FOSTER, H. S., -A-

Operated by OXY USA INC. (P-5 630591) in the COWDEN, SOUTH field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 16154District 08Field 21292001Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$8.7 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$56 k
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 102 leases and 1,335 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1932-11-23
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
467 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 10 acres. The field rule took effect on 2005-09-27.

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: MAXIMUM 160 ACRES PLUS 16 ACRES TOLERANCE

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
NGPA12none

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
OilDisposition200,978 bbl$8,591,000
Casinghead gasProduction21,495 Mcf$81,896
Total$8,672,896

4,510 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 (22)

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 31.7435, -102.4184. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.9 miles.

31.74425, -102.41972 · 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
68.2%
15 of 22 wells
With a plug date
54.5%
12 of 22 wells
Median depth
4,800 ft
19 wells filed one
Completion to plug
25.1 years
median over 10 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1568.2%
A plug date is filed
1254.5%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1254.5%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
731.8%

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, 19 of 22 wells. Median 4,800 ft, with the middle half between 4,785 and 4,850 ft; the shallowest is 4,745 ft and the deepest 9,098 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, 17 of 22 wells, May 1962 – Feb 2023. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
May 1962 – Feb 2023
17 of 22 wells; 5 filed none
Plug dates filed
Jul 1995 – Nov 2024
12 of 22 wells; 10 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 25.1 years across the 10 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 16.0 years and 27.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

22 wells

42-135047121Yes
42-135047132Yes
42-1350471434,775 ftOct 1998Yes
42-135205575Yes
42-13532756144,760 ftFeb 2017Yes
42-1353530621W4,813 ftFeb 2023
42-13535840264,915 ftJan 2023
42-1353530522W4,802 ftFeb 2022Nov 2024Yes
42-1353584224W4,850 ftJan 2021
42-13532837154,780 ftMay 2014Mar 2017Yes
42-13538962675,300 ftMay 2006
42-13538961615,500 ftApr 2006
42-13535201204,800 ftDec 2005
42-1353584325W4,850 ftApr 1988May 2012Yes
42-1353584123W4,850 ftMar 1988Apr 2014Yes
42-13531763199,098 ftJun 1980
42-13531840124,800 ftJun 1980Apr 1997Yes
42-1353322518W4,800 ftNov 1979Jul 1995Yes
42-13533070174,800 ftNov 1978Nov 2017Yes
42-13532836164,790 ftDec 1977May 2005Yes
42-13532755134,745 ftOct 1977Apr 2005Yes
42-1350471544,765 ftMay 1962Oct 1998Yes

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 2026145147106.413.05$15,877
Apr 20262813598.932.87$3,157
Mar 2026559789.753.15$5,242
Feb 2026375563.503.75$2,556
Jan 2026936259.138.00$5,995
Dec 20251342356.664.41$7,694
Nov 2025146958.593.93$8,589
Oct 202593059.383.30$5,522
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 202519066.743.32$1,268
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 202585062.363.54$5,301
Mar 2025138067.704.27$9,343
Feb 202564070.884.34$4,536
Jan 202546074.324.28$3,419
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 202442069.052.20$2,900
Oct 2024122071.372.28$8,707
Sep 202458069.612.36$4,037
Aug 2024109075.632.06$8,244
Jul 202487079.932.15$6,954
Jun 2024115078.082.63$8,979
May 2024122078.812.20$9,615
Apr 2024120084.451.66$10,134
Mar 202486080.301.55$6,906
Feb 2024119076.091.78$9,055
Jan 202440073.023.30$2,921
Dec 202377071.262.61$5,487
Nov 202365077.892.81$5,063
Oct 202375085.443.09$6,408
Sep 202367089.042.74$5,966
Aug 202362080.522.67$4,992
Jul 202345074.852.64$3,368
Jun 202316068.962.26$1,103
May 202313070.622.23$918
Apr 202319078.122.24$1,484
Mar 202320072.852.39$1,457
Feb 202332075.112.47$2,404
Jan 202352076.533.39$3,980
Dec 202239076.415.73$2,980
Nov 202232085.005.65$2,720
Oct 202240087.185.86$3,487
Sep 202232084.888.16$2,716
Aug 202249094.529.13$4,631
Jul 2022390101.587.54$3,962
Jun 2022400115.097.98$4,604
May 2022480109.378.43$5,250
Apr 2022480104.226.84$5,003
Mar 2022400108.885.08$4,355
Feb 202232091.054.86$2,914
Jan 202252081.844.54$4,256
Dec 202142071.323.90$2,995
Nov 202145077.435.24$3,484
Oct 202174079.795.71$5,904
Sep 202153069.865.35$3,703
Aug 202158066.024.22$3,829
Jul 202146070.783.98$3,256
Jun 202169069.493.38$4,795
May 202181063.483.02$5,142
Apr 202189060.362.76$5,372
Mar 202192061.302.72$5,640
Feb 202148057.805.55$2,774
Jan 202171050.412.81$3,579
Dec 202073044.642.68$3,259
Nov 202079038.772.71$3,063
Oct 202081036.972.48$2,995
Sep 202098037.091.99$3,635
Aug 202060039.982.39$2,399
Jul 202073038.371.83$2,801
Jun 202075034.901.69$2,618
May 202056016.921.81$948
Apr 2020106014.751.80$1,564
Mar 2020141030.341.86$4,278
Feb 2020156049.881.98$7,781
Jan 2020168057.252.09$9,618
Dec 2019132059.012.30$7,789
Nov 2019153055.302.75$8,461
Oct 2019183053.472.42$9,785
Sep 2019210055.052.66$11,561
Aug 2019175053.112.30$9,294
Jul 2019155156.272.46$8,724
Jun 2019163252.782.49$8,608
May 2019170358.482.74$9,950
Apr 2019201662.632.75$12,605
Mar 20191822656.803.06$10,417
Feb 20191912850.852.79$9,791
Jan 20191352946.033.23$6,308
Dec 20181402946.594.19$6,644
Nov 20181392952.934.24$7,480
Oct 20181353761.443.40$8,420
Sep 2018112459.543.11$6,681
Aug 2018162459.403.07$9,635
Jul 2018121665.142.93$7,900
Jun 20181151660.183.08$6,970
May 201885765.382.90$5,578
Apr 201858263.842.90$3,709
Mar 201861461.222.79$3,746
Feb 201881161.782.77$5,007
Jan 201875162.874.01$4,719
Dec 201759157.272.92$3,382
Nov 201759155.423.12$3,273
Oct 201768149.292.98$3,355
Sep 201755347.523.09$2,623
Aug 201779445.373.00$3,596
Jul 201767343.873.09$2,949
Jun 201744542.493.09$1,885
May 201763745.373.26$2,881
Apr 201771847.933.21$3,429
Mar 2017961746.772.98$4,541
Feb 20171111650.452.95$5,647
Jan 20171201949.413.42$5,994
Dec 20161081248.763.72$5,311
Nov 20161112542.492.64$4,783
Oct 20161132546.193.09$5,297
Sep 20161171241.553.10$4,899
Aug 20161323041.442.92$5,558
Jul 20161122841.622.92$4,743
Jun 20161403645.352.69$6,446
May 20161003942.521.99$4,330
Apr 20161322636.561.99$4,878
Mar 20161545633.011.79$5,184
Feb 20161345626.472.06$3,663
Jan 20161636327.352.36$4,607
Dec 20152589232.362.00$8,533
Nov 201532511838.792.17$12,862
Oct 201531710843.552.43$14,067
Sep 201525510542.992.76$11,252
Aug 20152367940.162.87$9,705
Jul 20152778948.152.95$13,600
Jun 201528511656.152.88$16,337
May 201534915055.212.96$19,712
Apr 201541024549.822.71$21,089
Mar 201536420242.892.93$16,205
Feb 201530312644.662.98$13,907
Jan 20151347243.433.10$6,043
Dec 201438618354.693.59$21,768
Nov 20144227370.464.25$30,045
Oct 201441314378.303.90$32,896
Sep 201435122286.164.05$31,140
Aug 201440515989.394.04$36,845
Jul 20144255196.564.18$41,251
Jun 20144745798.164.74$46,798
May 20145796094.734.73$55,132
Apr 2014488595.944.81$46,843
Mar 20145114295.895.06$49,212
Feb 2014430097.406.19$41,882
Jan 2014522090.404.86$47,189
Dec 2013402091.824.35$36,912
Nov 2013365088.853.74$32,430
Oct 2013499097.423.78$48,613
Sep 20134710104.113.72$49,036
Aug 20134830104.253.52$50,353
Jul 20133990102.523.72$40,905
Jun 2013360094.403.93$33,984
May 2013512094.834.15$48,553
Apr 20135974793.964.28$56,295
Mar 2013592093.623.91$55,423
Feb 2013619091.233.42$56,471
Jan 2013706091.603.42$64,670
Dec 2012843086.773.42$73,147
Nov 2012714086.953.62$62,082
Oct 20127099789.383.40$63,700
Sep 201282010794.672.92$77,942
Aug 20126668592.662.91$61,959
Jul 20124734785.133.02$40,408
Jun 20125875479.822.52$46,990
May 20126302391.612.49$57,772
Apr 201241316101.652.00$42,013
Mar 201252423105.052.22$55,097
Feb 20126939101.102.57$70,085
Jan 20123191498.092.73$31,329
Dec 20114923596.873.24$47,773
Nov 20113743095.723.31$35,899
Oct 20115342084.983.65$45,452
Sep 20114562583.623.99$38,230
Aug 20115282883.404.15$44,151
Jul 20114692794.144.52$44,274
Jun 20114982892.904.64$46,394
May 20114072398.134.40$40,040
Apr 201129014105.964.33$30,789
Mar 20113792296.364.06$36,610
Feb 20112481385.644.18$21,293
Jan 20112472086.504.59$21,457
Dec 20104402185.734.35$37,813
Nov 2010453080.843.80$36,621
Oct 2010497078.103.51$38,816
Sep 2010353072.633.98$25,638
Aug 2010482073.684.42$35,514
Jul 2010266072.554.74$19,298
Jun 20103071370.364.91$21,664
May 20103935671.124.24$28,187
Apr 20104235081.694.12$34,761
Mar 20103704278.394.39$29,189
Feb 20103332873.585.44$24,655
Jan 20104052774.365.96$30,277
Dec 20095941571.445.48$42,518
Nov 2009535074.593.75$39,906
Oct 2009444072.544.11$32,208
Sep 2009609065.543.06$39,914
Aug 20094705267.423.22$31,855
Jul 20095249361.133.46$32,354
Jun 20097948866.163.90$52,874
May 20091,5035354.743.93$82,482
Apr 20095275446.773.59$24,842
Mar 20096103342.144.06$25,839
Feb 200947212432.814.63$16,061
Jan 20095165335.865.37$18,788
Dec 20085414337.105.98$20,328
Nov 20084993255.496.86$27,909
Oct 20084684475.246.92$35,517
Sep 200875824101.767.88$77,323
Aug 200876986114.228.48$88,565
Jul 2008716108131.0811.39$95,083
Jun 200857969131.3313.03$76,939
May 200862887123.1711.57$78,358
Apr 200860456110.3110.45$67,213
Mar 200864275101.909.66$66,145
Feb 200873011092.538.77$68,512
Jan 200884312690.388.21$77,224
Dec 200791914588.337.30$82,234
Nov 20076468791.677.29$59,853
Oct 200791717782.856.92$77,199
Sep 200777015375.846.24$59,352
Aug 200782716669.066.39$58,173
Jul 200787119370.906.39$62,987
Jun 200773914062.007.55$46,875
May 20076809758.747.85$40,704
Apr 20077279559.617.81$44,078
Mar 20077448056.927.30$42,933
Feb 20076787155.108.22$37,941
Jan 20077724550.306.73$39,134
Dec 20066424156.656.92$36,653
Nov 20067243654.207.62$39,515
Oct 200689515654.906.01$50,074
Sep 200683115360.085.04$50,697
Aug 20068609968.717.34$59,817
Jul 20067795769.376.34$54,401
Jun 20069776666.286.38$65,177
May 20067226966.016.42$48,103
Apr 200660212064.397.36$39,646
Mar 200672211256.707.08$41,731
Feb 20066419157.597.75$37,621
Jan 20067039060.598.93$43,399
Dec 20056338854.9413.42$35,958
Nov 200550913254.6910.59$29,235
Oct 200563114458.3413.80$38,799
Sep 200573413861.4512.08$46,771
Aug 200569712261.519.80$44,068
Jul 200575612655.697.84$43,090
Jun 200564915752.337.38$35,121
May 200572415145.226.65$33,744
Apr 200567414449.207.36$34,221
Mar 200580610650.377.15$41,357
Feb 20055456945.226.31$25,080
Jan 20056438543.166.32$28,289
Dec 20046169039.866.75$25,161
Nov 20046197045.286.33$28,471
Oct 200446412949.706.52$23,901
Sep 20044962343.245.28$21,569
Aug 20045582142.375.55$23,759
Jul 20043,2632338.286.08$125,048
Jun 20045082736.106.43$18,512
May 20045843837.486.49$22,135
Apr 20046124434.475.86$21,353
Mar 20045985434.365.53$20,846
Feb 20045995132.455.51$19,719
Jan 20047355132.036.30$23,863
Dec 20036543030.266.30$19,979
Nov 20037877228.804.60$22,996
Oct 20036676928.174.76$19,118
Sep 20035787426.314.75$15,559
Aug 20035535129.765.13$16,719
Jul 20035646729.415.17$16,934
Jun 20034976828.565.98$14,601
May 20035616826.595.97$15,323
Apr 20034637726.675.41$12,765
Mar 20036588331.146.10$20,996
Feb 20036334733.487.93$21,565
Jan 20036279430.315.58$19,529
Dec 20025226226.914.85$14,348
Nov 20027555824.664.14$18,858
Oct 20021,0367026.464.23$27,709
Sep 200289210227.443.64$24,847
Aug 20027528225.963.16$19,781
Jul 20027478824.583.06$18,631
Jun 20027477323.733.34$17,970
May 20024175124.663.58$10,466
Apr 20025494023.653.51$13,124
Mar 20024333222.003.10$9,625
Feb 20024782918.222.38$8,778
Jan 20025572517.172.38$9,623
Dec 20015053216.932.36$8,625
Nov 20014735618.072.41$8,682
Oct 20015915519.782.53$11,829
Sep 20014105924.262.25$10,079
Aug 20014216024.873.05$10,653
Jul 20013837623.933.20$9,408
Jun 20016977624.563.82$17,409
May 20019238825.524.31$23,934
Apr 20016676324.685.34$16,798
Mar 20015527624.545.38$13,955
Feb 20015297227.755.77$15,095
Jan 20016284327.478.40$17,612
Dec 20009292126.889.12$25,163
Nov 20006275732.215.66$20,518
Oct 20006285831.235.15$19,911
Sep 20005717031.875.19$18,561
Aug 20005708829.644.54$17,294
Jul 200063611628.534.09$18,619
Jun 20006187229.304.40$18,424
May 20006408027.263.68$17,741
Apr 20005597424.513.12$13,932
Mar 20006135628.422.86$17,582
Feb 20006555927.622.73$18,252
Jan 20007356525.272.48$18,735
Dec 19998575924.282.42$20,951
Nov 19991,1707523.192.43$27,315
Oct 19991,2347420.982.80$26,097
Sep 19999306821.752.62$20,406
Aug 19999159119.262.88$17,885
Jul 19998029417.892.37$14,571
Jun 19998359215.942.36$13,527
May 199988711115.792.32$14,263
Apr 19996485715.102.21$9,911
Mar 19999356312.471.84$11,775
Feb 1999787579.981.82$7,958
Jan 19996485010.381.90$6,821
Dec 1998768589.201.77$7,168
Nov 19988086910.892.19$8,950
Oct 19989027312.421.97$11,347
Sep 19987697412.592.08$9,836
Aug 19987899411.301.91$9,095
Jul 19985358611.742.24$6,473
Jun 199878112111.242.24$9,049
May 199869715112.622.21$9,129
Apr 199884712513.042.51$11,358
Mar 199867711412.802.31$8,929
Feb 19986796113.952.30$9,612
Jan 19987447914.702.15$11,107
Dec 19975895916.322.41$9,755
Nov 19978187418.193.09$15,108
Oct 19977077219.253.15$13,837
Sep 199775210017.742.95$13,636
Aug 199765810017.862.55$12,007
Jul 199773013017.582.25$13,126
Jun 199769410217.242.26$12,195
May 19977478918.972.31$14,376
Apr 19977438217.882.08$13,456
Mar 199780113918.951.94$15,448
Feb 19976486520.492.21$13,421
Jan 19975674923.483.54$13,487
Dec 19965643423.32$13,152
Nov 19968747321.97$19,202
Oct 19961,00910523.31$23,520
Sep 19969039622.22$20,065
Aug 19961,0958020.26$22,185
Jul 19964427419.55$8,641
Jun 19963791218.73$7,099
May 19967312219.43$14,203
Apr 19967091321.51$15,251
Mar 19968156419.38$15,795
Feb 19966061916.98$10,290
Jan 19966081117.07$10,379
Dec 19954852717.19$8,337
Nov 1995575116.00$9,200
Oct 199559119915.43$9,119
Sep 1995620116.18$10,032
Aug 199551821915.92$8,247
Jul 199589512415.24$13,640
Jun 19959035016.41$14,818
May 19951,0926317.56$19,176
Apr 19951,2006117.73$21,276
Mar 19951,1045116.44$18,150
Feb 19957494716.58$12,418
Jan 19958044015.92$12,800
Dec 19948969115.03$13,467
Nov 19941,00115915.90$15,916
Oct 19941,08222415.58$16,858
Sep 19941,09522915.29$16,743
Aug 19941,02723316.13$16,566
Jul 19941,23821317.56$21,739
Jun 19941,24713317.09$21,311
May 19941,28612615.88$20,422
Apr 19941,17715314.14$16,643
Mar 19941,33113712.46$16,584
Feb 19941,29712412.50$16,213
Jan 19941,51712912.66$19,205
Dec 19931,94920612.33$24,031
Nov 19931,9643314.49$28,458
Oct 19931,1753815.85$18,624
Sep 19931,2062915.03$18,126
Aug 19931,13012215.66$17,696
Jul 19931,1614215.46$17,949
Jun 19931,2584616.79$21,122
May 19931,3785317.68$24,363
Apr 19931,4294818.05$25,793
Mar 19931,4415218.14$26,140
Feb 19931,1534417.90$20,639
Jan 19931,29636016.93$21,941

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                  145 bbl  × $106.41 =    $15,429
Casinghead gas       147 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $448

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Month total                                  $15,877

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/16154 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.