LINKER (CLEAR FORK), District 8A, 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
52
with a page here
Operators
14
Value, all time
$801.2 M
93% of the register's 56
Discovered
1961-04-06
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 52 leases in this field that have a page here — 93% 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
Oil11264458,604 bbl40,207 mcfcasinghead13,379,621 bblsince discovery

The discovery well's oil measured 27.5° API gravity, perforated at 7,162 ft.

Hydrogen sulphide

Spacing rule

What the Commission requires of a well on this field.

WellsRuleEffectiveFrom the lease lineBetween wellsAcres per unitMax diagonal
OilB1992-12-01440 ft880 ft432,151 ft
OilO1992-12-01440 ft880 ft211,525 ft

Commission remarks: 250 BBLS PER WELL. FIELD RULES STILL IN PLACE.

County

Leases in this field

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

LeaseOperatorValue
LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNITBASIN OIL & GAS OPERATING, LLC$233.8 M
POST MONTGOMERY LO.CLFK.WF UNITCHI OPERATING, INC.$115.2 M
AIRFIELDGREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY$48.7 M
C&H "13"GREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY$34.4 M
VERNONROGERS, S. K. OIL, INC.$32.2 M
HOLLANDBASIN OIL & GAS OPERATING, LLC$30.6 M
RATLIFF "18"GREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY$30.2 M
C&HGREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY$29.2 M
MEARSROGERS, S. K. OIL, INC.$28.4 M
LINKER, VINNIE C.BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.$26.0 M
HOLLANDBURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.$24.8 M
COOKBURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.$14.9 M
MARCOM "12"GREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY$13.8 M
HANKINS "8"BASIN OIL & GAS OPERATING, LLC$12.9 M
CADDELLBURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.$12.0 M
HAMILTON UNITBURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.$11.1 M
ET AL "6"CHI OPERATING, INC.$9.3 M
PACE, C. T.R3 OPERATING CORPORATION$9.0 M
JACKSONBASIN OIL & GAS OPERATING, LLC$8.2 M
CITY OF LEVELLANDROGERS, S. K. OIL, INC.$8.0 M
MONTGOMERY "7"CHI OPERATING, INC.$7.2 M
NEALBURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.$7.2 M
MONTGOMERY "15"CHI OPERATING, INC.$6.7 M
MALLETGREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY$6.1 M
POST MONTGOMERYGREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY$6.1 M
PHILLIPSATLAS OPERATING LLC$4.1 M
BAILEYBULLIN, R. E. OPERATING INC.$3.5 M
MONTGOMERY "10"CHI OPERATING, INC.$3.3 M
MAGERS "10"BASIN OIL & GAS OPERATING, LLC$3.3 M
IVEYBURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.$2.4 M
GILLESPIE "14"CHI OPERATING, INC.$2.4 M
VERNON AROGERS, S. K. OIL, INC.$2.3 M
AIRFIELDSTANOLIND PERMIAN LLC$2.2 M
SHIRLEYJJ OPERATIONS, INC.$2.2 M
MACHA "13GREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY$2.1 M
TUBB-ROSS 26GREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY$1.8 M
POST MONTGOMERY AGREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY$1.6 M
COOK "12"BASIN OIL & GAS OPERATING, LLC$1.3 M
BEAKLEY "5"CHI OPERATING, INC.$940 k
MONTGOMERY "4"CHI OPERATING, INC.$581 k
CADDELL ARROCKER A OPERATING COMPANY$539 k
PHILLIPSROGERS, S. K. OIL, INC.$161 k
REDDOCH "17"EXTECH OPERATING, LLC$147 k
SHERROD 14CHI OPERATING, INC.$143 k
PACEWHEELER OPERATING CORPORATION$132 k
MAGERSWHEELER OPERATING CORPORATION$115 k
YOUNG-PACEROCKER A OPERATING COMPANY$51 k
STORCHBULLIN, R. E. OPERATING INC.$46 k
VERNONWHEELER OPERATING CORPORATION$14 k
JACKSON, BOBBYWHEELER OPERATING CORPORATION$12 k
NEAL, RUBYWHEELER OPERATING CORPORATION$10 k
KEENELONE TREE ENVIRO SYSTEMS LLC$9 k

Field number 53759333, from the Railroad Commission's field register. The register's own index resolves 56 leases and 187 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.