WITCHER, J. E.

Operated by OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD. (P-5 617544) in the COWDEN, SOUTH (CANYON 8790) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 21463District 08Field 21292125Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$15.6 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$113 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 123 leases and 343 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1966-05-29
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,320 ft
minimum
From a lease line
660 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 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: SEE DOCKET 8-58,042

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
NGPA8none

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
OilDisposition474,642 bbl$14,319,967
Casinghead gasProduction461,147 Mcf$1,284,836
Total$15,604,803

154,743 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 46 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 (18)

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 31.8414, -102.4309. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.8 miles.

31.84074, -102.43079 · 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
77.8%
14 of 18 wells
With a plug date
44.4%
8 of 18 wells
Median depth
9,111 ft
18 wells filed one
Completion to plug
22.8 years
median over 7 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1477.8%
A plug date is filed
844.4%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
844.4%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
422.2%

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, 18 of 18 wells. Median 9,111 ft, with the middle half between 9,050 and 9,203 ft; the shallowest is 9,000 ft and the deepest 10,730 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 18 wells, Jun 1970 – Dec 2025. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Jun 1970 – Dec 2025
17 of 18 wells; 1 filed none
Plug dates filed
Aug 1994 – Jul 2022
8 of 18 wells; 10 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 22.8 years across the 7 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 9.0 years and 29.8 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

18 wells

42-13534548819,235 ftDec 2005Yes
42-13530261509,800 ftDec 2025Yes
42-135333627510,730 ftNov 2019
42-13535568849,207 ftOct 2019Yes
42-13530643629,190 ftJan 2014Yes
42-13534434809,000 ftNov 1995Feb 2022Yes
42-13530338599,151 ftJan 1992Aug 1994Yes
42-13530644639,155 ftNov 1991Yes
42-13531191699,000 ftFeb 1991Jun 1995Yes
42-13530616619,100 ftMay 1990Feb 2013Yes
42-13531053669,050 ftAug 1987Yes
42-13534206779,047 ftJan 1987Yes
42-13535008799,105 ftAug 1985Apr 1999Yes
42-13531190689,050 ftFeb 1985Jul 2022Yes
42-13534255789,020 ftSep 1983Nov 2016Yes
42-13533998769,117 ftSep 1982
42-13531086679,050 ftJul 1973
42-13530328519,400 ftJun 1970

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 202612512106.413.05$13,338
Apr 20261671298.932.87$16,556
Mar 202699589.753.15$8,901
Feb 2026135863.503.75$8,603
Jan 2026109659.138.00$6,493
Dec 20251471256.664.41$8,382
Nov 2025149758.593.93$8,757
Oct 2025121859.383.30$7,211
Sep 20251391062.743.08$8,752
Aug 2025188963.933.01$12,046
Jul 2025156866.743.32$10,438
Jun 202553366.483.13$3,533
May 2025141860.553.23$8,563
Apr 2025140562.363.54$8,748
Mar 2025118667.704.27$8,014
Feb 202525170.884.34$1,776
Jan 202559174.324.28$4,389
Dec 2024121468.993.12$8,360
Nov 2024115669.052.20$7,954
Oct 2024108671.372.28$7,722
Sep 202478469.612.36$5,439
Aug 2024131775.632.06$9,922
Jul 2024177879.932.15$14,165
Jun 2024116578.082.63$9,070
May 2024156678.812.20$12,308
Apr 2024134884.451.66$11,330
Mar 20241761080.301.55$14,148
Feb 2024209776.091.78$15,915
Jan 2024313973.023.30$22,885
Dec 20232791071.262.61$19,908
Nov 20232861277.892.81$22,310
Oct 20232421285.443.09$20,714
Sep 2023177589.042.74$15,774
Aug 2023119780.522.67$9,601
Jul 202380474.852.64$5,999
Jun 202378468.962.26$5,388
May 2023122770.622.23$8,631
Apr 2023103678.122.24$8,060
Mar 20231071272.852.39$7,824
Feb 20231281375.112.47$9,646
Jan 20231621476.533.39$12,445
Dec 20221731476.415.73$13,299
Nov 20221841385.005.65$15,713
Oct 20221871287.185.86$16,373
Sep 20221821284.888.16$15,546
Aug 20221341094.529.13$12,757
Jul 20221079101.587.54$10,937
Jun 202213610115.097.98$15,732
May 202217012109.378.43$18,694
Apr 202219414104.226.84$20,314
Mar 20221580108.885.08$17,203
Feb 20221991891.054.86$18,206
Jan 20222541981.844.54$20,874
Dec 20212461671.323.90$17,607
Nov 20212521877.435.24$19,607
Oct 20212161779.795.71$17,332
Sep 20211871269.865.35$13,128
Aug 20212031666.024.22$13,470
Jul 2021192470.783.98$13,606
Jun 20211611069.493.38$11,222
May 2021209763.483.02$13,288
Apr 20212351160.362.76$14,215
Mar 20213751261.302.72$23,020
Feb 2021206857.805.55$11,951
Jan 20212981550.412.81$15,064
Dec 20203961744.642.68$17,723
Nov 20202601238.772.71$10,113
Oct 2020158736.972.48$5,859
Sep 20201311137.091.99$4,881
Aug 202099839.982.39$3,977
Jul 20201531538.371.83$5,898
Jun 20201921734.901.69$6,730
May 20201981916.921.81$3,385
Apr 20204825014.751.80$7,200
Mar 20206336530.341.86$19,326
Feb 20201301549.881.98$6,514
Jan 20202346857.252.09$13,539
Dec 201937011259.012.30$22,092
Nov 201932310855.302.75$18,159
Oct 201936510953.472.42$19,780
Sep 20193409455.052.66$18,967
Aug 201941716553.112.30$22,527
Jul 201944316456.272.46$25,331
Jun 201947815452.782.49$25,612
May 201943210258.482.74$25,543
Apr 201941414162.632.75$26,317
Mar 201943518056.803.06$25,259
Feb 201937447850.852.79$20,353
Jan 201949852046.033.23$24,602
Dec 201857029346.594.19$27,783
Nov 201842218152.934.24$23,103
Oct 201842637361.443.40$27,441
Sep 201842543559.543.11$26,656
Aug 201842546459.403.07$26,668
Jul 201838945965.142.93$26,685
Jun 201827833060.183.08$17,745
May 201838842565.382.90$26,600
Apr 20183561963.842.90$22,782
Mar 20185361,14561.222.79$36,005
Feb 20184731,12361.782.77$32,328
Jan 20186041,23962.874.01$42,941
Dec 201756583757.272.92$34,803
Nov 201755042955.423.12$31,819
Oct 201755345549.292.98$28,615
Sep 201751144347.523.09$25,650
Aug 201760541945.373.00$28,708
Jul 201794844643.873.09$42,966
Jun 201711947242.493.09$6,514
May 201749354545.373.26$24,146
Apr 201747147047.933.21$24,084
Mar 201749245246.772.98$24,359
Feb 201736344750.452.95$19,633
Jan 201757049349.413.42$29,849
Dec 201646054448.763.72$24,455
Nov 201640546142.492.64$18,428
Oct 201643650146.193.09$21,687
Sep 201640243341.553.10$18,046
Aug 201653750441.442.92$23,727
Jul 201646251641.622.92$20,737
Jun 201650650845.352.69$24,312
May 201639356242.521.99$17,829
Apr 201644446936.561.99$17,166
Mar 201642147233.011.79$14,744
Feb 201646242626.472.06$13,108
Jan 201644643827.352.36$13,234
Dec 201541140332.362.00$14,107
Nov 201538139038.792.17$15,624
Oct 201535321643.552.43$15,897
Sep 20158445842.992.76$4,875
Aug 201545344240.162.87$19,462
Jul 201533860248.152.95$18,048
Jun 201537763656.152.88$23,002
May 201544659155.212.96$26,370
Apr 201558559949.822.71$30,766
Mar 201562957442.892.93$28,662
Feb 201533347244.662.98$16,277
Jan 201534735343.433.10$16,165
Dec 201444171154.693.59$26,672
Nov 201440770770.464.25$31,683
Oct 201451988778.303.90$44,098
Sep 201443695386.164.05$41,421
Aug 201437195789.394.04$37,025
Jul 20144281,00396.564.18$45,520
Jun 201462490398.164.74$65,529
May 201455387194.734.73$56,503
Apr 20148248495.944.81$10,195
Mar 201429090795.895.06$32,395
Feb 201442881597.406.19$46,734
Jan 201445588390.404.86$45,424
Dec 201348191491.824.35$48,145
Nov 201348083488.853.74$45,766
Oct 201351198797.423.78$53,512
Sep 2013474843104.113.72$52,482
Aug 20134821,045104.253.52$53,930
Jul 20135791,096102.523.72$63,434
Jun 20132,2181,10094.403.93$213,706
May 20135511,04794.834.15$56,595
Apr 201351080493.964.28$51,363
Mar 201346498893.623.91$47,306
Feb 20134631,00291.233.42$45,666
Jan 20135801,20791.603.42$57,256
Dec 20125021,13986.773.42$47,454
Nov 20123371,18686.953.62$33,601
Oct 20123441,10089.383.40$34,486
Sep 20123641,16994.672.92$37,871
Aug 20123551,40092.662.91$36,966
Jul 20123701,33385.133.02$35,525
Jun 20123511,36679.822.52$31,458
May 20125711,41991.612.49$55,840
Apr 20125331,340101.652.00$56,855
Mar 20125241,353105.052.22$58,053
Feb 20124351,222101.102.57$47,119
Jan 20124581,27498.092.73$48,408
Dec 20114491,21096.873.24$47,415
Nov 20115751,31095.723.31$59,377
Oct 20116101,37384.983.65$56,847
Sep 20115501,14683.623.99$50,559
Aug 20111,8701,62583.404.15$162,701
Jul 20114861,64494.144.52$53,178
Jun 20114511,57392.904.64$49,196
May 20114371,73698.134.40$50,530
Apr 2011384617105.964.33$43,362
Mar 20113421,87096.364.06$40,542
Feb 20113861,21385.644.18$38,127
Jan 20115061,84886.504.59$52,249
Dec 20105311,94085.734.35$53,957
Nov 20101,1551,92980.843.80$100,691
Oct 20105541,88578.103.51$49,882
Sep 20105492,15672.633.98$48,454
Aug 20104972,17373.684.42$46,222
Jul 20105322,19072.554.74$48,970
Jun 20101,2762,40970.364.91$101,609
May 20105742,37571.124.24$50,882
Apr 20105242,32781.694.12$52,399
Mar 20104212,04978.394.39$41,995
Feb 20104091,48973.585.44$38,198
Jan 20102781,49174.365.96$29,565
Dec 20093481,79071.445.48$34,677
Nov 20095061,85574.593.75$44,702
Oct 20095351,90172.544.11$46,622
Sep 20096301,73165.543.06$46,595
Aug 20096161,66167.423.22$46,877
Jul 20095801,88761.133.46$41,993
Jun 20095021,73466.163.90$39,966
May 20095511,77254.743.93$37,118
Apr 20094481,62846.773.59$26,793
Mar 20096131,25042.144.06$30,906
Feb 20095351,44132.814.63$24,230
Jan 200954970235.865.37$23,458
Dec 20085421,53837.105.98$29,301
Nov 20084901,48155.496.86$37,350
Oct 20085361,70975.246.92$52,158
Sep 20087271,100101.767.88$82,644
Aug 20086041,631114.228.48$82,825
Jul 20085441,303131.0811.39$86,148
Jun 20086111,463131.3313.03$99,309
May 20085751,546123.1711.57$88,717
Apr 20086121,327110.3110.45$81,383
Mar 20086011,326101.909.66$74,056
Feb 20085661,20892.538.77$62,967
Jan 20085961,26590.388.21$64,247
Dec 20075091,13788.337.30$53,262
Nov 20075401,12691.677.29$57,712
Oct 200756590482.856.92$53,068
Sep 200761697875.846.24$52,824
Aug 20076791,25769.066.39$54,921
Jul 20076221,29170.906.39$52,347
Jun 20075661,29962.007.55$44,897
May 20076421,38258.747.85$48,555
Apr 20075811,36659.617.81$45,295
Mar 20077131,29956.927.30$50,069
Feb 20076811,11955.108.22$46,717
Jan 20078981,24750.306.73$53,558
Dec 20067191,27256.656.92$49,532
Nov 200677468654.207.62$47,176
Oct 20066291,05154.906.01$40,853
Sep 200671798360.085.04$48,029
Aug 20067251,09568.717.34$57,852
Jul 20066471,15369.376.34$52,196
Jun 20067261,20866.286.38$55,831
May 20061,04475166.016.42$73,740
Apr 200679639764.397.36$54,177
Mar 20061,02550456.707.08$61,687
Feb 200691238657.597.75$55,514
Jan 20061,01940560.598.93$65,359
Dec 200566139054.9413.42$41,547
Nov 200590355754.6910.59$55,283
Oct 200594461658.3413.80$63,571
Sep 200553449161.4512.08$38,745
Aug 200552448361.519.80$36,963
Jul 200553757355.697.84$34,400
Jun 200552857852.337.38$31,896
May 200559752645.226.65$30,495
Apr 200553841249.207.36$29,502
Mar 20056151,10050.377.15$38,848
Feb 200557043145.226.31$28,496
Jan 200560457143.166.32$29,679
Dec 200463069239.866.75$29,784
Nov 200448573945.286.33$26,639
Oct 200456385649.706.52$33,558
Sep 200456872843.245.28$28,407
Aug 200465559042.375.55$31,027
Jul 200455558538.286.08$24,805
Jun 200460561036.106.43$25,765
May 200459149037.486.49$25,333
Apr 200460435834.475.86$22,917
Mar 200465636434.365.53$24,553
Feb 200455935032.455.51$20,068
Jan 200464535232.036.30$22,877
Dec 200384356430.266.30$29,063
Nov 200394683328.804.60$31,073
Oct 200387194528.174.76$29,034
Sep 200387889626.314.75$27,356
Aug 200391092829.765.13$31,842
Jul 200390096329.415.17$31,449
Jun 20038741,48028.565.98$33,816
May 20038221,43026.595.97$30,398
Apr 20038401,41026.675.41$30,027
Mar 20038921,31731.146.10$35,805
Feb 20037901,30433.487.93$36,785
Jan 20038971,34730.315.58$34,707
Dec 20029331,37026.914.85$31,757
Nov 20028761,18624.664.14$26,509
Oct 20028801,53426.464.23$29,772
Sep 20028541,41927.443.64$28,592
Aug 20028141,07125.963.16$24,520
Jul 20028181,25124.583.06$23,937
Jun 20027791,35823.733.34$23,019
May 20029491,45024.663.58$28,599
Apr 20029562,49923.653.51$31,387
Mar 20029612,07722.003.10$27,586
Feb 20028151,55718.222.38$18,548
Jan 2002911017.172.38$15,642
Dec 20019131,49816.932.36$18,999
Nov 20018781,43718.072.41$19,322
Oct 20019261,40719.782.53$21,874
Sep 20019611,43324.262.25$26,540
Aug 20018522,22924.873.05$27,995
Jul 20011,1211,74223.933.20$32,395
Jun 20018671,17924.563.82$25,802
May 20011,26156525.524.31$34,614
Apr 20011,23949024.685.34$33,193
Mar 20011,3187924.545.38$32,768
Feb 20011,27123127.755.77$36,602
Jan 20011,39327627.478.40$40,584
Dec 20001,43046226.889.12$42,653
Nov 20001,39328432.215.66$46,475
Oct 20001,54052731.235.15$50,806
Sep 20001,55177731.875.19$53,460
Aug 20001,6501,03529.644.54$53,606
Jul 20001,4961,05128.534.09$46,979
Jun 20001,3341,01529.304.40$43,549
May 20001,46195127.263.68$43,326
Apr 20001,46983524.513.12$38,607
Mar 20001,5041,14628.422.86$46,021
Feb 20001,6511,12627.622.73$48,671
Jan 20001,6791,36225.272.48$45,807
Dec 19992,0181,23024.282.42$51,978
Nov 19991,5681,60823.192.43$40,276
Oct 19992,1322,33520.982.80$51,276
Sep 19992,1551,56821.752.62$50,978
Aug 19992,4021,55319.262.88$50,728
Jul 19992,2831,54517.892.37$44,508
Jun 19992,5601,56415.942.36$44,501
May 19992,6761,55915.792.32$45,873
Apr 19992,7081,60515.102.21$44,435
Mar 19992,8311,53612.471.84$38,126
Feb 19992,7061,2329.981.82$29,245
Jan 19993,1671,52210.381.90$35,765
Dec 19982,978109.201.77$27,415
Nov 19983,171710.892.19$34,547
Oct 19983,1401,76012.421.97$42,465
Sep 19982,9482,24912.592.08$41,799
Aug 19982,9342,43411.301.91$37,797
Jul 19983,1282,47511.742.24$42,260
Jun 19982,7552,46611.242.24$36,483
May 19982,8992,55012.622.21$42,212
Apr 19982,8662,31313.042.51$43,167
Mar 19983,1242,82512.802.31$46,511
Feb 19982,7372,32813.952.30$43,534
Jan 19982,8362,59414.702.15$47,279
Dec 19972,9302,43616.322.41$53,691
Nov 19973,2222,38118.193.09$65,961
Oct 19973,4101,98419.253.15$71,892
Sep 19973,2571,63417.742.95$62,607
Aug 19973,3173,71117.862.55$68,722
Jul 19973,7072,95617.582.25$71,811
Jun 19973,1222,94117.242.26$60,462
May 19973,2692,64918.972.31$68,128
Apr 19973,2042,46517.882.08$62,422
Mar 19973,3452,13318.951.94$67,524
Feb 19973,6072,18420.492.21$78,725
Jan 19973,8412,73123.483.54$99,854
Dec 19963,9112,68823.32$91,205
Nov 19963,3412,48921.97$73,402
Oct 19963,3282,90523.31$77,576
Sep 19963,2842,78422.22$72,970
Aug 19963,1942,78820.26$64,710
Jul 19963,3242,83419.55$64,984
Jun 19963,2692,91418.73$61,228
May 19963,7263,37019.43$72,396
Apr 19963,7232,94421.51$80,082
Mar 19963,8082,95519.38$73,799
Feb 19963,6132,61016.98$61,349
Jan 19963,8882,64317.07$66,368
Dec 19954,0282,47117.19$69,241
Nov 19953,7542,20116.00$60,064
Oct 19953,7472,15415.43$57,816
Sep 19951,305116.18$21,115
Aug 19953,629115.92$57,774
Jul 19953,685015.24$56,159
Jun 19953,848116.41$63,146
May 19953,9173,67017.56$68,783
Apr 19953,8613,65717.73$68,456
Mar 19954,105016.44$67,486
Feb 19953,7952,96616.58$62,921
Jan 19954,3763,19215.92$69,666
Dec 19943,9303,35015.03$59,068
Nov 19943,8833,27615.90$61,740
Oct 19943,8523,94615.58$60,014
Sep 19943,8774,10515.29$59,279
Aug 19944,2574,59716.13$68,665
Jul 19944,5103,34217.56$79,196
Jun 19944,4883,82717.09$76,700
May 19944,8624,10215.88$77,209
Apr 19945,0133,42014.14$70,884
Mar 19944,6163,44012.46$57,515
Feb 19944,6134,02212.50$57,663
Jan 19944,7584,32312.66$60,236
Dec 19934,5844,67312.33$56,521
Nov 19933,8744,32314.49$56,134
Oct 19934,6915,41615.85$74,352
Sep 19934,7874,79815.03$71,949
Aug 19934,8555,09115.66$76,029
Jul 19935,0505,09115.46$78,073
Jun 19935,5174,13616.79$92,630
May 19935,2854,91317.68$93,439
Apr 19935,6874,70018.05$102,650
Mar 19935,5133,88018.14$100,006
Feb 19934,8293,59817.90$86,439
Jan 19935,7384,13616.93$97,144

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                  125 bbl  × $106.41 =    $13,301
Casinghead gas        12 Mcf  × $  3.05 =        $37

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Month total                                  $13,338

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/21463 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.