AUSLEY

Operated by ERNEST OPERATING COMPANY (P-5 253480) in the HOOKER CREEK (NAVARRO A) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 16066District 03Field 42493500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.8 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$93 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 195 leases and 261 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1980-07-29
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
no field rule filed
From a lease line
no field rule filed

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
NGPA6none

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
OilDisposition57,644 bbl$2,353,633
Casinghead gasProduction176,347 Mcf$426,173
Total$2,779,806

71,932 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 (7)

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 30.4822, -96.8655. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.8 miles.

30.48166, -96.86518 · 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
14.3%
1 of 7 wells
With a plug date
14.3%
1 of 7 wells
Median depth
3,940 ft
7 wells filed one
Completion to plug
21.8 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
114.3%
A plug date is filed
114.3%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
114.3%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
685.7%

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 3,800 and 4,100 ft, median 3,940 ft, over the 7 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Oct 1982 – Dec 1987
7 of 7 wells
Plug dates filed
Apr 2005
1 of 7 wells; 6 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 21.8 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 21.8 years and 21.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

7 wells

42-0513299174,100 ftDec 1987
42-0513245663,800 ftJul 1983Apr 2005Yes
42-0513241453,869 ftMay 1983
42-0513240843,956 ftApr 1983
42-0513238033,817 ftJan 1983
42-0513235423,965 ftNov 1982
42-0513234713,940 ftOct 1982

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 20260133106.413.05$405
Apr 202617916198.932.87$18,170
Mar 2026013289.753.15$416
Feb 2026013163.503.75$491
Jan 2026211759.138.00$1,054
Dec 202536212756.664.41$21,071
Nov 2025014858.593.93$581
Oct 202523913759.383.30$14,645
Sep 2025011662.743.08$357
Aug 202518210163.933.01$11,940
Jul 202509066.743.32$298
Jun 202535013066.483.13$23,675
May 2025013260.553.23$427
Apr 2025017662.363.54$624
Mar 202517710867.704.27$12,444
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20251815274.324.28$13,674
Dec 20241795268.993.12$12,512
Nov 2024011269.052.20$246
Oct 202406971.372.28$157
Sep 202409669.612.36$227
Aug 20241729475.632.06$13,202
Jul 20243546079.932.15$28,424
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 202405078.812.20$110
Apr 20241674384.451.66$14,175
Mar 202407580.301.55$116
Feb 202404876.091.78$86
Jan 202403673.023.30$119
Dec 20231775171.262.61$12,746
Nov 202306777.892.81$188
Oct 202304185.443.09$127
Sep 202305189.042.74$139
Aug 20233518380.522.67$28,484
Jul 20231806274.852.64$13,637
Jun 202307368.962.26$165
May 202306870.622.23$151
Apr 202307678.122.24$170
Mar 202305672.852.39$134
Feb 202303675.112.47$89
Jan 202303576.533.39$119
Dec 20221832376.415.73$14,115
Nov 20221822985.005.65$15,634
Oct 202203187.185.86$182
Sep 20221763584.888.16$15,225
Aug 202204394.529.13$392
Jul 202217783101.587.54$18,606
Jun 2022082115.097.98$654
May 2022072109.378.43$607
Apr 202235685104.226.84$37,684
Mar 2022078108.885.08$396
Feb 202206191.054.86$296
Jan 20221838081.844.54$15,340
Dec 2021010171.323.90$394
Nov 20211818277.435.24$14,444
Oct 20211707179.795.71$13,970
Sep 202108269.865.35$439
Aug 20211789166.024.22$12,136
Jul 202109270.783.98$366
Jun 202118011469.493.38$12,894
May 20213518163.483.02$22,526
Apr 202109260.362.76$254
Mar 20211808361.302.72$11,260
Feb 202103357.805.55$183
Jan 20211689350.412.81$8,730
Dec 20201728744.642.68$7,911
Nov 202009138.772.71$246
Oct 20201708936.972.48$6,505
Sep 202009237.091.99$183
Aug 2020013639.982.39$324
Jul 2020011138.371.83$203
Jun 202007234.901.69$122
May 202008416.921.81$152
Apr 202007514.751.80$135
Mar 202007730.341.86$143
Feb 20201808349.881.98$9,143
Jan 202008157.252.09$170
Dec 20193007759.012.30$17,880
Nov 20191777955.302.75$10,005
Oct 201909153.472.42$220
Sep 201908355.052.66$221
Aug 2019010453.112.30$240
Jul 201909756.272.46$239
Jun 201917910352.782.49$9,704
May 201908058.482.74$219
Apr 2019013762.632.75$377
Mar 20193498956.803.06$20,096
Feb 201907750.852.79$215
Jan 20191777146.033.23$8,377
Dec 201805246.594.19$218
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 201806861.443.40$231
Sep 2018019959.543.11$618
Aug 2018015059.403.07$460
Jul 201817717965.142.93$12,055
Jun 2018026060.183.08$800
May 201817828565.382.90$12,464
Apr 2018019263.842.90$557
Mar 201818022161.222.79$11,635
Feb 2018017361.782.77$479
Jan 201817213162.874.01$11,339
Dec 2017010557.272.92$307
Nov 2017026655.423.12$829
Oct 201718118049.292.98$9,459
Sep 201708447.523.09$259
Aug 201716323945.373.00$8,113
Jul 201717116243.873.09$8,002
Jun 2017022342.493.09$688
May 2017026545.373.26$865
Apr 201716820747.933.21$8,717
Mar 2017016746.772.98$498
Feb 2017017850.452.95$526
Jan 201717814749.413.42$9,298
Dec 201609248.763.72$343
Nov 2016011842.492.64$312
Oct 2016010446.193.09$321
Sep 201617417641.553.10$7,775
Aug 2016021841.442.92$638
Jul 201607741.622.92$225
Jun 201616534845.352.69$8,417
May 2016012042.521.99$239
Apr 2016011136.561.99$221
Mar 2016011133.011.79$199
Feb 20161787526.472.06$4,866
Jan 2016017927.352.36$423
Dec 2015037732.362.00$755
Nov 2015023038.792.17$498
Oct 201517629443.552.43$8,378
Sep 201517231942.992.76$8,274
Aug 2015024540.162.87$704
Jul 201517329548.152.95$9,199
Jun 2015036956.152.88$1,064
May 2015031055.212.96$916
Apr 201518125549.822.71$9,708
Mar 201517917042.892.93$8,176
Feb 2015018244.662.98$542
Jan 20151803143.433.10$7,914
Dec 201406854.693.59$244
Nov 2014946370.464.25$6,891
Oct 20141724778.303.90$13,651
Sep 201404086.164.05$162
Aug 2014018489.394.04$742
Jul 201416513896.564.18$16,509
Jun 2014027398.164.74$1,293
May 201435015894.734.73$33,902
Apr 2014015595.944.81$745
Mar 201408195.895.06$410
Feb 201408897.406.19$545
Jan 201406190.404.86$297
Dec 20133595791.824.35$33,212
Nov 201306688.853.74$247
Oct 201306597.423.78$246
Sep 20130292104.113.72$1,086
Aug 2013181137104.253.52$19,352
Jul 20130193102.523.72$718
Jun 201315516394.403.93$15,273
May 20131701594.834.15$16,183
Apr 201305793.964.28$244
Mar 2013013993.623.91$544
Feb 201335732891.233.42$33,691
Jan 2013025291.603.42$862
Dec 201217729686.773.42$16,371
Nov 2012031786.953.62$1,149
Oct 201204689.383.40$156
Sep 201235328394.672.92$34,244
Aug 2012029792.662.91$864
Jul 201217931385.133.02$16,184
Jun 2012033779.822.52$849
May 2012034191.612.49$849
Apr 2012173318101.652.00$18,220
Mar 2012182327105.052.22$19,846
Feb 20120359101.102.57$923
Jan 2012033298.092.73$908
Dec 201117929696.873.24$18,299
Nov 201118135895.723.31$18,511
Oct 201117736784.983.65$16,380
Sep 2011036583.623.99$1,455
Aug 2011028283.404.15$1,170
Jul 201117434494.144.52$17,934
Jun 201116940092.904.64$17,556
May 2011036398.134.40$1,599
Apr 2011177404105.964.33$20,506
Mar 2011037996.364.06$1,538
Feb 201117323185.644.18$15,781
Jan 201117434186.504.59$16,616
Dec 2010031585.734.35$1,370
Nov 201017735180.843.80$15,641
Oct 2010029378.103.51$1,028
Sep 201034137172.633.98$26,243
Aug 201017640673.684.42$14,762
Jul 2010040572.554.74$1,918
Jun 2010043570.364.91$2,136
May 2010038671.124.24$1,635
Apr 201034019181.694.12$28,562
Mar 2010026478.394.39$1,159
Feb 2010022173.585.44$1,203
Jan 201017624674.365.96$14,555
Dec 200917620771.445.48$13,709
Nov 200917733174.593.75$14,444
Oct 2009028472.544.11$1,167
Sep 2009023265.543.06$711
Aug 200917933167.423.22$13,134
Jul 200935038461.133.46$22,726
Jun 2009044266.163.90$1,722
May 2009035654.743.93$1,398
Apr 200917626346.773.59$9,175
Mar 2009039742.144.06$1,611
Feb 200917330632.814.63$7,094
Jan 200918234035.865.37$8,353
Dec 200818034037.105.98$8,710
Nov 2008042455.496.86$2,909
Oct 200818234775.246.92$16,096
Sep 2008181273101.767.88$20,569
Aug 20080344114.228.48$2,918
Jul 2008179323131.0811.39$27,142
Jun 2008175377131.3313.03$27,896
May 2008180368123.1711.57$26,430
Apr 20080269110.3110.45$2,812
Mar 20080377101.909.66$3,643
Feb 200818124992.538.77$18,932
Jan 2008036690.388.21$3,003
Dec 200735130588.337.30$33,231
Nov 2007031691.677.29$2,304
Oct 200717421382.856.92$15,890
Sep 2007028675.846.24$1,786
Aug 200736135469.066.39$27,192
Jul 2007040070.906.39$2,555
Jun 2007025762.007.55$1,940
May 200735028458.747.85$22,787
Apr 2007028559.617.81$2,224
Mar 200717821656.927.30$11,709
Feb 2007016755.108.22$1,372
Jan 200717421750.306.73$10,212
Dec 200617120456.656.92$11,099
Nov 2006023054.207.62$1,752
Oct 200617925554.906.01$11,361
Sep 2006027860.085.04$1,400
Aug 200635132468.717.34$26,495
Jul 2006031369.376.34$1,985
Jun 200617627166.286.38$13,395
May 2006026966.016.42$1,728
Apr 2006022264.397.36$1,634
Mar 200635825656.707.08$22,112
Feb 200618123957.597.75$12,276
Jan 2006021560.598.93$1,921
Dec 200517617154.9413.42$11,963
Nov 200518132554.6910.59$13,340
Oct 2005025358.3413.80$3,490
Sep 200517923561.4512.08$13,838
Aug 2005036161.519.80$3,537
Jul 200535933555.697.84$22,620
Jun 2005137852.337.38$2,842
May 200517931645.226.65$10,196
Apr 200535930249.207.36$19,886
Mar 2005022550.377.15$1,610
Feb 200518027145.226.31$9,850
Jan 2005029343.166.32$1,852
Dec 200436630839.866.75$16,668
Nov 2004027445.286.33$1,735
Oct 2004040649.706.52$2,645
Sep 200417425443.245.28$8,866
Aug 200416643142.375.55$9,426
Jul 200417838438.286.08$9,150
Jun 2004037536.106.43$2,412
May 200435735437.486.49$15,679
Apr 2004040734.475.86$2,384
Mar 200417735934.365.53$8,067
Feb 2004031032.455.51$1,708
Jan 200435635932.036.30$13,664
Dec 2003052830.266.30$3,327
Nov 200318142428.804.60$7,161
Oct 200318335428.174.76$6,840
Sep 2003044026.314.75$2,090
Aug 200335446729.765.13$12,931
Jul 200317845829.415.17$7,603
Jun 2003044428.565.98$2,656
May 200318146626.595.97$7,596
Apr 200318140826.675.41$7,033
Mar 200318132531.146.10$7,618
Feb 200317730733.487.93$8,359
Jan 200318233330.315.58$7,375
Dec 200218039326.914.85$6,751
Nov 200218041524.664.14$6,156
Oct 200218142626.464.23$6,591
Sep 200217744327.443.64$6,467
Aug 200217844125.963.16$6,016
Jul 2002044924.583.06$1,375
Jun 200232548323.733.34$9,325
May 2002042424.663.58$1,520
Apr 200218045423.653.51$5,852
Mar 200217941222.003.10$5,216
Feb 200218435418.222.38$4,193
Jan 200218042217.172.38$4,093
Dec 200118344116.932.36$4,141
Nov 2001040418.072.41$972
Oct 200135742219.782.53$8,129
Sep 200118052824.262.25$5,556
Aug 200118043924.873.05$5,817
Jul 2001045123.933.20$1,442
Jun 200136151524.563.82$10,836
May 200117753825.524.31$6,834
Apr 200116958824.685.34$7,308
Mar 200131449324.545.38$10,356
Feb 2001044227.755.77$2,549
Jan 200117341727.478.40$8,255
Dec 200017849526.889.12$9,300
Nov 2000049532.215.66$2,801
Oct 200018063631.235.15$8,894
Sep 200033844831.875.19$13,096
Aug 2000049329.644.54$2,239
Jul 200017854228.534.09$7,295
Jun 200035952929.304.40$12,845
May 200018259227.263.68$7,140
Apr 2000050324.513.12$1,567
Mar 200034651728.422.86$11,312
Feb 200017758527.622.73$6,484
Jan 200017553725.272.48$5,754
Dec 199917758224.282.42$5,708
Nov 199918467623.192.43$5,912
Oct 199935960620.982.80$9,231
Sep 199917461321.752.62$5,390
Aug 199917769619.262.88$5,410
Jul 199917869017.892.37$4,821
Jun 199935263615.942.36$7,113
May 199918295815.792.32$5,097
Apr 199936066915.102.21$6,913
Mar 1999054612.471.84$1,004
Feb 19991784919.981.82$2,669
Jan 199935568410.381.90$4,984
Dec 19981766499.201.77$2,770
Nov 1998058410.892.19$1,276
Oct 199836070112.421.97$5,852
Sep 199817884812.592.08$4,007
Aug 199835397311.301.91$5,845
Jul 199817898911.742.24$4,302
Jun 199834990211.242.24$5,941
May 199817295912.622.21$4,287
Apr 199835988013.042.51$6,886
Mar 199817993512.802.31$4,451
Feb 199835694413.952.30$7,137
Jan 199818392514.702.15$4,683
Dec 199735798216.322.41$8,194
Nov 199718398618.193.09$6,374
Oct 199735198919.253.15$9,872
Sep 199718083817.742.95$5,669
Aug 199717994417.862.55$5,609
Jul 199736094517.582.25$8,452
Jun 19973591,05217.242.26$8,564
May 199735480118.972.31$8,564
Apr 199718194817.882.08$5,211
Mar 199718091318.951.94$5,181
Feb 1997075020.492.21$1,654
Jan 19975411,07223.483.54$16,497
Dec 19961821,18223.32$4,244
Nov 19963551,21821.97$7,799
Oct 19961821,30023.31$4,242
Sep 19965401,35122.22$11,999
Aug 19961791,38020.26$3,627
Jul 19963611,32319.55$7,058
Jun 19961791,08918.73$3,353
May 19961781,24319.43$3,459
Apr 19963481,15321.51$7,485
Mar 19963601,23819.38$6,977
Feb 19961831,07016.98$3,107
Jan 19961831,16717.07$3,124
Dec 19955401,25017.19$9,283
Nov 19953621,16916.00$5,792
Oct 19951801,25615.43$2,777
Sep 19951781,15516.18$2,880
Aug 19953551,31415.92$5,652
Jul 19951791,33515.24$2,728
Jun 19953531,23416.41$5,793
May 19951801,26917.56$3,161
Apr 19951541,33017.73$2,730
Mar 19955351,50116.44$8,795
Feb 19953651,40416.58$6,052
Jan 19953461,40915.92$5,508
Dec 19941771,43915.03$2,660
Nov 19941821,56815.90$2,894
Oct 19945351,66115.58$8,335
Sep 19941801,58015.29$2,752
Aug 19943581,69916.13$5,775
Jul 19945261,84217.56$9,237
Jun 19941801,66417.09$3,076
May 19941801,84215.88$2,858
Apr 19944301,74114.14$6,080
Mar 19943441,69812.46$4,286
Feb 19945321,26812.50$6,650
Jan 19941781,54312.66$2,253
Dec 19935231,66212.33$6,449
Nov 19933411,85814.49$4,941
Oct 19933471,94315.85$5,500
Sep 19933391,60215.03$5,095
Aug 19933472,00515.66$5,434
Jul 19935181,96715.46$8,008
Jun 19931601,67516.79$2,686
May 19935271,96517.68$9,317
Apr 19935302,20218.05$9,567
Mar 19935271,96718.14$9,560
Feb 199301,52517.90$0
Jan 19935221,67616.93$8,837

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       133 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $405

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Month total                                     $405

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/16066 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.