BEN

Operated by SMITH ENERGY OPERATING COMPANY (P-5 790956) in the SMITH (SPRABERRY) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 69827District 8AField 84258500OilCasinghead gasSave
Value, all time
$17.3 M
Jan 2012 – Feb 2025
Value, last 12 filed months
$78
at the published price for each month
Months reported
158
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead gas

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
OilDisposition233,236 bbl$17,120,965
Casinghead gasProduction52,274 Mcf$168,217
Total$17,289,181

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 32.9957, -101.8315. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.99574, -101.83152 · 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%
1 of 1 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
1 of 1 wells
Median depth
8,000 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
3.5 years
median over 1 wells

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 8,000 ft.

Completions filed
May 2021
1 of 1 wells
Plug dates filed
Nov 2024
1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 3.5 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 3.5 years and 3.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well

42-3053051018,000 ftMay 2021Nov 2024Yes

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 (158)

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

158 months

Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20241078.082.63$78
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20231681480.522.67$13,565
Jul 20231615174.852.64$12,186
Jun 20231554168.962.26$10,781
May 20231873570.622.23$13,284
Apr 202302178.122.24$47
Mar 20231612772.852.39$11,793
Feb 20231774575.112.47$13,405
Jan 20233285876.533.39$25,298
Dec 20221905476.415.73$14,827
Nov 20221644485.005.65$14,188
Oct 20221693787.185.86$14,950
Sep 20227084.888.16$594
Aug 20221602694.529.13$15,361
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202216243115.097.98$18,988
May 202235468109.378.43$39,290
Apr 202235568104.226.84$37,463
Mar 202235969108.885.08$39,438
Feb 20223766391.054.86$34,541
Jan 20223436981.844.54$28,384
Dec 20213816571.323.90$27,426
Nov 20213786177.435.24$29,588
Oct 20215407479.795.71$43,509
Sep 20213357769.865.35$23,815
Aug 20213508166.024.22$23,449
Jul 20215329370.783.98$38,025
Jun 20213389169.493.38$23,795
May 20211554163.483.02$9,963
Apr 20213434960.362.76$20,839
Mar 20213846761.302.72$23,721
Feb 20213573157.805.55$20,807
Jan 20213304950.412.81$16,773
Dec 20203255244.642.68$14,647
Nov 20203365038.772.71$13,162
Oct 20201344636.972.48$5,068
Sep 20201393537.091.99$5,225
Aug 20201564739.982.39$6,349
Jul 202003638.371.83$66
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 202005416.921.81$98
Apr 20205875414.751.80$8,756
Mar 202077016430.341.86$23,666
Feb 202078910149.881.98$39,555
Jan 202081813057.252.09$47,103
Dec 201977615359.012.30$46,144
Nov 201998711455.302.75$54,895
Oct 201980113653.472.42$43,158
Sep 201978919255.052.66$43,945
Aug 201999124053.112.30$53,185
Jul 201979525056.272.46$45,350
Jun 201998325052.782.49$52,506
May 201999027858.482.74$58,657
Apr 20191,01225262.632.75$64,075
Mar 20191,00021456.803.06$57,455
Feb 201921410050.852.79$11,161
Jan 20194265746.033.23$19,793
Dec 20187978546.594.19$37,488
Nov 20185938752.934.24$31,756
Oct 201898810761.443.40$61,066
Sep 201877715459.543.11$46,741
Aug 201895217659.403.07$57,089
Jul 201893619065.142.93$61,528
Jun 20181,10622960.183.08$67,264
May 20181,06526265.382.90$70,390
Apr 201893624463.842.90$60,462
Mar 20181,10826261.222.79$68,562
Feb 201895627961.782.77$59,833
Jan 20181,11638562.874.01$71,707
Dec 20171,10142357.272.92$64,290
Nov 20171,43749355.423.12$81,176
Oct 20171,61352149.292.98$81,059
Sep 20171,41253047.523.09$68,735
Aug 20171,40159045.373.00$65,336
Jul 20171,94662543.873.09$87,301
Jun 20171,48761442.493.09$65,078
May 20171,81559345.373.26$84,282
Apr 20171,58753147.933.21$77,770
Mar 20171,92152346.772.98$91,406
Feb 20171,55437250.452.95$79,498
Jan 20171,56430249.413.42$78,310
Dec 20161,04819748.763.72$51,834
Nov 20161,97449742.492.64$85,190
Oct 20162,34553046.193.09$109,953
Sep 20162,05244941.553.10$86,653
Aug 20162,17941641.442.92$91,514
Jul 201698723941.622.92$41,778
Jun 20161,38423545.352.69$63,396
May 20161,99136242.521.99$85,378
Apr 20162,19834536.561.99$81,046
Mar 20162,13037233.011.79$70,979
Feb 20162,00835826.472.06$53,891
Jan 20161,96127427.352.36$54,281
Dec 20152,17629432.362.00$71,004
Nov 20152,23925438.792.17$87,401
Oct 20152,42946643.552.43$106,914
Sep 20152,72552642.992.76$118,599
Aug 20152,65954140.162.87$108,339
Jul 20152,83254148.152.95$137,954
Jun 20152,36238356.152.88$133,730
May 20152,85829555.212.96$158,662
Apr 20151,69618949.822.71$85,006
Mar 20152,63853842.892.93$114,723
Feb 20152,24551944.662.98$101,806
Jan 20152,64550543.433.10$116,438
Dec 20142,48455054.693.59$137,825
Nov 20142,67841870.464.25$190,469
Oct 20142,45132478.303.90$193,177
Sep 20141,98643486.164.05$172,869
Aug 20142,96964989.394.04$268,018
Jul 20142,64565496.564.18$258,135
Jun 20142,45163298.164.74$243,584
May 20142,83864594.734.73$271,892
Apr 20141,61632395.944.81$156,592
Mar 20142,83149395.895.06$273,958
Feb 20142,64250897.406.19$260,476
Jan 20143,32057990.404.86$302,942
Dec 20132,23442291.824.35$206,963
Nov 20133,10556188.853.74$277,976
Oct 20133,04064797.423.78$298,602
Sep 20133,144670104.113.72$329,813
Aug 20133,177729104.253.52$333,770
Jul 20133,181707102.523.72$328,745
Jun 20133,29171194.403.93$313,467
May 20133,60778194.834.15$345,292
Apr 20133,26176593.964.28$309,680
Mar 20133,60078593.623.91$340,104
Feb 20133,73071891.233.42$342,743
Jan 20133,63485891.603.42$335,809
Dec 20123,60774986.773.42$315,541
Nov 20123,8471,01886.953.62$338,187
Oct 20124,7151,14789.383.40$425,326
Sep 20123,8991,19094.672.92$372,591
Aug 20124,9451,34992.662.91$462,127
Jul 20124,2041,23985.133.02$361,629
Jun 20124,6431,22979.822.52$373,700
May 20125,8301,58291.612.49$538,023
Apr 20125,9981,685101.652.00$613,061
Mar 20126,4241,702105.052.22$678,623
Feb 20125,8361,512101.102.57$593,906
Jan 20125,22679098.092.73$514,778

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 2024 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    1 bbl  × $ 78.08 =        $78
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.63 =         $0

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Month total                                      $78

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/69827 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.