COWDEN -A-

Operated by MIDLAND ENERGY, INC. (P-5 565460) in the HENDRICK field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 30196District 08Field 40406001Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$5.0 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$40 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 195 leases and 577 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1926-12-31
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
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 field rule took effect on 1992-08-01.

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: FIELD EXEMPT FROM FACTOR.

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
NGPA2none

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
OilDisposition93,899 bbl$5,035,201
Casinghead gasProduction14,399 Mcf$2,159
Total$5,037,359

13,876 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 (6)

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 31.7573, -103.1224. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.2 miles.

31.75733, -103.12196 · 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
50.0%
3 of 6 wells
With a plug date
50.0%
3 of 6 wells
Median depth
2,881 ft
6 wells filed one
Completion to plug
5.7 years
median over 3 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
350.0%
A plug date is filed
350.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
350.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
350.0%

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 2,870 and 2,955 ft, median 2,881 ft, over the 6 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Nov 1985 – Oct 1993
6 of 6 wells
Plug dates filed
Dec 1989 – Mar 2023
3 of 6 wells; 3 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 5.7 years across the 3 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 4.9 years and 21.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

6 wells

42-495324152B2,879 ftOct 1993
42-495322801 A2,873 ftMar 1990
42-4953206042,885 ftAug 1986
42-4953205032,870 ftApr 1986Mar 2023Yes
42-4953203922,882 ftFeb 1986Oct 1991Yes
42-4953182212,955 ftNov 1985Dec 1989Yes

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 2025160056.664.41$9,066
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 2025156059.383.30$9,263
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 2025163066.743.32$10,879
Jun 2025157066.483.13$10,437
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 2025160070.884.34$11,341
Jan 2025160074.324.28$11,891
Dec 2024159068.993.12$10,969
Nov 2024013169.052.20$288
Oct 2024157071.372.28$11,205
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 2024159075.632.06$12,025
Jul 2024159079.932.15$12,709
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 2024154078.812.20$12,137
Apr 2024157084.451.66$13,259
Mar 2024160080.301.55$12,848
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 2024162073.023.30$11,829
Dec 2023156071.262.61$11,117
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 2023174085.443.09$14,867
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 2023179074.852.64$13,398
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 2023159070.622.23$11,229
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 2023160076.533.39$12,245
Dec 2022172076.415.73$13,143
Nov 2022176085.005.65$14,960
Oct 2022174087.185.86$15,169
Sep 2022164084.888.16$13,920
Aug 2022477094.529.13$45,086
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 20223250115.097.98$37,404
May 20223350109.378.43$36,639
Apr 20221600104.226.84$16,675
Mar 2022324296108.885.08$36,780
Feb 2022160091.054.86$14,568
Jan 2022332081.844.54$27,171
Dec 2021161071.323.90$11,483
Nov 2021349077.435.24$27,023
Oct 2021169079.795.71$13,485
Sep 2021506069.865.35$35,349
Aug 202114066.024.22$924
Jul 2021463070.783.98$32,771
Jun 2021311069.493.38$21,611
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 2021337060.362.76$20,341
Mar 2021539061.302.72$33,041
Feb 2021163057.805.55$9,421
Jan 2021160050.412.81$8,066
Dec 2020320044.642.68$14,285
Nov 2020180038.772.71$6,979
Oct 2020317036.972.48$11,719
Sep 2020641037.091.99$23,775
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 2020314038.371.83$12,048
Jun 2020325034.901.69$11,343
May 202042016.921.81$711
Apr 2020331014.751.80$4,882
Mar 2020168030.341.86$5,097
Feb 2020318049.881.98$15,862
Jan 2020330057.252.09$18,893
Dec 2019337059.012.30$19,886
Nov 2019335055.302.75$18,526
Oct 2019319053.472.42$17,057
Sep 2019157055.052.66$8,643
Aug 2019506053.112.30$26,874
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 2019509052.782.49$26,865
May 2019166058.482.74$9,708
Apr 2019162062.632.75$10,146
Mar 2019183056.803.06$10,394
Feb 2019328050.852.79$16,679
Jan 2019315046.033.23$14,499
Dec 2018156046.594.19$7,268
Nov 2018153052.934.24$8,098
Oct 20182061.443.40$123
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 2018327059.403.07$19,424
Jul 2018166065.142.93$10,813
Jun 2018333060.183.08$20,040
May 2018323065.382.90$21,118
Apr 2018153063.842.90$9,768
Mar 2018305061.222.79$18,672
Feb 2018332061.782.77$20,511
Jan 2018326062.874.01$20,496
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 2017301055.423.12$16,681
Oct 2017320049.292.98$15,773
Sep 2017345047.523.09$16,394
Aug 2017164045.373.00$7,441
Jul 2017340043.873.09$14,916
Jun 2017329042.493.09$13,979
May 2017168045.373.26$7,622
Apr 2017337047.933.21$16,152
Mar 2017349046.772.98$16,323
Feb 2017165050.452.95$8,324
Jan 2017341049.413.42$16,849
Dec 2016181048.763.72$8,826
Nov 2016341042.492.64$14,489
Oct 2016347046.193.09$16,028
Sep 2016179041.553.10$7,437
Aug 2016340041.442.92$14,090
Jul 2016342041.622.92$14,234
Jun 2016167045.352.69$7,573
May 2016319042.521.99$13,564
Apr 2016349036.561.99$12,759
Mar 2016345033.011.79$11,388
Feb 2016352026.472.06$9,317
Jan 2016359027.352.36$9,819
Dec 2015171032.362.00$5,534
Nov 2015341038.792.17$13,227
Oct 2015176043.552.43$7,665
Sep 2015336042.992.76$14,445
Aug 2015344040.162.87$13,815
Jul 2015168048.152.95$8,089
Jun 2015344056.152.88$19,316
May 2015164055.212.96$9,054
Apr 2015340049.822.71$16,939
Mar 2015347042.892.93$14,883
Feb 2015336044.662.98$15,006
Jan 2015172043.433.10$7,470
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20142086.164.05$172
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 2014339096.564.18$32,734
Jun 2014328098.164.74$32,196
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 2014331095.944.81$31,756
Mar 2014338095.895.06$32,411
Feb 2014168097.406.19$16,363
Jan 2014512090.404.86$46,285
Dec 2013174091.824.35$15,977
Nov 2013171088.853.74$15,193
Oct 2013327097.423.78$31,856
Sep 20133350104.113.72$34,877
Aug 20133280104.253.52$34,194
Jul 20133360102.523.72$34,447
Jun 2013348094.403.93$32,851
May 2013167094.834.15$15,837
Apr 2013322093.964.28$30,255
Mar 2013336093.623.91$31,456
Feb 2013173091.233.42$15,783
Jan 2013356091.603.42$32,610
Dec 2012174086.773.42$15,098
Nov 2012357086.953.62$31,041
Oct 2012342089.383.40$30,568
Sep 2012375094.672.92$35,501
Aug 2012336092.662.91$31,134
Jul 2012168085.133.02$14,302
Jun 2012345079.822.52$27,538
May 2012357091.612.49$32,705
Apr 20123410101.652.00$34,663
Mar 20123460105.052.22$36,347
Feb 20121780101.102.57$17,996
Jan 2012351098.092.73$34,430
Dec 2011181096.873.24$17,533
Nov 2011172095.723.31$16,464
Oct 2011348084.983.65$29,573
Sep 2011341083.623.99$28,514
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 2011170092.904.64$15,793
May 2011335098.134.40$32,874
Apr 20113350105.964.33$35,497
Mar 2011498096.364.06$47,987
Feb 2011163085.644.18$13,959
Jan 2011506086.504.59$43,769
Dec 2010339085.734.35$29,062
Nov 2010341080.843.80$27,566
Oct 2010173078.103.51$13,511
Sep 2010503072.633.98$36,533
Aug 2010167073.684.42$12,305
Jul 2010331072.554.74$24,014
Jun 2010332070.364.91$23,360
May 2010334071.124.24$23,754
Apr 2010337081.694.12$27,530
Mar 2010333078.394.39$26,104
Feb 2010164073.585.44$12,067
Jan 2010333074.365.96$24,762
Dec 2009337071.445.48$24,075
Nov 2009329074.593.75$24,540
Oct 2009327072.544.11$23,721
Sep 2009329065.543.06$21,563
Aug 2009325067.423.22$21,912
Jul 2009324061.133.46$19,806
Jun 2009332066.163.90$21,965
May 2009337054.743.93$18,447
Apr 2009334046.773.59$15,621
Mar 2009342042.144.06$14,412
Feb 2009336032.814.63$11,024
Jan 2009382035.865.37$13,699
Dec 2008336037.105.98$12,466
Nov 2008340055.496.86$18,867
Oct 2008167075.246.92$12,565
Sep 20083380101.767.88$34,395
Aug 20083330114.228.48$38,035
Jul 20085110131.0811.39$66,982
Jun 20083310131.3313.03$43,470
May 20083350123.1711.57$41,262
Apr 20083330110.3110.45$36,733
Mar 20083300101.909.66$33,627
Feb 2008172092.538.77$15,915
Jan 2008172090.388.21$15,545
Dec 2007336088.337.30$29,679
Nov 2007343091.677.29$31,443
Oct 2007331082.856.92$27,423
Sep 2007167075.846.24$12,665
Aug 2007325069.066.39$22,445
Jul 2007332070.906.39$23,539
Jun 2007333062.007.55$20,646
May 2007344058.747.85$20,207
Apr 2007332059.617.81$19,791
Mar 2007508056.927.30$28,915
Feb 2007166055.108.22$9,147
Jan 2007331050.306.73$16,649
Dec 2006340056.656.92$19,261
Nov 2006348054.207.62$18,862
Oct 2006506054.906.01$27,779
Sep 2006164060.085.04$9,853
Aug 2006165068.717.34$11,337
Jul 2006342069.376.34$23,725
Jun 2006340066.286.38$22,535
May 2006339066.016.42$22,377
Apr 2006336064.397.36$21,635
Mar 2006167056.707.08$9,469
Feb 2006335057.597.75$19,293
Jan 2006340060.598.93$20,601
Dec 2005335054.9413.42$18,405
Nov 2005333054.6910.59$18,212
Oct 2005335058.3413.80$19,544
Sep 2005164061.4512.08$10,078
Aug 2005494061.519.80$30,386
Jul 2005164055.697.84$9,133
Jun 2005333052.337.38$17,426
May 2005168045.226.65$7,597
Apr 2005164049.207.36$8,069
Mar 2005493050.377.15$24,832
Feb 2005163045.226.31$7,371
Jan 2005332043.166.32$14,329
Dec 2004165139.866.75$6,584
Nov 2004326145.286.33$14,768
Oct 2004153149.706.52$7,611
Sep 2004336143.245.28$14,534
Aug 2004175142.375.55$7,420
Jul 2004337138.286.08$12,906
Jun 2004334136.106.43$12,064
May 2004505137.486.49$18,934
Apr 20040134.475.86$6
Mar 2004352134.365.53$12,100
Feb 2004168132.455.51$5,457
Jan 2004343132.036.30$10,993
Dec 2003361130.266.30$10,930
Nov 2003186128.804.60$5,361
Oct 2003342128.174.76$9,639
Sep 2003185126.314.75$4,872
Aug 2003353129.765.13$10,510
Jul 2003172129.415.17$5,064
Jun 2003360128.565.98$10,288
May 2003349126.595.97$9,286
Apr 2003359126.675.41$9,580
Mar 2003349131.146.10$10,874
Feb 2003174133.487.93$5,833
Jan 2003364130.315.58$11,038
Dec 2002349126.914.85$9,396
Nov 2002184124.664.14$4,542
Oct 2002167126.464.23$4,423
Sep 2002346127.443.64$9,498
Aug 2002182125.963.16$4,728
Jul 2002349124.583.06$8,581
Jun 2002346123.733.34$8,214
May 2002337124.663.58$8,314
Apr 2002535123.653.51$12,656
Mar 20020122.003.10$3
Feb 20020118.222.38$2
Jan 2002344117.172.38$5,909
Dec 2001344116.932.36$5,826
Nov 2001359118.072.41$6,490
Oct 2001181119.782.53$3,583
Sep 2001181124.262.25$4,393
Aug 2001353124.873.05$8,782
Jul 2001355123.933.20$8,498
Jun 2001340124.563.82$8,354
May 2001359125.524.31$9,166
Apr 2001184124.685.34$4,546
Mar 2001534124.545.38$13,110
Feb 2001177127.755.77$4,918
Jan 2001345127.478.40$9,486
Dec 2000352126.889.12$9,471
Nov 2000375132.215.66$12,084
Oct 2000370131.235.15$11,560
Sep 2000509131.875.19$16,227
Aug 2000184129.644.54$5,458
Jul 2000537128.534.09$15,325
Jun 2000187129.304.40$5,484
May 2000365127.263.68$9,954
Apr 2000540124.513.12$13,239
Mar 2000368128.422.86$10,461
Feb 2000363127.622.73$10,029
Jan 2000372125.272.48$9,403
Dec 1999185124.282.42$4,494
Nov 1999365123.192.43$8,467
Oct 1999364120.982.80$7,640
Sep 1999367121.752.62$7,985
Aug 1999720119.262.88$13,870
Jul 1999512117.892.37$9,162
Jun 1999180115.942.36$2,872
May 1999177115.792.32$2,797
Apr 19990115.102.21$2
Mar 19990112.471.84$2
Feb 1999019.981.82$2
Jan 19990110.381.90$2
Dec 1998019.201.77$2
Nov 19980110.892.19$2
Oct 19980112.421.97$2
Sep 1998179112.592.08$2,256
Aug 19980111.301.91$2
Jul 19980111.742.24$2
Jun 19980111.242.24$2
May 19980112.622.21$2
Apr 19980113.042.51$3
Mar 19980112.802.31$2
Feb 1998182113.952.30$2,541
Jan 19980114.702.15$2
Dec 19970116.322.41$2
Nov 19970118.193.09$3
Oct 19970119.253.15$3
Sep 19970117.742.95$3
Aug 19970117.862.55$3
Jul 19970117.582.25$2
Jun 19970117.242.26$2
May 19970118.972.31$2
Apr 1997175117.882.08$3,131
Mar 19970118.951.94$2
Feb 19970120.492.21$2
Jan 19970123.483.54$4
Dec 19960123.32$0
Nov 19960121.97$0
Oct 19960123.31$0
Sep 1996179122.22$3,977
Aug 19960120.26$0
Jul 19960119.55$0
Jun 19960118.73$0
May 19960119.43$0
Apr 19960121.51$0
Mar 1996174119.38$3,372
Feb 19960116.98$0
Jan 19960117.07$0
Dec 19950117.19$0
Nov 19950116.00$0
Oct 19950115.43$0
Sep 19950116.18$0
Aug 1995180415.92$2,866
Jul 19950115.24$0
Jun 19950116.41$0
May 19950117.56$0
Apr 19950117.73$0
Mar 19951874216.44$3,074
Feb 199518517016.58$3,067
Jan 199518227515.92$2,897
Dec 199418619115.03$2,796
Nov 199437238715.90$5,915
Oct 199418338515.58$2,851
Sep 199417735615.29$2,706
Aug 199418326516.13$2,952
Jul 199436122617.56$6,339
Jun 199418359117.09$3,127
May 199418159115.88$2,874
Apr 199418851314.14$2,658
Mar 199436632912.46$4,560
Feb 199418848812.50$2,350
Jan 199455177012.66$6,976
Dec 19935601,01912.33$6,905
Nov 199373472214.49$10,636
Oct 1993066615.85$0
Sep 199336751015.03$5,516
Aug 199333353015.66$5,215
Jul 199337258315.46$5,751
Jun 199356176116.79$9,419
May 199337179717.68$6,559
Apr 199374783218.05$13,483
Mar 199337459218.14$6,784
Feb 199356760917.90$10,149
Jan 199338365216.93$6,484

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.

Dec 2025 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  160 bbl  × $ 56.66 =     $9,066
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.41 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $9,066

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/30196 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.