MORTON

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

Operated by CHAPARRAL ENERGY, L.L.C. (P-5 144535) in the ROBERTSON (SAN ANDRES) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 60035District 8AField 77316852OilCasinghead gasSave

Value, all time

$1.2 M

Jan 1993 – Apr 2005

Value, last 12 filed months

$3 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

148

no gaps in the span

Streams

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	66,768 bbl	$1,178,029
Casinghead gas	Production	12,155 Mcf	$0
Total			$1,178,029

12,155 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 38 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 32.5971, -102.6605. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles.

32.59708, -102.66051 · 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

50.0%

1 of 2 wells

Median depth

5,456 ft

2 wells filed one

Completion to plug

—

no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

2100.0%

A plug date is filed

150.0%

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

150.0%

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 4,900 and 6,012 ft, median 5,456 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Dec 2004

1 of 2 wells; 1 filed none

Plug dates filed

Jan 1996

1 of 2 wells; 1 filed none

2 wells


42-16500136	3	4,900 ft	—	Jan 1996	Yes
42-16500135	2	6,012 ft	Dec 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 (148)

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

148 months


Apr 2005	0	0	49.20	7.36	$0
Mar 2005	0	0	50.37	7.15	$0
Feb 2005	0	0	45.22	6.31	$0
Jan 2005	80	0	43.16	6.32	$3,453
Dec 2004	0	0	39.86	6.75	$0
Nov 2004	0	0	45.28	6.33	$0
Oct 2004	0	0	49.70	6.52	$0
Sep 2004	0	0	43.24	5.28	$0
Aug 2004	0	0	42.37	5.55	$0
Jul 2004	0	0	38.28	6.08	$0
Jun 2004	0	0	36.10	6.43	$0
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	0	0	32.45	5.51	$0
Jan 2004	0	0	32.03	6.30	$0
Dec 2003	0	0	30.26	6.30	$0
Nov 2003	0	0	28.80	4.60	$0
Oct 2003	0	0	28.17	4.76	$0
Sep 2003	0	0	26.31	4.75	$0
Aug 2003	0	0	29.76	5.13	$0
Jul 2003	0	0	29.41	5.17	$0
Jun 2003	0	0	28.56	5.98	$0
May 2003	0	0	26.59	5.97	$0
Apr 2003	0	0	26.67	5.41	$0
Mar 2003	0	0	31.14	6.10	$0
Feb 2003	0	0	33.48	7.93	$0
Jan 2003	0	0	30.31	5.58	$0
Dec 2002	0	0	26.91	4.85	$0
Nov 2002	1	0	24.66	4.14	$25
Oct 2002	177	0	26.46	4.23	$4,683
Sep 2002	1	0	27.44	3.64	$27
Aug 2002	365	0	25.96	3.16	$9,475
Jul 2002	538	0	24.58	3.06	$13,224
Jun 2002	529	0	23.73	3.34	$12,553
May 2002	1	0	24.66	3.58	$25
Apr 2002	356	0	23.65	3.51	$8,419
Mar 2002	363	0	22.00	3.10	$7,986
Feb 2002	358	0	18.22	2.38	$6,523
Jan 2002	361	0	17.17	2.38	$6,198
Dec 2001	355	0	16.93	2.36	$6,010
Nov 2001	360	0	18.07	2.41	$6,505
Oct 2001	337	0	19.78	2.53	$6,666
Sep 2001	158	0	24.26	2.25	$3,833
Aug 2001	349	0	24.87	3.05	$8,680
Jul 2001	344	0	23.93	3.20	$8,232
Jun 2001	333	0	24.56	3.82	$8,178
May 2001	357	0	25.52	4.31	$9,111
Apr 2001	359	0	24.68	5.34	$8,860
Mar 2001	525	0	24.54	5.38	$12,884
Feb 2001	2	0	27.75	5.77	$56
Jan 2001	347	0	27.47	8.40	$9,532
Dec 2000	351	0	26.88	9.12	$9,435
Nov 2000	337	0	32.21	5.66	$10,855
Oct 2000	359	0	31.23	5.15	$11,212
Sep 2000	180	0	31.87	5.19	$5,737
Aug 2000	357	0	29.64	4.54	$10,581
Jul 2000	354	0	28.53	4.09	$10,100
Jun 2000	357	0	29.30	4.40	$10,460
May 2000	547	0	27.26	3.68	$14,911
Apr 2000	0	0	24.51	3.12	$0
Mar 2000	365	0	28.42	2.86	$10,373
Feb 2000	367	0	27.62	2.73	$10,137
Jan 2000	0	0	25.27	2.48	$0
Dec 1999	355	0	24.28	2.42	$8,619
Nov 1999	364	0	23.19	2.43	$8,441
Oct 1999	360	0	20.98	2.80	$7,553
Sep 1999	361	0	21.75	2.62	$7,852
Aug 1999	357	0	19.26	2.88	$6,876
Jul 1999	707	0	17.89	2.37	$12,648
Jun 1999	0	0	15.94	2.36	$0
May 1999	319	0	15.79	2.32	$5,037
Apr 1999	660	0	15.10	2.21	$9,966
Mar 1999	0	0	12.47	1.84	$0
Feb 1999	661	0	9.98	1.82	$6,597
Jan 1999	337	0	10.38	1.90	$3,498
Dec 1998	350	0	9.20	1.77	$3,220
Nov 1998	314	0	10.89	2.19	$3,419
Oct 1998	317	0	12.42	1.97	$3,937
Sep 1998	324	0	12.59	2.08	$4,079
Aug 1998	0	0	11.30	1.91	$0
Jul 1998	340	0	11.74	2.24	$3,992
Jun 1998	281	0	11.24	2.24	$3,158
May 1998	388	0	12.62	2.21	$4,897
Apr 1998	363	0	13.04	2.51	$4,734
Mar 1998	363	0	12.80	2.31	$4,646
Feb 1998	0	0	13.95	2.30	$0
Jan 1998	0	0	14.70	2.15	$0
Dec 1997	0	0	16.32	2.41	$0
Nov 1997	368	0	18.19	3.09	$6,694
Oct 1997	375	0	19.25	3.15	$7,219
Sep 1997	382	0	17.74	2.95	$6,777
Aug 1997	382	0	17.86	2.55	$6,823
Jul 1997	356	0	17.58	2.25	$6,258
Jun 1997	546	0	17.24	2.26	$9,413
May 1997	0	0	18.97	2.31	$0
Apr 1997	480	0	17.88	2.08	$8,582
Mar 1997	485	0	18.95	1.94	$9,191
Feb 1997	0	0	20.49	2.21	$0
Jan 1997	486	0	23.48	3.54	$11,411
Dec 1996	473	0	23.32	—	$11,030
Nov 1996	1	0	21.97	—	$22
Oct 1996	471	0	23.31	—	$10,979
Sep 1996	0	0	22.22	—	$0
Aug 1996	475	0	20.26	—	$9,624
Jul 1996	913	0	19.55	—	$17,849
Jun 1996	0	0	18.73	—	$0
May 1996	1	0	19.43	—	$19
Apr 1996	481	0	21.51	—	$10,346
Mar 1996	468	0	19.38	—	$9,070
Feb 1996	0	67	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	481	27	17.07	—	$8,211
Dec 1995	867	2	17.19	—	$14,904
Nov 1995	943	2	16.00	—	$15,088
Oct 1995	904	8	15.43	—	$13,949
Sep 1995	960	28	16.18	—	$15,533
Aug 1995	476	299	15.92	—	$7,578
Jul 1995	1,432	491	15.24	—	$21,824
Jun 1995	1,414	352	16.41	—	$23,204
May 1995	901	207	17.56	—	$15,822
Apr 1995	970	448	17.73	—	$17,198
Mar 1995	1,444	511	16.44	—	$23,739
Feb 1995	938	570	16.58	—	$15,552
Jan 1995	1,436	515	15.92	—	$22,861
Dec 1994	951	572	15.03	—	$14,294
Nov 1994	1,360	563	15.90	—	$21,624
Oct 1994	1,443	439	15.58	—	$22,482
Sep 1994	959	458	15.29	—	$14,663
Aug 1994	1,405	123	16.13	—	$22,663
Jul 1994	949	92	17.56	—	$16,664
Jun 1994	1,447	130	17.09	—	$24,729
May 1994	946	249	15.88	—	$15,022
Apr 1994	1,430	379	14.14	—	$20,220
Mar 1994	960	505	12.46	—	$11,962
Feb 1994	1,423	1	12.50	—	$17,788
Jan 1994	1,280	392	12.66	—	$16,205
Dec 1993	1,384	459	12.33	—	$17,065
Nov 1993	962	447	14.49	—	$13,939
Oct 1993	1,373	354	15.85	—	$21,762
Sep 1993	927	214	15.03	—	$13,933
Aug 1993	949	404	15.66	—	$14,861
Jul 1993	934	526	15.46	—	$14,440
Jun 1993	1,403	452	16.79	—	$23,556
May 1993	1,364	287	17.68	—	$24,116
Apr 1993	904	433	18.05	—	$16,317
Mar 1993	1,398	397	18.14	—	$25,360
Feb 1993	1,317	337	17.90	—	$23,574
Jan 1993	940	415	16.93	—	$15,914

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 2005 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   80 bbl  × $ 43.16 =     $3,453
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  6.32 =         $0

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Month total                                   $3,453

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/60035 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.