ELA, MISS -E-

Operated by APACHE CORPORATION (P-5 27200) 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 6977District 7CField 85279200NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.2 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
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.

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.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
NGPA3none

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.

StreamBasisVolumeValue
OilDisposition12,329 bbl$396,870
Casinghead gasProduction239,424 Mcf$846,522
Total$1,243,392

60,891 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 31.2912, -101.0740. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.7 miles.

31.29116, -101.07238 · 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
75.0%
3 of 4 wells
With a plug date
75.0%
3 of 4 wells
Median depth
5,775 ft
4 wells filed one
Completion to plug
20.8 years
median over 3 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
375.0%
A plug date is filed
375.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
375.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
125.0%

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 5,730 and 6,350 ft, median 5,775 ft, over the 4 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Sep 1976 – Jul 1984
4 of 4 wells
Plug dates filed
Apr 1988 – Feb 2014
3 of 4 wells; 1 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 20.8 years across the 3 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 16.3 years and 26.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

4 wells

42-2353230965,800 ftJul 1984May 2005Yes
42-2353200755,750 ftDec 1982Feb 2014Yes
42-2353196145,730 ftOct 1982
42-2353066616,350 ftSep 1976Apr 1988Yes

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 (401)

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

401 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
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 20210066.024.22$0
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 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
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 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 2015026043.433.10$806
Dec 201410856454.693.59$7,932
Nov 2014054070.464.25$2,296
Oct 2014055278.303.90$2,153
Sep 2014061986.164.05$2,504
Aug 2014056189.394.04$2,264
Jul 2014059896.564.18$2,499
Jun 2014060098.164.74$2,842
May 2014021994.734.73$1,035
Apr 2014043195.944.81$2,073
Mar 2014014595.895.06$733
Feb 201409897.406.19$607
Jan 2014018590.404.86$899
Dec 2013012291.824.35$531
Nov 2013010888.853.74$404
Oct 201309897.423.78$370
Sep 2013198104.113.72$468
Aug 20138385104.253.52$2,190
Jul 20130682102.523.72$2,536
Jun 2013527994.403.93$1,569
May 2013921994.834.15$1,762
Apr 201317312393.964.28$16,782
Mar 201329893.623.91$571
Feb 201319891.233.42$426
Jan 201319891.603.42$427
Dec 201209886.773.42$335
Nov 2012411986.953.62$779
Oct 2012230389.383.40$1,209
Sep 2012027594.672.92$803
Aug 2012017492.662.91$506
Jul 2012022985.133.02$692
Jun 2012113879.822.52$427
May 2012027791.612.49$689
Apr 20122807101.652.00$1,815
Mar 20120663105.052.22$1,473
Feb 20120807101.102.57$2,074
Jan 2012053098.092.73$1,449
Dec 201117687096.873.24$19,868
Nov 201101,00695.723.31$3,331
Oct 201101,01184.983.65$3,689
Sep 2011084683.623.99$3,372
Aug 201101,06783.404.15$4,427
Jul 2011083094.144.52$3,749
Jun 2011092492.904.64$4,287
May 2011073698.134.40$3,242
Apr 2011179968105.964.33$23,161
Mar 2011094296.364.06$3,822
Feb 2011093185.644.18$3,892
Jan 2011096686.504.59$4,433
Dec 2010097085.734.35$4,217
Nov 2010090880.843.80$3,446
Oct 2010193778.103.51$3,366
Sep 201017792372.633.98$16,529
Aug 2010088473.684.42$3,907
Jul 2010090372.554.74$4,277
Jun 2010093870.364.91$4,606
May 2010087671.124.24$3,710
Apr 2010077581.694.12$3,195
Mar 2010178178.394.39$3,506
Feb 2010071873.585.44$3,908
Jan 2010080774.365.96$4,813
Dec 200917978371.445.48$17,082
Nov 2009080874.593.75$3,031
Oct 2009186472.544.11$3,624
Sep 2009072665.543.06$2,225
Aug 2009081967.423.22$2,636
Jul 2009178661.133.46$2,784
Jun 2009078266.163.90$3,046
May 200917484754.743.93$12,850
Apr 2009084446.773.59$3,028
Mar 2009083642.144.06$3,393
Feb 2009178732.814.63$3,679
Jan 2009282735.865.37$4,514
Dec 2008186237.105.98$5,189
Nov 200817483855.496.86$15,404
Oct 2008086975.246.92$6,015
Sep 20080803101.767.88$6,325
Aug 20080881114.228.48$7,474
Jul 20080816131.0811.39$9,294
Jun 20080766131.3313.03$9,983
May 20080814123.1711.57$9,421
Apr 2008175826110.3110.45$27,940
Mar 20080838101.909.66$8,098
Feb 2008082692.538.77$7,245
Jan 2008084390.388.21$6,917
Dec 2007088488.337.30$6,455
Nov 2007075991.677.29$5,534
Oct 200717785382.856.92$20,569
Sep 2007073975.846.24$4,614
Aug 2007083569.066.39$5,334
Jul 2007082570.906.39$5,270
Jun 2007080662.007.55$6,084
May 2007182558.747.85$6,532
Apr 200714775159.617.81$14,624
Mar 2007164056.927.30$4,730
Feb 2007074655.108.22$6,129
Jan 2007087050.306.73$5,852
Dec 2006064156.656.92$4,435
Nov 2006079854.207.62$6,079
Oct 200617677554.906.01$14,323
Sep 2006072560.085.04$3,652
Aug 2006059868.717.34$4,389
Jul 200611762669.376.34$12,087
Jun 2006074466.286.38$4,750
May 2006073566.016.42$4,722
Apr 2006078764.397.36$5,793
Mar 2006083156.707.08$5,886
Feb 2006070257.597.75$5,441
Jan 200612989860.598.93$15,838
Dec 2005062454.9413.42$8,371
Nov 2005077554.6910.59$8,206
Oct 2005092958.3413.80$12,816
Sep 2005075061.4512.08$9,059
Aug 20054983161.519.80$11,155
Jul 200501,01155.697.84$7,930
Jun 20059996352.337.38$12,289
May 200501,03445.226.65$6,877
Apr 2005070749.207.36$5,204
Mar 200511068750.377.15$10,456
Feb 2005192345.226.31$5,871
Jan 20051391,07943.166.32$12,821
Dec 2004197739.866.75$6,636
Nov 200412299045.286.33$11,791
Oct 200401,23449.706.52$8,040
Sep 20041091,22043.245.28$11,160
Aug 200401,21742.375.55$6,755
Jul 2004089938.286.08$5,470
Jun 2004921,09936.106.43$10,391
May 2004087937.486.49$5,709
Apr 200416088534.475.86$10,700
Mar 200401,00534.365.53$5,558
Feb 200416589232.455.51$10,269
Jan 2004083932.036.30$5,285
Dec 2003084230.266.30$5,306
Nov 200314099928.804.60$8,623
Oct 2003191328.174.76$4,374
Sep 200312796426.314.75$7,920
Aug 200301,09129.765.13$5,597
Jul 2003971,18129.415.17$8,960
Jun 2003063528.565.98$3,799
May 2003062726.595.97$3,745
Apr 200313960726.675.41$6,989
Mar 200312881831.146.10$8,972
Feb 2003077133.487.93$6,111
Jan 200313076330.315.58$8,199
Dec 2002177826.914.85$3,803
Nov 20029686724.664.14$5,954
Oct 2002085026.464.23$3,595
Sep 20029096427.443.64$5,974
Aug 2002096325.963.16$3,047
Jul 20029294324.583.06$5,149
Jun 2002064123.733.34$2,140
May 2002761,19424.663.58$6,153
Apr 20026691423.653.51$4,771
Mar 20021531,03022.003.10$6,562
Feb 200214688318.222.38$4,758
Jan 200217994817.172.38$5,326
Dec 2001092616.932.36$2,189
Nov 2001094918.072.41$2,283
Oct 20011351,01919.782.53$5,247
Sep 2001095524.262.25$2,150
Aug 20018880324.873.05$4,640
Jul 200117392223.933.20$7,088
Jun 200101,02424.563.82$3,916
May 2001094725.524.31$4,079
Apr 20011771,15424.685.34$10,525
Mar 200101,00724.545.38$5,414
Feb 20011731,14827.755.77$11,421
Jan 2001082327.478.40$6,912
Dec 2000098526.889.12$8,986
Nov 2000066132.215.66$3,740
Oct 200016580031.235.15$9,269
Sep 2000090431.875.19$4,689
Aug 200001,25429.644.54$5,694
Jul 20001751,25428.534.09$10,121
Jun 2000070729.304.40$3,109
May 200001,08027.263.68$3,974
Apr 20001761,04624.513.12$7,573
Mar 200001,30928.422.86$3,743
Feb 200017870327.622.73$6,833
Jan 200001,02025.272.48$2,530
Dec 1999087324.282.42$2,116
Nov 19991731,02123.192.43$6,497
Oct 199901,32020.982.80$3,701
Sep 1999098921.752.62$2,590
Aug 19991761,03619.262.88$6,369
Jul 199901,05317.892.37$2,498
Jun 199901,11215.942.36$2,627
May 199901,19815.792.32$2,781
Apr 199901,45715.102.21$3,217
Mar 199935972212.471.84$5,804
Feb 199901,2369.981.82$2,247
Jan 199901,34610.381.90$2,557
Dec 199809529.201.77$1,688
Nov 199801,03810.892.19$2,269
Oct 19981621,34912.421.97$4,669
Sep 1998097012.592.08$2,020
Aug 199801,12911.301.91$2,153
Jul 19981791,06711.742.24$4,489
Jun 1998080911.242.24$1,810
May 19981751,34712.622.21$5,180
Apr 199801,02013.042.51$2,555
Mar 1998090712.802.31$2,095
Feb 199818786713.952.30$4,602
Jan 199801,05114.702.15$2,265
Dec 199701,04016.322.41$2,508
Nov 19971661,39118.193.09$7,315
Oct 19971781,76219.253.15$8,976
Sep 199701,19917.742.95$3,543
Aug 199701,23817.862.55$3,163
Jul 19971911,11317.582.25$5,859
Jun 1997078517.242.26$1,772
May 199701,10218.972.31$2,544
Apr 19971781,07717.882.08$5,426
Mar 1997086618.951.94$1,679
Feb 199701,02520.492.21$2,261
Jan 19971801,23023.483.54$8,580
Dec 1996097323.32$0
Nov 19961821,29821.97$3,999
Oct 199601,20423.31$0
Sep 19961791,24822.22$3,977
Aug 199601,04920.26$0
Jul 199601,16719.55$0
Jun 199601,44418.73$0
May 19961851,36019.43$3,595
Apr 1996081221.51$0
Mar 199617461319.38$3,372
Feb 1996077916.98$0
Jan 199601,33317.07$0
Dec 19951821,42017.19$3,129
Nov 199501,25216.00$0
Oct 19951791,37715.43$2,762
Sep 199501,39316.18$0
Aug 199501,44915.92$0
Jul 19951831,14115.24$2,789
Jun 1995086716.41$0
May 19951591,33217.56$2,792
Apr 1995029617.73$0
Mar 199501,49916.44$0
Feb 199518078216.58$2,984
Jan 199501,46615.92$0
Dec 19941601,38415.03$2,405
Nov 199401,44215.90$0
Oct 19941771,37115.58$2,758
Sep 199401,18415.29$0
Aug 199401,62116.13$0
Jul 19941781,30417.56$3,126
Jun 199401,26817.09$0
May 19941801,23615.88$2,858
Apr 199401,19914.14$0
Mar 199401,64512.46$0
Feb 19941841,36412.50$2,300
Jan 199401,66312.66$0
Dec 199318539112.33$2,281
Nov 1993082414.49$0
Oct 199318269015.85$2,885
Sep 199301,51415.03$0
Aug 19931741,51515.66$2,725
Jul 199301,49515.46$0
Jun 19931771,39816.79$2,972
May 199301,50017.68$0
Apr 199301,70718.05$0
Mar 19931821,70718.14$3,301
Feb 199301,86117.90$0
Jan 19931882,05416.93$3,183

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.

Jan 2015 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    0 bbl  × $ 43.43 =         $0
Casinghead gas       260 Mcf  × $  3.10 =       $806

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $806

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/6977 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.