LIGHTSEY, WALTER

Operated by WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC (P-5 923444) in the GIDDINGS (AUSTIN CHALK-3) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 14048District 03Field 34733500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$9.2 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$46 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 5,900 leases and 6,985 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1960-10-29
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 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2025-09-30.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: DKT OG-25-00028011: UFT FIELD, ALLOCATION FORMULA SUSPENDED

Severance-tax incentive filings

Applications the operator filed to have this lease's gas taxed at a reduced state rate. A filing is an application, and this page never calls one a reduction that was granted.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
NGPA1none

This says nothing about a royalty. A severance tax is charged to the operator. Whether a reduced rate reaches a royalty owner depends on the wording of the lease instrument, which is a private contract this site does not hold.

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
OilDisposition195,899 bbl$7,460,567
Casinghead gasProduction573,308 Mcf$1,763,537
Total$9,224,104

186,861 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 (2)

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 30.5959, -96.6165. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles.

30.59592, -96.61651 · 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 2 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 2 wells
Median depth
8,666 ft
2 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.
2100.0%

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 7,814 and 9,518 ft, median 8,666 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Apr 1981 – Apr 2000
2 of 2 wells

2 wells

42-0513302329,518 ftApr 2000
42-0513132817,814 ftApr 1981

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 202601106.413.05$3
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 202605563.503.75$206
Jan 20261775759.138.00$10,922
Dec 2025012556.664.41$552
Nov 2025013658.593.93$534
Oct 202516512159.383.30$10,198
Sep 2025010462.743.08$320
Aug 202516912463.933.01$11,178
Jul 2025616666.743.32$951
Jun 202516516666.483.13$11,489
May 2025013160.553.23$423
Apr 20251647062.363.54$10,475
Mar 202506067.704.27$256
Feb 20251714870.884.34$12,329
Jan 202518143074.324.28$15,292
Dec 202417317868.993.12$12,491
Nov 202407069.052.20$154
Oct 202408371.372.28$189
Sep 202406769.612.36$158
Aug 20241628575.632.06$12,427
Jul 2024114379.932.15$387
Jun 202417616178.082.63$14,166
May 2024010878.812.20$237
Apr 202409884.451.66$163
Mar 2024012380.301.55$190
Feb 202417113676.091.78$13,254
Jan 2024014573.023.30$478
Dec 202317814871.262.61$13,071
Nov 2023014877.892.81$416
Oct 202316715885.443.09$14,756
Sep 2023013789.042.74$375
Aug 2023011180.522.67$297
Jul 202317210274.852.64$13,144
Jun 2023013568.962.26$305
May 202317414170.622.23$12,602
Apr 2023010578.122.24$235
Mar 202317413072.852.39$12,987
Feb 202317634275.112.47$14,063
Jan 202318042476.533.39$15,212
Dec 202217836276.415.73$15,675
Nov 2022024585.005.65$1,383
Oct 202217421387.185.86$16,418
Sep 2022014184.888.16$1,151
Aug 202217214594.529.13$17,581
Jul 20220233101.587.54$1,757
Jun 2022173290115.097.98$22,224
May 20220248109.378.43$2,091
Apr 2022175170104.226.84$19,401
Mar 20220194108.885.08$985
Feb 202216018491.054.86$15,462
Jan 202218223681.844.54$15,966
Dec 2021020871.323.90$811
Nov 202117520677.435.24$14,629
Oct 202117113479.795.71$14,410
Sep 2021015469.865.35$824
Aug 202117930566.024.22$13,105
Jul 202118021170.783.98$13,581
Jun 202117823769.493.38$13,170
May 202134738063.483.02$23,174
Apr 202116524860.362.76$10,643
Mar 202117314661.302.72$11,002
Feb 202118110357.805.55$11,033
Jan 202108550.412.81$239
Dec 202017711344.642.68$8,204
Nov 202017111938.772.71$6,952
Oct 202017912036.972.48$6,915
Sep 2020012937.091.99$257
Aug 202016622339.982.39$7,169
Jul 202032725238.371.83$13,007
Jun 2020027534.901.69$465
May 202018119616.921.81$3,418
Apr 202016620414.751.80$2,817
Mar 202016929330.341.86$5,671
Feb 202016119849.881.98$8,423
Jan 202035523257.252.09$20,810
Dec 201933421559.012.30$20,205
Nov 201935728855.302.75$20,534
Oct 201933832653.472.42$18,861
Sep 201949221455.052.66$27,653
Aug 201935817753.112.30$19,421
Jul 201936220856.272.46$20,881
Jun 201935817952.782.49$19,341
May 201918713358.482.74$11,300
Apr 201902862.632.75$77
Mar 20197951,57656.803.06$49,982
Feb 20193551,09750.852.79$21,115
Jan 20195611,94746.033.23$32,108
Dec 20186731,04746.594.19$35,737
Nov 201818884652.934.24$13,536
Oct 20189281,98661.443.40$63,765
Sep 201879916459.543.11$48,082
Aug 201855511259.403.07$33,310
Jul 2018019165.142.93$560
Jun 201819136660.183.08$12,621
May 2018054965.382.90$1,593
Apr 2018041463.842.90$1,201
Mar 20181884061.222.79$11,621
Feb 201815018361.782.77$9,773
Jan 201837566462.874.01$26,238
Dec 2017079257.272.92$2,314
Nov 20173781,00455.423.12$24,080
Oct 201719481849.292.98$12,003
Sep 2017050247.523.09$1,550
Aug 2017055345.373.00$1,661
Jul 201718275843.873.09$10,325
Jun 20171841,01042.493.09$10,936
May 20171911,08045.373.26$12,190
Apr 20171921,10547.933.21$12,751
Mar 20173851,13846.772.98$21,402
Feb 20171771,01250.452.95$11,918
Jan 20173591,18249.413.42$21,779
Dec 20161861,18848.763.72$13,492
Nov 20163561,11542.492.64$18,075
Oct 20161911,34446.193.09$12,976
Sep 20163551,33241.553.10$18,880
Aug 20161801,23741.442.92$11,077
Jul 20161831,23241.622.92$11,219
Jun 20161791,23045.352.69$11,421
May 20163621,19242.521.99$17,766
Apr 20161801,17936.561.99$8,928
Mar 20163601,19433.011.79$14,026
Feb 20161811,09526.472.06$7,051
Jan 20161841,07727.352.36$7,579
Dec 20153741,09432.362.00$14,292
Nov 20151941,07038.792.17$9,844
Oct 20151821,14543.552.43$10,705
Sep 20153711,14142.992.76$19,097
Aug 20151901,17540.162.87$11,006
Jul 20151871,30148.152.95$12,836
Jun 20153661,25356.152.88$24,163
May 20151931,26455.212.96$14,391
Apr 20151811,22849.822.71$12,341
Mar 20151861,25342.892.93$11,655
Feb 20153791,02244.662.98$19,968
Jan 20151791,01243.433.10$10,912
Dec 20141821,02654.693.59$13,638
Nov 201436094070.464.25$29,362
Oct 201418083278.303.90$17,340
Sep 20141791,21786.164.05$20,346
Aug 20141831,31189.394.04$21,648
Jul 20143591,36696.564.18$40,374
Jun 20141841,28598.164.74$24,148
May 20141781,25094.734.73$22,770
Apr 20145461,44695.944.81$59,337
Mar 20141891,24895.895.06$24,434
Feb 20143651,15497.406.19$42,697
Jan 20141691,33890.404.86$21,781
Dec 20133791,23191.824.35$40,160
Nov 20131721,23988.853.74$19,914
Oct 20133761,30297.423.78$41,551
Sep 20133621,569104.113.72$43,521
Aug 20131791,467104.253.52$23,828
Jul 20133671,456102.523.72$43,038
Jun 20133601,38594.403.93$39,432
May 20131761,49594.834.15$22,893
Apr 20133621,39793.964.28$39,996
Mar 20131771,46793.623.91$22,311
Feb 20133661,27591.233.42$37,751
Jan 20133931,41191.603.42$40,824
Dec 20123711,45786.773.42$37,175
Nov 20121841,27486.953.62$20,617
Oct 20121811,27889.383.40$20,523
Sep 201236192894.672.92$36,884
Aug 20123431,31592.662.91$35,607
Jul 20121751,00885.133.02$17,943
Jun 20123461,34179.822.52$30,996
May 20123631,44891.612.49$36,858
Apr 20121811,307101.652.00$21,008
Mar 20123631,328105.052.22$41,084
Feb 20121791,235101.102.57$21,271
Jan 20123711,39998.092.73$40,216
Dec 20113641,50896.873.24$40,146
Nov 20113561,42895.723.31$38,805
Oct 20113621,37484.983.65$35,776
Sep 20113571,30083.623.99$35,034
Aug 20111831,25883.404.15$20,482
Jul 20111821,25494.144.52$22,798
Jun 20115411,54192.904.64$57,409
May 20113581,43898.134.40$41,465
Apr 20113681,505105.964.33$45,515
Mar 20111801,27996.364.06$22,534
Feb 20113661,32885.644.18$36,895
Jan 20113851,31486.504.59$39,332
Dec 20101851,23685.734.35$21,234
Nov 20105511,80280.843.80$51,382
Oct 20103591,41978.103.51$33,017
Sep 20103611,36472.633.98$31,647
Aug 20103581,43173.684.42$32,702
Jul 20103591,39072.554.74$32,629
Jun 20101791,25570.364.91$18,757
May 20105421,27271.124.24$43,934
Apr 20101731,18181.694.12$19,001
Mar 20103621,22178.394.39$33,736
Feb 20103611,09173.585.44$32,500
Jan 20103621,21874.365.96$34,183
Dec 20093631,25271.445.48$32,798
Nov 20095441,38674.593.75$45,777
Oct 20095431,43872.544.11$45,300
Sep 20093621,35665.543.06$27,881
Aug 20095371,59267.423.22$41,328
Jul 20094781,51161.133.46$34,455
Jun 20095561,47866.163.90$42,542
May 20093701,62154.743.93$26,617
Apr 20095581,58946.773.59$31,798
Mar 20095481,53842.144.06$29,335
Feb 20093661,37532.814.63$18,379
Jan 20095591,52035.865.37$28,210
Dec 20083791,62137.105.98$23,750
Nov 20083641,59355.496.86$31,127
Oct 20085811,68675.246.92$55,385
Sep 20083891,680101.767.88$52,818
Aug 20085731,764114.228.48$80,412
Jul 20083831,671131.0811.39$69,235
Jun 20085711,695131.3313.03$97,080
May 20083881,703123.1711.57$67,501
Apr 20083881,251110.3110.45$55,879
Mar 20085821,599101.909.66$74,759
Feb 20083891,43192.538.77$48,545
Jan 20085931,54590.388.21$66,273
Dec 20075811,55788.337.30$62,689
Nov 20073861,53191.677.29$46,548
Oct 20075821,59882.856.92$59,280
Sep 20075631,64275.846.24$52,951
Aug 20077702,23969.066.39$67,479
Jul 20073731,40370.906.39$35,408
Jun 20075671,55762.007.55$46,907
May 20073641,42158.747.85$32,531
Apr 20075551,26959.617.81$42,988
Mar 20075811,45956.927.30$43,724
Feb 20073841,41055.108.22$32,743
Jan 20075731,39350.306.73$38,192
Dec 20067491,57156.656.92$53,300
Nov 20063701,66554.207.62$32,737
Oct 20067461,59754.906.01$50,559
Sep 20063691,48360.085.04$29,640
Aug 20065541,58368.717.34$49,684
Jul 20067481,68069.376.34$62,545
Jun 20061,1012,11366.286.38$86,463
May 20065531,45366.016.42$45,839
Apr 200618531364.397.36$14,216
Mar 200618312556.707.08$11,261
Feb 20063751,21857.597.75$31,037
Jan 20063741,34760.598.93$34,694
Dec 20053801,24854.9413.42$37,620
Nov 20053631,06954.6910.59$31,171
Oct 20055241,42358.3413.80$50,202
Sep 20053811,14961.4512.08$37,291
Aug 20053721,22061.519.80$34,834
Jul 20053591,12555.697.84$28,817
Jun 20053621,31452.337.38$28,642
May 20055551,42145.226.65$34,548
Apr 20053651,25849.207.36$27,217
Mar 20055511,36250.377.15$37,499
Feb 20051821,00945.226.31$14,599
Jan 20055551,39943.166.32$32,799
Dec 20043681,41339.866.75$24,208
Nov 20045411,42245.286.33$33,498
Oct 20043691,51449.706.52$28,203
Sep 20045051,38043.245.28$29,128
Aug 20043521,47442.375.55$23,096
Jul 20045361,39038.286.08$28,975
Jun 20045521,50836.106.43$29,628
May 20043641,51737.486.49$23,495
Apr 20045371,57534.475.86$27,737
Mar 20047461,48634.365.53$33,850
Feb 20045361,59632.455.51$26,187
Jan 20045581,48432.036.30$27,221
Dec 20035501,75030.266.30$27,671
Nov 20035521,63628.804.60$23,415
Oct 20033721,65928.174.76$18,375
Sep 20035521,59826.314.75$22,113
Aug 20035691,78929.765.13$26,111
Jul 20035631,71129.415.17$25,405
Jun 20035431,69628.565.98$25,655
May 20035561,88526.595.97$26,043
Apr 20037312,03926.675.41$30,521
Mar 20037321,80231.146.10$33,780
Feb 20035481,62633.487.93$31,235
Jan 20037472,02930.315.58$33,968
Dec 20027241,36826.914.85$26,123
Nov 20027191,06924.664.14$22,153
Oct 20027411,15026.464.23$24,470
Sep 20025601,03427.443.64$19,125
Aug 20027401,09925.963.16$22,688
Jul 20029161,16224.583.06$26,073
Jun 20025531,23023.733.34$17,229
May 20029171,42724.663.58$27,728
Apr 20029171,72323.653.51$27,739
Mar 20021,0922,26122.003.10$31,039
Feb 20029191,56118.222.38$20,453
Jan 20027301,57917.172.38$16,285
Dec 20017341,59216.932.36$16,191
Nov 20019081,70718.072.41$20,514
Oct 20019221,68519.782.53$22,498
Sep 20017301,93024.262.25$22,055
Aug 20011,2833,15824.873.05$41,550
Jul 20019111,97823.933.20$28,124
Jun 20011,0942,79324.563.82$37,550
May 20011,2842,82325.524.31$44,927
Apr 20011,1002,30224.685.34$39,430
Mar 20011,6493,50424.545.38$59,306
Feb 20011,6413,06827.755.77$63,231
Jan 20012,0233,87227.478.40$88,092
Dec 20001,8144,45826.889.12$89,428
Nov 20001,4623,15532.215.66$64,942
Oct 200013731.235.15$222
Sep 200013631.875.19$219
Aug 200013729.644.54$198
Jul 200070916428.534.09$20,898
Jun 2000150929.304.40$2,268
May 20000027.263.68$0
Apr 200031853724.513.12$9,467
Mar 20003661,38128.422.86$14,351
Feb 20003671,09927.622.73$13,133
Jan 200036588025.272.48$11,406
Dec 19993611,13024.282.42$11,504
Nov 19993641,35123.192.43$11,729
Oct 19995421,50820.982.80$15,599
Sep 19993381,56221.752.62$11,442
Aug 19995381,47219.262.88$14,595
Jul 19991811,41717.892.37$6,600
Jun 19995511,44815.942.36$12,203
May 19993651,54815.792.32$9,356
Apr 19995401,64115.102.21$11,777
Mar 19995321,46312.471.84$9,324
Feb 19991751,3079.981.82$4,122
Jan 19995441,52510.381.90$8,544
Dec 19985181,5849.201.77$7,575
Nov 19985371,64310.892.19$9,439
Oct 19985081,59812.421.97$9,456
Sep 19983631,43112.592.08$7,550
Aug 19985221,51811.301.91$8,794
Jul 19983281,45811.742.24$7,113
Jun 19987061,41711.242.24$11,106
May 19981851,69712.622.21$6,079
Apr 19985221,42413.042.51$10,374
Mar 19985391,20812.802.31$9,689
Feb 19983611,10613.952.30$7,579
Jan 19983591,45814.702.15$8,419
Dec 19973611,72416.322.41$10,048
Nov 19975351,62218.193.09$14,741
Oct 19975341,81319.253.15$15,990
Sep 19977061,74317.742.95$17,675
Aug 19975301,89117.862.55$14,297
Jul 19978792,12317.582.25$20,223
Jun 19973581,96117.242.26$10,598
May 19978962,04118.972.31$21,709
Apr 19973552,01717.882.08$10,548
Mar 19975361,97018.951.94$13,977
Feb 19973501,84420.492.21$11,239
Jan 19979032,10523.483.54$28,654
Dec 19967232,24723.32$16,860
Nov 19966922,12821.97$15,203
Oct 19968792,30523.31$20,489
Sep 19967102,37622.22$15,776
Aug 19968702,49620.26$17,626
Jul 19965322,49619.55$10,401
Jun 19967092,33418.73$13,280
May 19961,0592,67219.43$20,576
Apr 19968632,59721.51$18,563
Mar 19965332,24019.38$10,330
Feb 19965082,17216.98$8,626
Jan 19961,0682,70017.07$18,231
Dec 19951,0792,66617.19$18,548
Nov 19957172,88016.00$11,472
Oct 19958733,10315.43$13,470
Sep 19958873,74416.18$14,352
Aug 19951,0774,40215.92$17,146
Jul 19951,0853,57815.24$16,535
Jun 19951,0673,00316.41$17,509
May 19951,0632,85717.56$18,666
Apr 19951,0493,65117.73$18,599
Mar 19951,2303,98216.44$20,221
Feb 19957132,27016.58$11,822
Jan 19951,4032,29415.92$22,336
Dec 19949003,73415.03$13,527
Nov 19941,4274,10415.90$22,689
Oct 19941,6134,54915.58$25,131
Sep 19941,3774,62715.29$21,054
Aug 19941,0553,84416.13$17,017
Jul 19941,0593,43817.56$18,596
Jun 19941,5943,80917.09$27,241
May 19941,4254,29115.88$22,629
Apr 19941,7624,90214.14$24,915
Mar 19948944,16512.46$11,139
Feb 19941,7833,90312.50$22,288
Jan 19941,4434,00012.66$18,268
Dec 19931,2573,91912.33$15,499
Nov 19931,9845,12014.49$28,748
Oct 19931,7835,52415.85$28,261
Sep 19931,9755,16415.03$29,684
Aug 19931,9505,31915.66$30,537
Jul 19931,7976,02315.46$27,782
Jun 19932,1026,51416.79$35,293
May 19932,5057,04117.68$44,288
Apr 19932,6446,98618.05$47,724
Mar 19932,5596,44018.14$46,420
Feb 19932,8765,78617.90$51,480
Jan 19933,1376,46616.93$53,109

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                    0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Casinghead gas         1 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $3

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Month total                                       $3

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. 03/O/14048 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.