PAYTON, C.F.

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 16531District 03Field 42493500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.1 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
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
NGPA3none

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
OilDisposition19,640 bbl$842,398
Casinghead gasProduction73,169 Mcf$209,578
Total$1,051,976

27,572 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 (3)

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 30.4078, -96.8349. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.5 miles.

30.40796, -96.83485 · 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
33.3%
1 of 3 wells
With a plug date
33.3%
1 of 3 wells
Median depth
4,604 ft
3 wells filed one
Completion to plug
8.2 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
133.3%
A plug date is filed
133.3%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
133.3%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
266.7%

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 4,550 and 4,612 ft, median 4,604 ft, over the 3 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
May 1983 – Oct 1984
3 of 3 wells
Plug dates filed
Jul 1991
1 of 3 wells; 2 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 8.2 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 8.2 years and 8.2 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

3 wells

42-2873172534,550 ftOct 1984
42-2873135314,604 ftJun 1983
42-2873137024,612 ftMay 1983Jul 1991Yes

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 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 2025175070.884.34$12,404
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 2024172084.451.66$14,525
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 2023172089.042.74$15,315
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 2022164076.415.73$12,531
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 20221730108.885.08$18,836
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 2021165069.493.38$11,466
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 2020180036.972.48$6,655
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 2020168030.341.86$5,097
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 2019175053.112.30$9,294
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 2019140046.033.23$6,444
Dec 2018172046.594.19$8,013
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 2017173049.292.98$8,527
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 2017171045.373.26$7,758
Apr 20171047.933.21$48
Mar 20171046.772.98$47
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 2016176041.553.10$7,313
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20161751026.472.06$4,653
Jan 201601727.352.36$40
Dec 201502232.362.00$44
Nov 20150938.792.17$20
Oct 20150543.552.43$12
Sep 201501342.992.76$36
Aug 20151799840.162.87$7,470
Jul 201509948.152.95$292
Jun 201517514156.152.88$10,233
May 2015012855.212.96$378
Apr 201508549.822.71$230
Mar 2015010442.892.93$305
Feb 201509844.662.98$292
Jan 201507143.433.10$220
Dec 201417212454.693.59$9,852
Nov 2014012070.464.25$510
Oct 2014012678.303.90$492
Sep 2014012386.164.05$498
Aug 201417713689.394.04$16,371
Jul 2014013696.564.18$568
Jun 2014013198.164.74$621
May 2014011694.734.73$548
Apr 201417413795.944.81$17,352
Mar 2014014495.895.06$728
Feb 2014013297.406.19$817
Jan 2014178090.404.86$16,091
Dec 2013014391.824.35$623
Nov 2013012588.853.74$467
Oct 2013011997.423.78$450
Sep 201317188104.113.72$18,130
Aug 2013076104.253.52$268
Jul 2013177111102.523.72$18,559
Jun 2013014494.403.93$566
May 2013011994.834.15$494
Apr 201307393.964.28$313
Mar 201309693.623.91$376
Feb 2013012591.233.42$427
Jan 201318413391.603.42$17,309
Dec 2012013186.773.42$448
Nov 2012010286.953.62$370
Oct 201217412489.383.40$15,974
Sep 201209694.672.92$280
Aug 2012010692.662.91$308
Jul 2012010985.133.02$329
Jun 201217910579.822.52$14,552
May 2012010691.612.49$264
Apr 2012181137101.652.00$18,672
Mar 20120102105.052.22$227
Feb 2012096101.102.57$247
Jan 2012011398.092.73$309
Dec 2011012296.873.24$395
Nov 201117611795.723.31$17,234
Oct 2011013284.983.65$482
Sep 2011012483.623.99$494
Aug 201118113883.404.15$15,668
Jul 2011015894.144.52$714
Jun 2011016492.904.64$761
May 2011018098.134.40$793
Apr 2011179158105.964.33$19,652
Mar 2011014796.364.06$596
Feb 201118011685.644.18$15,900
Jan 2011015386.504.59$702
Dec 2010014185.734.35$613
Nov 2010015080.843.80$569
Oct 2010016278.103.51$568
Sep 201017814872.633.98$13,517
Aug 2010014873.684.42$654
Jul 2010014372.554.74$677
Jun 201017614270.364.91$13,081
May 201008971.124.24$377
Apr 201007081.694.12$289
Mar 201017713778.394.39$14,476
Feb 2010011773.585.44$637
Jan 2010010974.365.96$650
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 200917916074.593.75$13,952
Oct 2009017272.544.11$707
Sep 2009017165.543.06$524
Aug 2009018767.423.22$602
Jul 200917814561.133.46$11,383
Jun 200906166.163.90$238
May 200904554.743.93$177
Apr 200906046.773.59$215
Mar 20091777142.144.06$7,747
Feb 200906432.814.63$297
Jan 2009010335.865.37$553
Dec 200817822237.105.98$7,931
Nov 2008022255.496.86$1,523
Oct 2008022675.246.92$1,564
Sep 2008181163101.767.88$19,703
Aug 20080173114.228.48$1,468
Jul 20080174131.0811.39$1,982
Jun 20080168131.3313.03$2,189
May 20080177123.1711.57$2,049
Apr 2008177184110.3110.45$21,449
Mar 20080184101.909.66$1,778
Feb 2008017792.538.77$1,552
Jan 200817921490.388.21$17,934
Dec 2007025388.337.30$1,847
Nov 2007023991.677.29$1,743
Oct 200717424582.856.92$16,112
Sep 2007024875.846.24$1,549
Aug 200717622069.066.39$13,560
Jul 2007022870.906.39$1,456
Jun 2007017262.007.55$1,298
May 200704858.747.85$377
Apr 200706359.617.81$492
Mar 200708356.927.30$606
Feb 200718018455.108.22$11,430
Jan 2007022150.306.73$1,487
Dec 2006020856.656.92$1,439
Nov 2006017354.207.62$1,318
Oct 2006022054.906.01$1,323
Sep 200617723460.085.04$11,813
Aug 2006023168.717.34$1,696
Jul 2006024069.376.34$1,522
Jun 200617722566.286.38$13,168
May 2006021666.016.42$1,388
Apr 2006020064.397.36$1,472
Mar 2006020056.707.08$1,417
Feb 200617818057.597.75$11,646
Jan 2006020060.598.93$1,787
Dec 2005021554.9413.42$2,884
Nov 2005022054.6910.59$2,329
Oct 200517822758.3413.80$13,516
Sep 2005020961.4512.08$2,525
Aug 2005023061.519.80$2,253
Jul 200517423455.697.84$11,525
Jun 2005021152.337.38$1,557
May 2005021145.226.65$1,403
Apr 2005019249.207.36$1,413
Mar 200517422150.377.15$10,346
Feb 2005120045.226.31$1,308
Jan 2005019843.166.32$1,252
Dec 200417620839.866.75$8,420
Nov 2004022945.286.33$1,450
Oct 2004022249.706.52$1,446
Sep 200417712943.245.28$8,335
Aug 2004024442.375.55$1,354
Jul 2004014538.286.08$882
Jun 2004012036.106.43$772
May 200417319337.486.49$7,737
Apr 2004021134.475.86$1,236
Mar 2004022434.365.53$1,239
Feb 200416920932.455.51$6,636
Jan 2004022832.036.30$1,436
Dec 200317424230.266.30$6,790
Nov 2003024228.804.60$1,112
Oct 2003025828.174.76$1,228
Sep 2003024726.314.75$1,173
Aug 200317328629.765.13$6,616
Jul 2003023429.415.17$1,210
Jun 2003023428.565.98$1,400
May 200316526126.595.97$5,946
Apr 2003024826.675.41$1,341
Mar 2003026031.146.10$1,585
Feb 200317923833.487.93$7,879
Jan 2003025430.315.58$1,418
Dec 200218026126.914.85$6,111
Nov 2002025424.664.14$1,051
Oct 2002025926.464.23$1,095
Sep 2002025627.443.64$931
Aug 2002028425.963.16$899
Jul 2002029324.583.06$897
Jun 2002029623.733.34$988
May 2002030224.663.58$1,082
Apr 200217928423.653.51$5,231
Mar 2002030122.003.10$934
Feb 200217624318.222.38$3,784
Jan 2002024717.172.38$587
Dec 2001027416.932.36$648
Nov 200117326818.072.41$3,771
Oct 2001026419.782.53$668
Sep 2001030924.262.25$696
Aug 2001031524.873.05$962
Jul 200117134523.933.20$5,195
Jun 2001019124.563.82$730
May 2001023625.524.31$1,017
Apr 200117731224.685.34$6,033
Mar 2001033824.545.38$1,817
Feb 2001032027.755.77$1,845
Jan 200120232227.478.40$8,253
Dec 2000031426.889.12$2,864
Nov 2000028932.215.66$1,635
Oct 200017630131.235.15$7,045
Sep 200006831.875.19$353
Aug 200002729.644.54$123
Jul 200005228.534.09$213
Jun 200017322329.304.40$6,049
May 2000023327.263.68$857
Apr 2000028024.513.12$872
Mar 200017730428.422.86$5,900
Feb 2000028427.622.73$774
Jan 2000033325.272.48$826
Dec 199917832524.282.42$5,110
Nov 1999025823.192.43$628
Oct 1999027920.982.80$782
Sep 199917522521.752.62$4,395
Aug 1999026119.262.88$751
Jul 1999035017.892.37$830
Jun 199917636715.942.36$3,672
May 1999035915.792.32$833
Apr 199917335615.102.21$3,398
Mar 1999136912.471.84$691
Feb 199903279.981.82$594
Jan 199917438710.381.90$2,541
Dec 199823679.201.77$669
Nov 199817638610.892.19$2,760
Oct 1998638312.421.97$829
Sep 19982234012.592.08$985
Aug 19983035611.301.91$1,018
Jul 199818738111.742.24$3,048
Jun 19989011.242.24$101
May 1998178012.622.21$2,246
Apr 199814013.042.51$183
Mar 19983743512.802.31$1,478
Feb 1998194013.952.30$2,706
Jan 19981641714.702.15$1,134
Dec 199716016.322.41$261
Nov 199718741518.193.09$4,683
Oct 19972843619.253.15$1,912
Sep 199718942817.742.95$4,618
Aug 19971945017.862.55$1,489
Jul 199720335017.582.25$4,355
Jun 19972546217.242.26$1,474
May 19972050518.972.31$1,545
Apr 199719843617.882.08$4,448
Mar 1997046418.951.94$900
Feb 199719040520.492.21$4,786
Jan 1997037923.483.54$1,342
Dec 19962341523.32$536
Nov 199619036221.97$4,174
Oct 19961532323.31$350
Sep 199619138622.22$4,244
Aug 19962442720.26$486
Jul 19963633519.55$704
Jun 199620645718.73$3,858
May 19964353519.43$835
Apr 199618952321.51$4,065
Mar 19961455519.38$271
Feb 199619846216.98$3,362
Jan 19962754817.07$461
Dec 199520352917.19$3,490
Nov 19953748216.00$592
Oct 199518444415.43$2,839
Sep 19951540116.18$243
Aug 19951843015.92$287
Jul 199518749415.24$2,850
Jun 19951856716.41$295
May 199519661517.56$3,442
Apr 199520766817.73$3,670
Mar 19952556316.44$411
Feb 199518450416.58$3,051
Jan 1995752315.92$111
Dec 19941255915.03$180
Nov 199420051915.90$3,180
Oct 19941156315.58$171
Sep 199419156215.29$2,920
Aug 19941157416.13$177
Jul 199418563017.56$3,249
Jun 199418258417.09$3,110
May 19941260915.88$191
Apr 199418759814.14$2,644
Mar 19941164312.46$137
Feb 199419063812.50$2,375
Jan 19941066612.66$127
Dec 199319366312.33$2,380
Nov 1993264914.49$29
Oct 199318168815.85$2,869
Sep 1993273515.03$30
Aug 199317769515.66$2,772
Jul 1993370015.46$46
Jun 199317876716.79$2,989
May 199315179317.68$2,670
Apr 1993081118.05$0
Mar 199318180518.14$3,283
Feb 1993075517.90$0
Jan 199318181816.93$3,064

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.

Feb 2025 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  175 bbl  × $ 70.88 =    $12,404
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.34 =         $0

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Month total                                  $12,404

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/16531 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.