JAMES, J. W.

Operated by JAMCO OIL (P-5 429629) in the SOMERSET field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 1599District 01Field 84560001OilCasinghead gasSave
Value, all time
$1.5 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$21 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead gas

What this lease produced, and what it was worth

Oil and condensate are valued on the volume the state records as disposed of; gas and casinghead gas on the volume produced. They are different columns of different files, and the difference is not cosmetic.

StreamBasisVolumeValue
OilDisposition32,428 bbl$1,520,102
Casinghead gasProduction121 Mcf$271
Total$1,520,373

48 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 months, carries no value here. No free Texas wellhead gas price exists before 1997, so those months are left out of the total rather than valued at zero. The total above is therefore a floor, not an estimate.

Wells on this lease (15)

Every wellbore the Railroad Commission records against this lease key, with the depth, the last completion and the plug date exactly as filed. A well with no plug date is not stated to be producing — the state files no such flag.

These wells centre on 29.2172, -98.6979. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.8 miles. 3 wells have no surveyed location and are left out of it.

29.21788, -98.69794 · centre of 12 wells drawn, derived

What these wells add up to

Every figure below is counted over all of this lease's wells, not over the rows listed above. The Railroad Commission files two facts about a well's state — a plug date and a proration-schedule flag — and a well can carry both, so they are published as separate counts and never merged into a status.

On the schedule
40.0%
6 of 15 wells
With a plug date
13.3%
2 of 15 wells
Median depth
1,544 ft
8 wells filed one
Completion to plug
22.1 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
640.0%
A plug date is filed
213.3%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
213.3%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
960.0%

A plug date is the date the Commission recorded the wellbore as sealed with cement and abandoned. It is the only end-of-life fact Texas files. There is no "active" flag on a well, so this page does not print one — a well with no plug date is not stated to be producing.

How deep they were drilled

0k
2k
4k
6k
8k
10k
12k
15k
20k+

Total depth in feet, 8 of 15 wells. Median 1,544 ft, with the middle half between 1,511 and 1,560 ft; the shallowest is 1,498 ft and the deepest 2,117 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

70s
80s
90s

Last completion by decade, 8 of 15 wells, Apr 1978 – Dec 1998. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Apr 1978 – Dec 1998
8 of 15 wells; 7 filed none
Plug dates filed
Jan 2011
2 of 15 wells; 13 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 22.1 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 17.1 years and 27.1 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

15 wells

42-013001361
42-013029592
42-029019733
42-029019744
42-029019755
42-029019811A
42-029019822A
42-0293075291,544 ftDec 1998Jan 2011Yes
42-0293075381,515 ftNov 1996Yes
42-02930838101,550 ftOct 1990Yes
42-01330986121,589 ftDec 1986Yes
42-029307553A1,498 ftDec 1986Yes
42-029307474A1,498 ftMay 1979
42-0293075471,544 ftDec 1978Jan 2011Yes
42-0293070962,117 ftApr 1978

The API number is the state's, prefixed 42 for Texas. A well is matched to this lease by the lease key the Commission files on the wellbore record, so a well that has moved between leases appears under each one it was filed against.

Every month this lease reported (401)

Volume × price = value, one row per cycle. The price columns are the same series published on the prices page — nothing here is modelled.

401 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 2026109089.753.15$9,783
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 202584056.664.41$4,759
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 202594063.933.01$6,009
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 202592060.553.23$5,571
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 202591070.884.34$6,450
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 2024122069.052.20$8,424
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 202476075.632.06$5,748
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 2024105084.451.66$8,867
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 202489073.023.30$6,499
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 2023106089.042.74$9,438
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 202399068.962.26$6,827
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 2023122072.852.39$8,888
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 2022122076.415.73$9,322
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 2022120084.888.16$10,186
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 20221180101.587.54$11,986
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 20221040109.378.43$11,374
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 2022102091.054.86$9,287
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 2021122071.323.90$8,701
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 2021120069.865.35$8,383
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 2021102070.783.98$7,220
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 2021121061.302.72$7,417
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 2021120050.412.81$6,049
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 2020124038.772.71$4,807
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 202086037.091.99$3,190
Aug 2020160039.982.39$6,397
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 2020254034.901.69$8,865
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 2020122049.881.98$6,085
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 201972059.012.30$4,249
Nov 2019120055.302.75$6,636
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 2019118053.112.30$6,267
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 2019104058.482.74$6,082
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 201993050.852.79$4,729
Jan 2019116046.033.23$5,339
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 201897061.443.40$5,960
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 2018175065.142.93$11,400
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 201895065.382.90$6,211
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 201867061.782.77$4,139
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 2017139057.272.92$7,961
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 2017112047.523.09$5,322
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 201791042.493.09$3,867
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 2017119047.933.21$5,704
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 2017121049.413.42$5,979
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 201670042.492.64$2,974
Oct 2016140046.193.09$6,467
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 2016119041.442.92$4,931
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 2016153045.352.69$6,939
May 2016105042.521.99$4,465
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 201692033.011.79$3,037
Feb 2016115026.472.06$3,044
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 2015123038.792.17$4,771
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 201581042.992.76$3,482
Aug 2015138040.162.87$5,542
Jul 201595048.152.95$4,574
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 2015290055.212.96$16,011
Apr 2015151049.822.71$7,523
Mar 2015151042.892.93$6,476
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 2014106086.164.05$9,133
Aug 2014104089.394.04$9,297
Jul 201494096.564.18$9,077
Jun 201497098.164.74$9,522
May 2014106094.734.73$10,041
Apr 2014137095.944.81$13,144
Mar 2014131095.895.06$12,562
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 201471090.404.86$6,418
Dec 2013100091.824.35$9,182
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 201397097.423.78$9,450
Sep 20131100104.113.72$11,452
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 2013990102.523.72$10,149
Jun 2013105094.403.93$9,912
May 2013102094.834.15$9,673
Apr 201388093.964.28$8,268
Mar 2013106093.623.91$9,924
Feb 201387091.233.42$7,937
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 201290086.773.42$7,809
Nov 2012130086.953.62$11,304
Oct 201291089.383.40$8,134
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 2012143092.662.91$13,250
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 201296079.822.52$7,663
May 2012125091.612.49$11,451
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 2012910105.052.22$9,560
Feb 20121160101.102.57$11,728
Jan 2012139098.092.73$13,635
Dec 201192096.873.24$8,912
Nov 201192095.723.31$8,806
Oct 201192084.983.65$7,818
Sep 2011101083.623.99$8,446
Aug 2011114083.404.15$9,508
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 201199092.904.64$9,197
May 2011122098.134.40$11,972
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 2011120096.364.06$11,563
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 2011117086.504.59$10,121
Dec 2010106085.734.35$9,087
Nov 2010106080.843.80$8,569
Oct 2010135078.103.51$10,544
Sep 2010106072.633.98$7,699
Aug 2010102073.684.42$7,515
Jul 2010106072.554.74$7,690
Jun 201066070.364.91$4,644
May 2010113071.124.24$8,037
Apr 201057081.694.12$4,656
Mar 201090078.394.39$7,055
Feb 201079073.585.44$5,813
Jan 201081074.365.96$6,023
Dec 2009104071.445.48$7,430
Nov 200995074.593.75$7,086
Oct 2009115072.544.11$8,342
Sep 200941065.543.06$2,687
Aug 200987067.423.22$5,866
Jul 2009132061.133.46$8,069
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 200965054.743.93$3,558
Apr 2009117046.773.59$5,472
Mar 2009122042.144.06$5,141
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 2009153035.865.37$5,487
Dec 200867037.105.98$2,486
Nov 200848055.496.86$2,664
Oct 200848075.246.92$3,612
Sep 2008960101.767.88$9,769
Aug 2008860114.228.48$9,823
Jul 20081920131.0811.39$25,167
Jun 20081180131.3313.03$15,497
May 20081180123.1711.57$14,534
Apr 20081470110.3110.45$16,216
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 2008153092.538.77$14,157
Jan 2008146090.388.21$13,195
Dec 200788088.337.30$7,773
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 200798082.856.92$8,119
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 200778069.066.39$5,387
Jul 20070070.906.39$0
Jun 2007148062.007.55$9,176
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 2007116059.617.81$6,915
Mar 2007107056.927.30$6,090
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 200792050.306.73$4,628
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 200662054.207.62$3,360
Oct 200692054.906.01$5,051
Sep 200697060.085.04$5,828
Aug 2006129068.717.34$8,864
Jul 2006128069.376.34$8,879
Jun 2006128066.286.38$8,484
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 200680064.397.36$5,151
Mar 2006130056.707.08$7,371
Feb 2006151057.597.75$8,696
Jan 200659060.598.93$3,575
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 200591054.6910.59$4,977
Oct 2005140058.3413.80$8,168
Sep 200569061.4512.08$4,240
Aug 2005140061.519.80$8,611
Jul 2005135055.697.84$7,518
Jun 2005128052.337.38$6,698
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 2005128049.207.36$6,298
Mar 200589050.377.15$4,483
Feb 200570045.226.31$3,165
Jan 200598043.166.32$4,230
Dec 200455039.866.75$2,192
Nov 200474045.286.33$3,351
Oct 2004101049.706.52$5,020
Sep 2004137043.245.28$5,924
Aug 200450042.375.55$2,119
Jul 200471038.286.08$2,718
Jun 2004144036.106.43$5,198
May 200486037.486.49$3,223
Apr 2004139034.475.86$4,791
Mar 2004137034.365.53$4,707
Feb 2004151032.455.51$4,900
Jan 200490032.036.30$2,883
Dec 2003126130.266.30$3,819
Nov 2003139128.804.60$4,008
Oct 2003154128.174.76$4,343
Sep 2003160126.314.75$4,214
Aug 2003150129.765.13$4,469
Jul 2003120129.415.17$3,534
Jun 2003147128.565.98$4,204
May 200396126.595.97$2,559
Apr 2003147126.675.41$3,926
Mar 2003139131.146.10$4,335
Feb 20030133.487.93$8
Jan 2003141130.315.58$4,279
Dec 2002146126.914.85$3,934
Nov 2002154124.664.14$3,802
Oct 200292126.464.23$2,439
Sep 2002126127.443.64$3,461
Aug 2002262125.963.16$6,805
Jul 20020124.583.06$3
Jun 2002135123.733.34$3,207
May 2002191124.663.58$4,714
Apr 2002243123.653.51$5,750
Mar 20020122.003.10$3
Feb 2002155118.222.38$2,826
Jan 200289117.172.38$1,531
Dec 2001162116.932.36$2,745
Nov 2001163118.072.41$2,948
Oct 2001114119.782.53$2,257
Sep 2001262124.262.25$6,358
Aug 2001171124.873.05$4,256
Jul 200193123.933.20$2,229
Jun 20010124.563.82$4
May 2001144125.524.31$3,679
Apr 20010124.685.34$5
Mar 20010124.545.38$5
Feb 20010127.755.77$6
Jan 2001224127.478.40$6,162
Dec 20000126.889.12$9
Nov 2000110132.215.66$3,549
Oct 2000301131.235.15$9,405
Sep 2000113131.875.19$3,607
Aug 2000166129.644.54$4,925
Jul 2000171128.534.09$4,883
Jun 20000129.304.40$4
May 2000115127.263.68$3,139
Apr 2000298124.513.12$7,307
Mar 20000128.422.86$3
Feb 2000107127.622.73$2,958
Jan 2000151125.272.48$3,818
Dec 1999106124.282.42$2,576
Nov 1999107123.192.43$2,484
Oct 1999154120.982.80$3,234
Sep 1999145121.752.62$3,156
Aug 1999151119.262.88$2,911
Jul 1999178117.892.37$3,187
Jun 1999148115.942.36$2,361
May 19990115.792.32$2
Apr 1999157115.102.21$2,373
Mar 19990112.471.84$2
Feb 1999019.981.82$2
Jan 19990110.381.90$2
Dec 199818719.201.77$1,722
Nov 19980010.892.19$0
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 19980012.592.08$0
Aug 19980011.301.91$0
Jul 19980011.742.24$0
Jun 19980011.242.24$0
May 19980012.622.21$0
Apr 19980013.042.51$0
Mar 1998186112.802.31$2,383
Feb 1998114113.952.30$1,593
Jan 1998174014.702.15$2,558
Dec 19970116.322.41$2
Nov 19970118.193.09$3
Oct 19970119.253.15$3
Sep 19970017.742.95$0
Aug 1997165117.862.55$2,949
Jul 19970117.582.25$2
Jun 1997178117.242.26$3,071
May 1997134118.972.31$2,544
Apr 1997133017.882.08$2,378
Mar 19970118.951.94$2
Feb 1997153120.492.21$3,137
Jan 1997144123.483.54$3,385
Dec 1996184123.32$4,291
Nov 1996142121.97$3,120
Oct 1996166123.31$3,869
Sep 19960122.22$0
Aug 1996153120.26$3,100
Jul 1996115119.55$2,248
Jun 1996111118.73$2,079
May 1996160119.43$3,109
Apr 19960121.51$0
Mar 1996249119.38$4,826
Feb 19960116.98$0
Jan 1996273117.07$4,660
Dec 19950117.19$0
Nov 1995137116.00$2,192
Oct 1995150115.43$2,315
Sep 1995161116.18$2,605
Aug 1995170115.92$2,706
Jul 199588115.24$1,341
Jun 1995161116.41$2,642
May 199581117.56$1,422
Apr 1995176117.73$3,120
Mar 199587116.44$1,430
Feb 1995162116.58$2,686
Jan 1995156115.92$2,484
Dec 1994154115.03$2,315
Nov 19940115.90$0
Oct 1994124115.58$1,932
Sep 1994114115.29$1,743
Aug 1994143116.13$2,307
Jul 1994161117.56$2,827
Jun 1994156117.09$2,666
May 19940115.88$0
Apr 1994139114.14$1,965
Mar 1994142112.46$1,769
Feb 1994151112.50$1,888
Jan 1994182112.66$2,304
Dec 1993154112.33$1,899
Nov 1993117114.49$1,695
Oct 1993137115.85$2,171
Sep 19930115.03$0
Aug 1993161115.66$2,521
Jul 1993173115.46$2,675
Jun 1993177116.79$2,972
May 19930117.68$0
Apr 1993112118.05$2,022
Mar 1993250118.14$4,535
Feb 19930117.90$0
Jan 1993147116.93$2,489

How to read this page

The arithmetic is one multiplication per stream per month. Here it is, worked, on a real row from the table above.

Mar 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  109 bbl  × $ 89.75 =     $9,783
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.15 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $9,783

The volumes are the state's, unchanged

Every barrel and every Mcf on this page is a number the Railroad Commission of Texas published in its monthly production query. Nothing is modelled, estimated or filled in.

The dollars are a multiplication, not a valuation

Volume × a published monthly price. It is not what the operator was paid: it takes no account of a contract, a differential, a transportation deduction, or the share any one owner holds.

Oil and gas are priced differently

Oil is a Texas realisation — the crude oil first purchase price. Gas is a benchmark, because no free Texas wellhead gas series exists at any date. The prices page publishes the difference rather than correcting it away.

A lease is not a well

The state reports oil on lease and gas on well, and this page is the lease grain. 01/O/1599 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.