BELT

Operated by CHISHOLM OPERATING, INC. (P-5 149454) in the SOGGY BOTTOM (CROTON) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 68978District 8AField 84491075Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$14.2 M
Jul 2006 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$73 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
239
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 6 leases and 10 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2004-08-21
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
OilDisposition187,905 bbl$14,105,030
Casinghead gasProduction6,996 Mcf$55,391
Total$14,160,421

Wells on this lease (2)

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 33.4197, -100.8552. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.2 miles.

33.41966, -100.85516 · 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
0.0%
0 of 2 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 2 wells
Median depth
5,215 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
00.0%
A plug date is filed
00.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
00.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
2100.0%

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 5,200 and 5,230 ft, median 5,215 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Jul 2006 – Jan 2007
2 of 2 wells

2 wells

42-1253105925,230 ftJan 2007
42-1253104415,200 ftJul 2006

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 (239)

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

239 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 2026172098.932.87$17,016
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 2026185063.503.75$11,748
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 2025162058.593.93$9,492
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 2025174062.743.08$10,917
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 2025171066.743.32$11,413
Jun 2025182066.483.13$12,099
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 2025175062.363.54$10,913
Mar 2025180067.704.27$12,186
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 2025186074.324.28$13,824
Dec 2024178068.993.12$12,280
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 2024180071.372.28$12,847
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 2024182075.632.06$13,765
Jul 2024171079.932.15$13,668
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 2024184078.812.20$14,501
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 2024173080.301.55$13,892
Feb 2024184076.091.78$14,001
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 2023188071.262.61$13,397
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 2023183085.443.09$15,636
Sep 2023179089.042.74$15,938
Aug 2023178080.522.67$14,333
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 2023129070.622.23$9,110
Apr 2023186078.122.24$14,530
Mar 2023182072.852.39$13,259
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 2023176076.533.39$13,469
Dec 2022190076.415.73$14,518
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 2022180087.185.86$15,692
Sep 2022186084.888.16$15,788
Aug 2022187094.529.13$17,675
Jul 20221830101.587.54$18,589
Jun 20221840115.097.98$21,177
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 20221820104.226.84$18,968
Mar 20221860108.885.08$20,252
Feb 2022168091.054.86$15,296
Jan 2022187081.844.54$15,304
Dec 2021190071.323.90$13,551
Nov 2021173077.435.24$13,395
Oct 2021175079.795.71$13,963
Sep 2021169069.865.35$11,806
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 2021177070.783.98$12,528
Jun 2021164069.493.38$11,396
May 2021179063.483.02$11,363
Apr 2021176060.362.76$10,623
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 2021170057.805.55$9,826
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 2020187038.772.71$7,250
Oct 2020182036.972.48$6,729
Sep 2020163037.091.99$6,046
Aug 2020172039.982.39$6,877
Jul 2020352038.371.83$13,506
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 2020156016.921.81$2,640
Apr 202079014.751.80$1,165
Mar 2020166030.341.86$5,036
Feb 2020172049.881.98$8,579
Jan 2020191057.252.09$10,935
Dec 2019370059.012.30$21,834
Nov 2019180055.302.75$9,954
Oct 2019180053.472.42$9,625
Sep 2019159055.052.66$8,753
Aug 2019179053.112.30$9,507
Jul 2019305056.272.46$17,162
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 2019353058.482.74$20,643
Apr 2019176062.632.75$11,023
Mar 2019180056.803.06$10,224
Feb 2019179050.852.79$9,102
Jan 2019180046.033.23$8,285
Dec 2018338046.594.19$15,747
Nov 2018180052.934.24$9,527
Oct 2018370061.443.40$22,733
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 2018359059.403.07$21,325
Jul 2018185065.142.93$12,051
Jun 2018363060.183.08$21,845
May 2018186065.382.90$12,161
Apr 2018189063.842.90$12,066
Mar 2018188061.222.79$11,509
Feb 2018372061.782.77$22,982
Jan 2018191062.874.01$12,008
Dec 2017383057.272.92$21,934
Nov 2017183055.423.12$10,142
Oct 2017555049.292.98$27,356
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 2017364045.373.00$16,515
Jul 2017366043.873.09$16,056
Jun 2017373042.493.09$15,849
May 2017187045.373.26$8,484
Apr 2017375047.933.21$17,974
Mar 2017375046.772.98$17,539
Feb 2017368050.452.95$18,566
Jan 2017350049.413.42$17,294
Dec 2016379048.763.72$18,480
Nov 2016378042.492.64$16,061
Oct 2016546046.193.09$25,220
Sep 2016352041.553.10$14,626
Aug 2016555041.442.92$22,999
Jul 2016371041.622.92$15,441
Jun 2016543045.352.69$24,625
May 2016375042.521.99$15,945
Apr 2016564036.561.99$20,620
Mar 2016547033.011.79$18,056
Feb 2016570026.472.06$15,088
Jan 2016763027.352.36$20,868
Dec 2015378032.362.00$12,232
Nov 2015565038.792.17$21,916
Oct 2015564043.552.43$24,562
Sep 2015372042.992.76$15,992
Aug 2015746040.162.87$29,959
Jul 2015375048.152.95$18,056
Jun 2015937056.152.88$52,613
May 2015194055.212.96$10,711
Apr 2015371049.822.71$18,483
Mar 2015936042.892.93$40,145
Feb 2015381044.662.98$17,015
Jan 2015568043.433.10$24,668
Dec 2014756054.693.59$41,346
Nov 2014753070.464.25$53,056
Oct 2014741078.303.90$58,020
Sep 2014373086.164.05$32,138
Aug 2014742089.394.04$66,327
Jul 2014738096.564.18$71,261
Jun 2014742098.164.74$72,835
May 2014557094.734.73$52,765
Apr 2014748095.944.81$71,763
Mar 2014742095.895.06$71,150
Feb 2014749097.406.19$72,953
Jan 2014942090.404.86$85,157
Dec 2013761091.824.35$69,875
Nov 2013757088.853.74$67,259
Oct 2013767097.423.78$74,721
Sep 20137480104.113.72$77,874
Aug 20139330104.253.52$97,265
Jul 20139310102.523.72$95,446
Jun 2013744094.403.93$70,234
May 20131,113094.834.15$105,546
Apr 2013744093.964.28$69,906
Mar 2013743093.623.91$69,560
Feb 2013746091.233.42$68,058
Jan 2013938091.603.42$85,921
Dec 20121,125086.773.42$97,616
Nov 2012920086.953.62$79,994
Oct 2012937089.383.40$83,749
Sep 2012935094.672.92$88,516
Aug 2012916092.662.91$84,877
Jul 20121,108085.133.02$94,324
Jun 2012923079.822.52$73,674
May 20121,125091.612.49$103,061
Apr 20121,1210101.652.00$113,950
Mar 20129330105.052.22$98,012
Feb 20129320101.102.57$94,225
Jan 20121,325098.092.73$129,969
Dec 2011945096.873.24$91,542
Nov 20111,074095.723.31$102,803
Oct 20111,316084.983.65$111,834
Sep 20111,127083.623.99$94,240
Aug 20111,118083.404.15$93,241
Jul 20111,489094.144.52$140,174
Jun 20111,490092.904.64$138,421
May 20111,119098.134.40$109,807
Apr 20111,8730105.964.33$198,463
Mar 20111,507096.364.06$145,215
Feb 20111,506085.644.18$128,974
Jan 20111,820086.504.59$157,430
Dec 20102,069085.734.35$177,375
Nov 20102,254080.843.80$182,213
Oct 20102,237078.103.51$174,710
Sep 20102,254072.633.98$163,708
Aug 20102,619073.684.42$192,968
Jul 20102,625072.554.74$190,444
Jun 20102,065070.364.91$145,293
May 20101,682071.124.24$119,624
Apr 20101,864081.694.12$152,270
Mar 20101,703078.394.39$133,498
Feb 20101,705073.585.44$125,454
Jan 20101,317074.365.96$97,932
Dec 20091,682071.445.48$120,162
Nov 20091,684074.593.75$125,610
Oct 20091,488072.544.11$107,940
Sep 20091,673065.543.06$109,648
Aug 20091,651067.423.22$111,310
Jul 20091,485061.133.46$90,778
Jun 20091,676066.163.90$110,884
May 20091,491054.743.93$81,617
Apr 20091,46433246.773.59$69,662
Mar 20092,028042.144.06$85,460
Feb 20091,490032.814.63$48,887
Jan 20092,047035.865.37$73,405
Dec 20082,053037.105.98$76,166
Nov 20081,654055.496.86$91,780
Oct 20081,874075.246.92$141,000
Sep 20081,877100101.767.88$191,791
Aug 20082,0690114.228.48$236,321
Jul 20082,230166131.0811.39$294,199
Jun 20081,893326131.3313.03$252,856
May 20082,087361123.1711.57$261,234
Apr 20081,892350110.3110.45$212,366
Mar 20082,084350101.909.66$215,742
Feb 20081,86021592.538.77$173,991
Jan 20082,62929890.388.21$240,054
Dec 20072,25438488.337.30$201,900
Nov 20072,43741891.677.29$226,448
Oct 20072,59050382.856.92$218,063
Sep 20072,62045075.846.24$201,511
Aug 20072,82070269.066.39$199,234
Jul 20073,01044070.906.39$216,220
Jun 20073,00252162.007.55$190,057
May 20073,35661158.747.85$201,926
Apr 20073,37926359.617.81$203,475
Mar 20073,22720656.927.30$185,185
Feb 20073,407055.108.22$187,726
Jan 20072,066050.306.73$103,920
Dec 20061,310056.656.92$74,212
Nov 20061,516054.207.62$82,167
Oct 20061,499054.906.01$82,295
Sep 20061,303060.085.04$78,284
Aug 20061,238068.717.34$85,063
Jul 2006187069.376.34$12,972

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 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  172 bbl  × $ 98.93 =    $17,016
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.87 =         $0

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Month total                                  $17,016

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/68978 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.