75
May 2019	11	58.48	2.74	$30
Apr 2019	30	62.63	2.75	$83
Mar 2019	31	56.80	3.06	$95
Feb 2019	9	50.85	2.79	$25
Jan 2019	31	46.03	3.23	$100
Dec 2018	31	46.59	4.19	$130
Nov 2018	0	52.93	4.24	$0
Oct 2018	0	61.44	3.40	$0
Sep 2018	0	59.54	3.11	$0
Aug 2018	0	59.40	3.07	$0
Jul 2018	0	65.14	2.93	$0
Jun 2018	7	60.18	3.08	$22
May 2018	13	65.38	2.90	$38
Apr 2018	24	63.84	2.90	$70
Mar 2018	39	61.22	2.79	$109
Feb 2018	17	61.78	2.77	$47
Jan 2018	31	62.87	4.01	$124
Dec 2017	21	57.27	2.92	$61
Nov 2017	30	55.42	3.12	$94
Oct 2017	0	49.29	2.98	$0
Sep 2017	0	47.52	3.09	$0
Aug 2017	31	45.37	3.00	$93
Jul 2017	0	43.87	3.09	$0
Jun 2017	1	42.49	3.09	$3
May 2017	0	45.37	3.26	$0
Apr 2017	0	47.93	3.21	$0
Mar 2017	0	46.77	2.98	$0
Feb 2017	0	50.45	2.95	$0
Jan 2017	33	49.41	3.42	$113
Dec 2016	39	48.76	3.72	$145
Nov 2016	57	42.49	2.64	$151
Oct 2016	46	46.19	3.09	$142
Sep 2016	53	41.55	3.10	$164
Aug 2016	51	41.44	2.92	$149
Jul 2016	31	41.62	2.92	$91
Jun 2016	30	45.35	2.69	$81
May 2016	0	42.52	1.99	$0
Apr 2016	28	36.56	1.99	$56
Mar 2016	44	33.01	1.79	$79
Feb 2016	52	26.47	2.06	$107
Jan 2016	44	27.35	2.36	$104
Dec 2015	25	32.36	2.00	$50
Nov 2015	32	38.79	2.17	$69
Oct 2015	37	43.55	2.43	$90
Sep 2015	21	42.99	2.76	$58
Aug 2015	19	40.16	2.87	$55
Jul 2015	34	48.15	2.95	$100
Jun 2015	39	56.15	2.88	$112
May 2015	42	55.21	2.96	$124
Apr 2015	47	49.82	2.71	$127
Mar 2015	21	42.89	2.93	$62
Feb 2015	37	44.66	2.98	$110
Jan 2015	39	43.43	3.10	$121
Dec 2014	51	54.69	3.59	$183
Nov 2014	39	70.46	4.25	$166
Oct 2014	54	78.30	3.90	$211
Sep 2014	30	86.16	4.05	$121
Aug 2014	31	89.39	4.04	$125
Jul 2014	31	96.56	4.18	$130
Jun 2014	30	98.16	4.74	$142
May 2014	31	94.73	4.73	$147
Apr 2014	30	95.94	4.81	$144
Mar 2014	31	95.89	5.06	$157
Feb 2014	28	97.40	6.19	$173
Jan 2014	31	90.40	4.86	$151
Dec 2013	31	91.82	4.35	$135
Nov 2013	30	88.85	3.74	$112
Oct 2013	26	97.42	3.78	$98
Sep 2013	0	104.11	3.72	$0
Aug 2013	26	104.25	3.52	$92
Jul 2013	23	102.52	3.72	$86
Jun 2013	17	94.40	3.93	$67
May 2013	23	94.83	4.15	$95
Apr 2013	30	93.96	4.28	$128
Mar 2013	0	93.62	3.91	$0
Feb 2013	0	91.23	3.42	$0
Jan 2013	0	91.60	3.42	$0
Dec 2012	31	86.77	3.42	$106
Nov 2012	0	86.95	3.62	$0
Oct 2012	0	89.38	3.40	$0
Sep 2012	30	94.67	2.92	$88
Aug 2012	31	92.66	2.91	$90
Jul 2012	31	85.13	3.02	$94
Jun 2012	30	79.82	2.52	$76
May 2012	31	91.61	2.49	$77
Apr 2012	0	101.65	2.00	$0
Mar 2012	12	105.05	2.22	$27
Feb 2012	15	101.10	2.57	$39
Jan 2012	0	98.09	2.73	$0
Dec 2011	0	96.87	3.24	$0
Nov 2011	0	95.72	3.31	$0
Oct 2011	0	84.98	3.65	$0
Sep 2011	0	83.62	3.99	$0
Aug 2011	0	83.40	4.15	$0
Jul 2011	0	94.14	4.52	$0
Jun 2011	30	92.90	4.64	$139
May 2011	24	98.13	4.40	$106
Apr 2011	20	105.96	4.33	$87
Mar 2011	31	96.36	4.06	$126
Feb 2011	28	85.64	4.18	$117
Jan 2011	31	86.50	4.59	$142
Dec 2010	30	85.73	4.35	$130
Nov 2010	0	80.84	3.80	$0
Oct 2010	31	78.10	3.51	$109
Sep 2010	30	72.63	3.98	$119
Aug 2010	31	73.68	4.42	$137
Jul 2010	0	72.55	4.74	$0
Jun 2010	22	70.36	4.91	$108
May 2010	31	71.12	4.24	$131
Apr 2010	30	81.69	4.12	$124
Mar 2010	31	78.39	4.39	$136
Feb 2010	28	73.58	5.44	$152
Jan 2010	0	74.36	5.96	$0
Dec 2009	31	71.44	5.48	$170
Nov 2009	30	74.59	3.75	$113
Oct 2009	31	72.54	4.11	$127
Sep 2009	30	65.54	3.06	$92
Aug 2009	8	67.42	3.22	$26
Jul 2009	31	61.13	3.46	$107
Jun 2009	27	66.16	3.90	$105
May 2009	31	54.74	3.93	$122
Apr 2009	30	46.77	3.59	$108
Mar 2009	31	42.14	4.06	$126
Feb 2009	28	32.81	4.63	$130
Jan 2009	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	0	37.10	5.98	$0
Nov 2008	30	55.49	6.86	$206
Oct 2008	31	75.24	6.92	$215
Sep 2008	30	101.76	7.88	$236
Aug 2008	0	114.22	8.48	$0
Jul 2008	31	131.08	11.39	$353
Jun 2008	0	131.33	13.03	$0
May 2008	31	123.17	11.57	$359
Apr 2008	0	110.31	10.45	$0
Mar 2008	31	101.90	9.66	$300
Feb 2008	29	92.53	8.77	$254
Jan 2008	31	90.38	8.21	$254
Dec 2007	31	88.33	7.30	$226
Nov 2007	30	91.67	7.29	$219
Oct 2007	31	82.85	6.92	$215
Sep 2007	30	75.84	6.24	$187
Aug 2007	31	69.06	6.39	$198
Jul 2007	31	70.90	6.39	$198
Jun 2007	30	62.00	7.55	$226
May 2007	0	58.74	7.85	$0
Apr 2007	30	59.61	7.81	$234
Mar 2007	31	56.92	7.30	$226
Feb 2007	28	55.10	8.22	$230
Jan 2007	31	50.30	6.73	$209
Dec 2006	31	56.65	6.92	$214
Nov 2006	30	54.20	7.62	$229
Oct 2006	31	54.90	6.01	$186
Sep 2006	30	60.08	5.04	$151
Aug 2006	31	68.71	7.34	$228
Jul 2006	31	69.37	6.34	$197
Jun 2006	30	66.28	6.38	$192
May 2006	31	66.01	6.42	$199
Apr 2006	30	64.39	7.36	$221
Mar 2006	31	56.70	7.08	$220
Feb 2006	28	57.59	7.75	$217
Jan 2006	31	60.59	8.93	$277
Dec 2005	31	54.94	13.42	$416
Nov 2005	30	54.69	10.59	$318
Oct 2005	31	58.34	13.80	$428
Sep 2005	30	61.45	12.08	$362
Aug 2005	31	61.51	9.80	$304
Jul 2005	31	55.69	7.84	$243
Jun 2005	31	52.33	7.38	$229
May 2005	30	45.22	6.65	$200
Apr 2005	30	49.20	7.36	$221
Mar 2005	31	50.37	7.15	$222
Feb 2005	31	45.22	6.31	$196
Jan 2005	31	43.16	6.32	$196
Dec 2004	31	39.86	6.75	$209
Nov 2004	30	45.28	6.33	$190
Oct 2004	30	49.70	6.52	$195
Sep 2004	30	43.24	5.28	$159
Aug 2004	30	42.37	5.55	$167
Jul 2004	30	38.28	6.08	$183
Jun 2004	30	36.10	6.43	$193
May 2004	30	37.48	6.49	$195
Apr 2004	30	34.47	5.86	$176
Mar 2004	30	34.36	5.53	$166
Feb 2004	29	32.45	5.51	$160
Jan 2004	30	32.03	6.30	$189
Dec 2003	30	30.26	6.30	$189
Nov 2003	30	28.80	4.60	$138
Oct 2003	30	28.17	4.76	$143
Sep 2003	30	26.31	4.75	$142
Aug 2003	30	29.76	5.13	$154
Jul 2003	30	29.41	5.17	$155
Jun 2003	30	28.56	5.98	$179
May 2003	30	26.59	5.97	$179
Apr 2003	30	26.67	5.41	$162
Mar 2003	30	31.14	6.10	$183
Feb 2003	30	33.48	7.93	$238
Jan 2003	30	30.31	5.58	$167
Dec 2002	30	26.91	4.85	$146
Nov 2002	30	24.66	4.14	$124
Oct 2002	30	26.46	4.23	$127
Sep 2002	30	27.44	3.64	$109
Aug 2002	30	25.96	3.16	$95
Jul 2002	30	24.58	3.06	$92
Jun 2002	30	23.73	3.34	$100
May 2002	0	24.66	3.58	$0
Apr 2002	30	23.65	3.51	$105
Mar 2002	30	22.00	3.10	$93
Feb 2002	30	18.22	2.38	$71
Jan 2002	30	17.17	2.38	$71
Dec 2001	30	16.93	2.36	$71
Nov 2001	30	18.07	2.41	$72
Oct 2001	30	19.78	2.53	$76
Sep 2001	30	24.26	2.25	$68
Aug 2001	30	24.87	3.05	$92
Jul 2001	30	23.93	3.20	$96
Jun 2001	30	24.56	3.82	$115
May 2001	30	25.52	4.31	$129
Apr 2001	30	24.68	5.34	$160
Mar 2001	31	24.54	5.38	$167
Feb 2001	30	27.75	5.77	$173
Jan 2001	30	27.47	8.40	$252
Dec 2000	30	26.88	9.12	$274
Nov 2000	30	32.21	5.66	$170
Oct 2000	30	31.23	5.15	$154
Sep 2000	30	31.87	5.19	$156
Aug 2000	30	29.64	4.54	$136
Jul 2000	30	28.53	4.09	$123
Jun 2000	30	29.30	4.40	$132
May 2000	30	27.26	3.68	$110
Apr 2000	30	24.51	3.12	$93
Mar 2000	31	28.42	2.86	$89
Feb 2000	29	27.62	2.73	$79
Jan 2000	31	25.27	2.48	$77
Dec 1999	31	24.28	2.42	$75
Nov 1999	30	23.19	2.43	$73
Oct 1999	31	20.98	2.80	$87
Sep 1999	30	21.75	2.62	$79
Aug 1999	31	19.26	2.88	$89
Jul 1999	31	17.89	2.37	$74
Jun 1999	31	15.94	2.36	$73
May 1999	30	15.79	2.32	$70
Apr 1999	30	15.10	2.21	$66
Mar 1999	31	12.47	1.84	$57
Feb 1999	28	9.98	1.82	$51
Jan 1999	31	10.38	1.90	$59
Dec 1998	30	9.20	1.77	$53
Nov 1998	30	10.89	2.19	$66
Oct 1998	30	12.42	1.97	$59
Sep 1998	30	12.59	2.08	$62
Aug 1998	30	11.30	1.91	$57
Jul 1998	30	11.74	2.24	$67
Jun 1998	30	11.24	2.24	$67
May 1998	30	12.62	2.21	$66
Apr 1998	30	13.04	2.51	$75
Mar 1998	31	12.80	2.31	$72
Feb 1998	35	13.95	2.30	$80
Jan 1998	31	14.70	2.15	$67
Dec 1997	31	16.32	2.41	$75
Nov 1997	50	18.19	3.09	$154
Oct 1997	31	19.25	3.15	$98
Sep 1997	30	17.74	2.95	$89
Aug 1997	31	17.86	2.55	$79
Jul 1997	31	17.58	2.25	$70
Jun 1997	30	17.24	2.26	$68
May 1997	31	18.97	2.31	$72
Apr 1997	30	17.88	2.08	$62
Mar 1997	31	18.95	1.94	$60
Feb 1997	28	20.49	2.21	$62
Jan 1997	31	23.48	3.54	$110
Dec 1996	31	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	30	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	30	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	31	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	20	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	29	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	68	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	190	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	290	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	1,439	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	1,350	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	1,774	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	2,169	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	2,384	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	2,635	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	234	16.18	—	$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.

May 2020 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Gas                   11 Mcf  × $  1.81 =        $20

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Month total                                      $20

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/156653 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.