MORTON, J. B.

Operated by SMITH PIPE OF ABILENE (P-5 794745) in the RANGER (BLACK LIME WEST) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 174454District 7BField 74657250CondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$274 k
Sep 1999 – Mar 2025
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
307
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 78 leases and 109 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1981-10-01
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

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

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: NET GOR 400 MCF/DAY PER WELL

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
CondensateDisposition252 bbl$14,879
GasProduction43,690 Mcf$258,653
Total$273,532

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 32.5282, -98.7435. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.52819, -98.74354 · 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
4,008 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
30.8 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 4,008 ft.

Completions filed
Oct 1982
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Aug 2013
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 30.8 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 30.8 years and 30.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-4293341314,008 ftOct 1982Aug 2013Yes

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 (307)

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

307 months

Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 201339093.964.28$3,664
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110698.134.40$26
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 201101996.364.06$77
Feb 201102485.644.18$100
Jan 201102386.504.59$106
Dec 20100185.734.35$4
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 2010025673.684.42$1,131
Jul 2010028372.554.74$1,340
Jun 2010025270.364.91$1,237
May 2010025271.124.24$1,067
Apr 2010023481.694.12$965
Mar 2010029678.394.39$1,299
Feb 2010017273.585.44$936
Jan 2010027274.365.96$1,622
Dec 2009014071.445.48$768
Nov 2009015174.593.75$566
Oct 2009017372.544.11$711
Sep 2009015165.543.06$463
Aug 2009012567.423.22$402
Jul 2009014261.133.46$492
Jun 2009014866.163.90$576
May 2009012254.743.93$479
Apr 2009010846.773.59$387
Mar 200908942.144.06$361
Feb 200909532.814.63$440
Jan 2009011835.865.37$634
Dec 2008010637.105.98$634
Nov 200809555.496.86$652
Oct 200802875.246.92$194
Sep 2008042101.767.88$331
Aug 20080186114.228.48$1,578
Jul 20080178131.0811.39$2,027
Jun 200816133131.3313.03$3,835
May 20080180123.1711.57$2,083
Apr 20080469110.3110.45$4,903
Mar 20080320101.909.66$3,093
Feb 2008035492.538.77$3,105
Jan 2008039190.388.21$3,208
Dec 2007035288.337.30$2,570
Nov 2007033891.677.29$2,465
Oct 20076841082.856.92$8,472
Sep 2007037875.846.24$2,360
Aug 2007038569.066.39$2,459
Jul 2007039670.906.39$2,530
Jun 2007041262.007.55$3,110
May 2007047558.747.85$3,727
Apr 2007048959.617.81$3,817
Mar 2007042356.927.30$3,089
Feb 2007034655.108.22$2,843
Jan 2007042050.306.73$2,825
Dec 2006043156.656.92$2,982
Nov 2006036554.207.62$2,780
Oct 2006044554.906.01$2,676
Sep 2006033760.085.04$1,698
Aug 2006031168.717.34$2,283
Jul 2006040569.376.34$2,569
Jun 2006028866.286.38$1,839
May 2006038966.016.42$2,499
Apr 2006036564.397.36$2,687
Mar 2006039356.707.08$2,784
Feb 2006033457.597.75$2,589
Jan 2006037460.598.93$3,341
Dec 2005041754.9413.42$5,594
Nov 2005034154.6910.59$3,611
Oct 2005036858.3413.80$5,077
Sep 2005065661.4512.08$7,924
Aug 2005045661.519.80$4,467
Jul 2005054155.697.84$4,243
Jun 2005042952.337.38$3,166
May 2005060345.226.65$4,011
Apr 2005045449.207.36$3,342
Mar 2005043150.377.15$3,084
Feb 2005038545.226.31$2,430
Jan 2005043743.166.32$2,763
Dec 2004046739.866.75$3,153
Nov 2004043145.286.33$2,728
Oct 2004045749.706.52$2,977
Sep 2004037543.245.28$1,981
Aug 2004046942.375.55$2,603
Jul 2004035138.286.08$2,136
Jun 2004027636.106.43$1,776
May 2004023637.486.49$1,533
Apr 2004017434.475.86$1,019
Mar 2004016634.365.53$918
Feb 2004037532.455.51$2,066
Jan 2004052632.036.30$3,314
Dec 2003028930.266.30$1,821
Nov 2003031228.804.60$1,434
Oct 2003030928.174.76$1,471
Sep 2003030226.314.75$1,434
Aug 20035932129.765.13$3,402
Jul 2003036829.415.17$1,903
Jun 2003032128.565.98$1,921
May 2003021926.595.97$1,308
Apr 2003020026.675.41$1,081
Mar 2003018731.146.10$1,140
Feb 2003020933.487.93$1,657
Jan 2003021730.315.58$1,211
Dec 2002024626.914.85$1,194
Nov 2002024224.664.14$1,001
Oct 2002021726.464.23$918
Sep 2002020227.443.64$734
Aug 2002039625.963.16$1,253
Jul 2002038124.583.06$1,167
Jun 2002027423.733.34$915
May 20025529224.663.58$2,403
Apr 2002027923.653.51$980
Mar 2002027122.003.10$841
Feb 2002019118.222.38$454
Jan 2002018917.172.38$449
Dec 2001033516.932.36$792
Nov 2001041418.072.41$996
Oct 2001035019.782.53$885
Sep 2001041624.262.25$937
Aug 2001040224.873.05$1,227
Jul 2001045923.933.20$1,467
Jun 2001045424.563.82$1,736
May 2001058525.524.31$2,520
Apr 2001052924.685.34$2,822
Mar 2001073424.545.38$3,946
Feb 2001053427.755.77$3,080
Jan 2001047427.478.40$3,981
Dec 2000034826.889.12$3,175
Nov 2000031232.215.66$1,765
Oct 2000032631.235.15$1,677
Sep 2000035331.875.19$1,831
Aug 2000042329.644.54$1,921
Jul 2000043628.534.09$1,783
Jun 2000038929.304.40$1,711
May 2000039927.263.68$1,468
Apr 20001533524.513.12$1,412
Mar 2000041728.422.86$1,193
Feb 2000039727.622.73$1,082
Jan 2000040925.272.48$1,015
Dec 1999057524.282.42$1,394
Nov 1999045223.192.43$1,100
Oct 1999036920.982.80$1,035
Sep 1999041421.752.62$1,084

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 2013 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate            39 bbl  × $ 93.96 =     $3,664
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  4.28 =         $0

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Month total                                   $3,664

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/174454 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.