WATSON "A"

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 24004District 03Field 42493500OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$993 k
Nov 2000 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$7 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
307
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

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
OilDisposition4,228 bbl$217,291
Casinghead gasProduction153,269 Mcf$775,308
Total$992,599

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 30.4378, -96.8453. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

30.43777, -96.84535 · 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
4,400 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 4,400 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 2000
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-0513358314,400 ftNov 2000

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 (307)

Volume × price = value, one row per cycle. The price columns are the same series published on the prices page — nothing here is modelled.

307 months

May 20260173106.413.05$527
Apr 2026011698.932.87$333
Mar 2026015289.753.15$479
Feb 2026017663.503.75$660
Jan 2026013959.138.00$1,112
Dec 2025015256.664.41$671
Nov 2025012158.593.93$475
Oct 2025014259.383.30$469
Sep 2025018762.743.08$575
Aug 2025019363.933.01$582
Jul 2025019766.743.32$653
Jun 2025022366.483.13$698
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 2025026462.363.54$935
Mar 2025022767.704.27$969
Feb 2025018770.884.34$812
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 2024010368.993.12$322
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 2024011871.372.28$269
Sep 2024015269.612.36$359
Aug 2024019075.632.06$392
Jul 2024012379.932.15$264
Jun 2024011178.082.63$292
May 2024012678.812.20$277
Apr 202403184.451.66$51
Mar 2024023980.301.55$369
Feb 2024014976.091.78$266
Jan 202407573.023.30$247
Dec 2023013171.262.61$342
Nov 2023012477.892.81$348
Oct 202308785.443.09$269
Sep 2023013089.042.74$356
Aug 2023016480.522.67$438
Jul 2023015274.852.64$402
Jun 202308568.962.26$192
May 2023010470.622.23$232
Apr 202306978.122.24$154
Mar 202307572.852.39$179
Feb 202306575.112.47$160
Jan 202306176.533.39$207
Dec 202203476.415.73$195
Nov 202208085.005.65$452
Oct 2022012587.185.86$733
Sep 2022013484.888.16$1,094
Aug 2022020694.529.13$1,880
Jul 20220151101.587.54$1,139
Jun 20220205115.097.98$1,635
May 20220174109.378.43$1,467
Apr 2022182218104.226.84$20,459
Mar 20220292108.885.08$1,482
Feb 2022023491.054.86$1,137
Jan 2022021881.844.54$989
Dec 2021022071.323.90$858
Nov 2021023877.435.24$1,246
Oct 2021022579.795.71$1,286
Sep 2021025269.865.35$1,348
Aug 2021030666.024.22$1,292
Jul 2021022770.783.98$904
Jun 2021020869.493.38$703
May 2021023963.483.02$721
Apr 2021023460.362.76$645
Mar 2021034461.302.72$935
Feb 2021012257.805.55$677
Jan 2021019950.412.81$559
Dec 2020029944.642.68$800
Nov 2020030938.772.71$836
Oct 2020035336.972.48$875
Sep 2020024437.091.99$486
Aug 2020034739.982.39$828
Jul 2020031438.371.83$573
Jun 2020026234.901.69$443
May 2020028016.921.81$508
Apr 2020030914.751.80$558
Mar 2020035030.341.86$650
Feb 2020033149.881.98$656
Jan 2020037357.252.09$781
Dec 2019032159.012.30$740
Nov 2019031655.302.75$869
Oct 2019028853.472.42$697
Sep 2019019655.052.66$521
Aug 2019022653.112.30$521
Jul 2019021956.272.46$539
Jun 2019025452.782.49$633
May 201905858.482.74$159
Apr 201916121062.632.75$10,661
Mar 2019025756.803.06$787
Feb 2019030050.852.79$838
Jan 2019029146.033.23$939
Dec 2018026946.594.19$1,126
Nov 2018031352.934.24$1,326
Oct 2018029661.443.40$1,006
Sep 2018031259.543.11$970
Aug 2018030059.403.07$920
Jul 2018034165.142.93$1,000
Jun 2018035460.183.08$1,089
May 2018035265.382.90$1,021
Apr 2018033963.842.90$983
Mar 2018039361.222.79$1,095
Feb 2018039661.782.77$1,095
Jan 2018036262.874.01$1,451
Dec 2017042457.272.92$1,239
Nov 2017038055.423.12$1,185
Oct 2017046549.292.98$1,387
Sep 2017036047.523.09$1,111
Aug 2017040545.373.00$1,217
Jul 2017028243.873.09$871
Jun 2017034742.493.09$1,071
May 2017035845.373.26$1,168
Apr 2017034647.933.21$1,111
Mar 2017036046.772.98$1,074
Feb 2017032950.452.95$971
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 2016177042.492.64$7,521
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
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 20168929726.472.06$2,969
Jan 2016045327.352.36$1,071
Dec 2015046232.362.00$925
Nov 2015043538.792.17$943
Oct 2015046443.552.43$1,126
Sep 2015051342.992.76$1,415
Aug 2015045140.162.87$1,295
Jul 2015045148.152.95$1,328
Jun 2015044556.152.88$1,283
May 2015048455.212.96$1,430
Apr 2015046749.822.71$1,264
Mar 2015045742.892.93$1,341
Feb 2015044044.662.98$1,310
Jan 2015048743.433.10$1,510
Dec 2014049254.693.59$1,767
Nov 2014047370.464.25$2,011
Oct 2014052478.303.90$2,044
Sep 2014038786.164.05$1,566
Aug 2014049789.394.04$2,005
Jul 2014044496.564.18$1,856
Jun 2014048698.164.74$2,302
May 2014052594.734.73$2,481
Apr 201417646395.944.81$19,112
Mar 2014052695.895.06$2,660
Feb 2014048397.406.19$2,991
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 2013053591.824.35$2,330
Nov 2013055088.853.74$2,056
Oct 2013048597.423.78$1,833
Sep 20130536104.113.72$1,993
Aug 20130540104.253.52$1,902
Jul 20130564102.523.72$2,097
Jun 2013056394.403.93$2,215
May 2013059594.834.15$2,469
Apr 2013034193.964.28$1,460
Mar 2013047393.623.91$1,851
Feb 2013049691.233.42$1,696
Jan 2013055591.603.42$1,898
Dec 2012056686.773.42$1,936
Nov 2012055086.953.62$1,994
Oct 201217957389.383.40$17,947
Sep 2012055694.672.92$1,623
Aug 2012058292.662.91$1,693
Jul 2012059385.133.02$1,791
Jun 2012057579.822.52$1,448
May 2012059791.612.49$1,486
Apr 20120586101.652.00$1,170
Mar 20120609105.052.22$1,353
Feb 20120506101.102.57$1,301
Jan 2012050698.092.73$1,383
Dec 2011052096.873.24$1,685
Nov 2011054395.723.31$1,798
Oct 2011060784.983.65$2,215
Sep 2011058183.623.99$2,316
Aug 201118459983.404.15$17,831
Jul 2011062294.144.52$2,810
Jun 2011060592.904.64$2,807
May 2011062998.134.40$2,771
Apr 20110613105.964.33$2,656
Mar 2011064096.364.06$2,597
Feb 2011052485.644.18$2,190
Jan 2011063586.504.59$2,914
Dec 2010064085.734.35$2,783
Nov 2010062680.843.80$2,376
Oct 2010065178.103.51$2,284
Sep 2010063772.633.98$2,535
Aug 2010061273.684.42$2,705
Jul 2010068372.554.74$3,235
Jun 2010063770.364.91$3,128
May 201017768771.124.24$15,498
Apr 2010044781.694.12$1,843
Mar 2010064578.394.39$2,831
Feb 2010058473.585.44$3,178
Jan 2010060474.365.96$3,602
Dec 2009065271.445.48$3,575
Nov 2009063974.593.75$2,397
Oct 2009066472.544.11$2,729
Sep 2009065365.543.06$2,001
Aug 2009067467.423.22$2,169
Jul 2009069561.133.46$2,408
Jun 2009067966.163.90$2,645
May 2009070154.743.93$2,752
Apr 2009067446.773.59$2,418
Mar 2009069742.144.06$2,829
Feb 2009063032.814.63$2,919
Jan 2009070235.865.37$3,770
Dec 2008069837.105.98$4,172
Nov 2008069855.496.86$4,789
Oct 2008074875.246.92$5,178
Sep 2008184594101.767.88$23,403
Aug 20080737114.228.48$6,252
Jul 20080739131.0811.39$8,417
Jun 20080717131.3313.03$9,344
May 20080740123.1711.57$8,565
Apr 20080723110.3110.45$7,559
Mar 20080687101.909.66$6,639
Feb 2008069392.538.77$6,078
Jan 2008069390.388.21$5,687
Dec 2007073688.337.30$5,374
Nov 2007072991.677.29$5,316
Oct 2007075182.856.92$5,198
Sep 2007074075.846.24$4,621
Aug 200718277869.066.39$17,539
Jul 2007078370.906.39$5,002
Jun 2007076162.007.55$5,744
May 2007079258.747.85$6,214
Apr 2007077759.617.81$6,065
Mar 2007079356.927.30$5,790
Feb 2007071355.108.22$5,858
Jan 2007079750.306.73$5,361
Dec 200618281056.656.92$15,914
Nov 2006080054.207.62$6,094
Oct 2006081054.906.01$4,871
Sep 2006082560.085.04$4,156
Aug 2006083768.717.34$6,144
Jul 2006083069.376.34$5,264
Jun 2006080066.286.38$5,107
May 2006082966.016.42$5,326
Apr 2006085064.397.36$6,256
Mar 2006085056.707.08$6,020
Feb 200618186057.597.75$17,090
Jan 2006086560.598.93$7,727
Dec 2005086054.9413.42$11,537
Nov 2005086054.6910.59$9,106
Oct 2005085058.3413.80$11,726
Sep 2005074261.4512.08$8,963
Aug 2005086261.519.80$8,445
Jul 2005087655.697.84$6,871
Jun 200518082552.337.38$15,509
May 2005079245.226.65$5,268
Apr 2005078449.207.36$5,771
Mar 2005082050.377.15$5,867
Feb 2005073845.226.31$4,658
Jan 2005082043.166.32$5,184
Dec 2004082539.866.75$5,570
Nov 2004079545.286.33$5,033
Oct 200417686949.706.52$14,409
Sep 2004072343.245.28$3,820
Aug 2004081142.375.55$4,502
Jul 2004077238.286.08$4,697
Jun 2004081736.106.43$5,256
May 2004084137.486.49$5,462
Apr 2004082434.475.86$4,827
Mar 200418084934.365.53$10,880
Feb 2004079832.455.51$4,397
Jan 2004085932.036.30$5,411
Dec 2003085830.266.30$5,407
Nov 2003083728.804.60$3,846
Oct 2003084028.174.76$3,998
Sep 2003082526.314.75$3,918
Aug 2003084329.765.13$4,324
Jul 2003086329.415.17$4,462
Jun 200319283528.565.98$10,479
May 2003086426.595.97$5,160
Apr 2003083126.675.41$4,493
Mar 2003086231.146.10$5,255
Feb 2003077833.487.93$6,166
Jan 2003086330.315.58$4,817
Dec 200219186826.914.85$9,353
Nov 2002084424.664.14$3,492
Oct 2002086326.464.23$3,650
Sep 2002085527.443.64$3,108
Aug 2002091525.963.16$2,895
Jul 200218591224.583.06$7,340
Jun 2002088923.733.34$2,968
May 2002091924.663.58$3,294
Apr 2002089623.653.51$3,147
Mar 2002092622.003.10$2,873
Feb 200217683518.222.38$5,190
Jan 2002094017.172.38$2,233
Dec 2001095216.932.36$2,251
Nov 200117892418.072.41$5,439
Oct 2001098319.782.53$2,486
Sep 2001095724.262.25$2,155
Aug 20011691,00124.873.05$7,259
Jul 2001096923.933.20$3,098
Jun 2001086124.563.82$3,293
May 2001071225.524.31$3,067
Apr 200117689124.685.34$9,097
Mar 2001093524.545.38$5,027
Feb 2001094527.755.77$5,450
Jan 200119595027.478.40$13,335
Dec 2000098526.889.12$8,986
Nov 200017699132.215.66$11,276

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                    0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Casinghead gas       173 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $527

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Month total                                     $527

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/24004 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.