MALAER

Operated by DJ EXPLORATION, INC. (P-5 221664) in the DARST CREEK (BUDA) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 2741District 01Field 23191333Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.9 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$118 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead gas

The Railroad Commission's own record for the field this lease produces from, including the spacing rule that governs how close together its wells may be drilled.

These are facts about the field, not about this lease. The field holds 143 leases and 1,099 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1960-09-01
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
300 ft
minimum
From a lease line
150 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 2 acres.

The register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: COMBINED WITH DARST CREEK (BUDA) EFF 1/1/63.

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
OilDisposition73,099 bbl$3,773,775
Casinghead gasProduction28,603 Mcf$84,500
Total$3,858,275

10,419 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 (8)

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 29.6135, -97.7225. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles.

29.61384, -97.72297 · centre of the 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
25.0%
2 of 8 wells
With a plug date
25.0%
2 of 8 wells
Median depth
2,563 ft
8 wells filed one
Completion to plug
30.6 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
225.0%
A plug date is filed
225.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
225.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
675.0%

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

Total depth in feet, 8 of 8 wells. Median 2,563 ft, with the middle half between 2,502 and 2,595 ft; the shallowest is 2,450 ft and the deepest 2,750 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

Last completion by decade, 6 of 8 wells, Mar 1968 – Jan 1978. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Mar 1968 – Jan 1978
6 of 8 wells; 2 filed none
Plug dates filed
Aug 2008
2 of 8 wells; 6 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 30.6 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 30.6 years and 30.6 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

8 wells

42-1870053312,450 ftAug 2008Yes
42-1870053422,485 ft
42-1873079082,588 ftJan 1978Aug 2008Yes
42-1873046872,570 ftAug 1976
42-1873045862,750 ftMay 1976
42-1873021252,556 ftFeb 1972
42-1873021142,615 ftFeb 1972
42-1870343032,508 ftMar 1968

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 20261530106.413.05$16,281
Apr 2026180098.932.87$17,807
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 2026244063.503.75$15,494
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 2025135056.664.41$7,649
Nov 2025152058.593.93$8,906
Oct 2025148059.383.30$8,788
Sep 2025164062.743.08$10,289
Aug 2025156063.933.01$9,973
Jul 2025169066.743.32$11,279
Jun 2025172066.483.13$11,435
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 2025172062.363.54$10,726
Mar 2025169067.704.27$11,441
Feb 2025152070.884.34$10,774
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 2024169068.993.12$11,659
Nov 2024161069.052.20$11,117
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 2024166069.612.36$11,555
Aug 2024168075.632.06$12,706
Jul 2024181079.932.15$14,467
Jun 2024163078.082.63$12,727
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 2024166084.451.66$14,019
Mar 2024164080.301.55$13,169
Feb 2024169076.091.78$12,859
Jan 2024156073.023.30$11,391
Dec 2023168071.262.61$11,972
Nov 2023163077.892.81$12,696
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 2023168089.042.74$14,959
Aug 2023164080.522.67$13,205
Jul 2023171074.852.64$12,799
Jun 2023167068.962.26$11,516
May 2023164070.622.23$11,582
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 2023168072.852.39$12,239
Feb 2023167075.112.47$12,543
Jan 2023167076.533.39$12,781
Dec 2022166076.415.73$12,684
Nov 2022172085.005.65$14,620
Oct 2022170087.185.86$14,821
Sep 2022166084.888.16$14,090
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 20221570108.885.08$17,094
Feb 2022168091.054.86$15,296
Jan 2022160081.844.54$13,094
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 2021158077.435.24$12,234
Oct 2021165079.795.71$13,165
Sep 2021156069.865.35$10,898
Aug 2021128066.024.22$8,451
Jul 2021150070.783.98$10,617
Jun 2021172069.493.38$11,952
May 2021152063.483.02$9,649
Apr 2021159060.362.76$9,597
Mar 2021153061.302.72$9,379
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 2021144050.412.81$7,259
Dec 2020142044.642.68$6,339
Nov 2020142038.772.71$5,505
Oct 2020149036.972.48$5,509
Sep 2020294037.091.99$10,904
Aug 2020133039.982.39$5,317
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 2020154034.901.69$5,375
May 2020154016.921.81$2,606
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 2020144030.341.86$4,369
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 2020166057.252.09$9,504
Dec 2019150059.012.30$8,852
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 2019135053.472.42$7,218
Sep 2019132055.052.66$7,267
Aug 2019146053.112.30$7,754
Jul 2019147056.272.46$8,272
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 2019151058.482.74$8,830
Apr 2019160062.632.75$10,021
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 2019157050.852.79$7,983
Jan 2019158046.033.23$7,273
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 2018135052.934.24$7,146
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 2018158059.403.07$9,385
Jul 2018163065.142.93$10,618
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 2018151065.382.90$9,872
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 2018154061.782.77$9,514
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 2017107055.423.12$5,930
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 2017134047.523.09$6,368
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 2017163043.873.09$7,151
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 2017163045.373.26$7,395
Apr 2017155047.933.21$7,429
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 2017149050.452.95$7,517
Jan 2017160049.413.42$7,906
Dec 2016145048.763.72$7,070
Nov 2016145042.492.64$6,161
Oct 2016153046.193.09$7,067
Sep 2016141041.553.10$5,859
Aug 2016169041.442.92$7,003
Jul 2016147041.622.92$6,118
Jun 2016153045.352.69$6,939
May 2016169042.521.99$7,186
Apr 2016164036.561.99$5,996
Mar 2016188033.011.79$6,206
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 2016151027.352.36$4,130
Dec 2015172032.362.00$5,566
Nov 2015173038.792.17$6,711
Oct 2015140043.552.43$6,097
Sep 2015153042.992.76$6,577
Aug 2015164040.162.87$6,586
Jul 2015157048.152.95$7,560
Jun 2015160056.152.88$8,984
May 2015157055.212.96$8,668
Apr 2015166049.822.71$8,270
Mar 2015152042.892.93$6,519
Feb 2015156044.662.98$6,967
Jan 2015167043.433.10$7,253
Dec 2014166054.693.59$9,079
Nov 2014171070.464.25$12,049
Oct 2014161078.303.90$12,606
Sep 2014165086.164.05$14,216
Aug 2014173089.394.04$15,464
Jul 2014165096.564.18$15,932
Jun 2014166098.164.74$16,295
May 2014182094.734.73$17,241
Apr 2014174095.944.81$16,694
Mar 2014190095.895.06$18,219
Feb 2014170097.406.19$16,558
Jan 2014166090.404.86$15,006
Dec 2013172091.824.35$15,793
Nov 2013166088.853.74$14,749
Oct 2013173097.423.78$16,854
Sep 20131670104.113.72$17,386
Aug 20131610104.253.52$16,784
Jul 20131600102.523.72$16,403
Jun 2013171094.403.93$16,142
May 2013161094.834.15$15,268
Apr 2013352093.964.28$33,074
Mar 2013169093.623.91$15,822
Feb 2013167091.233.42$15,235
Jan 2013162091.603.42$14,839
Dec 2012165086.773.42$14,317
Nov 2012171086.953.62$14,868
Oct 2012174089.383.40$15,552
Sep 2012178094.672.92$16,851
Aug 2012166092.662.91$15,382
Jul 2012345085.133.02$29,370
Jun 2012168079.822.52$13,410
May 2012171091.612.49$15,665
Apr 20121720101.652.00$17,484
Mar 20121780105.052.22$18,699
Feb 20121760101.102.57$17,794
Jan 2012168098.092.73$16,479
Dec 2011176096.873.24$17,049
Nov 2011173095.723.31$16,560
Oct 2011179084.983.65$15,211
Sep 2011166083.623.99$13,881
Aug 2011178083.404.15$14,845
Jul 2011337094.144.52$31,725
Jun 2011169092.904.64$15,700
May 2011178098.134.40$17,467
Apr 20113410105.964.33$36,132
Mar 2011170096.364.06$16,381
Feb 2011354085.644.18$30,317
Jan 2011178086.504.59$15,397
Dec 2010334085.734.35$28,634
Nov 2010167080.843.80$13,500
Oct 2010343078.103.51$26,788
Sep 2010177072.633.98$12,856
Aug 2010177073.684.42$13,041
Jul 2010350072.554.74$25,393
Jun 2010350070.364.91$24,626
May 2010187071.124.24$13,299
Apr 2010184081.694.12$15,031
Mar 2010181078.394.39$14,189
Feb 2010334073.585.44$24,576
Jan 2010174074.365.96$12,939
Dec 2009185071.445.48$13,216
Nov 2009344074.593.75$25,659
Oct 2009158072.544.11$11,461
Sep 20093182865.543.06$20,928
Aug 20091542567.423.22$10,463
Jul 2009345061.133.46$21,090
Jun 2009182066.163.90$12,041
May 2009173054.743.93$9,470
Apr 2009344046.773.59$16,089
Mar 2009172042.144.06$7,248
Feb 2009349032.814.63$11,451
Jan 2009183035.865.37$6,562
Dec 2008348037.105.98$12,911
Nov 2008158055.496.86$8,767
Oct 2008163075.246.92$12,264
Sep 200831950101.767.88$32,855
Aug 2008360113114.228.48$42,078
Jul 2008068131.0811.39$774
Jun 2008371105131.3313.03$50,092
May 200818194123.1711.57$23,382
Apr 2008196116110.3110.45$22,834
Mar 20080130101.909.66$1,256
Feb 200837215892.538.77$35,807
Jan 20081627390.388.21$15,241
Dec 2007542088.337.30$47,875
Nov 200718214491.677.29$17,734
Oct 20073673282.856.92$30,627
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 2007392069.066.39$27,072
Jul 200734512570.906.39$25,259
Jun 200718013262.007.55$12,156
May 200717612058.747.85$11,280
Apr 200737810159.617.81$23,321
Mar 200719511356.927.30$11,925
Feb 20071927455.108.22$11,187
Jan 20073717750.306.73$19,179
Dec 20062029456.656.92$12,094
Nov 20063967754.207.62$22,050
Oct 200640111854.906.01$22,725
Sep 20061886260.085.04$11,607
Aug 200652413268.717.34$36,973
Jul 200635511769.376.34$25,368
Jun 200637712266.286.38$25,766
May 200619110666.016.42$13,289
Apr 200657914064.397.36$38,312
Mar 200637514056.707.08$22,254
Feb 20061926957.597.75$11,592
Jan 20063479060.598.93$21,829
Dec 20053358554.9413.42$19,545
Nov 20053647954.6910.59$20,744
Oct 20053278558.3413.80$20,250
Sep 20053476761.4512.08$22,132
Aug 20053479261.519.80$22,245
Jul 200519713855.697.84$12,053
Jun 200531112952.337.38$17,227
May 200531514045.226.65$15,175
Apr 200547911649.207.36$24,421
Mar 200531011650.377.15$16,445
Feb 200515511545.226.31$7,735
Jan 200530910443.166.32$13,994
Dec 20044489439.866.75$18,492
Nov 200446312945.286.33$21,781
Oct 200430112949.706.52$15,800
Sep 200415513243.245.28$7,400
Aug 200415413942.375.55$7,297
Jul 200431513738.286.08$12,892
Jun 200416312536.106.43$6,688
May 200415611637.486.49$6,600
Apr 200415111134.475.86$5,855
Mar 20041595134.365.53$5,745
Feb 2004331032.455.51$10,741
Jan 2004158032.036.30$5,061
Dec 20031564230.266.30$4,985
Nov 200316111428.804.60$5,161
Oct 200316512828.174.76$5,257
Sep 200316912426.314.75$5,035
Aug 200317313129.765.13$5,820
Jul 200316410729.415.17$5,377
Jun 20033348628.565.98$10,054
May 200316510826.595.97$5,032
Apr 20031679926.675.41$4,989
Mar 200316111631.146.10$5,721
Feb 200316510733.487.93$6,372
Jan 200316612130.315.58$5,707
Dec 200233510626.914.85$9,529
Nov 200216310624.664.14$4,458
Oct 200215511826.464.23$4,600
Sep 200216612127.443.64$4,995
Aug 200215712925.963.16$4,484
Jul 200216013324.583.06$4,340
Jun 200215412223.733.34$4,062
May 200233034524.663.58$9,374
Apr 200216734523.653.51$5,161
Mar 200216434222.003.10$4,669
Feb 200221811718.222.38$4,250
Jan 200216111717.172.38$3,042
Dec 200115713016.932.36$2,965
Nov 200115012418.072.41$3,009
Oct 200116413019.782.53$3,573
Sep 20011634524.262.25$4,056
Aug 2001160524.873.05$3,994
Jul 20012915123.933.20$7,127
Jun 200115915524.563.82$4,498
May 200118912125.524.31$5,344
Apr 200115914424.685.34$4,692
Mar 200115914124.545.38$4,660
Feb 200129010827.755.77$8,670
Jan 200115313027.478.40$5,295
Dec 200015811426.889.12$5,287
Nov 200029712732.215.66$10,285
Oct 200016012231.235.15$5,625
Sep 200016211631.875.19$5,765
Aug 200016314329.644.54$5,481
Jul 200021117728.534.09$6,744
Jun 200019014629.304.40$6,209
May 200028916927.263.68$8,500
Apr 200015914224.513.12$4,340
Mar 200016212728.422.86$4,967
Feb 200031713727.622.73$9,129
Jan 2000320025.272.48$8,086
Dec 199915915424.282.42$4,234
Nov 1999013623.192.43$331
Oct 199931816120.982.80$7,123
Sep 199915612521.752.62$3,720
Aug 199931513519.262.88$6,455
Jul 199915715617.892.37$3,179
Jun 199928914115.942.36$4,940
May 199915818815.792.32$2,931
Apr 1999017715.102.21$391
Mar 199915914912.471.84$2,257
Feb 19991591539.981.82$1,865
Jan 199916517210.381.90$2,039
Dec 19981421789.201.77$1,622
Nov 199815816210.892.19$2,075
Oct 199814817512.421.97$2,183
Sep 1998018112.592.08$377
Aug 199816317911.301.91$2,183
Jul 199815417611.742.24$2,202
Jun 199816018311.242.24$2,208
May 199831920212.622.21$4,471
Apr 199815619113.042.51$2,513
Mar 199816818612.802.31$2,580
Feb 199832016713.952.30$4,848
Jan 199816419214.702.15$2,825
Dec 199716618616.322.41$3,158
Nov 199715918418.193.09$3,460
Oct 199731618519.253.15$6,666
Sep 199716119017.742.95$3,418
Aug 199715817817.862.55$3,277
Jul 199731521517.582.25$6,021
Jun 199716017317.242.26$3,149
May 199716023318.972.31$3,573
Apr 199715921617.882.08$3,293
Mar 199731624418.951.94$6,461
Feb 199716117920.492.21$3,694
Jan 199716322023.483.54$4,606
Dec 199632017923.32$7,462
Nov 199616014121.97$3,515
Oct 199615816523.31$3,683
Sep 199615417022.22$3,422
Aug 199631720020.26$6,422
Jul 1996019819.55$0
Jun 199615519118.73$2,903
May 199631220819.43$6,062
Apr 199615919821.51$3,420
Mar 199631318919.38$6,066
Feb 199615818716.98$2,683
Jan 199616120017.07$2,748
Dec 199531915817.19$5,484
Nov 199515715916.00$2,512
Oct 199516017815.43$2,469
Sep 199515218816.18$2,459
Aug 199515720015.92$2,499
Jul 199529819215.24$4,542
Jun 199516020716.41$2,626
May 199514021617.56$2,458
Apr 199515820017.73$2,801
Mar 199515719816.44$2,581
Feb 199515517416.58$2,570
Jan 199516132015.92$2,563
Dec 199415934715.03$2,390
Nov 1994032115.90$0
Oct 199414132615.58$2,197
Sep 199416435815.29$2,508
Aug 199416936616.13$2,726
Jul 199434328217.56$6,023
Jun 199417126217.09$2,922
May 199416514815.88$2,620
Apr 199416529214.14$2,333
Mar 199416528212.46$2,056
Feb 199433329312.50$4,163
Jan 1994024212.66$0
Dec 199316720712.33$2,059
Nov 1993017914.49$0
Oct 199316015515.85$2,536
Sep 199316217615.03$2,435
Aug 199332918815.66$5,152
Jul 199316423315.46$2,535
Jun 199316823016.79$2,821
May 199333420817.68$5,905
Apr 199316518318.05$2,978
Mar 199333616518.14$6,095
Feb 199332916717.90$5,889
Jan 199333719316.93$5,705

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.

May 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  153 bbl  × $106.41 =    $16,281
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $0

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Month total                                  $16,281

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/2741 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.