HOWZE

Operated by MIDDLETON OIL COMPANY (P-5 565000) in the OWEN (OLMOS) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 266985District 04Field 678854002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.6 M
Dec 2011 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$38 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
174
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, 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 811 leases and 811 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1971-11-11
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 2015-03-24.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: LATERALS. EFFECTIVE 3/24/15;

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
High Cost Gas112014-11-19209631
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
CondensateDisposition664 bbl$57,773
GasProduction467,025 Mcf$1,585,522
Total$1,643,295

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 27.9275, -99.5911. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.92752, -99.59106 · 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
7,136 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 7,136 ft.

Completions filed
Dec 2011
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-479413881H7,136 ftDec 2011

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 (174)

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

174 months

May 20269706106.413.05$3,108
Apr 2026047298.932.87$1,355
Mar 2026051189.753.15$1,609
Feb 2026084463.503.75$3,165
Jan 2026084459.138.00$6,750
Dec 202501,22556.664.41$5,406
Nov 2025099458.593.93$3,903
Oct 202501,06359.383.30$3,513
Sep 2025097262.743.08$2,991
Aug 2025081763.933.01$2,463
Jul 2025066666.743.32$2,208
Jun 2025049066.483.13$1,533
May 2025053860.553.23$1,739
Apr 2025063762.363.54$2,257
Mar 2025048167.704.27$2,053
Feb 2025048470.884.34$2,101
Jan 2025054574.324.28$2,332
Dec 2024062868.993.12$1,960
Nov 2024052069.052.20$1,143
Oct 2024066171.372.28$1,508
Sep 2024055769.612.36$1,317
Aug 2024072375.632.06$1,492
Jul 2024073879.932.15$1,584
Jun 2024030778.082.63$809
May 2024045278.812.20$994
Apr 202410178984.451.66$9,839
Mar 2024033980.301.55$524
Feb 2024037776.091.78$672
Jan 2024054473.023.30$1,794
Dec 2023070671.262.61$1,843
Nov 2023061977.892.81$1,738
Oct 2023047185.443.09$1,454
Sep 2023031189.042.74$851
Aug 2023076980.522.67$2,055
Jul 2023041574.852.64$1,096
Jun 2023082868.962.26$1,870
May 2023061570.622.23$1,370
Apr 2023087978.122.24$1,967
Mar 2023075972.852.39$1,816
Feb 2023085475.112.47$2,106
Jan 202301,38376.533.39$4,685
Dec 202201,50576.415.73$8,622
Nov 202201,07985.005.65$6,092
Oct 202201,08987.185.86$6,386
Sep 2022090884.888.16$7,413
Aug 2022081694.529.13$7,448
Jul 20220580101.587.54$4,374
Jun 20220788115.097.98$6,286
May 20220912109.378.43$7,691
Apr 20220609104.226.84$4,164
Mar 20220770108.885.08$3,909
Feb 2022071691.054.86$3,479
Jan 2022068481.844.54$3,104
Dec 202101,21771.323.90$4,745
Nov 2021086977.435.24$4,551
Oct 2021057179.795.71$3,263
Sep 2021059069.865.35$3,157
Aug 2021049866.024.22$2,102
Jul 202101,03470.783.98$4,117
Jun 2021061269.493.38$2,069
May 202102,19263.483.02$6,615
Apr 2021081560.362.76$2,248
Mar 202101,85061.302.72$5,026
Feb 2021076057.805.55$4,216
Jan 202101,24150.412.81$3,488
Dec 202001,47544.642.68$3,946
Nov 202001,48738.772.71$4,025
Oct 202002,73936.972.48$6,788
Sep 202002,03337.091.99$4,048
Aug 202001,50239.982.39$3,582
Jul 202001,22738.371.83$2,239
Jun 202001,65834.901.69$2,803
May 202001,60316.921.81$2,909
Apr 202001,16614.751.80$2,104
Mar 202001,69030.341.86$3,137
Feb 202001,65349.881.98$3,274
Jan 202011,74057.252.09$3,702
Dec 201901,86759.012.30$4,302
Nov 201901,99455.302.75$5,485
Oct 201903,16253.472.42$7,647
Sep 201902,37155.052.66$6,300
Aug 201902,59553.112.30$5,980
Jul 201902,65656.272.46$6,534
Jun 201903,74252.782.49$9,322
May 201902,00158.482.74$5,483
Apr 201902,75062.632.75$7,564
Mar 201902,83756.803.06$8,687
Feb 201902,28550.852.79$6,380
Jan 201902,36646.033.23$7,638
Dec 201803,53646.594.19$14,800
Nov 201802,17252.934.24$9,203
Oct 201813,96561.443.40$13,535
Sep 201812,50659.543.11$7,848
Aug 201802,51859.403.07$7,722
Jul 201802,17565.142.93$6,377
Jun 201801,84560.183.08$5,677
May 201802,21465.382.90$6,422
Apr 201803,25963.842.90$9,454
Mar 201801,50061.222.79$4,180
Feb 201801,90061.782.77$5,256
Jan 201802,89162.874.01$11,591
Dec 201722,75057.272.92$8,149
Nov 201732,44655.423.12$7,794
Oct 201712,55749.292.98$7,679
Sep 201722,75647.523.09$8,604
Aug 201712,12545.373.00$6,430
Jul 201752,80343.873.09$8,873
Jun 201712,61442.493.09$8,113
May 201712,83545.373.26$9,297
Apr 201712,40747.933.21$7,778
Mar 201712,34146.772.98$7,032
Feb 201712,27150.452.95$6,756
Jan 201703,04249.413.42$10,400
Dec 201622,53548.763.72$9,535
Nov 201642,70842.492.64$7,331
Oct 201673,08446.193.09$9,854
Sep 201672,76741.553.10$8,870
Aug 201653,18741.442.92$9,527
Jul 201603,63241.622.92$10,621
Jun 201602,97545.352.69$7,990
May 201603,92242.521.99$7,809
Apr 201614,11136.561.99$8,222
Mar 2016102,77533.011.79$5,308
Feb 2016102,76126.472.06$5,962
Jan 201603,08827.352.36$7,301
Dec 201554,13032.362.00$8,428
Nov 201509,20138.792.17$19,942
Oct 201537,31343.552.43$17,876
Sep 201503,93042.992.76$10,841
Aug 201564,34340.162.87$12,716
Jul 201585,69748.152.95$17,163
Jun 2015147,06156.152.88$21,142
May 2015010,92955.212.96$32,300
Apr 201501,73749.822.71$4,701
Mar 2015092442.892.93$2,712
Feb 201501,44744.662.98$4,307
Jan 2015029943.433.10$927
Dec 201402,83154.693.59$10,167
Nov 201404,09370.464.25$17,403
Oct 201404,99678.303.90$19,489
Sep 201403,79486.164.05$15,348
Aug 201406,53489.394.04$26,365
Jul 201407,43596.564.18$31,075
Jun 201406,03298.164.74$28,573
May 201405,32294.734.73$25,155
Apr 20141105,82695.944.81$38,571
Mar 201402,09195.895.06$10,574
Feb 201402,44697.406.19$15,146
Jan 201409,75390.404.86$47,407
Dec 201309,75291.824.35$42,465
Nov 201305,72088.853.74$21,383
Oct 201347,01797.423.78$26,909
Sep 20131636,091104.113.72$39,615
Aug 201306,799104.253.52$23,950
Jul 201307,467102.523.72$27,760
Jun 201308,00494.403.93$31,483
May 201308,06194.834.15$33,446
Apr 201308,48293.964.28$36,325
Mar 201307,69493.623.91$30,106
Feb 2013012,72391.233.42$43,512
Jan 201317316,48191.603.42$72,210
Dec 201203,55686.773.42$12,162
Nov 201208,40186.953.62$30,453
Oct 2012015,32289.383.40$52,090
Sep 2012010,64594.672.92$31,066
Aug 201203,81792.662.91$11,100
Jul 201201,08185.133.02$3,265
Jun 201201,17479.822.52$2,957
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 20120119105.052.22$264
Feb 20120226101.102.57$581
Jan 2012041998.092.73$1,146
Dec 20110096.873.24$0

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
Condensate             9 bbl  × $106.41 =       $958
Gas                  706 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $2,150

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Month total                                   $3,108

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. 04/G/266985 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.