JONES, JOHN G. "817"

Operated by R & D OPERATING, INC. (P-5 685874) in the HEART OF TEXAS (MARBLE FALLS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 6858District 7CField 40043200OilCasinghead gasSave
Value, all time
$128 k
Jan 1993 – Jun 2011
Value, last 12 filed months
$9 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
222
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead gas

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
OilDisposition465 bbl$15,927
Casinghead gasProduction31,659 Mcf$111,943
Total$127,870

24 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 19 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 (9)

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 31.4209, -99.2248. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.5 miles.

31.42093, -99.22352 · 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%
9 of 9 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
9 of 9 wells
Median depth
876 ft
9 wells filed one
Completion to plug
11.5 years
median over 5 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
9100.0%
A plug date is filed
9100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
9100.0%
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

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10k
12k
15k
20k+

Total depth in feet, 9 of 9 wells. Median 876 ft, with the middle half between 862 and 920 ft; the shallowest is 856 ft and the deepest 927 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

70s
80s
90s

Last completion by decade, 5 of 9 wells, Aug 1976 – Sep 1997. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Aug 1976 – Sep 1997
5 of 9 wells; 4 filed none
Plug dates filed
Jun 1979 – Mar 2009
9 of 9 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 11.5 years across the 5 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 7.5 years and 27.6 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

9 wells

42-30730111220862 ftJun 1979Yes
42-307301552860 ftFeb 1984Yes
42-307303896927 ftMar 2009Yes
42-307303925920 ftFeb 1984Yes
42-307301101856 ftSep 1997Mar 2009Yes
42-307304567918 ftAug 1981Mar 2009Yes
42-307304058924 ftMay 1978Mar 2009Yes
42-307301564876 ftAug 1976Feb 1984Yes
42-307301573867 ftAug 1976Feb 1984Yes

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 (222)

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

222 months

Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 2011850105.964.33$9,007
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 20041541034.365.53$2,783
Feb 2004040032.455.51$2,204
Jan 20041033032.036.30$2,399
Dec 2003025030.266.30$1,575
Nov 2003030528.804.60$1,402
Oct 2003029028.174.76$1,380
Sep 2003030726.314.75$1,458
Aug 2003030429.765.13$1,559
Jul 2003029029.415.17$1,500
Jun 2003032528.565.98$1,944
May 2003027026.595.97$1,613
Apr 2003027126.675.41$1,465
Mar 2003026531.146.10$1,615
Feb 2003021833.487.93$1,728
Jan 2003026530.315.58$1,479
Dec 2002022526.914.85$1,092
Nov 2002032124.664.14$1,328
Oct 2002015026.464.23$634
Sep 2002037027.443.64$1,345
Aug 2002040925.963.16$1,294
Jul 2002027224.583.06$833
Jun 2002019023.733.34$634
May 2002018024.663.58$645
Apr 2002020023.653.51$702
Mar 2002046922.003.10$1,455
Feb 2002045718.222.38$1,086
Jan 2002042317.172.38$1,005
Dec 2001035916.932.36$849
Nov 2001037718.072.41$907
Oct 2001039419.782.53$996
Sep 2001036124.262.25$813
Aug 2001037124.873.05$1,133
Jul 2001038123.933.20$1,218
Jun 2001037124.563.82$1,419
May 2001043625.524.31$1,878
Apr 2001041524.685.34$2,214
Mar 2001053024.545.38$2,850
Feb 2001037327.755.77$2,151
Jan 2001046427.478.40$3,897
Dec 2000035126.889.12$3,202
Nov 2000043932.215.66$2,484
Oct 2000050131.235.15$2,578
Sep 2000041931.875.19$2,173
Aug 2000057129.644.54$2,593
Jul 20001851228.534.09$2,607
Jun 2000055229.304.40$2,427
May 20001059027.263.68$2,444
Apr 2000058324.513.12$1,817
Mar 20001263728.422.86$2,163
Feb 2000555827.622.73$1,659
Jan 2000054225.272.48$1,344
Dec 1999046124.282.42$1,117
Nov 19991049723.192.43$1,442
Oct 1999056320.982.80$1,578
Sep 1999042821.752.62$1,121
Aug 1999045519.262.88$1,308
Jul 19991644217.892.37$1,335
Jun 19992049515.942.36$1,488
May 1999060115.792.32$1,395
Apr 1999047415.102.21$1,047
Mar 1999050612.471.84$930
Feb 199904009.981.82$727
Jan 1999043510.381.90$826
Dec 199805109.201.77$904
Nov 1998046010.892.19$1,005
Oct 1998045312.421.97$892
Sep 1998046612.592.08$971
Aug 1998057811.301.91$1,102
Jul 19981858411.742.24$1,518
Jun 1998057911.242.24$1,295
May 1998069012.622.21$1,522
Apr 1998058513.042.51$1,466
Mar 1998049112.802.31$1,134
Feb 1998046313.952.30$1,065
Jan 1998027614.702.15$595
Dec 199713126516.322.41$2,777
Nov 1997022518.193.09$695
Oct 19970019.253.15$0
Sep 19970017.742.95$0
Aug 19970017.862.55$0
Jul 19970017.582.25$0
Jun 19978017.242.26$138
May 19970018.972.31$0
Apr 19975017.882.08$89
Mar 19970018.951.94$0
Feb 19970020.492.21$0
Jan 19970023.483.54$0
Dec 19960023.32$0
Nov 199612021.97$264
Oct 19960023.31$0
Sep 19960022.22$0
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 19960019.55$0
Jun 19960018.73$0
May 19960019.43$0
Apr 19960021.51$0
Mar 19960019.38$0
Feb 19960016.98$0
Jan 19960017.07$0
Dec 19950017.19$0
Nov 19950016.00$0
Oct 19950015.43$0
Sep 19950016.18$0
Aug 19950015.92$0
Jul 19950015.24$0
Jun 19958016.41$131
May 19950017.56$0
Apr 19950017.73$0
Mar 19950016.44$0
Feb 19950016.58$0
Jan 19950015.92$0
Dec 19940015.03$0
Nov 19940015.90$0
Oct 19940015.58$0
Sep 19940315.29$0
Aug 19940316.13$0
Jul 19940117.56$0
Jun 19940117.09$0
May 19940115.88$0
Apr 19940114.14$0
Mar 19940112.46$0
Feb 19940112.50$0
Jan 19940112.66$0
Dec 199382112.33$1,011
Nov 19930114.49$0
Oct 19930215.85$0
Sep 19930115.03$0
Aug 19930115.66$0
Jul 19930115.46$0
Jun 19930116.79$0
May 19930117.68$0
Apr 19930118.05$0
Mar 19930118.14$0
Feb 19930017.90$0
Jan 19930016.93$0

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.

Apr 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   85 bbl  × $105.96 =     $9,007
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.33 =         $0

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Month total                                   $9,007

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/6858 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.