JAMES UNIT

Operated by MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS OPERATING LLC (P-5 521544) 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 17857District 03Field 34733500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$10.9 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$291 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
OilDisposition214,626 bbl$7,756,258
Casinghead gasProduction1,134,500 Mcf$3,172,081
Total$10,928,339

338,795 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 (1)

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 30.5273, -96.6089. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.52735, -96.60886 · 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 1 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
Median depth
10,004 ft
1 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.
1100.0%

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

The one well that filed a depth was drilled to 10,004 ft.

Completions filed
Jun 1994
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-05132666110,004 ftJun 1994

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 20261671,575106.413.05$22,568
Apr 20263562,07198.932.87$41,162
Mar 20261721,83389.753.15$21,210
Feb 20263671,17163.503.75$27,696
Jan 20263592,02859.138.00$37,447
Dec 20253671,96856.664.41$29,480
Nov 20253621,89058.593.93$28,631
Oct 20255291,98459.383.30$37,969
Sep 20251791,81762.743.08$16,821
Aug 202501,46363.933.01$4,411
Jul 202501,74366.743.32$5,778
Jun 20251841,73566.483.13$17,661
May 20253471,80160.553.23$26,832
Apr 20251781,81062.363.54$17,513
Mar 20253871,94767.704.27$34,510
Feb 20253661,76170.884.34$33,586
Jan 20253671,78774.324.28$34,921
Dec 20243721,98868.993.12$31,870
Nov 20243792,19269.052.20$30,989
Oct 20243572,48271.372.28$31,142
Sep 20241791,60369.612.36$16,250
Aug 202418177875.632.06$15,295
Jul 20241882,14379.932.15$19,627
Jun 20241871,85178.082.63$19,476
May 20243731,96978.812.20$33,725
Apr 20243551,78784.451.66$32,945
Mar 20241941,82980.301.55$18,404
Feb 20243561,65476.091.78$30,038
Jan 20243671,63373.023.30$32,183
Dec 20231781,81371.262.61$17,418
Nov 20233591,78477.892.81$32,971
Oct 20233571,81385.443.09$36,099
Sep 20233602,12489.042.74$37,864
Aug 20235322,08880.522.67$48,418
Jul 20231801,34274.852.64$17,018
Jun 20233701,74268.962.26$29,449
May 20233401,43570.622.23$27,207
Apr 20231711,34578.122.24$16,368
Mar 20233631,58672.852.39$30,240
Feb 20231901,29375.112.47$17,459
Jan 20233731,47276.533.39$33,532
Dec 20223651,40476.415.73$35,933
Nov 20221891,65185.005.65$25,387
Oct 20221811,37287.185.86$23,825
Sep 202201,24084.888.16$10,123
Aug 20223641,46594.529.13$47,777
Jul 20221831,782101.587.54$32,029
Jun 20223621,761115.097.98$55,710
May 20221901,731109.378.43$35,378
Apr 20221871,455104.226.84$29,438
Mar 20222011,384108.885.08$28,911
Feb 20223801,60791.054.86$42,407
Jan 20221981,56381.844.54$23,297
Dec 20211861,37171.323.90$18,611
Nov 20213851,61577.435.24$38,268
Oct 20211871,55979.795.71$23,829
Sep 20211781,58769.865.35$20,927
Aug 20211871,74966.024.22$19,728
Jul 20213641,97970.783.98$33,644
Jun 20211812,04169.493.38$19,478
May 20213691,58863.483.02$28,216
Apr 20211881,69160.362.76$16,012
Mar 20213632,13161.302.72$28,042
Feb 20211891,59957.805.55$19,795
Jan 20213601,87050.412.81$23,403
Dec 20201901,94844.642.68$13,693
Nov 20203681,91338.772.71$19,445
Oct 20201732,04936.972.48$11,474
Sep 20203671,59737.091.99$16,792
Aug 20201781,93739.982.39$11,736
Jul 20203641,98438.371.83$17,588
Jun 20201681,85234.901.69$8,994
May 20203671,89416.921.81$9,647
Apr 202001,80314.751.80$3,253
Mar 20201432,37730.341.86$8,751
Feb 20203462,29949.881.98$21,812
Jan 20205392,70457.252.09$36,522
Dec 20195382,63559.012.30$37,819
Nov 20193651,86555.302.75$25,315
Oct 20193401,53353.472.42$21,887
Sep 20197232,04855.052.66$45,243
Aug 20191772,06953.112.30$14,168
Jul 20193621,80656.272.46$24,813
Jun 20193621,55852.782.49$22,988
May 20195091,70958.482.74$34,450
Apr 20193651,12962.632.75$25,965
Mar 201917927956.803.06$11,022
Feb 201918825250.852.79$10,263
Jan 201901,15446.033.23$3,725
Dec 201801,13846.594.19$4,763
Nov 20181851,09052.934.24$14,411
Oct 20181391,17561.443.40$12,533
Sep 20181921,30759.543.11$15,494
Aug 20181901,28059.403.07$15,211
Jul 20183401,30265.142.93$25,965
Jun 20181831,18060.183.08$14,644
May 20183741,58165.382.90$29,038
Apr 20181731,37063.842.90$15,018
Mar 20183531,51061.222.79$25,819
Feb 20183851,13261.782.77$26,917
Jan 20181901,19262.874.01$16,724
Dec 20171851,29957.272.92$14,390
Nov 20173841,36255.423.12$25,528
Oct 20171911,44449.292.98$13,723
Sep 20171851,39947.523.09$13,110
Aug 20171781,37745.373.00$12,213
Jul 20171721,55543.873.09$12,346
Jun 20171791,48142.493.09$12,178
May 20171601,44445.373.26$11,972
Apr 20171681,36847.933.21$12,446
Mar 20171731,33946.772.98$12,086
Feb 20171821,38250.452.95$13,262
Jan 20171901,51349.413.42$14,561
Dec 20163621,28448.763.72$22,431
Nov 20161801,56542.492.64$11,787
Oct 20161821,55646.193.09$13,215
Sep 20161831,37041.553.10$11,852
Aug 20161781,48341.442.92$11,713
Jul 20161751,34341.622.92$11,211
Jun 20161821,35345.352.69$11,888
May 20161821,49142.521.99$10,707
Apr 20161861,51336.561.99$9,813
Mar 20161921,51733.011.79$9,059
Feb 20163711,45426.472.06$12,821
Jan 20161861,66527.352.36$9,024
Dec 20153691,53332.362.00$15,009
Nov 20151781,55038.792.17$10,264
Oct 20151841,56243.552.43$11,804
Sep 20153681,50842.992.76$19,980
Aug 20151801,63540.162.87$11,925
Jul 20153691,80948.152.95$23,095
Jun 20151841,57456.152.88$14,869
May 20153581,48155.212.96$24,142
Apr 20151811,59149.822.71$13,324
Mar 20153621,64742.892.93$20,360
Feb 20153711,47744.662.98$20,965
Jan 20151831,63343.433.10$13,011
Dec 20141941,59654.693.59$16,342
Nov 20143781,51870.464.25$33,088
Oct 20141881,80278.303.90$21,750
Sep 20141871,72186.164.05$23,074
Aug 20143591,76889.394.04$39,225
Jul 20141821,78796.564.18$25,043
Jun 20141831,76798.164.74$26,333
May 20141891,82894.734.73$26,544
Apr 20143611,61895.944.81$42,416
Mar 20141851,65395.895.06$26,099
Feb 20143801,48797.406.19$46,220
Jan 20141931,47990.404.86$24,636
Dec 20133641,60991.824.35$40,429
Nov 20131851,63088.853.74$22,531
Oct 20133691,79597.423.78$42,732
Sep 20131851,763104.113.72$25,815
Aug 20131881,944104.253.52$26,447
Jul 20133681,762102.523.72$44,278
Jun 20131801,78594.403.93$24,013
May 20133671,86394.834.15$42,532
Apr 20131801,79293.964.28$24,587
Mar 20133731,81693.623.91$42,026
Feb 20131871,72891.233.42$22,970
Jan 20131851,68891.603.42$22,719
Dec 20121871,82086.773.42$22,451
Nov 20121851,89986.953.62$22,970
Oct 20123651,64989.383.40$38,230
Sep 20121911,42594.672.92$22,241
Aug 20121831,85892.662.91$22,360
Jul 20121821,91185.133.02$21,266
Jun 20121831,86279.822.52$19,298
May 20123531,95891.612.49$37,210
Apr 20121771,918101.652.00$21,822
Mar 20123771,908105.052.22$43,844
Feb 20121841,696101.102.57$22,962
Jan 20121861,68098.092.73$22,838
Dec 20111871,68296.873.24$23,564
Nov 20111801,63095.723.31$22,627
Oct 20113631,71184.983.65$37,090
Sep 201101,74483.623.99$6,951
Aug 20111771,87883.404.15$22,554
Jul 20111791,98294.144.52$25,804
Jun 20111891,86492.904.64$26,207
May 20111731,82898.134.40$25,029
Apr 20111822,090105.964.33$28,341
Mar 20115482,17396.364.06$61,622
Feb 20113721,61285.644.18$38,596
Jan 20115622,33986.504.59$59,346
Dec 20103671,51985.734.35$38,067
Nov 20103561,30880.843.80$33,743
Oct 20101831,60378.103.51$19,917
Sep 20103572,07872.633.98$34,198
Aug 20103752,08173.684.42$36,827
Jul 20103662,15972.554.74$36,779
Jun 20101792,06970.364.91$22,754
May 20103722,18071.124.24$35,689
Apr 20103701,95481.694.12$38,281
Mar 20101832,13478.394.39$23,711
Feb 20103691,97773.585.44$37,911
Jan 20103701,95374.365.96$39,161
Dec 20093581,85971.445.48$35,770
Nov 20091831,86074.593.75$20,628
Oct 20093612,00172.544.11$34,412
Sep 20093641,96865.543.06$29,888
Aug 20091862,05867.423.22$19,164
Jul 20093682,10061.133.46$29,771
Jun 20093571,92166.163.90$31,101
May 20091952,16654.743.93$19,177
Apr 20093412,00246.773.59$23,131
Mar 20093741,50042.144.06$21,849
Feb 20093721,64632.814.63$19,831
Jan 20093681,75835.865.37$22,639
Dec 20085582,14637.105.98$33,529
Nov 20085802,23755.496.86$47,531
Oct 20083731,93375.246.92$41,445
Sep 20081941,828101.767.88$34,141
Aug 20083782,104114.228.48$61,023
Jul 20081912,418131.0811.39$52,576
Jun 20083792,285131.3313.03$79,554
May 20081862,223123.1711.57$48,639
Apr 20081961,747110.3110.45$39,885
Mar 20083792,251101.909.66$60,374
Feb 20085832,14092.538.77$72,714
Jan 20081902,14790.388.21$34,790
Dec 20073821,88688.337.30$47,514
Nov 20073881,75591.677.29$48,365
Oct 20071952,11982.856.92$30,823
Sep 20073842,00375.846.24$41,630
Aug 20071901,81969.066.39$24,741
Jul 20073841,26370.906.39$35,294
Jun 20071871,62662.007.55$23,868
May 200701,19158.747.85$9,345
Apr 200719047659.617.81$15,041
Mar 200737783556.927.30$27,556
Feb 20073891,97155.108.22$37,628
Jan 20073882,31050.306.73$35,055
Dec 20063872,18556.656.92$37,040
Nov 20063821,98154.207.62$35,795
Oct 20063811,84454.906.01$32,006
Sep 20067282,05760.085.04$54,100
Aug 20067602,31168.717.34$69,182
Jul 20063761,97669.376.34$38,616
Jun 20067552,02866.286.38$62,988
May 20063782,16866.016.42$38,881
Apr 20067652,29164.397.36$66,121
Mar 20063812,24156.707.08$37,476
Feb 20061851,15757.597.75$19,622
Jan 20063821,39760.598.93$35,625
Dec 20051861,90154.9413.42$35,722
Nov 20053851,76554.6910.59$39,744
Oct 20051951,55758.3413.80$32,856
Sep 20053801,73161.4512.08$44,260
Aug 20053841,55861.519.80$38,883
Jul 20051921,55855.697.84$22,913
Jun 20055701,63652.337.38$41,903
May 20051911,91145.226.65$21,347
Apr 20055731,76549.207.36$41,183
Mar 20053771,81650.377.15$31,983
Feb 200502,03545.226.31$12,845
Jan 20053822,06043.166.32$29,511
Dec 20043772,01539.866.75$28,631
Nov 20041892,14345.286.33$22,124
Oct 20043792,36649.706.52$34,251
Sep 20043732,25043.245.28$28,017
Aug 20043742,24342.375.55$28,297
Jul 20043792,26638.286.08$28,295
Jun 20047542,34436.106.43$42,298
May 20043842,49437.486.49$30,590
Apr 20043852,36334.475.86$27,114
Mar 20047522,77034.365.53$41,157
Feb 20047622,43432.455.51$38,137
Jan 20043811,89532.036.30$24,141
Dec 20033862,08630.266.30$24,826
Nov 20033802,34428.804.60$21,715
Oct 20033822,50228.174.76$22,670
Sep 20033782,54626.314.75$22,037
Aug 20033732,22329.765.13$22,504
Jul 20033632,45629.415.17$23,375
Jun 20033732,28128.565.98$24,300
May 20033682,51926.595.97$24,830
Apr 20033782,33226.675.41$22,691
Mar 20033792,27431.146.10$25,664
Feb 20037661,92833.487.93$40,927
Jan 20033831,96630.315.58$22,583
Dec 20023822,58726.914.85$22,836
Nov 20023672,67924.664.14$20,133
Oct 20027462,68626.464.23$31,099
Sep 20023672,65027.443.64$19,704
Aug 20023742,50125.963.16$17,623
Jul 20027452,60024.583.06$26,273
Jun 20023712,65223.733.34$17,657
May 20023662,51324.663.58$18,032
Apr 20023712,43423.653.51$17,323
Mar 20023522,43022.003.10$15,284
Feb 20027642,48718.222.38$19,828
Jan 20027602,84217.172.38$19,801
Dec 20013812,65916.932.36$12,737
Nov 20017572,87518.072.41$20,595
Oct 20017463,16019.782.53$22,747
Sep 20017504,13924.262.25$27,513
Aug 20017314,08924.873.05$30,664
Jul 20013753,58523.933.20$20,435
Jun 20013722,85424.563.82$20,050
May 20017373,41925.524.31$33,535
Apr 20017353,22724.685.34$35,357
Mar 20017443,50624.545.38$37,108
Feb 20013813,18127.755.77$28,918
Jan 20017353,50627.478.40$49,637
Dec 20001,1183,27526.889.12$59,928
Nov 20007473,59032.215.66$44,373
Oct 20003762,32731.235.15$23,716
Sep 20003681,48831.875.19$19,446
Aug 20003761,84829.644.54$19,536
Jul 20003734,50928.534.09$29,082
Jun 20007394,96629.304.40$43,489
May 20007375,40727.263.68$39,987
Apr 20007325,41324.513.12$34,808
Mar 20007243,96228.422.86$31,906
Feb 200051,00127.622.73$2,867
Jan 20007274,35325.272.48$29,169
Dec 19997405,02524.282.42$30,146
Nov 19997595,31823.192.43$30,545
Oct 19997434,95020.982.80$29,467
Sep 19993774,37021.752.62$19,644
Aug 19993714,51719.262.88$20,135
Jul 19993703,62117.892.37$15,210
Jun 19993793,89815.942.36$15,249
May 19993654,13015.792.32$15,349
Apr 19993624,17615.102.21$14,687
Mar 19993794,35012.471.84$12,723
Feb 19993683,8849.981.82$10,733
Jan 19997475,24410.381.90$17,717
Dec 19983664,2319.201.77$10,870
Nov 19983604,28310.892.19$13,282
Oct 19985334,75112.421.97$15,976
Sep 19987164,67112.592.08$18,742
Aug 199804,34711.301.91$8,291
Jul 19983734,57511.742.24$14,615
Jun 19987485,17711.242.24$19,990
May 19987505,64912.622.21$21,929
Apr 19983845,03213.042.51$17,614
Mar 19987495,09412.802.31$21,351
Feb 19987634,69213.952.30$21,431
Jan 19987535,71014.702.15$23,373
Dec 19971,1135,59516.322.41$31,654
Nov 19977585,39218.193.09$30,440
Oct 19971,1135,63119.253.15$39,162
Sep 19971,0796,49917.742.95$38,345
Aug 19971,1117,22417.862.55$38,298
Jul 19977526,71917.582.25$28,317
Jun 19971,2304,81917.242.26$32,083
May 19971,0927,70118.972.31$38,493
Apr 19971,2676,87217.882.08$36,967
Mar 19971,2765,69118.951.94$35,216
Feb 19977464,47620.492.21$25,159
Jan 19971,4605,60623.483.54$54,124
Dec 19967326,62723.32$17,070
Nov 19961,4587,45821.97$32,032
Oct 19967346,10023.31$17,110
Sep 19961,7838,61522.22$39,618
Aug 19961,4366,67420.26$29,093
Jul 19966915,39919.55$13,509
Jun 19965464,76918.73$10,227
May 19963604,10919.43$6,995
Apr 19963664,72521.51$7,873
Mar 19967195,05319.38$13,934
Feb 19961,0955,98816.98$18,593
Jan 19961,4738,39317.07$25,144
Dec 19951,8128,28317.19$31,148
Nov 19951,8478,51516.00$29,552
Oct 19951,8108,52315.43$27,928
Sep 19952,1908,33716.18$35,434
Aug 19951,8279,78415.92$29,086
Jul 19952,90511,60415.24$44,272
Jun 19952,59112,18416.41$42,518
May 19952,72012,49917.56$47,763
Apr 19953,15412,40517.73$55,920
Mar 19953,36713,44316.44$55,353
Feb 19952,92810,74016.58$48,546
Jan 19953,97412,72815.92$63,266
Dec 19945,03014,71215.03$75,601
Nov 19945,70517,66415.90$90,710
Oct 19944,29313,61115.58$66,885
Sep 19945,13514,18815.29$78,514
Aug 19946,88417,48216.13$111,039
Jul 199411,03429,84617.56$193,757
Jun 1994071917.09$0
May 19944421,13715.88$7,019
Apr 199417893014.14$2,517
Mar 19941831,02512.46$2,280
Feb 19943621,35512.50$4,525
Jan 19941901,51412.66$2,405
Dec 19933691,59612.33$4,550
Nov 19931781,62914.49$2,579
Oct 19933631,73715.85$5,754
Sep 19931801,71615.03$2,705
Aug 19931801,79315.66$2,819
Jul 19933661,78615.46$5,658
Jun 19931771,78116.79$2,972
May 19931921,59917.68$3,395
Apr 19933782,05318.05$6,823
Mar 19931852,04118.14$3,356
Feb 19933841,86217.90$6,874
Jan 19933812,06416.93$6,450

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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                  167 bbl  × $106.41 =    $17,770
Casinghead gas     1,575 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $4,797

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Month total                                  $22,568

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/17857 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.