OPAL

Operated by SEQUOIA NATURAL GAS, INC. (P-5 767543) in the INDEPENDENT (BEND CONGL.) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 97157District 8AField 44368200NGPA filingGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$669 k
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
1
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 8 leases and 8 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1981-05-18
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
2,000 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 320 acres.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: AOF-1 AND AOF-2 EFFECTIVE 10/01/96.

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
NGPA1none

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
GasProduction179,622 Mcf$668,789
Total$668,789

28,707 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 35 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 (1)

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 33.8793, -100.1925. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

33.87928, -100.19253 · 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
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
Median depth
6,475 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
00.0%
A plug date is filed
00.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
00.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
1100.0%

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

The one well that filed a depth was drilled to 6,475 ft.

Completions filed
Dec 1981
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-1013031316,475 ftDec 1981

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 20260106.413.05$0
Apr 2026098.932.87$0
Mar 2026089.753.15$0
Feb 2026063.503.75$0
Jan 2026059.138.00$0
Dec 2025056.664.41$0
Nov 2025058.593.93$0
Oct 2025059.383.30$0
Sep 2025062.743.08$0
Aug 2025063.933.01$0
Jul 2025066.743.32$0
Jun 2025066.483.13$0
May 2025060.553.23$0
Apr 2025062.363.54$0
Mar 2025067.704.27$0
Feb 2025070.884.34$0
Jan 2025074.324.28$0
Dec 2024068.993.12$0
Nov 2024069.052.20$0
Oct 2024071.372.28$0
Sep 2024069.612.36$0
Aug 2024075.632.06$0
Jul 2024079.932.15$0
Jun 2024078.082.63$0
May 2024078.812.20$0
Apr 2024084.451.66$0
Mar 2024080.301.55$0
Feb 2024076.091.78$0
Jan 2024073.023.30$0
Dec 2023071.262.61$0
Nov 2023077.892.81$0
Oct 2023085.443.09$0
Sep 2023089.042.74$0
Aug 2023080.522.67$0
Jul 2023074.852.64$0
Jun 2023068.962.26$0
May 2023070.622.23$0
Apr 2023078.122.24$0
Mar 2023072.852.39$0
Feb 2023075.112.47$0
Jan 2023076.533.39$0
Dec 2022076.415.73$0
Nov 2022085.005.65$0
Oct 2022087.185.86$0
Sep 2022084.888.16$0
Aug 2022094.529.13$0
Jul 20220101.587.54$0
Jun 20220115.097.98$0
May 20220109.378.43$0
Apr 20220104.226.84$0
Mar 20220108.885.08$0
Feb 2022091.054.86$0
Jan 2022081.844.54$0
Dec 2021071.323.90$0
Nov 2021077.435.24$0
Oct 2021079.795.71$0
Sep 2021069.865.35$0
Aug 2021066.024.22$0
Jul 2021070.783.98$0
Jun 2021069.493.38$0
May 2021063.483.02$0
Apr 2021060.362.76$0
Mar 2021061.302.72$0
Feb 2021057.805.55$0
Jan 2021050.412.81$0
Dec 2020044.642.68$0
Nov 2020038.772.71$0
Oct 2020036.972.48$0
Sep 2020037.091.99$0
Aug 2020039.982.39$0
Jul 2020038.371.83$0
Jun 2020034.901.69$0
May 2020016.921.81$0
Apr 2020014.751.80$0
Mar 2020030.341.86$0
Feb 2020049.881.98$0
Jan 2020057.252.09$0
Dec 2019059.012.30$0
Nov 2019055.302.75$0
Oct 2019053.472.42$0
Sep 2019055.052.66$0
Aug 2019053.112.30$0
Jul 2019056.272.46$0
Jun 2019052.782.49$0
May 2019058.482.74$0
Apr 2019062.632.75$0
Mar 2019056.803.06$0
Feb 2019050.852.79$0
Jan 2019046.033.23$0
Dec 2018046.594.19$0
Nov 2018052.934.24$0
Oct 2018061.443.40$0
Sep 2018059.543.11$0
Aug 2018059.403.07$0
Jul 2018065.142.93$0
Jun 2018060.183.08$0
May 2018065.382.90$0
Apr 2018063.842.90$0
Mar 2018061.222.79$0
Feb 2018061.782.77$0
Jan 2018062.874.01$0
Dec 2017057.272.92$0
Nov 2017055.423.12$0
Oct 2017049.292.98$0
Sep 2017047.523.09$0
Aug 2017045.373.00$0
Jul 2017043.873.09$0
Jun 2017042.493.09$0
May 2017045.373.26$0
Apr 2017047.933.21$0
Mar 2017046.772.98$0
Feb 2017050.452.95$0
Jan 2017049.413.42$0
Dec 2016048.763.72$0
Nov 2016042.492.64$0
Oct 2016046.193.09$0
Sep 2016041.553.10$0
Aug 2016041.442.92$0
Jul 2016041.622.92$0
Jun 2016045.352.69$0
May 2016042.521.99$0
Apr 2016036.561.99$0
Mar 2016533.011.79$9
Feb 201672726.472.06$1,500
Jan 201693927.352.36$2,220
Dec 201597732.362.00$1,955
Nov 201588138.792.17$1,909
Oct 201538043.552.43$922
Sep 201565542.992.76$1,807
Aug 20151,09040.162.87$3,131
Jul 201585548.152.95$2,518
Jun 201576456.152.88$2,203
May 2015055.212.96$0
Apr 20156549.822.71$176
Mar 201526242.892.93$769
Feb 201528444.662.98$845
Jan 201552443.433.10$1,625
Dec 201425854.693.59$927
Nov 201434870.464.25$1,480
Oct 201432978.303.90$1,283
Sep 201449086.164.05$1,982
Aug 201453489.394.04$2,155
Jul 201459396.564.18$2,479
Jun 2014098.164.74$0
May 201469194.734.73$3,266
Apr 2014095.944.81$0
Mar 201425595.895.06$1,289
Feb 201428297.406.19$1,746
Jan 2014090.404.86$0
Dec 2013091.824.35$0
Nov 201344588.853.74$1,664
Oct 201345297.423.78$1,708
Sep 2013722104.113.72$2,684
Aug 2013691104.253.52$2,434
Jul 2013410102.523.72$1,524
Jun 201345494.403.93$1,786
May 2013094.834.15$0
Apr 2013093.964.28$0
Mar 201310993.623.91$427
Feb 201319591.233.42$667
Jan 201327591.603.42$940
Dec 201227286.773.42$930
Nov 201227186.953.62$982
Oct 201225789.383.40$874
Sep 201227994.672.92$814
Aug 201228492.662.91$826
Jul 201238585.133.02$1,163
Jun 201245579.822.52$1,146
May 201235791.612.49$888
Apr 2012517101.652.00$1,032
Mar 2012139105.052.22$309
Feb 2012245101.102.57$630
Jan 201230098.092.73$820
Dec 201139596.873.24$1,280
Nov 201140295.723.31$1,331
Oct 201144284.983.65$1,613
Sep 201142183.623.99$1,678
Aug 201143183.404.15$1,788
Jul 201130094.144.52$1,355
Jun 201147592.904.64$2,204
May 201147698.134.40$2,097
Apr 2011899105.964.33$3,896
Mar 201158796.364.06$2,382
Feb 201152485.644.18$2,190
Jan 201148186.504.59$2,207
Dec 201036785.734.35$1,596
Nov 2010080.843.80$0
Oct 201017378.103.51$607
Sep 201032972.633.98$1,309
Aug 201036673.684.42$1,617
Jul 201053472.554.74$2,529
Jun 201066970.364.91$3,285
May 201067771.124.24$2,867
Apr 201067781.694.12$2,791
Mar 201064278.394.39$2,818
Feb 201034773.585.44$1,889
Jan 201014174.365.96$841
Dec 200936571.445.48$2,002
Nov 200938774.593.75$1,452
Oct 200934672.544.11$1,422
Sep 200937665.543.06$1,152
Aug 200937567.423.22$1,207
Jul 200950661.133.46$1,753
Jun 200945266.163.90$1,761
May 200969154.743.93$2,713
Apr 200989046.773.59$3,193
Mar 200960842.144.06$2,468
Feb 200938332.814.63$1,774
Jan 200951335.865.37$2,755
Dec 200853537.105.98$3,198
Nov 200834655.496.86$2,374
Oct 200839275.246.92$2,713
Sep 2008407101.767.88$3,206
Aug 2008402114.228.48$3,410
Jul 2008409131.0811.39$4,658
Jun 2008517131.3313.03$6,738
May 2008545123.1711.57$6,308
Apr 2008581110.3110.45$6,074
Mar 2008649101.909.66$6,272
Feb 200865892.538.77$5,771
Jan 200883590.388.21$6,852
Dec 20071,00488.337.30$7,331
Nov 20071,02091.677.29$7,438
Oct 200773882.856.92$5,108
Sep 200763375.846.24$3,953
Aug 200763969.066.39$4,082
Jul 200763470.906.39$4,050
Jun 200764562.007.55$4,869
May 200771158.747.85$5,579
Apr 200741159.617.81$3,208
Mar 200743756.927.30$3,191
Feb 200748355.108.22$3,968
Jan 200750050.306.73$3,363
Dec 200659056.656.92$4,082
Nov 200653754.207.62$4,091
Oct 200669354.906.01$4,168
Sep 200663960.085.04$3,219
Aug 200661268.717.34$4,492
Jul 200658669.376.34$3,717
Jun 200664466.286.38$4,111
May 200665666.016.42$4,215
Apr 200660664.397.36$4,460
Mar 200672756.707.08$5,149
Feb 200667957.597.75$5,263
Jan 200672160.598.93$6,441
Dec 200584054.9413.42$11,269
Nov 200574954.6910.59$7,931
Oct 200582358.3413.80$11,354
Sep 200573061.4512.08$8,818
Aug 200581861.519.80$8,014
Jul 200561555.697.84$4,824
Jun 200572652.337.38$5,359
May 200573745.226.65$4,902
Apr 200565749.207.36$4,836
Mar 200573850.377.15$5,280
Feb 200564345.226.31$4,059
Jan 200572643.166.32$4,590
Dec 200472439.866.75$4,888
Nov 200465145.286.33$4,121
Oct 200473549.706.52$4,789
Sep 200469643.245.28$3,678
Aug 200451742.375.55$2,870
Jul 200438338.286.08$2,330
Jun 200449336.106.43$3,171
May 200471337.486.49$4,631
Apr 200460434.475.86$3,539
Mar 200470734.365.53$3,910
Feb 200444232.455.51$2,435
Jan 200449832.036.30$3,137
Dec 200358330.266.30$3,674
Nov 200334728.804.60$1,595
Oct 200381528.174.76$3,879
Sep 200355126.314.75$2,617
Aug 200383829.765.13$4,299
Jul 200389129.415.17$4,607
Jun 200370928.565.98$4,242
May 20031,06726.595.97$6,373
Apr 200333926.675.41$1,833
Mar 200381131.146.10$4,944
Feb 200320133.487.93$1,593
Jan 20031,28130.315.58$7,151
Dec 200255626.914.85$2,699
Nov 200281924.664.14$3,388
Oct 200265126.464.23$2,753
Sep 200281727.443.64$2,970
Aug 200296025.963.16$3,038
Jul 200284624.583.06$2,590
Jun 200223923.733.34$798
May 20021,16424.663.58$4,172
Apr 200287423.653.51$3,070
Mar 20021822.003.10$56
Feb 2002018.222.38$0
Jan 20027917.172.38$188
Dec 20015916.932.36$140
Nov 200111418.072.41$274
Oct 200154219.782.53$1,371
Sep 200170724.262.25$1,592
Aug 200138724.873.05$1,182
Jul 200141523.933.20$1,327
Jun 200137324.563.82$1,426
May 200135625.524.31$1,533
Apr 200141324.685.34$2,203
Mar 200148724.545.38$2,618
Feb 200148727.755.77$2,809
Jan 200152727.478.40$4,426
Dec 200063726.889.12$5,811
Nov 200053932.215.66$3,050
Oct 20001,03231.235.15$5,310
Sep 200091431.875.19$4,740
Aug 200087229.644.54$3,960
Jul 200080128.534.09$3,276
Jun 200049729.304.40$2,185
May 200084327.263.68$3,102
Apr 200062524.513.12$1,948
Mar 200075428.422.86$2,156
Feb 200062527.622.73$1,704
Jan 200064125.272.48$1,590
Dec 199971524.282.42$1,733
Nov 199973723.192.43$1,794
Oct 199978820.982.80$2,209
Sep 199981821.752.62$2,142
Aug 199998219.262.88$2,824
Jul 199988617.892.37$2,102
Jun 199996915.942.36$2,289
May 199997415.792.32$2,261
Apr 19991,01415.102.21$2,239
Mar 199986512.471.84$1,590
Feb 199909.981.82$0
Jan 199953810.381.90$1,022
Dec 19985209.201.77$922
Nov 199845210.892.19$988
Oct 199880312.421.97$1,581
Sep 199872612.592.08$1,512
Aug 199871311.301.91$1,360
Jul 19981,21911.742.24$2,727
Jun 199858011.242.24$1,298
May 199889212.622.21$1,968
Apr 19981,32213.042.51$3,312
Mar 199863312.802.31$1,462
Feb 199872713.952.30$1,671
Jan 19981,39714.702.15$3,010
Dec 19971,67816.322.41$4,046
Nov 19971,22618.193.09$3,786
Oct 19971,15519.253.15$3,638
Sep 19972,67817.742.95$7,913
Aug 19971,02117.862.55$2,608
Jul 19972,11217.582.25$4,746
Jun 19972,92117.242.26$6,593
May 19973,38818.972.31$7,821
Apr 19973,42217.882.08$7,127
Mar 19974,31118.951.94$8,360
Feb 19973,11620.492.21$6,874
Jan 19971,37923.483.54$4,881
Dec 1996023.32$0
Nov 1996021.97$0
Oct 1996023.31$0
Sep 1996022.22$0
Aug 1996020.26$0
Jul 1996019.55$0
Jun 1996018.73$0
May 1996019.43$0
Apr 1996021.51$0
Mar 1996019.38$0
Feb 1996016.98$0
Jan 19965317.07$0
Dec 199523117.19$0
Nov 1995016.00$0
Oct 1995015.43$0
Sep 199540816.18$0
Aug 199543015.92$0
Jul 19951,43515.24$0
Jun 199552216.41$0
May 199540217.56$0
Apr 199537817.73$0
Mar 199535016.44$0
Feb 199541516.58$0
Jan 199544115.92$0
Dec 199449415.03$0
Nov 199477715.90$0
Oct 199459915.58$0
Sep 199455315.29$0
Aug 199456016.13$0
Jul 19941,05217.56$0
Jun 199432717.09$0
May 199446615.88$0
Apr 199462814.14$0
Mar 19941,22712.46$0
Feb 199473812.50$0
Jan 19941,01712.66$0
Dec 19931,23912.33$0
Nov 19931,50114.49$0
Oct 19931,72015.85$0
Sep 199389115.03$0
Aug 199397015.66$0
Jul 19931,20415.46$0
Jun 19931,52016.79$0
May 19931,41017.68$0
Apr 19931,05118.05$0
Mar 19931,12118.14$0
Feb 19931,26717.90$0
Jan 19931,31016.93$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.

Mar 2016 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Gas                    5 Mcf  × $  1.79 =         $9

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Month total                                       $9

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. 8A/G/97157 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.