HESS, J. W.

Operated by V & H OIL, L.P. (P-5 880393) in the COOKE COUNTY REGULAR field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 2142District 09Field 20350001OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$842 k
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$33 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 805 leases and 4,250 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
no field rule filed
From a lease line
no field rule filed

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: 6001 - 8000 DAILY 99

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
OilDisposition16,864 bbl$842,075
Casinghead gasProduction21 Mcf$0
Total$842,075

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 (24)

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 33.6964, -97.3833. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.5 miles.

33.69647, -97.38248 · 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
79.2%
19 of 24 wells
With a plug date
75.0%
18 of 24 wells
Median depth
895 ft
21 wells filed one
Completion to plug
29.1 years
median over 8 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1979.2%
A plug date is filed
1875.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1875.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
520.8%

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, 21 of 24 wells. Median 895 ft, with the middle half between 870 and 1,310 ft; the shallowest is 827 ft and the deepest 1,679 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, 11 of 24 wells, Aug 1935 – Jun 1992. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Aug 1935 – Jun 1992
11 of 24 wells; 13 filed none
Plug dates filed
Feb 1965 – Nov 2008
18 of 24 wells; 6 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 29.1 years across the 8 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 21.5 years and 32.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

24 wells

42-0970342019853 ftNov 2008Yes
42-0972003032940 ftFeb 1988Yes
42-0972021328960 ftSep 2001Yes
42-09720214291,335 ftAug 1988Yes
42-09720215301,305 ftOct 1997Yes
42-097810201Yes
42-097810217882 ftApr 1985Yes
42-097810228882 ftJul 1988Yes
42-0978102311877 ftAug 1980Yes
42-0978102414860 ftSep 1980Yes
42-0978102516838 ftAug 1997Yes
42-0978103426
42-0978103527
42-09731639331,662 ftJun 1992
42-09731683341,679 ftJan 1990
42-0970342218827 ftFeb 1983Mar 1988Yes
42-09720216311,310 ftFeb 1983
42-09705166251,351 ftMay 1965Jun 1982Yes
42-09705167241,410 ftFeb 1965Feb 1988Yes
42-0970342121857 ftSep 1953Oct 1987Yes
42-0970342323895 ftSep 1953Apr 1982Yes
42-0970341822870 ftSep 1953Aug 1987Yes
42-0970341920871 ftSep 1953May 1985Yes
42-097068023921 ftAug 1935Feb 1965Yes

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 2026154098.932.87$15,235
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 2025146058.593.93$8,554
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 2025140066.483.13$9,307
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 2025156070.884.34$11,057
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 2024147075.632.06$11,118
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 202477084.451.66$6,503
Mar 2024104080.301.55$8,351
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 2023152085.443.09$12,987
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 2023162068.962.26$11,172
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 2022160094.529.13$15,123
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 20221610108.885.08$17,530
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 2021158079.795.71$12,607
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 2021155069.493.38$10,771
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 2021155061.302.72$9,502
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 2020158036.972.48$5,841
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
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 2020164049.881.98$8,180
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 2019156055.302.75$8,627
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 2019148052.782.49$7,811
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 2018154046.594.19$7,175
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 2018141059.403.07$8,375
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 2018156061.222.79$9,550
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 2017153049.292.98$7,541
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 2017150042.493.09$6,374
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 2017155049.413.42$7,659
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 2016153046.193.09$7,067
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 2015146042.992.76$6,277
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 2015143055.212.96$7,895
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 2014157070.464.25$11,062
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 2014162096.564.18$15,643
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 2014150097.406.19$14,610
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 20131560104.113.72$16,241
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 2013157094.834.15$14,888
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 2012163086.773.42$14,144
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 201276089.383.40$6,793
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 2012148079.822.52$11,813
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 20121530101.102.57$15,468
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 2011156095.723.31$14,932
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 2011149094.144.52$14,027
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 2011150096.364.06$14,454
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 2010136080.843.80$10,994
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 2010149073.684.42$10,978
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 201073070.364.91$5,136
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 2010151078.394.39$11,837
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 200974074.593.75$5,520
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 2009155065.543.06$10,159
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 2009153066.163.90$10,122
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 2009148042.144.06$6,237
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 2008169037.105.98$6,270
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 20081540101.767.88$15,671
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 20081470131.3313.03$19,306
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 20081520101.909.66$15,489
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 2007152088.337.30$13,426
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 2007153075.846.24$11,604
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 2007153070.906.39$10,848
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 20070058.747.85$0
Apr 2007148059.617.81$8,822
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 2007155050.306.73$7,797
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 20060054.207.62$0
Oct 2006156054.906.01$8,564
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 2006150066.286.38$9,942
May 20060066.016.42$0
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 2006157056.707.08$8,902
Feb 20060057.597.75$0
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 2005158054.9413.42$8,681
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 2005156061.4512.08$9,586
Aug 20050061.519.80$0
Jul 2005156055.697.84$8,688
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 2005259049.207.36$12,743
Mar 20050050.377.15$0
Feb 2005148045.226.31$6,693
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 2004157039.866.75$6,258
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 2004156049.706.52$7,753
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 2004156042.375.55$6,610
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 2004167036.106.43$6,029
May 20040037.486.49$0
Apr 2004154034.475.86$5,308
Mar 20040034.365.53$0
Feb 2004156032.455.51$5,062
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 2003156030.266.30$4,721
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 2003155026.314.75$4,078
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 2003173026.595.97$4,600
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 2003152033.487.93$5,089
Jan 20030030.315.58$0
Dec 20020026.914.85$0
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 2002152026.464.23$4,022
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 2002155023.733.34$3,678
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 20020023.653.51$0
Mar 2002156022.003.10$3,432
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 2001143016.932.36$2,421
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 20010019.782.53$0
Sep 2001150024.262.25$3,639
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 20010023.933.20$0
Jun 2001155024.563.82$3,807
May 20010025.524.31$0
Apr 200178024.685.34$1,925
Mar 20010024.545.38$0
Feb 20010027.755.77$0
Jan 2001160027.478.40$4,395
Dec 20000026.889.12$0
Nov 2000158032.215.66$5,089
Oct 20000031.235.15$0
Sep 20000031.875.19$0
Aug 20000029.644.54$0
Jul 2000155028.534.09$4,422
Jun 20000029.304.40$0
May 2000158027.263.68$4,307
Apr 20000024.513.12$0
Mar 20000028.422.86$0
Feb 20000027.622.73$0
Jan 2000162025.272.48$4,094
Dec 19990024.282.42$0
Nov 19990023.192.43$0
Oct 19990020.982.80$0
Sep 19990021.752.62$0
Aug 1999150019.262.88$2,889
Jul 19990017.892.37$0
Jun 19990015.942.36$0
May 19990015.792.32$0
Apr 1999148015.102.21$2,235
Mar 19990012.471.84$0
Feb 1999009.981.82$0
Jan 19990010.381.90$0
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 1998153010.892.19$1,666
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 19980012.592.08$0
Aug 19980011.301.91$0
Jul 1998156011.742.24$1,831
Jun 19980011.242.24$0
May 19980012.622.21$0
Apr 1998152013.042.51$1,982
Mar 19980012.802.31$0
Feb 19980013.952.30$0
Jan 1998150014.702.15$2,205
Dec 19970016.322.41$0
Nov 19970018.193.09$0
Oct 19970019.253.15$0
Sep 1997147017.742.95$2,608
Aug 19970017.862.55$0
Jul 19970017.582.25$0
Jun 199776017.242.26$1,310
May 19970018.972.31$0
Apr 199774017.882.08$1,323
Mar 19970018.951.94$0
Feb 199777020.492.21$1,578
Jan 19970023.483.54$0
Dec 199676023.32$1,772
Nov 19960021.97$0
Oct 199677023.31$1,795
Sep 199674022.22$1,644
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 199673019.55$1,427
Jun 199677018.73$1,442
May 199670019.43$1,360
Apr 19960021.51$0
Mar 199675019.38$1,454
Feb 199677016.98$1,307
Jan 199677017.07$1,314
Dec 19950017.19$0
Nov 199572016.00$1,152
Oct 199570015.43$1,080
Sep 19950016.18$0
Aug 199564015.92$1,019
Jul 199576015.24$1,158
Jun 199578016.41$1,280
May 19950017.56$0
Apr 199575017.73$1,330
Mar 199578016.44$1,282
Feb 199575016.58$1,244
Jan 19950015.92$0
Dec 199478015.03$1,172
Nov 199470015.90$1,113
Oct 199478015.58$1,215
Sep 199476115.29$1,162
Aug 199475116.13$1,210
Jul 19940117.56$0
Jun 199472117.09$1,230
May 199480115.88$1,270
Apr 19940114.14$0
Mar 199477112.46$959
Feb 199472112.50$900
Jan 19940112.66$0
Dec 19930112.33$0
Nov 199375114.49$1,087
Oct 19930115.85$0
Sep 199372115.03$1,082
Aug 199380115.66$1,253
Jul 199379115.46$1,221
Jun 19930116.79$0
May 199364117.68$1,132
Apr 199371118.05$1,282
Mar 199369118.14$1,252
Feb 199374117.90$1,325
Jan 1993148116.93$2,506

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.

Apr 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  154 bbl  × $ 98.93 =    $15,235
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  2.87 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $15,235

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. 09/O/2142 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.