THE BIG "O" UNIT

Name: THE BIG "O" UNIT lease production and value, Jul 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by ROCA OPERATING, INC. (P-5 722195) in the LAMESA, N.W. (MID. SPRABERRY) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 67127District 8AField 51739250OilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.7 M

Jul 1993 – Apr 2008

Value, last 12 filed months

$7 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

178

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The LAMESA, N.W. (MID. SPRABERRY) 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 2 leases and 2 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1993-01-01

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

1,320 ft

minimum

From a lease line

660 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 160 acres. The field rule took effect on 1994-02-28.

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	68,823 bbl	$1,437,828
Casinghead gas	Production	98,969 Mcf	$249,590
Total			$1,687,418

38,986 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 42 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 (1)

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 32.7270, -102.0016. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.72701, -102.00158 · 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%

1 of 1 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

Median depth

8,125 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

14.5 years

median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

1100.0%

A plug date is filed

1100.0%

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

1100.0%

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

The one well that filed a depth was drilled to 8,125 ft.

Completions filed

Aug 1993

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Feb 2008

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 14.5 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 14.5 years and 14.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-11532762	1	8,125 ft	Aug 1993	Feb 2008	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 (178)

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

178 months


Apr 2008	0	0	110.31	10.45	$0
Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	75	0	92.53	8.77	$6,940
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	1	0	50.30	6.73	$50
Dec 2006	0	0	56.65	6.92	$0
Nov 2006	0	0	54.20	7.62	$0
Oct 2006	1	0	54.90	6.01	$55
Sep 2006	0	0	60.08	5.04	$0
Aug 2006	137	0	68.71	7.34	$9,413
Jul 2006	179	284	69.37	6.34	$14,219
Jun 2006	0	272	66.28	6.38	$1,736
May 2006	358	367	66.01	6.42	$25,990
Apr 2006	175	294	64.39	7.36	$13,432
Mar 2006	174	254	56.70	7.08	$11,665
Feb 2006	168	332	57.59	7.75	$12,248
Jan 2006	168	336	60.59	8.93	$13,181
Dec 2005	172	289	54.94	13.42	$13,327
Nov 2005	180	282	54.69	10.59	$12,830
Oct 2005	177	273	58.34	13.80	$14,092
Sep 2005	177	256	61.45	12.08	$13,969
Aug 2005	183	398	61.51	9.80	$15,155
Jul 2005	179	400	55.69	7.84	$13,106
Jun 2005	184	452	52.33	7.38	$12,965
May 2005	182	391	45.22	6.65	$10,831
Apr 2005	182	320	49.20	7.36	$11,310
Mar 2005	174	167	50.37	7.15	$9,959
Feb 2005	185	333	45.22	6.31	$10,468
Jan 2005	190	412	43.16	6.32	$10,805
Dec 2004	181	401	39.86	6.75	$9,922
Nov 2004	186	376	45.28	6.33	$10,802
Oct 2004	181	453	49.70	6.52	$11,947
Sep 2004	180	478	43.24	5.28	$10,309
Aug 2004	179	501	42.37	5.55	$10,365
Jul 2004	184	509	38.28	6.08	$10,140
Jun 2004	341	493	36.10	6.43	$15,482
May 2004	182	505	37.48	6.49	$10,101
Apr 2004	181	492	34.47	5.86	$9,121
Mar 2004	364	504	34.36	5.53	$15,294
Feb 2004	0	461	32.45	5.51	$2,540
Jan 2004	358	502	32.03	6.30	$14,629
Dec 2003	185	516	30.26	6.30	$8,850
Nov 2003	182	512	28.80	4.60	$7,594
Oct 2003	365	536	28.17	4.76	$12,833
Sep 2003	183	529	26.31	4.75	$7,327
Aug 2003	180	530	29.76	5.13	$8,076
Jul 2003	185	359	29.41	5.17	$7,297
Jun 2003	187	234	28.56	5.98	$6,741
May 2003	182	507	26.59	5.97	$7,868
Apr 2003	363	542	26.67	5.41	$12,612
Mar 2003	182	554	31.14	6.10	$9,045
Feb 2003	169	500	33.48	7.93	$9,621
Jan 2003	181	469	30.31	5.58	$8,104
Dec 2002	360	545	26.91	4.85	$12,333
Nov 2002	361	547	24.66	4.14	$11,165
Oct 2002	180	585	26.46	4.23	$7,237
Sep 2002	186	499	27.44	3.64	$6,918
Aug 2002	181	400	25.96	3.16	$5,964
Jul 2002	363	590	24.58	3.06	$10,729
Jun 2002	181	548	23.73	3.34	$6,124
May 2002	184	573	24.66	3.58	$6,591
Apr 2002	357	537	23.65	3.51	$10,329
Mar 2002	186	577	22.00	3.10	$5,882
Feb 2002	187	536	18.22	2.38	$4,681
Jan 2002	185	561	17.17	2.38	$4,509
Dec 2001	365	576	16.93	2.36	$7,541
Nov 2001	181	478	18.07	2.41	$4,421
Oct 2001	346	410	19.78	2.53	$7,881
Sep 2001	183	622	24.26	2.25	$5,840
Aug 2001	361	533	24.87	3.05	$10,605
Jul 2001	187	654	23.93	3.20	$6,566
Jun 2001	171	623	24.56	3.82	$6,582
May 2001	374	592	25.52	4.31	$12,094
Apr 2001	192	608	24.68	5.34	$7,982
Mar 2001	369	588	24.54	5.38	$12,217
Feb 2001	372	573	27.75	5.77	$13,628
Jan 2001	192	478	27.47	8.40	$9,289
Dec 2000	190	521	26.88	9.12	$9,860
Nov 2000	373	610	32.21	5.66	$15,466
Oct 2000	182	539	31.23	5.15	$8,457
Sep 2000	182	571	31.87	5.19	$8,762
Aug 2000	528	573	29.64	4.54	$18,252
Jul 2000	183	620	28.53	4.09	$7,757
Jun 2000	360	556	29.30	4.40	$12,993
May 2000	362	390	27.26	3.68	$11,303
Apr 2000	181	495	24.51	3.12	$5,979
Mar 2000	355	627	28.42	2.86	$11,882
Feb 2000	354	572	27.62	2.73	$11,337
Jan 2000	180	597	25.27	2.48	$6,029
Dec 1999	549	558	24.28	2.42	$14,682
Nov 1999	187	2	23.19	2.43	$4,341
Oct 1999	355	84	20.98	2.80	$7,683
Sep 1999	184	621	21.75	2.62	$5,628
Aug 1999	350	855	19.26	2.88	$9,200
Jul 1999	538	705	17.89	2.37	$11,297
Jun 1999	175	693	15.94	2.36	$4,426
May 1999	362	696	15.79	2.32	$7,331
Apr 1999	363	669	15.10	2.21	$6,958
Mar 1999	362	608	12.47	1.84	$5,632
Feb 1999	350	496	9.98	1.82	$4,395
Jan 1999	365	539	10.38	1.90	$4,813
Dec 1998	365	581	9.20	1.77	$4,388
Nov 1998	362	401	10.89	2.19	$4,819
Oct 1998	346	590	12.42	1.97	$5,459
Sep 1998	537	613	12.59	2.08	$8,037
Aug 1998	361	646	11.30	1.91	$5,311
Jul 1998	363	599	11.74	2.24	$5,602
Jun 1998	358	647	11.24	2.24	$5,471
May 1998	358	594	12.62	2.21	$5,829
Apr 1998	354	562	13.04	2.51	$6,024
Mar 1998	546	575	12.80	2.31	$8,317
Feb 1998	350	618	13.95	2.30	$6,303
Jan 1998	333	692	14.70	2.15	$6,386
Dec 1997	501	703	16.32	2.41	$9,871
Nov 1997	509	698	18.19	3.09	$11,414
Oct 1997	339	727	19.25	3.15	$8,816
Sep 1997	475	745	17.74	2.95	$10,628
Aug 1997	355	757	17.86	2.55	$8,274
Jul 1997	514	768	17.58	2.25	$10,762
Jun 1997	522	737	17.24	2.26	$10,663
May 1997	342	665	18.97	2.31	$8,023
Apr 1997	517	734	17.88	2.08	$10,773
Mar 1997	588	822	18.95	1.94	$12,737
Feb 1997	341	603	20.49	2.21	$8,317
Jan 1997	521	901	23.48	3.54	$15,422
Dec 1996	691	779	23.32	—	$16,114
Nov 1996	507	693	21.97	—	$11,139
Oct 1996	540	707	23.31	—	$12,587
Sep 1996	373	769	22.22	—	$8,288
Aug 1996	555	935	20.26	—	$11,244
Jul 1996	560	882	19.55	—	$10,948
Jun 1996	729	750	18.73	—	$13,654
May 1996	368	394	19.43	—	$7,150
Apr 1996	560	859	21.51	—	$12,046
Mar 1996	558	760	19.38	—	$10,814
Feb 1996	695	587	16.98	—	$11,801
Jan 1996	193	337	17.07	—	$3,295
Dec 1995	562	640	17.19	—	$9,661
Nov 1995	743	776	16.00	—	$11,888
Oct 1995	559	705	15.43	—	$8,625
Sep 1995	374	745	16.18	—	$6,051
Aug 1995	847	726	15.92	—	$13,484
Jul 1995	545	812	15.24	—	$8,306
Jun 1995	553	878	16.41	—	$9,075
May 1995	926	761	17.56	—	$16,261
Apr 1995	368	599	17.73	—	$6,525
Mar 1995	726	995	16.44	—	$11,935
Feb 1995	729	984	16.58	—	$12,087
Jan 1995	889	1,167	15.92	—	$14,153
Dec 1994	727	1,139	15.03	—	$10,927
Nov 1994	919	1,177	15.90	—	$14,612
Oct 1994	914	1,292	15.58	—	$14,240
Sep 1994	914	1,307	15.29	—	$13,975
Aug 1994	907	1,353	16.13	—	$14,630
Jul 1994	906	1,252	17.56	—	$15,909
Jun 1994	910	1,321	17.09	—	$15,552
May 1994	1,272	1,195	15.88	—	$20,199
Apr 1994	1,098	1,498	14.14	—	$15,526
Mar 1994	1,344	1,609	12.46	—	$16,746
Feb 1994	916	1,177	12.50	—	$11,450
Jan 1994	1,641	1,790	12.66	—	$20,775
Dec 1993	1,652	1,969	12.33	—	$20,369
Nov 1993	1,471	1,982	14.49	—	$21,315
Oct 1993	2,349	656	15.85	—	$37,232
Sep 1993	2,522	9	15.03	—	$37,906
Aug 1993	1,618	10	15.66	—	$25,338
Jul 1993	0	10	15.46	—	$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.

Feb 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   75 bbl  × $ 92.53 =     $6,940
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  8.77 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $6,940

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/67127 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.