WHITTEN 31

Operated by UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY (P-5 877099) in the CODY BELL (CANYON) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 173594District 7CField 193031802 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.4 M
Jun 1999 – Mar 2015
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
190
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 140 leases and 148 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1967-04-23
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
933 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 2003-10-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: CONTINUED SUSPENSION OF ALLOCATION FORMULA.

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 Gas112004-02-06155099
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
CondensateDisposition960 bbl$33,736
GasProduction495,996 Mcf$2,408,459
Total$2,442,195

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 30.9274, -100.6184. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.92737, -100.61836 · 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
6,484 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
15.7 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 6,484 ft.

Completions filed
Jul 1999
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Mar 2015
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 15.7 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 15.7 years and 15.7 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-4133205816,484 ftJul 1999Mar 2015Yes

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 (190)

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

190 months

Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 201217089.383.40$1,519
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 2012830101.102.57$8,391
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 201101496.364.06$57
Feb 201107385.644.18$305
Jan 201106386.504.59$289
Dec 2010326385.734.35$3,017
Nov 2010014880.843.80$562
Oct 2010016278.103.51$568
Sep 2010012372.633.98$489
Aug 2010017573.684.42$773
Jul 2010019872.554.74$938
Jun 2010020970.364.91$1,026
May 2010028371.124.24$1,199
Apr 2010023681.694.12$973
Mar 2010020478.394.39$895
Feb 2010018673.585.44$1,012
Jan 2010033174.365.96$1,974
Dec 2009056171.445.48$3,076
Nov 2009067874.593.75$2,544
Oct 2009073772.544.11$3,029
Sep 2009077765.543.06$2,381
Aug 2009089767.423.22$2,887
Jul 200901,47461.133.46$5,107
Jun 200901,42166.163.90$5,535
May 200901,90954.743.93$7,494
Apr 200901,40746.773.59$5,048
Mar 200901,54542.144.06$6,271
Feb 200901,50432.814.63$6,968
Jan 2009096035.865.37$5,156
Dec 200801,45237.105.98$8,679
Nov 200801,45955.496.86$10,009
Oct 200801,64875.246.92$11,407
Sep 20080894101.767.88$7,042
Aug 200801,513114.228.48$12,835
Jul 200801,544131.0811.39$17,585
Jun 200801,525131.3313.03$19,875
May 200801,610123.1711.57$18,635
Apr 200801,620110.3110.45$16,937
Mar 200801,658101.909.66$16,023
Feb 200801,56392.538.77$13,708
Jan 200801,20290.388.21$9,863
Dec 200701,29588.337.30$9,456
Nov 200702,03191.677.29$14,809
Oct 200702,11682.856.92$14,647
Sep 200701,37475.846.24$8,579
Aug 2007071769.066.39$4,580
Jul 200701,05970.906.39$6,765
Jun 2007090862.007.55$6,854
May 200701,05658.747.85$8,286
Apr 200701,21959.617.81$9,515
Mar 200701,58656.927.30$11,581
Feb 200701,77255.108.22$14,559
Jan 200701,94850.306.73$13,104
Dec 200602,08056.656.92$14,390
Nov 200601,55054.207.62$11,807
Oct 200602,22454.906.01$13,375
Sep 200602,25260.085.04$11,344
Aug 200602,12368.717.34$15,583
Jul 200602,33469.376.34$14,804
Jun 200601,97666.286.38$12,615
May 200602,27666.016.42$14,623
Apr 200602,31464.397.36$17,032
Mar 200602,36756.707.08$16,765
Feb 200602,26657.597.75$17,564
Jan 200602,61460.598.93$23,352
Dec 200502,60654.9413.42$34,961
Nov 200502,35754.6910.59$24,957
Oct 200502,49058.3413.80$34,351
Sep 200502,35061.4512.08$28,386
Aug 200502,53961.519.80$24,874
Jul 200502,44255.697.84$19,154
Jun 200502,01152.337.38$14,843
May 200502,28045.226.65$15,165
Apr 200502,88149.207.36$21,206
Mar 200502,98050.377.15$21,322
Feb 200502,70545.226.31$17,074
Jan 200502,94743.166.32$18,632
Dec 200403,43439.866.75$23,183
Nov 200403,24945.286.33$20,568
Oct 200403,44149.706.52$22,418
Sep 200402,31043.245.28$12,206
Aug 2004081342.375.55$4,513
Jul 200401,08038.286.08$6,571
Jun 2004052436.106.43$3,371
May 2004077237.486.49$5,014
Apr 2004096734.475.86$5,665
Mar 200401,50034.365.53$8,295
Feb 200401,75932.455.51$9,691
Jan 200403,41332.036.30$21,501
Dec 200303,83930.266.30$24,192
Nov 200303,83428.804.60$17,618
Oct 200303,99528.174.76$19,015
Sep 200303,59526.314.75$17,074
Aug 200303,54929.765.13$18,205
Jul 200303,82129.415.17$19,758
Jun 200303,46928.565.98$20,755
May 200303,88726.595.97$23,216
Apr 200304,10926.675.41$22,219
Mar 200304,00631.146.10$24,421
Feb 200304,00033.487.93$31,704
Jan 200303,98030.315.58$22,217
Dec 200204,45426.914.85$21,619
Nov 200204,70224.664.14$19,452
Oct 200204,49326.464.23$19,001
Sep 200204,81627.443.64$17,507
Aug 200205,87025.963.16$18,574
Jul 200205,29424.583.06$16,209
Jun 200205,39223.733.34$18,000
May 200205,75424.663.58$20,622
Apr 200204,83123.653.51$16,968
Mar 200206,00422.003.10$18,629
Feb 200205,73318.222.38$13,620
Jan 200206,52817.172.38$15,508
Dec 200106,14016.932.36$14,517
Nov 20011757,42318.072.41$21,018
Oct 200107,91619.782.53$20,019
Sep 200105,93124.262.25$13,353
Aug 200107,32224.873.05$22,355
Jul 200108,27723.933.20$26,462
Jun 200107,29224.563.82$27,886
May 200108,24025.524.31$35,492
Apr 200108,33424.685.34$44,465
Mar 200106,64524.545.38$35,726
Feb 200107,05027.755.77$40,658
Jan 20011719,63027.478.40$85,577
Dec 200008,08826.889.12$73,783
Nov 200008,24432.215.66$46,645
Oct 200005,91831.235.15$30,451
Sep 200007,59131.875.19$39,371
Aug 20001568,14329.644.54$41,599
Jul 200008,34928.534.09$34,145
Jun 200009,05129.304.40$39,800
May 200008,97627.263.68$33,029
Apr 200008,12224.513.12$25,308
Mar 20001658,93928.422.86$30,253
Feb 200008,92427.622.73$24,331
Jan 200009,98325.272.48$24,763
Dec 199916110,39924.282.42$29,113
Nov 199909,96423.192.43$24,252
Oct 199909,26020.982.80$25,962
Sep 199909,65921.752.62$25,295
Aug 1999010,79619.262.88$31,045
Jul 1999011,49317.892.37$27,266
Jun 199902,60915.942.36$6,163

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
Condensate            17 bbl  × $ 89.38 =     $1,519
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  3.40 =         $0

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Month total                                   $1,519

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/173594 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.