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WITCHER, J. E. -C-

Operated by OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD. (P-5 617544) in the FOSTER field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 1605District 08Field 32309001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$33.1 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$292 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead gas

The FOSTER field

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 53 leases and 1,622 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1935-12-01
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
600 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 10 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: “OPTIONAL 10 ACRE UNITS,1100 DIAG.”

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
OilDisposition629,145 bbl$32,304,309
Casinghead gasProduction179,331 Mcf$843,582
Total$33,147,892

6,317 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 (10)

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 31.8435, -102.4330. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles.

31.84330, -102.43270 · 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
30.0%
3 of 10 wells
With a plug date
30.0%
3 of 10 wells
Median depth
4,200 ft
10 wells filed one
Completion to plug
24.7 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
330.0%
A plug date is filed
330.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
330.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
770.0%

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, 10 of 10 wells. Median 4,200 ft, with the middle half between 4,172 and 4,200 ft; the shallowest is 4,154 ft and the deepest 4,205 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, 8 of 10 wells, Jan 2001 – May 2024. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Jan 2001 – May 2024
8 of 10 wells; 2 filed none
Plug dates filed
Dec 1983 – May 2026
3 of 10 wells; 7 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 24.7 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 24.7 years and 24.7 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

10 wells

42-135068891W4,171 ft—Dec 1983Yes
42-135068924W4,154 ft—Sep 1997Yes
42-1350689134,162 ftMay 2024——
42-1353798474,200 ftDec 2014——
42-1350689024,174 ftDec 2011——
42-13538146104,200 ftSep 2001May 2026Yes
42-1353798694,200 ftMar 2001——
42-1353795464,205 ftMar 2001——
42-1353798584,200 ftFeb 2001——
42-1353790754,200 ftJan 2001——

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 20262651,015106.413.05$31,290
Apr 202630589198.932.87$32,731
Mar 202625258889.753.15$24,469
Feb 202636644163.503.75$24,895
Jan 202629042559.138.00$20,547
Dec 202528843156.664.41$18,220
Nov 202524931958.593.93$15,841
Oct 202532442459.383.30$20,640
Sep 202537259962.743.08$25,182
Aug 202541949563.933.01$28,279
Jul 202536047166.743.32$25,588
Jun 202534241966.483.13$24,047
May 202534270760.553.23$22,993
Apr 202535139262.363.54$23,277
Mar 202535050667.704.27$25,855
Feb 2025886170.884.34$6,502
Jan 20252697274.324.28$20,300
Dec 202443126268.993.12$30,552
Nov 202431643769.052.20$22,781
Oct 202434764771.372.28$26,241
Sep 202445675869.612.36$33,534
Aug 20244121,03575.632.06$33,295
Jul 202443295279.932.15$36,573
Jun 20243921,05278.082.63$33,378
May 202442689878.812.20$35,547
Apr 202440278584.451.66$35,251
Mar 202432914380.301.55$26,640
Feb 202442612076.091.78$32,628
Jan 202446112973.023.30$34,088
Dec 202345913371.262.61$33,056
Nov 202344113977.892.81$34,740
Oct 202346815185.443.09$40,452
Sep 20233557789.042.74$31,820
Aug 202336914580.522.67$30,099
Jul 202330814474.852.64$23,434
Jun 202326312368.962.26$18,414
May 20233139970.622.23$22,325
Apr 20232517878.122.24$19,783
Mar 20231614772.852.39$11,841
Feb 20232405575.112.47$18,162
Jan 20232486076.533.39$19,183
Dec 20223338476.415.73$25,926
Nov 202243710785.005.65$37,749
Oct 20225199887.185.86$45,821
Sep 202250211384.888.16$43,532
Aug 202247110694.529.13$45,486
Jul 202239280101.587.54$40,423
Jun 202238468115.097.98$44,737
May 202242882109.378.43$47,502
Apr 202245681104.226.84$48,078
Mar 20222280108.885.08$24,825
Feb 20223298191.054.86$30,349
Jan 20222774981.844.54$22,892
Dec 20212767271.323.90$19,965
Nov 20212588877.435.24$20,438
Oct 202126810979.795.71$22,007
Sep 20212387069.865.35$17,001
Aug 202134913166.024.22$23,594
Jul 20213782970.783.98$26,870
Jun 20213009069.493.38$21,151
May 20212974463.483.02$18,986
Apr 20212796960.362.76$17,031
Mar 20213264961.302.72$20,117
Feb 20211953957.805.55$11,487
Jan 20213489650.412.81$17,812
Dec 20203579444.642.68$16,188
Nov 202042013138.772.71$16,638
Oct 202054116436.972.48$20,407
Sep 202054816837.091.99$20,660
Aug 202051115239.982.39$20,792
Jul 202052319038.371.83$20,414
Jun 202048614134.901.69$17,200
May 202051518216.921.81$9,044
Apr 202048718114.751.80$7,510
Mar 202047018130.341.86$14,596
Feb 202052018249.881.98$26,298
Jan 202084631057.252.09$49,083
Dec 201981731559.012.30$48,937
Nov 201949918555.302.75$28,104
Oct 201934112653.472.42$18,538
Sep 20193278855.052.66$18,235
Aug 201960019253.112.30$32,308
Jul 201957720156.272.46$32,962
Jun 201970124652.782.49$37,612
May 201972514958.482.74$42,806
Apr 201963020962.632.75$40,032
Mar 201967424656.803.06$39,036
Feb 201954221650.852.79$28,164
Jan 201966723146.033.23$31,448
Dec 201870121646.594.19$33,564
Nov 201868624052.934.24$37,327
Oct 201871320961.443.40$44,517
Sep 201857823759.543.11$35,151
Aug 201871433959.403.07$43,451
Jul 201871732165.142.93$47,647
Jun 201874823560.183.08$45,738
May 201848021965.382.90$32,018
Apr 201841163.842.90$2,620
Mar 2018269961.222.79$1,868
Feb 20185419361.782.77$3,870
Jan 20186323262.874.01$4,891
Dec 20172611357.272.92$1,819
Nov 201726923855.423.12$15,650
Oct 201732620549.292.98$16,680
Sep 201741722147.523.09$20,498
Aug 201776336645.373.00$35,717
Jul 201768639443.873.09$31,311
Jun 201758030042.493.09$25,570
May 201770943845.373.26$33,597
Apr 201762237547.933.21$31,017
Mar 201769943646.772.98$33,993
Feb 201773838750.452.95$38,375
Jan 201760132549.413.42$30,807
Dec 201669642048.763.72$35,501
Nov 201681049942.492.64$35,736
Oct 201682754346.193.09$39,877
Sep 201687845841.553.10$37,901
Aug 201696554041.442.92$41,569
Jul 201687153841.622.92$37,824
Jun 201671647645.352.69$33,749
May 201626525342.521.99$11,772
Apr 201634233536.561.99$13,171
Mar 201659746033.011.79$20,532
Feb 201651639326.472.06$14,470
Jan 201649631827.352.36$14,317
Dec 201551227332.362.00$17,115
Nov 201549127038.792.17$19,631
Oct 201554419543.552.43$24,164
Sep 201563430542.992.76$28,097
Aug 201587846940.162.87$36,608
Jul 20151,02645648.152.95$50,745
Jun 20151,02627556.152.88$58,403
May 20151,17931855.212.96$66,032
Apr 20151,12538449.822.71$57,087
Mar 201528912142.892.93$12,750
Feb 201539319844.662.98$18,141
Jan 20151,13538243.433.10$50,477
Dec 20141,25038954.693.59$69,760
Nov 20141,10437670.464.25$79,387
Oct 20141,44046178.303.90$114,550
Sep 20141,24039686.164.05$108,440
Aug 20141,73257389.394.04$157,136
Jul 20141,24147496.564.18$121,812
Jun 20141,15146498.164.74$115,180
May 20141,24836394.734.73$119,939
Apr 20141,31727795.944.81$127,685
Mar 20141,25047595.895.06$122,264
Feb 201494233597.406.19$93,825
Jan 20141,37530990.404.86$125,802
Dec 20131,45934391.824.35$135,459
Nov 20131,31430288.853.74$117,878
Oct 20131,54739397.423.78$152,194
Sep 20131,626360104.113.72$170,621
Aug 20131,787458104.253.52$187,908
Jul 20131,412376102.523.72$146,156
Jun 20131,55442594.403.93$148,369
May 20131,61247294.834.15$154,824
Apr 20131,67843993.964.28$159,545
Mar 20131,73745393.623.91$164,390
Feb 20131,58941991.233.42$146,397
Jan 20131,75245891.603.42$162,050
Dec 20121,94445586.773.42$170,237
Nov 20121,65241686.953.62$145,149
Oct 20121,46141089.383.40$131,978
Sep 20121,40741494.672.92$134,409
Aug 20121,47445592.662.91$137,904
Jul 20121,54748185.133.02$133,149
Jun 20121,62848979.822.52$131,179
May 20121,42342891.612.49$131,426
Apr 20121,372417101.652.00$140,296
Mar 20121,514460105.052.22$160,068
Feb 20121,516467101.102.57$154,468
Jan 20121,36936498.092.73$135,280
Dec 20111,47734796.873.24$144,201
Nov 20111,41034495.723.31$136,104
Oct 20111,48837184.983.65$127,804
Sep 20111,41632883.623.99$119,713
Aug 20111,6307783.404.15$136,262
Jul 20111,80141194.144.52$171,403
Jun 20111,74240492.904.64$163,706
May 20111,66440098.134.40$165,050
Apr 20111,592162105.964.33$169,390
Mar 20111,80838696.364.06$175,785
Feb 20111,46922385.644.18$126,737
Jan 20111,79737986.504.59$157,180
Dec 20102,87855485.734.35$249,140
Nov 20101,67640180.843.80$137,010
Oct 20101,86644078.103.51$147,279
Sep 20101,94851272.633.98$143,521
Aug 20102,08753173.684.42$156,117
Jul 20101,89856872.554.74$140,390
Jun 20102,12348170.364.91$151,736
May 20102,31748471.124.24$166,835
Apr 20102,12550781.694.12$175,681
Mar 20102,29855178.394.39$182,558
Feb 20102,03746273.585.44$152,397
Jan 20102,38849474.365.96$180,518
Dec 20092,41547871.445.48$175,149
Nov 20092,26548574.593.75$170,766
Oct 20092,42352472.544.11$177,918
Sep 20092,45055965.543.06$162,286
Aug 20092,52358567.423.22$171,983
Jul 20092,52359461.133.46$156,289
Jun 20092,41166266.163.90$162,090
May 20092,44873454.743.93$136,885
Apr 20092,37167146.773.59$113,299
Mar 20092,61251342.144.06$112,152
Feb 20092,50049732.814.63$84,328
Jan 20092,88724235.865.37$104,828
Dec 20082,73057737.105.98$104,732
Nov 20082,64461455.496.86$150,928
Oct 20082,74069875.246.92$210,989
Sep 20082,667445101.767.88$274,899
Aug 20082,794760114.228.48$325,578
Jul 20082,726757131.0811.39$365,946
Jun 20082,708706131.3313.03$364,843
May 20082,842682123.1711.57$357,943
Apr 20083,245777110.3110.45$366,079
Mar 20083,357790101.909.66$349,713
Feb 20083,31968992.538.77$313,150
Jan 20083,35567590.388.21$308,764
Dec 20073,19865988.337.30$287,291
Nov 20073,1906,07791.677.29$336,739
Oct 20073,39177382.856.92$286,295
Sep 20073,05960375.846.24$235,760
Aug 20072,97275269.066.39$210,050
Jul 20073,39283570.906.39$245,827
Jun 20073,10365862.007.55$197,353
May 20072,93570958.747.85$177,965
Apr 20072,71871359.617.81$167,585
Mar 20073,21375556.927.30$188,397
Feb 20073,07366155.108.22$174,753
Jan 20073,16369250.306.73$163,754
Dec 20063,15269056.656.92$183,335
Nov 20063,05842354.207.62$168,966
Oct 20063,47276454.906.01$195,207
Sep 20063,18077260.085.04$194,943
Aug 20063,43480868.717.34$241,881
Jul 20063,18084269.376.34$225,937
Jun 20063,57988766.286.38$242,879
May 20063,60692966.016.42$244,001
Apr 20063,43588864.397.36$227,716
Mar 20063,77187256.707.08$219,992
Feb 20062,80668857.597.75$166,930
Jan 20063,7727460.598.93$229,207
Dec 20053,7909054.9413.42$209,430
Nov 20053,7697754.6910.59$206,942
Oct 20053,9098558.3413.80$229,224
Sep 20053,7549461.4512.08$231,819
Aug 20053,78595861.519.80$242,201
Jul 20053,97797855.697.84$229,150
Jun 20053,86997452.337.38$209,654
May 20053,75294445.226.65$175,944
Apr 20053,89093649.207.36$198,277
Mar 20053,8891,77650.377.15$208,596
Feb 20053,35175645.226.31$156,304
Jan 20054,13189643.166.32$183,959
Dec 20044,10593939.866.75$169,965
Nov 20044,07191145.286.33$190,102
Oct 20044,29299849.706.52$219,814
Sep 20044,0101,01043.245.28$178,729
Aug 20044,3111,21442.375.55$189,396
Jul 20044,4371,26138.286.08$177,521
Jun 20043,9291,07036.106.43$148,720
May 20043,9861,11337.486.49$156,624
Apr 20043,8451,00034.475.86$138,396
Mar 20043,9721,11034.365.53$142,616
Feb 20043,9541,10832.455.51$134,412
Jan 20044,1581,09332.036.30$140,066
Dec 20034,1241,00130.266.30$131,100
Nov 20034,5931,04228.804.60$137,067
Oct 20034,4911,05128.174.76$131,514
Sep 20034,1491,05126.314.75$114,152
Aug 20034,2031,12229.765.13$130,837
Jul 20033,8811,13829.415.17$120,025
Jun 20033,72999628.565.98$112,459
May 20034,5221,14526.595.97$127,079
Apr 20034,8921,21826.675.41$137,056
Mar 20035,0421,33531.146.10$165,146
Feb 20034,7471,35733.487.93$169,685
Jan 20035,1541,49430.315.58$164,557
Dec 20025,1751,49426.914.85$146,511
Nov 20025,7581,66024.664.14$148,860
Oct 20026,1001,78226.464.23$168,942
Sep 20025,6344727.443.64$154,768
Aug 20026,4444325.963.16$167,422
Jul 20025,8864224.583.06$144,806
Jun 20026,5904623.733.34$156,534
May 20025,7944124.663.58$143,027
Apr 20025,6173423.653.51$132,961
Mar 20026,3493222.003.10$139,777
Feb 20025,5263218.222.38$100,760
Jan 20027,0143817.172.38$120,521
Dec 20014,612016.932.36$78,081
Nov 20014,776018.072.41$86,302
Oct 20015,696019.782.53$112,667
Sep 20014,752024.262.25$115,284
Aug 20015,843024.873.05$145,315
Jul 20016,586023.933.20$157,603
Jun 20013,171024.563.82$77,880
May 20018,4585,05425.524.31$237,617
Apr 20019,7792,74124.685.34$255,970
Mar 200111,3692,64524.545.38$293,216
Feb 20014,5951,30727.755.77$135,049
Jan 200199279527.478.40$33,927
Dec 200015859126.889.12$9,638
Nov 200015166232.215.66$8,609
Oct 200015370231.235.15$8,390
Sep 200016178831.875.19$9,218
Aug 200016480029.644.54$8,494
Jul 200017373828.534.09$7,954
Jun 200020772729.304.40$9,262
May 200020566227.263.68$8,024
Apr 200015475424.513.12$6,124
Mar 200025576628.422.86$9,438
Feb 200016273427.622.73$6,476
Jan 200061071425.272.48$17,186
Dec 199922474524.282.42$7,244
Nov 199920677923.192.43$6,673
Oct 199923074420.982.80$6,911
Sep 199923471921.752.62$6,972
Aug 199930179319.262.88$8,078
Jul 199928979917.892.37$7,066
Jun 199925972315.942.36$5,836
May 199928681315.792.32$6,403
Apr 199921277915.102.21$4,921
Mar 199928078812.471.84$4,940
Feb 19992887379.981.82$4,214
Jan 199925571610.381.90$4,007
Dec 19982684329.201.77$3,232
Nov 19982805210.892.19$3,163
Oct 19982894212.421.97$3,672
Sep 19983084812.592.08$3,978
Aug 19982762911.301.91$3,174
Jul 19982806911.742.24$3,442
Jun 19982612011.242.24$2,978
May 19983932412.622.21$5,013
Apr 19982955313.042.51$3,980
Mar 19982966312.802.31$3,934
Feb 19982695113.952.30$3,870
Jan 19983074014.702.15$4,599
Dec 19971723916.322.41$2,901
Nov 19971733418.193.09$3,252
Oct 19972322919.253.15$4,557
Sep 19972825117.742.95$5,153
Aug 19973145217.862.55$5,741
Jul 19973252417.582.25$5,767
Jun 19973035117.242.26$5,339
May 19972285118.972.31$4,443
Apr 19972917017.882.08$5,349
Mar 199729924518.951.94$6,141
Feb 19972249320.492.21$4,795
Jan 19972904623.483.54$6,972
Dec 19962904823.32—$6,763
Nov 19967447221.97—$16,346
Oct 199638310123.31—$8,928
Sep 19964088022.22—$9,066
Aug 19963678720.26—$7,435
Jul 19963726719.55—$7,273
Jun 19963428118.73—$6,406
May 19963879219.43—$7,519
Apr 19963709321.51—$7,959
Mar 19963849419.38—$7,442
Feb 19963776916.98—$6,401
Jan 19963888917.07—$6,623
Dec 19953839217.19—$6,584
Nov 19953568116.00—$5,696
Oct 199538110015.43—$5,879
Sep 19953809816.18—$6,148
Aug 1995407115.92—$6,479
Jul 1995380115.24—$5,791
Jun 1995386116.41—$6,334
May 199539211517.56—$6,884
Apr 199538454117.73—$6,808
Mar 1995429116.44—$7,053
Feb 199537111016.58—$6,151
Jan 199545514515.92—$7,244
Dec 199442814815.03—$6,433
Nov 199441715815.90—$6,630
Oct 199445315115.58—$7,058
Sep 199441413615.29—$6,330
Aug 199445516516.13—$7,339
Jul 199441515517.56—$7,287
Jun 199444019017.09—$7,520
May 199444721515.88—$7,098
Apr 199448218914.14—$6,815
Mar 199444020012.46—$5,482
Feb 199432417012.50—$4,050
Jan 199448517912.66—$6,140
Dec 199348717612.33—$6,005
Nov 199348317914.49—$6,999
Oct 199357321115.85—$9,082
Sep 199356919515.03—$8,552
Aug 199350820015.66—$7,955
Jul 199358220015.46—$8,998
Jun 199352611316.79—$8,832
May 199361221117.68—$10,820
Apr 199371721118.05—$12,942
Mar 199332010018.14—$5,805
Feb 19932949317.90—$5,263
Jan 199340311316.93—$6,823

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                  265 bbl  × $106.41 =    $28,199
Casinghead gas     1,015 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $3,092

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Month total                                  $31,290

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/1605 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.