BALCH

Name: BALCH lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by FORTUNE ENERGY, INC. (P-5 278757) in the VERIBEST (HARKEY) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 145399District 7CField 93573500CondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$352 k

Jan 1993 – Dec 2012

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

240

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The VERIBEST (HARKEY) 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 2 leases and 2 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1964-12-25

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

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “EXEMPT FIELD EFF 10/1/08”

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
Condensate	Disposition	190 bbl	$7,024
Gas	Production	56,575 Mcf	$344,641
Total			$351,665

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 31.4951, -100.3337. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.49513, -100.33365 · 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

5,030 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

23.2 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 5,030 ft.

Completions filed

Oct 1989

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Dec 2012

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 23.2 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 23.2 years and 23.2 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-45131974	2	5,030 ft	Oct 1989	Dec 2012	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 (240)

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

240 months


Dec 2012	0	0	86.77	3.42	$0
Nov 2012	0	0	86.95	3.62	$0
Oct 2012	0	0	89.38	3.40	$0
Sep 2012	0	0	94.67	2.92	$0
Aug 2012	0	0	92.66	2.91	$0
Jul 2012	0	0	85.13	3.02	$0
Jun 2012	0	0	79.82	2.52	$0
May 2012	0	0	91.61	2.49	$0
Apr 2012	0	0	101.65	2.00	$0
Mar 2012	0	0	105.05	2.22	$0
Feb 2012	0	0	101.10	2.57	$0
Jan 2012	0	0	98.09	2.73	$0
Dec 2011	0	0	96.87	3.24	$0
Nov 2011	0	0	95.72	3.31	$0
Oct 2011	0	0	84.98	3.65	$0
Sep 2011	0	0	83.62	3.99	$0
Aug 2011	0	0	83.40	4.15	$0
Jul 2011	0	0	94.14	4.52	$0
Jun 2011	0	0	92.90	4.64	$0
May 2011	0	0	98.13	4.40	$0
Apr 2011	0	0	105.96	4.33	$0
Mar 2011	0	0	96.36	4.06	$0
Feb 2011	0	0	85.64	4.18	$0
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	0	0	74.36	5.96	$0
Dec 2009	0	52	71.44	5.48	$285
Nov 2009	0	30	74.59	3.75	$113
Oct 2009	0	218	72.54	4.11	$896
Sep 2009	0	198	65.54	3.06	$607
Aug 2009	0	81	67.42	3.22	$261
Jul 2009	0	230	61.13	3.46	$797
Jun 2009	0	14	66.16	3.90	$55
May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	0	0	46.77	3.59	$0
Mar 2009	0	0	42.14	4.06	$0
Feb 2009	0	0	32.81	4.63	$0
Jan 2009	0	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	0	0	37.10	5.98	$0
Nov 2008	0	0	55.49	6.86	$0
Oct 2008	0	0	75.24	6.92	$0
Sep 2008	0	0	101.76	7.88	$0
Aug 2008	0	4	114.22	8.48	$34
Jul 2008	0	12	131.08	11.39	$137
Jun 2008	0	66	131.33	13.03	$860
May 2008	0	127	123.17	11.57	$1,470
Apr 2008	0	119	110.31	10.45	$1,244
Mar 2008	0	129	101.90	9.66	$1,247
Feb 2008	0	172	92.53	8.77	$1,509
Jan 2008	0	97	90.38	8.21	$796
Dec 2007	0	111	88.33	7.30	$811
Nov 2007	0	133	91.67	7.29	$970
Oct 2007	0	30	82.85	6.92	$208
Sep 2007	0	137	75.84	6.24	$855
Aug 2007	0	215	69.06	6.39	$1,373
Jul 2007	0	137	70.90	6.39	$875
Jun 2007	0	18	62.00	7.55	$136
May 2007	0	265	58.74	7.85	$2,079
Apr 2007	0	249	59.61	7.81	$1,943
Mar 2007	0	194	56.92	7.30	$1,417
Feb 2007	0	301	55.10	8.22	$2,473
Jan 2007	0	510	50.30	6.73	$3,431
Dec 2006	0	328	56.65	6.92	$2,269
Nov 2006	5	101	54.20	7.62	$1,040
Oct 2006	0	157	54.90	6.01	$944
Sep 2006	0	230	60.08	5.04	$1,159
Aug 2006	0	290	68.71	7.34	$2,129
Jul 2006	0	79	69.37	6.34	$501
Jun 2006	0	108	66.28	6.38	$689
May 2006	0	366	66.01	6.42	$2,352
Apr 2006	6	278	64.39	7.36	$2,433
Mar 2006	0	195	56.70	7.08	$1,381
Feb 2006	10	297	57.59	7.75	$2,878
Jan 2006	0	479	60.59	8.93	$4,279
Dec 2005	0	343	54.94	13.42	$4,601
Nov 2005	5	323	54.69	10.59	$3,694
Oct 2005	2	385	58.34	13.80	$5,428
Sep 2005	0	349	61.45	12.08	$4,216
Aug 2005	0	353	61.51	9.80	$3,458
Jul 2005	0	339	55.69	7.84	$2,659
Jun 2005	0	302	52.33	7.38	$2,229
May 2005	0	303	45.22	6.65	$2,015
Apr 2005	2	421	49.20	7.36	$3,197
Mar 2005	23	588	50.37	7.15	$5,366
Feb 2005	0	329	45.22	6.31	$2,077
Jan 2005	0	563	43.16	6.32	$3,559
Dec 2004	0	288	39.86	6.75	$1,944
Nov 2004	0	299	45.28	6.33	$1,893
Oct 2004	0	415	49.70	6.52	$2,704
Sep 2004	7	433	43.24	5.28	$2,591
Aug 2004	0	589	42.37	5.55	$3,269
Jul 2004	3	630	38.28	6.08	$3,948
Jun 2004	0	118	36.10	6.43	$759
May 2004	0	89	37.48	6.49	$578
Apr 2004	2	603	34.47	5.86	$3,602
Mar 2004	2	711	34.36	5.53	$4,001
Feb 2004	7	688	32.45	5.51	$4,018
Jan 2004	0	895	32.03	6.30	$5,638
Dec 2003	1	790	30.26	6.30	$5,009
Nov 2003	0	957	28.80	4.60	$4,398
Oct 2003	8	1,531	28.17	4.76	$7,512
Sep 2003	0	2,209	26.31	4.75	$10,491
Aug 2003	4	3,499	29.76	5.13	$18,068
Jul 2003	55	4,291	29.41	5.17	$23,806
Jun 2003	0	5,212	28.56	5.98	$31,183
May 2003	0	6,505	26.59	5.97	$38,852
Apr 2003	28	6,710	26.67	5.41	$37,030
Mar 2003	20	7,198	31.14	6.10	$44,502
Feb 2003	0	560	33.48	7.93	$4,438
Jan 2003	0	0	30.31	5.58	$0
Dec 2002	0	0	26.91	4.85	$0
Nov 2002	0	0	24.66	4.14	$0
Oct 2002	0	0	26.46	4.23	$0
Sep 2002	0	0	27.44	3.64	$0
Aug 2002	0	0	25.96	3.16	$0
Jul 2002	0	0	24.58	3.06	$0
Jun 2002	0	0	23.73	3.34	$0
May 2002	0	0	24.66	3.58	$0
Apr 2002	0	0	23.65	3.51	$0
Mar 2002	0	0	22.00	3.10	$0
Feb 2002	0	0	18.22	2.38	$0
Jan 2002	0	0	17.17	2.38	$0
Dec 2001	0	0	16.93	2.36	$0
Nov 2001	0	0	18.07	2.41	$0
Oct 2001	0	0	19.78	2.53	$0
Sep 2001	0	0	24.26	2.25	$0
Aug 2001	0	0	24.87	3.05	$0
Jul 2001	0	0	23.93	3.20	$0
Jun 2001	0	0	24.56	3.82	$0
May 2001	0	0	25.52	4.31	$0
Apr 2001	0	0	24.68	5.34	$0
Mar 2001	0	0	24.54	5.38	$0
Feb 2001	0	0	27.75	5.77	$0
Jan 2001	0	0	27.47	8.40	$0
Dec 2000	0	0	26.88	9.12	$0
Nov 2000	0	0	32.21	5.66	$0
Oct 2000	0	0	31.23	5.15	$0
Sep 2000	0	0	31.87	5.19	$0
Aug 2000	0	0	29.64	4.54	$0
Jul 2000	0	0	28.53	4.09	$0
Jun 2000	0	0	29.30	4.40	$0
May 2000	0	0	27.26	3.68	$0
Apr 2000	0	0	24.51	3.12	$0
Mar 2000	0	0	28.42	2.86	$0
Feb 2000	0	0	27.62	2.73	$0
Jan 2000	0	0	25.27	2.48	$0
Dec 1999	0	0	24.28	2.42	$0
Nov 1999	0	0	23.19	2.43	$0
Oct 1999	0	0	20.98	2.80	$0
Sep 1999	0	0	21.75	2.62	$0
Aug 1999	0	0	19.26	2.88	$0
Jul 1999	0	0	17.89	2.37	$0
Jun 1999	0	0	15.94	2.36	$0
May 1999	0	0	15.79	2.32	$0
Apr 1999	0	0	15.10	2.21	$0
Mar 1999	0	0	12.47	1.84	$0
Feb 1999	0	0	9.98	1.82	$0
Jan 1999	0	0	10.38	1.90	$0
Dec 1998	0	0	9.20	1.77	$0
Nov 1998	0	0	10.89	2.19	$0
Oct 1998	0	0	12.42	1.97	$0
Sep 1998	0	0	12.59	2.08	$0
Aug 1998	0	0	11.30	1.91	$0
Jul 1998	0	0	11.74	2.24	$0
Jun 1998	0	0	11.24	2.24	$0
May 1998	0	0	12.62	2.21	$0
Apr 1998	0	0	13.04	2.51	$0
Mar 1998	0	0	12.80	2.31	$0
Feb 1998	0	0	13.95	2.30	$0
Jan 1998	0	0	14.70	2.15	$0
Dec 1997	0	0	16.32	2.41	$0
Nov 1997	0	0	18.19	3.09	$0
Oct 1997	0	0	19.25	3.15	$0
Sep 1997	0	0	17.74	2.95	$0
Aug 1997	0	0	17.86	2.55	$0
Jul 1997	0	0	17.58	2.25	$0
Jun 1997	0	0	17.24	2.26	$0
May 1997	0	0	18.97	2.31	$0
Apr 1997	0	0	17.88	2.08	$0
Mar 1997	0	0	18.95	1.94	$0
Feb 1997	0	0	20.49	2.21	$0
Jan 1997	0	0	23.48	3.54	$0
Dec 1996	0	0	23.32	—	$0
Nov 1996	0	0	21.97	—	$0
Oct 1996	0	0	23.31	—	$0
Sep 1996	0	0	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	0	0	20.26	—	$0
Jul 1996	0	0	19.55	—	$0
Jun 1996	0	0	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	0	0	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	0	0	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	0	0	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	0	0	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	0	0	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	0	0	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	0	0	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	0	0	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	0	0	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	0	0	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	0	0	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	0	0	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	0	0	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	0	0	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	0	0	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	0	0	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	0	0	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	0	0	15.03	—	$0
Nov 1994	0	0	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	0	0	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	0	0	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	0	0	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	0	0	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	0	0	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	0	0	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	0	0	14.14	—	$0
Mar 1994	0	0	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	0	0	12.50	—	$0
Jan 1994	0	0	12.66	—	$0
Dec 1993	0	0	12.33	—	$0
Nov 1993	0	0	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	0	0	15.85	—	$0
Sep 1993	0	0	15.03	—	$0
Aug 1993	0	0	15.66	—	$0
Jul 1993	0	0	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	0	0	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	0	0	17.68	—	$0
Apr 1993	0	0	18.05	—	$0
Mar 1993	0	0	18.14	—	$0
Feb 1993	0	0	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	0	0	16.93	—	$0

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.

Dec 2009 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 71.44 =         $0
Gas                   52 Mcf  × $  5.48 =       $285

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $285

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. 7C/G/145399 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.