KURTEN (AUSTIN CHALK), 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
30
Value, all time
$67.1 M
52% of the register's 106
Discovered
1979-09-15
Oil

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 — 52% of the register's 106 — 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
Oil1679,963 bbl6,751 mcfcasinghead3,540,161 bblsince discovery

The discovery well's oil measured 35.0° API gravity, perforated at 7,985 ft.

Spacing rule

What the Commission requires of a well on this field.

WellsRuleEffectiveFrom the lease lineBetween wellsAcres per unitMax diagonal
OilB660 ft1,867 ft1605,000 ft
OilO660 ft1,867 ft803,250 ft

Commission remarks: OPTIONAL: 80 ACRES DIAGONAL: 3250

County

Leases in this field

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

LeaseOperatorValue
JONES-LANG UNITCML EXPLORATION, LLC$14.3 M
LANG-ODOM UNITCML EXPLORATION, LLC$7.5 M
NEWBERRY, MILTON S. -A-WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC$5.7 M
NEWBERRY, M.S. "D"WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC$5.3 M
NEWBERRY, MILTON S.WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC$4.9 M
VARISCO, ANTONIWILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC$4.8 M
SCHULTZ UNITDYNAMIC PRODUCTION, INC.$4.5 M
JUDI UNITMAGNOLIA OIL & GAS OPERATING LLC$2.5 M
VARISCO, A. ESTATEWILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC$2.2 M
NEWBERRY, M. S.WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC$2.0 M
NEWBERRY, M.S. "E"WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC$2.0 M
VARISCO, ANTONIOWILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC$1.9 M
FOSTER, MIMI & PAPAMAGNOLIA OIL & GAS OPERATING LLC$1.4 M
VARISCO, A. ESTATE "A"WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC$1.4 M
NEWBERRY, M.S. "B"WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC$944 k
FLENTGE, W.O.W.L. RANCH INC.$845 k
VINCE COURT UNITAPACHE CORPORATION$772 k
HANCOCK, JOHNNORTHFIELD ENTERPRISES, INC.$592 k
NEWBERRY, MILTON S. "B"ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE LLC$586 k
LUZA DAIRY-TOBOLA UNITGINGER PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC.$509 k
SEE, J.W. ET ALANADARKO E&P COMPANY LP$454 k
CLEARLAKE PROPERTIES, INC.LA CAMPANA, INC.$338 k
SEE, J.W. ETAL UNITANADARKO E&P COMPANY LP$302 k
LUZA UNITLONESTAR PLUGGERS, INC.$265 k
HANCOCKNORTHFIELD ENTERPRISES, INC.$253 k
NIGLIAZZOWILLIAMS, CLAYTON ENERGY, INC.$190 k
ANGONIADELAWARE ECCO PETROLEUM INC.$93 k
NEWBERRY, MILTON S. -C-PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC.$81 k
MCKINNEY UNIT IMCDANIEL COMPANY, INC., THE$73 k
CHRISTOPHER #3NORTHFIELD ENTERPRISES, INC.$59 k
LAMPO, JOHNNYDOUGLAS PETROLEUM INC.$56 k
SHWU #1BEXCO OPERATING, INC.$43 k
NASH, WILLIAMTORCH OPERATING COMPANY$27 k
WEEDON, J.E.E.G. OPERATING$24 k
PATCH UNIT ICHEVRON U. S. A. INC.$19 k
DANSBY UNIT IICHEVRON U. S. A. INC.$19 k
HOLLIGANBRG PETROLEUM, INC.$16 k
LOKE'SGEOSOUTHERN ENERGY CORPORATION$15 k
BENNETT UNIT 1MCDANIEL COMPANY, INC., THE$13 k
MAHONEY-SHANNONTEXAS STATE OIL CO.$11 k
GARNER-HUMPHRIES UNIT 1OWS ENERGY, INC.$11 k
URSO UNIT IICODY ENERGY, INC.$9 k
MISSOURI JONESMOORE PROD. SERVICE, INC.$9 k
BEULAH YEAGAR UNIT ITORCH OPERATING COMPANY$8 k
BOWMAN, F. UNIT 1BEXCO OPERATING, INC.$8 k
HOLUBEC UNIT 1OWS ENERGY, INC.$7 k
SMITH UNITROSEHILL ENERGY, INC.$5 k
CHAMPION REALTY CORPORATIONWILLIAMS, CLAYTON ENERGY, INC.$5 k
SHWU #10BEXCO OPERATING, INC.$5 k
SHWU #8BEXCO OPERATING, INC.$4 k
WEEDON, JIMMIEBEXCO OPERATING, INC.$3 k
PATE, O. L.PASTURE PRODUCTION COMPANY$2 k
SHWU #11BEXCO OPERATING, INC.$2 k
ODOM, W.F. UNIT IICHEVRON U. S. A. INC.$827
BRITTEN RANCHUNION PACIFIC RESOURCES COMPANY$571

Field number 50424400, from the Railroad Commission's field register. The register's own index resolves 106 leases and 110 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.