COTTONWOOD

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

Oil lease lease 18173District 03Field 50424500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$5.5 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$266 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 456 leases and 533 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1976-12-02
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2015-03-24.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ALLOCATION FORMULA SET TO 100 % ACRES.

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
NGPA2none

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
OilDisposition118,243 bbl$5,079,540
Casinghead gasProduction111,767 Mcf$437,047
Total$5,516,588

12,039 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 30.6551, -96.5590. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.9 miles.

30.65514, -96.55907 · 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
66.7%
2 of 3 wells
With a plug date
66.7%
2 of 3 wells
Median depth
7,696 ft
3 wells filed one
Completion to plug
19.2 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

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

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 7,630 and 7,730 ft, median 7,696 ft, over the 3 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Apr 1985 – Nov 1989
3 of 3 wells
Plug dates filed
Nov 2001 – Jul 2011
2 of 3 wells; 1 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 19.2 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 15.6 years and 22.7 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

3 wells

42-0413131937,696 ftNov 1989Nov 2001Yes
42-0413121717,630 ftDec 1988
42-0413127727,730 ftApr 1985Jul 2011Yes

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 2026356198106.413.05$38,485
Apr 202617823198.932.87$18,272
Mar 202635421189.753.15$32,436
Feb 202636322163.503.75$23,879
Jan 202617929759.138.00$12,960
Dec 202517139756.664.41$11,441
Nov 202536539158.593.93$22,921
Oct 202535031459.383.30$21,821
Sep 202536519062.743.08$23,485
Aug 202535514563.933.01$23,132
Jul 202535911566.743.32$24,341
Jun 202517818166.483.13$12,400
May 202536225260.553.23$22,734
Apr 202517723462.363.54$11,867
Mar 202518329967.704.27$13,665
Feb 202518224570.884.34$13,964
Jan 202536125674.324.28$27,925
Dec 202415029268.993.12$11,260
Nov 202433630069.052.20$23,860
Oct 202434629371.372.28$25,362
Sep 202417935369.612.36$13,295
Aug 202436440375.632.06$28,361
Jul 202437333379.932.15$30,529
Jun 202436834378.082.63$29,637
May 202436229378.812.20$29,173
Apr 202418037884.451.66$15,828
Mar 202434938480.301.55$28,618
Feb 202435429676.091.78$27,464
Jan 202436430573.023.30$27,585
Dec 202317537671.262.61$13,452
Nov 202334833677.892.81$28,049
Oct 202334835285.443.09$30,820
Sep 202334334189.042.74$31,473
Aug 202336834180.522.67$30,543
Jul 202334530174.852.64$26,618
Jun 202354129768.962.26$37,978
May 202316015170.622.23$11,636
Apr 202336426378.122.24$29,024
Mar 202352628772.852.39$39,006
Feb 202336920975.112.47$28,231
Jan 202335014776.533.39$27,283
Dec 202253322976.415.73$42,038
Nov 202236120385.005.65$31,831
Oct 202257624087.185.86$51,623
Sep 202236618884.888.16$32,601
Aug 202233323594.529.13$33,620
Jul 2022689278101.587.54$72,085
Jun 2022534272115.097.98$63,628
May 2022573277109.378.43$65,005
Apr 202214371104.226.84$15,389
Mar 2022540248108.885.08$60,054
Feb 202249820291.054.86$46,324
Jan 202269421081.844.54$57,750
Dec 202174424771.323.90$54,025
Nov 202137111577.435.24$29,329
Oct 202130218179.795.71$25,131
Sep 202164923369.865.35$46,586
Aug 202149722966.024.22$33,778
Jul 202170520470.783.98$50,712
Jun 202150919169.493.38$36,016
May 202151518863.483.02$33,260
Apr 202153317860.362.76$32,663
Mar 202153517761.302.72$33,276
Feb 20213769957.805.55$22,282
Jan 202136114350.412.81$18,600
Dec 202055313644.642.68$25,050
Nov 202052515838.772.71$20,782
Oct 202034016136.972.48$12,969
Sep 202052717037.091.99$19,885
Aug 202054215439.982.39$22,036
Jul 202055213438.371.83$21,425
Jun 202055414934.901.69$19,586
May 202070416016.921.81$12,202
Apr 202066313114.751.80$10,016
Mar 202070815830.341.86$21,774
Feb 202071513549.881.98$35,932
Jan 20206778057.252.09$38,926
Dec 201969013359.012.30$41,023
Nov 20193509655.302.75$19,619
Oct 201968922553.472.42$37,385
Sep 201971925955.052.66$40,269
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 2019153656.272.46$8,624
Jun 201952811152.782.49$28,144
May 201971019858.482.74$42,063
Apr 201950420962.632.75$32,140
Mar 201933921256.803.06$19,904
Feb 20192815550.852.79$14,442
Jan 201919510146.033.23$9,302
Dec 201861218546.594.19$29,287
Nov 201819022352.934.24$11,002
Oct 201852713461.443.40$32,834
Sep 201849512359.543.11$29,855
Aug 20185521,44859.403.07$37,229
Jul 201835110465.142.93$23,169
Jun 201852011760.183.08$31,654
May 20181916465.382.90$12,673
Apr 201801963.842.90$55
Mar 201801361.222.79$36
Feb 201814811261.782.77$9,453
Jan 201819112362.874.01$12,501
Dec 2017012657.272.92$368
Nov 201719012855.423.12$10,929
Oct 2017012249.292.98$364
Sep 201718413547.523.09$9,160
Aug 201718412545.373.00$8,724
Jul 2017011043.873.09$340
Jun 201718313142.493.09$8,180
May 2017014345.373.26$467
Apr 201718313547.933.21$9,205
Mar 201717614246.772.98$8,655
Feb 2017012150.452.95$357
Jan 201718617149.413.42$9,775
Dec 201618012748.763.72$9,250
Nov 2016011042.492.64$291
Oct 201618213246.193.09$8,814
Sep 201617912941.553.10$7,837
Aug 2016012341.442.92$360
Jul 201618413141.622.92$8,041
Jun 2016013145.352.69$352
May 201618113742.521.99$7,969
Apr 2016012936.561.99$257
Mar 201618312633.011.79$6,267
Feb 2016010726.472.06$221
Jan 201618514727.352.36$5,407
Dec 201518113232.362.00$6,121
Nov 2015013138.792.17$284
Oct 2015012543.552.43$303
Sep 201518312342.992.76$8,206
Aug 2015011840.162.87$339
Jul 20151818848.152.95$8,974
Jun 201509256.152.88$265
May 201518410955.212.96$10,481
Apr 201508749.822.71$235
Mar 201503142.892.93$91
Feb 20151826444.662.98$8,319
Jan 2015111743.433.10$406
Dec 201417712354.693.59$10,122
Nov 2014011570.464.25$489
Oct 20141857378.303.90$14,770
Sep 201405586.164.05$223
Aug 20141832689.394.04$16,463
Jul 20141833496.564.18$17,813
Jun 201418098.164.74$477
May 20141879194.734.73$18,145
Apr 201407795.944.81$370
Mar 20141804395.895.06$17,478
Feb 201404097.406.19$248
Jan 20141823490.404.86$16,618
Dec 201304391.824.35$187
Nov 20131793088.853.74$16,016
Oct 201304497.423.78$166
Sep 201318132104.113.72$18,963
Aug 2013031104.253.52$109
Jul 201317836102.523.72$18,382
Jun 201303194.403.93$122
May 20131844594.834.15$17,635
Apr 20131857293.964.28$17,691
Mar 201306893.623.91$266
Feb 201318310391.233.42$17,047
Jan 2013010091.603.42$342
Dec 20121888086.773.42$16,586
Nov 201207586.953.62$272
Oct 20121768289.383.40$16,010
Sep 201206494.672.92$187
Aug 20121777092.662.91$16,604
Jul 201206485.133.02$193
Jun 201218411379.822.52$14,972
May 2012014191.612.49$351
Apr 2012177131101.652.00$18,254
Mar 20121167105.052.22$476
Feb 2012187193101.102.57$19,402
Jan 201218314998.092.73$18,358
Dec 201118613896.873.24$18,465
Nov 20111837695.723.31$17,768
Oct 2011020684.983.65$752
Sep 201117820883.623.99$15,713
Aug 2011019183.404.15$793
Jul 201118231594.144.52$18,556
Jun 2011045992.904.64$2,130
May 201117947598.134.40$19,658
Apr 20110465105.964.33$2,015
Mar 201117839896.364.06$18,767
Feb 2011039285.644.18$1,639
Jan 201117831786.504.59$16,852
Dec 2010038385.734.35$1,665
Nov 201019244880.843.80$17,222
Oct 2010046578.103.51$1,632
Sep 2010035772.633.98$1,421
Aug 201018147773.684.42$15,444
Jul 2010048472.554.74$2,292
Jun 2010038370.364.91$1,881
May 201018148471.124.24$14,923
Apr 2010045281.694.12$1,863
Mar 201018247178.394.39$16,334
Feb 201018144073.585.44$15,713
Jan 2010043374.365.96$2,582
Dec 200917555371.445.48$15,535
Nov 2009055274.593.75$2,071
Oct 200918142572.544.11$14,877
Sep 2009029965.543.06$916
Aug 2009050267.423.22$1,616
Jul 200918039961.133.46$12,386
Jun 2009039866.163.90$1,550
May 2009042454.743.93$1,665
Apr 2009040646.773.59$1,457
Mar 200918349842.144.06$9,733
Feb 2009044932.814.63$2,080
Jan 200919854735.865.37$10,038
Dec 200818548737.105.98$9,774
Nov 2008050855.496.86$3,485
Oct 200819450675.246.92$18,099
Sep 20080520101.767.88$4,096
Aug 20080468114.228.48$3,970
Jul 2008194469131.0811.39$30,771
Jun 20080578131.3313.03$7,533
May 2008194496123.1711.57$29,636
Apr 20080544110.3110.45$5,687
Mar 2008186514101.909.66$23,921
Feb 2008017492.538.77$1,526
Jan 2008018290.388.21$1,493
Dec 200719582188.337.30$23,219
Nov 2007018691.677.29$1,356
Oct 2007019982.856.92$1,377
Sep 200719129775.846.24$16,340
Aug 2007025469.066.39$1,623
Jul 2007037070.906.39$2,364
Jun 200717567162.007.55$15,915
May 2007050358.747.85$3,947
Apr 200718757059.617.81$15,596
Mar 200720150056.927.30$15,092
Feb 200702355.108.22$189
Jan 200709150.306.73$612
Dec 2006040156.656.92$2,774
Nov 2006058254.207.62$4,433
Oct 200618549354.906.01$13,121
Sep 2006066860.085.04$3,365
Aug 200618670568.717.34$17,955
Jul 2006157869.376.34$3,735
Jun 200618253566.286.38$15,478
May 200618427366.016.42$13,900
Apr 2006012564.397.36$920
Mar 2006022856.707.08$1,615
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 2006184060.598.93$11,149
Dec 20050054.9413.42$0
Nov 20051841754.6910.59$10,243
Oct 2005020358.3413.80$2,801
Sep 200518024561.4512.08$14,020
Aug 200519315661.519.80$13,400
Jul 2005019655.697.84$1,537
Jun 200518613852.337.38$10,752
May 20051886845.226.65$8,954
Apr 200518712749.207.36$10,135
Mar 20051678250.377.15$8,998
Feb 200517813845.226.31$8,920
Jan 200536928043.166.32$17,696
Dec 200434612539.866.75$14,635
Nov 200419331045.286.33$10,701
Oct 200436233649.706.52$20,180
Sep 200418632643.245.28$9,765
Aug 200417532942.375.55$9,241
Jul 200456173238.286.08$25,929
Jun 200455982236.106.43$25,468
May 200437370837.486.49$18,578
Apr 200457353734.475.86$22,897
Mar 200455653834.365.53$22,079
Feb 200428627432.455.51$10,790
Jan 200439419032.036.30$13,817
Dec 20033468830.266.30$11,025
Nov 200318933828.804.60$6,996
Oct 200337758228.174.76$13,390
Sep 200336962226.314.75$12,662
Aug 200357961229.765.13$20,370
Jul 200337852829.415.17$13,847
Jun 200356549728.565.98$19,110
May 200355775426.595.97$19,314
Apr 200371744226.675.41$21,512
Mar 200304831.146.10$293
Feb 200318327333.487.93$8,291
Jan 2003023530.315.58$1,312
Dec 200237265426.914.85$13,185
Nov 200254176124.664.14$16,489
Oct 200272775626.464.23$22,434
Sep 200272449727.443.64$21,673
Aug 200291763025.963.16$25,799
Jul 200237028724.583.06$9,973
Jun 200218225923.733.34$5,183
May 20025501,05724.663.58$17,351
Apr 20023551,06123.653.51$12,122
Mar 20025421,27322.003.10$15,874
Feb 20027211,24218.222.38$16,087
Jan 20027311,54117.172.38$16,212
Dec 20011,4691,93416.932.36$29,443
Nov 20012,0302,02818.072.41$41,560
Oct 20011,0971,58319.782.53$25,702
Sep 20015581,89324.262.25$17,799
Aug 20019191,31824.873.05$26,880
Jul 20011,2991,16723.933.20$34,816
Jun 20011,14815224.563.82$28,776
May 20013,8941,20125.524.31$104,548
Apr 200154513524.685.34$14,171
Mar 200116124124.545.38$5,247
Feb 20015549627.755.77$15,927
Jan 20015105827.478.40$14,497
Dec 200019013526.889.12$6,339
Nov 200034821232.215.66$12,409
Oct 200035120531.235.15$12,017
Sep 200053020931.875.19$17,975
Aug 200036112429.644.54$11,263
Jul 200091822628.534.09$27,115
Jun 200017620929.304.40$6,076
May 200054420327.263.68$15,576
Apr 200054420124.513.12$13,960
Mar 200053915028.422.86$15,747
Feb 200036117827.622.73$10,456
Jan 200072012325.272.48$18,500
Dec 199936522624.282.42$9,410
Nov 199954315423.192.43$12,967
Oct 199954422220.982.80$12,036
Sep 199953614821.752.62$12,046
Aug 199954718619.262.88$11,070
Jul 199935618117.892.37$6,798
Jun 199952826215.942.36$9,035
May 199972122615.792.32$11,909
Apr 199951319715.102.21$8,181
Mar 199970322712.471.84$9,184
Feb 19993671849.981.82$3,997
Jan 199952911310.381.90$5,706
Dec 19983601089.201.77$3,504
Nov 199836219310.892.19$4,364
Oct 199855119212.421.97$7,222
Sep 199837228812.592.08$5,283
Aug 199873030511.301.91$8,831
Jul 199855113411.742.24$6,769
Jun 199854118211.242.24$6,488
May 199837616012.622.21$5,098
Apr 199817812113.042.51$2,624
Mar 199817210212.802.31$2,437
Feb 19981856213.952.30$2,723
Jan 199828314.702.15$208
Dec 19971769016.322.41$3,089
Nov 19971797918.193.09$3,500
Oct 19971838719.253.15$3,797
Sep 199709217.742.95$272
Aug 19971797317.862.55$3,383
Jul 199718011417.582.25$3,421
Jun 199717611017.242.26$3,283
May 1997111318.972.31$280
Apr 199717111117.882.08$3,289
Mar 199717711118.951.94$3,569
Feb 199717810720.492.21$3,883
Jan 199717712723.483.54$4,606
Dec 1996112723.32$23
Nov 199617711521.97$3,889
Oct 19961778823.31$4,126
Sep 199616613522.22$3,689
Aug 1996013120.26$0
Jul 199617817119.55$3,480
Jun 199617919818.73$3,353
May 199617622619.43$3,420
Apr 199617324421.51$3,721
Mar 199635524619.38$6,880
Feb 199617421116.98$2,955
Jan 199617817317.07$3,038
Dec 199517717717.19$3,043
Nov 199534718316.00$5,552
Oct 199517629515.43$2,716
Sep 199553028316.18$8,575
Aug 199517623115.92$2,802
Jul 199517133715.24$2,606
Jun 199517223616.41$2,823
May 199535932117.56$6,304
Apr 199517127117.73$3,032
Mar 199519428716.44$3,189
Feb 199551522816.58$8,539
Jan 1995117615.92$16
Dec 199437223615.03$5,591
Nov 1994521415.90$80
Oct 199436925815.58$5,749
Sep 199418932415.29$2,890
Aug 199433730816.13$5,436
Jul 1994121517.56$18
Jun 199452223817.09$8,921
May 19942518815.88$397
Apr 199437630214.14$5,317
Mar 199417328512.46$2,156
Feb 199418920712.50$2,363
Jan 199452920012.66$6,697
Dec 1993114312.33$12
Nov 19933867314.49$5,593
Oct 199338610415.85$6,118
Sep 1993116015.03$15
Aug 199334414615.66$5,387
Jul 19931,90834815.46$29,498
Jun 199337239016.79$6,246
May 199335552017.68$6,276
Apr 199336866218.05$6,642
Mar 199387850918.14$15,927
Feb 19931,02644217.90$18,365
Jan 199387847716.93$14,865

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                  356 bbl  × $106.41 =    $37,882
Casinghead gas       198 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $603

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Month total                                  $38,485

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/18173 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.