DOWDY, A. E., -B-

Operated by DELRAY OIL, INC. (P-5 213275) 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 3844District 01Field 23191333Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.5 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$11 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
OilDisposition82,092 bbl$3,457,650
Casinghead gasProduction27,597 Mcf$79,554
Total$3,537,204

9,483 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 (16)

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 29.5606, -97.7786. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.5 miles.

29.56029, -97.77770 · 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
6.3%
1 of 16 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 16 wells
Median depth
2,490 ft
15 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
16.3%
A plug date is filed
00.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
00.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
1593.8%

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, 15 of 16 wells. Median 2,490 ft, with the middle half between 2,473 and 2,503 ft; the shallowest is 2,402 ft and the deepest 2,518 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, 10 of 16 wells, Jan 1968 – Apr 1981. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Jan 1968 – Apr 1981
10 of 16 wells; 6 filed none

16 wells

42-187806939Yes
42-1878068512,506 ft
42-1878068622,402 ft
42-1878068732,440 ft
42-1878068842,480 ft
42-1878068952,490 ft
42-18731339152,512 ftApr 1981
42-18731340162,518 ftFeb 1981
42-18780698142,477 ftJan 1974
42-18780697132,469 ftJan 1974
42-18780696122,496 ftJul 1969
42-18780695112,490 ftJan 1969
42-1878069062,512 ftJan 1968
42-18780694102,470 ftJan 1968
42-1878069172,500 ftJan 1968
42-1878069282,475 ftJan 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 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 2026120089.753.15$10,770
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 2025171067.704.27$11,577
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 2024179069.052.20$12,360
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 2024171079.932.15$13,668
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 2024157080.301.55$12,607
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 2024167073.023.30$12,194
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 2023166085.443.09$14,183
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 2023165068.962.26$11,378
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 2023169072.852.39$12,312
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 2022165085.005.65$14,025
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 2022176094.529.13$16,636
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 20221660115.097.98$19,105
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 2022166081.844.54$13,585
Dec 2021166071.323.90$11,839
Nov 2021169077.435.24$13,086
Oct 2021161079.795.71$12,846
Sep 2021163069.865.35$11,387
Aug 2021163066.024.22$10,761
Jul 2021168070.783.98$11,891
Jun 2021166069.493.38$11,535
May 2021168063.483.02$10,665
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 2021168061.302.72$10,298
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 2021168050.412.81$8,469
Dec 2020166044.642.68$7,410
Nov 2020168038.772.71$6,513
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 2020161037.091.99$5,971
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 2020161034.901.69$5,619
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 2020169014.751.80$2,493
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 2020165049.881.98$8,230
Jan 2020164057.252.09$9,389
Dec 2019168059.012.30$9,914
Nov 2019162055.302.75$8,959
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 2019163055.052.66$8,973
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 2019166058.482.74$9,708
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 2019167046.033.23$7,687
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 2018159061.443.40$9,769
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 2018168065.142.93$10,944
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 2018160065.382.90$10,461
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 2018168061.782.77$10,379
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 2017164049.292.98$8,084
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 2017170045.373.00$7,713
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 2017170042.493.09$7,223
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 2017168047.933.21$8,052
Mar 2017176046.772.98$8,232
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 2017175049.413.42$8,647
Dec 2016176048.763.72$8,582
Nov 2016167042.492.64$7,096
Oct 2016171046.193.09$7,898
Sep 20163367841.553.10$14,203
Aug 20161677541.442.92$7,140
Jul 20161677941.622.92$7,182
Jun 20161686645.352.69$7,796
May 20161676842.521.99$7,236
Apr 2016167036.561.99$6,106
Mar 20161622333.011.79$5,389
Feb 2016168026.472.06$4,447
Jan 201617010127.352.36$4,888
Dec 20151653432.362.00$5,407
Nov 201504238.792.17$91
Oct 201506043.552.43$146
Sep 20151685342.992.76$7,369
Aug 201505640.162.87$161
Jul 20151615948.152.95$7,926
Jun 20151626056.152.88$9,269
May 201506255.212.96$183
Apr 201505649.822.71$152
Mar 20151694842.892.93$7,389
Feb 20151725744.662.98$7,851
Jan 20151735743.433.10$7,690
Dec 201405854.693.59$208
Nov 20141716170.464.25$12,308
Oct 20141736578.303.90$13,799
Sep 201405886.164.05$235
Aug 20141636089.394.04$14,813
Jul 20141716396.564.18$16,775
Jun 20141716898.164.74$17,107
May 20141695694.734.73$16,274
Apr 20141778695.944.81$17,395
Mar 201407895.895.06$394
Feb 20141755897.406.19$17,404
Jan 2014178090.404.86$16,091
Dec 2013171091.824.35$15,701
Nov 2013169088.853.74$15,016
Oct 2013165097.423.78$16,074
Sep 20131780104.113.72$18,532
Aug 20131540104.253.52$16,055
Jul 20131550102.523.72$15,891
Jun 2013160094.403.93$15,104
May 2013170094.834.15$16,121
Apr 2013173093.964.28$16,255
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 2013167091.233.42$15,235
Jan 2013166091.603.42$15,206
Dec 2012164086.773.42$14,230
Nov 2012176086.953.62$15,303
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 2012169094.672.92$15,999
Aug 2012165092.662.91$15,289
Jul 2012173085.133.02$14,727
Jun 2012168079.822.52$13,410
May 2012178091.612.49$16,307
Apr 20121670101.652.00$16,976
Mar 20123410105.052.22$35,822
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 2012360098.092.73$35,312
Dec 2011169096.873.24$16,371
Nov 2011172095.723.31$16,464
Oct 2011172084.983.65$14,617
Sep 2011160083.623.99$13,379
Aug 2011170083.404.15$14,178
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 2011167092.904.64$15,514
May 2011339098.134.40$33,266
Apr 201117356105.964.33$18,574
Mar 201116810696.364.06$16,619
Feb 20111815185.644.18$15,714
Jan 2011354186.504.59$30,626
Dec 2010178085.734.35$15,260
Nov 20101822380.843.80$14,800
Oct 2010170078.103.51$13,277
Sep 2010180072.633.98$13,073
Aug 20101769173.684.42$13,370
Jul 20103464172.554.74$25,297
Jun 2010172070.364.91$12,102
May 20101725971.124.24$12,483
Apr 2010176081.694.12$14,377
Mar 20103517678.394.39$27,848
Feb 20101759573.585.44$13,394
Jan 20101728974.365.96$13,321
Dec 20091808071.445.48$13,298
Nov 20091816474.593.75$13,741
Oct 20093443672.544.11$25,102
Sep 2009769965.543.06$5,284
Aug 20093499067.423.22$23,819
Jul 20091749761.133.46$10,973
Jun 200916711066.163.90$11,477
May 200935311554.743.93$19,775
Apr 200917211546.773.59$8,457
Mar 200933910242.144.06$14,699
Feb 200908032.814.63$371
Jan 20093489135.865.37$12,968
Dec 20081769037.105.98$7,068
Nov 20081829255.496.86$10,730
Oct 200817710175.246.92$14,017
Sep 200817453101.767.88$18,124
Aug 2008176116114.228.48$21,087
Jul 2008173103131.0811.39$23,850
Jun 200817120131.3313.03$22,718
May 2008352108123.1711.57$44,606
Apr 2008177106110.3110.45$20,633
Mar 2008179100101.909.66$19,207
Feb 200817510992.538.77$17,149
Jan 200817111190.388.21$16,366
Dec 200717111388.337.30$15,930
Nov 200717711291.677.29$17,042
Oct 200734011782.856.92$28,979
Sep 2007176075.846.24$13,348
Aug 20071685569.066.39$11,953
Jul 20071665270.906.39$12,102
Jun 20071803762.007.55$11,439
May 20073548758.747.85$21,477
Apr 20071824759.617.81$11,216
Mar 20073435956.927.30$19,954
Feb 20071772055.108.22$9,917
Jan 200735510350.306.73$18,549
Dec 20061733156.656.92$10,015
Nov 20063456454.207.62$19,187
Oct 200616311254.906.01$9,622
Sep 20063487960.085.04$21,306
Aug 20061758368.717.34$12,633
Jul 200617710169.376.34$12,919
Jun 200635812166.286.38$24,501
May 200617711766.016.42$12,436
Apr 200635511664.397.36$23,712
Mar 200635511956.707.08$20,971
Feb 20061809957.597.75$11,134
Jan 200617910660.598.93$11,793
Dec 20053549854.9413.42$20,763
Nov 20051628354.6910.59$9,739
Oct 20053527358.3413.80$21,543
Sep 20053414961.4512.08$21,546
Aug 20051817261.519.80$11,839
Jul 20053528255.697.84$20,246
Jun 20053625752.337.38$19,364
May 2005169045.226.65$7,642
Apr 2005359049.207.36$17,663
Mar 2005176050.377.15$8,865
Feb 2005357045.226.31$16,144
Jan 2005181043.166.32$7,812
Dec 2004366039.866.75$14,589
Nov 2004336045.286.33$15,214
Oct 2004174349.706.52$8,667
Sep 20043314743.245.28$14,561
Aug 20043497042.375.55$15,176
Jul 20043566438.286.08$14,017
Jun 20043486636.106.43$12,987
May 20043605737.486.49$13,863
Apr 20041707834.475.86$6,317
Mar 20043429534.365.53$12,276
Feb 20043586332.455.51$11,964
Jan 20043767932.036.30$12,541
Dec 20032036430.266.30$6,546
Nov 20034037628.804.60$11,956
Oct 20034027928.174.76$11,700
Sep 20031818826.314.75$5,180
Aug 200331210129.765.13$9,803
Jul 20034468429.415.17$13,551
Jun 200335810228.565.98$10,835
May 20033463626.595.97$9,415
Apr 2003355526.675.41$9,495
Mar 20031718031.146.10$5,813
Feb 20033476733.487.93$12,149
Jan 20033587130.315.58$11,247
Dec 20023576726.914.85$9,932
Nov 20023496524.664.14$8,875
Oct 20021809526.464.23$5,165
Sep 20023544227.443.64$9,866
Aug 200235210125.963.16$9,458
Jul 200236410224.583.06$9,259
Jun 200235710023.733.34$8,805
May 20023579824.663.58$9,155
Apr 200235910023.653.51$8,842
Mar 20023608822.003.10$8,193
Feb 20021828118.222.38$3,508
Jan 20025387517.172.38$9,416
Dec 20011767816.932.36$3,164
Nov 20013629818.072.41$6,777
Oct 20013578919.782.53$7,287
Sep 20011828524.262.25$4,607
Aug 20015314524.873.05$13,343
Jul 200136011623.933.20$8,986
Jun 200118011324.563.82$4,853
May 200153511425.524.31$14,144
Apr 200135310024.685.34$9,246
Mar 20011798724.545.38$4,860
Feb 20013608727.755.77$10,492
Jan 20015439527.478.40$15,714
Dec 20001858926.889.12$5,785
Nov 20005369832.215.66$17,819
Oct 200017810531.235.15$6,099
Sep 200034810331.875.19$11,625
Aug 200035315929.644.54$11,185
Jul 200036316328.534.09$11,023
Jun 200036213629.304.40$11,205
May 200035715127.263.68$10,287
Apr 200018014124.513.12$4,851
Mar 200054515228.422.86$15,924
Feb 200019412527.622.73$5,699
Jan 200036114225.272.48$9,475
Dec 19994959324.282.42$12,244
Nov 199918115123.192.43$4,565
Oct 199935914320.982.80$7,933
Sep 199918014621.752.62$4,297
Aug 199935114019.262.88$7,163
Jul 199935116517.892.37$6,671
Jun 199917216715.942.36$3,136
May 199935418915.792.32$6,028
Apr 199917720615.102.21$3,128
Mar 199936519312.471.84$4,906
Feb 19991801159.981.82$2,005
Jan 199918110910.381.90$2,086
Dec 19981731159.201.77$1,796
Nov 199818313710.892.19$2,292
Oct 199817413912.421.97$2,435
Sep 199835815812.592.08$4,836
Aug 199817917411.301.91$2,355
Jul 199836317211.742.24$4,646
Jun 199835116511.242.24$4,314
May 199836215512.622.21$4,910
Apr 199835415113.042.51$4,994
Mar 199836316112.802.31$5,018
Feb 199817515413.952.30$2,795
Jan 199836917814.702.15$5,808
Dec 199736014416.322.41$6,222
Nov 199732913818.193.09$6,411
Oct 199736317119.253.15$7,526
Sep 199735816917.742.95$6,850
Aug 199712118717.862.55$2,639
Jul 199724116717.582.25$4,612
Jun 199722918217.242.26$4,359
May 199735321618.972.31$7,195
Apr 199724818317.882.08$4,815
Mar 199736219018.951.94$7,228
Feb 199725717520.492.21$5,652
Jan 199725117123.483.54$6,499
Dec 199637318423.32$8,698
Nov 199625019021.97$5,493
Oct 199637220623.31$8,671
Sep 199638019422.22$8,444
Aug 199638021720.26$7,699
Jul 199625219819.55$4,927
Jun 199637917818.73$7,099
May 199638218919.43$7,422
Apr 199625117121.51$5,399
Mar 199638315919.38$7,423
Feb 199625515316.98$4,330
Jan 199638216317.07$6,521
Dec 199538218117.19$6,567
Nov 199525117916.00$4,016
Oct 199538418915.43$5,925
Sep 199523817216.18$3,851
Aug 199537920015.92$6,034
Jul 199525520515.24$3,886
Jun 199539120416.41$6,416
May 199525724017.56$4,513
Apr 199538421517.73$6,808
Mar 199537921516.44$6,231
Feb 199537120316.58$6,151
Jan 199538223515.92$6,081
Dec 199436421115.03$5,471
Nov 199448820615.90$7,759
Oct 199453621215.58$8,351
Sep 199424722115.29$3,777
Aug 199424918716.13$4,016
Jul 199424314317.56$4,267
Jun 199437414417.09$6,392
May 199425510915.88$4,049
Apr 199437618814.14$5,317
Mar 199437726212.46$4,697
Feb 199436224112.50$4,525
Jan 199436123412.66$4,570
Dec 199325822412.33$3,181
Nov 19933898614.49$5,637
Oct 19933656215.85$5,785
Sep 199338715315.03$5,817
Aug 199338714515.66$6,060
Jul 199338827115.46$5,998
Jun 199352328216.79$8,781
May 199337722917.68$6,665
Apr 199337827418.05$6,823
Mar 199338627918.14$7,002
Feb 199337920717.90$6,784
Jan 199338227316.93$6,467

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                  120 bbl  × $ 89.75 =    $10,770
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.15 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $10,770

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/3844 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.