OATES, J. S.

Operated by GW ENERGY, INC. (P-5 339642) in the OATES field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 4538District 08Field 66588001OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$23.7 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$236 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 12 leases and 72 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1947-01-15
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
150 ft
minimum
From a lease line
75 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 1 acres. The field rule took effect on 1998-09-29.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: OPTIONAL 1 ACRE TRACTS FOR PRORATION.

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
OilDisposition791,811 bbl$23,657,752
Casinghead gasProduction21 Mcf$0
Total$23,657,752

21 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 21 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 (61)

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 30.7200, -103.1714. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.9 miles.

30.72022, -103.17006 · 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
6.6%
4 of 61 wells
With a plug date
6.6%
4 of 61 wells
Median depth
873 ft
59 wells filed one
Completion to plug
11.7 years
median over 4 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
46.6%
A plug date is filed
46.6%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
46.6%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
5793.4%

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, 59 of 61 wells. Median 873 ft, with the middle half between 855 and 894 ft; the shallowest is 804 ft and the deepest 974 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, 58 of 61 wells, Jan 1948 – Oct 2000. 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 1948 – Oct 2000
58 of 61 wells; 3 filed none
Plug dates filed
Jan 1998 – Sep 2011
4 of 61 wells; 57 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 11.7 years across the 4 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 8.1 years and 15.6 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

61 wells

42-371001907807 ft
42-371001918
42-371037721
42-3713702373926 ftOct 2000
42-3713687672842 ftJan 1999
42-3713687771839 ftJan 1999
42-3713688167871 ftDec 1998
42-3713687969869 ftDec 1998
42-3713688068861 ftDec 1998
42-3713687870865 ftDec 1998
42-3713641029844 ftSep 1998Jul 2007Yes
42-3713682366820 ftMar 1998
42-3713678665888 ftJan 1998
42-3713678464804 ftDec 1997
42-3713675162900 ftSep 1997
42-3713675263935 ftSep 1997
42-3713675012A900 ftSep 1997
42-3713674360896 ftAug 1997
42-3713674461889 ftAug 1997
42-3713671658850 ftJul 1997
42-3713671557869 ftMay 1997
42-3713671159844 ftMay 1997
42-3713667632878 ftApr 1997Sep 2011Yes
42-3713667734849 ftMar 1997
42-3713665556921 ftFeb 1997
42-3713665754881 ftJan 1997
42-3713665655901 ftJan 1997
42-3713665453872 ftDec 1996
42-3713664352892 ftDec 1996
42-3713664450856 ftNov 1996
42-3713664551875 ftNov 1996
42-3713662935883 ftOct 1996
42-3713663036882 ftSep 1996
42-3713663137860 ftSep 1996
42-3713662844873 ftSep 1996
42-3713662243865 ftAug 1996
42-3713662133871 ftAug 1996
42-3713662049839 ftAug 1996
42-3713641442866 ftApr 1994
42-3713640221956 ftOct 1993
42-3713640524848 ftSep 1993
42-3713641130885 ftAug 1993
42-3713640928845 ftAug 1993
42-3713640625858 ftAug 1993
42-3713640827974 ftAug 1993
42-3713640322951 ftJul 1993
42-3713636914873 ftAug 1992
42-3713636815890 ftAug 1992
42-3713637120882 ftAug 1992Aug 2011Yes
42-3713637019846 ftAug 1992
42-3713636518923 ftAug 1992
42-3713636716919 ftAug 1992
42-3713636617920 ftJul 1992
42-3713633213914 ftMay 1992
42-3713633112870 ftMay 1992Jan 1998Yes
42-3713633011889 ftMay 1992
42-3713632910865 ftMay 1992
42-371001885854 ftOct 1975
42-371001896880 ftMay 1975
42-371001929927 ftMay 1975
42-371001863849 ftJan 1948

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 2026503089.753.15$45,144
Feb 2026505063.503.75$32,068
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 2025506056.664.41$28,670
Nov 2025347058.593.93$20,331
Oct 2025304059.383.30$18,052
Sep 2025632062.743.08$39,652
Aug 2025462063.933.01$29,536
Jul 2025159066.743.32$10,612
Jun 2025179066.483.13$11,900
May 2025336060.553.23$20,345
Apr 2025338062.363.54$21,078
Mar 2025252067.704.27$17,060
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 2024326068.993.12$22,491
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 2024157071.372.28$11,205
Sep 2024445069.612.36$30,976
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 2024147079.932.15$11,750
Jun 2024146078.082.63$11,400
May 2024202078.812.20$15,920
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 2024466080.301.55$37,420
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 2023448071.262.61$31,924
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 2023160085.443.09$13,670
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 2023173080.522.67$13,930
Jul 2023285074.852.64$21,332
Jun 2023380068.962.26$26,205
May 2023168070.622.23$11,864
Apr 2023699078.122.24$54,606
Mar 2023363072.852.39$26,445
Feb 2023686075.112.47$51,525
Jan 2023287076.533.39$21,964
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 2022444087.185.86$38,708
Sep 2022310084.888.16$26,313
Aug 2022329094.529.13$31,097
Jul 20224130101.587.54$41,953
Jun 20223360115.097.98$38,670
May 20228840109.378.43$96,683
Apr 20229050104.226.84$94,319
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 2022100081.844.54$8,184
Dec 2021777071.323.90$55,416
Nov 2021198077.435.24$15,331
Oct 2021704079.795.71$56,172
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 2021746066.024.22$49,251
Jul 2021536070.783.98$37,938
Jun 2021433069.493.38$30,089
May 2021512063.483.02$32,502
Apr 2021984060.362.76$59,394
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 2021284057.805.55$16,415
Jan 2021460050.412.81$23,189
Dec 2020473044.642.68$21,115
Nov 2020337038.772.71$13,065
Oct 20201,370036.972.48$50,649
Sep 2020574037.091.99$21,290
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 2020442038.371.83$16,960
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 2020149030.341.86$4,521
Feb 2020299049.881.98$14,914
Jan 2020305057.252.09$17,461
Dec 2019302059.012.30$17,821
Nov 2019429055.302.75$23,724
Oct 2019442053.472.42$23,634
Sep 2019442055.052.66$24,332
Aug 2019443053.112.30$23,528
Jul 2019582056.272.46$32,749
Jun 2019442052.782.49$23,329
May 20191,044058.482.74$61,053
Apr 2019153062.632.75$9,582
Mar 2019761056.803.06$43,225
Feb 2019306050.852.79$15,560
Jan 2019453046.033.23$20,852
Dec 201877046.594.19$3,587
Nov 2018441052.934.24$23,342
Oct 2018308061.443.40$18,924
Sep 2018447059.543.11$26,614
Aug 2018449059.403.07$26,671
Jul 2018745065.142.93$48,529
Jun 2018296060.183.08$17,813
May 2018445065.382.90$29,094
Apr 2018442063.842.90$28,217
Mar 2018855061.222.79$52,343
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 2018586062.874.01$36,842
Dec 2017209057.272.92$11,969
Nov 2017591055.423.12$32,753
Oct 2017589049.292.98$29,032
Sep 2017424047.523.09$20,148
Aug 2017429045.373.00$19,464
Jul 2017440043.873.09$19,303
Jun 2017749042.493.09$31,825
May 2017734045.373.26$33,302
Apr 2017627047.933.21$30,052
Mar 2017585046.772.98$27,360
Feb 2017439050.452.95$22,148
Jan 2017430049.413.42$21,246
Dec 2016592048.763.72$28,866
Nov 2016658042.492.64$27,958
Oct 2016760046.193.09$35,104
Sep 2016739041.553.10$30,705
Aug 2016446041.442.92$18,482
Jul 2016446041.622.92$18,563
Jun 2016759045.352.69$34,421
May 2016738042.521.99$31,380
Apr 2016462036.561.99$16,891
Mar 2016734033.011.79$24,229
Feb 2016737026.472.06$19,508
Jan 2016744027.352.36$20,348
Dec 2015604032.362.00$19,545
Nov 2015445038.792.17$17,262
Oct 2015404043.552.43$17,594
Sep 2015622042.992.76$26,740
Aug 2015696040.162.87$27,951
Jul 2015591048.152.95$28,457
Jun 2015828056.152.88$46,492
May 2015834055.212.96$46,045
Apr 2015935049.822.71$46,582
Mar 20151,010042.892.93$43,319
Feb 2015420044.662.98$18,757
Jan 201529043.433.10$1,259
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20141,180078.303.90$92,394
Sep 2014304086.164.05$26,193
Aug 2014879089.394.04$78,574
Jul 2014432096.564.18$41,714
Jun 2014876098.164.74$85,988
May 20141,155094.734.73$109,413
Apr 2014885095.944.81$84,907
Mar 2014622095.895.06$59,644
Feb 2014282097.406.19$27,467
Jan 20141,010090.404.86$91,304
Dec 201311091.824.35$1,010
Nov 2013781088.853.74$69,392
Oct 2013620097.423.78$60,400
Sep 20133010104.113.72$31,337
Aug 20131,1390104.253.52$118,741
Jul 20133040102.523.72$31,166
Jun 20131,131094.403.93$106,766
May 2013655094.834.15$62,114
Apr 2013751093.964.28$70,564
Mar 2013414093.623.91$38,759
Feb 2013908091.233.42$82,837
Jan 2013305091.603.42$27,938
Dec 2012445086.773.42$38,613
Nov 2012763086.953.62$66,343
Oct 2012882089.383.40$78,833
Sep 2012606094.672.92$57,370
Aug 20121,341092.662.91$124,257
Jul 2012150085.133.02$12,770
Jun 20121,806079.822.52$144,155
May 2012559091.612.49$51,210
Apr 20121,0900101.652.00$110,799
Mar 20123090105.052.22$32,460
Feb 20127560101.102.57$76,432
Jan 20121,228098.092.73$120,455
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 2011624095.723.31$59,729
Oct 20111,766084.983.65$150,075
Sep 20111,066083.623.99$89,139
Aug 2011907083.404.15$75,644
Jul 2011152094.144.52$14,309
Jun 20112,072092.904.64$192,489
May 2011602098.134.40$59,074
Apr 20119000105.964.33$95,364
Mar 20111,011096.364.06$97,420
Feb 2011753085.644.18$64,487
Jan 2011864086.504.59$74,736
Dec 2010445085.734.35$38,150
Nov 2010892080.843.80$72,109
Oct 2010446078.103.51$34,833
Sep 20101,194072.633.98$86,720
Aug 2010583073.684.42$42,955
Jul 2010733072.554.74$53,179
Jun 2010459070.364.91$32,295
May 2010723071.124.24$51,420
Apr 2010919081.694.12$75,073
Mar 20101,041078.394.39$81,604
Feb 2010450073.585.44$33,111
Jan 2010902074.365.96$67,073
Dec 2009435071.445.48$31,076
Nov 2009261074.593.75$19,468
Oct 2009453072.544.11$32,861
Sep 2009765065.543.06$50,138
Aug 2009734067.423.22$49,486
Jul 2009459061.133.46$28,059
Jun 2009752066.163.90$49,752
May 2009862054.743.93$47,186
Apr 2009879046.773.59$41,111
Mar 2009735042.144.06$30,973
Feb 2009917032.814.63$30,087
Jan 2009922035.865.37$33,063
Dec 2008615037.105.98$22,817
Nov 20081,046055.496.86$58,043
Oct 2008907075.246.92$68,243
Sep 20087160101.767.88$72,860
Aug 20081,2350114.228.48$141,062
Jul 20089120131.0811.39$119,545
Jun 20085980131.3313.03$78,535
May 20087530123.1711.57$92,747
Apr 20089280110.3110.45$102,368
Mar 20089200101.909.66$93,748
Feb 2008740092.538.77$68,472
Jan 20081,517090.388.21$137,106
Dec 2007445088.337.30$39,307
Nov 2007768091.677.29$70,403
Oct 20071,358082.856.92$112,510
Sep 20071,069075.846.24$81,073
Aug 20071,030069.066.39$71,132
Jul 2007903070.906.39$64,023
Jun 20071,207062.007.55$74,834
May 20071,168058.747.85$68,608
Apr 20071,007059.617.81$60,027
Mar 2007925056.927.30$52,651
Feb 20071,239055.108.22$68,269
Jan 2007933050.306.73$46,930
Dec 2006943056.656.92$53,421
Nov 20061,211054.207.62$65,636
Oct 20061,194054.906.01$65,551
Sep 20061,438060.085.04$86,395
Aug 20061,880068.717.34$129,175
Jul 2006961069.376.34$66,665
Jun 20061,270066.286.38$84,176
May 20061,349066.016.42$89,047
Apr 20061,584064.397.36$101,994
Mar 2006941056.707.08$53,355
Feb 20061,235057.597.75$71,124
Jan 2006914060.598.93$55,379
Dec 2005798054.9413.42$43,842
Nov 20051,267054.6910.59$69,292
Oct 2005861058.3413.80$50,231
Sep 20051,802061.4512.08$110,733
Aug 20051,250061.519.80$76,888
Jul 20051,629055.697.84$90,719
Jun 20051,351052.337.38$70,698
May 20051,465045.226.65$66,247
Apr 20051,367049.207.36$67,256
Mar 20051,922050.377.15$96,811
Feb 20051,018045.226.31$46,034
Jan 20051,326043.166.32$57,230
Dec 20041,293039.866.75$51,539
Nov 20041,949045.286.33$88,251
Oct 2004893049.706.52$44,382
Sep 20041,772043.245.28$76,621
Aug 20041,928042.375.55$81,689
Jul 20041,789038.286.08$68,483
Jun 20041,506036.106.43$54,367
May 20041,637037.486.49$61,355
Apr 20041,637034.475.86$56,427
Mar 20041,799034.365.53$61,814
Feb 20041,478032.455.51$47,961
Jan 20041,763032.036.30$56,469
Dec 20031,768030.266.30$53,500
Nov 20031,767028.804.60$50,890
Oct 20031,485028.174.76$41,832
Sep 20032,078026.314.75$54,672
Aug 20032,114029.765.13$62,913
Jul 20031,865029.415.17$54,850
Jun 20031,843028.565.98$52,636
May 20032,287026.595.97$60,811
Apr 20031,813026.675.41$48,353
Mar 20031,906031.146.10$59,353
Feb 20031,644033.487.93$55,041
Jan 20032,120030.315.58$64,257
Dec 20021,822026.914.85$49,030
Nov 20021,831024.664.14$45,152
Oct 20021,967026.464.23$52,047
Sep 20022,159027.443.64$59,243
Aug 20022,198025.963.16$57,060
Jul 20021,877024.583.06$46,137
Jun 20022,433023.733.34$57,735
May 20022,269024.663.58$55,954
Apr 20022,399023.653.51$56,736
Mar 20021,932022.003.10$42,504
Feb 20021,947018.222.38$35,474
Jan 20022,110017.172.38$36,229
Dec 20012,705016.932.36$45,796
Nov 20012,391018.072.41$43,205
Oct 20012,969019.782.53$58,727
Sep 20012,352024.262.25$57,060
Aug 20012,707024.873.05$67,323
Jul 20012,631023.933.20$62,960
Jun 20012,602024.563.82$63,905
May 20012,567025.524.31$65,510
Apr 20012,884024.685.34$71,177
Mar 20012,880024.545.38$70,675
Feb 20012,567027.755.77$71,234
Jan 20013,308027.478.40$90,871
Dec 20002,853026.889.12$76,689
Nov 20003,207032.215.66$103,297
Oct 20003,272031.235.15$102,185
Sep 20003,588031.875.19$114,350
Aug 20003,786029.644.54$112,217
Jul 20003,817028.534.09$108,899
Jun 20004,018029.304.40$117,727
May 20004,036027.263.68$110,021
Apr 20004,367024.513.12$107,035
Mar 20004,367028.422.86$124,110
Feb 20005,503027.622.73$151,993
Jan 20005,933025.272.48$149,927
Dec 19996,822024.282.42$165,638
Nov 19995,128023.192.43$118,918
Oct 19995,514020.982.80$115,684
Sep 19993,791021.752.62$82,454
Aug 19994,761019.262.88$91,697
Jul 19994,754017.892.37$85,049
Jun 19995,487015.942.36$87,463
May 19995,108015.792.32$80,655
Apr 19996,390015.102.21$96,489
Mar 19993,590012.471.84$44,767
Feb 19991,18209.981.82$11,796
Jan 1999455010.381.90$4,723
Dec 19983,39209.201.77$31,206
Nov 19984,379010.892.19$47,687
Oct 19985,304012.421.97$65,876
Sep 19984,848012.592.08$61,036
Aug 19985,611011.301.91$63,404
Jul 19985,346011.742.24$62,762
Jun 19985,747011.242.24$64,596
May 19986,319012.622.21$79,746
Apr 19985,830013.042.51$76,023
Mar 19986,380012.802.31$81,664
Feb 19986,122013.952.30$85,402
Jan 19987,328014.702.15$107,722
Dec 19975,724016.322.41$93,416
Nov 19976,708018.193.09$122,019
Oct 19978,513019.253.15$163,875
Sep 19978,766017.742.95$155,509
Aug 199710,014017.862.55$178,850
Jul 19978,971017.582.25$157,710
Jun 199710,108017.242.26$174,262
May 199711,497018.972.31$218,098
Apr 199712,079017.882.08$215,973
Mar 199712,001018.951.94$227,419
Feb 199711,989020.492.21$245,655
Jan 199710,931023.483.54$256,660
Dec 199611,021023.32$257,010
Nov 199611,352021.97$249,403
Oct 199610,163023.31$236,900
Sep 19967,016022.22$155,896
Aug 19963,165020.26$64,123
Jul 19963,680019.55$71,944
Jun 19963,936018.73$73,721
May 19964,224019.43$82,072
Apr 19964,100021.51$88,191
Mar 19963,696019.38$71,628
Feb 19964,124016.98$70,026
Jan 19962,970017.07$50,698
Dec 19953,665017.19$63,001
Nov 19953,665016.00$58,640
Oct 19954,971015.43$76,703
Sep 19954,775016.18$77,260
Aug 19955,013015.92$79,807
Jul 19955,467015.24$83,317
Jun 19954,759016.41$78,095
May 19955,651017.56$99,232
Apr 19956,015017.73$106,646
Mar 19954,708016.44$77,400
Feb 19955,539016.58$91,837
Jan 19954,313015.92$68,663
Dec 19944,987015.03$74,955
Nov 19945,639015.90$89,660
Oct 19945,876015.58$91,548
Sep 19945,895115.29$90,135
Aug 19947,062116.13$113,910
Jul 19946,436117.56$113,016
Jun 19946,756117.09$115,460
May 19946,269115.88$99,552
Apr 19944,966114.14$70,219
Mar 19944,689112.46$58,425
Feb 19941,582112.50$19,775
Jan 19943,403112.66$43,082
Dec 19934,084112.33$50,356
Nov 19933,484114.49$50,483
Oct 19936,200115.85$98,270
Sep 19935,370115.03$80,711
Aug 19936,703115.66$104,969
Jul 19934,965115.46$76,759
Jun 19933,661116.79$61,468
May 19934,374117.68$77,332
Apr 19934,293118.05$77,489
Mar 19934,216118.14$76,478
Feb 19932,209117.90$39,541
Jan 19933,220116.93$54,515

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.

Mar 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  503 bbl  × $ 89.75 =    $45,144
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.15 =         $0

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Month total                                  $45,144

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/4538 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.