HOFFMAN, HERMAN

Operated by DRACHEN ENERGY CO. (P-5 101916) 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 3197District 01Field 84560001OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.7 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
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 1,033 leases and 5,137 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1911-12-31
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
330 ft
minimum
From a lease line
150 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 2.05 acres. The field rule took effect on 1986-02-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: RULES EFF. FOR SOMERSET FIELD 12-11-78.

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
OilDisposition51,232 bbl$1,674,908
Casinghead gasProduction21 Mcf$0
Total$1,674,908

21 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 21 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 (13)

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 29.2377, -98.6471. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.6 miles. 1 well has no surveyed location and is left out of it.

29.23923, -98.64599 · 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
92.3%
12 of 13 wells
With a plug date
92.3%
12 of 13 wells
Median depth
1,380 ft
12 wells filed one
Completion to plug
33.7 years
median over 8 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1292.3%
A plug date is filed
1292.3%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1292.3%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
17.7%

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, 12 of 13 wells. Median 1,380 ft, with the middle half between 1,366 and 1,401 ft; the shallowest is 1,348 ft and the deepest 1,435 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, 9 of 13 wells, Feb 1979 – Mar 1993. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Feb 1979 – Mar 1993
9 of 13 wells; 4 filed none
Plug dates filed
Apr 2011 – Sep 2024
12 of 13 wells; 1 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 33.7 years across the 8 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 32.3 years and 44.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

13 wells

42-029020591Sep 2024Yes
42-0290207831,350 ftSep 2024Yes
42-0290207941,404 ftSep 2024Yes
42-0298064521,352 ftSep 2024Yes
42-02938183121,435 ftMar 1993Sep 2024Yes
42-02930942101,380 ftApr 1980
42-0293094391,380 ftApr 1980Sep 2024Yes
42-029309642A1,380 ftApr 1980Sep 2024Yes
42-0293101561,390 ftMar 1980Sep 2024Yes
42-0293076251,400 ftJun 1979Mar 2014Yes
42-02930845111,348 ftJun 1979Apr 2011Yes
42-0293078481,407 ftApr 1979Sep 2011Yes
42-0293076971,370 ftFeb 1979Aug 2011Yes

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 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 2025101067.704.27$6,838
Feb 2025143070.884.34$10,136
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
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 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 202137069.493.38$2,571
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 202145060.362.76$2,716
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 202167050.412.81$3,377
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 202039038.772.71$1,512
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 2020114037.091.99$4,228
Aug 2020100039.982.39$3,998
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 202018049.881.98$898
Jan 202036057.252.09$2,061
Dec 201929059.012.30$1,711
Nov 201939055.302.75$2,157
Oct 201930053.472.42$1,604
Sep 201926055.052.66$1,431
Aug 201944053.112.30$2,337
Jul 201920056.272.46$1,125
Jun 201930052.782.49$1,583
May 201937058.482.74$2,164
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 201930056.803.06$1,704
Feb 201927050.852.79$1,373
Jan 201930046.033.23$1,381
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 201826061.443.40$1,597
Sep 201862059.543.11$3,691
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 201848065.142.93$3,127
Jun 201872060.183.08$4,333
May 201861065.382.90$3,988
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 201839062.874.01$2,452
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 201715055.423.12$831
Oct 201731049.292.98$1,528
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 201751045.373.00$2,314
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 201778042.493.09$3,314
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 2017102047.933.21$4,889
Mar 201747046.772.98$2,198
Feb 201791050.452.95$4,591
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 201665046.193.09$3,002
Sep 201646041.553.10$1,911
Aug 201640041.442.92$1,658
Jul 201662041.622.92$2,580
Jun 201627045.352.69$1,224
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 201625036.561.99$914
Mar 201621033.011.79$693
Feb 201628026.472.06$741
Jan 201659027.352.36$1,614
Dec 201557032.362.00$1,845
Nov 201547038.792.17$1,823
Oct 201584043.552.43$3,658
Sep 201539042.992.76$1,677
Aug 201552040.162.87$2,088
Jul 201570048.152.95$3,371
Jun 201527056.152.88$1,516
May 201556055.212.96$3,092
Apr 201556049.822.71$2,790
Mar 201586042.892.93$3,689
Feb 201564044.662.98$2,858
Jan 201592043.433.10$3,996
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 201463070.464.25$4,439
Oct 201462078.303.90$4,855
Sep 2014160086.164.05$13,786
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 201494096.564.18$9,077
Jun 201463098.164.74$6,184
May 201487094.734.73$8,242
Apr 201488095.944.81$8,443
Mar 2014164095.895.06$15,726
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 2014103090.404.86$9,311
Dec 201398091.824.35$8,998
Nov 201372088.853.74$6,397
Oct 201396097.423.78$9,352
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 2013600104.253.52$6,255
Jul 2013620102.523.72$6,356
Jun 201397094.403.93$9,157
May 201390094.834.15$8,535
Apr 201399093.964.28$9,302
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 201399091.233.42$9,032
Jan 2013103091.603.42$9,435
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 2012104086.953.62$9,043
Oct 2012102089.383.40$9,117
Sep 20125094.672.92$473
Aug 201281092.662.91$7,505
Jul 201281085.133.02$6,896
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 201289091.612.49$8,153
Apr 2012770101.652.00$7,827
Mar 2012750105.052.22$7,879
Feb 2012620101.102.57$6,268
Jan 201239098.092.73$3,826
Dec 201191096.873.24$8,815
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 201177084.983.65$6,543
Sep 201194083.623.99$7,860
Aug 201167083.404.15$5,588
Jul 2011103094.144.52$9,696
Jun 2011103092.904.64$9,569
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 2011910105.964.33$9,642
Mar 2011161096.364.06$15,514
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 2011104086.504.59$8,996
Dec 201053085.734.35$4,544
Nov 201059080.843.80$4,770
Oct 201078078.103.51$6,092
Sep 2010103072.633.98$7,481
Aug 2010101073.684.42$7,442
Jul 2010101072.554.74$7,328
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 201089071.124.24$6,330
Apr 2010101081.694.12$8,251
Mar 2010100078.394.39$7,839
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 201085074.365.96$6,321
Dec 2009102071.445.48$7,287
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 2009106072.544.11$7,689
Sep 2009148065.543.06$9,700
Aug 2009102067.423.22$6,877
Jul 2009102061.133.46$6,235
Jun 2009102066.163.90$6,748
May 2009102054.743.93$5,583
Apr 2009102046.773.59$4,771
Mar 2009102042.144.06$4,298
Feb 2009107032.814.63$3,511
Jan 2009105035.865.37$3,765
Dec 2008122037.105.98$4,526
Nov 2008125055.496.86$6,936
Oct 200892075.246.92$6,922
Sep 2008960101.767.88$9,769
Aug 2008890114.228.48$10,166
Jul 20081000131.0811.39$13,108
Jun 20081420131.3313.03$18,649
May 2008990123.1711.57$12,194
Apr 20081380110.3110.45$15,223
Mar 2008990101.909.66$10,088
Feb 2008100092.538.77$9,253
Jan 2008165090.388.21$14,913
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 2007156091.677.29$14,301
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 20070075.846.24$0
Aug 2007114069.066.39$7,873
Jul 2007106070.906.39$7,515
Jun 2007114062.007.55$7,068
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 200799059.617.81$5,901
Mar 2007165056.927.30$9,392
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 200750050.306.73$2,515
Dec 2006106056.656.92$6,005
Nov 2006165054.207.62$8,943
Oct 2006166054.906.01$9,113
Sep 2006168060.085.04$10,093
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 2006164069.376.34$11,377
Jun 2006174066.286.38$11,533
May 2006166066.016.42$10,958
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 2006171056.707.08$9,696
Feb 2006155057.597.75$8,926
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 2005132054.6910.59$7,219
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 2005155061.4512.08$9,525
Aug 200580061.519.80$4,921
Jul 2005123055.697.84$6,850
Jun 2005110052.337.38$5,756
May 200598045.226.65$4,432
Apr 2005153049.207.36$7,528
Mar 2005162050.377.15$8,160
Feb 2005122045.226.31$5,517
Jan 2005158043.166.32$6,819
Dec 2004113039.866.75$4,504
Nov 200491045.286.33$4,120
Oct 2004174049.706.52$8,648
Sep 2004154043.245.28$6,659
Aug 2004112042.375.55$4,745
Jul 200465038.286.08$2,488
Jun 2004140036.106.43$5,054
May 200484037.486.49$3,148
Apr 2004147034.475.86$5,067
Mar 2004170034.365.53$5,841
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 2004116032.036.30$3,715
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 200346028.804.60$1,325
Oct 200383028.174.76$2,338
Sep 200367026.314.75$1,763
Aug 2003173029.765.13$5,148
Jul 200384029.415.17$2,470
Jun 2003136028.565.98$3,884
May 2003226026.595.97$6,009
Apr 2003161026.675.41$4,294
Mar 2003108031.146.10$3,363
Feb 2003115033.487.93$3,850
Jan 2003243030.315.58$7,365
Dec 200250026.914.85$1,346
Nov 200272024.664.14$1,776
Oct 200273026.464.23$1,932
Sep 200297027.443.64$2,662
Aug 2002231025.963.16$5,997
Jul 2002102024.583.06$2,507
Jun 2002212023.733.34$5,031
May 2002112024.663.58$2,762
Apr 2002197023.653.51$4,659
Mar 2002150022.003.10$3,300
Feb 2002149018.222.38$2,715
Jan 2002157017.172.38$2,696
Dec 2001120016.932.36$2,032
Nov 2001307018.072.41$5,547
Oct 2001149019.782.53$2,947
Sep 2001160024.262.25$3,882
Aug 2001187024.873.05$4,651
Jul 2001196023.933.20$4,690
Jun 2001254024.563.82$6,238
May 2001269025.524.31$6,865
Apr 2001267024.685.34$6,590
Mar 2001170024.545.38$4,172
Feb 200194027.755.77$2,609
Jan 2001297027.478.40$8,159
Dec 2000336026.889.12$9,032
Nov 2000323032.215.66$10,404
Oct 2000164031.235.15$5,122
Sep 2000173031.875.19$5,514
Aug 2000269029.644.54$7,973
Jul 2000236028.534.09$6,733
Jun 2000190029.304.40$5,567
May 2000318027.263.68$8,669
Apr 2000305024.513.12$7,476
Mar 2000447028.422.86$12,704
Feb 2000153027.622.73$4,226
Jan 2000234025.272.48$5,913
Dec 1999375024.282.42$9,105
Nov 1999145023.192.43$3,363
Oct 19990020.982.80$0
Sep 1999269021.752.62$5,851
Aug 1999223019.262.88$4,295
Jul 1999200017.892.37$3,578
Jun 1999105015.942.36$1,674
May 1999142015.792.32$2,242
Apr 1999202015.102.21$3,050
Mar 199991012.471.84$1,135
Feb 199924909.981.82$2,485
Jan 1999268010.381.90$2,782
Dec 199817409.201.77$1,601
Nov 1998316010.892.19$3,441
Oct 199896012.421.97$1,192
Sep 1998256012.592.08$3,223
Aug 1998284011.301.91$3,209
Jul 1998430011.742.24$5,048
Jun 1998157011.242.24$1,765
May 1998338012.622.21$4,266
Apr 1998470013.042.51$6,129
Mar 1998306012.802.31$3,917
Feb 1998455013.952.30$6,347
Jan 1998160014.702.15$2,352
Dec 1997322016.322.41$5,255
Nov 1997273018.193.09$4,966
Oct 1997436019.253.15$8,393
Sep 1997238017.742.95$4,222
Aug 1997389017.862.55$6,948
Jul 1997319017.582.25$5,608
Jun 1997326017.242.26$5,620
May 1997419018.972.31$7,948
Apr 1997541017.882.08$9,673
Mar 1997160018.951.94$3,032
Feb 1997418020.492.21$8,565
Jan 1997291023.483.54$6,833
Dec 1996472023.32$11,007
Nov 1996443021.97$9,733
Oct 1996324023.31$7,552
Sep 1996318022.22$7,066
Aug 1996394020.26$7,982
Jul 1996414019.55$8,094
Jun 1996274018.73$5,132
May 1996405019.43$7,869
Apr 1996343021.51$7,378
Mar 1996298019.38$5,775
Feb 1996309016.98$5,247
Jan 1996333017.07$5,684
Dec 1995421017.19$7,237
Nov 1995320016.00$5,120
Oct 1995344015.43$5,308
Sep 1995339016.18$5,485
Aug 1995425015.92$6,766
Jul 1995381015.24$5,806
Jun 1995268016.41$4,398
May 1995364017.56$6,392
Apr 1995429017.73$7,606
Mar 1995344016.44$5,655
Feb 1995300016.58$4,974
Jan 1995355015.92$5,652
Dec 1994422015.03$6,343
Nov 1994370015.90$5,883
Oct 1994345015.58$5,375
Sep 1994404115.29$6,177
Aug 1994290116.13$4,678
Jul 1994340117.56$5,970
Jun 1994306117.09$5,230
May 1994399115.88$6,336
Apr 1994243114.14$3,436
Mar 1994311112.46$3,875
Feb 1994306112.50$3,825
Jan 1994496112.66$6,279
Dec 1993614112.33$7,571
Nov 1993375114.49$5,434
Oct 1993436115.85$6,911
Sep 1993488115.03$7,335
Aug 1993497115.66$7,783
Jul 1993461115.46$7,127
Jun 1993507116.79$8,513
May 1993335117.68$5,923
Apr 1993633118.05$11,426
Mar 1993320118.14$5,805
Feb 1993407117.90$7,285
Jan 1993256116.93$4,334

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 2025 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  101 bbl  × $ 67.70 =     $6,838
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.27 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $6,838

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/3197 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.