MITCHELL 6

Operated by OXY USA INC. (P-5 630591) in the PAKENHAM (WOLFCAMP) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 156399District 7CField 684608002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$4.3 M
Sep 1995 – Oct 2012
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
206
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, 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 173 leases and 173 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1975-08-01
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,000 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 1996-02-27.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: PER DOCKET 7C-0210603 2/27/96 OPOTIONAL 40 ACRE UNITS ESTABLISHED

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
High Cost Gas111996-01-08133674
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
CondensateDisposition16,360 bbl$314,860
GasProduction1,738,887 Mcf$4,019,152
Total$4,334,012

518,494 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 16 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 30.4615, -102.0586. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.46149, -102.05861 · 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%
1 of 1 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
8,350 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
17.1 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 8,350 ft.

Completions filed
Sep 1995
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Oct 2012
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 17.1 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 17.1 years and 17.1 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-4433058458,350 ftSep 1995Oct 2012Yes

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 (206)

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

206 months

Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
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 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
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 200901054.743.93$39
Apr 20090446.773.59$14
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 20070869.066.39$51
Jul 200702970.906.39$185
Jun 200704262.007.55$317
May 200705758.747.85$447
Apr 200708259.617.81$640
Mar 200705956.927.30$431
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 200603664.397.36$265
Mar 200605856.707.08$411
Feb 200606357.597.75$488
Jan 200608760.598.93$777
Dec 200509554.9413.42$1,274
Nov 2005013554.6910.59$1,429
Oct 2005012258.3413.80$1,683
Sep 200507461.4512.08$894
Aug 2005012261.519.80$1,195
Jul 2005019655.697.84$1,537
Jun 2005025352.337.38$1,867
May 2005030545.226.65$2,029
Apr 200501,57449.207.36$11,585
Mar 200501,75950.377.15$12,585
Feb 2005062145.226.31$3,920
Jan 2005045843.166.32$2,896
Dec 2004051339.866.75$3,463
Nov 2004095845.286.33$6,065
Oct 200402,11749.706.52$13,792
Sep 200402,76843.245.28$14,626
Aug 200402,45542.375.55$13,627
Jul 200403,17238.286.08$19,299
Jun 200403,14436.106.43$20,225
May 200403,78437.486.49$24,575
Apr 200403,88934.475.86$22,784
Mar 200403,68534.365.53$20,379
Feb 200403,76532.455.51$20,744
Jan 200403,78632.036.30$23,850
Dec 200303,13630.266.30$19,762
Nov 200303,53928.804.60$16,262
Oct 200312,54428.174.76$12,137
Sep 200303,98826.314.75$18,940
Aug 200302,81929.765.13$14,461
Jul 200361,11129.415.17$5,921
Jun 2003125,19128.565.98$31,400
May 2003427,15226.595.97$43,833
Apr 200308,21126.675.41$44,399
Mar 2003210,26331.146.10$62,626
Feb 2003709,47533.487.93$77,441
Jan 20031410,45930.315.58$58,807
Dec 2002510,24126.914.85$49,842
Nov 2002510,13124.664.14$42,035
Oct 20021210,24426.464.23$43,641
Sep 2002410,55127.443.64$38,465
Aug 20021110,97825.963.16$35,022
Jul 200210410,92224.583.06$35,997
Jun 20021310,65823.733.34$35,887
May 20021610,99124.663.58$39,786
Apr 20029610,77023.653.51$40,098
Mar 20021811,00622.003.10$34,545
Feb 2002310,00818.222.38$23,830
Jan 20028111,20417.172.38$28,008
Dec 2001511,33916.932.36$26,895
Nov 2001011,10618.072.41$26,716
Oct 200111011,85419.782.53$32,153
Sep 2001611,69424.262.25$26,473
Aug 2001412,58924.873.05$38,536
Jul 2001012,88223.933.20$41,185
Jun 200111212,45224.563.82$50,369
May 20012313,12225.524.31$57,108
Apr 200112512,89624.685.34$71,889
Mar 200113013,18324.545.38$74,068
Feb 20019811,74527.755.77$70,454
Jan 20016412,91827.478.40$110,253
Dec 20001813,25626.889.12$121,412
Nov 200036512,86732.215.66$84,558
Oct 20001614,09231.235.15$73,010
Sep 200019914,30931.875.19$80,556
Aug 20002415,14729.644.54$69,490
Jul 200019014,75528.534.09$65,765
Jun 200019413,00329.304.40$62,862
May 2000814,41927.263.68$53,276
Apr 200020213,93724.513.12$48,379
Mar 200021415,45628.422.86$50,282
Feb 200018814,81127.622.73$45,575
Jan 200019816,07425.272.48$44,875
Dec 199918417,46424.282.42$46,795
Nov 199936815,33223.192.43$45,852
Oct 19992516,40720.982.80$46,525
Sep 199916815,21921.752.62$43,510
Aug 199917416,29819.262.88$50,218
Jul 199916716,39517.892.37$41,883
Jun 199918216,42015.942.36$41,687
May 199917816,79215.792.32$41,785
Apr 199918416,09915.102.21$38,326
Mar 199918216,70112.471.84$32,971
Feb 199918515,1919.981.82$29,460
Jan 199918716,88310.381.90$34,018
Dec 199829817,6259.201.77$33,996
Nov 199817617,27010.892.19$39,664
Oct 19981839,60812.421.97$21,193
Sep 199818017,86812.592.08$39,478
Aug 199817419,20811.301.91$38,603
Jul 199835419,29011.742.24$47,313
Jun 199818318,74911.242.24$44,004
May 1998020,00512.622.21$44,138
Apr 199836418,91013.042.51$52,122
Mar 199836719,50712.802.31$49,748
Feb 199818517,82913.952.30$43,572
Jan 199818320,11014.702.15$46,023
Dec 199718620,41416.322.41$52,256
Nov 199717119,90818.193.09$64,592
Oct 199734320,25119.253.15$70,390
Sep 199718019,11917.742.95$59,688
Aug 199735821,71717.862.55$61,875
Jul 199718120,50217.582.25$49,249
Jun 199717919,88117.242.26$47,961
May 199736620,75818.972.31$54,863
Apr 199736421,28317.882.08$50,836
Mar 199717924,41218.951.94$50,730
Feb 199736921,29620.492.21$54,538
Jan 199718823,88923.483.54$88,974
Dec 199636923,83023.32$8,605
Nov 199636620,34321.97$8,041
Oct 199636426,64823.31$8,485
Sep 199618225,24522.22$4,044
Aug 199636327,39720.26$7,354
Jul 199635327,28719.55$6,901
Jun 199636127,00618.73$6,762
May 199635227,29419.43$6,839
Apr 199635629,43521.51$7,658
Mar 199634532,55919.38$6,686
Feb 199633330,28416.98$5,654
Jan 199651850,52617.07$8,842
Dec 199551053,59617.19$8,767
Nov 199548644,14916.00$7,776
Oct 199517548,24915.43$2,700
Sep 19952424,64616.18$388

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.

May 2009 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 54.74 =         $0
Gas                   10 Mcf  × $  3.93 =        $39

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Month total                                      $39

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/156399 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.