LOUIS KNESEK "A"

Operated by WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC (P-5 923444) 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 19422District 03Field 34733500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$5.3 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$32 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
OilDisposition78,386 bbl$3,622,973
Casinghead gasProduction488,212 Mcf$1,643,784
Total$5,266,757

82,788 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 41 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 30.4280, -96.6722. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.42804, -96.67215 · 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
8,258 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 8,258 ft.

Completions filed
Oct 1986
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-0513295418,258 ftOct 1986

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 202610106.413.05$106
Apr 20260998.932.87$26
Mar 20260389.753.15$9
Feb 20261681463.503.75$10,721
Jan 202614659.138.00$427
Dec 2025012756.664.41$561
Nov 2025149058.593.93$8,730
Oct 20250259.383.30$7
Sep 202503162.743.08$95
Aug 20251791663.933.01$11,492
Jul 20250366.743.32$10
Jun 202504666.483.13$144
May 2025012160.553.23$391
Apr 20251795562.363.54$11,357
Mar 20252767.704.27$165
Feb 202519412270.884.34$14,280
Jan 2025021674.324.28$924
Dec 202418218368.993.12$13,127
Nov 202417132369.052.20$12,518
Oct 2024040371.372.28$919
Sep 202417134869.612.36$12,726
Aug 2024225575.632.06$677
Jul 202417628579.932.15$14,679
Jun 202418841678.082.63$15,775
May 2024045478.812.20$998
Apr 202417940284.451.66$15,784
Mar 2024032080.301.55$494
Feb 202417416576.091.78$13,534
Jan 2024030073.023.30$989
Dec 202316650771.262.61$13,153
Nov 202318766877.892.81$16,441
Oct 202317959385.443.09$17,125
Sep 202317751089.042.74$17,155
Aug 202317257880.522.67$15,394
Jul 202317685074.852.64$15,419
Jun 202317671868.962.26$13,759
May 202317741070.622.23$13,413
Apr 2023030978.122.24$691
Mar 202317481572.852.39$14,626
Feb 202316656275.112.47$13,854
Jan 202316968976.533.39$15,268
Dec 202217667976.415.73$17,338
Nov 202217295085.005.65$19,984
Oct 202234964787.185.86$34,220
Sep 2022147184.888.16$3,930
Aug 202217386194.529.13$24,210
Jul 2022180888101.587.54$24,982
Jun 2022179822115.097.98$27,158
May 2022333835109.378.43$43,462
Apr 2022188937104.226.84$26,000
Mar 2022179699108.885.08$23,038
Feb 202235294391.054.86$36,631
Jan 202218177981.844.54$18,348
Dec 202134964571.323.90$27,406
Nov 202117133977.435.24$15,016
Oct 202134076479.795.71$31,494
Sep 202132583069.865.35$27,146
Aug 202135699866.024.22$27,715
Jul 202136156570.783.98$27,801
Jun 202116786269.493.38$14,519
May 202153192463.483.02$36,496
Apr 202117552360.362.76$12,006
Mar 20215601,00061.302.72$37,045
Feb 202117867757.805.55$14,044
Jan 202155187150.412.81$30,224
Dec 202036176044.642.68$18,148
Nov 202035366338.772.71$15,480
Oct 202053642836.972.48$20,877
Sep 202035672337.091.99$14,644
Aug 202057343139.982.39$23,937
Jul 202052735138.371.83$20,862
Jun 20205481,03034.901.69$20,866
May 20206991,30016.921.81$14,186
Apr 20205341,17614.751.80$9,998
Mar 20207231,28130.341.86$24,314
Feb 20207141,66249.881.98$38,906
Jan 202069590557.252.09$41,684
Dec 2019512059.012.30$30,213
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 2019016355.052.66$433
Aug 201951861453.112.30$28,926
Jul 201935318756.272.46$20,323
Jun 201952859352.782.49$29,345
May 20195542058.482.74$32,453
Apr 20195614162.632.75$35,248
Mar 201954627856.803.06$31,864
Feb 20193784,88650.852.79$32,864
Jan 20196375,52746.033.23$47,163
Dec 20187063,70946.594.19$48,416
Nov 20183823,84952.934.24$36,528
Oct 20187612,41061.443.40$54,945
Sep 20185699159.543.11$34,161
Aug 2018768059.403.07$45,619
Jul 2018948165.142.93$61,756
Jun 20188802860.183.08$53,045
May 201856421865.382.90$37,507
Apr 20187561,68763.842.90$53,157
Mar 201895684561.222.79$60,881
Feb 20189578661.782.77$59,361
Jan 2018010862.874.01$433
Dec 201738348057.272.92$23,337
Nov 201794295655.423.12$55,187
Oct 20173851,76549.292.98$24,243
Sep 20174661,35347.523.09$26,321
Aug 201719352445.373.00$10,331
Jul 20173741843.873.09$16,463
Jun 201718460242.493.09$9,677
May 201718857545.373.26$10,406
Apr 20173781,20147.933.21$21,975
Mar 20171841,24346.772.98$12,314
Feb 20171831,49250.452.95$13,638
Jan 20173781,60349.413.42$24,157
Dec 20163681,31348.763.72$22,832
Nov 20161871,35942.492.64$11,539
Oct 20161822,24046.193.09$15,329
Sep 20161792,17641.553.10$14,184
Aug 20161841,27641.442.92$11,356
Jul 20161821,10341.622.92$10,800
Jun 20163701,09645.352.69$19,723
May 20161912,15742.521.99$12,416
Apr 20161883,41736.561.99$13,677
Mar 20161903,28233.011.79$12,160
Feb 20161952,66226.472.06$10,655
Jan 20163761,21627.352.36$13,159
Dec 201518999932.362.00$8,115
Nov 2015183338.792.17$1,844
Oct 201519367343.552.43$10,038
Sep 2015162442.992.76$1,764
Aug 201519565740.162.87$9,718
Jul 2015272848.152.95$2,240
Jun 2015071356.152.88$2,055
May 201519474055.212.96$12,898
Apr 2015265249.822.71$1,864
Mar 201519366742.892.93$10,235
Feb 2015160444.662.98$1,842
Jan 201518770443.433.10$10,304
Dec 2014170854.693.59$2,597
Nov 201417859370.464.25$15,063
Oct 2014369978.303.90$2,962
Sep 20145966886.164.05$7,786
Aug 201418655589.394.04$18,866
Jul 2014073596.564.18$3,072
Jun 201419074098.164.74$22,156
May 2014177594.734.73$3,758
Apr 201419173695.944.81$21,864
Mar 2014074895.895.06$3,782
Feb 201418168997.406.19$21,896
Jan 2014079090.404.86$3,840
Dec 201319274591.824.35$20,874
Nov 201318877288.853.74$19,590
Oct 2013279297.423.78$3,188
Sep 2013179808104.113.72$21,640
Aug 20130852104.253.52$3,001
Jul 2013184874102.523.72$22,113
Jun 2013086094.403.93$3,383
May 201319390394.834.15$22,049
Apr 2013286293.964.28$3,880
Mar 201318086993.623.91$20,252
Feb 2013076791.233.42$2,623
Jan 201315787091.603.42$17,357
Dec 20121881,44386.773.42$21,248
Nov 201201,71186.953.62$6,202
Oct 20121781,89689.383.40$22,355
Sep 201201,29094.672.92$3,765
Aug 20121901,99892.662.91$23,416
Jul 20121884,00985.133.02$28,115
Jun 201221,87879.822.52$4,890
May 201202,14291.612.49$5,330
Apr 20121902,844101.652.00$24,992
Mar 201202,942105.052.22$6,537
Feb 20121902,818101.102.57$26,452
Jan 201212,55798.092.73$7,089
Dec 20111851,41596.873.24$22,505
Nov 2011035795.723.31$1,182
Oct 201118340584.983.65$17,029
Sep 201118057383.623.99$17,335
Aug 201118982983.404.15$19,202
Jul 201111,03294.144.52$4,756
Jun 20111861,02392.904.64$22,026
May 201119088498.134.40$22,539
Apr 20112817105.964.33$3,752
Mar 201117698296.364.06$20,944
Feb 201119599785.644.18$20,867
Jan 201121,12686.504.59$5,340
Dec 20101891,02185.734.35$20,642
Nov 201019085380.843.80$18,597
Oct 201018773978.103.51$17,198
Sep 2010070872.633.98$2,817
Aug 201018983973.684.42$17,633
Jul 201019078172.554.74$17,484
Jun 2010265670.364.91$3,362
May 201019261171.124.24$16,243
Apr 2010365281.694.12$2,933
Mar 201019464478.394.39$18,034
Feb 201019565773.585.44$17,924
Jan 2010285874.365.96$5,266
Dec 2009274671.445.48$4,234
Nov 200919369774.593.75$17,011
Oct 2009192172.544.11$3,858
Sep 20091751,08865.543.06$14,804
Aug 200931,21967.423.22$4,126
Jul 200911,26161.133.46$4,430
Jun 200911,24866.163.90$4,927
May 200911,36754.743.93$5,421
Apr 20091881,42346.773.59$13,898
Mar 200901,41942.144.06$5,760
Feb 200911,22532.814.63$5,708
Jan 20091951,31935.865.37$14,077
Dec 200811,41137.105.98$8,471
Nov 20081931,45355.496.86$20,678
Oct 200821,50875.246.92$10,589
Sep 20081911,157101.767.88$28,550
Aug 200811,269114.228.48$10,879
Jul 200811,380131.0811.39$15,848
Jun 20081931,639131.3313.03$46,707
May 200801,715123.1711.57$19,850
Apr 2008184902110.3110.45$29,727
Mar 200801,021101.909.66$9,867
Feb 200821,13992.538.77$10,175
Jan 20081851,17090.388.21$26,321
Dec 200701,00088.337.30$7,302
Nov 200719297191.677.29$24,681
Oct 200701,04582.856.92$7,233
Sep 200701,04975.846.24$6,550
Aug 200719196869.066.39$19,374
Jul 200701,09770.906.39$7,008
Jun 20071941,06962.007.55$20,097
May 200711,16158.747.85$9,168
Apr 20071921,07859.617.81$19,859
Mar 2007085956.927.30$6,272
Feb 2007091355.108.22$7,501
Jan 20071971,09950.306.73$17,302
Dec 200601,09856.656.92$7,596
Nov 20061961,07454.207.62$18,804
Oct 200621,11654.906.01$6,821
Sep 20061871,16560.085.04$17,103
Aug 2006094868.717.34$6,958
Jul 20061961,06669.376.34$20,358
Jun 2006092666.286.38$5,911
May 20061741,07366.016.42$18,380
Apr 200611,10264.397.36$8,176
Mar 20061911,27456.707.08$19,853
Feb 200611,12857.597.75$8,801
Jan 20061961,21660.598.93$22,739
Dec 200511,15054.9413.42$15,483
Nov 20051831,13654.6910.59$22,037
Oct 200501,11158.3413.80$15,327
Sep 20051861,07561.4512.08$24,415
Aug 200501,14361.519.80$11,198
Jul 20051571,03955.697.84$16,893
Jun 2005294052.337.38$7,043
May 20051951,02645.226.65$15,642
Apr 200501,05149.207.36$7,736
Mar 200519793350.377.15$16,598
Feb 2005170345.226.31$4,483
Jan 200519163943.166.32$12,283
Dec 2004186439.866.75$5,873
Nov 200416298245.286.33$13,552
Oct 200417588249.706.52$14,444
Sep 2004084543.245.28$4,465
Aug 2004097142.375.55$5,390
Jul 20041761,06438.286.08$13,211
Jun 20041761,08936.106.43$13,359
May 2004179937.486.49$5,227
Apr 200418694534.475.86$11,948
Mar 200401,19034.365.53$6,581
Feb 20041951,23232.455.51$13,116
Jan 20041931,24932.036.30$14,050
Dec 20031941,05830.266.30$12,538
Nov 200331,26128.804.60$5,881
Oct 20031891,62828.174.76$13,073
Sep 200321,76726.314.75$8,445
Aug 20031254729.765.13$3,961
Jul 200321,13929.415.17$5,948
Jun 20031941,41128.565.98$13,983
May 200331,41226.595.97$8,513
Apr 20031931,34426.675.41$12,415
Mar 20031891,35831.146.10$14,164
Feb 200321,33133.487.93$10,616
Jan 20031931,43930.315.58$13,882
Dec 200201,61926.914.85$7,858
Nov 20021891,49624.664.14$10,850
Oct 200201,51026.464.23$6,386
Sep 20021901,42327.443.64$10,386
Aug 200201,62925.963.16$5,154
Jul 20021831,75224.583.06$9,862
Jun 200201,73223.733.34$5,782
May 20021921,78324.663.58$11,125
Apr 20021961,79323.653.51$10,933
Mar 20021951,85422.003.10$10,042
Feb 200201,66918.222.38$3,965
Jan 20021941,86017.172.38$7,750
Dec 20011971,78716.932.36$7,560
Nov 20011911,82518.072.41$7,841
Oct 200102,11119.782.53$5,338
Sep 20011921,25724.262.25$7,488
Aug 20011951,62824.873.05$9,820
Jul 20011901,53423.933.20$9,451
Jun 200101,15724.563.82$4,425
May 20011671,53825.524.31$10,887
Apr 20011761,32624.685.34$11,418
Mar 2001099724.545.38$5,360
Feb 20011961,23627.755.77$12,567
Jan 20011961,47327.478.40$17,755
Dec 20001931,46226.889.12$18,525
Nov 20001871,58132.215.66$14,969
Oct 20001831,94531.235.15$15,723
Sep 20001951,66631.875.19$14,855
Aug 200018894329.644.54$9,854
Jul 20001911,78528.534.09$12,749
Jun 20001891,99129.304.40$14,293
May 20001691,60727.263.68$10,520
Apr 20003451,77824.513.12$13,996
Mar 20001821,86628.422.86$10,509
Feb 20001391,80927.622.73$8,771
Jan 20003382,30225.272.48$14,251
Dec 19991892,54124.282.42$10,748
Nov 19991812,38223.192.43$9,995
Oct 19991802,63220.982.80$11,156
Sep 19991862,58121.752.62$10,805
Aug 19991772,78219.262.88$11,409
Jul 19991862,81117.892.37$9,996
Jun 19993722,60715.942.36$12,088
May 19991872,92915.792.32$9,751
Apr 19991862,77615.102.21$8,938
Mar 19991803,27812.471.84$8,271
Feb 19993502,5449.981.82$8,117
Jan 19993673,56210.381.90$10,577
Dec 19981843,3299.201.77$7,596
Nov 19981923,30110.892.19$9,306
Oct 19981822,61212.421.97$7,404
Sep 19983652,51412.592.08$9,831
Aug 19981742,80111.301.91$7,309
Jul 19981822,28011.742.24$7,238
Jun 19983671,70911.242.24$7,949
May 19981852,31612.622.21$7,445
Apr 19983792,54713.042.51$11,323
Mar 19981913,46212.802.31$10,440
Feb 19981912,96013.952.30$9,470
Jan 19981662,42614.702.15$7,668
Dec 19971871,16316.322.41$5,856
Nov 199716778318.193.09$5,456
Oct 19973641,88119.253.15$12,932
Sep 19975521,80617.742.95$15,129
Aug 19973742,04717.862.55$11,909
Jul 19975331,43317.582.25$12,590
Jun 1997026117.242.26$589
May 199737147518.972.31$8,134
Apr 199717911117.882.08$3,432
Mar 199738724818.951.94$7,815
Feb 199791482020.492.21$20,537
Jan 1997180423.483.54$4,241
Dec 19960023.32$0
Nov 19960021.97$0
Oct 19960023.31$0
Sep 1996179022.22$3,977
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 1996174019.55$3,402
Jun 1996349818.73$6,537
May 19960019.43$0
Apr 199618077221.51$3,872
Mar 199659419519.38$11,512
Feb 19963611216.98$6,130
Jan 199651,05317.07$85
Dec 1995765517.19$120
Nov 199514916.00$16
Oct 199536081415.43$5,555
Sep 199501,22716.18$0
Aug 199501,20415.92$0
Jul 19953571,60415.24$5,441
Jun 199501,59716.41$0
May 1995167417.56$18
Apr 199501,19617.73$0
Mar 19953841,50716.44$6,313
Feb 199501,71616.58$0
Jan 19953602,00615.92$5,731
Dec 19943641,88115.03$5,471
Nov 199401,66215.90$0
Oct 19943611,26915.58$5,624
Sep 199411,69815.29$15
Aug 19943592,04416.13$5,791
Jul 199412,31117.56$18
Jun 19945392,39717.09$9,212
May 199402,14415.88$0
Apr 19943581,95614.14$5,062
Mar 19941862,24712.46$2,318
Feb 19943592,38512.50$4,488
Jan 19941702,85012.66$2,152
Dec 19933742,79912.33$4,611
Nov 19933762,96514.49$5,448
Oct 19933753,10215.85$5,944
Sep 19931812,99015.03$2,720
Aug 19935393,06315.66$8,441
Jul 19931833,18215.46$2,829
Jun 19933713,75716.79$6,229
May 19933863,10317.68$6,824
Apr 19935713,87418.05$10,307
Mar 19937514,26918.14$13,623
Feb 19933604,22617.90$6,444
Jan 19935534,32516.93$9,362

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                    1 bbl  × $106.41 =       $106
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $106

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/19422 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.