SEARS-STREATER "A"

Operated by PATTON, E. N. OIL COMPANY, INC. (P-5 643525) in the HOLLEY (ELLENBURGER) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 23870District 7BField 42194200Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.7 M
Jan 1993 – Dec 2011
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
228
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 9 leases and 17 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1986-01-30
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
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 field rule took effect on 1987-08-01.

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: PMT.FLD RULES PER DKT#7B-90526 EFF. 8/1/87.

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
OilDisposition88,735 bbl$1,652,652
Casinghead gasProduction3,719 Mcf$11,089
Total$1,663,741

900 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 20 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 32.5146, -100.2267. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.4 miles.

32.51463, -100.22674 · 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
5,926 ft
4 wells filed one
Completion to plug
6.9 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 5,910 and 5,937 ft, median 5,926 ft, over the 4 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Jul 1986 – Jul 2017
4 of 4 wells
Plug dates filed
Jun 1993 – Dec 2016
4 of 4 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 6.9 years across the 3 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 6.6 years and 16.6 years. A further 1 well is excluded, because the last completion the Commission holds for it is dated after the plug date. Both dates are the latest of their kind on the wellbore record and they are filed separately, so the two need not run in order. The gap is the distance between two filed dates — it is not a statement of how long the well produced.

4 wells

42-3533198335,910 ftJul 2017Jun 2011Yes
42-3533199445,920 ftSep 1990Dec 2016Yes
42-3533199755,932 ftApr 1987Jun 1993Yes
42-3533195625,937 ftJul 1986Jun 1993Yes

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 (228)

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

228 months

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 20040036.106.43$0
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 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 20020023.733.34$0
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 20020023.653.51$0
Mar 20020022.003.10$0
Feb 200258018.222.38$1,057
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 20010016.932.36$0
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 20010019.782.53$0
Sep 20010024.262.25$0
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 20010023.933.20$0
Jun 20010024.563.82$0
May 200116330225.524.31$5,461
Apr 200113841224.685.34$5,604
Mar 2001180024.545.38$4,417
Feb 2001340027.755.77$9,435
Jan 2001686027.478.40$18,844
Dec 2000527026.889.12$14,166
Nov 2000877032.215.66$28,248
Oct 2000535031.235.15$16,708
Sep 200072125631.875.19$24,306
Aug 200070944129.644.54$23,017
Jul 2000897028.534.09$25,591
Jun 200036424829.304.40$11,756
May 2000725027.263.68$19,764
Apr 2000532024.513.12$13,039
Mar 2000355028.422.86$10,089
Feb 200019356327.622.73$6,866
Jan 200054920825.272.48$14,389
Dec 1999738024.282.42$17,919
Nov 1999744023.192.43$17,253
Oct 1999919020.982.80$19,281
Sep 1999186021.752.62$4,046
Aug 1999038919.262.88$1,119
Jul 19990017.892.37$0
Jun 19990015.942.36$0
May 1999138015.792.32$2,179
Apr 19990015.102.21$0
Mar 19990012.471.84$0
Feb 1999009.981.82$0
Jan 1999585010.381.90$6,072
Dec 199891509.201.77$8,418
Nov 19981,071010.892.19$11,663
Oct 1998877012.421.97$10,892
Sep 1998575012.592.08$7,239
Aug 1998706011.301.91$7,978
Jul 1998694011.742.24$8,148
Jun 1998804011.242.24$9,037
May 1998911012.622.21$11,497
Apr 1998700013.042.51$9,128
Mar 1998886012.802.31$11,341
Feb 1998754013.952.30$10,518
Jan 1998905014.702.15$13,304
Dec 19971,100016.322.41$17,952
Nov 19971,076018.193.09$19,572
Oct 19971,090019.253.15$20,983
Sep 19971,301017.742.95$23,080
Aug 1997902017.862.55$16,110
Jul 19971,071017.582.25$18,828
Jun 19971,109017.242.26$19,119
May 19971,490018.972.31$28,265
Apr 19971,093017.882.08$19,543
Mar 19971,485018.951.94$28,141
Feb 19971,321020.492.21$27,067
Jan 19971,264023.483.54$29,679
Dec 19961,680023.32$39,178
Nov 19961,314021.97$28,869
Oct 19961,452023.31$33,846
Sep 19961,469022.22$32,641
Aug 19962,143020.26$43,417
Jul 19961,813019.55$35,444
Jun 19961,812018.73$33,939
May 19962,614019.43$50,790
Apr 19963,010021.51$64,745
Mar 19964,171019.38$80,834
Feb 19963,504016.98$59,498
Jan 19965,012017.07$85,555
Dec 19954,140017.19$71,167
Nov 19951,312016.00$20,992
Oct 1995566015.43$8,733
Sep 1995555016.18$8,980
Aug 1995348015.92$5,540
Jul 1995350015.24$5,334
Jun 1995357016.41$5,858
May 1995175017.56$3,073
Apr 1995342017.73$6,064
Mar 1995515016.44$8,467
Feb 1995354016.58$5,869
Jan 1995517015.92$8,231
Dec 1994534015.03$8,026
Nov 1994513015.90$8,157
Oct 1994880015.58$13,710
Sep 1994344015.29$5,260
Aug 19947584516.13$12,227
Jul 199404517.56$0
Jun 19947964517.09$13,604
May 19944554515.88$7,225
Apr 19944124514.14$5,826
Mar 19944084512.46$5,084
Feb 19944124512.50$5,150
Jan 19945544512.66$7,014
Dec 19935244512.33$6,461
Nov 19936254514.49$9,056
Oct 19935974515.85$9,462
Sep 19936714515.03$10,085
Aug 19937484515.66$11,714
Jul 19933824515.46$5,906
Jun 19936224516.79$10,443
May 19936054517.68$10,696
Apr 19936594518.05$11,895
Mar 19938584518.14$15,564
Feb 19938784517.90$15,716
Jan 1993164516.93$271

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.

Feb 2002 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   58 bbl  × $ 18.22 =     $1,057
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.38 =         $0

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Month total                                   $1,057

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/23870 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.