MELBA

Operated by UPHAM OIL & GAS COMPANY (P-5 878925) in the VAN DYKE (STRAWN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 78172District 7BField 93070400NGPA filingGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$383 k
Jan 1993 – Sep 2020
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
333
no gaps in the span
Streams
1
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 2 leases and 2 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1978-01-07
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,867 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 160 acres.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ALLOC. SUSP. EFF. 3/1/82

Severance-tax incentive filings

Applications the operator filed to have this lease's gas taxed at a reduced state rate. A filing is an application, and this page never calls one a reduction that was granted.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
NGPA3none

This says nothing about a royalty. A severance tax is charged to the operator. Whether a reduced rate reaches a royalty owner depends on the wording of the lease instrument, which is a private contract this site does not hold.

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
GasProduction79,439 Mcf$383,230
Total$383,230

5,895 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 45 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 32.6989, -98.0857. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.69887, -98.08572 · 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
4,550 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
42.2 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 4,550 ft.

Completions filed
Mar 1978
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
May 2020
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 42.2 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 42.2 years and 42.2 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-3633187414,550 ftMar 1978May 2020Yes

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 2020037.091.99$0
Aug 2020039.982.39$0
Jul 2020038.371.83$0
Jun 2020034.901.69$0
May 2020016.921.81$0
Apr 2020014.751.80$0
Mar 2020030.341.86$0
Feb 2020049.881.98$0
Jan 2020057.252.09$0
Dec 2019059.012.30$0
Nov 2019055.302.75$0
Oct 2019053.472.42$0
Sep 2019055.052.66$0
Aug 2019053.112.30$0
Jul 2019056.272.46$0
Jun 2019052.782.49$0
May 2019058.482.74$0
Apr 2019062.632.75$0
Mar 2019056.803.06$0
Feb 2019050.852.79$0
Jan 2019046.033.23$0
Dec 2018046.594.19$0
Nov 2018052.934.24$0
Oct 2018061.443.40$0
Sep 2018059.543.11$0
Aug 2018059.403.07$0
Jul 2018065.142.93$0
Jun 2018060.183.08$0
May 2018065.382.90$0
Apr 2018063.842.90$0
Mar 2018061.222.79$0
Feb 2018061.782.77$0
Jan 2018062.874.01$0
Dec 2017057.272.92$0
Nov 2017055.423.12$0
Oct 20174449.292.98$131
Sep 201726747.523.09$824
Aug 201719645.373.00$589
Jul 201718343.873.09$565
Jun 201721742.493.09$670
May 201721645.373.26$705
Apr 201726147.933.21$838
Mar 2017846.772.98$24
Feb 201718050.452.95$531
Jan 201717249.413.42$588
Dec 201617948.763.72$666
Nov 201618642.492.64$492
Oct 201629646.193.09$915
Sep 201637941.553.10$1,175
Aug 201646541.442.92$1,360
Jul 201615141.622.92$442
Jun 201618345.352.69$492
May 201617542.521.99$348
Apr 201610636.561.99$211
Mar 20169333.011.79$167
Feb 20168226.472.06$169
Jan 201615027.352.36$355
Dec 201517332.362.00$346
Nov 20155238.792.17$113
Oct 20159643.552.43$233
Sep 20157242.992.76$199
Aug 20156340.162.87$181
Jul 201511148.152.95$327
Jun 201523756.152.88$683
May 201514455.212.96$426
Apr 201517349.822.71$468
Mar 201517542.892.93$514
Feb 201514844.662.98$440
Jan 20157243.433.10$223
Dec 20144454.693.59$158
Nov 20149670.464.25$408
Oct 201411778.303.90$456
Sep 20149986.164.05$401
Aug 201413589.394.04$545
Jul 2014996.564.18$38
Jun 2014098.164.74$0
May 2014694.734.73$28
Apr 20142895.944.81$135
Mar 201410895.895.06$546
Feb 20142097.406.19$124
Jan 201413190.404.86$637
Dec 201313191.824.35$570
Nov 201332988.853.74$1,230
Oct 201332997.423.78$1,243
Sep 2013319104.113.72$1,186
Aug 2013286104.253.52$1,007
Jul 2013338102.523.72$1,257
Jun 201336794.403.93$1,444
May 201327594.834.15$1,141
Apr 201322093.964.28$942
Mar 201321793.623.91$849
Feb 201319791.233.42$674
Jan 201332091.603.42$1,094
Dec 201239386.773.42$1,344
Nov 201234786.953.62$1,258
Oct 201227689.383.40$938
Sep 201223594.672.92$686
Aug 201230592.662.91$887
Jul 201246585.133.02$1,405
Jun 201234779.822.52$874
May 201231291.612.49$776
Apr 2012359101.652.00$717
Mar 2012343105.052.22$762
Feb 2012327101.102.57$840
Jan 201234798.092.73$949
Dec 201130096.873.24$972
Nov 201128295.723.31$934
Oct 201126184.983.65$952
Sep 201127683.623.99$1,100
Aug 201131183.404.15$1,290
Jul 201135094.144.52$1,581
Jun 201141392.904.64$1,916
May 201136398.134.40$1,599
Apr 2011433105.964.33$1,876
Mar 201136796.364.06$1,489
Feb 201114285.644.18$594
Jan 20114586.504.59$207
Dec 201023385.734.35$1,013
Nov 201028780.843.80$1,089
Oct 201029078.103.51$1,018
Sep 201031372.633.98$1,246
Aug 201046073.684.42$2,033
Jul 201043472.554.74$2,056
Jun 201048170.364.91$2,362
May 201058671.124.24$2,482
Apr 201058881.694.12$2,424
Mar 201045078.394.39$1,975
Feb 201033873.585.44$1,840
Jan 201032174.365.96$1,914
Dec 200942571.445.48$2,331
Nov 200940774.593.75$1,527
Oct 200927072.544.11$1,110
Sep 200934465.543.06$1,054
Aug 200926867.423.22$863
Jul 200933361.133.46$1,154
Jun 200939066.163.90$1,519
May 200939654.743.93$1,555
Apr 200927646.773.59$990
Mar 200924342.144.06$986
Feb 200930332.814.63$1,404
Jan 200941235.865.37$2,213
Dec 200845837.105.98$2,738
Nov 200847855.496.86$3,279
Oct 200846575.246.92$3,219
Sep 2008365101.767.88$2,875
Aug 2008404114.228.48$3,427
Jul 2008351131.0811.39$3,998
Jun 2008446131.3313.03$5,813
May 2008522123.1711.57$6,042
Apr 2008291110.3110.45$3,042
Mar 2008248101.909.66$2,397
Feb 200836992.538.77$3,236
Jan 200848790.388.21$3,996
Dec 200731888.337.30$2,322
Nov 200729791.677.29$2,166
Oct 200743982.856.92$3,039
Sep 200724075.846.24$1,499
Aug 200727269.066.39$1,738
Jul 200738770.906.39$2,472
Jun 200732162.007.55$2,423
May 200734858.747.85$2,731
Apr 200737359.617.81$2,911
Mar 200747056.927.30$3,432
Feb 200739355.108.22$3,229
Jan 200736050.306.73$2,422
Dec 200633356.656.92$2,304
Nov 200643254.207.62$3,291
Oct 200615754.906.01$944
Sep 200616560.085.04$831
Aug 20069268.717.34$675
Jul 200632969.376.34$2,087
Jun 200642366.286.38$2,700
May 200638266.016.42$2,454
Apr 200645064.397.36$3,312
Mar 200666956.707.08$4,738
Feb 200666957.597.75$5,186
Jan 200630160.598.93$2,689
Dec 200536854.9413.42$4,937
Nov 200538954.6910.59$4,119
Oct 200541858.3413.80$5,767
Sep 200518461.4512.08$2,223
Aug 200546561.519.80$4,556
Jul 200542655.697.84$3,341
Jun 200529252.337.38$2,155
May 200545945.226.65$3,053
Apr 200525849.207.36$1,899
Mar 200532950.377.15$2,354
Feb 200533745.226.31$2,127
Jan 200538343.166.32$2,421
Dec 200439039.866.75$2,633
Nov 200431045.286.33$1,962
Oct 200448049.706.52$3,127
Sep 200437443.245.28$1,976
Aug 200472442.375.55$4,019
Jul 200459238.286.08$3,602
Jun 200474336.106.43$4,780
May 200482137.486.49$5,332
Apr 200481234.475.86$4,757
Mar 200488934.365.53$4,916
Feb 200485632.455.51$4,716
Jan 200480032.036.30$5,040
Dec 200375730.266.30$4,770
Nov 200383828.804.60$3,851
Oct 20031,05528.174.76$5,021
Sep 20031,05826.314.75$5,025
Aug 20031,15729.765.13$5,935
Jul 200390629.415.17$4,685
Jun 200393628.565.98$5,600
May 20031,01326.595.97$6,050
Apr 200396026.675.41$5,191
Mar 200375531.146.10$4,603
Feb 200342533.487.93$3,369
Jan 200316830.315.58$938
Dec 200216926.914.85$820
Nov 200216824.664.14$695
Oct 200217326.464.23$732
Sep 200217127.443.64$622
Aug 200218025.963.16$570
Jul 200212324.583.06$377
Jun 200211823.733.34$394
May 200218624.663.58$667
Apr 200218323.653.51$643
Mar 200218822.003.10$583
Feb 200216518.222.38$392
Jan 200218217.172.38$432
Dec 200118616.932.36$440
Nov 200121418.072.41$515
Oct 200124319.782.53$615
Sep 200125224.262.25$567
Aug 200122824.873.05$696
Jul 200122523.933.20$719
Jun 200125424.563.82$971
May 200126025.524.31$1,120
Apr 200122224.685.34$1,184
Mar 200127724.545.38$1,489
Feb 200121227.755.77$1,223
Jan 200123627.478.40$1,982
Dec 200026826.889.12$2,445
Nov 200024132.215.66$1,364
Oct 200021031.235.15$1,081
Sep 200021831.875.19$1,131
Aug 200024129.644.54$1,094
Jul 200022628.534.09$924
Jun 200022729.304.40$998
May 200026727.263.68$982
Apr 200022124.513.12$689
Mar 200025728.422.86$735
Feb 200028327.622.73$772
Jan 200017225.272.48$427
Dec 199923324.282.42$565
Nov 199925223.192.43$613
Oct 199922720.982.80$636
Sep 199930821.752.62$807
Aug 199919619.262.88$564
Jul 199924717.892.37$586
Jun 199911615.942.36$274
May 199921215.792.32$492
Apr 199920015.102.21$442
Mar 199933012.471.84$607
Feb 19992849.981.82$516
Jan 199923510.381.90$446
Dec 19983619.201.77$640
Nov 199847010.892.19$1,027
Oct 1998012.421.97$0
Sep 1998012.592.08$0
Aug 1998011.301.91$0
Jul 1998011.742.24$0
Jun 1998011.242.24$0
May 1998012.622.21$0
Apr 1998013.042.51$0
Mar 1998012.802.31$0
Feb 1998013.952.30$0
Jan 1998014.702.15$0
Dec 1997016.322.41$0
Nov 1997018.193.09$0
Oct 1997019.253.15$0
Sep 1997017.742.95$0
Aug 1997017.862.55$0
Jul 1997017.582.25$0
Jun 1997017.242.26$0
May 199712718.972.31$293
Apr 19971917.882.08$40
Mar 19976418.951.94$124
Feb 19974420.492.21$97
Jan 19976923.483.54$244
Dec 1996023.32$0
Nov 19965621.97$0
Oct 199610223.31$0
Sep 199610122.22$0
Aug 199619720.26$0
Jul 199626419.55$0
Jun 199613118.73$0
May 199610219.43$0
Apr 199611621.51$0
Mar 19963019.38$0
Feb 19966216.98$0
Jan 199611117.07$0
Dec 19959717.19$0
Nov 1995016.00$0
Oct 199514815.43$0
Sep 199524316.18$0
Aug 199532015.92$0
Jul 199532615.24$0
Jun 199529916.41$0
May 199527717.56$0
Apr 19953917.73$0
Mar 19958216.44$0
Feb 19956916.58$0
Jan 19956815.92$0
Dec 19949015.03$0
Nov 199410115.90$0
Oct 199418215.58$0
Sep 199411215.29$0
Aug 199410416.13$0
Jul 19949317.56$0
Jun 19945817.09$0
May 199414815.88$0
Apr 199422314.14$0
Mar 19949612.46$0
Feb 1994012.50$0
Jan 199410612.66$0
Dec 19934612.33$0
Nov 19939514.49$0
Oct 19939315.85$0
Sep 199310815.03$0
Aug 19939815.66$0
Jul 199314615.46$0
Jun 199318316.79$0
May 199316317.68$0
Apr 199318218.05$0
Mar 199310718.14$0
Feb 19935917.90$0
Jan 19936216.93$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.

Oct 2017 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Gas                   44 Mcf  × $  2.98 =       $131

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Month total                                     $131

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/78172 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.