BALLARD-SMITH

Operated by BRAKA OPERATING, L.L.C. (P-5 88563) in the STEPHENS COUNTY REGULAR (GAS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 159321District 7BField 85948100CondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$860 k
May 1996 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$24 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
361
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, 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 635 leases and 635 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1943-12-02
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: FIELD CHANGED FROM EXEMPT TO PRORATED EFFECTIVE 07/01/22.

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
CondensateDisposition1,411 bbl$78,013
GasProduction184,053 Mcf$781,710
Total$859,723

3,537 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 4 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 32.6258, -98.7721. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.62581, -98.77211 · 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
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
Median depth
1,998 ft
1 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.
1100.0%

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 1,998 ft.

Completions filed
May 1996
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4290397011,998 ftMay 1996

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 (361)

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

361 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20268541598.932.87$9,600
Mar 2026042089.753.15$1,323
Feb 2026039363.503.75$1,474
Jan 2026036459.138.00$2,911
Dec 2025045256.664.41$1,995
Nov 2025044358.593.93$1,739
Oct 2025029659.383.30$978
Sep 2025031562.743.08$969
Aug 2025030463.933.01$916
Jul 2025032466.743.32$1,074
Jun 2025030966.483.13$967
May 2025025160.553.23$811
Apr 2025031062.363.54$1,098
Mar 2025038367.704.27$1,635
Feb 2025029370.884.34$1,272
Jan 202517523374.324.28$14,003
Dec 2024016968.993.12$528
Nov 2024028969.052.20$635
Oct 2024030871.372.28$703
Sep 2024030769.612.36$726
Aug 2024033475.632.06$689
Jul 2024033179.932.15$711
Jun 2024033078.082.63$869
May 2024029578.812.20$649
Apr 2024030884.451.66$511
Mar 2024031380.301.55$484
Feb 2024028376.091.78$505
Jan 2024027673.023.30$910
Dec 2023031471.262.61$820
Nov 2023031677.892.81$887
Oct 2023033585.443.09$1,034
Sep 2023032689.042.74$892
Aug 2023034280.522.67$914
Jul 2023037174.852.64$980
Jun 2023034068.962.26$768
May 2023036270.622.23$806
Apr 202316434278.122.24$13,577
Mar 2023035072.852.39$838
Feb 2023030675.112.47$755
Jan 2023038276.533.39$1,294
Dec 2022029176.415.73$1,667
Nov 2022033385.005.65$1,880
Oct 2022035787.185.86$2,093
Sep 2022037484.888.16$3,053
Aug 2022041294.529.13$3,760
Jul 20220408101.587.54$3,077
Jun 20220398115.097.98$3,175
May 20220389109.378.43$3,280
Apr 20220366104.226.84$2,503
Mar 20220383108.885.08$1,944
Feb 2022029691.054.86$1,438
Jan 2022040581.844.54$1,838
Dec 2021036371.323.90$1,415
Nov 2021034777.435.24$1,817
Oct 2021039279.795.71$2,240
Sep 2021016469.865.35$878
Aug 2021034766.024.22$1,465
Jul 2021035470.783.98$1,410
Jun 202115632869.493.38$11,949
May 2021034563.483.02$1,041
Apr 2021033560.362.76$924
Mar 2021035461.302.72$962
Feb 2021021757.805.55$1,204
Jan 2021032650.412.81$916
Dec 2020034144.642.68$912
Nov 2020033738.772.71$912
Oct 2020032036.972.48$793
Sep 2020031437.091.99$625
Aug 2020034739.982.39$828
Jul 2020033738.371.83$615
Jun 2020033434.901.69$565
May 2020034716.921.81$630
Apr 202016433714.751.80$3,027
Mar 2020033630.341.86$624
Feb 2020027849.881.98$551
Jan 2020030157.252.09$631
Dec 2019032659.012.30$751
Nov 2019032455.302.75$891
Oct 2019034753.472.42$839
Sep 2019033055.052.66$877
Aug 2019033453.112.30$770
Jul 2019036056.272.46$886
Jun 2019033952.782.49$845
May 2019034858.482.74$954
Apr 2019029962.632.75$822
Mar 2019029256.803.06$894
Feb 201917227950.852.79$9,525
Jan 2019030246.033.23$975
Dec 2018031046.594.19$1,297
Nov 2018032552.934.24$1,377
Oct 2018035161.443.40$1,193
Sep 2018034059.543.11$1,057
Aug 2018035659.403.07$1,092
Jul 2018035365.142.93$1,035
Jun 2018034360.183.08$1,055
May 2018035365.382.90$1,024
Apr 2018032263.842.90$934
Mar 2018030861.222.79$858
Feb 2018026661.782.77$736
Jan 2018031962.874.01$1,279
Dec 201717633357.272.92$11,052
Nov 2017034055.423.12$1,060
Oct 2017036749.292.98$1,095
Sep 2017036247.523.09$1,118
Aug 2017034345.373.00$1,031
Jul 2017037743.873.09$1,164
Jun 2017034842.493.09$1,074
May 2017035645.373.26$1,162
Apr 2017034147.933.21$1,095
Mar 2017034446.772.98$1,026
Feb 2017029850.452.95$880
Jan 2017030949.413.42$1,056
Dec 201617533448.763.72$9,776
Nov 2016030442.492.64$804
Oct 2016034846.193.09$1,075
Sep 2016035941.553.10$1,113
Aug 2016031741.442.92$927
Jul 2016036941.622.92$1,079
Jun 2016034645.352.69$929
May 2016031742.521.99$631
Apr 2016033636.561.99$669
Mar 2016039733.011.79$712
Feb 2016037426.472.06$772
Jan 2016037027.352.36$875
Dec 2015039832.362.00$797
Nov 2015044938.792.17$973
Oct 2015042643.552.43$1,034
Sep 2015044942.992.76$1,239
Aug 2015052440.162.87$1,505
Jul 2015050248.152.95$1,478
Jun 2015052556.152.88$1,514
May 2015050455.212.96$1,490
Apr 2015050649.822.71$1,370
Mar 2015039242.892.93$1,150
Feb 2015031244.662.98$929
Jan 2015029843.433.10$924
Dec 2014054854.693.59$1,968
Nov 2014056370.464.25$2,394
Oct 2014065178.303.90$2,540
Sep 2014060886.164.05$2,460
Aug 2014064789.394.04$2,611
Jul 2014062296.564.18$2,600
Jun 2014063598.164.74$3,008
May 2014069194.734.73$3,266
Apr 2014066295.944.81$3,184
Mar 2014021795.895.06$1,097
Feb 2014035197.406.19$2,173
Jan 2014047590.404.86$2,309
Dec 2013044891.824.35$1,951
Nov 2013049588.853.74$1,850
Oct 2013058197.423.78$2,196
Sep 20130622104.113.72$2,312
Aug 20130685104.253.52$2,413
Jul 20130687102.523.72$2,554
Jun 2013067494.403.93$2,651
May 2013068194.834.15$2,826
Apr 2013059193.964.28$2,531
Mar 2013055293.623.91$2,160
Feb 2013046591.233.42$1,590
Jan 2013043491.603.42$1,484
Dec 2012043886.773.42$1,498
Nov 2012046186.953.62$1,671
Oct 2012050489.383.40$1,713
Sep 2012049794.672.92$1,450
Aug 2012051892.662.91$1,506
Jul 2012051985.133.02$1,568
Jun 2012050779.822.52$1,277
May 2012050691.612.49$1,259
Apr 20120525101.652.00$1,048
Mar 20120493105.052.22$1,095
Feb 20120429101.102.57$1,103
Jan 2012046898.092.73$1,280
Dec 2011048296.873.24$1,562
Nov 2011030895.723.31$1,020
Oct 2011057984.983.65$2,113
Sep 2011055883.623.99$2,224
Aug 2011060583.404.15$2,510
Jul 2011055494.144.52$2,503
Jun 2011051492.904.64$2,385
May 2011059998.134.40$2,638
Apr 20110558105.964.33$2,418
Mar 2011060396.364.06$2,447
Feb 2011032385.644.18$1,350
Jan 2011044586.504.59$2,042
Dec 2010051985.734.35$2,256
Nov 2010050080.843.80$1,898
Oct 2010051178.103.51$1,793
Sep 2010031672.633.98$1,258
Aug 2010057973.684.42$2,559
Jul 2010055172.554.74$2,610
Jun 2010058470.364.91$2,868
May 2010042271.124.24$1,787
Apr 2010059481.694.12$2,449
Mar 2010061378.394.39$2,690
Feb 2010040373.585.44$2,193
Jan 2010034274.365.96$2,040
Dec 2009046471.445.48$2,544
Nov 2009048874.593.75$1,831
Oct 2009053072.544.11$2,178
Sep 2009053965.543.06$1,652
Aug 2009061767.423.22$1,986
Jul 2009066161.133.46$2,290
Jun 2009033866.163.90$1,317
May 2009044354.743.93$1,739
Apr 2009057546.773.59$2,063
Mar 2009055642.144.06$2,257
Feb 2009051432.814.63$2,381
Jan 2009057035.865.37$3,061
Dec 2008060637.105.98$3,622
Nov 2008062755.496.86$4,301
Oct 2008057375.246.92$3,966
Sep 20080417101.767.88$3,285
Aug 20080633114.228.48$5,370
Jul 20080269131.0811.39$3,064
Jun 20080401131.3313.03$5,226
May 20080506123.1711.57$5,857
Apr 20080578110.3110.45$6,043
Mar 20080578101.909.66$5,586
Feb 2008052192.538.77$4,569
Jan 2008071890.388.21$5,892
Dec 2007060088.337.30$4,381
Nov 2007067791.677.29$4,936
Oct 2007067382.856.92$4,658
Sep 2007052075.846.24$3,247
Aug 2007069369.066.39$4,427
Jul 2007062670.906.39$3,999
Jun 2007062862.007.55$4,740
May 2007067258.747.85$5,273
Apr 2007068559.617.81$5,347
Mar 2007055156.927.30$4,023
Feb 2007052655.108.22$4,322
Jan 2007044250.306.73$2,973
Dec 2006073556.656.92$5,085
Nov 2006041454.207.62$3,154
Oct 2006086054.906.01$5,172
Sep 2006082760.085.04$4,166
Aug 2006066768.717.34$4,896
Jul 200601069.376.34$63
Jun 2006066866.286.38$4,264
May 2006073166.016.42$4,697
Apr 2006058964.397.36$4,335
Mar 2006066056.707.08$4,675
Feb 2006058057.597.75$4,496
Jan 2006054560.598.93$4,869
Dec 2005056054.9413.42$7,513
Nov 2005061654.6910.59$6,522
Oct 2005064458.3413.80$8,884
Sep 2005051761.4512.08$6,245
Aug 2005073661.519.80$7,210
Jul 2005067255.697.84$5,271
Jun 2005065352.337.38$4,820
May 2005068445.226.65$4,549
Apr 2005064549.207.36$4,748
Mar 2005070550.377.15$5,044
Feb 2005069945.226.31$4,412
Jan 2005069143.166.32$4,369
Dec 2004073439.866.75$4,955
Nov 2004083945.286.33$5,311
Oct 2004062449.706.52$4,065
Sep 2004080743.245.28$4,264
Aug 2004086942.375.55$4,824
Jul 2004086938.286.08$5,287
Jun 2004076536.106.43$4,921
May 2004081337.486.49$5,280
Apr 2004067734.475.86$3,966
Mar 2004082434.365.53$4,557
Feb 2004060132.455.51$3,311
Jan 2004080032.036.30$5,040
Dec 2003086230.266.30$5,432
Nov 2003085628.804.60$3,933
Oct 2003074528.174.76$3,546
Sep 2003078526.314.75$3,728
Aug 2003086629.765.13$4,442
Jul 2003083029.415.17$4,292
Jun 2003085428.565.98$5,109
May 2003091226.595.97$5,447
Apr 2003087426.675.41$4,726
Mar 2003062331.146.10$3,798
Feb 2003058433.487.93$4,629
Jan 2003047830.315.58$2,668
Dec 2002054826.914.85$2,660
Nov 2002055724.664.14$2,304
Oct 2002066326.464.23$2,804
Sep 2002076227.443.64$2,770
Aug 2002086225.963.16$2,728
Jul 2002090424.583.06$2,768
Jun 2002087723.733.34$2,928
May 200201,00824.663.58$3,613
Apr 200201,06323.653.51$3,734
Mar 200214495222.003.10$6,122
Feb 2002080418.222.38$1,910
Jan 2002091917.172.38$2,183
Dec 2001065616.932.36$1,551
Nov 2001027218.072.41$654
Oct 2001013119.782.53$331
Sep 2001060524.262.25$1,362
Aug 200105324.873.05$162
Jul 200106323.933.20$201
Jun 200106024.563.82$229
May 2001073525.524.31$3,166
Apr 2001084924.685.34$4,530
Mar 2001074424.545.38$4,000
Feb 2001027827.755.77$1,603
Jan 2001024027.478.40$2,016
Dec 20000026.889.12$0
Nov 20000032.215.66$0
Oct 20000031.235.15$0
Sep 2000038431.875.19$1,992
Aug 2000074629.644.54$3,387
Jul 2000078128.534.09$3,194
Jun 2000066629.304.40$2,929
May 2000072327.263.68$2,660
Apr 2000072624.513.12$2,262
Mar 2000081828.422.86$2,339
Feb 2000072527.622.73$1,977
Jan 2000060725.272.48$1,506
Dec 1999082124.282.42$1,990
Nov 1999068723.192.43$1,672
Oct 1999094520.982.80$2,650
Sep 1999093221.752.62$2,441
Aug 199901,01019.262.88$2,904
Jul 1999062817.892.37$1,490
Jun 1999082715.942.36$1,953
May 1999087015.792.32$2,019
Apr 1999092915.102.21$2,051
Mar 1999085612.471.84$1,574
Feb 199908719.981.82$1,583
Jan 1999056210.381.90$1,068
Dec 199809549.201.77$1,692
Nov 1998058810.892.19$1,285
Oct 199801,01312.421.97$1,995
Sep 1998053712.592.08$1,118
Aug 199801,13911.301.91$2,172
Jul 199801,21911.742.24$2,727
Jun 1998022411.242.24$501
May 1998010012.622.21$221
Apr 1998069213.042.51$1,734
Mar 1998075612.802.31$1,746
Feb 1998064213.952.30$1,476
Jan 1998073614.702.15$1,586
Dec 1997070516.322.41$1,700
Nov 1997076818.193.09$2,372
Oct 1997087819.253.15$2,766
Sep 199701,00017.742.95$2,955
Aug 199701,14317.862.55$2,920
Jul 199701,22317.582.25$2,748
Jun 1997097917.242.26$2,210
May 1997089818.972.31$2,073
Apr 1997052117.882.08$1,085
Mar 19970018.951.94$0
Feb 1997048620.492.21$1,072
Jan 1997072323.483.54$2,559
Dec 1996069723.32$0
Nov 1996081021.97$0
Oct 199601,10223.31$0
Sep 1996092822.22$0
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 19960019.55$0
Jun 19960018.73$0
May 19960019.43$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.

Apr 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate            85 bbl  × $ 98.93 =     $8,409
Gas                  415 Mcf  × $  2.87 =     $1,191

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Month total                                   $9,600

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/159321 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.