JAMES KEITH ESSE 01

Operated by CRESCENT ENERGY OPERATING, LLC (P-5 103575) 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 9968District 02Field 27135750OilCasinghead gasSave
Value, all time
$129.0 M
Jan 2011 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$5.2 M
at the published price for each month
Months reported
185
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead gas

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
OilDisposition1,694,953 bbl$117,519,151
Casinghead gasProduction3,504,087 Mcf$11,438,418
Total$128,957,568

Wells on this lease (10)

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 28.6706, -98.2329. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.4 miles.

28.67048, -98.23316 · 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
0.0%
0 of 10 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 10 wells
Median depth
11,356 ft
10 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.
10100.0%

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

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Total depth in feet, 10 of 10 wells. Median 11,356 ft, with the middle half between 11,337 and 11,443 ft; the shallowest is 11,291 ft and the deepest 11,769 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

10s
20s

Last completion by decade, 10 of 10 wells, Jan 2011 – May 2023. 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 2011 – May 2023
10 of 10 wells

10 wells

42-2973631114H11,753 ftMay 2023
42-2973631215H11,769 ftMay 2023
42-29735950E 06H11,303 ftNov 2018
42-29735949E 09H11,337 ftNov 2018
42-29735951E 08H11,442 ftNov 2018
42-29735952E 07H11,337 ftNov 2018
42-2973521304H11,345 ftJul 2013
42-2973510303H11,291 ftApr 2012
42-2973507902H11,367 ftMar 2012
42-2973492201H11,443 ftJan 2011

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 (185)

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

185 months

May 20264,00612,965106.413.05$465,768
Apr 20264,89510,59898.932.87$514,676
Mar 20266,14629,13789.753.15$643,369
Feb 20265,1378,62263.503.75$358,535
Jan 20265,33311,46759.138.00$407,052
Dec 20256,42212,62956.664.41$419,607
Nov 20254,0919,99658.593.93$278,940
Oct 20252,0238,38559.383.30$147,837
Sep 20253,52712,06462.743.08$258,404
Aug 20256,65316,56763.933.01$475,272
Jul 20257,18719,15766.743.32$543,170
Jun 20258,82224,11466.483.13$661,933
May 20257,96023,41760.553.23$557,669
Apr 20258,17623,00562.363.54$591,365
Mar 202510,03919,26167.704.27$761,852
Feb 20255,45518,15870.884.34$465,471
Jan 20259,00120,72674.324.28$757,634
Dec 20249,42523,42168.993.12$723,336
Nov 20246,55616,59369.052.20$489,171
Oct 20248,11323,32271.372.28$632,232
Sep 20249,81121,72669.612.36$734,312
Aug 20249,59415,01775.632.06$756,584
Jul 202410,19313,62279.932.15$843,967
Jun 20249,94513,61378.082.63$812,362
May 202412,13113,33078.812.20$985,349
Apr 202412,24016,96284.451.66$1,061,811
Mar 202413,57429,61780.301.55$1,135,754
Feb 202416,43466,09576.091.78$1,368,353
Jan 202414,71851,98373.023.30$1,246,131
Dec 202318,86060,02071.262.61$1,500,659
Nov 202319,24463,90177.892.81$1,678,321
Oct 202324,24676,84485.443.09$2,308,817
Sep 202326,95964,06689.042.74$2,575,652
Aug 202334,51667,12480.522.67$2,958,643
Jul 202341,80767,03474.852.64$3,306,344
Jun 202336,40252,16568.962.26$2,628,096
May 20236,54115,40770.622.23$496,243
Apr 20234,05516,58378.122.24$353,885
Mar 20234,25416,55472.852.39$349,520
Feb 20233,62714,15775.112.47$307,331
Jan 20233,78713,93776.533.39$337,034
Dec 20223,12611,93876.415.73$307,251
Nov 20223,59015,08985.005.65$390,346
Oct 20223,82614,43687.185.86$418,200
Sep 20224,20221,11784.888.16$529,058
Aug 20223,89017,66094.529.13$528,868
Jul 20224,0389,584101.587.54$482,463
Jun 20223,67011,434115.097.98$513,592
May 20225,10516,869109.378.43$700,591
Apr 20223,90912,819104.226.84$495,047
Mar 20224,46312,479108.885.08$549,280
Feb 20222,89653891.054.86$266,295
Jan 20224,3067,04381.844.54$384,362
Dec 20214,31717,77671.323.90$377,199
Nov 20213,93612,76677.435.24$371,618
Oct 20215,82419,35879.795.71$575,306
Sep 20215,71513,93669.865.35$473,820
Aug 20215,71612,47366.024.22$430,014
Jul 20214,97011,76870.783.98$398,638
Jun 20211,95111,63669.493.38$174,912
May 20214,91611,30463.483.02$346,179
Apr 20214,91313,37260.362.76$333,434
Mar 20215,01711,39261.302.72$338,493
Feb 20213,60211,99757.805.55$274,754
Jan 20215,79918550.412.81$292,847
Dec 20205,34415,18044.642.68$279,170
Nov 20205,30923,04838.772.71$268,211
Oct 20205,17719,58936.972.48$239,944
Sep 20204,35814,11837.091.99$189,748
Aug 20206,79422,07439.982.39$324,273
Jul 20208,02028,33338.371.83$359,439
Jun 20208,03425,31634.901.69$323,178
May 20207,49027,64216.921.81$176,894
Apr 20208,93830,25714.751.80$186,431
Mar 20209,84639,07630.341.86$371,262
Feb 202010,21333,36649.881.98$575,511
Jan 202011,73229,32557.252.09$733,085
Dec 201913,28228,10359.012.30$848,530
Nov 201911,71825,20955.302.75$717,348
Oct 201913,63432,86853.472.42$808,503
Sep 201916,46733,19055.052.66$994,703
Aug 201916,48797,83153.112.30$1,101,062
Jul 201919,52186,92156.272.46$1,312,278
Jun 201924,59897,82052.782.49$1,541,972
May 201930,70541,53758.482.74$1,909,453
Apr 201941,12684,66562.632.75$2,808,609
Mar 201953,63471,35556.803.06$3,264,907
Feb 201922,34035,71050.852.79$1,235,699
Jan 201923,12681,56246.033.23$1,327,787
Dec 2018122,863177,52546.594.19$6,467,207
Nov 201852,152105,17052.934.24$3,206,036
Oct 201854285161.443.40$36,192
Sep 20181,1462,05359.543.11$74,614
Aug 20182,2633,67859.403.07$145,701
Jul 20181,3173,14765.142.93$95,016
Jun 20181,7263,71260.183.08$115,292
May 20181,0023,62665.382.90$76,029
Apr 20182,3873,23863.842.90$161,779
Mar 20182,1042,01261.222.79$134,414
Feb 20187461,09761.782.77$49,122
Jan 20181,4891,64162.874.01$100,193
Dec 20171,8121,97557.272.92$109,543
Nov 20171,9162,25155.423.12$113,204
Oct 20172,0202,57649.292.98$107,252
Sep 20172,2442,88247.523.09$115,532
Aug 20171,8532,09245.373.00$90,356
Jul 20172,1623,29743.873.09$105,026
Jun 20172,3633,50842.493.09$111,234
May 20173,0123,85245.373.26$149,225
Apr 20172,3412,95247.933.21$121,685
Mar 20173,1104,48746.772.98$158,842
Feb 20173,1255,31450.452.95$173,346
Jan 20173,3004,59549.413.42$178,762
Dec 20163,5154,58048.763.72$188,442
Nov 20163,3475,17842.492.64$155,906
Oct 20163,4854,70046.193.09$175,496
Sep 20162,9773,65441.553.10$135,024
Aug 20163,6445,79641.442.92$167,957
Jul 20164,4196,87041.622.92$204,009
Jun 20163,3664,68445.352.69$165,229
May 20162,3623,56142.521.99$107,522
Apr 20163,6535,21036.561.99$143,927
Mar 20164,2706,14633.011.79$151,979
Feb 20163,7155,05826.472.06$108,774
Jan 20163,6254,42927.352.36$109,616
Dec 20154,6007,88132.362.00$164,629
Nov 20154,2996,05538.792.17$179,881
Oct 20154,8446,96643.552.43$227,860
Sep 20154,7507,07842.992.76$223,727
Aug 20155,4017,49740.162.87$238,439
Jul 20155,2657,85148.152.95$276,632
Jun 20155,4167,47856.152.88$325,666
May 20155,9838,07255.212.96$354,178
Apr 20155,1567,85149.822.71$278,121
Mar 20156,27310,33242.892.93$299,370
Feb 20156,36010,56944.662.98$315,493
Jan 20155,3366,87843.433.10$253,069
Dec 20145,1068,11554.693.59$308,391
Nov 20146,7019,46170.464.25$512,379
Oct 20145,7309,09178.303.90$484,123
Sep 20146,2938,79986.164.05$577,801
Aug 20147,55610,76289.394.04$718,857
Jul 20147,60010,91196.564.18$779,460
Jun 20147,08511,00098.164.74$747,569
May 20148,72612,84394.734.73$887,317
Apr 20149,74913,67795.944.81$1,001,093
Mar 201410,08013,49395.895.06$1,034,803
Feb 20149,55511,99697.406.19$1,004,936
Jan 201412,03715,18290.404.86$1,161,940
Dec 201314,02216,49791.824.35$1,359,336
Nov 201315,33918,07588.853.74$1,430,440
Oct 201318,81622,54597.423.78$1,918,260
Sep 201321,94623,297104.113.72$2,371,410
Aug 201323,32622,310104.253.52$2,510,325
Jul 201311,2379,262102.523.72$1,186,451
Jun 20133,1274,46394.403.93$312,744
May 20134,7576,18794.834.15$476,777
Apr 20136,1739,67393.964.28$621,441
Mar 20138,50514,17893.623.91$851,715
Feb 20139,22013,87591.233.42$888,592
Jan 201310,75714,77591.603.42$1,035,870
Dec 201212,66713,27886.773.42$1,144,528
Nov 201215,15416,55486.953.62$1,377,648
Oct 201223,92926,44289.383.40$2,228,668
Sep 201217,05017,95494.672.92$1,666,520
Aug 20126,8268,08592.662.91$656,010
Jul 20127,5078,25185.133.02$663,996
Jun 20127,5168,20179.822.52$620,586
May 20127,6058,16091.612.49$716,999
Apr 20122,9583,327101.652.00$307,324
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 20122,4043,335101.102.57$251,616
Jan 20125,2606,60098.092.73$533,998
Dec 20115,7006,31596.873.24$572,618
Nov 20115,7157,02595.723.31$570,302
Oct 20117,1318,01684.983.65$635,239
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20111,3214,60094.144.52$145,138
Jun 20118,45128,21792.904.64$916,021
May 201111,68532,14298.134.40$1,288,229
Apr 201121,18525,610105.964.33$2,355,738
Mar 20111,2933,56796.364.06$139,066
Feb 20112,9723,14985.644.18$267,685
Jan 20118,63016,46286.504.59$822,036

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                4,006 bbl  × $106.41 =   $426,278
Casinghead gas    12,965 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $39,489

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Month total                                 $465,768

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/9968 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.