BILES, J. D.

Operated by UNITEX OIL & GAS, L.L.C. (P-5 877921) in the UNION field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 7038District 08Field 92450001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$7.9 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$180 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 47 leases and 145 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1943-08-07
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 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.

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
OilDisposition231,574 bbl$7,076,982
Casinghead gasProduction331,752 Mcf$852,101
Total$7,929,083

120,171 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 (13)

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 32.2448, -102.5375. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 66.3 miles, so treat it as the lease's centre and not as its location.

32.09350, -102.32632 · 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
69.2%
9 of 13 wells
With a plug date
53.8%
7 of 13 wells
Median depth
7,550 ft
11 wells filed one
Completion to plug
10.1 years
median over 5 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
969.2%
A plug date is filed
753.8%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
753.8%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
430.8%

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, 11 of 13 wells. Median 7,550 ft, with the middle half between 7,448 and 8,695 ft; the shallowest is 3,730 ft and the deepest 8,703 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 13 wells, Nov 1976 – Jun 2019. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Nov 1976 – Jun 2019
9 of 13 wells; 4 filed none
Plug dates filed
Dec 1990 – May 2024
7 of 13 wells; 6 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 10.1 years across the 5 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 4.9 years and 12.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

13 wells

42-0030780157,445 ftJun 2003Yes
42-0030780377,450 ftDec 1990Yes
42-003077972
42-003078026
42-0030779413,730 ftJun 2019May 2024Yes
42-003371496A7,550 ftDec 2014Aug 2016Yes
42-0030780047,450 ftMay 2010Yes
42-00337163127,600 ftJul 1997
42-00307806107,445 ftFeb 1995
42-1733042768,700 ftJan 1989Feb 1999Yes
42-3290065238,703 ftMar 1985Feb 1998Yes
42-3298016428,700 ftJan 1977Aug 2000Yes
42-1733042658,690 ftNov 1976Yes

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 20261480106.413.05$15,749
Apr 2026168098.932.87$16,620
Mar 2026144089.753.15$12,924
Feb 2026316063.503.75$20,066
Jan 2026180059.138.00$10,643
Dec 2025193056.664.41$10,935
Nov 2025203058.593.93$11,894
Oct 2025302059.383.30$17,933
Sep 2025285062.743.08$17,881
Aug 2025283063.933.01$18,092
Jul 202595066.743.32$6,340
Jun 2025309066.483.13$20,542
May 2025208060.553.23$12,594
Apr 2025207062.363.54$12,909
Mar 2025170067.704.27$11,509
Feb 2025186070.884.34$13,184
Jan 2025190074.324.28$14,121
Dec 2024284068.993.12$19,593
Nov 2024183069.052.20$12,636
Oct 2024299071.372.28$21,340
Sep 2024194069.612.36$13,504
Aug 2024208075.632.06$15,731
Jul 202495079.932.15$7,593
Jun 2024251078.082.63$19,598
May 2024154078.812.20$12,137
Apr 2024180084.451.66$15,201
Mar 2024180080.301.55$14,454
Feb 2024181076.091.78$13,772
Jan 2024186073.023.30$13,582
Dec 2023269071.262.61$19,169
Nov 2023183077.892.81$14,254
Oct 2023305085.443.09$26,059
Sep 2023118089.042.74$10,507
Aug 2023224080.522.67$18,036
Jul 2023358074.852.64$26,796
Jun 2023126068.962.26$8,689
May 2023186070.622.23$13,135
Apr 2023239078.122.24$18,671
Mar 2023277072.852.39$20,179
Feb 202395075.112.47$7,135
Jan 202383076.533.39$6,352
Dec 202291076.415.73$6,953
Nov 2022169285.005.65$14,376
Oct 2022160487.185.86$13,972
Sep 202269084.888.16$5,857
Aug 2022198094.529.13$18,715
Jul 20221310101.587.54$13,307
Jun 20222010115.097.98$23,133
May 20221281109.378.43$14,008
Apr 20221421104.226.84$14,806
Mar 20222350108.885.08$25,587
Feb 2022185191.054.86$16,849
Jan 2022173081.844.54$14,158
Dec 20211741071.323.90$12,449
Nov 202188777.435.24$6,851
Oct 2021185079.795.71$14,761
Sep 2021182069.865.35$12,715
Aug 20211604366.024.22$10,745
Jul 20211262670.783.98$9,022
Jun 20211311069.493.38$9,137
May 20212152163.483.02$13,712
Apr 20212063960.362.76$12,542
Mar 20211493061.302.72$9,215
Feb 20212083657.805.55$12,222
Jan 20211295450.412.81$6,655
Dec 20201935944.642.68$8,773
Nov 20201885338.772.71$7,432
Oct 20201186436.972.48$4,521
Sep 20201477637.091.99$5,604
Aug 2020853739.982.39$3,487
Jul 20201221538.371.83$4,709
Jun 2020961734.901.69$3,379
May 20201321016.921.81$2,252
Apr 2020104014.751.80$1,534
Mar 2020157030.341.86$4,763
Feb 2020173049.881.98$8,629
Jan 2020157057.252.09$8,988
Dec 2019117059.012.30$6,904
Nov 2019170055.302.75$9,401
Oct 2019166253.472.42$8,881
Sep 2019173955.052.66$9,548
Aug 20192454553.112.30$13,116
Jul 20191885656.272.46$10,717
Jun 2019648352.782.49$3,585
May 2019588058.482.74$3,611
Apr 20195013562.632.75$3,503
Mar 201910212256.803.06$6,167
Feb 20191266950.852.79$6,600
Jan 20191359446.033.23$6,518
Dec 201819610246.594.19$9,559
Nov 2018733352.934.24$4,004
Oct 201804361.443.40$146
Sep 2018596459.543.11$3,712
Aug 2018788559.403.07$4,894
Jul 2018176965.142.93$11,491
Jun 2018155060.183.08$9,328
May 20181771765.382.90$11,622
Apr 201811116063.842.90$7,550
Mar 201817015561.222.79$10,839
Feb 201813223461.782.77$8,802
Jan 201812532162.874.01$9,146
Dec 201715417557.272.92$9,331
Nov 20179619555.423.12$5,928
Oct 201713919949.292.98$7,445
Sep 20178615447.523.09$4,562
Aug 20178616745.373.00$4,404
Jul 201712917643.873.09$6,203
Jun 201712815842.493.09$5,927
May 201713917245.373.26$6,868
Apr 20179416647.933.21$5,039
Mar 201713316046.772.98$6,698
Feb 201719414650.452.95$10,218
Jan 201710820249.413.42$6,027
Dec 201611926748.763.72$6,796
Nov 201624826942.492.64$11,249
Oct 201612728046.193.09$6,731
Sep 201616318041.553.10$7,331
Aug 201613215241.442.92$5,915
Jul 201615911441.622.92$6,951
Jun 201619016545.352.69$9,060
May 201620423142.521.99$9,134
Apr 201622513236.561.99$8,489
Mar 201630322033.011.79$10,397
Feb 201628817426.472.06$7,982
Jan 20162638027.352.36$7,382
Dec 201520924232.362.00$7,248
Nov 201514131238.792.17$6,146
Oct 201520335343.552.43$9,697
Sep 201519943742.992.76$9,760
Aug 201521744840.162.87$10,002
Jul 201529039648.152.95$15,130
Jun 20152369956.152.88$13,537
May 2015273055.212.96$15,072
Apr 2015283049.822.71$14,099
Mar 2015387042.892.93$16,598
Feb 20154098344.662.98$18,513
Jan 201531524143.433.10$14,428
Dec 201431815854.693.59$17,959
Nov 201443669070.464.25$33,654
Oct 201451062978.303.90$42,387
Sep 201431838686.164.05$28,960
Aug 2014874689.394.04$7,963
Jul 20141399396.564.18$13,811
Jun 2014961998.164.74$9,513
May 20141604494.734.73$15,365
Apr 201419111795.944.81$18,887
Mar 20144914295.895.06$5,417
Feb 20141439497.406.19$14,510
Jan 2014988390.404.86$9,263
Dec 2013969391.824.35$9,220
Nov 20131639488.853.74$14,834
Oct 20131898097.423.78$18,715
Sep 201351107104.113.72$5,707
Aug 2013160148104.253.52$17,201
Jul 2013153306102.523.72$16,823
Jun 201316013494.403.93$15,631
May 201311916994.834.15$11,986
Apr 201317317693.964.28$17,009
Mar 201318130693.623.91$18,143
Feb 201310724291.233.42$10,589
Jan 201311212191.603.42$10,673
Dec 2012173086.773.42$15,011
Nov 2012163086.953.62$14,173
Oct 2012121689.383.40$10,835
Sep 201215126494.672.92$15,066
Aug 201215033192.662.91$14,862
Jul 201212527685.133.02$11,475
Jun 201220433079.822.52$17,115
May 201214132191.612.49$13,716
Apr 2012203246101.652.00$21,126
Mar 2012172280105.052.22$18,691
Feb 2012201193101.102.57$20,817
Jan 201218217698.092.73$18,334
Dec 20119527696.873.24$10,097
Nov 201119831095.723.31$19,979
Oct 20118637384.983.65$8,669
Sep 201116339483.623.99$15,200
Aug 201118039783.404.15$16,659
Jul 201110640194.144.52$11,790
Jun 201110336392.904.64$11,253
May 201116927298.134.40$17,782
Apr 2011131325105.964.33$15,289
Mar 201122559796.364.06$24,103
Feb 201116336885.644.18$15,498
Jan 201119549586.504.59$19,139
Dec 201019450685.734.35$18,832
Nov 201012745780.843.80$12,001
Oct 201021150978.103.51$18,265
Sep 201029380572.633.98$24,484
Aug 201035496473.684.42$30,343
Jul 201023456172.554.74$19,634
Jun 201030359970.364.91$24,260
May 20107441971.124.24$7,037
Apr 201013445481.694.12$12,818
Mar 201019453278.394.39$17,542
Feb 201019645573.585.44$16,898
Jan 201019745874.365.96$17,380
Dec 200922645571.445.48$18,641
Nov 200923250274.593.75$19,188
Oct 200924725872.544.11$18,978
Sep 200922852465.543.06$16,549
Aug 200944059867.423.22$31,589
Jul 20099424961.133.46$6,609
Jun 20099623266.163.90$7,255
May 200918327454.743.93$11,093
Apr 200916626146.773.59$8,700
Mar 200917822842.144.06$8,426
Feb 200925721432.814.63$9,424
Jan 200919725735.865.37$8,445
Dec 200819643237.105.98$9,854
Nov 200825243255.496.86$16,947
Oct 200822553275.246.92$20,611
Sep 2008400778101.767.88$46,832
Aug 2008284750114.228.48$38,801
Jul 2008388654131.0811.39$58,308
Jun 2008199660131.3313.03$34,736
May 2008283709123.1711.57$43,063
Apr 2008349735110.3110.45$46,183
Mar 2008385731101.909.66$46,296
Feb 200834766492.538.77$37,932
Jan 200829376190.388.21$32,726
Dec 200734871688.337.30$35,967
Nov 200741883491.677.29$44,399
Oct 200742987182.856.92$41,572
Sep 200726988575.846.24$25,927
Aug 200734555869.066.39$27,390
Jul 200741573070.906.39$34,087
Jun 200741879662.007.55$31,925
May 200741788858.747.85$31,462
Apr 200742480259.617.81$31,534
Mar 200735084456.927.30$26,085
Feb 200741636755.108.22$25,937
Jan 200735368050.306.73$22,330
Dec 200628578056.656.92$21,542
Nov 200644382054.207.62$30,257
Oct 200652181854.906.01$33,522
Sep 200636369460.085.04$25,305
Aug 200645657068.717.34$35,516
Jul 200650469869.376.34$39,390
Jun 200624058766.286.38$19,655
May 200639241266.016.42$28,523
Apr 200650041364.397.36$35,235
Mar 200652772256.707.08$34,995
Feb 200643961057.597.75$30,010
Jan 200644763160.598.93$32,721
Dec 200561155354.9413.42$40,987
Nov 200543859254.6910.59$30,223
Oct 200545093958.3413.80$39,207
Sep 200554664361.4512.08$41,319
Aug 200552167661.519.80$38,669
Jul 200552779255.697.84$35,561
Jun 200536074852.337.38$24,360
May 200553077945.226.65$29,148
Apr 200553852649.207.36$30,341
Mar 20053001,24450.377.15$24,012
Feb 200537352545.226.31$20,181
Jan 200546260143.166.32$23,740
Dec 200446864139.866.75$22,982
Nov 200447077845.286.33$26,207
Oct 200438870249.706.52$23,857
Sep 200440358543.245.28$20,517
Aug 200440473942.375.55$21,219
Jul 200442065438.286.08$20,057
Jun 200446869636.106.43$21,372
May 200438463137.486.49$18,490
Apr 200448272234.475.86$20,844
Mar 200452366834.365.53$21,664
Feb 200447559332.455.51$18,681
Jan 200434270032.036.30$15,364
Dec 200359288230.266.30$23,472
Nov 200341987928.804.60$16,106
Oct 200359188928.174.76$20,880
Sep 200351981826.314.75$17,540
Aug 200352695329.765.13$20,542
Jul 200358993529.415.17$22,157
Jun 200348085928.565.98$18,848
May 20033801,05126.595.97$16,381
Apr 200361474426.675.41$20,398
Mar 200361188031.146.10$24,391
Feb 200338260933.487.93$17,616
Jan 200355463530.315.58$20,336
Dec 200254680126.914.85$18,581
Nov 200239078324.664.14$12,857
Oct 200255595426.464.23$18,720
Sep 200257395127.443.64$19,180
Aug 20024721,04025.963.16$15,544
Jul 20026021,29824.583.06$18,771
Jun 20025531,12323.733.34$16,872
May 200248197424.663.58$15,352
Apr 200246580823.653.51$13,835
Mar 200256081322.003.10$14,843
Feb 200249761318.222.38$10,512
Jan 200254280917.172.38$11,228
Dec 200153181016.932.36$10,905
Nov 200143779118.072.41$9,799
Oct 20015621,05719.782.53$13,789
Sep 200149090124.262.25$13,916
Aug 200157989124.873.05$17,120
Jul 200144873223.933.20$13,061
Jun 200158490124.563.82$17,789
May 200152388325.524.31$17,150
Apr 200161680924.685.34$19,519
Mar 200148775124.545.38$15,989
Feb 200156375627.755.77$19,983
Jan 200162579627.478.40$23,854
Dec 20006871,05926.889.12$28,127
Nov 20007981,20232.215.66$32,505
Oct 20007461,25131.235.15$29,735
Sep 20007291,32631.875.19$30,111
Aug 20007161,29529.644.54$27,103
Jul 20006951,41228.534.09$25,603
Jun 20004771,06529.304.40$18,659
May 20007721,18327.263.68$25,398
Apr 20007951,44424.513.12$23,985
Mar 20009421,88028.422.86$32,148
Feb 20009361,73927.622.73$30,594
Jan 20007891,63725.272.48$23,999
Dec 19997891,67124.282.42$23,207
Nov 19997682,06723.192.43$22,841
Oct 19999802,23120.982.80$26,815
Sep 19999302,18821.752.62$25,958
Aug 19997952,40619.262.88$22,230
Jul 19998472,17717.892.37$20,317
Jun 19998692,20915.942.36$19,070
May 19991,0342,30615.792.32$21,679
Apr 19998832,27615.102.21$18,359
Mar 19991,0342,31512.471.84$17,150
Feb 19997742,0159.981.82$11,387
Jan 19999002,19810.381.90$13,518
Dec 19981,0002,0859.201.77$12,897
Nov 19987311,85710.892.19$12,019
Oct 19988462,45012.421.97$15,332
Sep 19989912,34512.592.08$17,360
Aug 19989762,65611.301.91$16,095
Jul 19981,0373,20411.742.24$19,343
Jun 19981,0193,14111.242.24$18,481
May 19981,0533,07212.622.21$20,067
Apr 19981,0552,87213.042.51$20,953
Mar 19981,1893,03612.802.31$22,231
Feb 19981,0532,75713.952.30$21,028
Jan 19981,1922,87414.702.15$23,715
Dec 19979242,89116.322.41$22,050
Nov 19979992,80718.193.09$26,841
Oct 19971,2382,96619.253.15$33,174
Sep 19979673,00417.742.95$26,031
Aug 19971,0923,19017.862.55$27,653
Jul 19971,1003,30717.582.25$26,769
Jun 19971,1033,26217.242.26$26,379
May 19971,2552,45818.972.31$29,482
Apr 19971,1242,31417.882.08$24,917
Mar 19971,3592,34418.951.94$30,298
Feb 19971,1222,00520.492.21$27,413
Jan 19971,1341,94123.483.54$33,497
Dec 19961,3972,28323.32$32,578
Nov 19961,5892,95121.97$34,910
Oct 19961,3383,40623.31$31,189
Sep 19961,6654,27922.22$36,996
Aug 19961,6463,91320.26$33,348
Jul 19961,6673,94619.55$32,590
Jun 19961,6573,92518.73$31,036
May 19961,6434,03619.43$31,923
Apr 19961,3803,93021.51$29,684
Mar 19961,6833,56119.38$32,617
Feb 19961,5213,25016.98$25,827
Jan 19961,6163,12317.07$27,585
Dec 19951,2202,64017.19$20,972
Nov 19951,2292,45416.00$19,664
Oct 19955411,46115.43$8,348
Sep 19956861,59316.18$11,099
Aug 19951,0341,80815.92$16,461
Jul 19951,2503,08015.24$19,050
Jun 19951,6892,97416.41$27,716
May 19951,3642,25617.56$23,952
Apr 19952,8273,31217.73$50,123
Mar 19953,4774,65216.44$57,162
Feb 19953,2203,87416.58$53,388
Jan 19954,0174,53515.92$63,951
Dec 19943,4633,93415.03$52,049
Nov 19942,6812,62315.90$42,628
Oct 19942,6692,83915.58$41,583
Sep 19942,8222,83215.29$43,148
Aug 19942,6522,66716.13$42,777
Jul 19942,9152,28717.56$51,187
Jun 19942,8902,31317.09$49,390
May 19943,3482,70015.88$53,166
Apr 19942,9441,58214.14$41,628
Mar 19943,7652,28812.46$46,912
Feb 19942,6851,63112.50$33,563
Jan 19943,7771,86012.66$47,817
Dec 19933,6981,67012.33$45,596
Nov 19932,9521,29714.49$42,774
Oct 19933,0691,78215.85$48,644
Sep 19933,1281,19615.03$47,014
Aug 19932,67578315.66$41,891
Jul 19931,8391,06815.46$28,431
Jun 19931,03136116.79$17,310
May 19931,81951817.68$32,160
Apr 19931,6111,19518.05$29,079
Mar 19931,61388918.14$29,260
Feb 19932,1121,14517.90$37,805
Jan 19932,5441,46916.93$43,070

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                  148 bbl  × $106.41 =    $15,749
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $0

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Month total                                  $15,749

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/7038 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.