FOSTER, H. S. -C-

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 18248District 08Field 21292001Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$5.9 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 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
NGPA9none

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
OilDisposition131,316 bbl$5,791,906
Casinghead gasProduction14,665 Mcf$65,258
Total$5,857,164

2,383 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 (12)

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 31.7446, -102.4342. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.7 miles.

31.74396, -102.43399 · 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
66.7%
8 of 12 wells
With a plug date
66.7%
8 of 12 wells
Median depth
4,722 ft
12 wells filed one
Completion to plug
29.2 years
median over 8 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
866.7%
A plug date is filed
866.7%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
866.7%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
433.3%

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, 12 of 12 wells. Median 4,722 ft, with the middle half between 4,699 and 4,806 ft; the shallowest is 4,600 ft and the deepest 4,964 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, 12 of 12 wells, Jan 1964 – Mar 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
Jan 1964 – Mar 2023
12 of 12 wells
Plug dates filed
Oct 1971 – Mar 2026
8 of 12 wells; 4 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 29.2 years across the 8 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 16.7 years and 34.0 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

12 wells

42-1353218074,775 ftMar 2023
42-13538821114,900 ftMar 2023
42-13538823144,964 ftFeb 2007Mar 2026Yes
42-13538818104,905 ftFeb 2005
42-1353533694,760 ftDec 1986Apr 2012Yes
42-1353276084,670 ftNov 1977Mar 2011Yes
42-1353218164,696 ftJul 1977Jul 2010Yes
42-1353188754,700 ftJun 1976Dec 1985Yes
42-1353188844,700 ftJun 1976
42-1353184234,700 ftMar 1976Mar 2012Yes
42-1351041824,744 ftAug 1964Jan 2011Yes
42-1351034714,600 ftJan 1964Oct 1971Yes

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 20254067.704.27$271
Feb 20257070.884.34$496
Jan 20257074.324.28$520
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20248069.052.20$552
Oct 202429071.372.28$2,070
Sep 202429069.612.36$2,019
Aug 202463075.632.06$4,765
Jul 202450079.932.15$3,997
Jun 202466078.082.63$5,153
May 202470078.812.20$5,517
Apr 202474084.451.66$6,249
Mar 202466080.301.55$5,300
Feb 202498076.091.78$7,457
Jan 202440073.023.30$2,921
Dec 202374071.262.61$5,273
Nov 202366077.892.81$5,141
Oct 202365085.443.09$5,554
Sep 202333089.042.74$2,938
Aug 202333080.522.67$2,657
Jul 202328074.852.64$2,096
Jun 202313068.962.26$896
May 202310070.622.23$706
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 202316076.533.39$1,224
Dec 202251076.415.73$3,897
Nov 202262085.005.65$5,270
Oct 202284087.185.86$7,323
Sep 202262084.888.16$5,263
Aug 202288094.529.13$8,318
Jul 2022750101.587.54$7,619
Jun 2022830115.097.98$9,552
May 20221020109.378.43$11,156
Apr 20221000104.226.84$10,422
Mar 2022780108.885.08$8,493
Feb 202253091.054.86$4,826
Jan 202269081.844.54$5,647
Dec 202157071.323.90$4,065
Nov 202160077.435.24$4,646
Oct 202198079.795.71$7,819
Sep 202169069.865.35$4,820
Aug 202174066.024.22$4,885
Jul 202157070.783.98$4,034
Jun 202169069.493.38$4,795
May 202167063.483.02$4,253
Apr 202178060.362.76$4,708
Mar 202180061.302.72$4,904
Feb 202138057.805.55$2,196
Jan 202155050.412.81$2,773
Dec 202056044.642.68$2,500
Nov 202059038.772.71$2,287
Oct 202083036.972.48$3,069
Sep 2020147037.091.99$5,452
Aug 2020102039.982.39$4,078
Jul 2020178038.371.83$6,830
Jun 2020195034.901.69$6,806
May 2020155016.921.81$2,623
Apr 2020275014.751.80$4,056
Mar 2020376030.341.86$11,408
Feb 2020440049.881.98$21,947
Jan 2020463057.252.09$26,507
Dec 2019300059.012.30$17,703
Nov 2019258055.302.75$14,267
Oct 2019321053.472.42$17,164
Sep 2019376055.052.66$20,699
Aug 2019308053.112.30$16,358
Jul 2019262256.272.46$14,748
Jun 2019276452.782.49$14,577
May 2019293558.482.74$17,148
Apr 20193441062.632.75$21,572
Mar 20193094456.803.06$17,686
Feb 20193074550.852.79$15,737
Jan 20192194646.033.23$10,229
Dec 20182374846.594.19$11,243
Nov 20182235152.934.24$12,019
Oct 20181644661.443.40$10,232
Sep 2018154459.543.11$9,182
Aug 2018277659.403.07$16,472
Jul 20182131165.142.93$13,907
Jun 20182552860.183.08$15,432
May 20183372465.382.90$22,103
Apr 20182881163.842.90$18,418
Mar 20183022161.222.79$18,547
Feb 2018345661.782.77$21,331
Jan 2018219462.874.01$13,785
Dec 2017165257.272.92$9,455
Nov 2017207255.423.12$11,478
Oct 2017217549.292.98$10,711
Sep 2017155747.523.09$7,387
Aug 20173221545.373.00$14,654
Jul 20173921643.873.09$17,246
Jun 20172492642.493.09$10,660
May 20173213845.373.26$14,688
Apr 20173163547.933.21$15,258
Mar 20173707546.772.98$17,529
Feb 20172824350.452.95$14,354
Jan 20172914349.413.42$14,525
Dec 20163403748.763.72$16,716
Nov 20163368142.492.64$14,491
Oct 20162756546.193.09$12,903
Sep 20162162241.553.10$9,043
Aug 20162635841.442.92$11,068
Jul 20162336041.622.92$9,873
Jun 20163347045.352.69$15,335
May 201627712942.521.99$12,035
Apr 20162275136.561.99$8,401
Mar 20162156833.011.79$7,219
Feb 201623710126.472.06$6,482
Jan 201624711027.352.36$7,016
Dec 20152719832.362.00$8,966
Nov 201533512238.792.17$13,259
Oct 201533310943.552.43$14,767
Sep 201530612442.992.76$13,497
Aug 20152949840.162.87$12,089
Jul 201535411248.152.95$17,375
Jun 201537215456.152.88$21,332
May 201538818455.212.96$21,965
Apr 201529117149.822.71$14,960
Mar 201527815442.892.93$12,375
Feb 20152649644.662.98$12,076
Jan 2015957643.433.10$4,362
Dec 201425012254.693.59$14,111
Nov 20142624470.464.25$18,648
Oct 20142749378.303.90$21,817
Sep 201425616386.164.05$22,716
Aug 201429611589.394.04$26,923
Jul 20143574496.564.18$34,656
Jun 20143194398.164.74$31,517
May 20142092294.734.73$19,903
Apr 2014155195.944.81$14,876
Mar 20141881595.895.06$18,103
Feb 2014159097.406.19$15,487
Jan 2014166090.404.86$15,006
Dec 2013138091.824.35$12,671
Nov 2013135088.853.74$11,995
Oct 2013194097.423.78$18,899
Sep 20131940104.113.72$20,197
Aug 20132040104.253.52$21,267
Jul 20132340102.523.72$23,990
Jun 201319039494.403.93$19,486
May 2013182094.834.15$17,259
Apr 20131401193.964.28$13,202
Mar 2013122093.623.91$11,422
Feb 2013101091.233.42$9,214
Jan 2013111091.603.42$10,168
Dec 2012120086.773.42$10,412
Nov 2012104086.953.62$9,043
Oct 2012112089.383.40$10,011
Sep 2012125094.672.92$11,834
Aug 2012138092.662.91$12,787
Jul 20121402585.133.02$11,994
Jun 2012971579.822.52$7,780
May 20121351091.612.49$12,392
Apr 2012846101.652.00$8,551
Mar 20121218105.052.22$12,729
Feb 20121985101.102.57$20,031
Jan 201287598.092.73$8,548
Dec 20111331196.873.24$12,919
Nov 201194795.723.31$9,021
Oct 2011124684.983.65$10,559
Sep 2011107583.623.99$8,967
Aug 20111421483.404.15$11,901
Jul 2011781394.144.52$7,402
Jun 2011871292.904.64$8,138
May 2011141798.134.40$13,867
Apr 20111315105.964.33$13,902
Mar 20111491596.364.06$14,419
Feb 2011137885.644.18$11,766
Jan 20111432486.504.59$12,480
Dec 20101861785.734.35$16,020
Nov 2010195080.843.80$15,764
Oct 2010255078.103.51$19,916
Sep 2010180072.633.98$13,073
Aug 2010244073.684.42$17,978
Jul 2010130072.554.74$9,432
Jun 2010140970.364.91$9,895
May 20102013771.124.24$14,452
Apr 20102293481.694.12$18,847
Mar 20101872878.394.39$14,782
Feb 20101641973.585.44$12,171
Jan 20101981874.365.96$14,831
Dec 2009248871.445.48$17,761
Nov 2009213074.593.75$15,888
Oct 2009200072.544.11$14,508
Sep 2009306065.543.06$20,055
Aug 20092003067.423.22$13,581
Jul 20092156261.133.46$13,358
Jun 20092617166.163.90$17,544
May 20091006054.743.93$5,710
Apr 20094126446.773.59$19,499
Mar 20095294242.144.06$22,463
Feb 20094092432.814.63$13,530
Jan 20094737435.865.37$17,359
Dec 20085356137.105.98$20,213
Nov 20084484555.496.86$25,168
Oct 20083516675.246.92$26,866
Sep 200845235101.767.88$46,271
Aug 2008582115114.228.48$67,452
Jul 200855896131.0811.39$74,236
Jun 200859079131.3313.03$78,514
May 2008737109123.1711.57$92,038
Apr 200874456110.3110.45$82,656
Mar 200876292101.909.66$78,537
Feb 200876512792.538.77$71,899
Jan 200887814090.388.21$80,502
Dec 200785716088.337.30$76,867
Nov 20074407391.677.29$40,867
Oct 200786317982.856.92$72,739
Sep 200776720275.846.24$59,431
Aug 200773917669.066.39$52,160
Jul 200787720570.906.39$63,489
Jun 200780316362.007.55$51,016
May 200778312658.747.85$46,982
Apr 200783014559.617.81$50,608
Mar 200799514756.927.30$57,709
Feb 20078549155.108.22$47,803
Jan 20077214550.306.73$36,569
Dec 20066276356.656.92$35,955
Nov 20065745954.207.62$31,560
Oct 20067289954.906.01$40,563
Sep 20066195160.085.04$37,446
Aug 20068124868.717.34$56,145
Jul 20067425869.376.34$51,840
Jun 20068526266.286.38$56,866
May 20067566866.016.42$50,340
Apr 200662513864.397.36$41,260
Mar 200688521456.707.08$51,695
Feb 200685710857.597.75$50,192
Jan 200694411360.598.93$58,206
Dec 200580511054.9413.42$45,702
Nov 200589315954.6910.59$50,522
Oct 200586016158.3413.80$52,394
Sep 200580514461.4512.08$51,207
Aug 200557710261.519.80$36,491
Jul 20051,52412455.697.84$85,844
Jun 200593414752.337.38$49,961
May 20051,11715045.226.65$51,508
Apr 20051,43514349.207.36$71,655
Mar 20051,6749150.377.15$84,970
Feb 20051533145.226.31$7,114
Jan 20051262643.166.32$5,603
Dec 2004241239.866.75$1,038
Nov 2004291645.286.33$1,414
Oct 200427449.706.52$1,368
Sep 200423643.245.28$1,026
Aug 200425642.375.55$1,093
Jul 200427538.286.08$1,064
Jun 200420136.106.43$728
May 200423937.486.49$920
Apr 200425234.475.86$873
Mar 200424234.365.53$836
Feb 200424232.455.51$790
Jan 200429232.036.30$941
Dec 200325130.266.30$763
Nov 200331328.804.60$907
Oct 200329328.174.76$831
Sep 200325326.314.75$672
Aug 200386329.765.13$2,575
Jul 20032182629.415.17$6,546
Jun 20031922628.565.98$5,639
May 20032172626.595.97$5,925
Apr 20031793026.675.41$4,936
Mar 20032553231.146.10$8,136
Feb 20032451833.487.93$8,345
Jan 20032433630.315.58$7,566
Dec 20022022426.914.85$5,552
Nov 20022081624.664.14$5,195
Oct 20022861926.464.23$7,648
Sep 20022462727.443.64$6,848
Aug 20022072225.963.16$5,443
Jul 20022062324.583.06$5,134
Jun 20022062023.733.34$4,955
May 20021151224.663.58$2,879
Apr 200226023.653.51$615
Mar 200295722.003.10$2,112
Feb 200220018.222.38$364
Jan 2002162617.172.38$2,796
Dec 2001197716.932.36$3,352
Nov 20012731518.072.41$4,969
Oct 20012921519.782.53$5,814
Sep 200131524.262.25$763
Aug 200139024.873.05$970
Jul 20011962023.933.20$4,754
Jun 20012782024.563.82$6,904
May 2001452225.524.31$1,243
Apr 2001261524.685.34$722
Mar 200111124.545.38$275
Feb 200177127.755.77$2,143
Jan 20015741027.478.40$15,852
Dec 2000249526.889.12$6,739
Nov 2000671432.215.66$2,237
Oct 2000881531.235.15$2,825
Sep 2000571831.875.19$1,910
Aug 2000572229.644.54$1,789
Jul 200064028.534.09$1,826
Jun 200063029.304.40$1,846
May 2000661927.263.68$1,869
Apr 2000671824.513.12$1,698
Mar 2000831428.422.86$2,399
Feb 200078027.622.73$2,154
Jan 2000811625.272.48$2,087
Dec 19991491424.282.42$3,652
Nov 1999602023.192.43$1,440
Oct 19991051920.982.80$2,256
Sep 199945021.752.62$979
Aug 199955019.262.88$1,059
Jul 19994902317.892.37$8,821
Jun 19994272215.942.36$6,858
May 199962015.792.32$979
Apr 19995685715.102.21$8,703
Mar 19991681112.471.84$2,115
Feb 1999286289.981.82$2,905
Jan 19992582510.381.90$2,726
Dec 1998262289.201.77$2,460
Nov 19983303510.892.19$3,670
Oct 19983613612.421.97$4,555
Sep 19982805512.592.08$3,640
Aug 19982635711.301.91$3,081
Jul 19982286111.742.24$2,813
Jun 19983677311.242.24$4,288
May 19985519212.622.21$7,157
Apr 19985552513.042.51$7,300
Mar 19984562912.802.31$5,904
Feb 19983533213.952.30$4,998
Jan 19983343514.702.15$4,985
Dec 19973462316.322.41$5,702
Nov 19974804218.193.09$8,861
Oct 199788919.253.15$1,722
Sep 19973604817.742.95$6,528
Aug 19974125817.862.55$7,506
Jul 19974498117.582.25$8,075
Jun 19974276317.242.26$7,504
May 19976337618.972.31$12,183
Apr 19977137917.882.08$12,913
Mar 19977342818.951.94$13,964
Feb 19978288320.492.21$17,149
Jan 19976305323.483.54$14,980
Dec 19961,0846623.32$25,279
Nov 19961,0769021.97$23,640
Oct 19961,09511323.31$25,524
Sep 19961,33014222.22$29,553
Aug 19961,88820920.26$38,251
Jul 19961,1971519.55$23,401
Jun 1996802118.73$15,021
May 1996409219.43$7,947
Apr 1996412321.51$8,862
Mar 19964281219.38$8,295
Feb 1996352416.98$5,977
Jan 1996479117.07$8,177
Dec 1995403517.19$6,928
Nov 1995432116.00$6,912
Oct 19954143115.43$6,388
Sep 1995394116.18$6,375
Aug 19954523315.92$7,196
Jul 19953115415.24$4,740
Jun 19953032216.41$4,972
May 19954582917.56$8,042
Apr 19953662717.73$6,489
Mar 19953172316.44$5,211
Feb 19957122116.58$11,805
Jan 19957321415.92$11,653
Dec 19948133315.03$12,219
Nov 19949846015.90$15,646
Oct 19947928415.58$12,339
Sep 19949738615.29$14,877
Aug 19947548716.13$12,162
Jul 19949128117.56$16,015
Jun 19949185817.09$15,689
May 19949485515.88$15,054
Apr 19948666514.14$12,245
Mar 19949794712.46$12,198
Feb 19949116212.50$11,388
Jan 19941,1135912.66$14,091
Dec 19931,29027712.33$15,906
Nov 19931,4736014.49$21,344
Oct 19938646815.85$13,694
Sep 19937771615.03$11,678
Aug 19938336315.66$13,045
Jul 19938692115.46$13,435
Jun 19939252216.79$15,531
May 19931,0141617.68$17,928
Apr 19931,0571518.05$19,079
Mar 19931,0601618.14$19,228
Feb 19938491417.90$15,197
Jan 19939659916.93$16,337

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.

Mar 2025 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    4 bbl  × $ 67.70 =       $271
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.27 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $271

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/18248 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.