BEST-BEARD UNIT

Operated by MARATHON OIL EF LLC (P-5 525398) in the EAGLEVILLE (EAGLE FORD-2) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 10408District 02Field 27135750Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$79.3 M
Dec 2012 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$470 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
162
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 3,304 leases and 7,959 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2009-03-20
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 2017-02-28.

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: BASED ON 3000 TO 1 GAS OIL RATIO

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
OilDisposition930,298 bbl$71,652,679
Casinghead gasProduction2,077,264 Mcf$7,663,203
Total$79,315,882

Wells on this lease (4)

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 28.8025, -97.9982. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.2 miles.

28.80332, -97.99683 · centre of 2 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
0.0%
0 of 4 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 4 wells
Median depth
11,952 ft
4 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
00.0%
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.
4100.0%

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

Between 11,924 and 11,985 ft, median 11,952 ft, over the 4 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Jun 2014 – Aug 2023
4 of 4 wells

4 wells

42-255326933H11,924 ftAug 2023
42-255326612H11,962 ftSep 2021
42-255326601H11,941 ftNov 2015
42-255326944H11,985 ftJun 2014

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 (162)

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

162 months

May 2026599759106.413.05$66,051
Apr 20264098.932.87$396
Mar 202642947789.753.15$40,005
Feb 202675490063.503.75$51,254
Jan 20265081,03159.138.00$38,284
Dec 202579493056.664.41$49,092
Nov 20251,0171,27958.593.93$64,608
Oct 20251,9583,23759.383.30$126,964
Sep 202523073362.743.08$16,686
Aug 202514263.933.01$901
Jul 20251066.743.32$67
Jun 202521161266.483.13$15,942
May 20255761,35960.553.23$39,270
Apr 202538960962.363.54$26,416
Mar 202538883167.704.27$29,815
Feb 202552598270.884.34$41,475
Jan 202549287474.324.28$40,305
Dec 20245911,34568.993.12$44,971
Nov 20245941,50869.052.20$44,331
Oct 20246591,57971.372.28$50,635
Sep 20241,2141,57569.612.36$88,230
Aug 20241,1751,22075.632.06$91,383
Jul 202479850279.932.15$64,862
Jun 20241,01179578.082.63$81,033
May 202475749778.812.20$60,752
Apr 20241,3562,04984.451.66$117,914
Mar 20242,8993,06280.301.55$237,521
Feb 20243,7423,06276.091.78$290,190
Jan 20241,3811,88673.023.30$107,060
Dec 202392576371.262.61$67,907
Nov 202379499777.892.81$64,644
Oct 20231,0541,97585.443.09$96,151
Sep 20231,0301,90189.042.74$96,911
Aug 20238111,60480.522.67$69,589
Jul 20231,8612,71274.852.64$146,460
Jun 20231,2152,38068.962.26$89,162
May 20231,5692,52470.622.23$116,425
Apr 20231,3622,58678.122.24$112,186
Mar 20231,5353,20172.852.39$119,485
Feb 20231,8823,82875.112.47$150,796
Jan 20232,0163,88376.533.39$167,439
Dec 20222,2304,41376.415.73$195,677
Nov 20222,0694,63785.005.65$202,046
Oct 20221,8695,79887.185.86$196,938
Sep 20222,2525,71484.888.16$237,797
Aug 20222,2295,46194.529.13$260,529
Jul 20222,1455,584101.587.54$260,004
Jun 20222,1405,325115.097.98$288,771
May 20222,4775,871109.378.43$320,420
Apr 20222,4565,635104.226.84$294,494
Mar 20222,7435,951108.885.08$328,868
Feb 20221,6742,82691.054.86$166,149
Jan 20222,6326,16381.844.54$243,369
Dec 20213,0596,93971.323.90$245,224
Nov 20213,8467,36977.435.24$336,386
Oct 202111079.795.71$878
Sep 20211,8014,54869.865.35$150,154
Aug 20212,0245,06266.024.22$154,989
Jul 20212,8425,89770.783.98$224,639
Jun 20212,5584,67369.493.38$193,553
May 20211,3742,47663.483.02$94,693
Apr 20211,2782,18460.362.76$83,164
Mar 202131953861.302.72$21,016
Feb 20211,3843,74957.805.55$100,794
Jan 20212,1697,11550.412.81$129,334
Dec 20202,2577,94644.642.68$122,012
Nov 20202,4917,30438.772.71$116,345
Oct 20202,5768,68036.972.48$116,747
Sep 20202,6787,61237.091.99$114,483
Aug 20202,8278,93439.982.39$134,332
Jul 20202,6487,82538.371.83$115,885
Jun 20202,5257,27034.901.69$100,411
May 20202,5507,25116.921.81$56,305
Apr 20202,6587,32414.751.80$52,421
Mar 20202,9788,09030.341.86$105,369
Feb 20202,7826,29849.881.98$151,240
Jan 20202,8515,99357.252.09$175,774
Dec 20192,5015,76059.012.30$160,857
Nov 20192,8956,58855.302.75$178,215
Oct 20193,1827,87153.472.42$189,178
Sep 20193,1547,99855.052.66$194,881
Aug 20193,2648,59253.112.30$193,150
Jul 20191,9044,71156.272.46$118,727
Jun 20192,4426,25252.782.49$144,464
May 20193,1759,79058.482.74$212,502
Apr 20192,9128,73162.632.75$206,395
Mar 20193,3038,27656.803.06$212,952
Feb 20192,4717,37150.852.79$146,232
Jan 20193,1878,87746.033.23$175,354
Dec 20183,6499,25246.594.19$208,731
Nov 20183,1488,14252.934.24$201,123
Oct 20183,4398,94661.443.40$241,691
Sep 20182,1846,00459.543.11$148,696
Aug 20183,4459,74959.403.07$234,529
Jul 20183,3669,63665.142.93$247,513
Jun 20183,58011,04860.183.08$249,438
May 20183,55810,63565.382.90$263,472
Apr 20183,49510,24063.842.90$252,825
Mar 20183,6038,84661.222.79$245,228
Feb 20183,7819,69461.782.77$260,405
Jan 20184,1379,62062.874.01$298,663
Dec 20174,17810,57157.272.92$270,157
Nov 20175,05410,99055.423.12$314,363
Oct 20173,6827,16249.292.98$202,855
Sep 20171,9983,95547.523.09$107,155
Aug 20173,3448,92245.373.00$178,523
Jul 20174,36411,42643.873.09$226,724
Jun 20174,29011,49142.493.09$217,758
May 20174,77312,21445.373.26$256,410
Apr 20174,80811,99147.933.21$268,958
Mar 20174,83811,78046.772.98$261,421
Feb 20174,8389,88450.452.95$273,261
Jan 20174,89711,49649.413.42$281,263
Dec 20164,83011,26348.763.72$277,441
Nov 20165,19013,64742.492.64$256,611
Oct 20165,72412,12546.193.09$301,861
Sep 20162,1155,03341.553.10$103,484
Aug 20164,23110,71541.442.92$206,667
Jul 20165,29213,95241.622.92$261,053
Jun 20165,43613,76445.352.69$283,490
May 20165,87313,28842.521.99$276,177
Apr 20165,89812,47236.561.99$240,463
Mar 20165,94413,29533.011.79$220,063
Feb 20166,30412,95926.472.06$193,609
Jan 20166,43114,17127.352.36$209,393
Dec 20156,94115,11432.362.00$254,860
Nov 20155,53312,11538.792.17$240,882
Oct 20155,88914,01743.552.43$290,479
Sep 20156,39614,84842.992.76$315,921
Aug 20156,85014,88140.162.87$317,842
Jul 20156,29214,14148.152.95$344,606
Jun 20153,3338,68856.152.88$212,194
May 20156,58117,75755.212.96$415,817
Apr 20157,88221,58349.822.71$451,097
Mar 20158,89622,25642.892.93$446,864
Feb 20158,05818,45744.662.98$414,802
Jan 20159,88318,79943.433.10$487,507
Dec 20149,99021,23254.693.59$622,605
Nov 201411,15123,41170.464.25$885,239
Oct 20148,03819,74278.303.90$706,388
Sep 20149,59422,63186.164.05$918,171
Aug 201410,33225,58489.394.04$1,026,812
Jul 20147,91017,82096.564.18$838,270
Jun 201411,25426,59398.164.74$1,230,660
May 201413,70733,49594.734.73$1,456,780
Apr 201413,32834,77695.944.81$1,445,930
Mar 201415,52339,16995.895.06$1,686,570
Feb 201415,16037,14097.406.19$1,706,555
Jan 201417,04443,44990.404.86$1,751,971
Dec 201319,38749,13091.824.35$1,994,050
Nov 201319,09042,71788.853.74$1,855,835
Oct 201324,14058,20597.423.78$2,571,696
Sep 201324,13156,248104.113.72$2,721,394
Aug 201333,69985,171104.253.52$3,813,145
Jul 201332,91572,526102.523.72$3,644,079
Jun 201341,24785,16994.403.93$4,228,721
May 201354,309102,86394.834.15$5,576,909
Apr 201366,210126,85593.964.28$6,764,360
Mar 201376,976122,98393.623.91$7,687,710
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0

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                  599 bbl  × $106.41 =    $63,740
Casinghead gas       759 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $2,312

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Month total                                  $66,051

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. 02/O/10408 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.