SOJOURNER -B-

Operated by WALSH & WATTS, INC. (P-5 895060) in the ALKALI CREEK, SW (FLIPPEN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 16994District 7BField 01580500Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.2 M
Jan 1993 – May 2016
Value, last 12 filed months
$17 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
281
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead 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 21 leases and 32 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1979-03-28
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
933 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.

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
NGPA4none

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
OilDisposition78,457 bbl$2,213,702
Casinghead gasProduction3,147 Mcf$0
Total$2,213,702

3,147 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 30 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 (4)

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 32.7620, -100.2687. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.4 miles.

32.76241, -100.26879 · 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%
4 of 4 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
4 of 4 wells
Median depth
3,516 ft
4 wells filed one
Completion to plug
15.3 years
median over 3 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
4100.0%
A plug date is filed
4100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
4100.0%
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

Between 3,502 and 3,525 ft, median 3,516 ft, over the 4 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Apr 1981 – Aug 2011
3 of 4 wells; 1 filed none
Plug dates filed
Jul 2000 – Mar 2016
4 of 4 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 15.3 years across the 3 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 10.0 years and 17.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

4 wells

42-1513122233,506 ftFeb 2016Yes
42-1513122523,502 ftAug 2011Mar 2016Yes
42-1513122443,525 ftApr 1996Aug 2011Yes
42-1513122313,525 ftApr 1981Jul 2000Yes

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 (281)

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

281 months

May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 201639033.011.79$1,287
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 2015168038.792.17$6,517
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 2015168056.152.88$9,433
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 2015131043.433.10$5,689
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 2014170070.464.25$11,978
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 2014169094.734.73$16,009
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 2014175097.406.19$17,045
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 2013171091.824.35$15,701
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 20131700102.523.72$17,428
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 2013168094.834.15$15,931
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 2012176086.773.42$15,272
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 2012168094.672.92$15,905
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 20121710101.652.00$17,382
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 20121470101.102.57$14,862
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 2011154096.873.24$14,918
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 2011152084.983.65$12,917
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 2011177083.404.15$14,762
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 2011174092.904.64$16,165
May 2011175098.134.40$17,173
Apr 20111780105.964.33$18,861
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 2011182085.644.18$15,586
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 2010175080.843.80$14,147
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 2010177072.633.98$12,856
Aug 2010174073.684.42$12,820
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 2010178070.364.91$12,524
May 2010172071.124.24$12,233
Apr 2010178081.694.12$14,541
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 2010177073.585.44$13,024
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 2009178074.593.75$13,277
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 2009180065.543.06$11,797
Aug 2009178067.423.22$12,001
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 2009174066.163.90$11,512
May 2009170054.743.93$9,306
Apr 2009171046.773.59$7,998
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 2009166032.814.63$5,446
Jan 2009177035.865.37$6,347
Dec 2008176037.105.98$6,530
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 2008325075.246.92$24,453
Sep 20081730101.767.88$17,604
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 20081700131.0811.39$22,284
Jun 2008730131.3313.03$9,587
May 20081730123.1711.57$21,308
Apr 20083550110.3110.45$39,160
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 2008175092.538.77$16,193
Jan 2008169090.388.21$15,274
Dec 2007172088.337.30$15,193
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 2007172082.856.92$14,250
Sep 2007168075.846.24$12,741
Aug 2007169069.066.39$11,671
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 2007165062.007.55$10,230
May 2007171058.747.85$10,045
Apr 2007340059.617.81$20,267
Mar 2007177056.927.30$10,075
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 2007347050.306.73$17,454
Dec 2006170056.656.92$9,631
Nov 2006188054.207.62$10,190
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 2006179060.085.04$10,754
Aug 2006179068.717.34$12,299
Jul 2006178069.376.34$12,348
Jun 2006171066.286.38$11,334
May 2006178066.016.42$11,750
Apr 2006179064.397.36$11,526
Mar 2006178056.707.08$10,093
Feb 2006168057.597.75$9,675
Jan 2006179060.598.93$10,846
Dec 2005352054.9413.42$19,339
Nov 2005175054.6910.59$9,571
Oct 2005177058.3413.80$10,326
Sep 2005169061.4512.08$10,385
Aug 2005171061.519.80$10,518
Jul 2005182055.697.84$10,136
Jun 2005171052.337.38$8,948
May 2005356045.226.65$16,098
Apr 2005175049.207.36$8,610
Mar 2005177050.377.15$8,915
Feb 2005339045.226.31$15,330
Jan 2005172043.166.32$7,424
Dec 2004177039.866.75$7,055
Nov 2004177045.286.33$8,015
Oct 2004351049.706.52$17,445
Sep 2004175043.245.28$7,567
Aug 2004173042.375.55$7,330
Jul 2004169038.286.08$6,469
Jun 2004172036.106.43$6,209
May 2004339037.486.49$12,706
Apr 2004172034.475.86$5,929
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 2004322032.455.51$10,449
Jan 2004170032.036.30$5,445
Dec 2003169030.266.30$5,114
Nov 2003173028.804.60$4,982
Oct 2003183028.174.76$5,155
Sep 2003189026.314.75$4,973
Aug 2003358029.765.13$10,654
Jul 2003349029.415.17$10,264
Jun 2003184028.565.98$5,255
May 2003333026.595.97$8,854
Apr 2003178026.675.41$4,747
Mar 2003515031.146.10$16,037
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 2003360030.315.58$10,912
Dec 2002178026.914.85$4,790
Nov 2002578024.664.14$14,253
Oct 2002179026.464.23$4,736
Sep 2002351027.443.64$9,631
Aug 2002376025.963.16$9,761
Jul 2002515024.583.06$12,659
Jun 2002350023.733.34$8,306
May 2002544024.663.58$13,415
Apr 2002180023.653.51$4,257
Mar 2002171022.003.10$3,762
Feb 2002172018.222.38$3,134
Jan 2002505017.172.38$8,671
Dec 20010016.932.36$0
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 2001175019.782.53$3,462
Sep 20010024.262.25$0
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 2001184023.933.20$4,403
Jun 20010024.563.82$0
May 2001358025.524.31$9,136
Apr 2001354024.685.34$8,737
Mar 20010024.545.38$0
Feb 20010027.755.77$0
Jan 2001158027.478.40$4,340
Dec 2000178026.889.12$4,785
Nov 20000032.215.66$0
Oct 2000177031.235.15$5,528
Sep 20000031.875.19$0
Aug 2000169029.644.54$5,009
Jul 2000167028.534.09$4,765
Jun 2000182029.304.40$5,333
May 20000027.263.68$0
Apr 2000153024.513.12$3,750
Mar 2000137028.422.86$3,894
Feb 2000143027.622.73$3,950
Jan 2000363025.272.48$9,173
Dec 19990024.282.42$0
Nov 1999171023.192.43$3,965
Oct 1999189020.982.80$3,965
Sep 19990021.752.62$0
Aug 1999169019.262.88$3,255
Jul 1999307017.892.37$5,492
Jun 1999175015.942.36$2,790
May 19990015.792.32$0
Apr 1999167015.102.21$2,522
Mar 1999187012.471.84$2,332
Feb 199917409.981.82$1,737
Jan 1999188010.381.90$1,951
Dec 199819709.201.77$1,812
Nov 1998360010.892.19$3,920
Oct 1998168012.421.97$2,087
Sep 1998185012.592.08$2,329
Aug 1998354011.301.91$4,000
Jul 1998184011.742.24$2,160
Jun 1998179011.242.24$2,012
May 1998373012.622.21$4,707
Apr 1998339013.042.51$4,421
Mar 1998365012.802.31$4,672
Feb 19980013.952.30$0
Jan 1998365014.702.15$5,366
Dec 1997191016.322.41$3,117
Nov 1997190018.193.09$3,456
Oct 1997379019.253.15$7,296
Sep 1997562017.742.95$9,970
Aug 19970017.862.55$0
Jul 1997389017.582.25$6,839
Jun 1997371017.242.26$6,396
May 1997196018.972.31$3,718
Apr 1997374017.882.08$6,687
Mar 1997562018.951.94$10,650
Feb 1997200020.492.21$4,098
Jan 1997382023.483.54$8,969
Dec 1996392023.32$9,141
Nov 1996388021.97$8,524
Oct 1996589023.31$13,730
Sep 1996545022.22$12,110
Aug 1996392020.26$7,942
Jul 1996379019.55$7,409
Jun 1996570018.73$10,676
May 1996347019.43$6,742
Apr 1996584021.51$12,562
Mar 1996397019.38$7,694
Feb 1996759016.98$12,888
Jan 1996385017.07$6,572
Dec 1995384017.19$6,601
Nov 1995772016.00$12,352
Oct 1995766015.43$11,819
Sep 1995371016.18$6,003
Aug 1995706015.92$11,240
Jul 1995989015.24$15,072
Jun 19957781316.41$12,767
May 19951,17411517.56$20,615
Apr 19958699817.73$15,407
Mar 19951,3739516.44$22,572
Feb 19951,1576016.58$19,183
Jan 19951,5678115.92$24,947
Dec 19941,3798415.03$20,726
Nov 19941,16615415.90$18,539
Oct 19941,54118715.58$24,009
Sep 19941,15714715.29$17,691
Aug 19941,1218616.13$18,082
Jul 19941,30415717.56$22,898
Jun 19947507717.09$12,818
May 19947313215.88$11,608
Apr 19941,1233014.14$15,879
Mar 19947739212.46$9,632
Feb 19941,1556812.50$14,438
Jan 19941,14113112.66$14,445
Dec 19931,1419712.33$14,069
Nov 19937515714.49$10,882
Oct 19931,28615815.85$20,383
Sep 19937448415.03$11,182
Aug 19931,4789815.66$23,145
Jul 19931,10317515.46$17,052
Jun 19931,10627716.79$18,570
May 199393315117.68$16,495
Apr 199398914118.05$17,851
Mar 19931,1358818.14$20,589
Feb 19931,2786317.90$22,876
Jan 19931,3215116.93$22,365

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.

Mar 2016 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   39 bbl  × $ 33.01 =     $1,287
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  1.79 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $1,287

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/O/16994 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.