PARAFFINE-KNIGHT

Operated by SARATOGA OIL COMPANY (P-5 748440) in the BATSON OLD field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 256District 03Field 06129001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.2 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
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 60 leases and 588 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1903-12-31
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
0 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 0 acres.

The register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: THIS IS A SALT DOME FIELD. EXEMPT FROM FIELD RULES

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
OilDisposition29,079 bbl$1,196,952
Casinghead gasProduction16 Mcf$0
Total$1,196,952

16 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 16 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 (25)

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 30.2657, -94.6094. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.5 miles.

30.26483, -94.61100 · 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
32.0%
8 of 25 wells
With a plug date
28.0%
7 of 25 wells
Median depth
816 ft
17 wells filed one
Completion to plug
41.3 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
832.0%
A plug date is filed
728.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
728.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
1768.0%

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

Total depth in feet, 17 of 25 wells. Median 816 ft, with the middle half between 568 and 1,130 ft; the shallowest is 402 ft and the deepest 1,250 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 11 of 25 wells, Jun 1965 – Jul 2013. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Jun 1965 – Jul 2013
11 of 25 wells; 14 filed none
Plug dates filed
Dec 2001 – Sep 2006
7 of 25 wells; 18 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 41.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 41.3 years and 41.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

25 wells

42-1990124664402 ftAug 2006Yes
42-19901248831,120 ftAug 2006Yes
42-1990128268598 ftSep 2006Yes
42-1990128470532 ftDec 2001Yes
42-1990128977609 ftSep 2006Yes
42-1990362953892 ftAug 2006Yes
42-1990124774
42-1990128369
42-1990128775
42-1990128876
42-1990129078
42-1990129381
42-1990129482
42-1998031754
42-19933396891,160 ftJul 2013
42-19933418921,162 ftApr 2013
42-1993341090567 ftApr 2013
42-1993341791568 ftMar 2013
42-19932998290936 ftAug 2006Yes
42-1993184886420 ftMay 1983
42-19931873871,159 ftMay 1983
42-1993187488816 ftApr 1983
42-19931840851,130 ftApr 1983
42-199316701 D1,250 ftDec 1982
42-1990128571700 ftJun 1965Sep 2006Yes

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 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 202540067.704.27$2,708
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 202441075.632.06$3,101
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 202441078.812.20$3,231
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 202110071.323.90$713
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 2021112069.865.35$7,824
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 2019119046.033.23$5,478
Dec 2018119046.594.19$5,544
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 2018126061.443.40$7,741
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 2016116041.553.10$4,820
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 2016120042.521.99$5,102
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 2016121033.011.79$3,994
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 2016119027.352.36$3,255
Dec 2015118032.362.00$3,818
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 2015129043.552.43$5,618
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 2015125040.162.87$5,020
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 2015119055.212.96$6,570
Apr 2015123049.822.71$6,128
Mar 2015117042.892.93$5,018
Feb 2015120044.662.98$5,359
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 2014128054.693.59$7,000
Nov 2014118070.464.25$8,314
Oct 2014118078.303.90$9,239
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 2014128089.394.04$11,442
Jul 2014121096.564.18$11,684
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 2014119095.944.81$11,417
Mar 2014119095.895.06$11,411
Feb 2014123097.406.19$11,980
Jan 2014134090.404.86$12,114
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 2013130088.853.74$11,551
Oct 2013126097.423.78$12,275
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 20131240104.253.52$12,927
Jul 20131310102.523.72$13,430
Jun 2013124094.403.93$11,706
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 2013134093.964.28$12,591
Mar 2013118093.623.91$11,047
Feb 2013126091.233.42$11,495
Jan 2013130091.603.42$11,908
Dec 2012129086.773.42$11,193
Nov 2012253086.953.62$21,998
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 2012116094.672.92$10,982
Aug 2012118092.662.91$10,934
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 2012113079.822.52$9,020
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 20121240105.052.22$13,026
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 2011125096.873.24$12,109
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 2011119084.983.65$10,113
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 2011108083.404.15$9,007
Jul 2011132094.144.52$12,426
Jun 2011124092.904.64$11,520
May 201145098.134.40$4,416
Apr 20111240105.964.33$13,139
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 201159085.644.18$5,053
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 2010113080.843.80$9,135
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 2010124072.633.98$9,006
Aug 2010119073.684.42$8,768
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 2010125070.364.91$8,795
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 2010133078.394.39$10,426
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 2010107074.365.96$7,957
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 200930074.593.75$2,238
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 200954065.543.06$3,539
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 2009124061.133.46$7,580
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 2009132054.743.93$7,226
Apr 2009126046.773.59$5,893
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 2009119032.814.63$3,904
Jan 2009106035.865.37$3,801
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 2008129055.496.86$7,158
Oct 2008123075.246.92$9,255
Sep 20081210101.767.88$12,313
Aug 20081210114.228.48$13,821
Jul 20081180131.0811.39$15,467
Jun 20081130131.3313.03$14,840
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 20081190101.909.66$12,126
Feb 2008129092.538.77$11,936
Jan 2008123090.388.21$11,117
Dec 2007122088.337.30$10,776
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 2007125082.856.92$10,356
Sep 2007125075.846.24$9,480
Aug 2007125069.066.39$8,633
Jul 2007119070.906.39$8,437
Jun 2007117062.007.55$7,254
May 2007118058.747.85$6,931
Apr 2007120059.617.81$7,153
Mar 2007120056.927.30$6,830
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 2007121050.306.73$6,086
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 2006119054.207.62$6,450
Oct 2006119054.906.01$6,533
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 2006121069.376.34$8,394
Jun 2006116066.286.38$7,688
May 2006121066.016.42$7,987
Apr 2006114064.397.36$7,340
Mar 2006122056.707.08$6,917
Feb 2006121057.597.75$6,968
Jan 200674060.598.93$4,484
Dec 2005128054.9413.42$7,032
Nov 2005131054.6910.59$7,164
Oct 2005121058.3413.80$7,059
Sep 20050061.4512.08$0
Aug 2005115061.519.80$7,074
Jul 2005122055.697.84$6,794
Jun 2005123052.337.38$6,437
May 2005112045.226.65$5,065
Apr 2005112049.207.36$5,510
Mar 2005241050.377.15$12,139
Feb 2005130045.226.31$5,879
Jan 2005130043.166.32$5,611
Dec 2004257039.866.75$10,244
Nov 2004100045.286.33$4,528
Oct 200448049.706.52$2,386
Sep 2004142043.245.28$6,140
Aug 200492042.375.55$3,898
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 20040036.106.43$0
May 200476037.486.49$2,848
Apr 200475034.475.86$2,585
Mar 200496034.365.53$3,299
Feb 20040032.455.51$0
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 200345030.266.30$1,362
Nov 200397028.804.60$2,794
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 200341026.314.75$1,079
Aug 200346029.765.13$1,369
Jul 200339029.415.17$1,147
Jun 200370028.565.98$1,999
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 200331026.675.41$827
Mar 200334031.146.10$1,059
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 2003153030.315.58$4,637
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 200273024.664.14$1,800
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 2002100027.443.64$2,744
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 200270024.583.06$1,721
Jun 2002124023.733.34$2,943
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 200262023.653.51$1,466
Mar 200263022.003.10$1,386
Feb 200258018.222.38$1,057
Jan 2002100017.172.38$1,717
Dec 2001152016.932.36$2,573
Nov 2001100018.072.41$1,807
Oct 20010019.782.53$0
Sep 2001120024.262.25$2,911
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 2001200023.933.20$4,786
Jun 20010024.563.82$0
May 20010025.524.31$0
Apr 200165024.685.34$1,604
Mar 20010024.545.38$0
Feb 2001100027.755.77$2,775
Jan 20010027.478.40$0
Dec 200040026.889.12$1,075
Nov 200080032.215.66$2,577
Oct 2000101031.235.15$3,154
Sep 2000127031.875.19$4,047
Aug 2000100029.644.54$2,964
Jul 200031028.534.09$884
Jun 2000106029.304.40$3,106
May 20000027.263.68$0
Apr 200099024.513.12$2,426
Mar 2000125028.422.86$3,553
Feb 20000027.622.73$0
Jan 20000025.272.48$0
Dec 1999100024.282.42$2,428
Nov 1999111023.192.43$2,574
Oct 1999100020.982.80$2,098
Sep 1999123021.752.62$2,675
Aug 199974019.262.88$1,425
Jul 1999100017.892.37$1,789
Jun 1999200015.942.36$3,188
May 1999129015.792.32$2,037
Apr 199940015.102.21$604
Mar 19990012.471.84$0
Feb 1999009.981.82$0
Jan 199973010.381.90$758
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 19980010.892.19$0
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 199870012.592.08$881
Aug 19980011.301.91$0
Jul 199861011.742.24$716
Jun 199868011.242.24$764
May 199870012.622.21$883
Apr 1998100013.042.51$1,304
Mar 1998130012.802.31$1,664
Feb 19980013.952.30$0
Jan 1998100014.702.15$1,470
Dec 19970016.322.41$0
Nov 19970018.193.09$0
Oct 199766019.253.15$1,271
Sep 1997130017.742.95$2,306
Aug 1997125017.862.55$2,233
Jul 1997131017.582.25$2,303
Jun 1997120017.242.26$2,069
May 199752018.972.31$986
Apr 1997135017.882.08$2,414
Mar 1997127018.951.94$2,407
Feb 1997148020.492.21$3,033
Jan 1997130023.483.54$3,052
Dec 1996145023.32$3,381
Nov 1996146021.97$3,208
Oct 1996140023.31$3,263
Sep 199664022.22$1,422
Aug 1996160020.26$3,242
Jul 1996120019.55$2,346
Jun 199660018.73$1,124
May 1996200019.43$3,886
Apr 1996200021.51$4,302
Mar 1996124019.38$2,403
Feb 1996200016.98$3,396
Jan 1996110017.07$1,878
Dec 1995144017.19$2,475
Nov 1995152016.00$2,432
Oct 1995258015.43$3,981
Sep 1995110016.18$1,780
Aug 1995200015.92$3,184
Jul 1995200015.24$3,048
Jun 1995200016.41$3,282
May 1995254017.56$4,460
Apr 1995120017.73$2,128
Mar 1995267016.44$4,389
Feb 1995130016.58$2,155
Jan 1995200015.92$3,184
Dec 1994261015.03$3,923
Nov 199460015.90$954
Oct 1994200015.58$3,116
Sep 1994100015.29$1,529
Aug 1994252016.13$4,065
Jul 1994267017.56$4,689
Jun 1994244017.09$4,170
May 1994280015.88$4,446
Apr 1994300114.14$4,242
Mar 1994305112.46$3,800
Feb 1994300112.50$3,750
Jan 1994300112.66$3,798
Dec 1993300112.33$3,699
Nov 1993308114.49$4,463
Oct 1993313115.85$4,961
Sep 1993318115.03$4,780
Aug 1993310115.66$4,855
Jul 1993288115.46$4,452
Jun 1993400116.79$6,716
May 1993300117.68$5,304
Apr 1993394118.05$7,112
Mar 1993440118.14$7,982
Feb 1993200117.90$3,580
Jan 1993197116.93$3,335

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.

Mar 2025 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   40 bbl  × $ 67.70 =     $2,708
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.27 =         $0

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Month total                                   $2,708

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/256 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.