PITCHFORK "5"

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

Oil lease lease 66500District 8AField 91782500Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.6 M
Jan 1993 – Sep 2008
Value, last 12 filed months
$9 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
189
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 1 leases and 7 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1990-04-27
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.

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
OilDisposition132,068 bbl$2,610,610
Casinghead gasProduction1,856 Mcf$0
Total$2,610,610

1,856 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 (7)

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 33.5067, -100.5416. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.7 miles.

33.50831, -100.54360 · 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%
7 of 7 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
7 of 7 wells
Median depth
4,130 ft
7 wells filed one
Completion to plug
13.0 years
median over 7 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
7100.0%
A plug date is filed
7100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
7100.0%
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 4,060 and 4,340 ft, median 4,130 ft, over the 7 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Apr 1990 – Feb 2001
7 of 7 wells
Plug dates filed
Mar 2006 – Jul 2008
7 of 7 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 13.0 years across the 7 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 9.9 years and 17.6 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

7 wells

42-1253047574,130 ftFeb 2001Jun 2008Yes
42-12530709124,150 ftMay 1999Jul 2008Yes
42-12530516114,340 ftJul 1995Jul 2008Yes
42-1253044164,150 ftJul 1995Mar 2006Yes
42-1253043444,060 ftMar 1991Jul 2008Yes
42-1253042224,070 ftAug 1990Jun 2008Yes
42-1253041414,100 ftApr 1990Jul 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 (189)

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

189 months

Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 200793091.677.29$8,525
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 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 2006167068.717.34$11,475
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 2006186066.286.38$12,328
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 2006187056.707.08$10,603
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 2006184060.598.93$11,149
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 2005195054.6910.59$10,665
Oct 2005180058.3413.80$10,501
Sep 2005176061.4512.08$10,815
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 2005165045.226.65$7,461
Apr 2005163049.207.36$8,020
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 2005170045.226.31$7,687
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 2004183039.866.75$7,294
Nov 2004172045.286.33$7,788
Oct 2004172049.706.52$8,548
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 2004185042.375.55$7,838
Jul 2004178038.286.08$6,814
Jun 2004181036.106.43$6,534
May 2004174037.486.49$6,522
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 2004364034.365.53$12,507
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 2004183032.036.30$5,861
Dec 2003316030.266.30$9,562
Nov 2003180028.804.60$5,184
Oct 2003353028.174.76$9,944
Sep 2003161026.314.75$4,236
Aug 2003344029.765.13$10,237
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 2003173028.565.98$4,941
May 2003152026.595.97$4,042
Apr 2003352026.675.41$9,388
Mar 2003333031.146.10$10,370
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 2003358030.315.58$10,851
Dec 2002345026.914.85$9,284
Nov 2002352024.664.14$8,680
Oct 2002352026.464.23$9,314
Sep 2002343027.443.64$9,412
Aug 2002351025.963.16$9,112
Jul 2002515024.583.06$12,659
Jun 2002495023.733.34$11,746
May 2002356024.663.58$8,779
Apr 2002535023.653.51$12,653
Mar 2002576022.003.10$12,672
Feb 2002322018.222.38$5,867
Jan 2002549017.172.38$9,426
Dec 2001889016.932.36$15,051
Nov 2001523018.072.41$9,451
Oct 2001713019.782.53$14,103
Sep 2001875024.262.25$21,228
Aug 20011,024024.873.05$25,467
Jul 2001884023.933.20$21,154
Jun 20011,089024.563.82$26,746
May 20011,074025.524.31$27,408
Apr 20011,220024.685.34$30,110
Mar 2001525024.545.38$12,884
Feb 2001727027.755.77$20,174
Jan 2001729027.478.40$20,026
Dec 2000734026.889.12$19,730
Nov 2000726032.215.66$23,384
Oct 20001,054031.235.15$32,916
Sep 2000877031.875.19$27,950
Aug 2000873029.644.54$25,876
Jul 20001,240028.534.09$35,377
Jun 20001,396029.304.40$40,903
May 20001,407027.263.68$38,355
Apr 20001,424024.513.12$34,902
Mar 20001,249028.422.86$35,497
Feb 20001,428027.622.73$39,441
Jan 20001,459025.272.48$36,869
Dec 19991,805024.282.42$43,825
Nov 19991,594023.192.43$36,965
Oct 19991,217020.982.80$25,533
Sep 19991,390021.752.62$30,233
Aug 19991,365019.262.88$26,290
Jul 19991,363017.892.37$24,384
Jun 19991,210015.942.36$19,287
May 19991,384015.792.32$21,853
Apr 1999797015.102.21$12,035
Mar 19991,041012.471.84$12,981
Feb 19991,04609.981.82$10,439
Jan 1999865010.381.90$8,979
Dec 19981,39109.201.77$12,797
Nov 1998690010.892.19$7,514
Oct 19981,191012.421.97$14,792
Sep 19981,216012.592.08$15,309
Aug 1998841011.301.91$9,503
Jul 19981,032011.742.24$12,116
Jun 19981,189011.242.24$13,364
May 19981,205012.622.21$15,207
Apr 19981,193013.042.51$15,557
Mar 19981,038012.802.31$13,286
Feb 19981,041013.952.30$14,522
Jan 19981,229014.702.15$18,066
Dec 19971,204016.322.41$19,649
Nov 19971,217018.193.09$22,137
Oct 19971,025019.253.15$19,731
Sep 19971,035017.742.95$18,361
Aug 19971,032017.862.55$18,432
Jul 19971,202017.582.25$21,131
Jun 1997867017.242.26$14,947
May 19971,185018.972.31$22,479
Apr 1997684017.882.08$12,230
Mar 19971,334018.951.94$25,279
Feb 1997699020.492.21$14,323
Jan 19971,032023.483.54$24,231
Dec 19961,201023.32$28,007
Nov 1996880021.97$19,334
Oct 1996702023.31$16,364
Sep 1996867022.22$19,265
Aug 1996517020.26$10,474
Jul 1996350019.55$6,843
Jun 1996687018.73$12,868
May 1996686019.43$13,329
Apr 19961,221021.51$26,264
Mar 19961,019019.38$19,748
Feb 19961,183016.98$20,087
Jan 19961,225017.07$20,911
Dec 19951,212017.19$20,834
Nov 19951,381016.00$22,096
Oct 19951,046015.43$16,140
Sep 19951,226016.18$19,837
Aug 19951,369015.92$21,794
Jul 19951,566015.24$23,866
Jun 19951,742016.41$28,586
May 19951,393017.56$24,461
Apr 19951,313017.73$23,279
Mar 19951,581016.44$25,992
Feb 19951,221016.58$20,244
Jan 19951,238015.92$19,709
Dec 19941,221015.03$18,352
Nov 19941,391015.90$22,117
Oct 19941,374015.58$21,407
Sep 19941,553015.29$23,745
Aug 1994689116.13$11,114
Jul 1994346117.56$6,076
Jun 19941,033117.09$17,654
May 19941,197115.88$19,008
Apr 19941,211114.14$17,124
Mar 19941,177112.46$14,665
Feb 1994693112.50$8,663
Jan 19941,433112.66$18,142
Dec 19931,047112.33$12,910
Nov 19931,207114.49$17,489
Oct 19931,3883215.85$22,000
Sep 19931,5613215.03$23,462
Aug 199386716415.66$13,577
Jul 19931,22914515.46$19,000
Jun 19931,06121416.79$17,814
May 19931,38024917.68$24,398
Apr 19931,39627218.05$25,198
Mar 19931,43118818.14$25,958
Feb 19931,31726417.90$23,574
Jan 19931,58128616.93$26,766

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 2007 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   93 bbl  × $ 91.67 =     $8,525
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  7.29 =         $0

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Month total                                   $8,525

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/66500 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.