BENSON (JD)

Operated by A.C.T. OPERATING COMPANY (P-5 194) in the LEVELLAND field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 70136District 8AField 53411001OilCasinghead gasSave
Value, all time
$7.1 M
Apr 2014 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$421 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
146
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
OilDisposition115,466 bbl$6,371,994
Casinghead gasProduction230,038 Mcf$731,892
Total$7,103,886

Wells on this lease (5)

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 33.5992, -102.8877. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.3 miles.

33.59964, -102.88533 · 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 5 wells
With a plug date
40.0%
2 of 5 wells
Median depth
4,914 ft
5 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
240.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
00.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
360.0%

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 4,903 and 4,936 ft, median 4,914 ft, over the 5 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Apr 2014 – Mar 2016
5 of 5 wells
Plug dates filed
Oct 2001
2 of 5 wells; 3 filed none

5 wells

42-0793333564,903 ftMar 2016
42-0793333254,914 ftJul 2015
42-0793331844,913 ftApr 2015
42-0793187734,934 ftAug 2014Oct 2001
42-0793187114,936 ftApr 2014Oct 2001

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 (146)

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

146 months

May 20264931,075106.413.05$55,734
Apr 20263311,06198.932.87$35,791
Mar 20263241,09789.753.15$32,534
Feb 202649697863.503.75$35,164
Jan 20263321,43559.138.00$31,108
Dec 20254861,05956.664.41$32,211
Nov 20254841,05158.593.93$32,484
Oct 20254911,09959.383.30$32,788
Sep 20253361,06362.743.08$24,351
Aug 20254831,12663.933.01$34,273
Jul 20255111,12866.743.32$37,844
Jun 20255001,08066.483.13$36,619
May 20253271,12460.553.23$23,433
Apr 20254991,08662.363.54$34,965
Mar 202532888467.704.27$25,979
Feb 20255071,01570.884.34$40,342
Jan 20253301,09574.324.28$29,211
Dec 20248281,07268.993.12$60,470
Nov 20241641,08869.052.20$13,716
Oct 20244841,06971.372.28$36,982
Sep 20244831,16769.612.36$36,381
Aug 20243171,17075.632.06$26,389
Jul 20246401,18479.932.15$53,697
Jun 20246271,05578.082.63$51,735
May 20243091,15978.812.20$26,900
Apr 20246441,19184.451.66$56,362
Mar 202431281480.301.55$26,311
Feb 20244661,10076.091.78$37,420
Jan 20246071,22173.023.30$48,350
Dec 20233171,12871.262.61$25,534
Nov 20234541,13877.892.81$38,557
Oct 202362510085.443.09$53,709
Sep 202347632789.042.74$43,277
Aug 20234971,20780.522.67$43,245
Jul 202363796574.852.64$50,229
Jun 20234951,26768.962.26$36,997
May 202346875570.622.23$34,732
Apr 20233001,33178.122.24$26,414
Mar 20236411,32472.852.39$49,865
Feb 20235001,21375.112.47$40,546
Jan 20236201,34176.533.39$51,992
Dec 20224701,41476.415.73$44,014
Nov 202250464785.005.65$46,493
Oct 202247454887.185.86$44,537
Sep 20226341,37984.888.16$65,072
Aug 20224721,45694.529.13$57,903
Jul 20226401,410101.587.54$75,646
Jun 20224921,095115.097.98$65,359
May 2022818555109.378.43$94,145
Apr 20226841,012104.226.84$78,206
Mar 20221851,503108.885.08$27,773
Feb 20224881,38191.054.86$51,142
Jan 20226731,53081.844.54$62,021
Dec 20215191,58971.323.90$43,211
Nov 20216641,56077.435.24$59,583
Oct 20215071,62479.795.71$49,733
Sep 20215031,60369.865.35$43,717
Aug 20216881,66566.024.22$52,449
Jul 20216831,71170.783.98$55,156
Jun 20216871,69969.493.38$53,483
May 20216841,79663.483.02$48,840
Apr 20215171,78860.362.76$36,138
Mar 20216861,88161.302.72$47,162
Feb 20215251,55657.805.55$38,978
Jan 20216781,85650.412.81$39,394
Dec 20206801,91044.642.68$35,465
Nov 20206691,84938.772.71$30,942
Oct 20206791,89936.972.48$29,809
Sep 20206921,92337.091.99$29,495
Aug 20206811,98439.982.39$31,958
Jul 20201,0272,01638.371.83$43,085
Jun 20208572,00634.901.69$33,300
May 202001,99616.921.81$3,622
Apr 20201,1852,05914.751.80$21,194
Mar 20203252,13430.341.86$13,822
Feb 20201,0171,99249.881.98$54,673
Jan 20206791,73657.252.09$42,509
Dec 20198482,18959.012.30$55,085
Nov 20195062,12755.302.75$33,833
Oct 20198592,22653.472.42$51,314
Sep 20191,0212,18755.052.66$62,018
Aug 20196842,27253.112.30$41,563
Jul 20198541,99456.272.46$52,960
Jun 20196891,79752.782.49$40,842
May 20191,0111,52558.482.74$63,302
Apr 20196732,27662.632.75$48,411
Mar 20197972,38456.803.06$52,570
Feb 20198222,16050.852.79$47,830
Jan 20191,1602,43846.033.23$61,265
Dec 20188402,43246.594.19$49,315
Nov 20188312,34052.934.24$53,900
Oct 20181,1592,42761.443.40$79,456
Sep 20186642,54859.543.11$47,454
Aug 20181,3582,59759.403.07$88,629
Jul 20188262,64365.142.93$61,555
Jun 20181,3212,24660.183.08$86,409
May 20189982,75065.382.90$73,226
Apr 20188252,40263.842.90$59,636
Mar 20181,1382,33661.222.79$76,178
Feb 20188132,33461.782.77$56,683
Jan 20181,1362,33662.874.01$80,786
Dec 20171,1452,46757.272.92$72,782
Nov 20171,3242,64555.423.12$81,624
Oct 20171,4912,77249.292.98$81,762
Sep 20179732,69247.523.09$54,548
Aug 20171,3032,85745.373.00$67,701
Jul 20171,1472,94743.873.09$59,417
Jun 20171,6362,86142.493.09$78,346
May 20171,3883,08745.373.26$73,048
Apr 20171,1322,82347.933.21$63,323
Mar 20171,6483,12446.772.98$86,398
Feb 20171,6562,64350.452.95$91,349
Jan 20171,6362,83349.413.42$90,520
Dec 20161,6213,28848.763.72$91,281
Nov 20161,6483,41242.492.64$79,046
Oct 20161,9663,62846.193.09$102,021
Sep 20162,2973,48841.553.10$106,255
Aug 20161,6563,20341.442.92$77,991
Jul 20162,1391,79341.622.92$94,269
Jun 20161,9792,77545.352.69$97,201
May 20162,4763,40042.521.99$112,049
Apr 20162,9592,09336.561.99$112,348
Mar 20163,64766333.011.79$121,577
Feb 20168241,06126.472.06$24,001
Jan 20161,1541,32727.352.36$34,699
Dec 20159871,63932.362.00$35,220
Nov 20159821,48138.792.17$41,302
Oct 20151,9301,73443.552.43$88,259
Sep 20151,4731,87542.992.76$68,496
Aug 20152,4522,21940.162.87$104,846
Jul 2015496048.152.95$23,882
Jun 201565036156.152.88$37,538
May 2015660055.212.96$36,439
Apr 2015821049.822.71$40,902
Mar 2015164042.892.93$7,034
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 2015159043.433.10$6,905
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 2014158070.464.25$11,133
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 2014160086.164.05$13,786
Aug 2014161089.394.04$14,392
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 2014027794.734.73$1,309
Apr 20140095.944.81$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.

May 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  493 bbl  × $106.41 =    $52,460
Casinghead gas     1,075 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $3,274

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Month total                                  $55,734

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/70136 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.