RIPLEY

Operated by SMITH PIPE OF ABILENE (P-5 794745) in the DUSTER, NE. (MARBLE FALLS 2750) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 83612District 7BField 26784600Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$7 k
Jan 1993 – Oct 2012
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
238
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 75 leases and 81 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1977-08-01
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

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

The register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: EFFEC. 7-1-79 PER DOCKET #7B-71,672

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
NGPA1none

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
CondensateDisposition78 bbl$2,572
GasProduction7,800 Mcf$4,284
Total$6,856

6,357 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 47 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 32.1972, -98.6814. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.19718, -98.68142 · 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
2,890 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
27.9 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 2,890 ft.

Completions filed
Jun 1979
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
May 2007
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 27.9 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 27.9 years and 27.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-1333178212,890 ftJun 1979May 2007Yes

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 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 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 200458036.106.43$2,094
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030828.565.98$48
May 20030526.595.97$30
Apr 20030826.675.41$43
Mar 20030931.146.10$55
Feb 200301133.487.93$87
Jan 20030930.315.58$50
Dec 200201026.914.85$49
Nov 200201124.664.14$46
Oct 20020926.464.23$38
Sep 20020827.443.64$29
Aug 200201125.963.16$35
Jul 20020924.583.06$28
Jun 200201223.733.34$40
May 200201124.663.58$39
Apr 20020723.653.51$25
Mar 200201122.003.10$34
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 200205817.172.38$138
Dec 200103616.932.36$85
Nov 200101018.072.41$24
Oct 200101519.782.53$38
Sep 20010024.262.25$0
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 200120823.933.20$504
Jun 200101324.563.82$50
May 200101125.524.31$47
Apr 20010924.685.34$48
Mar 200101124.545.38$59
Feb 200101227.755.77$69
Jan 200101327.478.40$109
Dec 200001126.889.12$100
Nov 200001432.215.66$79
Oct 200001231.235.15$62
Sep 200001431.875.19$73
Aug 200001129.644.54$50
Jul 20000528.534.09$20
Jun 20000729.304.40$31
May 20000527.263.68$18
Apr 20000624.513.12$19
Mar 20000328.422.86$9
Feb 20000527.622.73$14
Jan 20000325.272.48$7
Dec 19990424.282.42$10
Nov 19990623.192.43$15
Oct 19990320.982.80$8
Sep 19990421.752.62$10
Aug 19990519.262.88$14
Jul 19990317.892.37$7
Jun 19990415.942.36$9
May 19990515.792.32$12
Apr 19990715.102.21$15
Mar 19990912.471.84$17
Feb 1999049.981.82$7
Jan 199901010.381.90$19
Dec 1998099.201.77$16
Nov 19980610.892.19$13
Oct 19980412.421.97$8
Sep 19980912.592.08$19
Aug 19980611.301.91$11
Jul 19980811.742.24$18
Jun 199801911.242.24$43
May 199806212.622.21$137
Apr 199805213.042.51$130
Mar 199803212.802.31$74
Feb 199804413.952.30$101
Jan 199803714.702.15$80
Dec 199701516.322.41$36
Nov 199705018.193.09$154
Oct 199704819.253.15$151
Sep 199704817.742.95$142
Aug 199705817.862.55$148
Jul 199705417.582.25$121
Jun 199706417.242.26$144
May 199707018.972.31$162
Apr 199706617.882.08$137
Mar 199706018.951.94$116
Feb 199706520.492.21$143
Jan 199705223.483.54$184
Dec 199607023.32$0
Nov 199606021.97$0
Oct 199605823.31$0
Sep 199605822.22$0
Aug 199604720.26$0
Jul 199605319.55$0
Jun 199606318.73$0
May 199606019.43$0
Apr 199605321.51$0
Mar 1996012719.38$0
Feb 1996014916.98$0
Jan 1996013917.07$0
Dec 1995012917.19$0
Nov 1995015316.00$0
Oct 1995014215.43$0
Sep 1995013216.18$0
Aug 1995014415.92$0
Jul 1995012815.24$0
Jun 1995011516.41$0
May 199506417.56$0
Apr 1995013617.73$0
Mar 1995013816.44$0
Feb 1995011916.58$0
Jan 1995014015.92$0
Dec 1994014515.03$0
Nov 1994013515.90$0
Oct 1994013415.58$0
Sep 1994014015.29$0
Aug 1994012816.13$0
Jul 1994012517.56$0
Jun 1994019417.09$0
May 1994017915.88$0
Apr 1994024514.14$0
Mar 1994019912.46$0
Feb 1994025312.50$0
Jan 1994022012.66$0
Dec 199302712.33$0
Nov 1993014214.49$0
Oct 1993014115.85$0
Sep 1993015815.03$0
Aug 1993017915.66$0
Jul 1993018315.46$0
Jun 1993019316.79$0
May 19930017.68$0
Apr 1993019118.05$0
Mar 1993018418.14$0
Feb 1993018317.90$0
Jan 1993020216.93$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.

Jun 2004 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate            58 bbl  × $ 36.10 =     $2,094
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  6.43 =         $0

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Month total                                   $2,094

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/83612 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.