WEATHERRED, J. S.

Operated by CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. (P-5 147715) in the TRIPOLI (ELLEN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 5970District 7CField 91392333Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$611 k
Jan 1993 – Jun 2006
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
162
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 5 leases and 8 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1971-07-03
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
1,867 ft
minimum
From a lease line
933 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 160 acres.

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.

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
OilDisposition31,259 bbl$610,848
Casinghead gasProduction21 Mcf$0
Total$610,848

21 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 21 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 (3)

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 31.0615, -102.1358. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.4 miles.

31.06048, -102.13556 · 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%
3 of 3 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
3 of 3 wells
Median depth
8,248 ft
3 wells filed one
Completion to plug
4.3 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
3100.0%
A plug date is filed
3100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
3100.0%
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 8,190 and 8,575 ft, median 8,248 ft, over the 3 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Sep 1983 – Nov 2003
2 of 3 wells; 1 filed none
Plug dates filed
Nov 1989 – May 2006
3 of 3 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 4.3 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 3.4 years and 5.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

3 wells

42-1053027418,248 ftMay 2006Yes
42-1053909748,190 ftNov 2003May 2006Yes
42-1053031428,575 ftSep 1983Nov 1989Yes

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 (162)

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

162 months

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 2004317037.486.49$11,881
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 2004180032.455.51$5,841
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 2003177030.266.30$5,356
Nov 2003177028.804.60$5,098
Oct 2003162028.174.76$4,564
Sep 2003170026.314.75$4,473
Aug 2003337029.765.13$10,029
Jul 2003338029.415.17$9,941
Jun 2003161028.565.98$4,598
May 2003331026.595.97$8,801
Apr 2003327026.675.41$8,721
Mar 2003169031.146.10$5,263
Feb 2003170033.487.93$5,692
Jan 2003341030.315.58$10,336
Dec 2002164026.914.85$4,413
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 2002166026.464.23$4,392
Sep 2002170027.443.64$4,665
Aug 2002164025.963.16$4,257
Jul 2002334024.583.06$8,210
Jun 2002166023.733.34$3,939
May 2002167024.663.58$4,118
Apr 2002164023.653.51$3,879
Mar 2002163022.003.10$3,586
Feb 2002168018.222.38$3,061
Jan 2002334017.172.38$5,735
Dec 2001341016.932.36$5,773
Nov 2001165018.072.41$2,982
Oct 2001331019.782.53$6,547
Sep 2001169024.262.25$4,100
Aug 2001345024.873.05$8,580
Jul 2001339023.933.20$8,112
Jun 2001170024.563.82$4,175
May 20010025.524.31$0
Apr 2001341024.685.34$8,416
Mar 2001169024.545.38$4,147
Feb 2001339027.755.77$9,407
Jan 20010027.478.40$0
Dec 20000026.889.12$0
Nov 20000032.215.66$0
Oct 2000160031.235.15$4,997
Sep 20000031.875.19$0
Aug 20000029.644.54$0
Jul 20000028.534.09$0
Jun 20000029.304.40$0
May 2000170027.263.68$4,634
Apr 2000162024.513.12$3,971
Mar 2000164028.422.86$4,661
Feb 2000325027.622.73$8,977
Jan 200075025.272.48$1,895
Dec 1999166024.282.42$4,030
Nov 1999321023.192.43$7,444
Oct 1999333020.982.80$6,986
Sep 1999319021.752.62$6,938
Aug 1999160019.262.88$3,082
Jul 1999314017.892.37$5,617
Jun 1999321015.942.36$5,117
May 1999160015.792.32$2,526
Apr 1999326015.102.21$4,923
Mar 1999160012.471.84$1,995
Feb 199916009.981.82$1,597
Jan 1999174010.381.90$1,806
Dec 199817009.201.77$1,564
Nov 1998343010.892.19$3,735
Oct 1998339012.421.97$4,210
Sep 1998169012.592.08$2,128
Aug 1998175011.301.91$1,978
Jul 1998170011.742.24$1,996
Jun 1998161011.242.24$1,810
May 1998337012.622.21$4,253
Apr 1998176013.042.51$2,295
Mar 1998182012.802.31$2,330
Feb 1998125013.952.30$1,744
Jan 1998181014.702.15$2,661
Dec 1997188016.322.41$3,068
Nov 1997184018.193.09$3,347
Oct 1997371019.253.15$7,142
Sep 1997181017.742.95$3,211
Aug 1997362017.862.55$6,465
Jul 1997182017.582.25$3,200
Jun 1997365017.242.26$6,293
May 1997370018.972.31$7,019
Apr 1997367017.882.08$6,562
Mar 1997189018.951.94$3,582
Feb 1997368020.492.21$7,540
Jan 19970023.483.54$0
Dec 1996341023.32$7,952
Nov 1996187021.97$4,108
Oct 1996168023.31$3,916
Sep 1996372022.22$8,266
Aug 1996525020.26$10,637
Jul 1996157019.55$3,069
Jun 1996301018.73$5,638
May 1996194019.43$3,769
Apr 1996347021.51$7,464
Mar 1996173019.38$3,353
Feb 1996333016.98$5,654
Jan 1996354017.07$6,043
Dec 1995365017.19$6,274
Nov 1995171016.00$2,736
Oct 1995321015.43$4,953
Sep 1995322016.18$5,210
Aug 1995346015.92$5,508
Jul 1995185015.24$2,819
Jun 1995404016.41$6,630
May 1995377017.56$6,620
Apr 1995196017.73$3,475
Mar 1995196016.44$3,222
Feb 1995388016.58$6,433
Jan 1995374015.92$5,954
Dec 1994274015.03$4,118
Nov 1994187015.90$2,973
Oct 1994132015.58$2,057
Sep 1994132115.29$2,018
Aug 1994231116.13$3,726
Jul 1994227117.56$3,986
Jun 1994203117.09$3,469
May 1994265115.88$4,208
Apr 1994139114.14$1,965
Mar 1994393112.46$4,897
Feb 1994277112.50$3,463
Jan 19940112.66$0
Dec 1993513112.33$6,325
Nov 1993251114.49$3,637
Oct 1993279115.85$4,422
Sep 1993279115.03$4,193
Aug 1993254115.66$3,978
Jul 1993265115.46$4,097
Jun 1993527116.79$8,848
May 1993266117.68$4,703
Apr 1993275118.05$4,964
Mar 1993380118.14$6,893
Feb 1993282117.90$5,048
Jan 1993280116.93$4,740

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 2004 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  317 bbl  × $ 37.48 =    $11,881
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  6.49 =         $0

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Month total                                  $11,881

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/5970 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.