MIDDLETON

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

Operated by FASKEN OIL AND RANCH, LTD. (P-5 263696) in the ALJENDA - BLP (ELLENBURGER) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 66335District 8AField 01572300Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$2.3 M

Jan 1993 – Apr 2013

Value, last 12 filed months

$62 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

244

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The ALJENDA - BLP (ELLENBURGER) 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 4 leases and 14 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1988-09-12

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

933 ft

minimum

From a lease line

467 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1990-10-01.

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: “PER DOC 8A-97402 PERMANENT FLD RULES EFF 4-6-92”

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	78,002 bbl	$2,196,947
Casinghead gas	Production	40,656 Mcf	$64,230
Total			$2,261,177

23,462 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 26 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 (3)

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 33.2788, -101.2602. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles.

33.27895, -101.26044 · 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%

3 of 3 wells

With a plug date

66.7%

2 of 3 wells

Median depth

8,201 ft

3 wells filed one

Completion to plug

13.2 years

median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

3100.0%

A plug date is filed

266.7%

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

266.7%

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 8,159 and 8,225 ft, median 8,201 ft, over the 3 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed

Oct 1989 – Jul 2012

3 of 3 wells

Plug dates filed

Dec 2011 – Aug 2016

2 of 3 wells; 1 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 13.2 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 8.6 years and 17.7 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

3 wells


42-16933270	1903	8,159 ft	Jul 2012	Aug 2016	Yes
42-16932901	1901	8,201 ft	Jul 1992	—	Yes
42-16932913	1902	8,225 ft	Oct 1989	Dec 2011	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 (244)

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

244 months


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	551	32	79.82	2.52	$44,061
May 2012	194	31	91.61	2.49	$17,849
Apr 2012	189	38	101.65	2.00	$19,288
Mar 2012	0	20	105.05	2.22	$44
Feb 2012	190	20	101.10	2.57	$19,260
Jan 2012	0	30	98.09	2.73	$82
Dec 2011	193	32	96.87	3.24	$18,800
Nov 2011	0	22	95.72	3.31	$73
Oct 2011	0	52	84.98	3.65	$190
Sep 2011	185	33	83.62	3.99	$15,601
Aug 2011	0	33	83.40	4.15	$137
Jul 2011	193	35	94.14	4.52	$18,327
Jun 2011	0	68	92.90	4.64	$316
May 2011	187	63	98.13	4.40	$18,628
Apr 2011	190	44	105.96	4.33	$20,323
Mar 2011	0	48	96.36	4.06	$195
Feb 2011	192	56	85.64	4.18	$16,677
Jan 2011	0	74	86.50	4.59	$340
Dec 2010	191	43	85.73	4.35	$16,561
Nov 2010	0	65	80.84	3.80	$247
Oct 2010	190	55	78.10	3.51	$15,032
Sep 2010	188	103	72.63	3.98	$14,064
Aug 2010	0	129	73.68	4.42	$570
Jul 2010	191	94	72.55	4.74	$14,302
Jun 2010	192	52	70.36	4.91	$13,764
May 2010	189	82	71.12	4.24	$13,789
Apr 2010	0	49	81.69	4.12	$202
Mar 2010	190	77	78.39	4.39	$15,232
Feb 2010	0	22	73.58	5.44	$120
Jan 2010	190	43	74.36	5.96	$14,385
Dec 2009	0	45	71.44	5.48	$247
Nov 2009	187	19	74.59	3.75	$14,020
Oct 2009	0	96	72.54	4.11	$395
Sep 2009	190	82	65.54	3.06	$12,704
Aug 2009	191	96	67.42	3.22	$13,186
Jul 2009	188	29	61.13	3.46	$11,593
Jun 2009	189	82	66.16	3.90	$12,824
May 2009	196	114	54.74	3.93	$11,177
Apr 2009	0	51	46.77	3.59	$183
Mar 2009	188	105	42.14	4.06	$8,349
Feb 2009	190	72	32.81	4.63	$6,567
Jan 2009	0	69	35.86	5.37	$371
Dec 2008	191	49	37.10	5.98	$7,379
Nov 2008	191	72	55.49	6.86	$11,093
Oct 2008	190	80	75.24	6.92	$14,849
Sep 2008	190	66	101.76	7.88	$19,854
Aug 2008	0	25	114.22	8.48	$212
Jul 2008	189	28	131.08	11.39	$25,093
Jun 2008	188	76	131.33	13.03	$25,681
May 2008	0	89	123.17	11.57	$1,030
Apr 2008	191	92	110.31	10.45	$22,031
Mar 2008	192	41	101.90	9.66	$19,961
Feb 2008	0	24	92.53	8.77	$210
Jan 2008	192	15	90.38	8.21	$17,476
Dec 2007	192	35	88.33	7.30	$17,215
Nov 2007	191	33	91.67	7.29	$17,750
Oct 2007	189	23	82.85	6.92	$15,818
Sep 2007	0	24	75.84	6.24	$150
Aug 2007	373	37	69.06	6.39	$25,996
Jul 2007	0	34	70.90	6.39	$217
Jun 2007	381	64	62.00	7.55	$24,105
May 2007	0	37	58.74	7.85	$290
Apr 2007	190	80	59.61	7.81	$11,950
Mar 2007	0	42	56.92	7.30	$307
Feb 2007	185	37	55.10	8.22	$10,497
Jan 2007	192	38	50.30	6.73	$9,913
Dec 2006	194	73	56.65	6.92	$11,495
Nov 2006	196	37	54.20	7.62	$10,905
Oct 2006	0	21	54.90	6.01	$126
Sep 2006	196	47	60.08	5.04	$12,012
Aug 2006	187	62	68.71	7.34	$13,304
Jul 2006	189	58	69.37	6.34	$13,479
Jun 2006	191	59	66.28	6.38	$13,036
May 2006	192	47	66.01	6.42	$12,976
Apr 2006	189	43	64.39	7.36	$12,486
Mar 2006	201	42	56.70	7.08	$11,694
Feb 2006	0	16	57.59	7.75	$124
Jan 2006	201	22	60.59	8.93	$12,375
Dec 2005	192	15	54.94	13.42	$10,750
Nov 2005	379	24	54.69	10.59	$20,982
Oct 2005	0	22	58.34	13.80	$304
Sep 2005	189	21	61.45	12.08	$11,868
Aug 2005	181	26	61.51	9.80	$11,388
Jul 2005	350	23	55.69	7.84	$19,672
Jun 2005	183	22	52.33	7.38	$9,739
May 2005	182	56	45.22	6.65	$8,603
Apr 2005	172	57	49.20	7.36	$8,882
Mar 2005	184	28	50.37	7.15	$9,468
Feb 2005	177	26	45.22	6.31	$8,168
Jan 2005	358	31	43.16	6.32	$15,647
Dec 2004	177	22	39.86	6.75	$7,204
Nov 2004	180	16	45.28	6.33	$8,252
Oct 2004	0	22	49.70	6.52	$143
Sep 2004	178	45	43.24	5.28	$7,935
Aug 2004	362	55	42.37	5.55	$15,643
Jul 2004	0	58	38.28	6.08	$353
Jun 2004	183	32	36.10	6.43	$6,812
May 2004	185	65	37.48	6.49	$7,356
Apr 2004	181	45	34.47	5.86	$6,503
Mar 2004	155	40	34.36	5.53	$5,547
Feb 2004	184	31	32.45	5.51	$6,142
Jan 2004	150	33	32.03	6.30	$5,012
Dec 2003	179	28	30.26	6.30	$5,593
Nov 2003	178	27	28.80	4.60	$5,250
Oct 2003	174	44	28.17	4.76	$5,111
Sep 2003	181	75	26.31	4.75	$5,118
Aug 2003	176	60	29.76	5.13	$5,546
Jul 2003	178	62	29.41	5.17	$5,556
Jun 2003	179	46	28.56	5.98	$5,387
May 2003	180	46	26.59	5.97	$5,061
Apr 2003	185	45	26.67	5.41	$5,177
Mar 2003	362	48	31.14	6.10	$11,565
Feb 2003	184	53	33.48	7.93	$6,580
Jan 2003	186	69	30.31	5.58	$6,023
Dec 2002	367	60	26.91	4.85	$10,167
Nov 2002	179	90	24.66	4.14	$4,786
Oct 2002	182	65	26.46	4.23	$5,091
Sep 2002	182	75	27.44	3.64	$5,267
Aug 2002	359	85	25.96	3.16	$9,589
Jul 2002	183	37	24.58	3.06	$4,611
Jun 2002	360	43	23.73	3.34	$8,686
May 2002	180	67	24.66	3.58	$4,679
Apr 2002	364	64	23.65	3.51	$8,833
Mar 2002	179	70	22.00	3.10	$4,155
Feb 2002	184	24	18.22	2.38	$3,410
Jan 2002	367	35	17.17	2.38	$6,385
Dec 2001	182	77	16.93	2.36	$3,263
Nov 2001	182	80	18.07	2.41	$3,481
Oct 2001	361	56	19.78	2.53	$7,282
Sep 2001	182	86	24.26	2.25	$4,609
Aug 2001	354	64	24.87	3.05	$8,999
Jul 2001	180	40	23.93	3.20	$4,435
Jun 2001	181	72	24.56	3.82	$4,721
May 2001	359	73	25.52	4.31	$9,476
Apr 2001	179	69	24.68	5.34	$4,786
Mar 2001	185	45	24.54	5.38	$4,782
Feb 2001	181	53	27.75	5.77	$5,328
Jan 2001	361	36	27.47	8.40	$10,219
Dec 2000	355	38	26.88	9.12	$9,889
Nov 2000	181	41	32.21	5.66	$6,062
Oct 2000	182	47	31.23	5.15	$5,926
Sep 2000	182	71	31.87	5.19	$6,169
Aug 2000	362	101	29.64	4.54	$11,188
Jul 2000	179	69	28.53	4.09	$5,389
Jun 2000	341	82	29.30	4.40	$10,352
May 2000	364	121	27.26	3.68	$10,368
Apr 2000	364	99	24.51	3.12	$9,230
Mar 2000	183	82	28.42	2.86	$5,435
Feb 2000	364	64	27.62	2.73	$10,228
Jan 2000	360	58	25.27	2.48	$9,241
Dec 1999	367	47	24.28	2.42	$9,025
Nov 1999	540	68	23.19	2.43	$12,688
Oct 1999	364	75	20.98	2.80	$7,847
Sep 1999	180	66	21.75	2.62	$4,088
Aug 1999	362	71	19.26	2.88	$7,176
Jul 1999	543	20	17.89	2.37	$9,762
Jun 1999	182	23	15.94	2.36	$2,955
May 1999	363	40	15.79	2.32	$5,825
Apr 1999	366	60	15.10	2.21	$5,659
Mar 1999	367	70	12.47	1.84	$4,705
Feb 1999	183	64	9.98	1.82	$1,943
Jan 1999	547	44	10.38	1.90	$5,761
Dec 1998	359	79	9.20	1.77	$3,443
Nov 1998	362	106	10.89	2.19	$4,174
Oct 1998	361	70	12.42	1.97	$4,621
Sep 1998	357	41	12.59	2.08	$4,580
Aug 1998	538	65	11.30	1.91	$6,203
Jul 1998	362	74	11.74	2.24	$4,415
Jun 1998	539	69	11.24	2.24	$6,213
May 1998	363	65	12.62	2.21	$4,724
Apr 1998	362	92	13.04	2.51	$4,951
Mar 1998	362	79	12.80	2.31	$4,816
Feb 1998	360	105	13.95	2.30	$5,263
Jan 1998	364	121	14.70	2.15	$5,612
Dec 1997	500	605	16.32	2.41	$9,619
Nov 1997	367	553	18.19	3.09	$8,384
Oct 1997	543	619	19.25	3.15	$12,402
Sep 1997	540	621	17.74	2.95	$11,415
Aug 1997	362	662	17.86	2.55	$8,157
Jul 1997	537	635	17.58	2.25	$10,867
Jun 1997	716	614	17.24	2.26	$13,730
May 1997	366	627	18.97	2.31	$8,390
Apr 1997	540	583	17.88	2.08	$10,869
Mar 1997	706	1,165	18.95	1.94	$15,638
Feb 1997	542	493	20.49	2.21	$12,193
Jan 1997	685	573	23.48	3.54	$18,112
Dec 1996	1,086	685	23.32	—	$25,326
Nov 1996	364	597	21.97	—	$7,997
Oct 1996	726	631	23.31	—	$16,923
Sep 1996	546	627	22.22	—	$12,132
Aug 1996	538	675	20.26	—	$10,900
Jul 1996	720	713	19.55	—	$14,076
Jun 1996	904	720	18.73	—	$16,932
May 1996	723	821	19.43	—	$14,048
Apr 1996	1,083	797	21.51	—	$23,295
Mar 1996	905	771	19.38	—	$17,539
Feb 1996	901	698	16.98	—	$15,299
Jan 1996	905	1,037	17.07	—	$15,448
Dec 1995	909	715	17.19	—	$15,626
Nov 1995	1,270	809	16.00	—	$20,320
Oct 1995	546	612	15.43	—	$8,425
Sep 1995	1,092	736	16.18	—	$17,669
Aug 1995	899	863	15.92	—	$14,312
Jul 1995	1,068	907	15.24	—	$16,276
Jun 1995	1,636	939	16.41	—	$26,847
May 1995	1,619	994	17.56	—	$28,430
Apr 1995	1,620	471	17.73	—	$28,723
Mar 1995	2,359	959	16.44	—	$38,782
Feb 1995	2,354	904	16.58	—	$39,029
Jan 1995	3,285	1,096	15.92	—	$52,297
Dec 1994	4,360	1,168	15.03	—	$65,531
Nov 1994	3,066	3,517	15.90	—	$48,749
Oct 1994	0	0	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	0	0	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	0	0	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	0	0	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	0	0	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	0	0	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	0	0	14.14	—	$0
Mar 1994	0	0	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	0	0	12.50	—	$0
Jan 1994	0	0	12.66	—	$0
Dec 1993	0	0	12.33	—	$0
Nov 1993	0	0	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	0	0	15.85	—	$0
Sep 1993	0	0	15.03	—	$0
Aug 1993	0	0	15.66	—	$0
Jul 1993	0	0	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	0	0	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	0	0	17.68	—	$0
Apr 1993	0	0	18.05	—	$0
Mar 1993	0	0	18.14	—	$0
Feb 1993	0	0	17.90	—	$0
Jan 1993	0	0	16.93	—	$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.

Jun 2012 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  551 bbl  × $ 79.82 =    $43,981
Casinghead gas        32 Mcf  × $  2.52 =        $81

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Month total                                  $44,061

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/66335 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.