COWDEN, W. E.

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 29598District 08Field 39176001Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.9 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 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
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
OilDisposition53,915 bbl$1,866,022
Casinghead gasProduction9,734 Mcf$3,520
Total$1,869,542

8,303 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 31.8104, -102.5091. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.7 miles.

31.81058, -102.50860 · 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
55.6%
5 of 9 wells
With a plug date
55.6%
5 of 9 wells
Median depth
4,352 ft
9 wells filed one
Completion to plug
6.8 years
median over 5 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
555.6%
A plug date is filed
555.6%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
555.6%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
444.4%

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 4,352 ft, with the middle half between 4,325 and 4,499 ft; the shallowest is 4,300 ft and the deepest 4,524 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 1985 – Jul 1994. 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 1985 – Jul 1994
9 of 9 wells
Plug dates filed
Nov 1987 – May 2010
5 of 9 wells; 4 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 6.8 years across the 5 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 3.9 years and 11.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

9 wells

42-1353517974,325 ftJul 1994Dec 2005Yes
42-1353475324,499 ftMar 1991
42-135355909W4,300 ftMar 1988Dec 1994Yes
42-1353496554,352 ftMar 1987Feb 1991Yes
42-1353527184,300 ftMay 1986
42-1353497664,347 ftJun 1985
42-1353486044,524 ftJun 1985Nov 1987Yes
42-1353484834,504 ftApr 1985
42-1353472514,400 ftJan 1985May 2010Yes

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 2024120075.632.06$9,076
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 202355070.622.23$3,884
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 2022167081.844.54$13,667
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 2021157070.783.98$11,112
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 2021160050.412.81$8,066
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 2020168039.982.39$6,717
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 2019163059.012.30$9,619
Nov 20191055.302.75$55
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 2019157062.632.75$9,833
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 2018177046.594.19$8,246
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 2018155061.222.79$9,489
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20172057.272.92$115
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 2017170049.292.98$8,379
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20171045.373.00$45
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20171042.493.09$42
May 20171045.373.26$45
Apr 20171047.933.21$48
Mar 2017168046.772.98$7,857
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 2016169046.193.09$7,806
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 2016171041.622.92$7,117
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 2016161026.472.06$4,262
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 2015165032.362.00$5,339
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 2015169042.992.76$7,265
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 2015177048.152.95$8,523
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 2015176049.822.71$8,768
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 2015179044.662.98$7,994
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 2014172070.464.25$12,119
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 2014177089.394.04$15,822
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 20142094.734.73$189
Apr 2014166095.944.81$15,926
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 2014171097.406.19$16,655
Jan 201421090.404.86$1,898
Dec 2013167091.824.35$15,334
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 20131690104.113.72$17,595
Aug 20131640104.253.52$17,097
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 2013174093.964.28$16,349
Mar 2013173093.623.91$16,196
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 2012173086.773.42$15,011
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 2012173089.383.40$15,463
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 2012162092.662.91$15,011
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 2012171079.822.52$13,649
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 20121690101.652.00$17,179
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 2012172098.092.73$16,871
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 2011177095.723.31$16,942
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 2011171083.623.99$14,299
Aug 2011167083.404.15$13,928
Jul 2011164094.144.52$15,439
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 2011342098.134.40$33,560
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20113086.504.59$260
Dec 20101085.734.35$86
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 2010155073.684.42$11,420
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 2010159078.394.39$12,464
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 2009160071.445.48$11,430
Nov 2009160074.593.75$11,934
Oct 2009137072.544.11$9,938
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 2009162061.133.46$9,903
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 2009156054.743.93$8,539
Apr 20093046.773.59$140
Mar 2009161042.144.06$6,785
Feb 2009154032.814.63$5,053
Jan 2009156035.865.37$5,594
Dec 2008161037.105.98$5,973
Nov 2008160055.496.86$8,878
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 20081600101.767.88$16,282
Aug 20081530114.228.48$17,476
Jul 20081590131.0811.39$20,842
Jun 20081360131.3313.03$17,861
May 20081620123.1711.57$19,954
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 20081610101.909.66$16,406
Feb 2008168092.538.77$15,545
Jan 2008162090.388.21$14,642
Dec 2007300088.337.30$26,499
Nov 2007174091.677.29$15,951
Oct 2007317082.856.92$26,263
Sep 20071075.846.24$76
Aug 2007327069.066.39$22,583
Jul 2007161070.906.39$11,415
Jun 2007326062.007.55$20,212
May 200713058.747.85$764
Apr 2007162059.617.81$9,657
Mar 2007303056.927.30$17,247
Feb 200711055.108.22$606
Jan 2007163050.306.73$8,199
Dec 2006162056.656.92$9,177
Nov 2006168054.207.62$9,106
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 2006150060.085.04$9,012
Aug 2006165068.717.34$11,337
Jul 2006153069.376.34$10,614
Jun 2006362066.286.38$23,993
May 2006165066.016.42$10,892
Apr 2006171064.397.36$11,011
Mar 2006166056.707.08$9,412
Feb 2006162057.597.75$9,330
Jan 2006157060.598.93$9,513
Dec 2005174054.9413.42$9,560
Nov 2005171054.6910.59$9,352
Oct 2005175058.3413.80$10,210
Sep 20051061.4512.08$61
Aug 2005177061.519.80$10,887
Jul 2005170055.697.84$9,467
Jun 2005181052.337.38$9,472
May 2005183045.226.65$8,275
Apr 2005208049.207.36$10,234
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 2005171045.226.31$7,733
Jan 2005162043.166.32$6,992
Dec 2004164039.866.75$6,537
Nov 2004162045.286.33$7,335
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 2004327043.245.28$14,139
Aug 2004167042.375.55$7,076
Jul 2004174038.286.08$6,661
Jun 2004172036.106.43$6,209
May 2004161037.486.49$6,034
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 2004162034.365.53$5,566
Feb 2004325032.455.51$10,546
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 2003167030.266.30$5,053
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 2003165028.174.76$4,648
Sep 2003170026.314.75$4,473
Aug 2003151029.765.13$4,494
Jul 2003168029.415.17$4,941
Jun 2003169028.565.98$4,827
May 2003125026.595.97$3,324
Apr 2003334026.675.41$8,908
Mar 2003164031.146.10$5,107
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 2003260030.315.58$7,881
Dec 2002316026.914.85$8,504
Nov 2002165024.664.14$4,069
Oct 2002114026.464.23$3,016
Sep 2002154027.443.64$4,226
Aug 2002179025.963.16$4,647
Jul 2002177024.583.06$4,351
Jun 2002175023.733.34$4,153
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 2002341023.653.51$8,065
Mar 20020022.003.10$0
Feb 2002168018.222.38$3,061
Jan 2002178017.172.38$3,056
Dec 2001173016.932.36$2,929
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 2001174019.782.53$3,442
Sep 2001169024.262.25$4,100
Aug 2001173024.873.05$4,303
Jul 2001176023.933.20$4,212
Jun 2001178024.563.82$4,372
May 2001344025.524.31$8,779
Apr 2001168024.685.34$4,146
Mar 20010024.545.38$0
Feb 2001167027.755.77$4,634
Jan 2001173027.478.40$4,752
Dec 2000168026.889.12$4,516
Nov 2000164032.215.66$5,282
Oct 20000031.235.15$0
Sep 2000171031.875.19$5,450
Aug 2000300029.644.54$8,892
Jul 2000174028.534.09$4,964
Jun 20000029.304.40$0
May 2000311027.263.68$8,478
Apr 2000179024.513.12$4,387
Mar 2000162028.422.86$4,604
Feb 2000341027.622.73$9,418
Jan 20000025.272.48$0
Dec 1999303024.282.42$7,357
Nov 1999175023.192.43$4,058
Oct 1999339020.982.80$7,112
Sep 1999171021.752.62$3,719
Aug 1999173019.262.88$3,332
Jul 19990017.892.37$0
Jun 1999160015.942.36$2,550
May 19990015.792.32$0
Apr 1999172015.102.21$2,597
Mar 1999173012.471.84$2,157
Feb 199933509.981.82$3,343
Jan 1999174010.381.90$1,806
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 1998175010.892.19$1,906
Oct 1998340012.421.97$4,223
Sep 1998173012.592.08$2,178
Aug 19980011.301.91$0
Jul 1998173011.742.24$2,031
Jun 1998172011.242.24$1,933
May 19980012.622.21$0
Apr 1998166013.042.51$2,165
Mar 19981727412.802.31$2,373
Feb 19981718813.952.30$2,588
Jan 19983288814.702.15$5,011
Dec 199734110116.322.41$5,809
Nov 199718810218.193.09$3,735
Oct 19971916519.253.15$3,881
Sep 199739717.742.95$340
Aug 19973759717.862.55$6,945
Jul 199748717.582.25$266
Jun 19971908917.242.26$3,476
May 199736612718.972.31$7,236
Apr 199718611717.882.08$3,569
Mar 199718011118.951.94$3,626
Feb 199733911620.492.21$7,202
Jan 19971927223.483.54$4,763
Dec 19961915223.32$4,454
Nov 199636710021.97$8,063
Oct 199636717523.31$8,555
Sep 199619015822.22$4,222
Aug 199632616020.26$6,605
Jul 199617215319.55$3,363
Jun 19963367518.73$6,293
May 19961627719.43$3,148
Apr 199634111621.51$7,335
Mar 19963519219.38$6,802
Feb 19961679416.98$2,836
Jan 199633810617.07$5,770
Dec 199534611917.19$5,948
Nov 199532411916.00$5,184
Oct 19951726315.43$2,654
Sep 199532312216.18$5,226
Aug 199547911215.92$7,626
Jul 199517019615.24$2,591
Jun 199541312416.41$6,777
May 199534016217.56$5,970
Apr 199546417217.73$8,227
Mar 19951729916.44$2,828
Feb 19951478816.58$2,437
Jan 19953196515.92$5,078
Dec 199416610015.03$2,495
Nov 199415611215.90$2,480
Oct 199433414315.58$5,204
Sep 199433515815.29$5,122
Aug 199449418516.13$7,968
Jul 199432319717.56$5,672
Jun 199446018517.09$7,861
May 199432912915.88$5,225
Apr 199449120914.14$6,943
Mar 199451223312.46$6,380
Feb 199450118412.50$6,263
Jan 199450421812.66$6,381
Dec 199368521912.33$8,446
Nov 199348924214.49$7,086
Oct 199366028315.85$10,461
Sep 199366627815.03$10,010
Aug 199366632015.66$10,430
Jul 199383432815.46$12,894
Jun 199365632016.79$11,014
May 199398929817.68$17,486
Apr 199384133218.05$15,180
Mar 19931,18331418.14$21,460
Feb 199389725817.90$16,056
Jan 19931,69925916.93$28,764

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.

Aug 2024 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  120 bbl  × $ 75.63 =     $9,076
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.06 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $9,076

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/29598 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.