WARD, RIP

Operated by OZARK EXPLORATION, INC. (P-5 630611) in the SAWYER (CANYON) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 160829District 7CField 812673332 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$708 k
Nov 1996 – Mar 2020
Value, last 12 filed months
$61
at the published price for each month
Months reported
281
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 6,629 leases and 6,629 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1967-07-01
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,000 ft
minimum
From a lease line
500 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 2003-06-24.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: FIELD PER ORDER 7C-0234582 6/2403

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 Gas111997-03-07136097
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
CondensateDisposition138 bbl$2,728
GasProduction208,754 Mcf$705,090
Total$707,819

18,230 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 2 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 30.5543, -100.6796. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.55429, -100.67959 · 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
6,413 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
23.3 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 6,413 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1996
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Mar 2020
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 23.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 23.3 years and 23.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-4353463061006,413 ftNov 1996Mar 2020Yes

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 (281)

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

281 months

Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 201902262.632.75$61
Mar 2019010756.803.06$328
Feb 201908350.852.79$232
Jan 2019014446.033.23$465
Dec 2018014346.594.19$599
Nov 2018013852.934.24$585
Oct 2018015661.443.40$530
Sep 2018017859.543.11$553
Aug 2018015559.403.07$475
Jul 2018029965.142.93$877
Jun 2018012260.183.08$375
May 2018013065.382.90$377
Apr 2018012763.842.90$368
Mar 2018016261.222.79$451
Feb 2018012361.782.77$340
Jan 2018011162.874.01$445
Dec 2017014657.272.92$427
Nov 2017012655.423.12$393
Oct 2017013049.292.98$388
Sep 2017017247.523.09$531
Aug 2017013145.373.00$394
Jul 2017013543.873.09$417
Jun 2017015442.493.09$475
May 2017014345.373.26$467
Apr 2017016547.933.21$530
Mar 2017017346.772.98$516
Feb 2017017850.452.95$526
Jan 2017017449.413.42$595
Dec 2016021248.763.72$789
Nov 2016018342.492.64$484
Oct 2016020246.193.09$624
Sep 2016014141.553.10$437
Aug 2016017441.442.92$509
Jul 2016015141.622.92$442
Jun 2016017945.352.69$481
May 2016017642.521.99$350
Apr 2016012236.561.99$243
Mar 2016012833.011.79$230
Feb 2016016326.472.06$336
Jan 2016017027.352.36$402
Dec 2015011132.362.00$222
Nov 201508138.792.17$176
Oct 2015014343.552.43$347
Sep 2015019442.992.76$535
Aug 2015019040.162.87$546
Jul 2015021348.152.95$627
Jun 2015021056.152.88$605
May 2015017955.212.96$529
Apr 2015016649.822.71$449
Mar 2015012942.892.93$379
Feb 2015016744.662.98$497
Jan 2015018143.433.10$561
Dec 2014021854.693.59$783
Nov 2014023570.464.25$999
Oct 2014023078.303.90$897
Sep 2014019886.164.05$801
Aug 2014020689.394.04$831
Jul 2014025896.564.18$1,078
Jun 2014020998.164.74$990
May 2014025194.734.73$1,186
Apr 2014022195.944.81$1,063
Mar 2014020795.895.06$1,047
Feb 2014020197.406.19$1,245
Jan 2014022490.404.86$1,089
Dec 2013021691.824.35$941
Nov 2013021888.853.74$815
Oct 2013026397.423.78$994
Sep 20130275104.113.72$1,022
Aug 20130252104.253.52$888
Jul 20130229102.523.72$851
Jun 2013024194.403.93$948
May 2013023094.834.15$954
Apr 2013023293.964.28$994
Mar 2013016793.623.91$653
Feb 2013015091.233.42$513
Jan 2013023391.603.42$797
Dec 2012021786.773.42$742
Nov 2012025786.953.62$932
Oct 2012020889.383.40$707
Sep 2012020094.672.92$584
Aug 2012019992.662.91$579
Jul 2012020585.133.02$619
Jun 2012019979.822.52$501
May 2012019491.612.49$483
Apr 20120204101.652.00$407
Mar 20120215105.052.22$478
Feb 20120196101.102.57$504
Jan 2012021298.092.73$580
Dec 2011022396.873.24$722
Nov 2011018795.723.31$619
Oct 2011020884.983.65$759
Sep 2011021383.623.99$849
Aug 2011022283.404.15$921
Jul 2011024994.144.52$1,125
Jun 2011029692.904.64$1,373
May 2011032498.134.40$1,427
Apr 20110302105.964.33$1,309
Mar 2011027796.364.06$1,124
Feb 2011028085.644.18$1,170
Jan 2011030186.504.59$1,381
Dec 2010035185.734.35$1,526
Nov 2010035980.843.80$1,363
Oct 2010035078.103.51$1,228
Sep 2010032972.633.98$1,309
Aug 2010033473.684.42$1,476
Jul 2010029572.554.74$1,397
Jun 2010029870.364.91$1,463
May 2010029571.124.24$1,249
Apr 2010037581.694.12$1,546
Mar 2010042178.394.39$1,848
Feb 2010036673.585.44$1,992
Jan 2010034574.365.96$2,058
Dec 2009033271.445.48$1,821
Nov 2009029074.593.75$1,088
Oct 2009031472.544.11$1,291
Sep 2009033265.543.06$1,018
Aug 2009028267.423.22$908
Jul 2009032761.133.46$1,133
Jun 2009033966.163.90$1,320
May 2009041054.743.93$1,610
Apr 2009035646.773.59$1,277
Mar 2009045142.144.06$1,831
Feb 2009036532.814.63$1,691
Jan 2009042535.865.37$2,283
Dec 2008044737.105.98$2,672
Nov 2008046555.496.86$3,190
Oct 2008042075.246.92$2,907
Sep 20080428101.767.88$3,371
Aug 20080432114.228.48$3,665
Jul 20080403131.0811.39$4,590
Jun 20080374131.3313.03$4,874
May 20080459123.1711.57$5,313
Apr 20080419110.3110.45$4,381
Mar 20080474101.909.66$4,581
Feb 2008042992.538.77$3,763
Jan 2008049790.388.21$4,078
Dec 2007050388.337.30$3,673
Nov 2007050691.677.29$3,690
Oct 2007055982.856.92$3,869
Sep 2007053875.846.24$3,359
Aug 2007058769.066.39$3,750
Jul 2007060270.906.39$3,846
Jun 2007058462.007.55$4,408
May 2007056158.747.85$4,402
Apr 2007065059.617.81$5,073
Mar 2007068156.927.30$4,973
Feb 2007070855.108.22$5,817
Jan 2007076950.306.73$5,173
Dec 2006034956.656.92$2,415
Nov 2006021954.207.62$1,668
Oct 2006024054.906.01$1,443
Sep 2006029160.085.04$1,466
Aug 2006029768.717.34$2,180
Jul 2006030469.376.34$1,928
Jun 2006024466.286.38$1,558
May 2006021266.016.42$1,362
Apr 2006031464.397.36$2,311
Mar 2006026956.707.08$1,905
Feb 2006028957.597.75$2,240
Jan 2006032360.598.93$2,885
Dec 2005029254.9413.42$3,917
Nov 2005034554.6910.59$3,653
Oct 2005029358.3413.80$4,042
Sep 2005026761.4512.08$3,225
Aug 2005032061.519.80$3,135
Jul 2005025755.697.84$2,016
Jun 2005020652.337.38$1,520
May 2005034445.226.65$2,288
Apr 2005028449.207.36$2,090
Mar 2005018350.377.15$1,309
Feb 2005017045.226.31$1,073
Jan 2005032843.166.32$2,074
Dec 2004031839.866.75$2,147
Nov 2004024045.286.33$1,519
Oct 2004035449.706.52$2,306
Sep 2004039643.245.28$2,092
Aug 2004041142.375.55$2,281
Jul 2004037538.286.08$2,282
Jun 2004040636.106.43$2,612
May 2004032837.486.49$2,130
Apr 2004034534.475.86$2,021
Mar 2004137234.365.53$2,092
Feb 2004050432.455.51$2,777
Jan 2004250932.036.30$3,271
Dec 2003254430.266.30$3,489
Nov 2003160628.804.60$2,813
Oct 2003165328.174.76$3,136
Sep 2003154126.314.75$2,596
Aug 2003068629.765.13$3,519
Jul 2003051729.415.17$2,673
Jun 2003055528.565.98$3,321
May 2003061026.595.97$3,643
Apr 2003373126.675.41$4,033
Mar 2003373731.146.10$4,586
Feb 2003065733.487.93$5,207
Jan 2003082530.315.58$4,605
Dec 2002065826.914.85$3,194
Nov 2002171924.664.14$2,999
Oct 2002081326.464.23$3,438
Sep 2002080627.443.64$2,930
Aug 2002079025.963.16$2,500
Jul 2002083324.583.06$2,550
Jun 2002076923.733.34$2,567
May 2002092424.663.58$3,312
Apr 2002092023.653.51$3,231
Mar 200211,18522.003.10$3,699
Feb 2002098518.222.38$2,340
Jan 200211,09517.172.38$2,619
Dec 2001190816.932.36$2,164
Nov 2001091318.072.41$2,196
Oct 2001192619.782.53$2,362
Sep 2001175524.262.25$1,724
Aug 2001294724.873.05$2,941
Jul 2001094523.933.20$3,021
Jun 2001091724.563.82$3,507
May 200111,09425.524.31$4,738
Apr 200111,09924.685.34$5,888
Mar 200111,25324.545.38$6,761
Feb 200101,27227.755.77$7,336
Jan 200101,04127.478.40$8,743
Dec 200001,29226.889.12$11,786
Nov 2000181032.215.66$4,615
Oct 200001,07831.235.15$5,547
Sep 2000199931.875.19$5,213
Aug 200001,40529.644.54$6,380
Jul 200001,39528.534.09$5,705
Jun 200011,34929.304.40$5,961
May 2000070727.263.68$2,602
Apr 2000081224.513.12$2,530
Mar 200001,05828.422.86$3,026
Feb 200001,03727.622.73$2,827
Jan 200001,20025.272.48$2,977
Dec 199901,15724.282.42$2,804
Nov 199901,05723.192.43$2,573
Oct 199901,24720.982.80$3,496
Sep 199901,30121.752.62$3,407
Aug 199901,35719.262.88$3,902
Jul 199911,26717.892.37$3,024
Jun 199911,42315.942.36$3,377
May 199901,52615.792.32$3,542
Apr 199911,36815.102.21$3,036
Mar 199901,60912.471.84$2,958
Feb 199901,3989.981.82$2,541
Jan 199901,55210.381.90$2,949
Dec 199801,8629.201.77$3,302
Nov 199801,83410.892.19$4,009
Oct 1998212,02812.421.97$4,254
Sep 199801,94912.592.08$4,059
Aug 199801,95511.301.91$3,729
Jul 199801,79611.742.24$4,018
Jun 199811,88611.242.24$4,231
May 199802,16612.622.21$4,779
Apr 199802,19713.042.51$5,504
Mar 199802,42312.802.31$5,596
Feb 199811,87713.952.30$4,329
Jan 199802,55714.702.15$5,510
Dec 199702,90916.322.41$7,014
Nov 1997172,90918.193.09$9,293
Oct 199703,44419.253.15$10,848
Sep 199703,76517.742.95$11,125
Aug 199704,12717.862.55$10,543
Jul 199704,20317.582.25$9,444
Jun 1997184,23817.242.26$9,876
May 199704,32518.972.31$9,984
Apr 199704,62217.882.08$9,627
Mar 1997265,59318.951.94$11,338
Feb 199706,31120.492.21$13,921
Jan 199708,93723.483.54$31,634
Dec 19961311,72023.32$303
Nov 1996106,51021.97$220

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 2019 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 62.63 =         $0
Gas                   22 Mcf  × $  2.75 =        $61

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Month total                                      $61

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/160829 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.