THORNBURG "A"

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

Operated by ARIES OPERATING, LP (P-5 30128) in the CAMAR, SW. (STRAWN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 11655District 7CField 14988250NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$939 k

Jan 1993 – Feb 2005

Value, last 12 filed months

$81 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

146

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The CAMAR, SW. (STRAWN) 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 26 leases and 63 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1959-10-06

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and gas

the register's own label

Between wells

1,200 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 1983-06-27.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “OIL RULES ADDED TO GAS 1/24/95”

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.

Programme	Filings	With an approval date	Dated	Docket
NGPA	2	none	—	—

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	37,093 bbl	$747,075
Casinghead gas	Production	120,221 Mcf	$192,205
Total			$939,280

63,417 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 (2)

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 30.8858, -100.2012. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.2 miles.

30.88581, -100.20123 · 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

0.0%

0 of 2 wells

With a plug date

0.0%

0 of 2 wells

Median depth

4,425 ft

2 wells filed one

Completion to plug

—

no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

00.0%

A plug date is filed

00.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

00.0%

NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.

2100.0%

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

Between 4,400 and 4,450 ft, median 4,425 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Feb 1986 – Jan 2005

2 of 2 wells

2 wells


42-41331576	1	4,450 ft	Jan 2005	—	—
42-41331588	2	4,400 ft	Feb 1986	—	—

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 (146)

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

146 months


Feb 2005	0	0	45.22	6.31	$0
Jan 2005	0	0	43.16	6.32	$0
Dec 2004	0	0	39.86	6.75	$0
Nov 2004	0	0	45.28	6.33	$0
Oct 2004	0	0	49.70	6.52	$0
Sep 2004	585	0	43.24	5.28	$25,295
Aug 2004	0	0	42.37	5.55	$0
Jul 2004	185	0	38.28	6.08	$7,082
Jun 2004	175	342	36.10	6.43	$8,518
May 2004	353	330	37.48	6.49	$15,374
Apr 2004	347	496	34.47	5.86	$14,867
Mar 2004	187	572	34.36	5.53	$9,589
Feb 2004	184	486	32.45	5.51	$8,648
Jan 2004	356	518	32.03	6.30	$14,666
Dec 2003	183	567	30.26	6.30	$9,111
Nov 2003	353	480	28.80	4.60	$12,372
Oct 2003	0	533	28.17	4.76	$2,537
Sep 2003	361	566	26.31	4.75	$12,186
Aug 2003	185	590	29.76	5.13	$8,532
Jul 2003	179	662	29.41	5.17	$8,687
Jun 2003	191	677	28.56	5.98	$9,505
May 2003	188	780	26.59	5.97	$9,658
Apr 2003	190	0	26.67	5.41	$5,067
Mar 2003	178	267	31.14	6.10	$7,171
Feb 2003	139	357	33.48	7.93	$7,483
Jan 2003	178	378	30.31	5.58	$7,505
Dec 2002	183	426	26.91	4.85	$6,992
Nov 2002	0	467	24.66	4.14	$1,932
Oct 2002	168	701	26.46	4.23	$7,410
Sep 2002	320	320	27.44	3.64	$9,944
Aug 2002	157	260	25.96	3.16	$4,898
Jul 2002	0	275	24.58	3.06	$842
Jun 2002	177	303	23.73	3.34	$5,212
May 2002	174	426	24.66	3.58	$5,818
Apr 2002	162	422	23.65	3.51	$5,314
Mar 2002	176	517	22.00	3.10	$5,476
Feb 2002	0	400	18.22	2.38	$950
Jan 2002	172	499	17.17	2.38	$4,139
Dec 2001	171	545	16.93	2.36	$4,184
Nov 2001	182	581	18.07	2.41	$4,686
Oct 2001	181	491	19.78	2.53	$4,822
Sep 2001	168	351	24.26	2.25	$4,866
Aug 2001	180	608	24.87	3.05	$6,333
Jul 2001	0	606	23.93	3.20	$1,937
Jun 2001	322	279	24.56	3.82	$8,975
May 2001	0	617	25.52	4.31	$2,658
Apr 2001	334	476	24.68	5.34	$10,783
Mar 2001	179	469	24.54	5.38	$6,914
Feb 2001	171	578	27.75	5.77	$8,079
Jan 2001	181	358	27.47	8.40	$7,979
Dec 2000	177	556	26.88	9.12	$9,830
Nov 2000	164	532	32.21	5.66	$8,293
Oct 2000	165	590	31.23	5.15	$8,189
Sep 2000	326	565	31.87	5.19	$13,320
Aug 2000	0	236	29.64	4.54	$1,072
Jul 2000	164	558	28.53	4.09	$6,961
Jun 2000	161	625	29.30	4.40	$7,466
May 2000	164	613	27.26	3.68	$6,726
Apr 2000	172	708	24.51	3.12	$6,422
Mar 2000	363	809	28.42	2.86	$12,630
Feb 2000	357	629	27.62	2.73	$11,575
Jan 2000	0	700	25.27	2.48	$1,736
Dec 1999	180	634	24.28	2.42	$5,907
Nov 1999	159	685	23.19	2.43	$5,354
Oct 1999	330	693	20.98	2.80	$8,866
Sep 1999	168	799	21.75	2.62	$5,746
Aug 1999	162	822	19.26	2.88	$5,484
Jul 1999	167	853	17.89	2.37	$5,011
Jun 1999	334	820	15.94	2.36	$7,261
May 1999	339	896	15.79	2.32	$7,432
Apr 1999	155	656	15.10	2.21	$3,789
Mar 1999	0	554	12.47	1.84	$1,018
Feb 1999	344	551	9.98	1.82	$4,435
Jan 1999	0	631	10.38	1.90	$1,199
Dec 1998	166	715	9.20	1.77	$2,795
Nov 1998	174	770	10.89	2.19	$3,578
Oct 1998	171	843	12.42	1.97	$3,784
Sep 1998	510	838	12.59	2.08	$8,166
Aug 1998	0	522	11.30	1.91	$996
Jul 1998	174	1,039	11.74	2.24	$4,367
Jun 1998	357	1,013	11.24	2.24	$6,279
May 1998	169	1,041	12.62	2.21	$4,430
Apr 1998	296	1,169	13.04	2.51	$6,789
Mar 1998	338	1,050	12.80	2.31	$6,751
Feb 1998	515	952	13.95	2.30	$9,373
Jan 1998	164	1,002	14.70	2.15	$4,570
Dec 1997	167	827	16.32	2.41	$4,719
Nov 1997	171	798	18.19	3.09	$5,575
Oct 1997	344	842	19.25	3.15	$9,274
Sep 1997	165	1,079	17.74	2.95	$6,115
Aug 1997	337	1,126	17.86	2.55	$8,895
Jul 1997	173	1,160	17.58	2.25	$5,648
Jun 1997	161	560	17.24	2.26	$4,040
May 1997	347	889	18.97	2.31	$8,635
Apr 1997	171	1,021	17.88	2.08	$5,184
Mar 1997	171	533	18.95	1.94	$4,274
Feb 1997	337	793	20.49	2.21	$8,654
Jan 1997	341	931	23.48	3.54	$11,302
Dec 1996	163	899	23.32	—	$3,801
Nov 1996	168	926	21.97	—	$3,691
Oct 1996	520	1,105	23.31	—	$12,121
Sep 1996	177	1,062	22.22	—	$3,933
Aug 1996	331	1,155	20.26	—	$6,706
Jul 1996	515	1,255	19.55	—	$10,068
Jun 1996	518	1,478	18.73	—	$9,702
May 1996	0	994	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	344	1,254	21.51	—	$7,399
Mar 1996	522	1,136	19.38	—	$10,116
Feb 1996	168	1,197	16.98	—	$2,853
Jan 1996	516	1,282	17.07	—	$8,808
Dec 1995	343	1,485	17.19	—	$5,896
Nov 1995	339	908	16.00	—	$5,424
Oct 1995	504	1,076	15.43	—	$7,777
Sep 1995	168	1,206	16.18	—	$2,718
Aug 1995	333	1,217	15.92	—	$5,301
Jul 1995	334	1,314	15.24	—	$5,090
Jun 1995	500	1,340	16.41	—	$8,205
May 1995	152	1,191	17.56	—	$2,669
Apr 1995	482	1,286	17.73	—	$8,546
Mar 1995	332	1,243	16.44	—	$5,458
Feb 1995	339	1,235	16.58	—	$5,621
Jan 1995	510	1,357	15.92	—	$8,119
Dec 1994	339	1,497	15.03	—	$5,095
Nov 1994	341	1,275	15.90	—	$5,422
Oct 1994	504	1,437	15.58	—	$7,852
Sep 1994	336	1,309	15.29	—	$5,137
Aug 1994	486	1,502	16.13	—	$7,839
Jul 1994	333	1,539	17.56	—	$5,847
Jun 1994	504	1,455	17.09	—	$8,613
May 1994	338	1,490	15.88	—	$5,367
Apr 1994	509	1,508	14.14	—	$7,197
Mar 1994	365	1,563	12.46	—	$4,548
Feb 1994	504	1,281	12.50	—	$6,300
Jan 1994	513	1,592	12.66	—	$6,495
Dec 1993	453	1,613	12.33	—	$5,585
Nov 1993	101	1,058	14.49	—	$1,463
Oct 1993	263	965	15.85	—	$4,169
Sep 1993	443	1,295	15.03	—	$6,658
Aug 1993	441	1,509	15.66	—	$6,906
Jul 1993	440	1,742	15.46	—	$6,802
Jun 1993	270	1,545	16.79	—	$4,533
May 1993	605	1,492	17.68	—	$10,696
Apr 1993	284	1,536	18.05	—	$5,126
Mar 1993	457	1,675	18.14	—	$8,290
Feb 1993	452	1,303	17.90	—	$8,091
Jan 1993	609	1,635	16.93	—	$10,310

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.

Sep 2004 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  585 bbl  × $ 43.24 =    $25,295
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  5.28 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $25,295

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/O/11655 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.