RANGER (BLACK LIME WEST), District 7B, 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
53
with a page here
Operators
11
Value, all time
$5.2 M
68% of the register's 78
Discovered
1981-10-01
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 53 leases in this field that have a page here — 68% of the register's 78 — 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
Oil411,026 bbl0 mcfcasinghead305,871 bblsince discovery
Gas10143 mcf0 bblcondensate2,848,883 mcfsince 1970

The discovery well's oil measured 42.0° API gravity, perforated at 3,353 ft.

Spacing rule

What the Commission requires of a well on this field.

WellsRuleEffectiveFrom the lease lineBetween wellsAcres per unitMax diagonal
GasB330 ft933 ft402,100 ft
OilB330 ft933 ft402,100 ft

Commission remarks: NET GOR 400 MCF/DAY PER WELL

County

Leases in this field

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

LeaseOperatorValue
DANLEY, R. H.BRAKA OPERATING, L.L.C.$2.3 M
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITEASTLAND OPERATING, L.L.C.$465 k
MORTON, J. B.SMITH PIPE OF ABILENE$274 k
EARNEST "E"EASTLAND OPERATING, L.L.C.$256 k
HISE, A.SMITH PIPE OF ABILENE$181 k
CHRISTMASEASTLAND OPERATING, L.L.C.$158 k
WALKER, HALL (BEARDEN)NORTH RIDGE CORPORATION$151 k
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITEASTLAND OPERATING, L.L.C.$136 k
BRITTAINEASTLAND OPERATING, L.L.C.$132 k
VOWELL, W.C.BRAKA OPERATING, L.L.C.$130 k
WALKER, HALL (BEARDEN)SMITH PIPE OF ABILENE$106 k
EARNEST "E"EASTLAND OPERATING, L.L.C.$83 k
HARRELL, J.C.NORTH RIDGE CORPORATION$73 k
DAVIS, W.T.BRAKA OPERATING, L.L.C.$73 k
THOMPSON, D.B.NORTH RIDGE CORPORATION$68 k
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITEASTLAND OPERATING, L.L.C.$57 k
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITEASTLAND OPERATING, L.L.C.$55 k
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITEASTLAND OPERATING, L.L.C.$55 k
WALKER, HALL (BARKER)SMITH PIPE OF ABILENE$52 k
HAMOR, C.F.NORTH RIDGE CORPORATION$46 k
WHITTWILSON, JERRY L.$46 k
EARNEST "E"EASTLAND OPERATING, L.L.C.$42 k
EARNEST "E"EASTLAND OPERATING, L.L.C.$42 k
BRYANT, C.B.BRAKA OPERATING, L.L.C.$41 k
MORTON, J. B.NORTH RIDGE CORPORATION$36 k
THOMPSON, D.B.SMITH PIPE OF ABILENE$21 k
WALKER, HALL (BARKER)NORTH RIDGE CORPORATION$17 k
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITBRAKA OPERATING, L.L.C.$16 k
HAMOR, C. F.BRAKA OPERATING, L.L.C.$14 k
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITMUSTANG OIL & GAS CORPORATION$14 k
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITMUSTANG OIL & GAS CORPORATION$9 k
HARRELL, C.J.YELLOW ROSE OIL & GAS OPER. INC.$8 k
BRITTAINEASTLAND OPERATING, L.L.C.$7 k
LANGFORD, J. W.MARJAC OIL COMPANY, INC.$5 k
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITYELLOW ROSE OIL & GAS OPER. INC.$4 k
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITYELLOW ROSE OIL & GAS OPER. INC.$3 k
HAMOR, C.F.NORTH RIDGE CORPORATION$2 k
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITMUSTANG OIL & GAS CORPORATION$2 k
DAVIS,B.A.NORTH RIDGE CORPORATION$2 k
FROSTMCCLYMOND, INC.$2 k
HARRELL, J.C.SMITH PIPE OF ABILENE$1 k
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITMUSTANG OIL & GAS CORPORATION$1 k
DAVIS, W.T.NORTH RIDGE CORPORATION$762
FROSTMCCLYMOND, LTD.$445
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITMEHAFFEY INVESTMENTS, INC.$444
REEVESYELLOW ROSE OIL & GAS OPER. INC.$206
WALKER, HALL (BEARDEN)SMITH PIPE OF ABILENE$87
HAMOR, C. F.BRAKA OPERATING, L.L.C.
WALKER, HALL (BARKER)NORTH RIDGE CORPORATION
SIMON-BARKER UNITNORTH RIDGE CORPORATION
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITYELLOW ROSE OIL & GAS OPER. INC.
EARNEST (LAKE SAND) UNITYELLOW ROSE OIL & GAS OPER. INC.
EARNEST "E"EASTLAND OPERATING, L.L.C.

Field number 74657250, from the Railroad Commission's field register. The register's own index resolves 78 leases and 109 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.