ESTES, W. A.

Operated by WILLIAMS OIL COMPANY (P-5 925440) in the SAND HILLS, WEST (DEVONIAN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 25942District 08Field 80481250Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$4.5 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 35 leases and 39 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1961-03-21
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 320 acres. The field rule took effect on 1963-04-01.

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: ALLOCATION FORMULA SUSPENDED 9/1/90

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
OilDisposition49,779 bbl$2,177,052
Casinghead gasProduction502,818 Mcf$2,362,807
Total$4,539,859

31,438 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 (4)

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 31.4594, -102.7779. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.2 miles.

31.46086, -102.77710 · 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
25.0%
1 of 4 wells
With a plug date
25.0%
1 of 4 wells
Median depth
6,366 ft
4 wells filed one
Completion to plug
7.6 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
125.0%
A plug date is filed
125.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
125.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
375.0%

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

Between 6,240 and 6,693 ft, median 6,366 ft, over the 4 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Nov 1961 – Mar 2002
4 of 4 wells
Plug dates filed
Sep 1997
1 of 4 wells; 3 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 7.6 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 7.6 years and 7.6 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

4 wells

42-4753473816,299 ftMar 2002
42-47501276566,693 ftFeb 1990Sep 1997Yes
42-47510100686,240 ftOct 1963
42-47501270506,432 ftNov 1961

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 2021144079.795.71$11,490
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 2021126660.362.76$7,622
Mar 2021024261.302.72$658
Feb 20217219657.805.55$5,249
Jan 202113427450.412.81$7,525
Dec 202013417944.642.68$6,461
Nov 20201144738.772.71$4,547
Oct 2020014236.972.48$352
Sep 20201279437.091.99$4,898
Aug 202005039.982.39$119
Jul 202011010438.371.83$4,411
Jun 202001434.901.69$24
May 202001316.921.81$24
Apr 2020123014.751.80$1,814
Mar 202010615030.341.86$3,494
Feb 202008649.881.98$170
Jan 202011916657.252.09$7,160
Dec 20191274559.012.30$7,598
Nov 201907455.302.75$204
Oct 201913841353.472.42$8,378
Sep 201914037355.052.66$8,698
Aug 201914031053.112.30$8,150
Jul 2019044956.272.46$1,105
Jun 201914744352.782.49$8,862
May 201913743758.482.74$9,209
Apr 2019044462.632.75$1,221
Mar 201914441156.803.06$9,438
Feb 201914341650.852.79$8,433
Jan 201913846646.033.23$7,856
Dec 201813747446.594.19$8,367
Nov 201813738152.934.24$8,866
Oct 2018056061.443.40$1,903
Sep 201813254359.543.11$9,547
Aug 201814218959.403.07$9,014
Jul 2018051365.142.93$1,504
Jun 201813860260.183.08$10,157
May 201814764065.382.90$11,467
Apr 201812949763.842.90$9,677
Mar 2018057461.222.79$1,600
Feb 201815030961.782.77$10,122
Jan 201811328662.874.01$8,251
Dec 2017028957.272.92$844
Nov 2017034455.423.12$1,073
Oct 201712929049.292.98$7,224
Sep 201712523647.523.09$6,669
Aug 201713336345.373.00$7,125
Jul 2017032143.873.09$991
Jun 201713232342.493.09$6,606
May 201712850445.373.26$7,452
Apr 201713550247.933.21$8,083
Mar 2017055546.772.98$1,656
Feb 201712842550.452.95$7,712
Jan 201714055649.413.42$8,818
Dec 201613658748.763.72$8,817
Nov 201612850642.492.64$6,777
Oct 201613859146.193.09$8,201
Sep 2016048541.553.10$1,504
Aug 201613565041.442.92$7,495
Jul 201613260541.622.92$7,263
Jun 201613564945.352.69$7,865
May 201614638042.521.99$6,965
Apr 201614174336.561.99$6,634
Mar 201613775233.011.79$5,871
Feb 201613469426.472.06$4,979
Jan 201614075927.352.36$5,624
Dec 201513974132.362.00$5,981
Nov 201513570238.792.17$6,758
Oct 201515072343.552.43$8,287
Sep 201514278842.992.76$8,278
Aug 201515089040.162.87$8,581
Jul 201515587848.152.95$10,049
Jun 201514888356.152.88$10,856
May 201515091355.212.96$10,980
Apr 201515690449.822.71$10,219
Mar 201514286842.892.93$8,638
Feb 201525464244.662.98$13,254
Jan 201512365943.433.10$7,385
Dec 201413561454.693.59$9,588
Nov 2014076070.464.25$3,231
Oct 201414578978.303.90$14,431
Sep 2014045586.164.05$1,841
Aug 201410548089.394.04$11,323
Jul 201410364396.564.18$12,633
Jun 20148635798.164.74$10,133
May 201412069994.734.73$14,671
Apr 201414592695.944.81$18,365
Mar 201413468495.895.06$16,308
Feb 2014049097.406.19$3,034
Jan 201412990490.404.86$16,056
Dec 201314977791.824.35$17,065
Nov 201313074588.853.74$14,336
Oct 201313593297.423.78$16,674
Sep 2013145864104.113.72$18,308
Aug 2013126765104.253.52$15,830
Jul 20130831102.523.72$3,089
Jun 201312787494.403.93$15,427
May 201310963694.834.15$12,975
Apr 2013058493.964.28$2,501
Mar 201311478993.623.91$13,760
Feb 201314386191.233.42$15,990
Jan 201329989791.603.42$30,456
Dec 2012083086.773.42$2,839
Nov 201228173086.953.62$27,079
Oct 2012072289.383.40$2,455
Sep 201213567894.672.92$14,759
Aug 2012067592.662.91$1,963
Jul 201213560785.133.02$13,326
Jun 201211436679.822.52$10,021
May 2012047291.612.49$1,174
Apr 20120518101.652.00$1,034
Mar 201285557105.052.22$10,167
Feb 20120520101.102.57$1,337
Jan 201212558498.092.73$13,858
Dec 201110850196.873.24$12,085
Nov 201113159095.723.31$14,493
Oct 2011068584.983.65$2,499
Sep 201110160583.623.99$10,857
Aug 201110162283.404.15$11,004
Jul 20118968494.144.52$11,468
Jun 2011062492.904.64$2,895
May 20111071,00198.134.40$14,909
Apr 2011931,326105.964.33$15,600
Mar 20112841,25796.364.06$32,466
Feb 2011095585.644.18$3,992
Jan 20111301,17186.504.59$16,618
Dec 20101301,19285.734.35$16,327
Nov 20101341,20780.843.80$15,414
Oct 20101371,34478.103.51$15,416
Sep 20101341,29472.633.98$14,882
Aug 20101161,44373.684.42$14,924
Jul 20101321,27572.554.74$15,616
Jun 20101691,15570.364.91$17,562
May 20101601,35671.124.24$17,122
Apr 20101651,32181.694.12$18,925
Mar 20101671,23778.394.39$18,520
Feb 201013883673.585.44$14,704
Jan 2010070774.365.96$4,217
Dec 20097771471.445.48$9,416
Nov 200910889074.593.75$11,395
Oct 20091311,43072.544.11$15,380
Sep 20091301,44165.543.06$12,937
Aug 20091391,51967.423.22$14,260
Jul 20091411,49861.133.46$13,809
Jun 20091391,33866.163.90$14,408
May 20091441,63654.743.93$14,305
Apr 20091451,45146.773.59$11,987
Mar 20091461,58642.144.06$12,590
Feb 2009034932.814.63$1,617
Jan 200914925535.865.37$6,713
Dec 200801,06737.105.98$6,378
Nov 20081471,51755.496.86$18,564
Oct 20081471,58475.246.92$22,025
Sep 20081371,605101.767.88$26,584
Aug 20082811,730114.228.48$46,771
Jul 20081351,823131.0811.39$38,459
Jun 20081411,794131.3313.03$41,898
May 20081431,786123.1711.57$38,285
Apr 20081441,790110.3110.45$34,599
Mar 20081491,846101.909.66$33,023
Feb 20081431,80292.538.77$29,036
Jan 20082841,89990.388.21$41,251
Dec 20071492,00288.337.30$27,780
Nov 20072911,96691.677.29$41,011
Oct 20071471,59282.856.92$23,199
Sep 20071471,51475.846.24$20,602
Aug 200701,49569.066.39$9,550
Jul 20072682,12670.906.39$32,582
Jun 20071421,63962.007.55$21,176
May 20071452,04258.747.85$24,539
Apr 20072972,26959.617.81$35,414
Mar 20071542,24656.927.30$25,166
Feb 20073142,41555.108.22$37,143
Jan 20071522,30550.306.73$23,151
Dec 20061442,62356.656.92$26,305
Nov 20062222,33054.207.62$29,781
Oct 200601,53954.906.01$9,255
Sep 20062282,74460.085.04$27,520
Aug 20061112,77668.717.34$28,002
Jul 20063313,05469.376.34$42,332
Jun 20061082,58166.286.38$23,635
May 20062132,75366.016.42$31,748
Apr 20061072,73164.397.36$26,991
Mar 20062102,82656.707.08$31,923
Feb 20061072,44757.597.75$25,129
Jan 20062132,81360.598.93$38,035
Dec 20051072,07454.9413.42$33,702
Nov 20052132,73654.6910.59$40,619
Oct 20052112,97358.3413.80$53,325
Sep 20051092,71561.4512.08$39,493
Aug 20053283,27761.519.80$52,280
Jul 20051073,01355.697.84$29,592
Jun 20052142,73152.337.38$31,356
May 20051032,85245.226.65$23,627
Apr 20052132,90049.207.36$31,825
Mar 20052183,16350.377.15$33,612
Feb 20051052,80945.226.31$22,478
Jan 20052093,37743.166.32$30,371
Dec 20042132,98439.866.75$28,635
Nov 20042133,39745.286.33$31,149
Oct 20042163,66149.706.52$34,587
Sep 2004833,66143.245.28$22,933
Aug 20041573,31742.375.55$25,064
Jul 20041643,49838.286.08$27,560
Jun 20043303,35936.106.43$33,522
May 20041293,38337.486.49$26,806
Apr 20041993,31934.475.86$26,304
Mar 20042023,35734.365.53$25,505
Feb 20041892,26232.455.51$18,596
Jan 20042032,68532.036.30$23,417
Dec 20032672,06630.266.30$21,099
Nov 20032824,09328.804.60$26,930
Oct 200320021128.174.76$6,638
Sep 20033203,03726.314.75$22,843
Aug 20034925,29029.765.13$41,778
Jul 20038535,29029.415.17$52,440
Jun 20031574,17228.565.98$29,445
May 20031614,35926.595.97$30,316
Apr 20033494,52726.675.41$33,787
Mar 20031564,84431.146.10$34,387
Feb 20033224,18333.487.93$43,935
Jan 20031785,18830.315.58$34,355
Dec 20023385,22826.914.85$34,471
Nov 20023335,61624.664.14$31,445
Oct 20025066,38026.464.23$40,371
Sep 20023356,69527.443.64$33,530
Aug 20023356,40525.963.16$28,963
Jul 20025077,33524.583.06$34,920
Jun 20025067,88823.733.34$38,339
May 200250910,42324.663.58$49,908
Apr 20023488,62523.653.51$38,524
Mar 20021693,21122.003.10$13,681
Feb 20021802,02418.222.38$8,088
Jan 200202,26817.172.38$5,388
Dec 20011582,18416.932.36$7,839
Nov 200102,40218.072.41$5,778
Oct 200111,89819.782.53$4,820
Sep 200102,46624.262.25$5,552
Aug 20011562,64224.873.05$11,946
Jul 20011742,65423.933.20$12,649
Jun 200102,56124.563.82$9,794
May 20011812,65425.524.31$16,051
Apr 200102,57624.685.34$13,744
Mar 20011832,32524.545.38$16,991
Feb 200102,00627.755.77$11,569
Jan 200102,11227.478.40$17,738
Dec 20001792,80526.889.12$30,400
Nov 200002,67232.215.66$15,118
Oct 20001582,11431.235.15$15,812
Sep 20001722,91331.875.19$20,590
Aug 200003,07829.644.54$13,976
Jul 20001843,13428.534.09$18,067
Jun 200003,04829.304.40$13,403
May 20001783,02627.263.68$15,987
Apr 200002,87524.513.12$8,959
Mar 20001862,93128.422.86$13,668
Feb 200002,85327.622.73$7,779
Jan 20001653,16925.272.48$12,030
Dec 199903,02624.282.42$7,334
Nov 19991723,24823.192.43$11,894
Oct 199903,78020.982.80$10,598
Sep 19991783,05721.752.62$11,877
Aug 19991231,80819.262.88$7,568
Jul 19991661,51317.892.37$6,559
Jun 199901,51115.942.36$3,569
May 199901,05215.792.32$2,442
Apr 19990015.102.21$0
Mar 199912478212.471.84$2,984
Feb 19991107359.981.82$2,434
Jan 19995859210.381.90$1,727
Dec 1998999449.201.77$2,585
Nov 199811494310.892.19$3,303
Oct 199811499412.421.97$3,373
Sep 19988582612.592.08$2,790
Aug 19981131,02211.301.91$3,226
Jul 199811892811.742.24$3,462
Jun 19981111,02411.242.24$3,539
May 199812492912.622.21$3,615
Apr 19981191,04813.042.51$4,177
Mar 19981341,09512.802.31$4,244
Feb 199816985813.952.30$4,330
Jan 199822299714.702.15$5,412
Dec 199722398916.322.41$6,024
Nov 199722297618.193.09$7,052
Oct 199723696919.253.15$7,595
Sep 199722097717.742.95$6,790
Aug 19972461,15217.862.55$7,337
Jul 19972221,13417.582.25$6,451
Jun 199719597817.242.26$5,569
May 199712350918.972.31$3,508
Apr 19972391,00617.882.08$6,369
Mar 199717482518.951.94$4,897
Feb 199722285420.492.21$6,433
Jan 199716784723.483.54$6,919
Dec 19960023.32$0
Nov 199613021.97$286
Oct 199614549823.31$3,380
Sep 199616569522.22$3,666
Aug 199617362520.26$3,505
Jul 199617369419.55$3,382
Jun 199616071818.73$2,997
May 199613558319.43$2,623
Apr 199614249121.51$3,054
Mar 199619842119.38$3,837
Feb 199617431816.98$2,955
Jan 199620650717.07$3,516
Dec 199517641117.19$3,025
Nov 199518640716.00$2,976
Oct 199517948015.43$2,762
Sep 199516836016.18$2,718
Aug 199518344815.92$2,913
Jul 199514854215.24$2,256
Jun 199521862616.41$3,577
May 199521157517.56$3,705
Apr 199523166517.73$4,096
Mar 199522978416.44$3,765
Feb 199521477316.58$3,548
Jan 199526471715.92$4,203
Dec 199425473215.03$3,818
Nov 199422775115.90$3,609
Oct 199422275015.58$3,459
Sep 199419569015.29$2,982
Aug 199425952316.13$4,178
Jul 199424874817.56$4,355
Jun 199423783617.09$4,050
May 199427083615.88$4,288
Apr 199419872514.14$2,800
Mar 19943911312.46$486
Feb 199412445612.50$1,550
Jan 199423290412.66$2,937
Dec 19932211,16712.33$2,725
Nov 19932091,15614.49$3,028
Oct 199323098615.85$3,646
Sep 199319477515.03$2,916
Aug 199314870015.66$2,318
Jul 199311147015.46$1,716
Jun 199316766816.79$2,804
May 199315395017.68$2,705
Apr 199311289018.05$2,022
Mar 19931951,13318.14$3,537
Feb 199315689017.90$2,792
Jan 19931681,25116.93$2,844

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.

Oct 2021 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  144 bbl  × $ 79.79 =    $11,490
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  5.71 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $11,490

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/25942 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.