RICHARDS, FRANK

Operated by PARATUS PETROLEUM LLC (P-5 103733) in the LOST VALLEY (CADDO) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 30523District 09Field 55050333OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$15.3 M
May 2005 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$129 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
253
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 62 leases and 99 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1971-12-30
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
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 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 1997-10-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: PSEUDO RULES BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE MITCHELL'S HORIZ. WELL

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
OilDisposition191,363 bbl$13,836,749
Casinghead gasProduction364,435 Mcf$1,494,790
Total$15,331,539

Wells on this lease (5)

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 33.3469, -98.3631. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.5 miles.

33.34673, -98.36202 · 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
40.0%
2 of 5 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 5 wells
Median depth
5,060 ft
5 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
240.0%
A plug date is filed
00.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
00.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
360.0%

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 4,996 and 5,870 ft, median 5,060 ft, over the 5 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
May 2005 – Nov 2022
5 of 5 wells

5 wells

42-2373996375,870 ftNov 2022Yes
42-2373929865,100 ftNov 2009
42-2373925555,060 ftJan 2009
42-2373823815,050 ftOct 2008Yes
42-2373844534,996 ftMay 2005

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 (253)

Volume × price = value, one row per cycle. The price columns are the same series published on the prices page — nothing here is modelled.

253 months

May 2026125529106.413.05$14,913
Apr 202611249998.932.87$12,512
Mar 2026270089.753.15$24,233
Feb 2026055963.503.75$2,096
Jan 20268547759.138.00$8,841
Dec 202514158156.664.41$10,553
Nov 202511655858.593.93$8,987
Oct 20259761359.383.30$7,786
Sep 202514859762.743.08$11,122
Aug 202510280863.933.01$8,957
Jul 202510380766.743.32$9,550
Jun 202510297966.483.13$9,844
May 20251221,02660.553.23$10,703
Apr 202514775562.363.54$11,842
Mar 202511568467.704.27$10,705
Feb 202511985470.884.34$12,142
Jan 20257698274.324.28$9,850
Dec 20243160868.993.12$4,036
Nov 202411658569.052.20$9,296
Oct 20248169271.372.28$7,360
Sep 202414479169.612.36$11,894
Aug 202422466375.632.06$18,309
Jul 202417662079.932.15$15,399
Jun 2024082478.082.63$2,170
May 202417299378.812.20$15,738
Apr 202417784384.451.66$16,346
Mar 202417682480.301.55$15,406
Feb 202417060976.091.78$14,022
Jan 202413347673.023.30$11,281
Dec 202329166171.262.61$22,462
Nov 202310667577.892.81$10,151
Oct 2023070685.443.09$2,180
Sep 202325473689.042.74$24,629
Aug 2023071180.522.67$1,900
Jul 202317515974.852.64$13,519
Jun 202317671868.962.26$13,759
May 202317764370.622.23$13,932
Apr 202317569778.122.24$15,231
Mar 202317767972.852.39$14,519
Feb 20238543275.112.47$7,450
Jan 202314872876.533.39$13,793
Dec 202212971176.415.73$13,930
Nov 202213180285.005.65$15,663
Oct 202217585487.185.86$20,264
Sep 20227986484.888.16$13,759
Aug 202211186294.529.13$18,359
Jul 2022220949101.587.54$29,505
Jun 2022178968115.097.98$28,208
May 20221741,067109.378.43$28,028
Apr 2022318931104.226.84$39,508
Mar 20220724108.885.08$3,675
Feb 202216478691.054.86$18,751
Jan 20221901,00281.844.54$20,096
Dec 202117471671.323.90$15,201
Nov 202112445077.435.24$11,958
Oct 202117088379.795.71$18,610
Sep 202126792269.865.35$23,586
Aug 20212061,26466.024.22$18,935
Jul 20212931,19770.783.98$25,505
Jun 20212481,24269.493.38$21,432
May 20213461,36763.483.02$26,089
Apr 20213221,42660.362.76$23,369
Mar 20211781,41361.302.72$14,750
Feb 202119969257.805.55$15,341
Jan 20212471,27850.412.81$16,043
Dec 20203111,25844.642.68$17,249
Nov 20201781,26138.772.71$10,314
Oct 20202381,74736.972.48$13,129
Sep 20203001,61837.091.99$14,349
Aug 20206921,97339.982.39$32,372
Jul 20201802,21538.371.83$10,949
Jun 20207161,92734.901.69$28,246
May 202002,13616.921.81$3,876
Apr 202001,85114.751.80$3,340
Mar 20203011,92130.341.86$12,698
Feb 20203631,77949.881.98$21,630
Jan 20202502,02057.252.09$18,544
Dec 20193462,20559.012.30$25,499
Nov 20193502,22155.302.75$25,464
Oct 20193482,06453.472.42$23,599
Sep 20193472,14655.052.66$24,805
Aug 20193422,17053.112.30$23,164
Jul 20195522,13856.272.46$36,321
Jun 201902,29752.782.49$5,722
May 20193222,31458.482.74$25,172
Apr 20195192,21762.632.75$38,603
Mar 20195462,05156.803.06$37,293
Feb 2019652,07150.852.79$9,088
Jan 20191862,12946.033.23$15,434
Dec 20184302,07146.594.19$28,702
Nov 20184031,78752.934.24$28,903
Oct 20181882,30261.443.40$19,373
Sep 20184122,33659.543.11$31,791
Aug 20181762,16359.403.07$17,087
Jul 20183662,50365.142.93$31,180
Jun 20183692,36460.183.08$29,480
May 20182982,58965.382.90$26,993
Apr 20183491,62963.842.90$27,006
Mar 20183722,37361.222.79$29,387
Feb 20182121,69861.782.77$17,794
Jan 20183552,00862.874.01$30,370
Dec 20173751,80157.272.92$26,738
Nov 20171842,11855.423.12$16,802
Oct 20172662,27849.292.98$19,908
Sep 20173531,99147.523.09$22,921
Aug 20175502,09945.373.00$31,260
Jul 201702,10443.873.09$6,496
Jun 20175542,29742.493.09$30,631
May 20173662,61245.373.26$25,129
Apr 20177382,66947.933.21$43,944
Mar 20173642,72646.772.98$25,158
Feb 20175582,34050.452.95$35,060
Jan 20173883,18649.413.42$30,063
Dec 20163792,34448.763.72$27,206
Nov 20163852,09942.492.64$21,909
Oct 20161882,21346.193.09$15,522
Sep 20165731,84041.553.10$29,513
Aug 20165721,85941.442.92$29,140
Jul 20165702,00441.622.92$29,584
Jun 20163771,73645.352.69$21,760
May 20163631,78142.521.99$18,981
Apr 20167481,71636.561.99$30,764
Mar 20165732,10333.011.79$22,688
Feb 20165672,04326.472.06$19,224
Jan 20165762,15127.352.36$20,839
Dec 20155682,05332.362.00$22,489
Nov 20155671,72538.792.17$25,733
Oct 20155761,75943.552.43$29,353
Sep 20157581,87142.992.76$37,747
Aug 20153811,30940.162.87$19,061
Jul 20155711,19848.152.95$31,022
Jun 20155761,26356.152.88$35,983
May 20155751,20755.212.96$35,313
Apr 20157731,45649.822.71$42,452
Mar 20153821,23442.892.93$20,005
Feb 20157741,03844.662.98$37,656
Jan 20159761,09443.433.10$45,780
Dec 20147751,19554.693.59$46,676
Nov 20147671,03070.464.25$58,422
Oct 20145541,28378.303.90$48,383
Sep 20147261,37386.164.05$68,107
Aug 20149301,43889.394.04$88,935
Jul 201456786396.564.18$58,357
Jun 201494380098.164.74$96,354
May 201474988794.734.73$75,145
Apr 201475798695.944.81$77,368
Mar 20149591,00895.895.06$97,056
Feb 201476783697.406.19$79,882
Jan 20141,15282690.404.86$108,156
Dec 201373483691.824.35$71,036
Nov 2013855088.853.74$75,967
Oct 20138702097.423.78$84,831
Sep 20131,0260104.113.72$106,817
Aug 20131,0380104.253.52$108,212
Jul 2013876234102.523.72$90,677
Jun 20131,0471,10594.403.93$103,183
May 20131,04876194.834.15$102,539
Apr 20131,0441,32993.964.28$103,786
Mar 20131,0511,13693.623.91$102,840
Feb 201388677991.233.42$83,494
Jan 20131,04092591.603.42$98,427
Dec 201297661186.773.42$86,777
Nov 20121,0471,69686.953.62$97,185
Oct 20121,2341,64889.383.40$115,898
Sep 20128611,45394.672.92$85,751
Aug 20121,2081,54592.662.91$116,426
Jul 20121,0332,31685.133.02$94,935
Jun 20121,0341,91979.822.52$87,368
May 20121,0491,91191.612.49$100,854
Apr 20121,2291,719101.652.00$128,360
Mar 20121,0462,042105.052.22$114,420
Feb 20128751,333101.102.57$91,889
Jan 20121,3951,94698.092.73$142,156
Dec 20111,0531,13196.873.24$105,668
Nov 20111,3981,36495.723.31$138,333
Oct 20118801,65584.983.65$80,821
Sep 20111,3982,41283.623.99$126,515
Aug 20111,2161,69383.404.15$108,439
Jul 20111,3912,18994.144.52$140,837
Jun 20111,2082,01392.904.64$121,563
May 20111,3821,76698.134.40$143,395
Apr 20111,4181,770105.964.33$157,921
Mar 20111,5681,95496.364.06$159,021
Feb 20111,2222,22185.644.18$113,936
Jan 20111,8682,45486.504.59$172,843
Dec 20101,5701,88785.734.35$142,800
Nov 20101,9172,02080.843.80$162,637
Oct 20101,7662,44278.103.51$146,493
Sep 20102,0942,67372.633.98$162,724
Aug 20101,9092,63873.684.42$152,313
Jul 20102,2622,34072.554.74$175,191
Jun 20102,2532,39370.364.91$170,272
May 20102,1012,27171.124.24$159,041
Apr 20102,4802,55681.694.12$213,129
Mar 20102,7922,99978.394.39$232,027
Feb 20102,5012,09073.585.44$195,398
Jan 20102,8232,48174.365.96$224,715
Dec 20093,0002,47471.445.48$227,887
Nov 20092,2983,06374.593.75$182,899
Oct 20092,4642,08372.544.11$187,300
Sep 20092,4522,16765.543.06$167,345
Aug 20092,8092,91067.423.22$198,749
Jul 20093,0022,95961.133.46$193,764
Jun 20092,7922,70266.163.90$195,243
May 20093,1692,11554.743.93$181,774
Apr 20092,3641,99246.773.59$117,711
Mar 20092,9462,60442.144.06$134,714
Feb 20091,9082,32932.814.63$73,392
Jan 20091,91670335.865.37$72,484
Dec 20081,05863237.105.98$43,029
Nov 200888272955.496.86$53,943
Oct 200888680175.246.92$72,207
Sep 20081,254608101.767.88$132,396
Aug 2008888871114.228.48$108,816
Jul 20081,060882131.0811.39$148,990
Jun 20081,061648131.3313.03$147,786
May 20081,061821123.1711.57$140,186
Apr 20081,0801,223110.3110.45$131,921
Mar 20081,0841,199101.909.66$122,047
Feb 20081,0721,07792.538.77$108,638
Jan 20081,0981,09090.388.21$108,181
Dec 20071,0481,01888.337.30$100,003
Nov 20071,25297991.677.29$121,909
Oct 20071,0791,06682.856.92$96,774
Sep 20071,0651,05675.846.24$87,363
Aug 20071,2051,15669.066.39$90,602
Jul 20078901,17870.906.39$70,626
Jun 200784793662.007.55$59,579
May 20071,2331,08058.747.85$80,900
Apr 200790297359.617.81$61,363
Mar 20071,1161,10056.927.30$71,555
Feb 20071,06592955.108.22$66,314
Jan 20071,0931,03950.306.73$61,967
Dec 20061,0761,07356.656.92$68,379
Nov 20069001,18954.207.62$57,837
Oct 20061,0791,39254.906.01$67,608
Sep 20069161,49460.085.04$62,559
Aug 20061,0651,84568.717.34$86,718
Jul 20061,0631,84269.376.34$85,424
Jun 20061,0761,72266.286.38$82,310
May 20068751,78666.016.42$69,234
Apr 20061,0691,76464.397.36$81,817
Mar 20061,0771,90056.707.08$74,523
Feb 20061,0811,71457.597.75$75,540
Jan 20061,0782,13060.598.93$84,344
Dec 20059042,02254.9413.42$76,792
Nov 20051,0842,01054.6910.59$80,567
Oct 20058831,72958.3413.80$75,367
Sep 20058841,11761.4512.08$67,814
Aug 200587975561.519.80$61,464
Jul 200586443155.697.84$51,497
Jun 20051,05530852.337.38$57,482
May 20052519945.226.65$2,454

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                  125 bbl  × $106.41 =    $13,301
Casinghead gas       529 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $1,611

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Month total                                  $14,913

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/30523 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.