COWDEN, E. W.

Operated by HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 386310) in the EMPEROR, DEEP field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 1343District 08Field 28962001Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.7 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 38 leases and 202 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1935-12-31
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
660 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 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: USED AS UNIT ALLOW. & AS PER WELL ALLOW.

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
OilDisposition53,012 bbl$1,875,070
Casinghead gasProduction244,886 Mcf$804,258
Total$2,679,328

65,556 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 (20)

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 31.7943, -103.0940. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.0 miles.

31.79246, -103.09429 · 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
80.0%
16 of 20 wells
With a plug date
55.0%
11 of 20 wells
Median depth
3,138 ft
20 wells filed one
Completion to plug
29.3 years
median over 8 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1680.0%
A plug date is filed
1155.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1155.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
420.0%

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, 20 of 20 wells. Median 3,138 ft, with the middle half between 3,108 and 3,218 ft; the shallowest is 3,070 ft and the deepest 4,050 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, 16 of 20 wells, Dec 1939 – Mar 2021. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Dec 1939 – Mar 2021
16 of 20 wells; 4 filed none
Plug dates filed
Aug 1978 – Feb 2022
11 of 20 wells; 9 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 29.3 years across the 8 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 22.3 years and 35.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

20 wells

42-49503301173,130 ftNov 1989Yes
42-49503307123,100 ftJan 2022Yes
42-495305302W3,197 ftMar 2012Yes
42-49530499203,258 ft
42-49530462243,451 ftMar 2021Yes
42-49530467264,050 ftJan 1996Yes
42-49503300153,110 ftNov 1989Yes
42-49503298133,135 ftNov 1989
42-495052135W3,080 ftDec 1981Jul 2006Yes
42-495033049W3,125 ftApr 1981Jul 1996Yes
42-49530464223,235 ftSep 1978Yes
42-49530466253,199 ftAug 1977Nov 2011Yes
42-49530465233,218 ftJul 1977Oct 2002Yes
42-495305291W3,210 ftJun 1977Aug 1978Yes
42-49530463213,218 ftMay 1977Yes
42-49503302183,129 ftOct 1962
42-49503299143,140 ftAug 1962Oct 1995Yes
42-49500306113,098 ftJun 1962Jun 2003Yes
42-49503305103,092 ftNov 1961Feb 2022Yes
42-4950521463,070 ftDec 1939

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 20250067.704.27$0
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 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
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 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
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 2020226314.751.80$438
Mar 2020188630.341.86$706
Feb 2020044649.881.98$883
Jan 2020048857.252.09$1,022
Dec 2019024059.012.30$553
Nov 20192918055.302.75$2,099
Oct 2019020353.472.42$491
Sep 201905755.052.66$151
Aug 20194210653.112.30$2,475
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 201902052.782.49$50
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180165.142.93$3
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 2017021949.292.98$653
Sep 20175821447.523.09$3,417
Aug 2017032045.373.00$961
Jul 201703043.873.09$93
Jun 201784042.493.09$3,569
May 2017572745.373.26$2,674
Apr 20171494947.933.21$7,299
Mar 2017901146.772.98$4,242
Feb 20170350.452.95$9
Jan 201701349.413.42$44
Dec 2016023048.763.72$856
Nov 2016030942.492.64$817
Oct 201625120746.193.09$12,233
Sep 20160141.553.10$3
Aug 201605541.442.92$161
Jul 20160141.622.92$3
Jun 20160145.352.69$3
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 2016267026.472.06$7,067
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 2015264038.792.17$10,241
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 2015133048.152.95$6,404
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 2015122055.212.96$6,736
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 2015197044.662.98$8,798
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 2014194054.693.59$10,610
Nov 201411070.464.25$775
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 201457496.564.18$792
Jun 201404798.164.74$223
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 20140195.944.81$5
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 2014316297.406.19$30,791
Jan 20140290.404.86$10
Dec 2013011791.824.35$509
Nov 2013021388.853.74$796
Oct 20139717497.423.78$10,107
Sep 201308104.113.72$30
Aug 2013271104.253.52$459
Jul 201318942102.523.72$19,532
Jun 201309794.403.93$382
May 201318516094.834.15$18,207
Apr 20139226593.964.28$9,779
Mar 2013045093.623.91$1,761
Feb 201317139891.233.42$16,961
Jan 201316535491.603.42$16,325
Dec 2012045586.773.42$1,556
Nov 2012037786.953.62$1,367
Oct 201217523489.383.40$16,437
Sep 201217925994.672.92$17,702
Aug 2012031292.662.91$907
Jul 201216335985.133.02$14,961
Jun 201215739179.822.52$13,517
May 2012029991.612.49$744
Apr 2012157384101.652.00$16,726
Mar 2012155392105.052.22$17,154
Feb 20120382101.102.57$982
Jan 201218541598.092.73$19,281
Dec 2011038296.873.24$1,238
Nov 201119944795.723.31$20,528
Oct 201123548084.983.65$21,722
Sep 201122849383.623.99$21,030
Aug 2011046783.404.15$1,938
Jul 201116648594.144.52$17,818
Jun 201130842892.904.64$30,599
May 2011040398.134.40$1,775
Apr 2011090105.964.33$390
Mar 20111679396.364.06$16,469
Feb 2011031585.644.18$1,317
Jan 2011036086.504.59$1,652
Dec 201016938485.734.35$16,158
Nov 201018549280.843.80$16,823
Oct 2010051178.103.51$1,793
Sep 201016844272.633.98$13,961
Aug 201016851373.684.42$14,645
Jul 201018056772.554.74$15,745
Jun 2010047170.364.91$2,313
May 201016750671.124.24$14,020
Apr 2010057381.694.12$2,362
Mar 201018149378.394.39$16,352
Feb 201016447773.585.44$14,663
Jan 2010042874.365.96$2,553
Dec 200916744971.445.48$14,393
Nov 2009060974.593.75$2,285
Oct 200916648672.544.11$14,039
Sep 2009045965.543.06$1,407
Aug 200916913367.423.22$11,822
Jul 200916942861.133.46$11,814
Jun 200916856066.163.90$13,296
May 2009061754.743.93$2,422
Apr 200917368346.773.59$10,541
Mar 2009076942.144.06$3,121
Feb 200917157432.814.63$8,270
Jan 200917663735.865.37$9,733
Dec 200817782737.105.98$11,510
Nov 200817176555.496.86$14,737
Oct 2008073675.246.92$5,095
Sep 2008170460101.767.88$20,923
Aug 2008169833114.228.48$26,370
Jul 2008172828131.0811.39$31,976
Jun 20080792131.3313.03$10,322
May 2008177667123.1711.57$29,521
Apr 2008199686110.3110.45$29,124
Mar 2008167694101.909.66$23,724
Feb 200817172492.538.77$22,173
Jan 200816983590.388.21$22,126
Dec 200735474288.337.30$36,687
Nov 2007079991.677.29$5,826
Oct 2007077082.856.92$5,330
Sep 200717576875.846.24$18,068
Aug 200716459569.066.39$15,127
Jul 200716979470.906.39$17,054
Jun 200716775262.007.55$16,030
May 200717974758.747.85$16,376
Apr 2007080059.617.81$6,244
Mar 200737383456.927.30$27,321
Feb 2007074455.108.22$6,113
Jan 200718665950.306.73$13,789
Dec 200618375656.656.92$15,597
Nov 2006083454.207.62$6,353
Oct 200620183754.906.01$16,068
Sep 200617885960.085.04$15,021
Aug 200618993068.717.34$19,812
Jul 200617883969.376.34$17,669
Jun 200618487866.286.38$17,801
May 2006092466.016.42$5,937
Apr 200618684864.397.36$18,218
Mar 200617683756.707.08$15,908
Feb 200619377757.597.75$17,137
Jan 200617186360.598.93$18,070
Dec 200519785854.9413.42$22,334
Nov 200518853654.6910.59$15,957
Oct 200518439158.3413.80$16,129
Sep 2005049161.4512.08$5,931
Aug 200517867361.519.80$17,542
Jul 200518081455.697.84$16,409
Jun 200518380852.337.38$15,540
May 200517469845.226.65$12,511
Apr 200519574549.207.36$15,078
Mar 200516883050.377.15$14,401
Feb 200517470245.226.31$12,299
Jan 2005080543.166.32$5,089
Dec 200417174939.866.75$11,873
Nov 200417880345.286.33$13,143
Oct 200417184249.706.52$13,984
Sep 200417062343.245.28$10,643
Aug 200417149942.375.55$10,015
Jul 2004052838.286.08$3,212
Jun 200417361936.106.43$10,227
May 200416471037.486.49$10,758
Apr 200417066634.475.86$9,762
Mar 200434570934.365.53$15,775
Feb 2004057432.455.51$3,163
Jan 200435257532.036.30$14,897
Dec 200316966330.266.30$9,292
Nov 200317178328.804.60$8,523
Oct 200317689428.174.76$9,213
Sep 200317071526.314.75$7,868
Aug 200316997329.765.13$10,021
Jul 200316978529.415.17$9,029
Jun 200316799528.565.98$10,723
May 20031751,09626.595.97$11,199
Apr 20031651,08326.675.41$10,257
Mar 20031691,05931.146.10$11,718
Feb 20031781,02133.487.93$14,052
Jan 20031781,16430.315.58$11,893
Dec 20023501,12726.914.85$14,889
Nov 200217294524.664.14$8,151
Oct 200218896126.464.23$9,039
Sep 200218785127.443.64$8,225
Aug 200217283225.963.16$7,098
Jul 200218790224.583.06$7,358
Jun 200217174123.733.34$6,531
May 2002082224.663.58$2,946
Apr 200217380823.653.51$6,929
Mar 200234361522.003.10$9,454
Feb 2002061418.222.38$1,459
Jan 200234997417.172.38$8,306
Dec 20011761,41216.932.36$6,318
Nov 20011651,49418.072.41$6,575
Oct 20013601,54219.782.53$11,020
Sep 20011901,37124.262.25$7,696
Aug 20011671,37324.873.05$8,345
Jul 20011611,53523.933.20$8,760
Jun 20011441,25024.563.82$8,317
May 20011681,12025.524.31$9,112
Apr 20011631,00924.685.34$9,406
Mar 20011551,32224.545.38$10,911
Feb 20013181,33327.755.77$16,512
Jan 20011591,45127.478.40$16,554
Dec 20001581,34926.889.12$16,553
Nov 20001661,49032.215.66$13,777
Oct 20003331,66231.235.15$18,951
Sep 20003511,59631.875.19$19,464
Aug 200001,49729.644.54$6,798
Jul 20003661,70928.534.09$17,431
Jun 20001791,45329.304.40$11,634
May 20001831,13127.263.68$9,150
Apr 20001701,18924.513.12$7,872
Mar 20003691,54828.422.86$14,914
Feb 20001781,52127.622.73$9,063
Jan 20001831,57625.272.48$8,534
Dec 19993621,61724.282.42$12,709
Nov 19991891,41823.192.43$7,834
Oct 19993721,61020.982.80$12,319
Sep 19991801,56421.752.62$8,011
Aug 19993631,45519.262.88$11,175
Jul 19991861,38817.892.37$6,620
Jun 19991841,21715.942.36$5,808
May 19993601,66515.792.32$9,549
Apr 19991751,57515.102.21$6,120
Mar 19993451,59512.471.84$7,234
Feb 19993381,4719.981.82$6,047
Jan 19991781,65810.381.90$4,998
Dec 19981721,6099.201.77$4,436
Nov 19983581,59810.892.19$7,391
Oct 19981831,45112.421.97$5,130
Sep 19983451,60112.592.08$7,678
Aug 19981801,68411.301.91$5,246
Jul 19983451,42311.742.24$7,234
Jun 19981771,41111.242.24$5,146
May 19983341,63012.622.21$7,811
Apr 199817969513.042.51$4,075
Mar 199846670412.802.31$7,591
Feb 19981741,42313.952.30$5,699
Jan 19981791,52414.702.15$5,915
Dec 19974801,55716.322.41$11,588
Nov 19973651,67918.193.09$11,825
Oct 19973611,66419.253.15$12,191
Sep 19973591,56417.742.95$10,990
Aug 19973561,63917.862.55$10,545
Jul 19971781,68017.582.25$6,904
Jun 19973561,65417.242.26$9,871
May 19973591,68618.972.31$10,702
Apr 19973631,53017.882.08$9,677
Mar 19973611,28018.951.94$9,323
Feb 199735979720.492.21$9,114
Jan 199755495923.483.54$16,402
Dec 19961841,22523.32$4,291
Nov 19963671,39221.97$8,063
Oct 19963441,26123.31$8,019
Sep 19965361,61322.22$11,910
Aug 19963571,58220.26$7,233
Jul 19963551,34319.55$6,940
Jun 19965431,10718.73$10,170
May 19963601,35119.43$6,995
Apr 19967281,33221.51$15,659
Mar 19961821,35619.38$3,527
Feb 19963651,14716.98$6,198
Jan 19961851,31817.07$3,158
Dec 19955371,33417.19$9,231
Nov 19951821,26016.00$2,912
Oct 19951831,41215.43$2,824
Sep 19953791,35916.18$6,132
Aug 19951831,46615.92$2,913
Jul 19951831,46715.24$2,789
Jun 19951661,42416.41$2,724
May 19953641,47417.56$6,392
Apr 19951821,43217.73$3,227
Mar 19953671,42116.44$6,033
Feb 19951821,24216.58$3,018
Jan 19951811,31615.92$2,882
Dec 19943651,32015.03$5,486
Nov 19943661,25815.90$5,819
Oct 19941831,34315.58$2,851
Sep 19943321,38315.29$5,076
Aug 19945381,46016.13$8,678
Jul 19941831,35117.56$3,213
Jun 19941801,36617.09$3,076
May 19943651,39715.88$5,796
Apr 19943711,42214.14$5,246
Mar 19941841,43812.46$2,293
Feb 19943621,27412.50$4,525
Jan 19943671,28912.66$4,646
Dec 19933731,05012.33$4,599
Nov 199301,16214.49$0
Oct 19933661,15715.85$5,801
Sep 19933601,34515.03$5,411
Aug 19933551,48115.66$5,559
Jul 19933671,48415.46$5,674
Jun 199301,42016.79$0
May 19933621,59517.68$6,400
Apr 19932811,59618.05$5,072
Mar 19935311,63818.14$9,632
Feb 19931811,29417.90$3,240
Jan 19937011,39916.93$11,868

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.

Apr 2020 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   22 bbl  × $ 14.75 =       $325
Casinghead gas        63 Mcf  × $  1.80 =       $114

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Month total                                     $438

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. 08/O/1343 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.