GERSTENBERG "A"

Operated by SOJOURNER DRILLING CORPORATION (P-5 800750) in the WINTERS (CAPPS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 11686District 7CField 98182260Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$253 k
Jan 1993 – Mar 2013
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
243
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead 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 74 leases and 109 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1980-01-01
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 register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

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
NGPA2none

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
OilDisposition12,565 bbl$220,620
Casinghead gasProduction26,422 Mcf$32,366
Total$252,987

15,573 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 31.9273, -99.9252. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles.

31.92735, -99.92523 · 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%
2 of 2 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
2 of 2 wells
Median depth
4,295 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
21.2 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
2100.0%
A plug date is filed
2100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
2100.0%
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

Between 4,080 and 4,510 ft, median 4,295 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Nov 1985 – Sep 1986
2 of 2 wells
Plug dates filed
Oct 2001 – Feb 2013
2 of 2 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 21.2 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 18.2 years and 24.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells

42-3993368724,080 ftSep 1986Oct 2001Yes
42-3993270314,510 ftNov 1985Feb 2013Yes

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 (243)

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

243 months

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 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 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
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 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
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 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 20040042.375.55$0
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 200358633.487.93$1,989
Jan 200308430.315.58$469
Dec 200218114126.914.85$5,555
Nov 2002013224.664.14$546
Oct 200207326.464.23$309
Sep 2002010127.443.64$367
Aug 2002507725.963.16$1,542
Jul 2002011024.583.06$337
Jun 200217010023.733.34$4,368
May 200208924.663.58$319
Apr 200209723.653.51$341
Mar 200206822.003.10$211
Feb 20021757218.222.38$3,360
Jan 200208117.172.38$192
Dec 200105816.932.36$137
Nov 200106018.072.41$144
Oct 20011675319.782.53$3,437
Sep 200107424.262.25$167
Aug 200107124.873.05$217
Jul 200108223.933.20$262
Jun 200109424.563.82$359
May 200116815025.524.31$4,933
Apr 2001013024.685.34$694
Mar 2001013124.545.38$704
Feb 2001010027.755.77$577
Jan 2001011427.478.40$957
Dec 20001718626.889.12$5,381
Nov 2000010432.215.66$588
Oct 2000012731.235.15$653
Sep 200008331.875.19$430
Aug 2000013129.644.54$595
Jul 200016515628.534.09$5,345
Jun 2000014629.304.40$642
May 2000010127.263.68$372
Apr 2000012224.513.12$380
Mar 2000010928.422.86$312
Feb 200017214527.622.73$5,146
Jan 2000013725.272.48$340
Dec 1999010624.282.42$257
Nov 1999014923.192.43$363
Oct 199917312520.982.80$3,980
Sep 1999013121.752.62$343
Aug 1999014219.262.88$408
Jul 1999012417.892.37$294
Jun 1999010815.942.36$255
May 199916711415.792.32$2,902
Apr 1999013515.102.21$298
Mar 1999015012.471.84$276
Feb 1999177929.981.82$1,934
Jan 1999011410.381.90$217
Dec 199801419.201.77$250
Nov 199817815210.892.19$2,271
Oct 1998015212.421.97$299
Sep 199817924612.592.08$2,766
Aug 1998025711.301.91$490
Jul 199817027411.742.24$2,609
Jun 199817027911.242.24$2,535
May 1998030612.622.21$675
Apr 199817124913.042.51$2,854
Mar 19981123212.802.31$677
Feb 199813121213.952.30$2,315
Jan 199812223214.702.15$2,293
Dec 199711719616.322.41$2,382
Nov 199711318018.193.09$2,611
Oct 199711422319.253.15$2,897
Sep 199711721817.742.95$2,720
Aug 199711929817.862.55$2,887
Jul 199711725317.582.25$2,625
Jun 199711826617.242.26$2,635
May 199722323518.972.31$4,773
Apr 199711324017.882.08$2,520
Mar 199710922318.951.94$2,498
Feb 199711524020.492.21$2,886
Jan 199711326023.483.54$3,574
Dec 199611325723.32$2,635
Nov 199622827321.97$5,009
Oct 199611030023.31$2,564
Sep 199610931322.22$2,422
Aug 199610932320.26$2,208
Jul 199621930619.55$4,281
Jun 199611128318.73$2,079
May 199611627319.43$2,254
Apr 199610125721.51$2,173
Mar 199622225719.38$4,302
Feb 199611126216.98$1,885
Jan 199622625117.07$3,858
Dec 199511027317.19$1,891
Nov 199511427916.00$1,824
Oct 199511329215.43$1,744
Sep 199522028916.18$3,560
Aug 199510431615.92$1,656
Jul 199521731715.24$3,307
Jun 199511329316.41$1,854
May 199522430017.56$3,933
Apr 199511330017.73$2,003
Mar 199521829616.44$3,584
Feb 199510826616.58$1,791
Jan 199522428515.92$3,566
Dec 199411329215.03$1,698
Nov 199421429415.90$3,403
Oct 199411333215.58$1,761
Sep 199422134215.29$3,379
Aug 199410939116.13$1,758
Jul 199420440717.56$3,582
Jun 199421741117.09$3,709
May 199410740715.88$1,699
Apr 199418738714.14$2,644
Mar 199421138612.46$2,629
Feb 199421334012.50$2,663
Jan 199410635912.66$1,342
Dec 199320836112.33$2,565
Nov 199321536014.49$3,115
Oct 199319134315.85$3,027
Sep 199310037815.03$1,503
Aug 199318939315.66$2,960
Jul 199318840015.46$2,906
Jun 199315937816.79$2,670
May 199318738917.68$3,306
Apr 199320135018.05$3,628
Mar 199328535818.14$5,170
Feb 199315130817.90$2,703
Jan 199320934616.93$3,538

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.

Feb 2003 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   58 bbl  × $ 33.48 =     $1,942
Casinghead gas         6 Mcf  × $  7.93 =        $48

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Month total                                   $1,989

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/11686 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.