BALCAR

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 18367District 03Field 42493500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.0 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$56 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
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
OilDisposition38,810 bbl$1,611,916
Casinghead gasProduction107,466 Mcf$383,777
Total$1,995,693

20,656 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 30.3934, -96.8259. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.2 miles.

30.39339, -96.82587 · 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
4,845 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 4,810 and 4,880 ft, median 4,845 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Feb 1985 – Apr 1985
2 of 2 wells

2 wells

42-2873177124,880 ftApr 1985
42-2873175014,810 ftFeb 1985

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 202616956106.413.05$18,154
Apr 202609298.932.87$264
Mar 2026013089.753.15$409
Feb 2026014963.503.75$559
Jan 202618511859.138.00$11,883
Dec 2025012556.664.41$552
Nov 202502558.593.93$98
Oct 20251675359.383.30$10,092
Sep 202509262.743.08$283
Aug 2025012863.933.01$386
Jul 2025015566.743.32$514
Jun 202517817666.483.13$12,384
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 2025012362.363.54$436
Mar 202517116867.704.27$12,294
Feb 2025012370.884.34$534
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 202408468.993.12$262
Nov 2024179069.052.20$12,360
Oct 2024019671.372.28$447
Sep 2024019769.612.36$466
Aug 202417317175.632.06$13,437
Jul 2024019679.932.15$421
Jun 2024022478.082.63$590
May 2024017078.812.20$374
Apr 20241735584.451.66$14,701
Mar 2024033480.301.55$516
Feb 2024013976.091.78$248
Jan 20241757373.023.30$13,019
Dec 2023017871.262.61$465
Nov 2023020577.892.81$576
Oct 202315521185.443.09$13,895
Sep 202317720989.042.74$16,332
Aug 2023018180.522.67$484
Jul 2023012274.852.64$322
Jun 2023018668.962.26$420
May 202317510470.622.23$12,590
Apr 2023017978.122.24$401
Mar 2023020172.852.39$481
Feb 2023014575.112.47$358
Jan 202318317076.533.39$14,581
Dec 2022015776.415.73$899
Nov 2022018985.005.65$1,067
Oct 2022019387.185.86$1,132
Sep 202216817684.888.16$15,697
Aug 2022018894.529.13$1,716
Jul 20220188101.587.54$1,418
Jun 20220191115.097.98$1,524
May 20220228109.378.43$1,923
Apr 20220256104.226.84$1,750
Mar 20220144108.885.08$731
Feb 202217617091.054.86$16,851
Jan 2022012281.844.54$554
Dec 2021014571.323.90$565
Nov 2021021177.435.24$1,105
Oct 202118616679.795.71$15,789
Sep 2021020669.865.35$1,102
Aug 2021021966.024.22$924
Jul 2021022470.783.98$892
Jun 202117721969.493.38$13,040
May 2021027663.483.02$833
Apr 202109360.362.76$257
Mar 202114820861.302.72$9,638
Feb 2021012957.805.55$716
Jan 2021022050.412.81$618
Dec 2020021844.642.68$583
Nov 202016419838.772.71$6,894
Oct 202016521536.972.48$6,633
Sep 2020022137.091.99$440
Aug 202017723139.982.39$7,627
Jul 2020013138.371.83$239
Jun 2020014834.901.69$250
May 2020021216.921.81$385
Apr 2020019114.751.80$345
Mar 2020022030.341.86$408
Feb 202017520449.881.98$9,133
Jan 2020017857.252.09$373
Dec 2019020459.012.30$470
Nov 2019019455.302.75$534
Oct 201917820353.472.42$10,009
Sep 2019017855.052.66$473
Aug 201916021153.112.30$8,984
Jul 2019020056.272.46$492
Jun 201916618152.782.49$9,212
May 2019012158.482.74$332
Apr 2019024562.632.75$674
Mar 2019016856.803.06$514
Feb 2019013350.852.79$371
Jan 201917521246.033.23$8,740
Dec 2018021546.594.19$900
Nov 2018019552.934.24$826
Oct 2018023461.443.40$795
Sep 201817822559.543.11$11,297
Aug 2018022959.403.07$702
Jul 2018023165.142.93$677
Jun 2018020960.183.08$643
May 2018024465.382.90$708
Apr 201816123863.842.90$10,969
Mar 2018023661.222.79$658
Feb 2018018261.782.77$503
Jan 201817718562.874.01$11,870
Dec 2017026457.272.92$771
Nov 2017022955.423.12$714
Oct 201716713449.292.98$8,631
Sep 201708747.523.09$269
Aug 2017013045.373.00$391
Jul 201714921243.873.09$7,191
Jun 2017014542.493.09$448
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 2017178047.933.21$8,532
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 2017175049.413.42$8,647
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 2016174046.193.09$8,037
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 2016177041.622.92$7,367
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 2016171036.561.99$6,252
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 201617922126.472.06$5,194
Jan 2016024927.352.36$589
Dec 2015025032.362.00$500
Nov 201517822538.792.17$7,392
Oct 2015024843.552.43$602
Sep 2015023742.992.76$654
Aug 2015013840.162.87$396
Jul 201516423848.152.95$8,598
Jun 2015021456.152.88$617
May 2015021155.212.96$624
Apr 201517720049.822.71$9,359
Mar 2015020142.892.93$590
Feb 2015016144.662.98$479
Jan 2015018343.433.10$567
Dec 201418324454.693.59$10,885
Nov 2014028270.464.25$1,199
Oct 201417525478.303.90$14,693
Sep 2014023786.164.05$959
Aug 2014024089.394.04$968
Jul 2014022996.564.18$957
Jun 201435422498.164.74$35,810
May 2014022094.734.73$1,040
Apr 2014022695.944.81$1,087
Mar 2014024195.895.06$1,219
Feb 2014018297.406.19$1,127
Jan 2014016090.404.86$778
Dec 201316724691.824.35$16,405
Nov 2013023688.853.74$882
Oct 2013025797.423.78$971
Sep 2013172254104.113.72$18,851
Aug 20130258104.253.52$909
Jul 2013327266102.523.72$34,513
Jun 2013125194.403.93$1,082
May 2013032694.834.15$1,353
Apr 2013041793.964.28$1,786
Mar 201318576093.623.91$20,293
Feb 2013050191.233.42$1,713
Jan 201316727791.603.42$16,245
Dec 2012026486.773.42$903
Nov 2012024686.953.62$892
Oct 201218026989.383.40$17,003
Sep 2012024694.672.92$718
Aug 2012025492.662.91$739
Jul 201232926485.133.02$28,805
Jun 2012025779.822.52$647
May 2012027491.612.49$682
Apr 20120271101.652.00$541
Mar 2012173243105.052.22$18,714
Feb 20120250101.102.57$643
Jan 201217712898.092.73$17,712
Dec 2011025896.873.24$836
Nov 2011025395.723.31$838
Oct 201117627184.983.65$15,945
Sep 2011027283.623.99$1,084
Aug 201117227783.404.15$15,494
Jul 2011027794.144.52$1,251
Jun 2011027492.904.64$1,271
May 201119527598.134.40$20,347
Apr 20110256105.964.33$1,109
Mar 201117426596.364.06$17,842
Feb 2011021185.644.18$882
Jan 201117427486.504.59$16,308
Dec 201017326985.734.35$16,001
Nov 2010026380.843.80$998
Oct 2010027578.103.51$965
Sep 201017627872.633.98$13,889
Aug 2010028773.684.42$1,268
Jul 201017827872.554.74$14,231
Jun 2010027470.364.91$1,345
May 201017327471.124.24$13,464
Apr 2010015981.694.12$656
Mar 201017127778.394.39$14,620
Feb 2010024773.585.44$1,344
Jan 201017424774.365.96$14,412
Dec 2009027671.445.48$1,514
Nov 200917427574.593.75$14,010
Oct 2009027572.544.11$1,130
Sep 200917827265.543.06$12,500
Aug 2009028467.423.22$914
Jul 200917425761.133.46$11,527
Jun 200917129066.163.90$12,443
May 2009029254.743.93$1,146
Apr 2009027846.773.59$997
Mar 200917428142.144.06$8,473
Feb 2009026232.814.63$1,214
Jan 200917828235.865.37$7,898
Dec 2008028137.105.98$1,680
Nov 200816928255.496.86$11,312
Oct 2008030175.246.92$2,084
Sep 2008172188101.767.88$18,984
Aug 20080253114.228.48$2,146
Jul 2008173316131.0811.39$26,276
Jun 20080296131.3313.03$3,858
May 2008175294123.1711.57$24,958
Apr 20080280110.3110.45$2,927
Mar 2008177311101.909.66$21,042
Feb 2008017292.538.77$1,509
Jan 200809590.388.21$780
Dec 200716727488.337.30$16,752
Nov 2007026691.677.29$1,940
Oct 200717328082.856.92$16,271
Sep 2007027675.846.24$1,723
Aug 200717429169.066.39$13,875
Jul 2007029070.906.39$1,853
Jun 200717228662.007.55$12,823
May 2007030358.747.85$2,377
Apr 200717928759.617.81$12,910
Mar 2007029656.927.30$2,161
Feb 200716317455.108.22$10,411
Jan 2007029850.306.73$2,005
Dec 200617728756.656.92$12,013
Nov 2006026554.207.62$2,019
Oct 2006028054.906.01$1,684
Sep 200617728660.085.04$12,075
Aug 200618127568.717.34$14,455
Jul 2006029269.376.34$1,852
Jun 2006028466.286.38$1,813
May 200617529166.016.42$13,421
Apr 2006028064.397.36$2,061
Mar 200617628556.707.08$11,998
Feb 2006025457.597.75$1,969
Jan 2006028560.598.93$2,546
Dec 200518028554.9413.42$13,713
Nov 2005027854.6910.59$2,944
Oct 200517031858.3413.80$14,305
Sep 2005028761.4512.08$3,467
Aug 200515836061.519.80$13,245
Jul 200517337555.697.84$12,576
Jun 2005037152.337.38$2,738
May 200517938645.226.65$10,662
Apr 2005041349.207.36$3,040
Mar 200517614250.377.15$9,881
Feb 200518131445.226.31$10,167
Jan 2005035943.166.32$2,270
Dec 200418034139.866.75$9,477
Nov 2004034645.286.33$2,190
Oct 200418023649.706.52$10,484
Sep 2004023543.245.28$1,242
Aug 200434134442.375.55$16,358
Jul 2004038738.286.08$2,355
Jun 2004037236.106.43$2,393
May 200417538937.486.49$9,085
Apr 2004037834.475.86$2,215
Mar 200417939334.365.53$8,324
Feb 200417935232.455.51$7,748
Jan 200416839432.036.30$7,863
Dec 2003039130.266.30$2,464
Nov 200317540128.804.60$6,883
Oct 200316933828.174.76$6,369
Sep 2003036026.314.75$1,710
Aug 200317741029.765.13$7,371
Jul 2003040929.415.17$2,115
Jun 200318143828.565.98$7,790
May 200317442226.595.97$7,147
Apr 2003038426.675.41$2,076
Mar 200334738031.146.10$13,122
Feb 2003031933.487.93$2,528
Jan 200317938730.315.58$7,586
Dec 2002044826.914.85$2,174
Nov 200218142524.664.14$6,222
Oct 200217542326.464.23$6,419
Sep 200217427727.443.64$5,782
Aug 2002037625.963.16$1,190
Jul 200217738124.583.06$5,517
Jun 200217539523.733.34$5,471
May 2002027624.663.58$989
Apr 200216723823.653.51$4,785
Mar 2002027822.003.10$863
Feb 200217527518.222.38$3,842
Jan 200217931017.172.38$3,810
Dec 2001031916.932.36$754
Nov 200117832018.072.41$3,986
Oct 200118034119.782.53$4,423
Sep 2001028324.262.25$637
Aug 200117935324.873.05$5,530
Jul 200117436323.933.20$5,324
Jun 2001024224.563.82$925
May 200117132925.524.31$5,781
Apr 2001031224.685.34$1,665
Mar 200116331924.545.38$5,715
Feb 200117829227.755.77$6,623
Jan 200118032827.478.40$7,699
Dec 2000027126.889.12$2,472
Nov 200017933032.215.66$7,633
Oct 200017634031.235.15$7,246
Sep 200017730831.875.19$7,238
Aug 2000035629.644.54$1,617
Jul 200017635928.534.09$6,490
Jun 200017534429.304.40$6,640
May 200017535727.263.68$6,084
Apr 200017932824.513.12$5,409
Mar 200016332628.422.86$5,565
Feb 2000028927.622.73$788
Jan 200017731525.272.48$5,254
Dec 199917332124.282.42$4,978
Nov 199917831623.192.43$4,897
Oct 199934533320.982.80$8,172
Sep 1999030821.752.62$807
Aug 1999035419.262.88$1,018
Jul 199917334617.892.37$3,916
Jun 199917631515.942.36$3,550
May 1999022415.792.32$520
Apr 199917530115.102.21$3,307
Mar 199917129512.471.84$2,675
Feb 199902219.981.82$402
Jan 199917620310.381.90$2,213
Dec 19981752919.201.77$2,126
Nov 199817634210.892.19$2,664
Oct 1998632412.421.97$713
Sep 199819034112.592.08$3,102
Aug 199820538011.301.91$3,041
Jul 199818237311.742.24$2,971
Jun 199818734911.242.24$2,883
May 199818337412.622.21$3,135
Apr 199836536713.042.51$5,679
Mar 19983738112.802.31$1,354
Feb 199819634513.952.30$3,527
Jan 19981618014.702.15$623
Dec 199719631716.322.41$3,963
Nov 199719031518.193.09$4,429
Oct 199720235219.253.15$4,997
Sep 19971635217.742.95$1,324
Aug 199719736617.862.55$4,453
Jul 199720536317.582.25$4,420
Jun 199720135917.242.26$4,276
May 199719735318.972.31$4,552
Apr 199720633117.882.08$4,373
Mar 199719633018.951.94$4,354
Feb 199719527220.492.21$4,596
Jan 199719429523.483.54$5,599
Dec 199620131323.32$4,687
Nov 19961434721.97$308
Oct 199619237623.31$4,476
Sep 199619536522.22$4,333
Aug 199620139120.26$4,072
Jul 199621340019.55$4,164
Jun 199639141418.73$7,323
May 19964337219.43$835
Apr 199637446321.51$8,045
Mar 199618637619.38$3,605
Feb 19962235016.98$374
Jan 199620744617.07$3,533
Dec 199521742517.19$3,730
Nov 199521546216.00$3,440
Oct 199518540915.43$2,855
Sep 199519145116.18$3,090
Aug 199519154715.92$3,041
Jul 199536153915.24$5,502
Jun 199518758416.41$3,069
May 199537062817.56$6,497
Apr 199520752017.73$3,670
Mar 199520460116.44$3,354
Feb 199536656316.58$6,068
Jan 199535760115.92$5,683
Dec 199419164615.03$2,871
Nov 199438351115.90$6,090
Oct 199435848115.58$5,578
Sep 199435738215.29$5,459
Aug 1994038216.13$0
Jul 199434643017.56$6,076
Jun 199417672017.09$3,008
May 199417649915.88$2,795
Apr 199417638614.14$2,489
Mar 199417842412.46$2,218
Feb 1994015412.50$0
Jan 199416016112.66$2,026
Dec 199316841612.33$2,071
Nov 199315839714.49$2,289
Oct 199316434815.85$2,599
Sep 199317840315.03$2,675
Aug 199317239315.66$2,694
Jul 1993041515.46$0
Jun 199316242316.79$2,720
May 199317734117.68$3,129
Apr 199318434918.05$3,321
Mar 199317335418.14$3,138
Feb 1993034617.90$0
Jan 199316435216.93$2,777

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                  169 bbl  × $106.41 =    $17,983
Casinghead gas        56 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $171

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $18,154

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/18367 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.