NORMAN

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

Operated by WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION (P-5 920478) in the TEX-FLOR (WOLFCAMP) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 61829District 8AField 88969800Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.2 M

Jan 1993 – Sep 2013

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

249

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The TEX-FLOR (WOLFCAMP) 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 5 leases and 14 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1977-02-09

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

—

no field rule filed

From a lease line

—

no field rule filed

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.

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.

Programme	Filings	With an approval date	Dated	Docket
NGPA	5	none	—	—

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	72,214 bbl	$1,203,714
Casinghead gas	Production	18,111 Mcf	$9,710
Total			$1,213,424

14,043 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 46 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 (8)

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 32.5523, -102.5767. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.8 miles.

32.55259, -102.57581 · 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%

8 of 8 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

8 of 8 wells

Median depth

9,475 ft

8 wells filed one

Completion to plug

31.4 years

median over 8 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

8100.0%

A plug date is filed

8100.0%

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

8100.0%

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

Total depth in feet, 8 of 8 wells. Median 9,475 ft, with the middle half between 9,288 and 9,650 ft; the shallowest is 9,200 ft and the deepest 12,319 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 8 of 8 wells, Feb 1977 – May 1986. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed

Feb 1977 – May 1986

8 of 8 wells

Plug dates filed

Jan 1986 – Apr 2013

8 of 8 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 31.4 years across the 8 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 8.0 years and 34.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

8 wells


42-16531168	309	9,650 ft	May 1986	Jun 1994	Yes
42-16501680	909	9,300 ft	Aug 1982	Apr 1988	Yes
42-16531350	809	9,250 ft	May 1978	Aug 2009	Yes
42-16531325	709	9,300 ft	Mar 1978	Jan 1986	Yes
42-16531273	509	9,200 ft	Feb 1978	Jan 2012	Yes
42-16531272	609	9,650 ft	Jan 1978	Jul 2009	Yes
42-16531227	409	9,650 ft	Nov 1977	Jan 2012	Yes
42-16530581	1	12,319 ft	Feb 1977	Apr 2013	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 (249)

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

249 months


Sep 2013	0	0	104.11	3.72	$0
Aug 2013	0	0	104.25	3.52	$0
Jul 2013	0	0	102.52	3.72	$0
Jun 2013	0	0	94.40	3.93	$0
May 2013	0	0	94.83	4.15	$0
Apr 2013	0	0	93.96	4.28	$0
Mar 2013	0	0	93.62	3.91	$0
Feb 2013	0	0	91.23	3.42	$0
Jan 2013	0	0	91.60	3.42	$0
Dec 2012	0	0	86.77	3.42	$0
Nov 2012	0	0	86.95	3.62	$0
Oct 2012	0	0	89.38	3.40	$0
Sep 2012	0	0	94.67	2.92	$0
Aug 2012	0	0	92.66	2.91	$0
Jul 2012	0	0	85.13	3.02	$0
Jun 2012	0	0	79.82	2.52	$0
May 2012	0	0	91.61	2.49	$0
Apr 2012	0	0	101.65	2.00	$0
Mar 2012	0	0	105.05	2.22	$0
Feb 2012	0	0	101.10	2.57	$0
Jan 2012	0	0	98.09	2.73	$0
Dec 2011	0	0	96.87	3.24	$0
Nov 2011	0	0	95.72	3.31	$0
Oct 2011	0	0	84.98	3.65	$0
Sep 2011	0	0	83.62	3.99	$0
Aug 2011	0	0	83.40	4.15	$0
Jul 2011	0	0	94.14	4.52	$0
Jun 2011	0	0	92.90	4.64	$0
May 2011	0	0	98.13	4.40	$0
Apr 2011	0	0	105.96	4.33	$0
Mar 2011	0	0	96.36	4.06	$0
Feb 2011	0	0	85.64	4.18	$0
Jan 2011	0	0	86.50	4.59	$0
Dec 2010	0	0	85.73	4.35	$0
Nov 2010	0	0	80.84	3.80	$0
Oct 2010	0	0	78.10	3.51	$0
Sep 2010	0	0	72.63	3.98	$0
Aug 2010	0	0	73.68	4.42	$0
Jul 2010	0	0	72.55	4.74	$0
Jun 2010	0	0	70.36	4.91	$0
May 2010	0	0	71.12	4.24	$0
Apr 2010	0	0	81.69	4.12	$0
Mar 2010	0	0	78.39	4.39	$0
Feb 2010	0	0	73.58	5.44	$0
Jan 2010	0	0	74.36	5.96	$0
Dec 2009	0	0	71.44	5.48	$0
Nov 2009	0	0	74.59	3.75	$0
Oct 2009	0	0	72.54	4.11	$0
Sep 2009	0	0	65.54	3.06	$0
Aug 2009	0	0	67.42	3.22	$0
Jul 2009	0	0	61.13	3.46	$0
Jun 2009	0	0	66.16	3.90	$0
May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	0	0	46.77	3.59	$0
Mar 2009	0	0	42.14	4.06	$0
Feb 2009	0	0	32.81	4.63	$0
Jan 2009	0	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	0	0	37.10	5.98	$0
Nov 2008	0	0	55.49	6.86	$0
Oct 2008	0	0	75.24	6.92	$0
Sep 2008	0	0	101.76	7.88	$0
Aug 2008	0	0	114.22	8.48	$0
Jul 2008	0	0	131.08	11.39	$0
Jun 2008	0	0	131.33	13.03	$0
May 2008	0	0	123.17	11.57	$0
Apr 2008	0	0	110.31	10.45	$0
Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	0	0	92.53	8.77	$0
Jan 2008	0	0	90.38	8.21	$0
Dec 2007	0	0	88.33	7.30	$0
Nov 2007	0	0	91.67	7.29	$0
Oct 2007	0	0	82.85	6.92	$0
Sep 2007	0	0	75.84	6.24	$0
Aug 2007	0	0	69.06	6.39	$0
Jul 2007	0	0	70.90	6.39	$0
Jun 2007	0	0	62.00	7.55	$0
May 2007	0	0	58.74	7.85	$0
Apr 2007	0	0	59.61	7.81	$0
Mar 2007	0	0	56.92	7.30	$0
Feb 2007	0	0	55.10	8.22	$0
Jan 2007	0	0	50.30	6.73	$0
Dec 2006	0	0	56.65	6.92	$0
Nov 2006	0	0	54.20	7.62	$0
Oct 2006	0	0	54.90	6.01	$0
Sep 2006	0	0	60.08	5.04	$0
Aug 2006	0	0	68.71	7.34	$0
Jul 2006	0	0	69.37	6.34	$0
Jun 2006	0	0	66.28	6.38	$0
May 2006	0	0	66.01	6.42	$0
Apr 2006	0	0	64.39	7.36	$0
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	0	0	57.59	7.75	$0
Jan 2006	0	0	60.59	8.93	$0
Dec 2005	0	0	54.94	13.42	$0
Nov 2005	0	0	54.69	10.59	$0
Oct 2005	0	0	58.34	13.80	$0
Sep 2005	0	0	61.45	12.08	$0
Aug 2005	0	0	61.51	9.80	$0
Jul 2005	0	0	55.69	7.84	$0
Jun 2005	0	0	52.33	7.38	$0
May 2005	0	0	45.22	6.65	$0
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	0	0	43.16	6.32	$0
Dec 2004	0	0	39.86	6.75	$0
Nov 2004	161	0	45.28	6.33	$7,290
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	0	0	24.66	4.14	$0
Oct 2002	0	0	26.46	4.23	$0
Sep 2002	0	0	27.44	3.64	$0
Aug 2002	0	0	25.96	3.16	$0
Jul 2002	0	0	24.58	3.06	$0
Jun 2002	0	0	23.73	3.34	$0
May 2002	0	0	24.66	3.58	$0
Apr 2002	0	0	23.65	3.51	$0
Mar 2002	0	0	22.00	3.10	$0
Feb 2002	0	0	18.22	2.38	$0
Jan 2002	0	0	17.17	2.38	$0
Dec 2001	0	0	16.93	2.36	$0
Nov 2001	0	0	18.07	2.41	$0
Oct 2001	0	0	19.78	2.53	$0
Sep 2001	0	0	24.26	2.25	$0
Aug 2001	0	0	24.87	3.05	$0
Jul 2001	0	0	23.93	3.20	$0
Jun 2001	0	0	24.56	3.82	$0
May 2001	0	0	25.52	4.31	$0
Apr 2001	0	0	24.68	5.34	$0
Mar 2001	0	0	24.54	5.38	$0
Feb 2001	0	0	27.75	5.77	$0
Jan 2001	0	0	27.47	8.40	$0
Dec 2000	0	0	26.88	9.12	$0
Nov 2000	0	0	32.21	5.66	$0
Oct 2000	0	0	31.23	5.15	$0
Sep 2000	0	0	31.87	5.19	$0
Aug 2000	0	0	29.64	4.54	$0
Jul 2000	0	0	28.53	4.09	$0
Jun 2000	0	0	29.30	4.40	$0
May 2000	0	0	27.26	3.68	$0
Apr 2000	0	0	24.51	3.12	$0
Mar 2000	0	0	28.42	2.86	$0
Feb 2000	361	0	27.62	2.73	$9,971
Jan 2000	176	0	25.27	2.48	$4,448
Dec 1999	362	0	24.28	2.42	$8,789
Nov 1999	375	0	23.19	2.43	$8,696
Oct 1999	177	0	20.98	2.80	$3,713
Sep 1999	359	0	21.75	2.62	$7,808
Aug 1999	352	0	19.26	2.88	$6,780
Jul 1999	187	0	17.89	2.37	$3,345
Jun 1999	0	0	15.94	2.36	$0
May 1999	0	0	15.79	2.32	$0
Apr 1999	180	0	15.10	2.21	$2,718
Mar 1999	179	0	12.47	1.84	$2,232
Feb 1999	0	0	9.98	1.82	$0
Jan 1999	178	62	10.38	1.90	$1,965
Dec 1998	192	62	9.20	1.77	$1,876
Nov 1998	365	60	10.89	2.19	$4,106
Oct 1998	357	62	12.42	1.97	$4,556
Sep 1998	356	180	12.59	2.08	$4,857
Aug 1998	355	186	11.30	1.91	$4,366
Jul 1998	179	186	11.74	2.24	$2,518
Jun 1998	179	180	11.24	2.24	$2,415
May 1998	182	180	12.62	2.21	$2,694
Apr 1998	182	180	13.04	2.51	$2,824
Mar 1998	362	186	12.80	2.31	$5,063
Feb 1998	548	168	13.95	2.30	$8,031
Jan 1998	540	186	14.70	2.15	$8,339
Dec 1997	537	186	16.32	2.41	$9,212
Nov 1997	363	180	18.19	3.09	$7,159
Oct 1997	710	186	19.25	3.15	$14,253
Sep 1997	705	180	17.74	2.95	$13,039
Aug 1997	531	186	17.86	2.55	$9,959
Jul 1997	513	186	17.58	2.25	$9,436
Jun 1997	495	180	17.24	2.26	$8,940
May 1997	612	186	18.97	2.31	$12,039
Apr 1997	529	180	17.88	2.08	$9,833
Mar 1997	601	186	18.95	1.94	$11,750
Feb 1997	507	168	20.49	2.21	$10,759
Jan 1997	581	186	23.48	3.54	$14,300
Dec 1996	463	186	23.32	—	$10,797
Nov 1996	320	180	21.97	—	$7,030
Oct 1996	627	186	23.31	—	$14,615
Sep 1996	392	180	22.22	—	$8,710
Aug 1996	474	186	20.26	—	$9,603
Jul 1996	361	186	19.55	—	$7,058
Jun 1996	506	180	18.73	—	$9,477
May 1996	510	186	19.43	—	$9,909
Apr 1996	787	180	21.51	—	$16,928
Mar 1996	769	186	19.38	—	$14,903
Feb 1996	802	0	16.98	—	$13,618
Jan 1996	533	186	17.07	—	$9,098
Dec 1995	807	7	17.19	—	$13,872
Nov 1995	812	8	16.00	—	$12,992
Oct 1995	989	2	15.43	—	$15,260
Sep 1995	777	0	16.18	—	$12,572
Aug 1995	948	6	15.92	—	$15,092
Jul 1995	993	229	15.24	—	$15,133
Jun 1995	1,516	213	16.41	—	$24,878
May 1995	1,412	228	17.56	—	$24,795
Apr 1995	1,733	244	17.73	—	$30,726
Mar 1995	1,585	201	16.44	—	$26,057
Feb 1995	1,202	183	16.58	—	$19,929
Jan 1995	1,839	438	15.92	—	$29,277
Dec 1994	1,433	318	15.03	—	$21,538
Nov 1994	1,712	412	15.90	—	$27,221
Oct 1994	1,751	404	15.58	—	$27,281
Sep 1994	1,598	420	15.29	—	$24,433
Aug 1994	1,752	441	16.13	—	$28,260
Jul 1994	2,113	429	17.56	—	$37,104
Jun 1994	975	432	17.09	—	$16,663
May 1994	1,675	462	15.88	—	$26,599
Apr 1994	1,626	446	14.14	—	$22,992
Mar 1994	1,157	358	12.46	—	$14,416
Feb 1994	553	298	12.50	—	$6,913
Jan 1994	1,540	418	12.66	—	$19,496
Dec 1993	1,700	419	12.33	—	$20,961
Nov 1993	1,496	377	14.49	—	$21,677
Oct 1993	1,540	424	15.85	—	$24,409
Sep 1993	1,735	440	15.03	—	$26,077
Aug 1993	1,689	328	15.66	—	$26,450
Jul 1993	1,706	402	15.46	—	$26,375
Jun 1993	1,452	456	16.79	—	$24,379
May 1993	1,776	429	17.68	—	$31,400
Apr 1993	1,556	447	18.05	—	$28,086
Mar 1993	2,070	402	18.14	—	$37,550
Feb 1993	1,267	515	17.90	—	$22,679
Jan 1993	1,657	785	16.93	—	$28,053

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.

Nov 2004 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  161 bbl  × $ 45.28 =     $7,290
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  6.33 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $7,290

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/61829 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.