CLARK, JAMES A.

Name: CLARK, JAMES A. lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by PATTERSON PETROLEUM LP (P-5 643435) in the KELLY-SNYDER field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 3141District 8AField 48583001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$3.3 M

Jan 1993 – May 2004

Value, last 12 filed months

$260 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

137

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The KELLY-SNYDER field

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 73 leases and 2,795 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1948-09-07

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

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 10 acres. The field rule took effect on 2021-04-13.

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.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “CAPACITY EXEMPT ALLOWABLE; NO PRODUCING RATE RESTRICTIONS”

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	147,017 bbl	$2,921,325
Casinghead gas	Production	225,685 Mcf	$380,100
Total			$3,301,425

121,755 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 (2)

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 32.7359, -100.9270. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.1 miles.

32.73592, -100.92698 · centre of the wells drawn, derived⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom

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%

2 of 2 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

2 of 2 wells

Median depth

6,883 ft

2 wells filed one

Completion to plug

28.8 years

median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

2100.0%

A plug date is filed

2100.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

2100.0%

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 6,766 and 7,000 ft, median 6,883 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Jun 1975

1 of 2 wells; 1 filed none

Plug dates filed

Sep 1993 – Apr 2004

2 of 2 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 28.8 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 28.8 years and 28.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells


42-41504245	1	6,766 ft	—	Sep 1993	Yes
42-41530283	2	7,000 ft	Jun 1975	Apr 2004	Yes

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 (137)

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

137 months


May 2004	0	0	37.48	6.49	$0
Apr 2004	0	0	34.47	5.86	$0
Mar 2004	0	0	34.36	5.53	$0
Feb 2004	75	41	32.45	5.51	$2,660
Jan 2004	517	515	32.03	6.30	$19,804
Dec 2003	688	664	30.26	6.30	$25,003
Nov 2003	840	809	28.80	4.60	$27,909
Oct 2003	833	1,063	28.17	4.76	$28,525
Sep 2003	1,003	1,283	26.31	4.75	$32,482
Aug 2003	1,004	1,506	29.76	5.13	$37,604
Jul 2003	1,214	1,333	29.41	5.17	$42,596
Jun 2003	1,183	1,592	28.56	5.98	$43,311
May 2003	1,202	1,654	26.59	5.97	$41,840
Apr 2003	1,227	1,633	26.67	5.41	$41,554
Mar 2003	1,409	1,634	31.14	6.10	$53,837
Feb 2003	1,010	938	33.48	7.93	$41,249
Jan 2003	855	816	30.31	5.58	$30,470
Dec 2002	862	950	26.91	4.85	$27,807
Nov 2002	842	962	24.66	4.14	$24,743
Oct 2002	881	1,071	26.46	4.23	$27,841
Sep 2002	832	1,131	27.44	3.64	$26,941
Aug 2002	1,011	1,262	25.96	3.16	$30,239
Jul 2002	844	1,305	24.58	3.06	$24,741
Jun 2002	1,008	1,312	23.73	3.34	$28,300
May 2002	988	1,368	24.66	3.58	$29,267
Apr 2002	1,019	1,311	23.65	3.51	$28,704
Mar 2002	1,026	1,271	22.00	3.10	$26,516
Feb 2002	1,015	1,222	18.22	2.38	$21,396
Jan 2002	1,034	1,412	17.17	2.38	$21,108
Dec 2001	1,217	1,417	16.93	2.36	$23,954
Nov 2001	1,022	1,372	18.07	2.41	$21,768
Oct 2001	1,188	1,591	19.78	2.53	$27,522
Sep 2001	1,033	1,358	24.26	2.25	$28,118
Aug 2001	1,198	2,053	24.87	3.05	$36,062
Jul 2001	292	647	23.93	3.20	$9,056
Jun 2001	962	1,373	24.56	3.82	$28,877
May 2001	1,071	1,594	25.52	4.31	$34,198
Apr 2001	1,032	1,499	24.68	5.34	$33,467
Mar 2001	1,022	1,517	24.54	5.38	$33,236
Feb 2001	860	1,404	27.75	5.77	$31,962
Jan 2001	1,149	1,590	27.47	8.40	$44,917
Dec 2000	1,017	1,425	26.88	9.12	$40,337
Nov 2000	1,173	1,488	32.21	5.66	$46,201
Oct 2000	1,009	1,606	31.23	5.15	$39,775
Sep 2000	1,021	1,662	31.87	5.19	$41,159
Aug 2000	1,149	1,737	29.64	4.54	$41,944
Jul 2000	1,143	1,730	28.53	4.09	$39,685
Jun 2000	1,166	1,640	29.30	4.40	$41,375
May 2000	1,324	1,688	27.26	3.68	$42,304
Apr 2000	1,020	1,537	24.51	3.12	$29,789
Mar 2000	1,315	1,444	28.42	2.86	$41,502
Feb 2000	1,148	1,431	27.62	2.73	$35,609
Jan 2000	1,199	1,593	25.27	2.48	$34,250
Dec 1999	686	730	24.28	2.42	$18,425
Nov 1999	1,027	1,372	23.19	2.43	$27,156
Oct 1999	1,165	1,193	20.98	2.80	$27,787
Sep 1999	1,196	1,522	21.75	2.62	$29,999
Aug 1999	1,188	1,629	19.26	2.88	$27,565
Jul 1999	1,332	1,531	17.89	2.37	$27,462
Jun 1999	1,267	1,057	15.94	2.36	$22,693
May 1999	1,184	1,306	15.79	2.32	$21,727
Apr 1999	707	917	15.10	2.21	$12,700
Mar 1999	1,175	796	12.47	1.84	$16,116
Feb 1999	1,088	1,048	9.98	1.82	$12,763
Jan 1999	1,202	1,204	10.38	1.90	$14,764
Dec 1998	1,619	1,048	9.20	1.77	$16,753
Nov 1998	702	1,230	10.89	2.19	$10,333
Oct 1998	1,312	1,294	12.42	1.97	$18,843
Sep 1998	1,185	1,267	12.59	2.08	$17,558
Aug 1998	1,331	1,126	11.30	1.91	$17,188
Jul 1998	1,932	1,042	11.74	2.24	$25,013
Jun 1998	694	765	11.24	2.24	$9,512
May 1998	1,326	814	12.62	2.21	$18,530
Apr 1998	1,211	645	13.04	2.51	$17,407
Mar 1998	1,387	838	12.80	2.31	$19,689
Feb 1998	1,284	521	13.95	2.30	$19,110
Jan 1998	1,267	837	14.70	2.15	$20,428
Dec 1997	962	418	16.32	2.41	$16,708
Nov 1997	1,308	1,085	18.19	3.09	$27,143
Oct 1997	1,285	1,167	19.25	3.15	$28,412
Sep 1997	1,177	331	17.74	2.95	$21,858
Aug 1997	1,344	1,235	17.86	2.55	$27,159
Jul 1997	1,225	1,044	17.58	2.25	$23,881
Jun 1997	1,186	1,127	17.24	2.26	$22,991
May 1997	1,177	1,110	18.97	2.31	$24,890
Apr 1997	1,037	1,005	17.88	2.08	$20,635
Mar 1997	1,286	1,094	18.95	1.94	$26,491
Feb 1997	1,144	1,041	20.49	2.21	$25,737
Jan 1997	1,154	1,087	23.48	3.54	$30,944
Dec 1996	1,216	1,131	23.32	—	$28,357
Nov 1996	1,098	1,166	21.97	—	$24,123
Oct 1996	1,256	1,294	23.31	—	$29,277
Sep 1996	1,091	1,332	22.22	—	$24,242
Aug 1996	1,102	1,384	20.26	—	$22,327
Jul 1996	1,190	1,442	19.55	—	$23,265
Jun 1996	1,140	1,334	18.73	—	$21,352
May 1996	948	1,365	19.43	—	$18,420
Apr 1996	1,053	1,170	21.51	—	$22,650
Mar 1996	1,041	1,229	19.38	—	$20,175
Feb 1996	891	932	16.98	—	$15,129
Jan 1996	1,306	970	17.07	—	$22,293
Dec 1995	999	1,097	17.19	—	$17,173
Nov 1995	1,064	1,054	16.00	—	$17,024
Oct 1995	1,017	1,119	15.43	—	$15,692
Sep 1995	887	1,052	16.18	—	$14,352
Aug 1995	1,029	1,043	15.92	—	$16,382
Jul 1995	875	1,029	15.24	—	$13,335
Jun 1995	1,120	967	16.41	—	$18,379
May 1995	907	1,013	17.56	—	$15,927
Apr 1995	871	1,186	17.73	—	$15,443
Mar 1995	1,069	1,328	16.44	—	$17,574
Feb 1995	869	1,218	16.58	—	$14,408
Jan 1995	880	1,395	15.92	—	$14,010
Dec 1994	1,050	1,463	15.03	—	$15,782
Nov 1994	866	1,450	15.90	—	$13,769
Oct 1994	900	1,650	15.58	—	$14,022
Sep 1994	858	1,873	15.29	—	$13,119
Aug 1994	1,025	1,811	16.13	—	$16,533
Jul 1994	672	1,742	17.56	—	$11,800
Jun 1994	953	2,259	17.09	—	$16,287
May 1994	1,072	2,499	15.88	—	$17,023
Apr 1994	1,098	2,641	14.14	—	$15,526
Mar 1994	1,099	2,885	12.46	—	$13,694
Feb 1994	1,079	2,677	12.50	—	$13,488
Jan 1994	1,066	3,192	12.66	—	$13,496
Dec 1993	1,284	3,607	12.33	—	$15,832
Nov 1993	1,248	4,022	14.49	—	$18,084
Oct 1993	912	4,632	15.85	—	$14,455
Sep 1993	1,709	5,223	15.03	—	$25,686
Aug 1993	996	5,660	15.66	—	$15,597
Jul 1993	1,452	6,027	15.46	—	$22,448
Jun 1993	1,686	7,204	16.79	—	$28,308
May 1993	1,828	7,617	17.68	—	$32,319
Apr 1993	1,707	7,711	18.05	—	$30,811
Mar 1993	2,337	7,304	18.14	—	$42,393
Feb 1993	897	4,238	17.90	—	$16,056
Jan 1993	1,400	4,118	16.93	—	$23,702

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.

Feb 2004 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   75 bbl  × $ 32.45 =     $2,434
Casinghead gas        41 Mcf  × $  5.51 =       $226

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Month total                                   $2,660

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/O/3141 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.