MIDNIGHT YELL

Operated by WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC (P-5 923444) in the AGUILA VADO (EAGLEFORD) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 4174District 05Field 00870500OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$9.8 M
Nov 2014 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$301 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
139
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 199 leases and 351 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2009-12-21
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 160 acres. The field rule took effect on 2019-01-07.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: 1/7/19 FIELD CHANGED TO 49B PER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

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
OilDisposition174,987 bbl$9,321,577
Casinghead gasProduction141,427 Mcf$437,803
Total$9,759,380

Every month this lease reported (139)

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

139 months

May 2026364246106.413.05$39,483
Apr 202635227098.932.87$35,598
Mar 202617328789.753.15$16,431
Feb 202635521763.503.75$23,356
Jan 202632623559.138.00$21,156
Dec 202535233256.664.41$21,410
Nov 202532832658.593.93$20,498
Oct 202533833459.383.30$21,174
Sep 202534732862.743.08$22,780
Aug 202549532763.933.01$32,631
Jul 202532131966.743.32$22,481
Jun 202534329466.483.13$23,722
May 202533540160.553.23$21,580
Apr 202550928062.363.54$32,733
Mar 202515232367.704.27$11,669
Feb 202534022970.884.34$25,093
Jan 202550439374.324.28$39,139
Dec 202435128268.993.12$25,096
Nov 202415937669.052.20$11,806
Oct 202452340371.372.28$38,246
Sep 202432430869.612.36$23,282
Aug 202433437875.632.06$26,040
Jul 202431133179.932.15$25,569
Jun 202449737778.082.63$39,799
May 202436055778.812.20$29,596
Apr 202451542084.451.66$44,189
Mar 202434943380.301.55$28,694
Feb 202434841076.091.78$27,211
Jan 202454143773.023.30$40,945
Dec 202337050871.262.61$27,692
Nov 202354353977.892.81$43,808
Oct 202354754385.443.09$48,412
Sep 202336130589.042.74$32,978
Aug 202335840680.522.67$29,911
Jul 202353039374.852.64$40,709
Jun 202335240868.962.26$25,195
May 202336047070.622.23$26,470
Apr 202353445578.122.24$42,734
Mar 202335643772.852.39$26,980
Feb 202354738475.112.47$42,032
Jan 202373952376.533.39$58,327
Dec 202218422476.415.73$15,343
Nov 202238342185.005.65$34,932
Oct 202253544487.185.86$49,245
Sep 202257845984.888.16$52,808
Aug 202240548494.529.13$42,698
Jul 2022565518101.587.54$61,300
Jun 2022366537115.097.98$46,407
May 2022579381109.378.43$66,538
Apr 2022387520104.226.84$43,889
Mar 2022607502108.885.08$68,639
Feb 202238346791.054.86$37,141
Jan 202277345581.844.54$65,327
Dec 202140348871.323.90$30,645
Nov 202154747977.435.24$44,863
Oct 202152149879.795.71$44,416
Sep 202154851269.865.35$41,023
Aug 202171849266.024.22$49,479
Jul 202152848170.783.98$39,287
Jun 202153842869.493.38$38,833
May 202155641963.483.02$36,559
Apr 202154936460.362.76$34,142
Mar 202188245161.302.72$55,292
Feb 202136730957.805.55$22,927
Jan 202173541850.412.81$38,226
Dec 202052646144.642.68$24,714
Nov 202054041238.772.71$22,051
Oct 202072346136.972.48$27,872
Sep 202072044937.091.99$27,599
Aug 202069348239.982.39$28,856
Jul 202054853338.371.83$22,000
Jun 202071554734.901.69$25,878
May 202090865316.921.81$16,548
Apr 202054149814.751.80$8,878
Mar 202072069430.341.86$23,133
Feb 202087061249.881.98$44,608
Jan 202066377757.252.09$39,584
Dec 201993477559.012.30$56,901
Nov 201971380855.302.75$41,651
Oct 201972385553.472.42$40,727
Sep 201974887755.052.66$43,508
Aug 20191,03584353.112.30$56,911
Jul 20191,08981456.272.46$63,281
Jun 201953882052.782.49$30,438
May 20191,27099858.482.74$77,004
Apr 201970192562.632.75$46,448
Mar 201992862256.803.06$54,615
Feb 201973759150.852.79$39,127
Jan 201992462746.033.23$44,556
Dec 201894768546.594.19$46,988
Nov 201873357252.934.24$41,221
Oct 201891665861.443.40$58,515
Sep 20181,06264159.543.11$65,224
Aug 20181,05277259.403.07$64,856
Jul 20181,08381165.142.93$72,924
Jun 20181,26984960.183.08$78,981
May 20181,24790465.382.90$84,151
Apr 20181,07418363.842.90$69,095
Mar 201886549461.222.79$54,332
Feb 201872855461.782.77$46,508
Jan 20181623362.874.01$1,940
Dec 2017410857.272.92$545
Nov 201749627655.423.12$28,349
Oct 20171,3861,16249.292.98$71,783
Sep 20171,2021,09347.523.09$60,493
Aug 20171,3591,46345.373.00$66,053
Jul 20171,7271,55643.873.09$80,567
Jun 20171,3961,59442.493.09$64,237
May 20171,3351,71945.373.26$66,179
Apr 20171,4801,77147.933.21$76,624
Mar 20171,7751,74146.772.98$88,211
Feb 20171,5301,62150.452.95$81,975
Jan 20171,7091,97049.413.42$91,177
Dec 20161,6802,00448.763.72$89,377
Nov 20161,8262,00942.492.64$82,899
Oct 20161,8472,06946.193.09$91,707
Sep 20161,8512,04941.553.10$83,262
Aug 20161,8592,18541.442.92$83,427
Jul 20162,1732,23841.622.92$96,985
Jun 20162,0151,98145.352.69$96,701
May 20162,1551,99642.521.99$95,605
Apr 20162,1791,95536.561.99$83,557
Mar 20162,1891,94333.011.79$75,745
Feb 20162,4801,96526.472.06$69,701
Jan 20162,2972,06427.352.36$67,703
Dec 20152,8222,14332.362.00$95,609
Nov 20152,1602,33038.792.17$88,836
Oct 20153,4113,47543.552.43$156,981
Sep 20153,1343,34042.992.76$143,944
Aug 20153,4313,57640.162.87$148,061
Jul 20153,6052,16648.152.95$179,960
Jun 20153,9441,77856.152.88$226,581
May 20154,6364,18255.212.96$268,313
Apr 20156,6705,95849.822.71$348,425
Mar 20154,8642,21742.892.93$215,123
Feb 20156,3892,26844.662.98$292,083
Jan 20157,9354,09243.433.10$357,305
Dec 201410,9255,58854.693.59$617,557
Nov 201412,8328,31770.464.25$939,505

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                  364 bbl  × $106.41 =    $38,733
Casinghead gas       246 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $749

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Month total                                  $39,483

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. 05/O/4174 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.