BETCHER, ALBERT

Operated by MISSION ENERGY INC. (P-5 570410) in the TURNAROUND (GRAY SAND) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 17808District 7BField 91863200NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.2 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$121 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
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 16 leases and 26 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1981-05-22
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
no field rule filed
From a lease line
no field rule filed

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
NGPA2none

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
OilDisposition62,123 bbl$2,957,615
Casinghead gasProduction44,853 Mcf$207,903
Total$3,165,518

44 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 44 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 32.1489, -99.6289. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.2 miles.

32.14885, -99.62888 · 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
50.0%
1 of 2 wells
With a plug date
50.0%
1 of 2 wells
Median depth
4,213 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
5.9 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
150.0%
A plug date is filed
150.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
150.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
150.0%

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 4,075 and 4,350 ft, median 4,213 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Nov 1981 – Oct 1982
2 of 2 wells
Plug dates filed
Sep 1988
1 of 2 wells; 1 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 5.9 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 5.9 years and 5.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells

42-0593389924,350 ftOct 1982Sep 1988Yes
42-0593321114,075 ftNov 1981

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 (401)

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

401 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 2026166098.932.87$16,422
Mar 2026182089.753.15$16,335
Feb 2026183063.503.75$11,621
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 2025177056.664.41$10,029
Nov 2025179058.593.93$10,488
Oct 2025174059.383.30$10,332
Sep 2025184062.743.08$11,544
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 2025168066.743.32$11,212
Jun 2025342066.483.13$22,736
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 2025186062.363.54$11,599
Mar 2025180067.704.27$12,186
Feb 2025180070.884.34$12,758
Jan 2025182074.324.28$13,526
Dec 2024179068.993.12$12,349
Nov 2024189069.052.20$13,050
Oct 2024176071.372.28$12,561
Sep 2024183069.612.36$12,739
Aug 2024185075.632.06$13,992
Jul 2024185079.932.15$14,787
Jun 2024185078.082.63$14,445
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 2024179084.451.66$15,117
Mar 2024178080.301.55$14,293
Feb 2024184076.091.78$14,001
Jan 2024365073.023.30$26,652
Dec 2023371071.262.61$26,437
Nov 2023546077.892.81$42,528
Oct 2023350085.443.09$29,904
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 20221390108.885.08$15,134
Feb 2022283091.054.86$25,767
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 2021159071.323.90$11,340
Nov 2021131077.435.24$10,143
Oct 2021106079.795.71$8,458
Sep 2021263069.865.35$18,373
Aug 2021168066.024.22$11,091
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 2021340069.493.38$23,627
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 2021133061.302.72$8,153
Feb 2021176057.805.55$10,173
Jan 2021296050.412.81$14,921
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 2020133036.972.48$4,917
Sep 2020123037.091.99$4,562
Aug 2020133039.982.39$5,317
Jul 2020177038.371.83$6,791
Jun 2020306034.901.69$10,679
May 2020286016.921.81$4,839
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 2020178030.341.86$5,401
Feb 2020293049.881.98$14,615
Jan 2020165057.252.09$9,446
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 201917318553.472.42$9,698
Sep 201916940055.052.66$10,366
Aug 201933849753.112.30$19,096
Jul 201904756.272.46$116
Jun 201903552.782.49$87
May 201902658.482.74$71
Apr 201905562.632.75$151
Mar 2019010056.803.06$306
Feb 201914233550.852.79$8,156
Jan 201935434546.033.23$17,408
Dec 201851935546.594.19$25,666
Nov 2018038552.934.24$1,631
Oct 2018026561.443.40$900
Sep 20180259.543.11$6
Aug 20180259.403.07$6
Jul 201805365.142.93$155
Jun 2018176660.183.08$10,610
May 201816530065.382.90$11,658
Apr 2018156063.842.90$9,959
Mar 201817831561.222.79$11,775
Feb 201817921561.782.77$11,653
Jan 201817823762.874.01$12,141
Dec 2017022757.272.92$663
Nov 201715324855.423.12$9,253
Oct 201717830949.292.98$9,696
Sep 2017030847.523.09$951
Aug 201717832645.373.00$9,055
Jul 201716432643.873.09$8,201
Jun 201714027942.493.09$6,810
May 201717832245.373.26$9,127
Apr 201717328947.933.21$9,220
Mar 201716025646.772.98$8,247
Feb 201718122350.452.95$9,790
Jan 201718123049.413.42$9,730
Dec 2016027848.763.72$1,035
Nov 201617225542.492.64$7,983
Oct 201615717946.193.09$7,805
Sep 20161699541.553.10$7,317
Aug 201617729441.442.92$8,195
Jul 201629425341.622.92$12,976
Jun 2016027945.352.69$749
May 201617729142.521.99$8,105
Apr 201617727736.561.99$7,023
Mar 201618528833.011.79$6,624
Feb 201617027226.472.06$5,061
Jan 201617127827.352.36$5,334
Dec 201518127832.362.00$6,414
Nov 201518030738.792.17$7,648
Oct 2015012043.552.43$291
Sep 201517532042.992.76$8,406
Aug 201518132340.162.87$8,197
Jul 201517125248.152.95$8,976
Jun 201517925556.152.88$10,786
May 2015015355.212.96$452
Apr 201517628449.822.71$9,537
Mar 201517830742.892.93$8,535
Feb 2015015544.662.98$461
Jan 201534824243.433.10$15,864
Dec 2014028154.693.59$1,009
Nov 201418026570.464.25$13,810
Oct 201417529278.303.90$14,842
Sep 201416929086.164.05$15,734
Aug 201417529189.394.04$16,817
Jul 201418029496.564.18$18,610
Jun 201417525698.164.74$18,391
May 201417531094.734.73$18,043
Apr 201418031695.944.81$18,789
Mar 201417919195.895.06$18,130
Feb 2014025497.406.19$1,573
Jan 2014012490.404.86$603
Dec 201305191.824.35$222
Nov 201316023488.853.74$15,091
Oct 201315827897.423.78$16,443
Sep 2013156302104.113.72$17,364
Aug 2013174302104.253.52$19,203
Jul 20131480102.523.72$15,173
Jun 201317429394.403.93$17,578
May 2013025794.834.15$1,066
Apr 201315424993.964.28$15,536
Mar 201318128193.623.91$18,045
Feb 201317924191.233.42$17,154
Jan 201316625391.603.42$16,071
Dec 201217826586.773.42$16,351
Nov 2012025886.953.62$935
Oct 201225621389.383.40$23,605
Sep 201217825794.672.92$17,601
Aug 201217730192.662.91$17,276
Jul 2012029085.133.02$876
Jun 201216323079.822.52$13,590
May 201217427391.612.49$16,619
Apr 20121670101.652.00$16,976
Mar 2012159280105.052.22$17,325
Feb 2012177268101.102.57$18,584
Jan 201218119398.092.73$18,282
Dec 201117616896.873.24$17,593
Nov 201117625295.723.31$17,681
Oct 2011161084.983.65$13,682
Sep 2011013283.623.99$526
Aug 201117323083.404.15$15,383
Jul 201117523194.144.52$17,518
Jun 201117638092.904.64$18,114
May 201118025698.134.40$18,791
Apr 20110438105.964.33$1,898
Mar 201117446796.364.06$18,661
Feb 201135219085.644.18$30,939
Jan 201132437986.504.59$29,765
Dec 2010030385.734.35$1,317
Nov 201017814780.843.80$14,947
Oct 2010016878.103.51$589
Sep 20101745472.633.98$12,853
Aug 20101739973.684.42$13,184
Jul 2010010472.554.74$493
Jun 2010173070.364.91$12,172
May 20101739471.124.24$12,702
Apr 2010012781.694.12$524
Mar 20101649078.394.39$13,251
Feb 2010016173.585.44$876
Jan 201035024874.365.96$27,505
Dec 2009023371.445.48$1,278
Nov 200913327474.593.75$10,948
Oct 200917729972.544.11$14,069
Sep 200917930365.543.06$12,660
Aug 200917432167.423.22$12,764
Jul 200917137161.133.46$11,739
Jun 200917345666.163.90$13,222
May 200917529154.743.93$10,722
Apr 2009172046.773.59$8,044
Mar 200916525642.144.06$7,992
Feb 200917816732.814.63$6,614
Jan 200918029235.865.37$8,023
Dec 2008028837.105.98$1,721
Nov 200833631255.496.86$20,785
Oct 2008017475.246.92$1,204
Sep 2008158151101.767.88$17,268
Aug 20080171114.228.48$1,451
Jul 200817249131.0811.39$23,104
Jun 2008175138131.3313.03$24,781
May 20080152123.1711.57$1,759
Apr 2008190182110.3110.45$22,862
Mar 20080174101.909.66$1,682
Feb 200817118192.538.77$17,410
Jan 200817822190.388.21$17,901
Dec 200718931588.337.30$18,994
Nov 200717524291.677.29$17,807
Oct 200718818882.856.92$16,877
Sep 200718516775.846.24$15,073
Aug 2007177069.066.39$12,224
Jul 200717629870.906.39$14,382
Jun 200716926962.007.55$12,509
May 2007020258.747.85$1,585
Apr 200719222459.617.81$13,193
Mar 200725119256.927.30$15,689
Feb 200717618655.108.22$11,226
Jan 200716721650.306.73$9,853
Dec 2006022756.656.92$1,570
Nov 20061769754.207.62$10,278
Oct 200617817454.906.01$10,819
Sep 200618419060.085.04$12,012
Aug 200617126968.717.34$13,724
Jul 200618824969.376.34$14,621
Jun 200618325966.286.38$13,783
May 200617128166.016.42$13,093
Apr 200617827264.397.36$13,463
Mar 200619127856.707.08$12,799
Feb 200618524757.597.75$12,569
Jan 200617927760.598.93$13,320
Dec 200520626654.9413.42$14,886
Nov 200518626054.6910.59$12,925
Oct 200536027958.3413.80$24,851
Sep 200521324461.4512.08$16,036
Aug 200515928761.519.80$12,592
Jul 2005022655.697.84$1,773
Jun 200503252.337.38$236
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 2005117050.377.15$5,893
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 200534818643.166.32$16,196
Dec 2004180039.866.75$7,175
Nov 2004190045.286.33$8,603
Oct 2004194049.706.52$9,642
Sep 2004198043.245.28$8,562
Aug 2004194042.375.55$8,220
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 2004196036.106.43$7,076
May 2004137037.486.49$5,135
Apr 200428723234.475.86$11,252
Mar 200419522734.365.53$7,956
Feb 200417719632.455.51$6,824
Jan 200417720432.036.30$6,954
Dec 2003019330.266.30$1,216
Nov 200336220828.804.60$11,381
Oct 2003021428.174.76$1,019
Sep 200317823526.314.75$5,799
Aug 200337037029.765.13$12,909
Jul 2003022329.415.17$1,153
Jun 200318024928.565.98$6,631
May 200317324826.595.97$6,081
Apr 200318123226.675.41$6,082
Mar 200318222331.146.10$7,027
Feb 200317920433.487.93$7,610
Jan 200317222530.315.58$6,469
Dec 200218922926.914.85$6,198
Nov 200218822124.664.14$5,550
Oct 200218522726.464.23$5,855
Sep 200218518227.443.64$5,738
Aug 200217221925.963.16$5,158
Jul 200223117624.583.06$6,217
Jun 200223117223.733.34$6,056
May 200216715624.663.58$4,677
Apr 2002192023.653.51$4,541
Mar 2002173022.003.10$3,806
Feb 2002180018.222.38$3,280
Jan 2002360017.172.38$6,181
Dec 2001178016.932.36$3,014
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 2001157019.782.53$3,105
Sep 2001176024.262.25$4,270
Aug 2001179024.873.05$4,452
Jul 2001175023.933.20$4,188
Jun 2001172024.563.82$4,224
May 2001198025.524.31$5,053
Apr 2001196024.685.34$4,837
Mar 2001190024.545.38$4,663
Feb 2001173027.755.77$4,801
Jan 2001178027.478.40$4,890
Dec 2000174026.889.12$4,677
Nov 2000180032.215.66$5,798
Oct 2000178031.235.15$5,559
Sep 2000170031.875.19$5,418
Aug 2000167029.644.54$4,950
Jul 2000173028.534.09$4,936
Jun 2000173029.304.40$5,069
May 2000173027.263.68$4,716
Apr 2000258024.513.12$6,324
Mar 2000178028.422.86$5,059
Feb 2000179027.622.73$4,944
Jan 2000170025.272.48$4,296
Dec 1999180024.282.42$4,370
Nov 1999307023.192.43$7,119
Oct 1999171020.982.80$3,588
Sep 19990021.752.62$0
Aug 1999154019.262.88$2,966
Jul 1999172017.892.37$3,077
Jun 1999173015.942.36$2,758
May 1999168015.792.32$2,653
Apr 1999344015.102.21$5,194
Mar 1999171012.471.84$2,132
Feb 199916809.981.82$1,677
Jan 1999179010.381.90$1,858
Dec 199816609.201.77$1,527
Nov 1998170010.892.19$1,851
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 1998173012.592.08$2,178
Aug 1998172011.301.91$1,944
Jul 1998166011.742.24$1,949
Jun 1998170011.242.24$1,911
May 1998171012.622.21$2,158
Apr 1998173013.042.51$2,256
Mar 1998172012.802.31$2,202
Feb 1998170013.952.30$2,372
Jan 1998172014.702.15$2,528
Dec 1997333016.322.41$5,435
Nov 1997173018.193.09$3,147
Oct 1997100019.253.15$1,925
Sep 1997228017.742.95$4,045
Aug 1997170017.862.55$3,036
Jul 1997171017.582.25$3,006
Jun 1997170017.242.26$2,931
May 1997176018.972.31$3,339
Apr 1997297017.882.08$5,310
Mar 1997176018.951.94$3,335
Feb 1997178020.492.21$3,647
Jan 1997175023.483.54$4,109
Dec 1996172023.32$4,011
Nov 1996174021.97$3,823
Oct 1996176023.31$4,103
Sep 1996220022.22$4,888
Aug 1996170120.26$3,444
Jul 1996167119.55$3,265
Jun 1996343118.73$6,424
May 1996170119.43$3,303
Apr 1996172121.51$3,700
Mar 1996170119.38$3,295
Feb 1996171116.98$2,904
Jan 1996171117.07$2,919
Dec 1995176117.19$3,025
Nov 1995340116.00$5,440
Oct 1995174115.43$2,685
Sep 19950116.18$0
Aug 1995172115.92$2,738
Jul 1995165115.24$2,515
Jun 1995170116.41$2,790
May 1995338117.56$5,935
Apr 1995176117.73$3,120
Mar 1995171116.44$2,811
Feb 1995357116.58$5,919
Jan 1995179115.92$2,850
Dec 19940115.03$0
Nov 1994344115.90$5,470
Oct 1994177115.58$2,758
Sep 1994170115.29$2,599
Aug 1994175116.13$2,823
Jul 1994179117.56$3,143
Jun 1994173117.09$2,957
May 1994178115.88$2,827
Apr 1994175114.14$2,475
Mar 1994172112.46$2,143
Feb 1994177112.50$2,213
Jan 1994175112.66$2,216
Dec 1993354112.33$4,365
Nov 1993172114.49$2,492
Oct 1993176115.85$2,790
Sep 1993170115.03$2,555
Aug 1993335115.66$5,246
Jul 1993173115.46$2,675
Jun 1993313116.79$5,255
May 1993344117.68$6,082
Apr 1993176118.05$3,177
Mar 1993169118.14$3,066
Feb 1993177117.90$3,168
Jan 1993334116.93$5,655

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.

Apr 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  166 bbl  × $ 98.93 =    $16,422
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.87 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $16,422

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/17808 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.