BIRD, F. A. ESTATE "D"

Name: BIRD, F. A. ESTATE "D" lease production and value, Nov 1995 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by CHARLES A. BIRD, ESTATE (P-5 146548) 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 13947District 7CField 85279200OilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.1 M

Nov 1995 – Feb 2015

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

232

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.”

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	23,596 bbl	$719,755
Casinghead gas	Production	115,330 Mcf	$394,690
Total			$1,114,445

18,367 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 14 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 31.4615, -101.7643. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.5 miles.

31.46147, -101.76426 · 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%

2 of 2 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

2 of 2 wells

Median depth

8,333 ft

2 wells filed one

Completion to plug

29.7 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 8,320 and 8,345 ft, median 8,333 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Dec 1980 – Dec 1984

2 of 2 wells

Plug dates filed

Jul 2012 – Aug 2012

2 of 2 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 29.7 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 28.6 years and 30.7 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells


42-38331726	2	8,345 ft	Dec 1984	Jul 2012	Yes
42-38331727	1	8,320 ft	Dec 1980	Aug 2012	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 (232)

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

232 months


Feb 2015	0	0	44.66	2.98	$0
Jan 2015	0	0	43.43	3.10	$0
Dec 2014	0	0	54.69	3.59	$0
Nov 2014	0	0	70.46	4.25	$0
Oct 2014	0	0	78.30	3.90	$0
Sep 2014	0	0	86.16	4.05	$0
Aug 2014	0	0	89.39	4.04	$0
Jul 2014	0	0	96.56	4.18	$0
Jun 2014	0	0	98.16	4.74	$0
May 2014	0	0	94.73	4.73	$0
Apr 2014	0	0	95.94	4.81	$0
Mar 2014	0	0	95.89	5.06	$0
Feb 2014	0	0	97.40	6.19	$0
Jan 2014	0	0	90.40	4.86	$0
Dec 2013	0	0	91.82	4.35	$0
Nov 2013	0	0	88.85	3.74	$0
Oct 2013	0	0	97.42	3.78	$0
Sep 2013	0	0	104.11	3.72	$0
Aug 2013	0	0	104.25	3.52	$0
Jul 2013	0	0	102.52	3.72	$0
Jun 2013	0	0	94.40	3.93	$0
May 2013	0	0	94.83	4.15	$0
Apr 2013	0	0	93.96	4.28	$0
Mar 2013	0	0	93.62	3.91	$0
Feb 2013	0	0	91.23	3.42	$0
Jan 2013	0	0	91.60	3.42	$0
Dec 2012	0	0	86.77	3.42	$0
Nov 2012	0	0	86.95	3.62	$0
Oct 2012	0	0	89.38	3.40	$0
Sep 2012	0	0	94.67	2.92	$0
Aug 2012	0	0	92.66	2.91	$0
Jul 2012	0	0	85.13	3.02	$0
Jun 2012	0	0	79.82	2.52	$0
May 2012	0	0	91.61	2.49	$0
Apr 2012	0	0	101.65	2.00	$0
Mar 2012	0	0	105.05	2.22	$0
Feb 2012	0	0	101.10	2.57	$0
Jan 2012	0	0	98.09	2.73	$0
Dec 2011	0	0	96.87	3.24	$0
Nov 2011	0	0	95.72	3.31	$0
Oct 2011	0	0	84.98	3.65	$0
Sep 2011	0	0	83.62	3.99	$0
Aug 2011	0	0	83.40	4.15	$0
Jul 2011	0	0	94.14	4.52	$0
Jun 2011	0	0	92.90	4.64	$0
May 2011	0	0	98.13	4.40	$0
Apr 2011	0	0	105.96	4.33	$0
Mar 2011	0	0	96.36	4.06	$0
Feb 2011	0	0	85.64	4.18	$0
Jan 2011	0	0	86.50	4.59	$0
Dec 2010	0	0	85.73	4.35	$0
Nov 2010	0	0	80.84	3.80	$0
Oct 2010	0	0	78.10	3.51	$0
Sep 2010	0	0	72.63	3.98	$0
Aug 2010	0	0	73.68	4.42	$0
Jul 2010	0	0	72.55	4.74	$0
Jun 2010	0	0	70.36	4.91	$0
May 2010	0	0	71.12	4.24	$0
Apr 2010	0	0	81.69	4.12	$0
Mar 2010	0	0	78.39	4.39	$0
Feb 2010	162	25	73.58	5.44	$12,056
Jan 2010	0	14	74.36	5.96	$84
Dec 2009	0	0	71.44	5.48	$0
Nov 2009	0	0	74.59	3.75	$0
Oct 2009	0	0	72.54	4.11	$0
Sep 2009	0	0	65.54	3.06	$0
Aug 2009	0	0	67.42	3.22	$0
Jul 2009	0	0	61.13	3.46	$0
Jun 2009	0	13	66.16	3.90	$51
May 2009	0	20	54.74	3.93	$79
Apr 2009	0	12	46.77	3.59	$43
Mar 2009	0	4	42.14	4.06	$16
Feb 2009	0	0	32.81	4.63	$0
Jan 2009	0	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	0	28	37.10	5.98	$167
Nov 2008	181	40	55.49	6.86	$10,318
Oct 2008	0	16	75.24	6.92	$111
Sep 2008	169	299	101.76	7.88	$19,553
Aug 2008	0	287	114.22	8.48	$2,435
Jul 2008	0	261	131.08	11.39	$2,973
Jun 2008	178	272	131.33	13.03	$26,922
May 2008	0	341	123.17	11.57	$3,947
Apr 2008	179	319	110.31	10.45	$23,081
Mar 2008	181	157	101.90	9.66	$19,961
Feb 2008	0	262	92.53	8.77	$2,298
Jan 2008	182	278	90.38	8.21	$18,730
Dec 2007	0	327	88.33	7.30	$2,388
Nov 2007	181	311	91.67	7.29	$18,860
Oct 2007	0	329	82.85	6.92	$2,277
Sep 2007	177	430	75.84	6.24	$16,109
Aug 2007	167	476	69.06	6.39	$14,574
Jul 2007	0	523	70.90	6.39	$3,341
Jun 2007	151	398	62.00	7.55	$12,366
May 2007	0	243	58.74	7.85	$1,907
Apr 2007	178	389	59.61	7.81	$13,647
Mar 2007	0	424	56.92	7.30	$3,096
Feb 2007	176	382	55.10	8.22	$12,836
Jan 2007	189	394	50.30	6.73	$12,157
Dec 2006	179	367	56.65	6.92	$12,679
Nov 2006	0	457	54.20	7.62	$3,481
Oct 2006	0	362	54.90	6.01	$2,177
Sep 2006	170	192	60.08	5.04	$11,181
Aug 2006	0	0	68.71	7.34	$0
Jul 2006	0	0	69.37	6.34	$0
Jun 2006	0	0	66.28	6.38	$0
May 2006	0	0	66.01	6.42	$0
Apr 2006	0	0	64.39	7.36	$0
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	0	0	57.59	7.75	$0
Jan 2006	0	0	60.59	8.93	$0
Dec 2005	182	108	54.94	13.42	$11,448
Nov 2005	170	418	54.69	10.59	$13,723
Oct 2005	0	505	58.34	13.80	$6,967
Sep 2005	0	202	61.45	12.08	$2,440
Aug 2005	148	279	61.51	9.80	$11,837
Jul 2005	0	307	55.69	7.84	$2,408
Jun 2005	0	41	52.33	7.38	$303
May 2005	0	0	45.22	6.65	$0
Apr 2005	0	0	49.20	7.36	$0
Mar 2005	160	495	50.37	7.15	$11,601
Feb 2005	181	421	45.22	6.31	$10,842
Jan 2005	0	61	43.16	6.32	$386
Dec 2004	0	167	39.86	6.75	$1,127
Nov 2004	156	495	45.28	6.33	$10,197
Oct 2004	0	288	49.70	6.52	$1,876
Sep 2004	0	115	43.24	5.28	$608
Aug 2004	180	570	42.37	5.55	$10,790
Jul 2004	178	690	38.28	6.08	$11,012
Jun 2004	177	590	36.10	6.43	$10,185
May 2004	178	487	37.48	6.49	$9,834
Apr 2004	171	576	34.47	5.86	$9,269
Mar 2004	178	469	34.36	5.53	$8,710
Feb 2004	185	396	32.45	5.51	$8,185
Jan 2004	184	394	32.03	6.30	$8,376
Dec 2003	0	497	30.26	6.30	$3,132
Nov 2003	361	591	28.80	4.60	$13,113
Oct 2003	179	695	28.17	4.76	$8,350
Sep 2003	177	748	26.31	4.75	$8,209
Aug 2003	177	618	29.76	5.13	$8,438
Jul 2003	178	800	29.41	5.17	$9,372
Jun 2003	171	773	28.56	5.98	$9,509
May 2003	180	799	26.59	5.97	$9,558
Apr 2003	176	784	26.67	5.41	$8,933
Mar 2003	179	803	31.14	6.10	$10,469
Feb 2003	179	638	33.48	7.93	$11,050
Jan 2003	179	762	30.31	5.58	$9,679
Dec 2002	177	784	26.91	4.85	$8,568
Nov 2002	175	814	24.66	4.14	$7,683
Oct 2002	180	768	26.46	4.23	$8,011
Sep 2002	176	769	27.44	3.64	$7,625
Aug 2002	177	815	25.96	3.16	$7,174
Jul 2002	177	946	24.58	3.06	$7,247
Jun 2002	167	757	23.73	3.34	$6,490
May 2002	338	913	24.66	3.58	$11,607
Apr 2002	0	383	23.65	3.51	$1,345
Mar 2002	172	668	22.00	3.10	$5,857
Feb 2002	172	702	18.22	2.38	$4,802
Jan 2002	176	869	17.17	2.38	$5,086
Dec 2001	347	871	16.93	2.36	$7,934
Nov 2001	173	878	18.07	2.41	$5,238
Oct 2001	0	836	19.78	2.53	$2,114
Sep 2001	179	556	24.26	2.25	$5,594
Aug 2001	172	930	24.87	3.05	$7,117
Jul 2001	171	1,010	23.93	3.20	$7,321
Jun 2001	352	1,042	24.56	3.82	$12,630
May 2001	0	875	25.52	4.31	$3,769
Apr 2001	177	950	24.68	5.34	$9,437
Mar 2001	175	784	24.54	5.38	$8,510
Feb 2001	169	619	27.75	5.77	$8,260
Jan 2001	180	932	27.47	8.40	$12,772
Dec 2000	371	900	26.88	9.12	$18,183
Nov 2000	180	893	32.21	5.66	$10,850
Oct 2000	182	901	31.23	5.15	$10,320
Sep 2000	179	938	31.87	5.19	$10,570
Aug 2000	183	1,023	29.64	4.54	$10,069
Jul 2000	184	980	28.53	4.09	$9,257
Jun 2000	182	964	29.30	4.40	$9,572
May 2000	184	1,036	27.26	3.68	$8,828
Apr 2000	180	1,057	24.51	3.12	$7,705
Mar 2000	182	1,557	28.42	2.86	$9,625
Feb 2000	357	991	27.62	2.73	$12,562
Jan 2000	173	1,265	25.27	2.48	$7,510
Dec 1999	190	816	24.28	2.42	$6,591
Nov 1999	183	1,016	23.19	2.43	$6,717
Oct 1999	184	1,132	20.98	2.80	$7,034
Sep 1999	182	1,274	21.75	2.62	$7,295
Aug 1999	182	631	19.26	2.88	$5,320
Jul 1999	175	1,391	17.89	2.37	$6,431
Jun 1999	180	1,323	15.94	2.36	$5,994
May 1999	183	1,069	15.79	2.32	$5,371
Apr 1999	186	1,434	15.10	2.21	$5,975
Mar 1999	185	1,644	12.47	1.84	$5,329
Feb 1999	152	1,308	9.98	1.82	$3,895
Jan 1999	172	1,441	10.38	1.90	$4,523
Dec 1998	185	972	9.20	1.77	$3,426
Nov 1998	185	719	10.89	2.19	$3,586
Oct 1998	175	779	12.42	1.97	$3,708
Sep 1998	0	710	12.59	2.08	$1,479
Aug 1998	180	646	11.30	1.91	$3,266
Jul 1998	0	777	11.74	2.24	$1,738
Jun 1998	178	741	11.24	2.24	$3,659
May 1998	176	1,461	12.62	2.21	$5,445
Apr 1998	185	1,086	13.04	2.51	$5,133
Mar 1998	186	1,287	12.80	2.31	$5,353
Feb 1998	184	1,002	13.95	2.30	$4,871
Jan 1998	172	1,113	14.70	2.15	$4,927
Dec 1997	183	974	16.32	2.41	$5,335
Nov 1997	177	1,072	18.19	3.09	$6,530
Oct 1997	364	767	19.25	3.15	$9,423
Sep 1997	0	1,485	17.74	2.95	$4,388
Aug 1997	179	1,384	17.86	2.55	$6,733
Jul 1997	381	959	17.58	2.25	$8,853
Jun 1997	182	1,520	17.24	2.26	$6,569
May 1997	0	1,095	18.97	2.31	$2,528
Apr 1997	178	1,439	17.88	2.08	$6,180
Mar 1997	187	945	18.95	1.94	$5,376
Feb 1997	185	990	20.49	2.21	$5,974
Jan 1997	377	1,351	23.48	3.54	$13,634
Dec 1996	187	1,412	23.32	—	$4,361
Nov 1996	182	1,129	21.97	—	$3,999
Oct 1996	183	1,421	23.31	—	$4,266
Sep 1996	182	1,249	22.22	—	$4,044
Aug 1996	178	1,644	20.26	—	$3,606
Jul 1996	179	1,501	19.55	—	$3,499
Jun 1996	370	1,258	18.73	—	$6,930
May 1996	180	1,468	19.43	—	$3,497
Apr 1996	188	1,323	21.51	—	$4,044
Mar 1996	186	1,180	19.38	—	$3,605
Feb 1996	185	1,174	16.98	—	$3,141
Jan 1996	184	1,335	17.07	—	$3,141
Dec 1995	197	1,232	17.19	—	$3,386
Nov 1995	579	1,041	16.00	—	$9,264

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 2010 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  162 bbl  × $ 73.58 =    $11,920
Casinghead gas        25 Mcf  × $  5.44 =       $136

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Month total                                  $12,056

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/13947 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.