PITCHFORK BALT WATERFLOOD UNIT

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 69680District 8AField 05355380OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$93.8 M
Jul 2011 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$2.7 M
at the published price for each month
Months reported
179
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 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.

StreamBasisVolumeValue
OilDisposition1,542,926 bbl$93,788,771
Casinghead gasProduction13,390 Mcf$43,930
Total$93,832,701

Wells on this lease (30)

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 33.5728, -100.4765. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 2.0 miles.

33.57005, -100.47606 · 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
10.0%
3 of 30 wells
With a plug date
10.0%
3 of 30 wells
Median depth
3,910 ft
30 wells filed one
Completion to plug
13.3 years
median over 3 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
310.0%
A plug date is filed
310.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
310.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
2790.0%

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, 30 of 30 wells. Median 3,910 ft, with the middle half between 3,855 and 3,979 ft; the shallowest is 3,760 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, 30 of 30 wells, Feb 1996 – Nov 2013. 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 – Nov 2013
30 of 30 wells
Plug dates filed
Aug 2023 – Apr 2026
3 of 30 wells; 27 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 13.3 years across the 3 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 12.3 years and 15.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

30 wells

42-269328921063,825 ftNov 2013
42-26932496V 23,870 ftDec 2012Apr 2026Yes
42-26932436D 53,980 ftDec 2012
42-269328491054,035 ftOct 2012
42-26932536V 33,890 ftOct 2012
42-26932772F 43,850 ftOct 2012
42-26932468A 133,910 ftJun 2012
42-269328371033,760 ftMay 2012
42-26932421A 74,020 ftMay 2012
42-26932255A 44,099 ftApr 2012
42-26932216A 24,002 ftApr 2012Aug 2023Yes
42-26932402B 63,950 ftApr 2012
42-269328281023,850 ftDec 2011
42-269328271013,900 ftNov 2011
42-26932771D 93,790 ftJun 2009
42-26932751A 113,874 ftJan 2009
42-26932720F 23,880 ftMar 2008
42-26932691F 13,850 ftSep 2007Mar 2026Yes
42-26932690A 103,800 ftAug 2007
42-26932652A 93,910 ftSep 2006
42-26932559A 83,850 ftAug 2005
42-26932520B 83,960 ftJan 2004
42-26932469V 13,950 ftAug 2002
42-26932381B 53,950 ftJun 2000
42-26932364B 34,000 ftMar 2000
42-26932354B 23,975 ftDec 1999
42-26932339A 64,010 ftAug 1999
42-26932340B 13,980 ftAug 1999
42-26932222A 33,902 ftJul 1996
42-26932206A 13,960 ftFeb 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 (179)

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

179 months

May 20262,89510106.413.05$308,087
Apr 20263,0771098.932.87$304,436
Mar 20263,6861089.753.15$330,850
Feb 20262,8321063.503.75$179,870
Jan 20263,1141059.138.00$184,211
Dec 20252,9971056.664.41$169,854
Nov 20252,9281058.593.93$171,591
Oct 20252,8471059.383.30$169,088
Sep 20253,0091062.743.08$188,815
Aug 20253,2871063.933.01$210,168
Jul 20253,1621066.743.32$211,065
Jun 20253,6601066.483.13$243,348
May 20253,7341060.553.23$226,126
Apr 20253,1531062.363.54$196,657
Mar 20253,5201067.704.27$238,347
Feb 20252,9961070.884.34$212,400
Jan 20253,6081074.324.28$268,189
Dec 20243,9161068.993.12$270,196
Nov 20243,5381069.052.20$244,321
Oct 20244,3621071.372.28$311,339
Sep 20245,0361069.612.36$350,580
Aug 20245,5961075.632.06$423,246
Jul 20245,1511079.932.15$411,741
Jun 20243,7051078.082.63$289,313
May 20244,2341078.812.20$333,704
Apr 20244,6791084.451.66$395,158
Mar 20244,4961080.301.55$361,044
Feb 20244,5381076.091.78$345,314
Jan 20245,0021073.023.30$365,279
Dec 20235,2621071.262.61$374,996
Nov 20235,4981077.892.81$428,267
Oct 20235,4351085.443.09$464,397
Sep 20235,2921089.042.74$471,227
Aug 20235,8331080.522.67$469,700
Jul 20236,1931074.852.64$463,572
Jun 20236,5291068.962.26$450,262
May 20236,0601070.622.23$427,979
Apr 20235,7091078.122.24$446,009
Mar 20236,2381072.852.39$454,462
Feb 20236,2861075.112.47$472,166
Jan 20235,9731076.533.39$457,148
Dec 20226,8171076.415.73$520,944
Nov 20225,4721085.005.65$465,176
Oct 20226,1991087.185.86$540,487
Sep 20226,2561084.888.16$531,091
Aug 20226,4311094.529.13$607,949
Jul 20226,51610101.587.54$661,971
Jun 20226,74710115.097.98$776,592
May 20226,62110109.378.43$724,223
Apr 20225,703100104.226.84$595,050
Mar 20226,129100108.885.08$667,833
Feb 20225,64010091.054.86$514,008
Jan 20226,79510081.844.54$556,557
Dec 20216,47210071.323.90$461,973
Nov 20216,83110077.435.24$529,448
Oct 20216,42010079.795.71$512,823
Sep 20216,45810069.865.35$451,691
Aug 20217,41110066.024.22$489,696
Jul 20217,91510070.783.98$560,622
Jun 20217,52810069.493.38$523,459
May 20218,42510063.483.02$535,121
Apr 20218,09310060.362.76$488,769
Mar 20218,19210061.302.72$502,441
Feb 20217,21910057.805.55$417,813
Jan 20219,01310050.412.81$454,626
Dec 20209,64210044.642.68$430,686
Nov 20208,28810038.772.71$321,596
Oct 20209,34910036.972.48$345,880
Sep 20209,55410037.091.99$354,557
Aug 202010,23010039.982.39$409,234
Jul 202010,06910038.371.83$386,530
Jun 202010,40910034.901.69$363,443
May 202012,04110016.921.81$203,915
Apr 202011,55310014.751.80$170,587
Mar 202011,89610030.341.86$361,110
Feb 202010,76710049.881.98$537,256
Jan 202011,71010057.252.09$670,607
Dec 201911,61610059.012.30$685,691
Nov 201911,83810055.302.75$654,916
Oct 201912,68810053.472.42$678,669
Sep 201911,73610055.052.66$646,333
Aug 201913,21310053.112.30$701,973
Jul 201912,47410056.272.46$702,158
Jun 201912,44110052.782.49$656,885
May 201913,05110058.482.74$763,497
Apr 201913,49410062.632.75$845,404
Mar 201913,73910056.803.06$780,681
Feb 201912,70510050.852.79$646,328
Jan 201913,99110046.033.23$644,329
Dec 201814,48610046.594.19$675,321
Nov 201814,43210052.934.24$764,309
Oct 201813,28910061.443.40$816,816
Sep 201813,52010059.543.11$805,292
Aug 201813,78110059.403.07$818,898
Jul 201813,86910065.142.93$903,720
Jun 201814,11710060.183.08$849,869
May 201815,62610065.382.90$1,021,918
Apr 201815,13310063.842.90$966,381
Mar 201816,91610061.222.79$1,035,876
Feb 201815,35610061.782.77$948,970
Jan 201818,10910062.874.01$1,138,914
Dec 201717,15410057.272.92$982,702
Nov 201715,72310055.423.12$871,681
Oct 201715,89010049.292.98$783,516
Sep 201715,42710047.523.09$733,400
Aug 201717,10810045.373.00$776,490
Jul 201716,27610043.873.09$714,337
Jun 201716,53810042.493.09$703,008
May 201716,24710045.373.26$737,453
Apr 201716,24610047.933.21$778,992
Mar 201717,11910046.772.98$800,954
Feb 201714,90110050.452.95$752,051
Jan 201716,82310049.413.42$831,566
Dec 201616,61210048.763.72$810,373
Nov 201616,05210042.492.64$682,314
Oct 201616,00610046.193.09$739,626
Sep 201614,41610041.553.10$599,295
Aug 201614,01110041.442.92$580,908
Jul 201614,94510041.622.92$622,303
Jun 201614,24410045.352.69$646,234
May 201615,62710042.521.99$664,659
Apr 201614,99210036.561.99$548,307
Mar 201614,87210033.011.79$491,104
Feb 201612,81410026.472.06$339,393
Jan 201614,49710027.352.36$396,729
Dec 201512,62010032.362.00$408,583
Nov 201512,61310038.792.17$489,475
Oct 201512,99110043.552.43$566,001
Sep 201512,14810042.992.76$522,518
Aug 201511,53810040.162.87$463,653
Jul 201510,79810048.152.95$520,218
Jun 201510,45910056.152.88$587,561
May 201510,73810055.212.96$593,141
Apr 201510,16510049.822.71$506,691
Mar 201510,99310042.892.93$471,783
Feb 20158,28610044.662.98$370,350
Jan 20158,83310043.433.10$383,927
Dec 20148,68710054.693.59$475,451
Nov 20149,15110070.464.25$645,205
Oct 20149,12310078.303.90$714,721
Sep 20148,56510086.164.05$738,365
Aug 20148,44710089.394.04$755,481
Jul 20148,02710096.564.18$775,505
Jun 20147,02110098.164.74$689,655
May 20147,40610094.734.73$702,043
Apr 20146,52210095.944.81$626,202
Mar 20146,46910095.895.06$620,818
Feb 20145,69210097.406.19$555,020
Jan 20146,23010090.404.86$563,678
Dec 20136,24810091.824.35$574,127
Nov 20134,65710088.853.74$414,148
Oct 20135,57610097.423.78$543,592
Sep 20134,201100104.113.72$437,738
Aug 20135,034100104.253.52$525,147
Jul 20134,678100102.523.72$479,960
Jun 20134,46610094.403.93$421,984
May 20134,56310094.834.15$433,124
Apr 20134,51010093.964.28$424,188
Mar 20134,93710093.623.91$462,593
Feb 20134,36310091.233.42$398,378
Jan 20134,72510091.603.42$433,152
Dec 20124,65810086.773.42$404,517
Nov 20124,923086.953.62$428,055
Oct 20125,18710089.383.40$463,954
Sep 20125,04910094.672.92$478,281
Aug 20125,11710092.662.91$474,432
Jul 20125,04810085.133.02$430,038
Jun 20125,04010079.822.52$402,545
May 20125,04810091.612.49$462,696
Apr 20125,019100101.652.00$510,381
Mar 20125,090100105.052.22$534,927
Feb 20124,750100101.102.57$480,482
Jan 20125,51110098.092.73$540,847
Dec 20114,94010096.873.24$478,862
Nov 20113,84010095.723.31$367,896
Oct 20113,65810084.983.65$311,222
Sep 20113,63910083.623.99$304,692
Aug 20115,03710083.404.15$420,501
Jul 20113,85510094.144.52$363,361

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.

May 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                2,895 bbl  × $106.41 =   $308,057
Casinghead gas        10 Mcf  × $  3.05 =        $30

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Month total                                 $308,087

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/69680 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.