W. E. COWDEN

Operated by BAKER OPERATING, INC. (P-5 46623) in the HARPER field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 27887District 08Field 39176001Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$6.4 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$103 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 109 leases and 893 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1933-12-31
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
660 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.

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
NGPA3none

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
OilDisposition156,113 bbl$6,267,504
Casinghead gasProduction57,635 Mcf$134,068
Total$6,401,572

26,596 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 (9)

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 31.8118, -102.5049. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.4 miles.

31.81198, -102.50485 · 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
11.1%
1 of 9 wells
With a plug date
11.1%
1 of 9 wells
Median depth
4,300 ft
9 wells filed one
Completion to plug
42.4 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
111.1%
A plug date is filed
111.1%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
111.1%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
888.9%

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, 9 of 9 wells. Median 4,300 ft, with the middle half between 4,280 and 4,300 ft; the shallowest is 4,260 ft and the deepest 9,103 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, 9 of 9 wells, Jan 1983 – Dec 1985. 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 1983 – Dec 1985
9 of 9 wells
Plug dates filed
Jun 2025
1 of 9 wells; 8 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 42.4 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 42.4 years and 42.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

9 wells

42-13535110324,303 ftDec 1985
42-13535109314,300 ftNov 1985
42-13535023304,300 ftSep 1985
42-13534765214,300 ftMar 1985
42-13534758204,270 ftFeb 1985
42-13534221124,300 ftDec 1983
42-1353421064,280 ftAug 1983
42-1353420954,260 ftJun 1983
42-1358309619,103 ftJan 1983Jun 2025Yes

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 20261800106.413.05$19,154
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 2026175089.753.15$15,706
Feb 2026175063.503.75$11,113
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 2025127056.664.41$7,196
Nov 2025141058.593.93$8,261
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 2025277062.743.08$17,379
Aug 2025192063.933.01$12,275
Jul 2025174066.743.32$11,613
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 2025167060.553.23$10,112
Apr 2025182062.363.54$11,350
Mar 2025209067.704.27$14,149
Feb 2025178070.884.34$12,617
Jan 2025175074.324.28$13,006
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 2024139071.372.28$9,920
Sep 2024174069.612.36$12,112
Aug 2024118075.632.06$8,924
Jul 2024181079.932.15$14,467
Jun 2024169078.082.63$13,196
May 202489078.812.20$7,014
Apr 2024174084.451.66$14,694
Mar 2024171080.301.55$13,731
Feb 2024116076.091.78$8,826
Jan 2024150073.023.30$10,953
Dec 2023245071.262.61$17,459
Nov 2023181077.892.81$14,098
Oct 2023173085.443.09$14,781
Sep 2023123089.042.74$10,952
Aug 2023209080.522.67$16,829
Jul 2023176074.852.64$13,174
Jun 2023182068.962.26$12,551
May 2023175070.622.23$12,359
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 2023337072.852.39$24,550
Feb 2023173075.112.47$12,994
Jan 2023175076.533.39$13,393
Dec 2022172076.415.73$13,143
Nov 2022175085.005.65$14,875
Oct 2022175087.185.86$15,257
Sep 2022177084.888.16$15,024
Aug 20222094.529.13$189
Jul 20221770101.587.54$17,980
Jun 20221710115.097.98$19,680
May 20223370109.378.43$36,858
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 2022148091.054.86$13,475
Jan 2022161081.844.54$13,176
Dec 2021176071.323.90$12,552
Nov 2021176077.435.24$13,628
Oct 2021170079.795.71$13,564
Sep 20213069.865.35$210
Aug 2021170066.024.22$11,223
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 2021171069.493.38$11,883
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 2021172060.362.76$10,382
Mar 2021171061.302.72$10,482
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 2021163050.412.81$8,217
Dec 2020170044.642.68$7,589
Nov 2020169338.772.71$6,560
Oct 202001036.972.48$25
Sep 2020177637.091.99$6,577
Aug 202017411739.982.39$7,236
Jul 202016714738.371.83$6,676
Jun 20201675934.901.69$5,928
May 20201722116.921.81$2,948
Apr 20200314.751.80$5
Mar 20200930.341.86$17
Feb 20201841649.881.98$9,210
Jan 2020181757.252.09$10,377
Dec 20191711059.012.30$10,114
Nov 2019181355.302.75$10,018
Oct 20193452653.472.42$18,510
Sep 20190455.052.66$11
Aug 2019171753.112.30$9,098
Jul 2019171056.272.46$9,622
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 2019339958.482.74$19,849
Apr 20191701162.632.75$10,677
Mar 20190256.803.06$6
Feb 2019169650.852.79$8,610
Jan 20190846.033.23$26
Dec 20181761746.594.19$8,271
Nov 20181732352.934.24$9,254
Oct 20180661.443.40$20
Sep 20183412659.543.11$20,384
Aug 201803559.403.07$107
Jul 20181695265.142.93$11,161
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20181593965.382.90$10,509
Apr 20181711363.842.90$10,954
Mar 20181651661.222.79$10,146
Feb 20183382561.782.77$20,951
Jan 20181713762.874.01$10,899
Dec 20171742957.272.92$10,050
Nov 20171703655.423.12$9,534
Oct 20171642549.292.98$8,158
Sep 20173332247.523.09$15,892
Aug 201702245.373.00$66
Jul 2017170243.873.09$7,464
Jun 20173141042.493.09$13,373
May 20170845.373.26$26
Apr 20171701147.933.21$8,183
Mar 2017333046.772.98$15,574
Feb 2017171050.452.95$8,627
Jan 20171792649.413.42$8,933
Dec 20161782248.763.72$8,761
Nov 20161691642.492.64$7,223
Oct 20161742646.193.09$8,117
Sep 2016346041.553.10$14,376
Aug 2016178741.442.92$7,397
Jul 2016173041.622.92$7,200
Jun 2016344045.352.69$15,600
May 2016165042.521.99$7,016
Apr 2016173036.561.99$6,325
Mar 2016169033.011.79$5,579
Feb 2016338026.472.06$8,947
Jan 2016175027.352.36$4,786
Dec 2015336032.362.00$10,873
Nov 2015168038.792.17$6,517
Oct 2015160443.552.43$6,978
Sep 20153313942.992.76$14,337
Aug 20153324040.162.87$13,448
Jul 20151645648.152.95$8,062
Jun 20154923156.152.88$27,715
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20153481749.822.71$17,383
Mar 20151743542.892.93$7,566
Feb 20151816844.662.98$8,286
Jan 20153454243.433.10$15,114
Dec 20141697854.693.59$9,523
Nov 201452210970.464.25$37,244
Oct 201432114178.303.90$25,684
Sep 201408486.164.05$340
Aug 201434812589.394.04$31,612
Jul 201432114096.564.18$31,581
Jun 20141555898.164.74$15,490
May 20143476294.734.73$33,164
Apr 20141738295.944.81$16,992
Mar 201417814495.895.06$17,797
Feb 201435711597.406.19$35,484
Jan 20145519990.404.86$50,292
Dec 201323315391.824.35$22,060
Nov 201332918188.853.74$29,908
Oct 201332619097.423.78$32,477
Sep 2013504159104.113.72$53,063
Aug 2013167228104.253.52$18,213
Jul 2013172225102.523.72$18,470
Jun 201333624994.403.93$32,698
May 201352620794.834.15$50,739
Apr 201336018393.964.28$34,609
Mar 201333521493.623.91$32,200
Feb 201352920391.233.42$48,955
Jan 201317418591.603.42$16,571
Dec 201235421386.773.42$31,445
Nov 201234715586.953.62$30,734
Oct 201233023089.383.40$30,277
Sep 201250620694.672.92$48,504
Aug 201233813692.662.91$31,715
Jul 20123459485.133.02$29,654
Jun 201250113579.822.52$40,330
May 201231816491.612.49$29,540
Apr 2012511146101.652.00$52,235
Mar 2012331194105.052.22$35,203
Feb 2012503196101.102.57$51,357
Jan 201246918298.092.73$46,502
Dec 201132223496.873.24$31,950
Nov 201151422495.723.31$49,942
Oct 201132726684.983.65$28,759
Sep 201150234183.623.99$43,336
Aug 201151043983.404.15$44,356
Jul 201167047894.144.52$65,233
Jun 201135131892.904.64$34,083
May 201186032398.134.40$85,815
Apr 2011513218105.964.33$55,302
Mar 201132612196.364.06$31,904
Feb 20111649685.644.18$14,446
Jan 201132814786.504.59$29,047
Dec 201033513885.734.35$29,320
Nov 20103269780.843.80$26,722
Oct 201016110778.103.51$12,950
Sep 20103274372.633.98$23,921
Aug 201034618473.684.42$26,306
Jul 201050714772.554.74$37,479
Jun 20101584270.364.91$11,323
May 20101676871.124.24$12,165
Apr 20101672981.694.12$13,762
Mar 20103302578.394.39$25,978
Feb 20103292173.585.44$24,322
Jan 20101692374.365.96$12,704
Dec 20093343671.445.48$24,058
Nov 20091787474.593.75$13,555
Oct 200950723672.544.11$37,748
Sep 200966919065.543.06$44,429
Aug 200933720567.423.22$23,380
Jul 200965731661.133.46$41,257
Jun 200968319866.163.90$45,958
May 20091669954.743.93$9,475
Apr 200934212746.773.59$16,451
Mar 20094866142.144.06$20,728
Feb 20091636632.814.63$5,654
Jan 20091687435.865.37$6,422
Dec 20083268737.105.98$12,615
Nov 200833610055.496.86$19,331
Oct 200833611475.246.92$26,070
Sep 2008486101101.767.88$50,251
Aug 2008340106114.228.48$39,734
Jul 2008330140131.0811.39$44,851
Jun 200832099131.3313.03$43,316
May 2008316133123.1711.57$40,461
Apr 2008170103110.3110.45$19,830
Mar 2008331131101.909.66$34,995
Feb 20081673592.538.77$15,759
Jan 200803990.388.21$320
Dec 200732811888.337.30$29,834
Nov 200751413591.677.29$48,103
Oct 200733910482.856.92$28,806
Sep 2007010975.846.24$681
Aug 200732310269.066.39$22,958
Jul 200734110870.906.39$24,867
Jun 200732410762.007.55$20,896
May 200735111158.747.85$21,489
Apr 200735012259.617.81$21,816
Mar 200716210256.927.30$9,966
Feb 200732712355.108.22$19,028
Jan 200733212950.306.73$17,567
Dec 200648814356.656.92$28,635
Nov 20061658954.207.62$9,621
Oct 200632613054.906.01$18,679
Sep 200649414160.085.04$30,390
Aug 200632717268.717.34$23,731
Jul 200633113569.376.34$23,818
Jun 200633110266.286.38$22,590
May 20063257066.016.42$21,903
Apr 200632311864.397.36$21,667
Mar 200633512656.707.08$19,887
Feb 200632211357.597.75$19,420
Jan 200633213260.598.93$21,295
Dec 20051636554.9413.42$9,827
Nov 200534611054.6910.59$20,087
Oct 20051655458.3413.80$10,371
Sep 20053467861.4512.08$22,204
Aug 20052387161.519.80$15,335
Jul 200541612755.697.84$24,163
Jun 200518910352.337.38$10,651
May 200535111945.226.65$16,664
Apr 200533711649.207.36$17,434
Mar 200535011750.377.15$18,467
Feb 200535411445.226.31$16,727
Jan 200534712143.166.32$15,742
Dec 200434211439.866.75$14,402
Nov 200433613045.286.33$16,037
Oct 200434714749.706.52$18,204
Sep 200434315543.245.28$15,650
Aug 200434817542.375.55$15,716
Jul 200451117238.286.08$20,608
Jun 200449222136.106.43$19,183
May 200450929637.486.49$21,000
Apr 200468825134.475.86$25,186
Mar 200467430634.365.53$24,851
Feb 2004173032.455.51$5,614
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 20020424.664.14$17
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 20021892723.733.34$4,575
May 200218611924.663.58$5,013
Apr 200234611223.653.51$8,576
Mar 200219010622.003.10$4,509
Feb 20021919418.222.38$3,703
Jan 200236911017.172.38$6,597
Dec 200136311916.932.36$6,427
Nov 200118911518.072.41$3,692
Oct 200138013019.782.53$7,845
Sep 200118412524.262.25$4,745
Aug 200137013024.873.05$9,599
Jul 200135914823.933.20$9,064
Jun 200135611724.563.82$9,191
May 200136913125.524.31$9,981
Apr 200136912524.685.34$9,774
Mar 200153616824.545.38$14,057
Feb 200136912927.755.77$10,984
Jan 200137113727.478.40$11,342
Dec 200038213426.889.12$11,491
Nov 200053114632.215.66$17,930
Oct 200036414431.235.15$12,109
Sep 200052218231.875.19$17,580
Aug 200054821529.644.54$17,219
Jul 200054014728.534.09$16,007
Jun 200035514629.304.40$11,044
May 200036011527.263.68$10,237
Apr 200058714624.513.12$14,842
Mar 200037715528.422.86$11,158
Feb 200052914127.622.73$14,995
Jan 200055917025.272.48$14,548
Dec 199937315924.282.42$9,442
Nov 199953115623.192.43$12,694
Oct 199935612020.982.80$7,805
Sep 199935712121.752.62$8,082
Aug 199935312219.262.88$7,150
Jul 199952113117.892.37$9,631
Jun 199917712415.942.36$3,114
May 199952413415.792.32$8,585
Apr 199935615015.102.21$5,707
Mar 199935813712.471.84$4,716
Feb 19993651299.981.82$3,877
Jan 19993627110.381.90$3,892
Dec 19983461299.201.77$3,412
Nov 199837214110.892.19$4,359
Oct 199852915512.421.97$6,875
Sep 199835116412.592.08$4,761
Aug 199835320111.301.91$4,372
Jul 199853022511.742.24$6,726
Jun 199829719711.242.24$3,779
May 199853920012.622.21$7,243
Apr 199835920013.042.51$5,182
Mar 199853821212.802.31$7,376
Feb 199836118413.952.30$5,459
Jan 199887922614.702.15$13,408
Dec 199736221416.322.41$6,424
Nov 199753423418.193.09$10,436
Oct 199755023419.253.15$11,325
Sep 199772527317.742.95$13,668
Aug 199753326117.862.55$10,186
Jul 199753126017.582.25$9,919
Jun 199733723717.242.26$6,345
May 199753326218.972.31$10,716
Apr 199753426417.882.08$10,098
Mar 199772434318.951.94$14,385
Feb 199770331820.492.21$15,106
Jan 199752033023.483.54$13,378
Dec 199677124523.32$17,980
Nov 199687833321.97$19,290
Oct 199676434723.31$17,809
Sep 199666441322.22$14,754
Aug 199687134520.26$17,646
Jul 199688534519.55$17,302
Jun 199688033218.73$16,482
May 199682235919.43$15,971
Apr 19961,03238321.51$22,198
Mar 19961,02542119.38$19,865
Feb 19961,08330616.98$18,389
Jan 199678724917.07$13,434
Dec 19951,04734417.19$17,998
Nov 19951,23140616.00$19,696
Oct 19951,18549915.43$18,285
Sep 19951,12554816.18$18,203
Aug 19951,36879415.92$21,779
Jul 19951,36770715.24$20,833
Jun 19951,38652316.41$22,744
May 19951,59873117.56$28,061
Apr 19951,24364617.73$22,038
Mar 19951,53751816.44$25,268
Feb 19951,23751016.58$20,509
Jan 19951,60152615.92$25,488
Dec 19941,42965215.03$21,478
Nov 19941,41968815.90$22,562
Oct 19941,77780415.58$27,686
Sep 19941,04275315.29$15,932
Aug 19941,54777416.13$24,953
Jul 19941,31081417.56$23,004
Jun 19941,28275717.09$21,909
May 19941,48750615.88$23,614
Apr 19941,41768714.14$20,036
Mar 19941,66462312.46$20,733
Feb 199488250512.50$11,025
Jan 19941,96860812.66$24,915
Dec 199372857612.33$8,976
Nov 19931,51251814.49$21,909
Oct 19931,35762415.85$21,508
Sep 19931,47366615.03$22,139
Aug 19931,42873615.66$22,362
Jul 19931,39478615.46$21,551
Jun 19931,45174516.79$24,362
May 19931,66661317.68$29,455
Apr 19931,55366918.05$28,032
Mar 19931,61865618.14$29,351
Feb 19931,59142817.90$28,479
Jan 19931,43957816.93$24,362

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                  180 bbl  × $106.41 =    $19,154
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $19,154

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/27887 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.