SAU MARINER 1-4

Name: SAU MARINER 1-4 lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by MARINER ENERGY, INC. (P-5 526155) in the SPRABERRY (TREND AREA) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 13003District 7CField 85279200NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.0 M

Jan 1993 – Oct 2005

Value, last 12 filed months

$81 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

154

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The SPRABERRY (TREND AREA) 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 7,461 leases and 22,481 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1904-12-31

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and gas

the register's own label

Between wells

0 ft

minimum

From a lease line

330 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2016-03-08.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “AREA) 85279200.”

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	27,710 bbl	$573,538
Casinghead gas	Production	196,968 Mcf	$452,070
Total			$1,025,609

81,356 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 (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 31.4447, -101.6627. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.44469, -101.66268 · 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

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

Median depth

8,065 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

4.6 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 8,065 ft.

Completions filed

May 2017

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Dec 2021

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 4.6 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 4.6 years and 4.6 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-38334084	4	8,065 ft	May 2017	Dec 2021	Yes

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 (154)

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

154 months


Oct 2005	0	0	58.34	13.80	$0
Sep 2005	0	0	61.45	12.08	$0
Aug 2005	0	0	61.51	9.80	$0
Jul 2005	0	0	55.69	7.84	$0
Jun 2005	0	0	52.33	7.38	$0
May 2005	219	931	45.22	6.65	$16,095
Apr 2005	167	927	49.20	7.36	$15,040
Mar 2005	0	923	50.37	7.15	$6,604
Feb 2005	175	780	45.22	6.31	$12,837
Jan 2005	170	855	43.16	6.32	$12,743
Dec 2004	0	823	39.86	6.75	$5,556
Nov 2004	158	844	45.28	6.33	$12,497
Oct 2004	161	870	49.70	6.52	$13,670
Sep 2004	151	928	43.24	5.28	$11,433
Aug 2004	0	985	42.37	5.55	$5,467
Jul 2004	178	1,049	38.28	6.08	$13,196
Jun 2004	179	1,051	36.10	6.43	$13,223
May 2004	0	1,109	37.48	6.49	$7,202
Apr 2004	182	1,091	34.47	5.86	$12,665
Mar 2004	181	1,124	34.36	5.53	$12,435
Feb 2004	0	1,050	32.45	5.51	$5,785
Jan 2004	183	1,099	32.03	6.30	$12,785
Dec 2003	183	1,103	30.26	6.30	$12,488
Nov 2003	179	1,071	28.80	4.60	$10,077
Oct 2003	0	1,114	28.17	4.76	$5,302
Sep 2003	188	1,097	26.31	4.75	$10,156
Aug 2003	170	1,137	29.76	5.13	$10,892
Jul 2003	0	1,013	29.41	5.17	$5,238
Jun 2003	177	890	28.56	5.98	$10,380
May 2003	0	1,131	26.59	5.97	$6,755
Apr 2003	177	1,110	26.67	5.41	$10,723
Mar 2003	181	1,101	31.14	6.10	$12,348
Feb 2003	185	990	33.48	7.93	$14,040
Jan 2003	0	1,115	30.31	5.58	$6,224
Dec 2002	185	1,113	26.91	4.85	$10,381
Nov 2002	183	1,117	24.66	4.14	$9,134
Oct 2002	182	1,169	26.46	4.23	$9,760
Sep 2002	0	1,103	27.44	3.64	$4,010
Aug 2002	182	1,124	25.96	3.16	$8,281
Jul 2002	0	1,095	24.58	3.06	$3,353
Jun 2002	186	1,008	23.73	3.34	$7,779
May 2002	182	1,204	24.66	3.58	$8,803
Apr 2002	183	1,143	23.65	3.51	$8,343
Mar 2002	0	1,197	22.00	3.10	$3,714
Feb 2002	182	1,102	18.22	2.38	$5,934
Jan 2002	184	1,174	17.17	2.38	$5,948
Dec 2001	188	1,206	16.93	2.36	$6,034
Nov 2001	0	1,108	18.07	2.41	$2,665
Oct 2001	182	1,225	19.78	2.53	$6,698
Sep 2001	183	1,238	24.26	2.25	$7,227
Aug 2001	0	1,303	24.87	3.05	$3,978
Jul 2001	172	1,338	23.93	3.20	$8,394
Jun 2001	185	1,312	24.56	3.82	$9,561
May 2001	189	1,318	25.52	4.31	$10,500
Apr 2001	193	1,303	24.68	5.34	$11,715
Mar 2001	0	1,291	24.54	5.38	$6,941
Feb 2001	190	1,184	27.75	5.77	$12,101
Jan 2001	194	1,319	27.47	8.40	$16,407
Dec 2000	0	1,326	26.88	9.12	$12,096
Nov 2000	189	1,332	32.21	5.66	$13,624
Oct 2000	187	1,327	31.23	5.15	$12,668
Sep 2000	177	1,341	31.87	5.19	$12,596
Aug 2000	183	1,397	29.64	4.54	$11,768
Jul 2000	0	1,429	28.53	4.09	$5,844
Jun 2000	180	1,419	29.30	4.40	$11,514
May 2000	186	1,436	27.26	3.68	$10,354
Apr 2000	187	1,349	24.51	3.12	$8,787
Mar 2000	184	1,353	28.42	2.86	$9,099
Feb 2000	186	1,313	27.62	2.73	$8,717
Jan 2000	184	1,412	25.27	2.48	$8,152
Dec 1999	186	1,338	24.28	2.42	$7,759
Nov 1999	186	1,315	23.19	2.43	$7,514
Oct 1999	0	1,353	20.98	2.80	$3,793
Sep 1999	361	1,391	21.75	2.62	$11,495
Aug 1999	179	1,429	19.26	2.88	$7,557
Jul 1999	183	1,564	17.89	2.37	$6,984
Jun 1999	184	1,296	15.94	2.36	$5,994
May 1999	176	1,297	15.79	2.32	$5,789
Apr 1999	360	1,383	15.10	2.21	$8,490
Mar 1999	0	1,337	12.47	1.84	$2,458
Feb 1999	179	605	9.98	1.82	$2,886
Jan 1999	185	1,085	10.38	1.90	$3,982
Dec 1998	182	1,298	9.20	1.77	$3,976
Nov 1998	368	1,556	10.89	2.19	$7,409
Oct 1998	187	1,556	12.42	1.97	$5,387
Sep 1998	367	1,497	12.59	2.08	$7,738
Aug 1998	0	1,092	11.30	1.91	$2,083
Jul 1998	181	1,080	11.74	2.24	$4,541
Jun 1998	179	1,097	11.24	2.24	$4,466
May 1998	180	1,130	12.62	2.21	$4,765
Apr 1998	174	1,014	13.04	2.51	$4,809
Mar 1998	0	1,028	12.80	2.31	$2,374
Feb 1998	180	927	13.95	2.30	$4,642
Jan 1998	0	913	14.70	2.15	$1,967
Dec 1997	173	998	16.32	2.41	$5,230
Nov 1997	170	669	18.19	3.09	$5,158
Oct 1997	173	947	19.25	3.15	$6,313
Sep 1997	172	662	17.74	2.95	$5,007
Aug 1997	0	960	17.86	2.55	$2,453
Jul 1997	184	987	17.58	2.25	$5,452
Jun 1997	170	1,031	17.24	2.26	$5,258
May 1997	174	1,166	18.97	2.31	$5,992
Apr 1997	181	1,008	17.88	2.08	$5,336
Mar 1997	360	1,101	18.95	1.94	$8,957
Feb 1997	0	1,018	20.49	2.21	$2,246
Jan 1997	184	1,045	23.48	3.54	$8,019
Dec 1996	174	1,244	23.32	—	$4,058
Nov 1996	175	1,223	21.97	—	$3,845
Oct 1996	176	1,184	23.31	—	$4,103
Sep 1996	177	1,132	22.22	—	$3,933
Aug 1996	175	1,167	20.26	—	$3,546
Jul 1996	181	1,301	19.55	—	$3,539
Jun 1996	178	1,144	18.73	—	$3,334
May 1996	180	1,276	19.43	—	$3,497
Apr 1996	182	1,383	21.51	—	$3,915
Mar 1996	166	1,367	19.38	—	$3,217
Feb 1996	179	1,412	16.98	—	$3,039
Jan 1996	174	1,378	17.07	—	$2,970
Dec 1995	177	1,343	17.19	—	$3,043
Nov 1995	172	1,389	16.00	—	$2,752
Oct 1995	173	1,406	15.43	—	$2,669
Sep 1995	183	1,438	16.18	—	$2,961
Aug 1995	355	1,475	15.92	—	$5,652
Jul 1995	175	1,468	15.24	—	$2,667
Jun 1995	173	1,464	16.41	—	$2,839
May 1995	167	1,405	17.56	—	$2,933
Apr 1995	367	1,522	17.73	—	$6,507
Mar 1995	175	1,444	16.44	—	$2,877
Feb 1995	188	1,475	16.58	—	$3,117
Jan 1995	187	1,621	15.92	—	$2,977
Dec 1994	368	1,644	15.03	—	$5,531
Nov 1994	358	1,646	15.90	—	$5,692
Oct 1994	179	1,608	15.58	—	$2,789
Sep 1994	189	1,796	15.29	—	$2,890
Aug 1994	356	1,821	16.13	—	$5,742
Jul 1994	172	1,579	17.56	—	$3,020
Jun 1994	347	1,817	17.09	—	$5,930
May 1994	175	1,898	15.88	—	$2,779
Apr 1994	363	1,991	14.14	—	$5,133
Mar 1994	352	1,769	12.46	—	$4,386
Feb 1994	348	1,990	12.50	—	$4,350
Jan 1994	172	2,081	12.66	—	$2,178
Dec 1993	360	1,975	12.33	—	$4,439
Nov 1993	353	2,158	14.49	—	$5,115
Oct 1993	354	2,216	15.85	—	$5,611
Sep 1993	344	1,789	15.03	—	$5,170
Aug 1993	341	2,213	15.66	—	$5,340
Jul 1993	341	2,264	15.46	—	$5,272
Jun 1993	345	2,292	16.79	—	$5,793
May 1993	521	2,482	17.68	—	$9,211
Apr 1993	512	2,430	18.05	—	$9,242
Mar 1993	346	2,331	18.14	—	$6,276
Feb 1993	532	1,947	17.90	—	$9,523
Jan 1993	543	2,958	16.93	—	$9,193

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 2005 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  219 bbl  × $ 45.22 =     $9,903
Casinghead gas       931 Mcf  × $  6.65 =     $6,192

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Month total                                  $16,095

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/13003 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.