CHAPEL HILL (RODESSA), District 06, Texas

A field is the Railroad Commission's unit of geology and of regulation. Its spacing rule is what decides how many wells an acreage can hold.

Leases
65
with a page here
Operators
32
Value, all time
$86.0 M
70% of the register's 93
Discovered
1941-07-16
Oil and gas

Our estimate: volumes the operator filed with the Commission, valued at the EIA first-purchase price for that month. It is not a payment anyone received, and it is not a royalty. It sums the 65 leases in this field that have a page here — 70% of the register's 93 — so it understates the field.

Production, 2025

The Railroad Commission's Oil and Gas Annual Report for 2025, its most recent. These are the state's figures for the whole field, not ours.

WellsIn the fieldProducingProduced in 2025Also producedCumulative
Oil221711,354 bbl4,090 mcfcasinghead3,299,445 bblsince discovery
Gas924,399 mcf2,680 bblcondensate19,047,439 mcfsince 1970

The discovery well's oil measured 40.0° API gravity, perforated at 7,684 ft.

Spacing rule

What the Commission requires of a well on this field.

WellsRuleEffectiveFrom the lease lineBetween wellsAcres per unitMax diagonal
GasB467 ft933 ft803,250 ft
OilB467 ft933 ft803,250 ft

Commission remarks: ALLOCATION FORMULA SUSPENDED ADMINISTRATIVELY EFF. 9-1-92.

County

Leases in this field

Every lease here files this field's number with the Commission and has a page on this site.

LeaseOperatorValue
ROOSTH & GENECOVTHOMAS OPERATING LTD. CO.$7.0 M
SCOTT, WALTERATLAS OPERATING LLC$6.4 M
MCFARLIN, P VLINDER, JOHN OPERATING CO., LLC$5.6 M
REEVES, R. G.ATLANTIS OIL COMPANY, INC.$5.3 M
SUNSTROUD PETROLEUM, INC.$4.8 M
FERGUSONLINDER, JOHN OPERATING CO., LLC$4.1 M
HILLIARD WARREN ESTATESTROUD PETROLEUM, INC.$3.8 M
WARREN, C.TWS OIL AND GAS LLC$2.8 M
HOLLAND HEIRSATLANTIS OIL COMPANY, INC.$2.6 M
WALTON HEIRSBRG LONE STAR LTD.$2.5 M
JACKSON, D. W.ELLIS EXPLORATION, INC.$2.4 M
GARNETT, M.B.RMOR PRODUCTION$2.4 M
GEEELLIS EXPLORATION, INC.$2.3 M
FAIR OIL, LTDSTROUD PETROLEUM, INC.$2.3 M
WALTON HEIRSATLAS OPERATING LLC$2.1 M
CALDWELL ETAL "B" UNITLINDER, JOHN OPERATING CO., LLC$2.0 M
ARCO-LINCOLNTWS OIL AND GAS LLC$2.0 M
TELEDYNESTROUD PETROLEUM, INC.$1.9 M
MOSELEY, BISHOPWTR OPERATING LLC$1.7 M
RUDMAN, I.ATLAS OPERATING LLC$1.7 M
BUTLER ESTATE "A"ATLAS OPERATING LLC$1.7 M
BUTLER ESTATE "B"DREYFUS, LOUIS NATURAL GAS CORP$1.6 M
FORDTHOMAS OPERATING LTD. CO.$1.5 M
WARREN, JAMES ESTATERUSK CO. WELL SERVICE CO., INC.$1.3 M
MITCHEM, SHERMANTRACY PRODUCTION$1.2 M
NICHOLSONSOUTHWEST OPERATING, INC.-TYLER$1.2 M
THOMPSON "B"SAMSON LONE STAR LP$1.2 M
JONESELLIS EXPLORATION, INC.$867 k
SHOFNER, D. D.LINDER, JOHN OPERATING CO., LLC$855 k
LINCOLN, A.C. HEIRS "A"ROOSTH PRODUCTION CO.$784 k
WALTON HEIRSATLAS OPERATING LLC$754 k
HARRISATLAS OPERATING LLC$752 k
JONESELLIS EXPLORATION, INC.$676 k
ELLIOTT, J. W.BYNG ENERGY GROUP, INC.$658 k
BRADLEY, R. S.FULLSPIKE ENERGY LLC$636 k
BRADLEY, R. S.ATLAS OPERATING LLC$579 k
JOHNSON, O.B. HATLAS OPERATING LLC$572 k
ROOSTH & GENECOVROOSTH PRODUCTION CO.$502 k
RUDMAN, I.BRG LONE STAR LTD.$460 k
WILLIAMS "A"LINDER, JOHN OPERATING CO., LLC$420 k
RAYFORD, H.LINDER, JOHN OPERATING CO., LLC$334 k
BRADLEY, R. S.NUEVO ENERGY COMPANY$325 k
WARREN, JAS.IPACT$280 k
BUTLER, L. A.THOMAS OPERATING LTD. CO.$222 k
WILLIAMS, E. "A"SCHLACHTER OPERATING CORPORATION$169 k
LINCOLN, A.C. HEIRS "B"ELLIS EXPLORATION, INC.$148 k
BUTLER, JACKDREYFUS, LOUIS NATURAL GAS CORP$147 k
JOHNSON, T.DREYFUS, LOUIS NATURAL GAS CORP$144 k
SQUAREDOMINION OKLAHOMA TEXAS E&P, INC$107 k
JONESSKLAR & PHILLIPS OIL CO.$99 k
WILLIAMS "A"SCHLACHTER OPERATING CORPORATION$61 k
ELLIOT, J. W.SAMSON LONE STAR, LLC$43 k
ROOSTH & GENECOV OIL UNITTHOMAS, B. K.$37 k
EVERHART, HARRISONROOSTH & GENECOV PRODUCTION CO.$22 k
WALTON, WILLKARPER OIL & GAS CORPORATION$17 k
MOSELEY, BISHOP "A"PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY$16 k
SWINNEY, ZELMASMAL ENERGY CORP$11 k
SHOFNER, V. L.SMAL ENERGY CORP$10 k
JACKSONLYNX OPERATING CO., INC.$7 k
JESSIE GEE "A"ROOSTH & GENECOV PRODUCTION CO.$3 k
FRIEDLANDERTHOMAS, B. K.$3 k
HOOPERTHOMAS OPERATING LTD. CO.$3 k
BRADLEY, R.S.NUEVO ENERGY COMPANY$1 k
RUDMAN, I. "A"KERR-MCGEE CORPORATION$286
MOSS ESTATELEASE HOLDERS ACQUISITIONS LLC$48

Field number 17008444, from the Railroad Commission's field register. The register's own index resolves 93 leases and 96 wells to this field by name, over every lease in Texas rather than only those with a page here. It resolves a lease by NAME and refuses an ambiguous one, so it counts nothing for a field that shares its name with another — which is why the lease count above comes from the field number instead.