EL VIEJO (SERPENTINE), District 01, 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.
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 4 leases in this field that have a page here — 80% of the register's 5 — 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.
| Wells | In the field | Producing | Produced in 2025 | Also produced | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil | 3 | 3 | 182 bbl | 0 mcfcasinghead | 28,018 bblsince discovery |
The discovery well's oil measured 32.0° API gravity, perforated at 1,595 ft.
Spacing rule
What the Commission requires of a well on this field.
| Wells | Rule | Effective | From the lease line | Between wells | Acres per unit | Max diagonal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil | B | 1991-12-16 | 100 ft | 200 ft | 2 | 600 ft |
County
Leases in this field
Every lease here files this field's number with the Commission and has a page on this site.
| Lease | Operator | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ZEPEDA | MEB, LLC | $696 k |
| ELLIS, H.G. | ROYAL TEXAS PETROLEUM | $168 k |
| CRAVEN | MEB, LLC | $70 k |
| MARTIN, E.E. | ESCONDIDO PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC | $602 |
Field number 28220500, from the Railroad Commission's field register. The register's own index resolves 5 leases and 7 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.