PITCHFORK "3"

Operated by SAUDER MANAGEMENT COMPANY (P-5 748782) in the GENE AND EVIE (TANNEHILL) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 66336District 8AField 34378600OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.2 M
Jan 1993 – Jun 2008
Value, last 12 filed months
$21 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
186
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead 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 2 leases and 4 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1989-05-09
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 1990-12-01.

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
OilDisposition121,931 bbl$2,173,008
Casinghead gasProduction20 Mcf$0
Total$2,173,008

20 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 20 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 33.5046, -100.4713. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.2 miles.

33.50426, -100.47089 · 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
100.0%
3 of 3 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
3 of 3 wells
Median depth
3,866 ft
3 wells filed one
Completion to plug
17.8 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
3100.0%
A plug date is filed
3100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
3100.0%
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 3,837 and 3,870 ft, median 3,866 ft, over the 3 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Dec 1989 – Apr 1991
2 of 3 wells; 1 filed none
Plug dates filed
May 2008
3 of 3 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 17.8 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 17.4 years and 18.1 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

3 wells

42-2693190313,870 ftMay 2008Yes
42-2693201863,837 ftApr 1991May 2008Yes
42-2693194933,866 ftDec 1989May 2008Yes

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 (186)

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

186 months

Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 2008430110.3110.45$4,743
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 2007174091.677.29$15,951
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 2006173054.207.62$9,377
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 2006175066.286.38$11,599
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 2006166060.598.93$10,058
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 2005179058.3413.80$10,443
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 2005169055.697.84$9,412
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 20050049.207.36$0
Mar 2005162050.377.15$8,160
Feb 20050045.226.31$0
Jan 2005176043.166.32$7,596
Dec 20040039.866.75$0
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 2004177049.706.52$8,797
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 2004174042.375.55$7,372
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 2004178037.486.49$6,671
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 2004164034.365.53$5,635
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 2004178032.036.30$5,701
Dec 2003170030.266.30$5,144
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 2003166028.174.76$4,676
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 2003167029.765.13$4,970
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 2003161028.565.98$4,598
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 2003174033.487.93$5,826
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 2002172024.664.14$4,242
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 2002156027.443.64$4,281
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 2002174024.583.06$4,277
Jun 20020023.733.34$0
May 2002165024.663.58$4,069
Apr 20020023.653.51$0
Mar 2002170022.003.10$3,740
Feb 2002176018.222.38$3,207
Jan 2002162017.172.38$2,782
Dec 20010016.932.36$0
Nov 2001176018.072.41$3,180
Oct 20010019.782.53$0
Sep 2001173024.262.25$4,197
Aug 2001128024.873.05$3,183
Jul 2001176023.933.20$4,212
Jun 2001143024.563.82$3,512
May 2001173025.524.31$4,415
Apr 20010024.685.34$0
Mar 2001170024.545.38$4,172
Feb 2001164027.755.77$4,551
Jan 2001175027.478.40$4,807
Dec 2000173026.889.12$4,650
Nov 2000179032.215.66$5,766
Oct 2000341031.235.15$10,649
Sep 2000164031.875.19$5,227
Aug 2000170029.644.54$5,039
Jul 2000504028.534.09$14,379
Jun 2000175029.304.40$5,128
May 2000174027.263.68$4,743
Apr 2000341024.513.12$8,358
Mar 2000343028.422.86$9,748
Feb 2000332027.622.73$9,170
Jan 2000171025.272.48$4,321
Dec 1999177024.282.42$4,298
Nov 1999343023.192.43$7,954
Oct 1999349020.982.80$7,322
Sep 1999339021.752.62$7,373
Aug 1999171019.262.88$3,293
Jul 1999514017.892.37$9,195
Jun 1999336015.942.36$5,356
May 1999510015.792.32$8,053
Apr 1999156015.102.21$2,356
Mar 1999340012.471.84$4,240
Feb 199951209.981.82$5,110
Jan 1999345010.381.90$3,581
Dec 199850609.201.77$4,655
Nov 1998332010.892.19$3,615
Oct 1998672012.421.97$8,346
Sep 1998492012.592.08$6,194
Aug 1998503011.301.91$5,684
Jul 1998658011.742.24$7,725
Jun 1998501011.242.24$5,631
May 19981,021012.622.21$12,885
Apr 1998845013.042.51$11,019
Mar 1998859012.802.31$10,995
Feb 1998691013.952.30$9,639
Jan 19981,038014.702.15$15,259
Dec 1997862016.322.41$14,068
Nov 19971,225018.193.09$22,283
Oct 19971,014019.253.15$19,520
Sep 19971,188017.742.95$21,075
Aug 19971,019017.862.55$18,199
Jul 19971,027017.582.25$18,055
Jun 1997966017.242.26$16,654
May 19971,202018.972.31$22,802
Apr 19971,187017.882.08$21,224
Mar 19971,147018.951.94$21,736
Feb 19971,214020.492.21$24,875
Jan 19971,365023.483.54$32,050
Dec 19961,235023.32$28,800
Nov 19961,397021.97$30,692
Oct 19961,208023.31$28,158
Sep 19961,045022.22$23,220
Aug 19961,355020.26$27,452
Jul 19961,371019.55$26,803
Jun 19961,382018.73$25,885
May 19961,377019.43$26,755
Apr 19961,863021.51$40,073
Mar 19961,190019.38$23,062
Feb 19961,685016.98$28,611
Jan 19961,502017.07$25,639
Dec 19951,517017.19$26,077
Nov 19951,694016.00$27,104
Oct 19951,511015.43$23,315
Sep 19951,519016.18$24,577
Aug 19951,492015.92$23,753
Jul 19951,669015.24$25,436
Jun 19951,341016.41$22,006
May 19951,500017.56$26,340
Apr 19951,330017.73$23,581
Mar 19951,492016.44$24,528
Feb 19951,878016.58$31,137
Jan 19951,534015.92$24,421
Dec 19941,532015.03$23,026
Nov 19942,046015.90$32,531
Oct 19941,733015.58$27,000
Sep 19941,894015.29$28,959
Aug 19941,855116.13$29,921
Jul 19942,024117.56$35,541
Jun 19941,868117.09$31,924
May 19941,865115.88$29,616
Apr 19942,045114.14$28,916
Mar 19942,056112.46$25,618
Feb 19941,877112.50$23,463
Jan 19942,090112.66$26,459
Dec 19932,468112.33$30,430
Nov 19932,379114.49$34,472
Oct 19932,700115.85$42,795
Sep 19932,732115.03$41,062
Aug 19933,026115.66$47,387
Jul 19933,022115.46$46,720
Jun 19932,731116.79$45,853
May 19932,173117.68$38,419
Apr 19931,839118.05$33,194
Mar 19932,154118.14$39,074
Feb 19932,037117.90$36,462
Jan 19932,226116.93$37,686

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.

Apr 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   43 bbl  × $110.31 =     $4,743
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $ 10.45 =         $0

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Month total                                   $4,743

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/66336 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.