FOSTER, H. S. -C-

Operated by HELMS OIL & GAS, LLC (P-5 374347) in the DOUBLE -H- (GRAYBURG) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 9641District 08Field 25742500Hydrogen sulphide fieldNGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$10.1 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 32 leases and 90 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1955-06-20
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 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.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: EDWARDS NORTH (SAN ANDRES ) CONS. INTO THIS FIELD 1959

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
OilDisposition185,045 bbl$9,746,220
Casinghead gasProduction104,375 Mcf$328,743
Total$10,074,963

2,574 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 20 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 (10)

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 31.7352, -102.4532. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.8 miles.

31.73484, -102.45299 · 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%
5 of 10 wells
With a plug date
40.0%
4 of 10 wells
Median depth
4,515 ft
9 wells filed one
Completion to plug
22.3 years
median over 3 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
550.0%
A plug date is filed
440.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
440.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
550.0%

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

Total depth in feet, 9 of 10 wells. Median 4,515 ft, with the middle half between 4,503 and 4,650 ft; the shallowest is 4,450 ft and the deepest 4,700 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, 8 of 10 wells, Oct 1959 – May 2013. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Oct 1959 – May 2013
8 of 10 wells; 2 filed none
Plug dates filed
Dec 1983 – Dec 2019
4 of 10 wells; 6 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 22.3 years across the 3 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 21.7 years and 36.1 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

10 wells

42-1350489114,700 ftMay 1984Yes
42-135048944Yes
42-13542037144,690 ftMay 2013
42-1353027194,515 ftFeb 1970Dec 2019Yes
42-1351020984,550 ftSep 1963Sep 1984Yes
42-1350489774,650 ftAug 1961Dec 1983Yes
42-1350489664,500 ftMay 1960
42-1350489554,450 ftMar 1960
42-1350489334,503 ftJan 1960
42-1350489224,504 ftOct 1959

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 20240075.632.06$0
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 20230070.622.23$0
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 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210379.795.71$17
Sep 20210469.865.35$21
Aug 20210466.024.22$17
Jul 2021115170.783.98$8,144
Jun 2021106269.493.38$7,373
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210260.362.76$6
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210757.805.55$39
Jan 202102550.412.81$70
Dec 202002944.642.68$78
Nov 202002938.772.71$78
Oct 20201105036.972.48$4,191
Sep 20202205537.091.99$8,269
Aug 2020686139.982.39$2,864
Jul 202005938.371.83$108
Jun 202001734.901.69$29
May 202001216.921.81$22
Apr 20201345914.751.80$2,083
Mar 202016816330.341.86$5,400
Feb 202023010149.881.98$11,672
Jan 202037713057.252.09$21,856
Dec 201954617359.012.30$32,618
Nov 201953017855.302.75$29,799
Oct 201952117553.472.42$28,281
Sep 201948712055.052.66$27,128
Aug 201935522453.112.30$19,370
Jul 201959022656.272.46$33,755
Jun 201958125452.782.49$31,298
May 201949215458.482.74$29,194
Apr 201940024162.632.75$25,715
Mar 201957719356.803.06$33,365
Feb 201957627050.852.79$30,044
Jan 201987930846.033.23$41,455
Dec 201882827946.594.19$39,744
Nov 201842620252.934.24$23,404
Oct 201859837561.443.40$38,015
Sep 201841023659.543.11$25,145
Aug 201881762859.403.07$50,456
Jul 201876081265.142.93$51,887
Jun 201893476860.183.08$58,571
May 20181,09494065.382.90$74,252
Apr 201896583763.842.90$64,034
Mar 201868374461.222.79$43,887
Feb 201895574961.782.77$61,072
Jan 201883788062.874.01$56,150
Dec 201774599957.272.92$45,585
Nov 20171,09464555.423.12$62,641
Oct 20171,0811,29149.292.98$57,134
Sep 20171,0821,35847.523.09$55,609
Aug 20171,2011,55845.373.00$59,170
Jul 20171,3391,82043.873.09$64,361
Jun 20171,1021,49042.493.09$51,424
May 20171,5461,84245.373.26$76,153
Apr 20171,4981,94447.933.21$78,042
Mar 20171,3831,62746.772.98$69,537
Feb 20171,4431,37650.452.95$76,862
Jan 20171,4071,32249.413.42$74,040
Dec 20161,7601,69048.763.72$92,109
Nov 20161,8012,12842.492.64$82,152
Oct 20161,7882,23346.193.09$89,488
Sep 20161,8401,56041.553.10$81,289
Aug 20161,7932,09741.442.92$80,434
Jul 20161,7432,43341.622.92$79,659
Jun 20161,9042,04945.352.69$91,850
May 20161,8051,46142.521.99$79,658
Apr 20162,0241,90336.561.99$77,786
Mar 20161,6011,39933.011.79$55,359
Feb 20161,7701,52326.472.06$49,995
Jan 20162,0771,36027.352.36$60,021
Dec 20151,8181,70432.362.00$62,241
Nov 20151,6781,99338.792.17$69,409
Oct 20152,4321,60843.552.43$109,816
Sep 20152,0382,23242.992.76$93,770
Aug 20152,2431,60240.162.87$94,681
Jul 20152,6331,58848.152.95$131,456
Jun 20153,5801,65056.152.88$205,774
May 20151,5511,50355.212.96$90,073
Apr 20151,7541,88349.822.71$92,481
Mar 20151,8692,04442.892.93$86,160
Feb 20151,5311,55344.662.98$72,996
Jan 201549985843.433.10$24,332
Dec 20141,8442,55354.693.59$110,017
Nov 20142,9072,89270.464.25$217,124
Oct 20141,8412,10278.303.90$152,350
Sep 20141,3921,54886.164.05$126,197
Aug 20141,0362,34089.394.04$102,050
Jul 20141,7312,16096.564.18$176,173
Jun 20141,9172,60898.164.74$200,527
May 20141,6481,64694.734.73$163,895
Apr 20142,2191,22795.944.81$218,792
Mar 20141,3761,79595.895.06$141,022
Feb 201468629397.406.19$68,631
Jan 201433723390.404.86$31,597
Dec 20133253491.824.35$29,990
Nov 20131,3651,40488.853.74$126,529
Oct 20132,6302,68897.423.78$266,374
Sep 20131,3531,393104.113.72$146,040
Aug 20132,6012,275104.253.52$279,168
Jul 20133,1502,505102.523.72$332,251
Jun 20132,954094.403.93$278,858
May 20132,510094.834.15$238,023
Apr 2013830093.964.28$77,987
Mar 2013501093.623.91$46,904
Feb 2013520091.233.42$47,440
Jan 2013330091.603.42$30,228
Dec 2012654086.773.42$56,748
Nov 2012695086.953.62$60,430
Oct 2012352089.383.40$31,462
Sep 2012169094.672.92$15,999
Aug 2012175092.662.91$16,216
Jul 2012174085.133.02$14,813
Jun 2012159079.822.52$12,691
May 2012330091.612.49$30,231
Apr 20123230101.652.00$32,833
Mar 20121770105.052.22$18,594
Feb 20121750101.102.57$17,693
Jan 2012165098.092.73$16,185
Dec 2011185096.873.24$17,921
Nov 2011322095.723.31$30,822
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 2011172083.623.99$14,383
Aug 2011169083.404.15$14,095
Jul 2011170094.144.52$16,004
Jun 2011329092.904.64$30,564
May 2011177098.134.40$17,369
Apr 20111840105.964.33$19,497
Mar 2011167096.364.06$16,092
Feb 2011174085.644.18$14,901
Jan 2011169086.504.59$14,619
Dec 2010177085.734.35$15,174
Nov 2010177080.843.80$14,309
Oct 2010178078.103.51$13,902
Sep 2010355072.633.98$25,784
Aug 2010163073.684.42$12,010
Jul 2010174072.554.74$12,624
Jun 2010172070.364.91$12,102
May 2010174071.124.24$12,375
Apr 2010166081.694.12$13,561
Mar 2010331078.394.39$25,947
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 2010175074.365.96$13,013
Dec 2009322071.445.48$23,004
Nov 2009328074.593.75$24,466
Oct 2009162072.544.11$11,751
Sep 2009169065.543.06$11,076
Aug 2009327067.423.22$22,046
Jul 2009162061.133.46$9,903
Jun 2009327066.163.90$21,634
May 2009163054.743.93$8,923
Apr 2009329046.773.59$15,387
Mar 2009167042.144.06$7,037
Feb 2009333032.814.63$10,926
Jan 2009171035.865.37$6,132
Dec 2008327037.105.98$12,132
Nov 2008167055.496.86$9,267
Oct 2008164075.246.92$12,339
Sep 20081640101.767.88$16,689
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 20083260131.0811.39$42,732
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 20084900123.1711.57$60,353
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 20081570101.909.66$15,998
Feb 2008163092.538.77$15,082
Jan 2008328090.388.21$29,645
Dec 2007332088.337.30$29,326
Nov 2007333091.677.29$30,526
Oct 2007164082.856.92$13,587
Sep 2007175075.846.24$13,272
Aug 2007329069.066.39$22,721
Jul 2007163070.906.39$11,557
Jun 2007333062.007.55$20,646
May 2007172058.747.85$10,103
Apr 2007330059.617.81$19,671
Mar 2007331056.927.30$18,841
Feb 2007165055.108.22$9,092
Jan 2007333050.306.73$16,750
Dec 2006329056.656.92$18,638
Nov 2006167054.207.62$9,051
Oct 2006329054.906.01$18,062
Sep 2006335060.085.04$20,127
Aug 2006336068.717.34$23,087
Jul 2006172069.376.34$11,932
Jun 2006329066.286.38$21,806
May 2006333066.016.42$21,981
Apr 2006158064.397.36$10,174
Mar 2006171056.707.08$9,696
Feb 2006169057.597.75$9,733
Jan 2006330060.598.93$19,995
Dec 2005165054.9413.42$9,065
Nov 2005162054.6910.59$8,860
Oct 2005164058.3413.80$9,568
Sep 2005337061.4512.08$20,709
Aug 2005164061.519.80$10,088
Jul 2005170055.697.84$9,467
Jun 2005167052.337.38$8,739
May 2005332045.226.65$15,013
Apr 2005323049.207.36$15,892
Mar 2005319050.377.15$16,068
Feb 2005329045.226.31$14,877
Jan 2005180043.166.32$7,769
Dec 2004356039.866.75$14,190
Nov 2004171045.286.33$7,743
Oct 2004175049.706.52$8,698
Sep 2004347043.245.28$15,004
Aug 2004179042.375.55$7,584
Jul 2004356038.286.08$13,628
Jun 2004348036.106.43$12,563
May 2004178037.486.49$6,671
Apr 2004362034.475.86$12,478
Mar 2004170034.365.53$5,841
Feb 2004162032.455.51$5,257
Jan 2004181032.036.30$5,797
Dec 2003332030.266.30$10,046
Nov 2003185028.804.60$5,328
Oct 2003340028.174.76$9,578
Sep 2003172026.314.75$4,525
Aug 2003172029.765.13$5,119
Jul 2003340029.415.17$9,999
Jun 2003176028.565.98$5,027
May 2003353026.595.97$9,386
Apr 2003169026.675.41$4,507
Mar 2003365031.146.10$11,366
Feb 2003171033.487.93$5,725
Jan 2003352030.315.58$10,669
Dec 2002348026.914.85$9,365
Nov 2002185024.664.14$4,562
Oct 2002176026.464.23$4,657
Sep 2002538027.443.64$14,763
Aug 2002166025.963.16$4,309
Jul 2002363024.583.06$8,923
Jun 2002340023.733.34$8,068
May 2002181024.663.58$4,463
Apr 2002181023.653.51$4,281
Mar 2002350022.003.10$7,700
Feb 2002171018.222.38$3,116
Jan 2002172017.172.38$2,953
Dec 2001352016.932.36$5,959
Nov 2001171018.072.41$3,090
Oct 2001355019.782.53$7,022
Sep 2001356024.262.25$8,637
Aug 2001173024.873.05$4,303
Jul 2001352023.933.20$8,423
Jun 2001356024.563.82$8,743
May 2001190025.524.31$4,849
Apr 2001374024.685.34$9,230
Mar 2001359024.545.38$8,810
Feb 2001170027.755.77$4,718
Jan 2001376027.478.40$10,329
Dec 2000371026.889.12$9,972
Nov 2000188032.215.66$6,055
Oct 2000385031.235.15$12,024
Sep 2000362031.875.19$11,537
Aug 2000179029.644.54$5,306
Jul 2000368028.534.09$10,499
Jun 2000183029.304.40$5,362
May 2000375027.263.68$10,223
Apr 2000194024.513.12$4,755
Mar 2000354028.422.86$10,061
Feb 2000354027.622.73$9,777
Jan 2000372025.272.48$9,400
Dec 1999356024.282.42$8,644
Nov 1999359023.192.43$8,325
Oct 1999371020.982.80$7,784
Sep 1999194021.752.62$4,220
Aug 1999367019.262.88$7,068
Jul 1999188017.892.37$3,363
Jun 1999186015.942.36$2,965
May 1999177015.792.32$2,795
Apr 1999164015.102.21$2,476
Mar 1999173012.471.84$2,157
Feb 199917009.981.82$1,697
Jan 19990010.381.90$0
Dec 199818109.201.77$1,665
Nov 1998351010.892.19$3,822
Oct 1998170012.421.97$2,111
Sep 1998343012.592.08$4,318
Aug 1998175011.301.91$1,978
Jul 1998349011.742.24$4,097
Jun 1998173011.242.24$1,945
May 1998349012.622.21$4,404
Apr 1998173013.042.51$2,256
Mar 1998527012.802.31$6,746
Feb 1998338013.952.30$4,715
Jan 1998351014.702.15$5,160
Dec 1997532016.322.41$8,682
Nov 1997354018.193.09$6,439
Oct 1997166019.253.15$3,196
Sep 1997344017.742.95$6,103
Aug 1997521017.862.55$9,305
Jul 1997515017.582.25$9,054
Jun 1997350017.242.26$6,034
May 19970018.972.31$0
Apr 1997450017.882.08$8,046
Mar 1997448018.951.94$8,490
Feb 1997443020.492.21$9,077
Jan 1997466023.483.54$10,942
Dec 1996390023.32$9,095
Nov 19960021.97$0
Oct 1996461023.31$10,746
Sep 1996476022.22$10,577
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 1996359019.55$7,018
Jun 1996353018.73$6,612
May 1996431019.43$8,374
Apr 1996374021.51$8,045
Mar 1996394019.38$7,636
Feb 1996444016.98$7,539
Jan 1996472017.07$8,057
Dec 1995313017.19$5,380
Nov 1995395016.00$6,320
Oct 1995362015.43$5,586
Sep 1995406016.18$6,569
Aug 1995457015.92$7,275
Jul 1995321015.24$4,892
Jun 1995334016.41$5,481
May 1995384017.56$6,743
Apr 1995477017.73$8,457
Mar 1995472016.44$7,760
Feb 1995476016.58$7,892
Jan 1995476015.92$7,578
Dec 1994479015.03$7,199
Nov 1994475015.90$7,553
Oct 1994478015.58$7,447
Sep 1994468015.29$7,156
Aug 1994461116.13$7,436
Jul 1994800117.56$14,048
Jun 1994472117.09$8,066
May 19944565315.88$7,241
Apr 19944218714.14$5,953
Mar 19943918612.46$4,872
Feb 1994941112.50$11,763
Jan 19944742712.66$6,001
Dec 1993467112.33$5,758
Nov 1993482114.49$6,984
Oct 199338924815.85$6,166
Sep 1993021015.03$0
Aug 199346520915.66$7,282
Jul 199345820715.46$7,081
Jun 1993024016.79$0
May 199346524117.68$8,221
Apr 199347824018.05$8,628
Mar 1993024818.14$0
Feb 199348522417.90$8,682
Jan 199347824816.93$8,093

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.

Oct 2021 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                    0 bbl  × $ 79.79 =         $0
Casinghead gas         3 Mcf  × $  5.71 =        $17

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                      $17

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/9641 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.