BRATTEN RANCH

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

Gas lease lease 79846District 7BField 11499500GasSaveExport
Value, all time
$577 k
Jan 1993 – Oct 2012
Value, last 12 filed months
$11
at the published price for each month
Months reported
238
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 10 leases and 10 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1974-10-01
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,867 ft
minimum
From a lease line
660 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 320 acres.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: AOF-1 AND AOF-2 EFFECTIVE 11/01/2000.

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
GasProduction137,103 Mcf$576,584
Total$576,584

40,063 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 32.2913, -97.8701. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.29132, -97.87007 · 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
4,950 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
33.9 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 4,950 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1978
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Oct 2012
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 33.9 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 33.9 years and 33.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-2213019584,950 ftNov 1978Oct 2012Yes

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 (238)

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

238 months

Oct 2012089.383.40$0
Sep 2012094.672.92$0
Aug 2012192.662.91$3
Jul 2012085.133.02$0
Jun 2012079.822.52$0
May 2012091.612.49$0
Apr 20121101.652.00$2
Mar 20120105.052.22$0
Feb 20120101.102.57$0
Jan 2012198.092.73$3
Dec 2011196.873.24$3
Nov 2011095.723.31$0
Oct 2011184.983.65$4
Sep 2011083.623.99$0
Aug 2011083.404.15$0
Jul 2011194.144.52$5
Jun 2011092.904.64$0
May 2011098.134.40$0
Apr 20111105.964.33$4
Mar 2011096.364.06$0
Feb 20112985.644.18$121
Jan 2011086.504.59$0
Dec 2010185.734.35$4
Nov 20103080.843.80$114
Oct 20101478.103.51$49
Sep 20101172.633.98$44
Aug 20108673.684.42$380
Jul 20109172.554.74$431
Jun 201010770.364.91$525
May 201011371.124.24$479
Apr 201010381.694.12$425
Mar 201011078.394.39$483
Feb 20109173.585.44$495
Jan 201011474.365.96$680
Dec 200911871.445.48$647
Nov 200911274.593.75$420
Oct 200914072.544.11$575
Sep 20099565.543.06$291
Aug 20099767.423.22$312
Jul 200921461.133.46$741
Jun 200941266.163.90$1,605
May 200971254.743.93$2,795
Apr 200976446.773.59$2,741
Mar 200915642.144.06$633
Feb 200915632.814.63$723
Jan 200918135.865.37$972
Dec 200821237.105.98$1,267
Nov 200841955.496.86$2,874
Oct 200813875.246.92$955
Sep 2008187101.767.88$1,473
Aug 2008432114.228.48$3,665
Jul 2008450131.0811.39$5,125
Jun 2008294131.3313.03$3,832
May 2008315123.1711.57$3,646
Apr 2008303110.3110.45$3,168
Mar 2008312101.909.66$3,015
Feb 200831992.538.77$2,798
Jan 200845290.388.21$3,709
Dec 200738588.337.30$2,811
Nov 200746291.677.29$3,369
Oct 200753282.856.92$3,682
Sep 200742175.846.24$2,629
Aug 200723369.066.39$1,488
Jul 200717270.906.39$1,099
Jun 200716362.007.55$1,230
May 200723258.747.85$1,820
Apr 200716659.617.81$1,296
Mar 200726756.927.30$1,950
Feb 200762155.108.22$5,102
Jan 200781450.306.73$5,476
Dec 200684056.656.92$5,811
Nov 20061,24454.207.62$9,476
Oct 200687254.906.01$5,244
Sep 200644460.085.04$2,237
Aug 200651668.717.34$3,787
Jul 200651969.376.34$3,292
Jun 200643666.286.38$2,783
May 200641666.016.42$2,673
Apr 200650864.397.36$3,739
Mar 200679456.707.08$5,624
Feb 20062,19257.597.75$16,990
Jan 20061,98960.598.93$17,768
Dec 20053,18954.9413.42$42,782
Nov 20051,45954.6910.59$15,448
Oct 200597458.3413.80$13,437
Sep 20051,22461.4512.08$14,785
Aug 20051,25761.519.80$12,315
Jul 20051,42755.697.84$11,193
Jun 20051,50452.337.38$11,101
May 20052,44745.226.65$16,275
Apr 20052,37949.207.36$17,511
Mar 20057,24150.377.15$51,808
Feb 20052,79045.226.31$17,610
Jan 200523643.166.32$1,492
Dec 200458239.866.75$3,929
Nov 200444645.286.33$2,823
Oct 200458949.706.52$3,837
Sep 200494843.245.28$5,009
Aug 20041,37042.375.55$7,604
Jul 200469338.286.08$4,216
Jun 200496336.106.43$6,195
May 200423737.486.49$1,539
Apr 200445734.475.86$2,677
Mar 20041,33234.365.53$7,366
Feb 200437632.455.51$2,072
Jan 200491432.036.30$5,758
Dec 20031,67230.266.30$10,536
Nov 200388128.804.60$4,048
Oct 200336228.174.76$1,723
Sep 200353226.314.75$2,527
Aug 200338529.765.13$1,975
Jul 200340329.415.17$2,084
Jun 200353528.565.98$3,201
May 200335526.595.97$2,120
Apr 200345926.675.41$2,482
Mar 20034031.146.10$244
Feb 200333533.487.93$2,655
Jan 200348430.315.58$2,702
Dec 200235426.914.85$1,718
Nov 200244924.664.14$1,858
Oct 200254026.464.23$2,284
Sep 200235227.443.64$1,280
Aug 200248425.963.16$1,531
Jul 200238224.583.06$1,170
Jun 200239823.733.34$1,329
May 200249124.663.58$1,760
Apr 200235023.653.51$1,229
Mar 200244222.003.10$1,371
Feb 200241618.222.38$988
Jan 200242417.172.38$1,007
Dec 200138816.932.36$917
Nov 200144218.072.41$1,063
Oct 200136419.782.53$921
Sep 200142024.262.25$946
Aug 200135924.873.05$1,096
Jul 200147623.933.20$1,522
Jun 200147524.563.82$1,816
May 200131725.524.31$1,365
Apr 200132224.685.34$1,718
Mar 200137524.545.38$2,016
Feb 200125327.755.77$1,459
Jan 200120627.478.40$1,730
Dec 200025526.889.12$2,326
Nov 200071132.215.66$4,023
Oct 200034331.235.15$1,765
Sep 200025431.875.19$1,317
Aug 200039629.644.54$1,798
Jul 200047728.534.09$1,951
Jun 200042729.304.40$1,878
May 200042727.263.68$1,571
Apr 200045924.513.12$1,430
Mar 200041428.422.86$1,184
Feb 200030527.622.73$832
Jan 200018725.272.48$464
Dec 199937324.282.42$904
Nov 199940523.192.43$986
Oct 199948820.982.80$1,368
Sep 199933721.752.62$883
Aug 199953919.262.88$1,550
Jul 199933417.892.37$792
Jun 199949115.942.36$1,160
May 199957115.792.32$1,325
Apr 199971615.102.21$1,581
Mar 199928912.471.84$531
Feb 19992479.981.82$449
Jan 199946610.381.90$885
Dec 19985049.201.77$894
Nov 199849610.892.19$1,084
Oct 199850512.421.97$994
Sep 199854512.592.08$1,135
Aug 199859011.301.91$1,125
Jul 199853011.742.24$1,186
Jun 199853611.242.24$1,199
May 199857112.622.21$1,260
Apr 199857913.042.51$1,451
Mar 199861912.802.31$1,430
Feb 199850813.952.30$1,168
Jan 199855014.702.15$1,185
Dec 199739016.322.41$940
Nov 199754218.193.09$1,674
Oct 199762419.253.15$1,965
Sep 199755817.742.95$1,649
Aug 199744917.862.55$1,147
Jul 199757217.582.25$1,285
Jun 199747517.242.26$1,072
May 199759918.972.31$1,383
Apr 199759417.882.08$1,237
Mar 199760318.951.94$1,169
Feb 199751220.492.21$1,129
Jan 199758723.483.54$2,078
Dec 199665123.32$0
Nov 199681421.97$0
Oct 199676523.31$0
Sep 199672222.22$0
Aug 199675520.26$0
Jul 199673719.55$0
Jun 199672118.73$0
May 199685919.43$0
Apr 199668621.51$0
Mar 199683119.38$0
Feb 199667716.98$0
Jan 199676517.07$0
Dec 199578017.19$0
Nov 199568716.00$0
Oct 199559215.43$0
Sep 199582716.18$0
Aug 199575215.92$0
Jul 199576615.24$0
Jun 199587716.41$0
May 199580517.56$0
Apr 199564617.73$0
Mar 199585216.44$0
Feb 199585816.58$0
Jan 199590915.92$0
Dec 19941,05715.03$0
Nov 199491415.90$0
Oct 199498015.58$0
Sep 199464815.29$0
Aug 199479916.13$0
Jul 199499217.56$0
Jun 199483417.09$0
May 19941,11415.88$0
Apr 199478214.14$0
Mar 199494912.46$0
Feb 199462812.50$0
Jan 199493312.66$0
Dec 199378912.33$0
Nov 199375814.49$0
Oct 199392915.85$0
Sep 19931,06215.03$0
Aug 199393115.66$0
Jul 199399015.46$0
Jun 199395316.79$0
May 199398617.68$0
Apr 19931,02818.05$0
Mar 199392918.14$0
Feb 199374117.90$0
Jan 19931,00316.93$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.

Aug 2012 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Gas                    1 Mcf  × $  2.91 =         $3

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Month total                                       $3

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/79846 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.