COLD SPRINGS (WILCOX, CONS.), District 03, 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
55
with a page here
Operators
4
Value, all time
$301.0 M
98% of the register's 56
Discovered
1994-12-05
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 55 leases in this field that have a page here — 98% of the register's 56 — 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
Oil200 bbl0 mcfcasinghead253,634 bblsince discovery
Gas3569,198 mcf1,918 bblcondensate42,057,901 mcfsince 1970

The discovery well's oil measured 43.1° API gravity, perforated at 11,052 ft.

Spacing rule

What the Commission requires of a well on this field.

WellsRuleEffectiveFrom the lease lineBetween wellsAcres per unitMax diagonal
GasB2002-10-21467 ft0 ft400 ft

Commission remarks: BETWEEN WELL SPACING.

County

Leases in this field

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

LeaseOperatorValue
HOUGHTONORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$21.1 M
VANNORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$19.9 M
VANNORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$17.2 M
FOSTER -A-ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$15.6 M
FEAGIN, PAULAORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$15.0 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "D"ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$14.0 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "A"ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$13.5 M
VANNORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$12.8 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "A"ALTA MESA SERVICES, LP$11.7 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "D"ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$10.6 M
CRANEORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$9.3 M
TEMPLEORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$8.5 M
RICHARDSORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$8.2 M
FEAGINORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$7.6 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "A"FAMCOR OIL, INC.$7.2 M
FOSTER "A"ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$6.6 M
USA COLDSPRINGSALTA MESA SERVICES, LP$6.5 M
TEMPLEORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$5.8 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "D"ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$5.5 M
VANNORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$5.1 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "A"ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$5.0 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "E"ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$5.0 M
CRANEALTA MESA SERVICES, LP$4.9 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "A"FAMCOR OIL, INC.$4.8 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "A"ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$4.7 M
USA COLDSPRINGSJET OIL PRODUCERS, INC.$4.3 M
RICHARDSORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$4.2 M
RICHARDSORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$4.2 M
FOSTER -A-ALTA MESA SERVICES, LP$3.9 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "A"ALTA MESA SERVICES, LP$3.7 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "D"FAMCOR OIL, INC.$3.4 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "D"ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$3.4 M
RICHARDS, F. M. & L. L.FAMCOR OIL, INC.$2.8 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "D"FAMCOR OIL, INC.$2.6 M
RICHARDS, F. M. & L. L.ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$2.5 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "A"FAMCOR OIL, INC.$2.3 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. -A-ALTA MESA SERVICES, LP$2.1 M
USA-COLDSPRINGSORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$2.0 M
USAORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$1.7 M
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "B"ALTA MESA SERVICES, LP$1.6 M
FOSTER MINERAL LTDORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$1.4 M
FOSTER " B "ALTA MESA SERVICES, LP$1.1 M
FOSTER "D"ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$1.1 M
GRIGGSORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$997 k
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "D"FAMCOR OIL, INC.$950 k
HOUGHTONORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$735 k
FOSTERFAMCOR OIL, INC.$715 k
FOSTER "A"ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$678 k
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "A"FAMCOR OIL, INC.$671 k
FOSTER "D"ALTA MESA SERVICES, LP$535 k
FOSTER LUMBER CO. "A"ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$531 k
FOSTER LUMBER CO.FAMCOR OIL, INC.$379 k
USA-COLDSPRINGSJET OIL PRODUCERS, INC.$338 k
RICHARDS, F. M. & L. L.ORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$107 k
GIBBSORETTA HOLDINGS LLC$3 k

Field number 19428100, from the Railroad Commission's field register. The register's own index resolves 56 leases and 57 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.