MURPHY, JOHN -A-

Operated by BRIDWELL OIL CO. (P-5 92480) in the PAPALOTE, E. (3250 -B-) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 3597District 02Field 69044664OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$7.8 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$173 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 11 leases and 44 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1964-04-09
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres.

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
OilDisposition191,920 bbl$7,806,731
Casinghead gasProduction21 Mcf$0
Total$7,806,731

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 (6)

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 28.1753, -97.5599. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.6 miles.

28.17576, -97.55884 · 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
66.7%
4 of 6 wells
With a plug date
66.7%
4 of 6 wells
Median depth
3,262 ft
6 wells filed one
Completion to plug
33.7 years
median over 3 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
466.7%
A plug date is filed
466.7%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
466.7%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
233.3%

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 3,241 and 3,360 ft, median 3,262 ft, over the 6 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Mar 1965 – Oct 2000
5 of 6 wells; 1 filed none
Plug dates filed
Apr 2001 – Oct 2012
4 of 6 wells; 2 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 33.7 years across the 3 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 22.3 years and 34.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

6 wells

42-0250266623,241 ftOct 2012Yes
42-0250268943,256 ftOct 2000
42-0250284963,250 ftFeb 1998Dec 2008Yes
42-025326246R3,360 ftMay 1991
42-0253052073,268 ftOct 1976Jun 2010Yes
42-0250268733,272 ftMar 1965Apr 2001Yes

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 20262160106.413.05$22,985
Apr 2026173098.932.87$17,115
Mar 2026221089.753.15$19,835
Feb 2026215063.503.75$13,653
Jan 2026260059.138.00$15,374
Dec 2025174056.664.41$9,859
Nov 2025176058.593.93$10,312
Oct 2025175059.383.30$10,392
Sep 2025217062.743.08$13,615
Aug 2025220063.933.01$14,065
Jul 2025176066.743.32$11,746
Jun 2025216066.483.13$14,360
May 2025216060.553.23$13,079
Apr 2025219062.363.54$13,657
Mar 2025211067.704.27$14,285
Feb 2025175070.884.34$12,404
Jan 2025218074.324.28$16,202
Dec 2024134068.993.12$9,245
Nov 2024171069.052.20$11,808
Oct 2024305071.372.28$21,768
Sep 2024125069.612.36$8,701
Aug 2024216075.632.06$16,336
Jul 2024171079.932.15$13,668
Jun 2024221078.082.63$17,256
May 2024213078.812.20$16,787
Apr 2024215084.451.66$18,157
Mar 2024218080.301.55$17,505
Feb 2024128076.091.78$9,740
Jan 2024258073.023.30$18,839
Dec 2023260071.262.61$18,528
Nov 2023220077.892.81$17,136
Oct 2023212085.443.09$18,113
Sep 2023252089.042.74$22,438
Aug 2023342080.522.67$27,538
Jul 2023169074.852.64$12,650
Jun 2023301068.962.26$20,757
May 2023175070.622.23$12,359
Apr 2023219078.122.24$17,108
Mar 2023216072.852.39$15,736
Feb 2023312075.112.47$23,434
Jan 2023143076.533.39$10,944
Dec 2022175076.415.73$13,372
Nov 2022225085.005.65$19,125
Oct 2022217087.185.86$18,918
Sep 2022300084.888.16$25,464
Aug 2022216094.529.13$20,416
Jul 20222550101.587.54$25,903
Jun 20222190115.097.98$25,205
May 20223070109.378.43$33,577
Apr 20222610104.226.84$27,201
Mar 20223460108.885.08$37,672
Feb 2022129091.054.86$11,745
Jan 2022268081.844.54$21,933
Dec 2021346071.323.90$24,677
Nov 2021170077.435.24$13,163
Oct 2021224079.795.71$17,873
Sep 2021262069.865.35$18,303
Aug 2021262066.024.22$17,297
Jul 2021300070.783.98$21,234
Jun 2021221069.493.38$15,357
May 2021216063.483.02$13,712
Apr 2021259060.362.76$15,633
Mar 2021297061.302.72$18,206
Feb 2021268057.805.55$15,490
Jan 2021228050.412.81$11,493
Dec 2020317044.642.68$14,151
Nov 2020308038.772.71$11,941
Oct 2020307036.972.48$11,350
Sep 2020304037.091.99$11,275
Aug 2020307039.982.39$12,274
Jul 2020258038.371.83$9,899
Jun 2020477034.901.69$16,647
May 202089016.921.81$1,506
Apr 2020355014.751.80$5,236
Mar 2020303030.341.86$9,193
Feb 2020262049.881.98$13,069
Jan 2020218057.252.09$12,481
Dec 2019320059.012.30$18,883
Nov 2019313055.302.75$17,309
Oct 2019273053.472.42$14,597
Sep 2019255055.052.66$14,038
Aug 2019264053.112.30$14,021
Jul 2019317056.272.46$17,838
Jun 2019309052.782.49$16,309
May 2019266058.482.74$15,556
Apr 2019309062.632.75$19,353
Mar 2019358056.803.06$20,334
Feb 2019228050.852.79$11,594
Jan 2019313046.033.23$14,407
Dec 2018358046.594.19$16,679
Nov 2018262052.934.24$13,868
Oct 2018355061.443.40$21,811
Sep 2018308059.543.11$18,338
Aug 2018352059.403.07$20,909
Jul 2018349065.142.93$22,734
Jun 2018307060.183.08$18,475
May 2018223065.382.90$14,580
Apr 2018304063.842.90$19,407
Mar 2018223061.222.79$13,652
Feb 2018314061.782.77$19,399
Jan 2018271062.874.01$17,038
Dec 2017260057.272.92$14,890
Nov 2017319055.423.12$17,679
Oct 2017192049.292.98$9,464
Sep 2017240047.523.09$11,405
Aug 2017191045.373.00$8,666
Jul 2017331043.873.09$14,521
Jun 2017235042.493.09$9,985
May 2017236045.373.26$10,707
Apr 2017233047.933.21$11,168
Mar 2017280046.772.98$13,096
Feb 2017234050.452.95$11,805
Jan 2017286049.413.42$14,131
Dec 2016285048.763.72$13,897
Nov 2016294042.492.64$12,492
Oct 2016279046.193.09$12,887
Sep 2016236041.553.10$9,806
Aug 2016280041.442.92$11,603
Jul 2016282041.622.92$11,737
Jun 2016279045.352.69$12,653
May 2016186042.521.99$7,909
Apr 2016283036.561.99$10,346
Mar 2016231033.011.79$7,625
Feb 2016275026.472.06$7,279
Jan 2016271027.352.36$7,412
Dec 2015280032.362.00$9,061
Nov 2015277038.792.17$10,745
Oct 2015278043.552.43$12,107
Sep 2015225042.992.76$9,673
Aug 2015272040.162.87$10,924
Jul 2015315048.152.95$15,167
Jun 2015321056.152.88$18,024
May 2015176055.212.96$9,717
Apr 2015224049.822.71$11,160
Mar 2015230042.892.93$9,865
Feb 2015187044.662.98$8,351
Jan 2015274043.433.10$11,900
Dec 2014228054.693.59$12,469
Nov 2014225070.464.25$15,854
Oct 2014219078.303.90$17,148
Sep 2014318086.164.05$27,399
Aug 2014274089.394.04$24,493
Jul 2014275096.564.18$26,554
Jun 2014274098.164.74$26,896
May 2014273094.734.73$25,861
Apr 2014361095.944.81$34,634
Mar 2014361095.895.06$34,616
Feb 2014314097.406.19$30,584
Jan 2014364090.404.86$32,906
Dec 2013397091.824.35$36,453
Nov 2013232088.853.74$20,613
Oct 2013275097.423.78$26,791
Sep 20132300104.113.72$23,945
Aug 20132240104.253.52$23,352
Jul 20132270102.523.72$23,272
Jun 2013226094.403.93$21,334
May 2013223094.834.15$21,147
Apr 2013225093.964.28$21,141
Mar 2013227093.623.91$21,252
Feb 2013233091.233.42$21,257
Jan 2013273091.603.42$25,007
Dec 2012192086.773.42$16,660
Nov 2012230086.953.62$19,999
Oct 2012275089.383.40$24,580
Sep 2012229094.672.92$21,679
Aug 2012236092.662.91$21,868
Jul 2012269085.133.02$22,900
Jun 2012179079.822.52$14,288
May 2012347091.612.49$31,789
Apr 20122260101.652.00$22,973
Mar 20122260105.052.22$23,741
Feb 20122850101.102.57$28,814
Jan 2012283098.092.73$27,759
Dec 2011182096.873.24$17,630
Nov 2011263095.723.31$25,174
Oct 2011140084.983.65$11,897
Sep 2011165083.623.99$13,797
Aug 2011222083.404.15$18,515
Jul 2011329094.144.52$30,972
Jun 2011414092.904.64$38,461
May 2011476098.134.40$46,710
Apr 20114310105.964.33$45,669
Mar 2011367096.364.06$35,364
Feb 2011333085.644.18$28,518
Jan 2011176086.504.59$15,224
Dec 2010359085.734.35$30,777
Nov 2010274080.843.80$22,150
Oct 2010442078.103.51$34,520
Sep 2010354072.633.98$25,711
Aug 2010412073.684.42$30,356
Jul 2010485072.554.74$35,187
Jun 2010399070.364.91$28,074
May 2010456071.124.24$32,431
Apr 2010392081.694.12$32,022
Mar 2010408078.394.39$31,983
Feb 2010248073.585.44$18,248
Jan 2010425074.365.96$31,603
Dec 2009420071.445.48$30,005
Nov 2009335074.593.75$24,988
Oct 2009330072.544.11$23,938
Sep 2009326065.543.06$21,366
Aug 2009403067.423.22$27,170
Jul 2009404061.133.46$24,697
Jun 2009357066.163.90$23,619
May 2009442054.743.93$24,195
Apr 2009376046.773.59$17,586
Mar 2009362042.144.06$15,255
Feb 2009316032.814.63$10,368
Jan 2009365035.865.37$13,089
Dec 2008405037.105.98$15,026
Nov 2008322055.496.86$17,868
Oct 2008403075.246.92$30,322
Sep 20083580101.767.88$36,430
Aug 20083150114.228.48$35,979
Jul 20083510131.0811.39$46,009
Jun 20084580131.3313.03$60,149
May 20083970123.1711.57$48,898
Apr 20084490110.3110.45$49,529
Mar 20083290101.909.66$33,525
Feb 2008395092.538.77$36,549
Jan 2008413090.388.21$37,327
Dec 2007410088.337.30$36,215
Nov 2007438091.677.29$40,151
Oct 2007326082.856.92$27,009
Sep 2007461075.846.24$34,962
Aug 2007452069.066.39$31,215
Jul 2007458070.906.39$32,472
Jun 2007458062.007.55$28,396
May 2007551058.747.85$32,366
Apr 2007404059.617.81$24,082
Mar 2007260056.927.30$14,799
Feb 2007269055.108.22$14,822
Jan 2007501050.306.73$25,200
Dec 2006536056.656.92$30,364
Nov 2006496054.207.62$26,883
Oct 2006535054.906.01$29,372
Sep 2006488060.085.04$29,319
Aug 2006643068.717.34$44,181
Jul 2006588069.376.34$40,790
Jun 2006452066.286.38$29,959
May 2006583066.016.42$38,484
Apr 2006509064.397.36$32,775
Mar 2006490056.707.08$27,783
Feb 2006485057.597.75$27,931
Jan 2006572060.598.93$34,657
Dec 2005503054.9413.42$27,635
Nov 2005562054.6910.59$30,736
Oct 2005537058.3413.80$31,329
Sep 2005418061.4512.08$25,686
Aug 2005542061.519.80$33,338
Jul 2005625055.697.84$34,806
Jun 2005529052.337.38$27,683
May 2005606045.226.65$27,403
Apr 2005787049.207.36$38,720
Mar 2005680050.377.15$34,252
Feb 2005848045.226.31$38,347
Jan 2005862043.166.32$37,204
Dec 2004973039.866.75$38,784
Nov 2004939045.286.33$42,518
Oct 20041,038049.706.52$51,589
Sep 2004596043.245.28$25,771
Aug 2004933042.375.55$39,531
Jul 2004931038.286.08$35,639
Jun 2004922036.106.43$33,284
May 2004917037.486.49$34,369
Apr 2004922034.475.86$31,781
Mar 2004878034.365.53$30,168
Feb 2004871032.455.51$28,264
Jan 2004958032.036.30$30,685
Dec 2003875030.266.30$26,478
Nov 2003872028.804.60$25,114
Oct 2003915028.174.76$25,776
Sep 2003901026.314.75$23,705
Aug 2003905029.765.13$26,933
Jul 20031,064029.415.17$31,292
Jun 2003639028.565.98$18,250
May 2003681026.595.97$18,108
Apr 2003803026.675.41$21,416
Mar 2003349031.146.10$10,868
Feb 2003413033.487.93$13,827
Jan 2003425030.315.58$12,882
Dec 2002439026.914.85$11,813
Nov 2002376024.664.14$9,272
Oct 2002474026.464.23$12,542
Sep 2002432027.443.64$11,854
Aug 2002554025.963.16$14,382
Jul 2002480024.583.06$11,798
Jun 2002518023.733.34$12,292
May 2002655024.663.58$16,152
Apr 2002524023.653.51$12,393
Mar 2002500022.003.10$11,000
Feb 2002465018.222.38$8,472
Jan 2002484017.172.38$8,310
Dec 2001612016.932.36$10,361
Nov 2001708018.072.41$12,794
Oct 2001479019.782.53$9,475
Sep 2001584024.262.25$14,168
Aug 2001639024.873.05$15,892
Jul 2001635023.933.20$15,196
Jun 2001531024.563.82$13,041
May 2001636025.524.31$16,231
Apr 2001579024.685.34$14,290
Mar 2001639024.545.38$15,681
Feb 2001541027.755.77$15,013
Jan 2001649027.478.40$17,828
Dec 2000659026.889.12$17,714
Nov 2000607032.215.66$19,551
Oct 2000476031.235.15$14,865
Sep 2000594031.875.19$18,931
Aug 2000588029.644.54$17,428
Jul 2000700028.534.09$19,971
Jun 2000552029.304.40$16,174
May 2000652027.263.68$17,774
Apr 2000644024.513.12$15,784
Mar 2000766028.422.86$21,770
Feb 2000543027.622.73$14,998
Jan 2000662025.272.48$16,729
Dec 1999791024.282.42$19,205
Nov 1999641023.192.43$14,865
Oct 1999619020.982.80$12,987
Sep 1999648021.752.62$14,094
Aug 1999583019.262.88$11,229
Jul 1999799017.892.37$14,294
Jun 1999692015.942.36$11,030
May 1999587015.792.32$9,269
Apr 1999532015.102.21$8,033
Mar 1999524012.471.84$6,534
Feb 199945909.981.82$4,581
Jan 1999643010.381.90$6,674
Dec 199863609.201.77$5,851
Nov 1998697010.892.19$7,590
Oct 1998693012.421.97$8,607
Sep 1998690012.592.08$8,687
Aug 1998582011.301.91$6,577
Jul 1998716011.742.24$8,406
Jun 1998717011.242.24$8,059
May 1998689012.622.21$8,695
Apr 1998534013.042.51$6,963
Mar 1998672012.802.31$8,602
Feb 1998652013.952.30$9,095
Jan 1998648014.702.15$9,526
Dec 1997730016.322.41$11,914
Nov 1997605018.193.09$11,005
Oct 1997730019.253.15$14,053
Sep 1997740017.742.95$13,128
Aug 1997750017.862.55$13,395
Jul 1997710017.582.25$12,482
Jun 1997650017.242.26$11,206
May 1997600018.972.31$11,382
Apr 1997525017.882.08$9,387
Mar 1997400018.951.94$7,580
Feb 1997166020.492.21$3,401
Jan 1997251023.483.54$5,893
Dec 1996344023.32$8,022
Nov 1996732021.97$16,082
Oct 1996275023.31$6,410
Sep 1996494022.22$10,977
Aug 1996113020.26$2,289
Jul 1996362019.55$7,077
Jun 199640018.73$749
May 1996325019.43$6,315
Apr 1996545021.51$11,723
Mar 1996545019.38$10,562
Feb 1996631016.98$10,714
Jan 1996904017.07$15,431
Dec 1995686017.19$11,792
Nov 1995861016.00$13,776
Oct 1995633015.43$9,767
Sep 1995624016.18$10,096
Aug 1995604015.92$9,616
Jul 1995839015.24$12,786
Jun 1995750016.41$12,308
May 1995899017.56$15,786
Apr 1995845017.73$14,982
Mar 19951,067016.44$17,541
Feb 19951,259016.58$20,874
Jan 19951,017015.92$16,191
Dec 1994528015.03$7,936
Nov 19941,262015.90$20,066
Oct 19941,077015.58$16,780
Sep 1994632115.29$9,663
Aug 19941,156116.13$18,646
Jul 19941,197117.56$21,019
Jun 19941,198117.09$20,474
May 19941,409115.88$22,375
Apr 1994977114.14$13,815
Mar 19941,205112.46$15,014
Feb 19941,468112.50$18,350
Jan 19941,500112.66$18,990
Dec 19931,775112.33$21,886
Nov 19931,705114.49$24,705
Oct 19931,196115.85$18,957
Sep 19931,666115.03$25,040
Aug 19931,874115.66$29,347
Jul 19931,842115.46$28,477
Jun 19931,412116.79$23,707
May 19931,714117.68$30,304
Apr 19931,756118.05$31,696
Mar 19931,739118.14$31,545
Feb 19931,901117.90$34,028
Jan 19931,660116.93$28,104

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                  216 bbl  × $106.41 =    $22,985
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $22,985

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/3597 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.