BECTON, CLAUDE

Operated by EARTHSTONE OPERATING, LLC (P-5 238732) 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 6868District 7CField 85279200OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.7 M
Jan 1993 – Dec 2024
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
384
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 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.

StreamBasisVolumeValue
OilDisposition40,043 bbl$1,715,290
Casinghead gasProduction289,581 Mcf$937,893
Total$2,653,183

89,473 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 (4)

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 31.2389, -101.1545. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.8 miles.

31.23806, -101.15474 · 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%
4 of 4 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
4 of 4 wells
Median depth
6,455 ft
4 wells filed one
Completion to plug
19.3 years
median over 4 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
4100.0%
A plug date is filed
4100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
4100.0%
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 6,090 and 6,610 ft, median 6,455 ft, over the 4 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Dec 1976 – Feb 2023
4 of 4 wells
Plug dates filed
Sep 2017 – Jan 2024
4 of 4 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 19.3 years across the 4 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 11 months and 38.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

4 wells

42-2353219066,550 ftFeb 2023Jan 2024Yes
42-2353131446,610 ftFeb 2023Jan 2024Yes
42-2350001156,090 ftJan 1980Sep 2017Yes
42-2350000916,359 ftDec 1976Sep 2017Yes

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 (384)

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

384 months

Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 202123066.024.22$1,518
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 202101557.805.55$83
Jan 202102250.412.81$62
Dec 202003244.642.68$86
Nov 202003438.772.71$92
Oct 202002836.972.48$69
Sep 202002637.091.99$52
Aug 202002239.982.39$52
Jul 202003238.371.83$58
Jun 202007234.901.69$122
May 2020060516.921.81$1,098
Apr 2020171614.751.80$1,307
Mar 202018074230.341.86$6,839
Feb 2020255049.881.98$1,189
Jan 202018164557.252.09$11,713
Dec 201918060259.012.30$12,009
Nov 2019278255.302.75$2,262
Oct 201918125953.472.42$10,304
Sep 201917471255.052.66$11,471
Aug 201918561353.112.30$11,238
Jul 201971131356.272.46$40,778
Jun 2019010052.782.49$249
May 20190758.482.74$19
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 201816046.594.19$745
Nov 20181435852.934.24$2,258
Oct 2018166861.443.40$2,331
Sep 201818064859.543.11$12,731
Aug 2018166059.403.07$2,083
Jul 201836269865.142.93$25,627
Jun 201835316360.183.08$21,745
May 2018114965.382.90$498
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20171047.523.09$48
Aug 201707845.373.00$234
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 201702742.493.09$83
May 201702545.373.26$82
Apr 201702547.933.21$80
Mar 201701746.772.98$51
Feb 201701850.452.95$53
Jan 2017011249.413.42$383
Dec 2016011648.763.72$432
Nov 2016010942.492.64$288
Oct 2016023446.193.09$723
Sep 201608741.553.10$270
Aug 201609541.442.92$278
Jul 201605341.622.92$155
Jun 2016170045.352.69$7,710
May 2016168042.521.99$7,143
Apr 201608336.561.99$165
Mar 201606933.011.79$124
Feb 201601,24126.472.06$2,561
Jan 201616130927.352.36$5,134
Dec 2015168032.362.00$5,436
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 201502643.552.43$63
Sep 2015027142.992.76$748
Aug 2015028140.162.87$807
Jul 2015047148.152.95$1,387
Jun 2015057156.152.88$1,646
May 2015072455.212.96$2,140
Apr 2015066849.822.71$1,808
Mar 2015074142.892.93$2,175
Feb 201517818544.662.98$8,500
Jan 201517410243.433.10$7,873
Dec 201418038654.693.59$11,230
Nov 2014038370.464.25$1,628
Oct 201418046778.303.90$15,916
Sep 2014055986.164.05$2,261
Aug 201417348289.394.04$17,409
Jul 2014059496.564.18$2,483
Jun 201418745798.164.74$20,521
May 2014061394.734.73$2,897
Apr 201435665995.944.81$37,324
Mar 2014058895.895.06$2,973
Feb 201417931797.406.19$19,397
Jan 201416246390.404.86$16,895
Dec 2013042791.824.35$1,859
Nov 2013042488.853.74$1,585
Oct 2013047197.423.78$1,780
Sep 2013182390104.113.72$20,398
Aug 20130467104.253.52$1,645
Jul 20130573102.523.72$2,130
Jun 201319141394.403.93$19,655
May 2013028094.834.15$1,162
Apr 2013032993.964.28$1,409
Mar 201314728893.623.91$14,889
Feb 2013031591.233.42$1,077
Jan 2013174091.603.42$15,938
Dec 2012052586.773.42$1,796
Nov 201218253086.953.62$17,746
Oct 201217663789.383.40$17,896
Sep 2012065394.672.92$1,906
Aug 201218724392.662.91$18,034
Jul 201218211785.133.02$15,847
Jun 2012012779.822.52$320
May 201217550991.612.49$17,298
Apr 2012188673101.652.00$20,454
Mar 20120671105.052.22$1,491
Feb 2012172487101.102.57$18,641
Jan 2012022298.092.73$607
Dec 201117959496.873.24$19,264
Nov 2011060295.723.31$1,993
Oct 201117966484.983.65$17,634
Sep 201118270983.623.99$18,045
Aug 2011072383.404.15$3,000
Jul 201117661494.144.52$19,342
Jun 2011065692.904.64$3,044
May 201118575198.134.40$21,462
Apr 2011184785105.964.33$22,898
Mar 2011085696.364.06$3,473
Feb 201118280685.644.18$18,956
Jan 201114886486.504.59$16,767
Dec 2010098685.734.35$4,287
Nov 201018892480.843.80$18,705
Oct 201018196378.103.51$17,515
Sep 2010086972.633.98$3,458
Aug 201018594373.684.42$17,798
Jul 201016795472.554.74$16,634
Jun 2010089370.364.91$4,385
May 201017985671.124.24$16,356
Apr 201017684281.694.12$17,849
Mar 2010096678.394.39$4,239
Feb 201016984373.585.44$17,023
Jan 201018286474.365.96$18,686
Dec 200917388071.445.48$17,185
Nov 200917286974.593.75$16,090
Oct 2009093872.544.11$3,855
Sep 200917189565.543.06$13,950
Aug 200917697567.423.22$15,004
Jul 20091781,15261.133.46$14,872
Jun 20091731,02566.163.90$15,438
May 2009089154.743.93$3,498
Apr 200917773046.773.59$10,897
Mar 200917581742.144.06$10,691
Feb 2009083332.814.63$3,859
Jan 2009090235.865.37$4,845
Dec 200817499937.105.98$12,427
Nov 200801,02055.496.86$6,998
Oct 20081721,00275.246.92$19,877
Sep 2008171992101.767.88$25,215
Aug 20081721,063114.228.48$28,663
Jul 20081641,151131.0811.39$34,606
Jun 200801,103131.3313.03$14,375
May 20081721,138123.1711.57$34,357
Apr 200801,097110.3110.45$11,469
Mar 20081721,125101.909.66$28,399
Feb 20081721,00192.538.77$24,695
Jan 20081711,05890.388.21$24,137
Dec 200701,10288.337.30$8,047
Nov 20071701,05791.677.29$23,291
Oct 20071741,10382.856.92$22,051
Sep 20071701,07975.846.24$19,630
Aug 200716890169.066.39$17,358
Jul 2007080270.906.39$5,123
Jun 200716990262.007.55$17,287
May 200716996658.747.85$17,507
Apr 2007095559.617.81$7,454
Mar 200717298256.927.30$16,961
Feb 200717693055.108.22$17,338
Jan 20071721,02550.306.73$15,547
Dec 2006093356.656.92$6,455
Nov 200610794254.207.62$12,975
Oct 200615180654.906.01$13,137
Sep 200617094060.085.04$14,949
Aug 200614485668.717.34$16,177
Jul 2006081569.376.34$5,169
Jun 200614984366.286.38$15,257
May 200613782766.016.42$14,357
Apr 200616789164.397.36$17,311
Mar 2006098656.707.08$6,984
Feb 200616284357.597.75$15,864
Jan 200617695760.598.93$19,213
Dec 200517192854.9413.42$21,844
Nov 2005081354.6910.59$8,608
Oct 2005484058.3413.80$11,822
Sep 200515185361.4512.08$19,582
Aug 200515991161.519.80$18,705
Jul 200515894955.697.84$16,243
Jun 2005092352.337.38$6,813
May 200517991445.226.65$14,174
Apr 200517639849.207.36$11,589
Mar 200517092050.377.15$15,145
Feb 200516982545.226.31$12,850
Jan 200517782943.166.32$12,880
Dec 2004082939.866.75$5,597
Nov 200415780145.286.33$12,180
Oct 200415885649.706.52$13,430
Sep 200415942443.245.28$9,116
Aug 2004092542.375.55$5,134
Jul 200415582538.286.08$10,953
Jun 200415782936.106.43$11,001
May 2004077337.486.49$5,020
Apr 200429075634.475.86$14,425
Mar 2004075234.365.53$4,159
Feb 200416971032.455.51$9,396
Jan 200417575632.036.30$10,368
Dec 200317378930.266.30$10,207
Nov 2003084428.804.60$3,878
Oct 200317782828.174.76$8,927
Sep 200317784526.314.75$8,670
Aug 2003090529.765.13$4,642
Jul 200332788829.415.17$14,209
Jun 2003081228.565.98$4,858
May 200317691926.595.97$10,169
Apr 20031761,01426.675.41$10,177
Mar 2003091731.146.10$5,590
Feb 200335181333.487.93$18,195
Jan 2003036430.315.58$2,032
Dec 200218083326.914.85$8,887
Nov 200217578524.664.14$7,563
Oct 200217988826.464.23$8,492
Sep 2002077427.443.64$2,814
Aug 200217489925.963.16$7,362
Jul 2002099024.583.06$3,031
Jun 200216395223.733.34$7,046
May 200216695724.663.58$7,523
Apr 200217089423.653.51$7,161
Mar 200217486922.003.10$6,524
Feb 200217480518.222.38$5,083
Jan 200216693917.172.38$5,081
Dec 200117596216.932.36$5,237
Nov 2001088618.072.41$2,131
Oct 20013091,01219.782.53$8,671
Sep 2001097824.262.25$2,202
Aug 20011761,06724.873.05$7,635
Jul 200116616823.933.20$4,509
Jun 20013381,04224.563.82$12,286
May 2001083825.524.31$3,610
Apr 200115684024.685.34$8,332
Mar 200117486224.545.38$8,904
Feb 200116080527.755.77$9,083
Jan 20011721,03327.478.40$13,401
Dec 200001,05126.889.12$9,588
Nov 200018193432.215.66$11,115
Oct 20001611,01531.235.15$10,251
Sep 2000521,14431.875.19$7,591
Aug 20001601,22129.644.54$10,287
Jul 20001631,14028.534.09$9,313
Jun 20001671,22729.304.40$10,289
May 200033879327.263.68$12,132
Apr 20001731,02924.513.12$7,447
Mar 2000099028.422.86$2,831
Feb 200015397527.622.73$6,884
Jan 20001661,09625.272.48$6,913
Dec 19991811,13624.282.42$7,148
Nov 19993081,13023.192.43$9,893
Oct 199901,04420.982.80$2,927
Sep 19991591,14121.752.62$6,446
Aug 19991751,19619.262.88$6,810
Jul 19991611,11017.892.37$5,514
Jun 19991471,06115.942.36$4,849
May 19991631,16115.792.32$5,268
Apr 19993291,05115.102.21$7,289
Mar 19991761,11612.471.84$4,246
Feb 19991679989.981.82$3,481
Jan 19991761,08110.381.90$3,881
Dec 199801,1019.201.77$1,952
Nov 199801,01510.892.19$2,219
Oct 19981711,14712.421.97$4,383
Sep 19981541,09112.592.08$4,211
Aug 19983101,06511.301.91$5,534
Jul 1998090811.742.24$2,031
Jun 199814893411.242.24$3,753
May 19981721,11412.622.21$4,629
Apr 19981671,03413.042.51$4,768
Mar 199816895412.802.31$4,354
Feb 199817192013.952.30$4,501
Jan 19981731,02114.702.15$4,743
Dec 19971721,00516.322.41$5,230
Nov 19971791,04718.193.09$6,489
Oct 19971701,08819.253.15$6,700
Sep 199717858317.742.95$4,880
Aug 19971701,27717.862.55$6,299
Jul 19971741,45617.582.25$6,330
Jun 19971721,42917.242.26$6,191
May 19971731,40218.972.31$6,518
Apr 199726399217.882.08$6,769
Mar 19971611,00118.951.94$4,992
Feb 199717391720.492.21$5,568
Jan 19971651,03623.483.54$7,541
Dec 19963391,15423.32$7,905
Nov 199616991421.97$3,713
Oct 199615550823.31$3,613
Sep 19961701,05622.22$3,777
Aug 199601,22220.26$0
Jul 19963251,23519.55$6,354
Jun 19961561,20518.73$2,922
May 19961391,23519.43$2,701
Apr 19961731,07621.51$3,721
Mar 199616297519.38$3,140
Feb 19961691,91016.98$2,870
Jan 19961682,08717.07$2,868
Dec 19951752,04417.19$3,008
Nov 19951432,46616.00$2,288
Oct 19951592,61515.43$2,453
Sep 19951592,80516.18$2,573
Aug 19951582,86815.92$2,515
Jul 19951572,88815.24$2,393
Jun 19951522,62516.41$2,494
May 19951482,77117.56$2,599
Apr 19952212,68617.73$3,918
Mar 19951583,00416.44$2,598
Feb 19951562,48716.58$2,586
Jan 19951612,88015.92$2,563
Dec 19941542,61415.03$2,315
Nov 19941883,00615.90$2,989
Oct 19942283,03815.58$3,552
Sep 19941972,25615.29$3,012
Aug 19941551,78616.13$2,500
Jul 19941531,97717.56$2,687
Jun 19941551,75217.09$2,649
May 19942691,88615.88$4,272
Apr 19941631,33214.14$2,305
Mar 19941441,95912.46$1,794
Feb 19941591,37912.50$1,988
Jan 19941281,32012.66$1,620
Dec 19932231,49312.33$2,750
Nov 19932291,27314.49$3,318
Oct 19931561,41515.85$2,473
Sep 19931481,43015.03$2,224
Aug 19932731,49315.66$4,275
Jul 19931571,60315.46$2,427
Jun 19931541,50716.79$2,586
May 19933031,70817.68$5,357
Apr 19931511,62018.05$2,726
Mar 19931561,74118.14$2,830
Feb 19931501,59017.90$2,685
Jan 19932791,57916.93$4,723

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.

Aug 2021 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   23 bbl  × $ 66.02 =     $1,518
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.22 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $1,518

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/6868 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.