Petro-Wealth Ownership Report for Texas, 2011
Produced by Blackbeard Data to outline the demographics of Texas oil and gas ownership.
Copyright 2011, Blackbeard Data Services, LLC For Public Release 01MAR11 www.BlackbeardData.com Executive Summary Texas contains $113 billion worth of petro-wealth in proved producing reserves. Of this, corporations own $89 billion, individuals own $18 billion, trusts own $4 billion, and the remaining $2 billion spread between non-profits, educational institutions, religious organizations, and the government.
Overview For 2011 Texas holds $113 billion of proved producing reserves. The number was generated on a county by county basis by performing extensive decline curve analysis. At the time the price of oil was $72.87 per barrel. We won't address proved non-producing, probable, and possible classed reserves in this report. Just proved producing petroleum reserves will be addressed.
Total Texas Petro-Wealth Of Proved Producing Reserves
Working Interest 83,051
Royalties 26,158
Overrides 4,158
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$USD in millions Ownership Of Total Petro-Wealth By Entity Class
For this report all types of ownership have been collected together and plotted by class of entity. There is a clear bias toward companies. This is due in part to the fact that working interest values are usuall owned by corporations. We will break out royalty and overriding royalty wealth in another chart to better understand petro- wealth.
Petro-Wealth In Texas By Entity
Corporations $89,069
Individuals $18,363
Trusts $4,242
Educational Institutions $856
Non-Profits $327
Goverment agencies $389
Religious Organizations $130
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USD in Millions Ownership Of Royalty Petro-Wealth By Class
Notice that a better view of Texas petro-wealth can be viewed after working interest wealth has been taken from the study.
Corporations wealth from all all types of ownership was $89 billion is now $7 billion after you remove the working interest amounts. That is a drastic change. Notice that ~92% of total working petro-wealth comes from investments in working interest.
Petro-Wealth by Class - Royalty Only
Individuals $13,090
Corporations $7,595
Trusts $3,844
Educational Entities $829
Non Profits $308
Goverment Agencies $364
Religious Institutions $125
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$USD in Millions Ownership of Royalty Interest By State
Oil and gas asset located in Texas will have a skew toward Texans owning it. Notice that the graph shows a huge proportion of royalty and override ownership being owned by Texans, with ownership in other states being tiny figures on the graph in comparison to Texas. US territories are included as well. Notice VI (Virgin Islands) has the highest petro-wealth among the US territories.
Bulk of wealth owned by Texans Texas petro-wealth consists of about $24.9 billion in royalties and overrides. The graph shows that Texans own about 84% of the total petro-wealth. The second runner up for petro-wealth is Oklahoma at 5%, with Colorado and California coming in tied for third both at 2%. There is very little petro-wealth owned by Non-US citizens overtly. Some domestic companies may own minerals which are in turn owned by foreign nationals or foreign states via the stock shares. Texas Petro-Wealth by State of Owner
AK 6 AL 51 AR 76 AS 0 AZ 131 CA 487 CO 504 CT 36 DC 9 DE 8 FL 190 GA 63 GU 0 HI 13 IA 19 ID 27 IL 65 IN 21 KS 82 KY 55 LA 215 MA 39 MD 35 ME 8 MI 37 MN 47 MO 164 MP 0 MS 23 MT 24 NC 81 ND 1 NE 47 NJ 33 NM 255 NV 42 NY 118 OH 52 OK 1,401 OR 56 PA 48 PR 0 RI 3 SC 21 SD 9 TN 46 TX 24,989 UT 19 VI 2 VT 7 WA 66 WI 16 WV 67 WY 28 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000
USD in Millions Texas Petro-Wealth by State of Owner-Texas Omitted
AK 6 AL 51 AR 76 AS 0 AZ 131 CA 487 CO 504 CT 36 DC 9 DE 8 FL 190 GA 63 GU 0 HI 13 IA 19 ID 27 IL 65 IN 21 KS 82 KY 55 LA 215 MA 39 MD 35 ME 8 MI 37 MN 47 MO 164 MP 0 MS 23 MT 24 NC 81 ND 1 NE 47 NJ 33 NM 255 NV 42 NY 118 OH 52 OK 1,401 OR 56 PA 48 PR 0 RI 3 SC 21 SD 9 TN 46 UT 19 VI 2 VT 7 WA 66 WI 16 WV 67 WY 28 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600
USD in Millions Petro-Wealth By City
We have selected out the top 20 cities of petro-wealth. This graph does include the working interest wealth, biasing it to Houston and Fort Worth, the seat of many oil companies. Since last year Oklahoma City has shifted from #2 in ranking on this chart to #4. We need another chart.
Texas Petro-Wealth By City
Top 20 Cities
HOUSTON $36,045 FORT WORTH $10,596 MIDLAND $9,461 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK $8,954 DALLAS $6,174 ROWLETT $3,014 TULSA, OK $2,281 DENVER, CO $2,023 AUSTIN $2,018 ODESSA $1,815 SAN ANTONIO $1,471 WICHITA FALLS $1,323 CARROLLTON $1,202 IRVING $908 ABILENE $873 CORPUS CHRISTI $786 MESQUITE $767 TYLER $694 AMARILLO $656 SAN ANGELO $564
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$USD in millions Texas Petro-Wealth By City – Royalties Only In the graph below working interest wealth has been removed leaving only override and royalty wealth.
Texas Petro-Wealth By City-No WI
Top 20 Cities
HOUSTON $3,826
FORT WORTH $2,139
DALLAS $2,129
AUSTIN $1,613
MIDLAND $1,579
SAN ANTONIO $990
OKALHOMA CITY, OK $585
SAN ANGELO $485
TULSA, OK $425
LUBBOCK $415
AMARILLO $414
WICHITA FALLS $394
LAREDO $367
ABILENE $335
TYLER $282
DENVER $265
ODESSA $245
VICTORIA $237
LEVELLAND $278
CORPUS CHRISTI $209
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$USD in millions Terminology There are three types of ownership for oil and gas assets: • Working Interest – WI ownership is comprised of individuals or corporations who invest in oil and gas drilling. Typically, working interest owners receive 70- 90% of the value of oil produced because of the risk assessed with working interest, the risk being having the financial responsibility to pay for all the operating costs. • Royalty Interest – RI ownership receives a risk-free payment. This payment is paid to the mineral owner by the operator. Typically royalty owners combined receive between 10-25% of the value of the oil produced. • Overriding Royalty Interest – This interest is similar to a Royalty Interest, but the owner does not own the minerals. Overriding royalties disappear if the lease expires. Typically 1-5% of the value of the oil produced.
A typical oil lease 20 years ago would be: 87.5% Oil Company (owns 100% WI) 12.5% Mineral Owner These numbers represent the NRI or Net Revenue Interest which is the division of the revenues from the oil. The Oil company has to pay 100% of the bills, hence the 100% WI.
Modern leases are closer to: 80% Oil Company (owns 100% WI) 20% Mineral Owner The higher royalty is due to lower risk using modern methods in drilling.
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