FORKS "1"

Name: FORKS "1" lease production and value, Feb 1996 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by MEDDERS OIL COMPANY, INC. (P-5 558355) in the BALT (TANNEHILL) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 67528District 8AField 05355380OilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$18.8 M

Feb 1996 – Oct 2011

Value, last 12 filed months

$475 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

189

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The BALT (TANNEHILL) 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 21 leases and 186 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1996-02-21

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 2011-06-27.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “ON THE LEASE. PRORATION PLATS ARE REQUIRED.”

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	575,038 bbl	$18,720,560
Casinghead gas	Production	6,870 Mcf	$34,555
Total			$18,755,114

250 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 11 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 (10)

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 33.5718, -100.4737. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.8 miles.

33.57137, -100.47343 · 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

10.0%

1 of 10 wells

With a plug date

10.0%

1 of 10 wells

Median depth

3,935 ft

10 wells filed one

Completion to plug

11.3 years

median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

110.0%

A plug date is filed

110.0%

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

110.0%

NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.

990.0%

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, 10 of 10 wells. Median 3,935 ft, with the middle half between 3,881 and 4,008 ft; the shallowest is 3,800 ft and the deepest 4,099 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, 10 of 10 wells, Feb 1996 – May 2012. 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 1996 – May 2012

10 of 10 wells

Plug dates filed

Aug 2023

1 of 10 wells; 9 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 11.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 11.3 years and 11.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

10 wells


42-26932421	7A	4,020 ft	May 2012	—	—
42-26932255	4A	4,099 ft	Apr 2012	—	—
42-26932216	2-A	4,002 ft	Apr 2012	Aug 2023	Yes
42-26932751	11A	3,874 ft	Jan 2009	—	—
42-26932690	10A	3,800 ft	Aug 2007	—	—
42-26932652	9A	3,910 ft	Sep 2006	—	—
42-26932559	8A	3,850 ft	Aug 2005	—	—
42-26932339	6A	4,010 ft	Aug 1999	—	—
42-26932222	3-A	3,902 ft	Jul 1996	—	—
42-26932206	1A	3,960 ft	Feb 1996	—	—

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


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	845	40	92.90	4.64	$78,686
May 2011	224	40	98.13	4.40	$22,157
Apr 2011	691	40	105.96	4.33	$73,392
Mar 2011	528	40	96.36	4.06	$51,040
Feb 2011	684	40	85.64	4.18	$58,745
Jan 2011	715	40	86.50	4.59	$62,031
Dec 2010	687	40	85.73	4.35	$59,070
Nov 2010	864	40	80.84	3.80	$69,998
Oct 2010	848	40	78.10	3.51	$66,369
Sep 2010	696	40	72.63	3.98	$50,710
Aug 2010	869	40	73.68	4.42	$64,205
Jul 2010	862	40	72.55	4.74	$62,728
Jun 2010	1,041	40	70.36	4.91	$73,441
May 2010	1,030	40	71.12	4.24	$73,423
Apr 2010	1,046	40	81.69	4.12	$85,613
Mar 2010	1,172	40	78.39	4.39	$92,049
Feb 2010	1,059	40	73.58	5.44	$78,139
Jan 2010	1,039	40	74.36	5.96	$77,499
Dec 2009	1,233	40	71.44	5.48	$88,305
Nov 2009	1,047	40	74.59	3.75	$78,246
Oct 2009	1,253	40	72.54	4.11	$91,057
Sep 2009	895	40	65.54	3.06	$58,781
Aug 2009	1,417	40	67.42	3.22	$95,663
Jul 2009	1,195	40	61.13	3.46	$73,189
Jun 2009	1,430	40	66.16	3.90	$94,765
May 2009	1,402	40	54.74	3.93	$76,903
Apr 2009	1,416	40	46.77	3.59	$66,370
Mar 2009	1,421	40	42.14	4.06	$60,043
Feb 2009	1,433	40	32.81	4.63	$47,202
Jan 2009	1,580	40	35.86	5.37	$56,874
Dec 2008	1,415	40	37.10	5.98	$52,736
Nov 2008	1,446	40	55.49	6.86	$80,513
Oct 2008	1,796	40	75.24	6.92	$135,408
Sep 2008	1,618	40	101.76	7.88	$164,963
Aug 2008	1,772	40	114.22	8.48	$202,737
Jul 2008	1,809	40	131.08	11.39	$237,579
Jun 2008	1,641	40	131.33	13.03	$216,034
May 2008	1,971	40	123.17	11.57	$243,231
Apr 2008	1,831	40	110.31	10.45	$202,396
Mar 2008	2,299	40	101.90	9.66	$234,655
Feb 2008	1,804	40	92.53	8.77	$167,275
Jan 2008	2,324	40	90.38	8.21	$210,371
Dec 2007	1,989	40	88.33	7.30	$175,980
Nov 2007	1,988	40	91.67	7.29	$182,532
Oct 2007	2,154	40	82.85	6.92	$178,736
Sep 2007	1,961	40	75.84	6.24	$148,972
Aug 2007	2,332	40	69.06	6.39	$161,303
Jul 2007	1,619	40	70.90	6.39	$115,043
Jun 2007	1,963	40	62.00	7.55	$122,008
May 2007	1,929	40	58.74	7.85	$113,623
Apr 2007	1,892	40	59.61	7.81	$113,094
Mar 2007	1,998	40	56.92	7.30	$114,018
Feb 2007	2,378	40	55.10	8.22	$131,356
Jan 2007	1,968	40	50.30	6.73	$99,259
Dec 2006	3,065	40	56.65	6.92	$173,909
Nov 2006	2,527	40	54.20	7.62	$137,268
Oct 2006	3,461	40	54.90	6.01	$190,249
Sep 2006	2,178	40	60.08	5.04	$131,056
Aug 2006	2,115	40	68.71	7.34	$145,615
Jul 2006	1,993	40	69.37	6.34	$138,508
Jun 2006	2,089	40	66.28	6.38	$138,714
May 2006	2,581	40	66.01	6.42	$170,629
Apr 2006	2,458	40	64.39	7.36	$158,565
Mar 2006	2,456	40	56.70	7.08	$139,539
Feb 2006	2,641	40	57.59	7.75	$152,405
Jan 2006	2,819	40	60.59	8.93	$171,161
Dec 2005	3,033	40	54.94	13.42	$167,170
Nov 2005	3,010	40	54.69	10.59	$165,040
Oct 2005	3,002	40	58.34	13.80	$175,689
Sep 2005	3,606	40	61.45	12.08	$222,072
Aug 2005	1,560	40	61.51	9.80	$96,347
Jul 2005	1,683	40	55.69	7.84	$94,040
Jun 2005	1,522	40	52.33	7.38	$79,942
May 2005	1,373	40	45.22	6.65	$62,353
Apr 2005	1,371	40	49.20	7.36	$67,748
Mar 2005	997	40	50.37	7.15	$50,505
Feb 2005	1,179	40	45.22	6.31	$53,567
Jan 2005	1,256	40	43.16	6.32	$54,462
Dec 2004	1,562	40	39.86	6.75	$62,531
Nov 2004	1,183	40	45.28	6.33	$53,819
Oct 2004	1,531	40	49.70	6.52	$76,351
Sep 2004	1,352	40	43.24	5.28	$58,672
Aug 2004	1,225	40	42.37	5.55	$52,125
Jul 2004	1,498	40	38.28	6.08	$57,587
Jun 2004	1,561	40	36.10	6.43	$56,609
May 2004	1,934	40	37.48	6.49	$72,746
Apr 2004	1,412	40	34.47	5.86	$48,906
Mar 2004	1,945	40	34.36	5.53	$67,051
Feb 2004	1,610	40	32.45	5.51	$52,465
Jan 2004	1,984	40	32.03	6.30	$63,800
Dec 2003	1,630	40	30.26	6.30	$49,576
Nov 2003	1,985	40	28.80	4.60	$57,352
Oct 2003	2,066	40	28.17	4.76	$58,390
Sep 2003	2,092	40	26.31	4.75	$55,230
Aug 2003	2,289	40	29.76	5.13	$68,326
Jul 2003	1,955	40	29.41	5.17	$57,703
Jun 2003	2,469	40	28.56	5.98	$70,754
May 2003	2,137	40	26.59	5.97	$57,062
Apr 2003	2,158	40	26.67	5.41	$57,770
Mar 2003	2,277	40	31.14	6.10	$71,150
Feb 2003	2,322	40	33.48	7.93	$78,058
Jan 2003	2,486	40	30.31	5.58	$75,574
Dec 2002	2,604	40	26.91	4.85	$70,268
Nov 2002	2,662	40	24.66	4.14	$65,810
Oct 2002	2,656	40	26.46	4.23	$70,447
Sep 2002	2,816	40	27.44	3.64	$77,416
Aug 2002	2,769	40	25.96	3.16	$72,010
Jul 2002	3,173	40	24.58	3.06	$78,115
Jun 2002	2,803	40	23.73	3.34	$66,649
May 2002	2,981	40	24.66	3.58	$73,655
Apr 2002	3,184	40	23.65	3.51	$75,442
Mar 2002	3,198	40	22.00	3.10	$70,480
Feb 2002	2,917	40	18.22	2.38	$53,243
Jan 2002	3,712	40	17.17	2.38	$63,830
Dec 2001	3,190	40	16.93	2.36	$54,101
Nov 2001	3,492	40	18.07	2.41	$63,197
Oct 2001	3,560	40	19.78	2.53	$70,518
Sep 2001	3,460	40	24.26	2.25	$84,030
Aug 2001	3,863	40	24.87	3.05	$96,195
Jul 2001	3,995	40	23.93	3.20	$95,728
Jun 2001	3,809	40	24.56	3.82	$93,702
May 2001	3,991	40	25.52	4.31	$102,023
Apr 2001	4,068	40	24.68	5.34	$100,612
Mar 2001	4,841	40	24.54	5.38	$119,013
Feb 2001	3,633	40	27.75	5.77	$101,046
Jan 2001	4,971	40	27.47	8.40	$136,889
Dec 2000	4,607	40	26.88	9.12	$124,201
Nov 2000	4,670	40	32.21	5.66	$150,647
Oct 2000	4,874	40	31.23	5.15	$152,421
Sep 2000	4,330	40	31.87	5.19	$138,205
Aug 2000	5,101	40	29.64	4.54	$151,375
Jul 2000	5,469	40	28.53	4.09	$156,194
Jun 2000	4,836	40	29.30	4.40	$141,871
May 2000	5,883	40	27.26	3.68	$160,518
Apr 2000	5,168	40	24.51	3.12	$126,792
Mar 2000	6,077	40	28.42	2.86	$172,823
Feb 2000	5,373	40	27.62	2.73	$148,511
Jan 2000	6,368	40	25.27	2.48	$161,019
Dec 1999	6,289	40	24.28	2.42	$152,794
Nov 1999	6,063	40	23.19	2.43	$140,698
Oct 1999	6,297	30	20.98	2.80	$132,195
Sep 1999	6,136	30	21.75	2.62	$133,537
Aug 1999	4,792	30	19.26	2.88	$92,380
Jul 1999	4,584	30	17.89	2.37	$82,079
Jun 1999	4,722	30	15.94	2.36	$75,340
May 1999	5,152	30	15.79	2.32	$81,420
Apr 1999	4,228	30	15.10	2.21	$63,909
Mar 1999	5,111	30	12.47	1.84	$63,789
Feb 1999	4,085	30	9.98	1.82	$40,823
Jan 1999	5,162	30	10.38	1.90	$53,639
Dec 1998	4,851	30	9.20	1.77	$44,682
Nov 1998	4,765	30	10.89	2.19	$51,956
Oct 1998	4,969	30	12.42	1.97	$61,774
Sep 1998	3,719	30	12.59	2.08	$46,885
Aug 1998	3,874	30	11.30	1.91	$43,833
Jul 1998	4,185	30	11.74	2.24	$49,199
Jun 1998	4,554	30	11.24	2.24	$51,254
May 1998	4,614	30	12.62	2.21	$58,295
Apr 1998	4,642	30	13.04	2.51	$60,607
Mar 1998	4,651	30	12.80	2.31	$59,602
Feb 1998	4,545	30	13.95	2.30	$63,472
Jan 1998	4,370	30	14.70	2.15	$64,304
Dec 1997	5,699	30	16.32	2.41	$93,080
Nov 1997	5,051	30	18.19	3.09	$91,970
Oct 1997	5,025	30	19.25	3.15	$96,826
Sep 1997	4,999	30	17.74	2.95	$88,771
Aug 1997	5,704	30	17.86	2.55	$101,950
Jul 1997	6,205	30	17.58	2.25	$109,151
Jun 1997	5,501	30	17.24	2.26	$94,905
May 1997	6,336	30	18.97	2.31	$120,263
Apr 1997	5,561	30	17.88	2.08	$99,493
Mar 1997	6,334	30	18.95	1.94	$120,087
Feb 1997	5,840	30	20.49	2.21	$119,728
Jan 1997	6,682	30	23.48	3.54	$157,000
Dec 1996	7,328	30	23.32	—	$170,889
Nov 1996	6,630	30	21.97	—	$145,661
Oct 1996	7,078	30	23.31	—	$164,988
Sep 1996	6,805	30	22.22	—	$151,207
Aug 1996	8,432	30	20.26	—	$170,832
Jul 1996	10,332	30	19.55	—	$201,991
Jun 1996	8,606	20	18.73	—	$161,190
May 1996	5,595	20	19.43	—	$108,711
Apr 1996	3,511	10	21.51	—	$75,522
Mar 1996	3,791	10	19.38	—	$73,470
Feb 1996	1,372	10	16.98	—	$23,297

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 2011 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                  845 bbl  × $ 92.90 =    $78,501
Casinghead gas        40 Mcf  × $  4.64 =       $186

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Month total                                  $78,686

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/67528 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.