SOJOURNER "C"

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 17485District 7BField 01580500Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.2 M
Jan 1993 – May 2016
Value, last 12 filed months
$14 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
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
OilDisposition42,837 bbl$1,199,322
Casinghead gasProduction1,464 Mcf$0
Total$1,199,322

1,464 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 31 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 (2)

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 32.7557, -100.2581. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.7 miles.

32.75566, -100.25810 · 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%
2 of 2 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
2 of 2 wells
Median depth
3,520 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
17.4 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
2100.0%
A plug date is filed
2100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
2100.0%
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 3,520 and 3,520 ft, median 3,520 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Jul 1981 – Feb 1982
2 of 2 wells
Plug dates filed
Apr 1982 – Feb 2016
2 of 2 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 17.4 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 8.8 years and 26.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells

42-1513144643,520 ftFeb 1982Apr 1982Yes
42-1513131223,520 ftJul 1981Feb 2016Yes

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 201672033.011.79$2,377
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 2016166027.352.36$4,540
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 2015163042.992.76$7,007
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 2015159055.212.96$8,778
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 2015165043.433.10$7,166
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 2014163089.394.04$14,571
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 2014164094.734.73$15,536
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 2014156097.406.19$15,194
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 20131650102.523.72$16,916
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 2013167093.964.28$15,691
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 2012160086.953.62$13,912
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 2012163092.662.91$15,104
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 20121900101.102.57$19,209
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 2011127095.723.31$12,156
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 2011155092.904.64$14,400
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 2011168086.504.59$14,532
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 2010162072.554.74$11,753
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 2010167081.694.12$13,642
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 2009158071.445.48$11,288
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 2009165061.133.46$10,086
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 2009153042.144.06$6,447
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 2008145037.105.98$5,380
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 20081640101.767.88$16,689
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 20081040131.3313.03$13,658
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 2008168092.538.77$15,545
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 2007168088.337.30$14,839
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 2007165069.066.39$11,395
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 2007165058.747.85$9,692
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 2007166050.306.73$8,350
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 2006166054.906.01$9,113
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 20060066.286.38$0
May 2006166066.016.42$10,958
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 2005137045.226.65$6,195
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 2005166050.377.15$8,361
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 2004157039.866.75$6,258
Nov 2004167045.286.33$7,562
Oct 2004162049.706.52$8,051
Sep 2004332043.245.28$14,356
Aug 2004166042.375.55$7,033
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 2004140036.106.43$5,054
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 2004165034.475.86$5,688
Mar 2004153034.365.53$5,257
Feb 2004156032.455.51$5,062
Jan 2004325032.036.30$10,410
Dec 2003348030.266.30$10,530
Nov 2003165028.804.60$4,752
Oct 2003325028.174.76$9,155
Sep 2003328026.314.75$8,630
Aug 2003327029.765.13$9,732
Jul 2003329029.415.17$9,676
Jun 2003168028.565.98$4,798
May 2003331026.595.97$8,801
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 2003308031.146.10$9,591
Feb 2003162033.487.93$5,424
Jan 2003328030.315.58$9,942
Dec 2002172026.914.85$4,629
Nov 2002167024.664.14$4,118
Oct 2002164026.464.23$4,339
Sep 2002345027.443.64$9,467
Aug 2002330025.963.16$8,567
Jul 2002324024.583.06$7,964
Jun 2002307023.733.34$7,285
May 2002314024.663.58$7,743
Apr 2002331023.653.51$7,828
Mar 2002332022.003.10$7,304
Feb 2002351018.222.38$6,395
Jan 2002167017.172.38$2,867
Dec 2001348016.932.36$5,892
Nov 2001173018.072.41$3,126
Oct 2001493019.782.53$9,752
Sep 2001165024.262.25$4,003
Aug 2001327024.873.05$8,132
Jul 2001497023.933.20$11,893
Jun 2001327024.563.82$8,031
May 2001428025.524.31$10,923
Apr 2001522024.685.34$12,883
Mar 2001511024.545.38$12,540
Feb 2001167027.755.77$4,634
Jan 2001501027.478.40$13,762
Dec 2000331026.889.12$8,897
Nov 2000330032.215.66$10,629
Oct 2000338031.235.15$10,556
Sep 2000440031.875.19$14,023
Aug 2000335029.644.54$9,929
Jul 2000333028.534.09$9,500
Jun 2000325029.304.40$9,523
May 2000326027.263.68$8,887
Apr 2000332024.513.12$8,137
Mar 2000165028.422.86$4,689
Feb 2000169027.622.73$4,668
Jan 2000293025.272.48$7,404
Dec 1999333024.282.42$8,085
Nov 1999329023.192.43$7,630
Oct 1999328020.982.80$6,881
Sep 1999154021.752.62$3,350
Aug 1999166019.262.88$3,197
Jul 1999157017.892.37$2,809
Jun 1999167015.942.36$2,662
May 1999238015.792.32$3,758
Apr 1999333015.102.21$5,028
Mar 1999168012.471.84$2,095
Feb 199933209.981.82$3,313
Jan 1999502010.381.90$5,211
Dec 199817109.201.77$1,573
Nov 1998330010.892.19$3,594
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 1998336012.592.08$4,230
Aug 1998325011.301.91$3,673
Jul 1998333011.742.24$3,909
Jun 1998160011.242.24$1,798
May 1998166012.622.21$2,095
Apr 1998499013.042.51$6,507
Mar 1998327012.802.31$4,186
Feb 19980013.952.30$0
Jan 1998167014.702.15$2,455
Dec 1997498016.322.41$8,127
Nov 1997166018.193.09$3,020
Oct 1997336019.253.15$6,468
Sep 1997166017.742.95$2,945
Aug 1997165017.862.55$2,947
Jul 1997334017.582.25$5,872
Jun 1997169017.242.26$2,914
May 1997334018.972.31$6,336
Apr 19970017.882.08$0
Mar 1997469018.951.94$8,888
Feb 19970020.492.21$0
Jan 1997336023.483.54$7,889
Dec 1996316023.32$7,369
Nov 19960021.97$0
Oct 1996363023.31$8,462
Sep 1996169022.22$3,755
Aug 1996167020.26$3,383
Jul 1996492019.55$9,619
Jun 1996164018.73$3,072
May 1996162019.43$3,148
Apr 1996335021.51$7,206
Mar 1996325019.38$6,299
Feb 1996166016.98$2,819
Jan 1996321017.07$5,479
Dec 1995316017.19$5,432
Nov 1995167016.00$2,672
Oct 1995166015.43$2,561
Sep 1995166016.18$2,686
Aug 1995331015.92$5,270
Jul 19951642115.24$2,499
Jun 19953204116.41$5,251
May 19953353917.56$5,883
Apr 19953356017.73$5,940
Mar 19953343316.44$5,491
Feb 19951663116.58$2,752
Jan 19951665115.92$2,643
Dec 19941696015.03$2,540
Nov 19943327415.90$5,279
Oct 19941626115.58$2,524
Sep 19943357315.29$5,122
Aug 19943365916.13$5,420
Jul 19941677817.56$2,933
Jun 19943336717.09$5,691
May 19941704715.88$2,700
Apr 19941684614.14$2,376
Mar 19943316012.46$4,124
Feb 19941714112.50$2,138
Jan 19943326012.66$4,203
Dec 19933336012.33$4,106
Nov 19931685614.49$2,434
Oct 19933295915.85$5,215
Sep 19931683015.03$2,525
Aug 19933283515.66$5,136
Jul 19933344615.46$5,164
Jun 19933352016.79$5,625
May 19931676017.68$2,953
Apr 19931713518.05$3,087
Mar 19933382018.14$6,131
Feb 19931672217.90$2,989
Jan 19931721916.93$2,912

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                   72 bbl  × $ 33.01 =     $2,377
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  1.79 =         $0

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Month total                                   $2,377

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/17485 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.