JAMES

Name: JAMES lease production and value, Aug 1996 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by BEAIRD, R.A. OIL OPERATING CO. (P-5 59777) in the NOODLE (STRAWN, UPPER) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 27930District 7BField 65819726OilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$282 k

Aug 1996 – Apr 2014

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

213

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The NOODLE (STRAWN, UPPER) field

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 8 leases and 8 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1954-04-16

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

—

no field rule filed

From a lease line

—

no field rule filed

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	6,192 bbl	$213,797
Casinghead gas	Production	18,651 Mcf	$68,316
Total			$282,112

2,717 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 4 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 32.5412, -100.0843. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.54124, -100.08434 · centre of the wells drawn, derived⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom

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

5,480 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

17.3 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 5,480 ft.

Completions filed

Aug 1996

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Nov 2013

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 17.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 17.3 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.

1 well


42-25334337	1	5,480 ft	Aug 1996	Nov 2013	Yes

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 (213)

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

213 months


Apr 2014	0	0	95.94	4.81	$0
Mar 2014	0	0	95.89	5.06	$0
Feb 2014	0	0	97.40	6.19	$0
Jan 2014	0	0	90.40	4.86	$0
Dec 2013	0	0	91.82	4.35	$0
Nov 2013	0	0	88.85	3.74	$0
Oct 2013	0	0	97.42	3.78	$0
Sep 2013	0	0	104.11	3.72	$0
Aug 2013	0	0	104.25	3.52	$0
Jul 2013	0	0	102.52	3.72	$0
Jun 2013	0	0	94.40	3.93	$0
May 2013	0	0	94.83	4.15	$0
Apr 2013	0	0	93.96	4.28	$0
Mar 2013	0	0	93.62	3.91	$0
Feb 2013	0	0	91.23	3.42	$0
Jan 2013	0	0	91.60	3.42	$0
Dec 2012	0	0	86.77	3.42	$0
Nov 2012	0	0	86.95	3.62	$0
Oct 2012	116	0	89.38	3.40	$10,368
Sep 2012	0	0	94.67	2.92	$0
Aug 2012	0	6	92.66	2.91	$17
Jul 2012	0	26	85.13	3.02	$79
Jun 2012	0	43	79.82	2.52	$108
May 2012	0	57	91.61	2.49	$142
Apr 2012	0	65	101.65	2.00	$130
Mar 2012	155	46	105.05	2.22	$16,385
Feb 2012	0	59	101.10	2.57	$152
Jan 2012	0	65	98.09	2.73	$178
Dec 2011	0	38	96.87	3.24	$123
Nov 2011	0	26	95.72	3.31	$86
Oct 2011	0	50	84.98	3.65	$182
Sep 2011	0	44	83.62	3.99	$175
Aug 2011	0	52	83.40	4.15	$216
Jul 2011	158	62	94.14	4.52	$15,154
Jun 2011	0	60	92.90	4.64	$278
May 2011	0	71	98.13	4.40	$313
Apr 2011	0	85	105.96	4.33	$368
Mar 2011	0	1	96.36	4.06	$4
Feb 2011	0	1	85.64	4.18	$4
Jan 2011	0	0	86.50	4.59	$0
Dec 2010	0	0	85.73	4.35	$0
Nov 2010	0	0	80.84	3.80	$0
Oct 2010	0	0	78.10	3.51	$0
Sep 2010	0	0	72.63	3.98	$0
Aug 2010	0	0	73.68	4.42	$0
Jul 2010	0	0	72.55	4.74	$0
Jun 2010	0	0	70.36	4.91	$0
May 2010	0	0	71.12	4.24	$0
Apr 2010	0	0	81.69	4.12	$0
Mar 2010	0	0	78.39	4.39	$0
Feb 2010	0	0	73.58	5.44	$0
Jan 2010	61	0	74.36	5.96	$4,536
Dec 2009	0	0	71.44	5.48	$0
Nov 2009	0	0	74.59	3.75	$0
Oct 2009	0	3	72.54	4.11	$12
Sep 2009	0	7	65.54	3.06	$21
Aug 2009	0	58	67.42	3.22	$187
Jul 2009	0	0	61.13	3.46	$0
Jun 2009	0	0	66.16	3.90	$0
May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	0	0	46.77	3.59	$0
Mar 2009	0	2	42.14	4.06	$8
Feb 2009	0	51	32.81	4.63	$236
Jan 2009	0	50	35.86	5.37	$269
Dec 2008	160	52	37.10	5.98	$6,247
Nov 2008	0	58	55.49	6.86	$398
Oct 2008	1	53	75.24	6.92	$442
Sep 2008	0	64	101.76	7.88	$504
Aug 2008	0	69	114.22	8.48	$585
Jul 2008	1	64	131.08	11.39	$860
Jun 2008	0	66	131.33	13.03	$860
May 2008	0	69	123.17	11.57	$799
Apr 2008	0	60	110.31	10.45	$627
Mar 2008	1	60	101.90	9.66	$682
Feb 2008	1	55	92.53	8.77	$575
Jan 2008	0	41	90.38	8.21	$336
Dec 2007	1	61	88.33	7.30	$534
Nov 2007	155	58	91.67	7.29	$14,632
Oct 2007	1	50	82.85	6.92	$429
Sep 2007	0	77	75.84	6.24	$481
Aug 2007	0	62	69.06	6.39	$396
Jul 2007	0	62	70.90	6.39	$396
Jun 2007	1	59	62.00	7.55	$507
May 2007	0	56	58.74	7.85	$439
Apr 2007	0	44	59.61	7.81	$343
Mar 2007	0	64	56.92	7.30	$467
Feb 2007	0	49	55.10	8.22	$403
Jan 2007	0	34	50.30	6.73	$229
Dec 2006	188	49	56.65	6.92	$10,989
Nov 2006	0	48	54.20	7.62	$366
Oct 2006	0	54	54.90	6.01	$325
Sep 2006	0	57	60.08	5.04	$287
Aug 2006	1	61	68.71	7.34	$516
Jul 2006	0	58	69.37	6.34	$368
Jun 2006	0	50	66.28	6.38	$319
May 2006	0	50	66.01	6.42	$321
Apr 2006	0	54	64.39	7.36	$397
Mar 2006	162	52	56.70	7.08	$9,554
Feb 2006	0	47	57.59	7.75	$364
Jan 2006	0	51	60.59	8.93	$456
Dec 2005	0	39	54.94	13.42	$523
Nov 2005	0	45	54.69	10.59	$476
Oct 2005	0	55	58.34	13.80	$759
Sep 2005	0	60	61.45	12.08	$725
Aug 2005	142	61	61.51	9.80	$9,332
Jul 2005	0	61	55.69	7.84	$478
Jun 2005	0	57	52.33	7.38	$421
May 2005	0	63	45.22	6.65	$419
Apr 2005	0	62	49.20	7.36	$456
Mar 2005	0	73	50.37	7.15	$522
Feb 2005	127	64	45.22	6.31	$6,147
Jan 2005	0	77	43.16	6.32	$487
Dec 2004	0	62	39.86	6.75	$419
Nov 2004	0	72	45.28	6.33	$456
Oct 2004	0	79	49.70	6.52	$515
Sep 2004	135	0	43.24	5.28	$5,837
Aug 2004	0	90	42.37	5.55	$500
Jul 2004	0	86	38.28	6.08	$523
Jun 2004	0	82	36.10	6.43	$528
May 2004	146	88	37.48	6.49	$6,044
Apr 2004	0	89	34.47	5.86	$521
Mar 2004	0	86	34.36	5.53	$476
Feb 2004	0	79	32.45	5.51	$435
Jan 2004	139	82	32.03	6.30	$4,969
Dec 2003	0	86	30.26	6.30	$542
Nov 2003	0	68	28.80	4.60	$312
Oct 2003	145	68	28.17	4.76	$4,408
Sep 2003	0	75	26.31	4.75	$356
Aug 2003	0	92	29.76	5.13	$472
Jul 2003	0	95	29.41	5.17	$491
Jun 2003	129	94	28.56	5.98	$4,247
May 2003	0	103	26.59	5.97	$615
Apr 2003	149	96	26.67	5.41	$4,493
Mar 2003	0	96	31.14	6.10	$585
Feb 2003	0	84	33.48	7.93	$666
Jan 2003	0	95	30.31	5.58	$530
Dec 2002	151	96	26.91	4.85	$4,529
Nov 2002	0	95	24.66	4.14	$393
Oct 2002	0	104	26.46	4.23	$440
Sep 2002	147	108	27.44	3.64	$4,426
Aug 2002	0	122	25.96	3.16	$386
Jul 2002	0	108	24.58	3.06	$331
Jun 2002	148	95	23.73	3.34	$3,829
May 2002	0	97	24.66	3.58	$348
Apr 2002	0	88	23.65	3.51	$309
Mar 2002	151	82	22.00	3.10	$3,576
Feb 2002	0	73	18.22	2.38	$173
Jan 2002	0	86	17.17	2.38	$204
Dec 2001	148	103	16.93	2.36	$2,749
Nov 2001	0	121	18.07	2.41	$291
Oct 2001	151	121	19.78	2.53	$3,293
Sep 2001	0	133	24.26	2.25	$299
Aug 2001	0	0	24.87	3.05	$0
Jul 2001	150	133	23.93	3.20	$4,015
Jun 2001	0	131	24.56	3.82	$501
May 2001	0	135	25.52	4.31	$581
Apr 2001	154	131	24.68	5.34	$4,500
Mar 2001	0	121	24.54	5.38	$651
Feb 2001	0	110	27.75	5.77	$634
Jan 2001	154	118	27.47	8.40	$5,221
Dec 2000	0	114	26.88	9.12	$1,040
Nov 2000	174	111	32.21	5.66	$6,233
Oct 2000	0	100	31.23	5.15	$515
Sep 2000	0	109	31.87	5.19	$565
Aug 2000	173	103	29.64	4.54	$5,595
Jul 2000	0	105	28.53	4.09	$429
Jun 2000	0	104	29.30	4.40	$457
May 2000	148	105	27.26	3.68	$4,421
Apr 2000	0	99	24.51	3.12	$308
Mar 2000	0	107	28.42	2.86	$306
Feb 2000	154	93	27.62	2.73	$4,507
Jan 2000	0	90	25.27	2.48	$223
Dec 1999	149	111	24.28	2.42	$3,887
Nov 1999	0	107	23.19	2.43	$260
Oct 1999	0	104	20.98	2.80	$292
Sep 1999	162	107	21.75	2.62	$3,804
Aug 1999	0	116	19.26	2.88	$334
Jul 1999	0	124	17.89	2.37	$294
Jun 1999	170	145	15.94	2.36	$3,052
May 1999	0	74	15.79	2.32	$172
Apr 1999	0	66	15.10	2.21	$146
Mar 1999	169	66	12.47	1.84	$2,229
Feb 1999	0	72	9.98	1.82	$131
Jan 1999	0	50	10.38	1.90	$95
Dec 1998	142	0	9.20	1.77	$1,306
Nov 1998	0	0	10.89	2.19	$0
Oct 1998	0	3	12.42	1.97	$6
Sep 1998	0	5	12.59	2.08	$10
Aug 1998	0	84	11.30	1.91	$160
Jul 1998	0	84	11.74	2.24	$188
Jun 1998	0	82	11.24	2.24	$183
May 1998	177	94	12.62	2.21	$2,441
Apr 1998	0	102	13.04	2.51	$256
Mar 1998	0	158	12.80	2.31	$365
Feb 1998	0	122	13.95	2.30	$280
Jan 1998	0	78	14.70	2.15	$168
Dec 1997	94	88	16.32	2.41	$1,746
Nov 1997	0	143	18.19	3.09	$442
Oct 1997	0	235	19.25	3.15	$740
Sep 1997	0	203	17.74	2.95	$600
Aug 1997	0	320	17.86	2.55	$818
Jul 1997	173	450	17.58	2.25	$4,052
Jun 1997	0	491	17.24	2.26	$1,108
May 1997	0	463	18.97	2.31	$1,069
Apr 1997	174	479	17.88	2.08	$4,109
Mar 1997	0	479	18.95	1.94	$929
Feb 1997	0	486	20.49	2.21	$1,072
Jan 1997	0	682	23.48	3.54	$2,414
Dec 1996	0	1,050	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	154	102	21.97	—	$3,383
Oct 1996	0	1,122	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	177	443	22.22	—	$3,933
Aug 1996	173	0	20.26	—	$3,505

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.

Oct 2012 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  116 bbl  × $ 89.38 =    $10,368
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.40 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $10,368

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/27930 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.