HOWARD, N. J. ETAL

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

Oil lease lease 4177District 09Field 62528001OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.9 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$75 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 449 leases and 3,040 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1939-12-31
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

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
OilDisposition67,430 bbl$2,947,942
Casinghead gasProduction33 Mcf$115
Total$2,948,056

13 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 13 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 (16)

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 33.9476, -97.6904. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.2 miles.

33.94793, -97.69029 · 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
56.3%
9 of 16 wells
With a plug date
50.0%
8 of 16 wells
Median depth
1,165 ft
12 wells filed one
Completion to plug
60.8 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
956.3%
A plug date is filed
850.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
850.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
743.8%

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, 12 of 16 wells. Median 1,165 ft, with the middle half between 1,161 and 1,591 ft; the shallowest is 1,118 ft and the deepest 12,200 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, 6 of 16 wells, Oct 1926 – Oct 1999. 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 1926 – Oct 1999
6 of 16 wells; 10 filed none
Plug dates filed
Jun 1990 – Aug 2014
8 of 16 wells; 8 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 60.8 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 50.7 years and 70.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

16 wells

42-3370416021,161 ftAug 2010Yes
42-3370416241,161 ftAug 2010Yes
42-3370416461,162 ftOct 2007Yes
42-3370416791,170 ftAug 2014Yes
42-33730555141,160 ftAug 2014Yes
42-337805675Yes
42-33780572101,153 ftJun 1990Yes
42-337805631
42-337805697
42-337805708
42-33733267181,118 ftOct 1999
42-33733200171,654 ftNov 1997
42-33733055161,570 ftOct 1996
42-33731782151,990 ftJan 1982
42-337302231112,200 ftJan 1974Aug 2014Yes
42-3370416131,168 ftOct 1926Oct 2007Yes

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 20261630106.413.05$17,345
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 2026168089.753.15$15,078
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 2026180059.138.00$10,643
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 2025167058.593.93$9,785
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 2025174062.743.08$10,917
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 2025173066.483.13$11,501
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 2025172062.363.54$10,726
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 2025176070.884.34$12,475
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 2024180068.993.12$12,418
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 2024165071.372.28$11,776
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 2024159075.632.06$12,025
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 2024170078.082.63$13,274
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 2024178084.451.66$15,032
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 2024172076.091.78$13,087
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 2023180071.262.61$12,827
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 2023154089.042.74$13,712
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 2023156074.852.64$11,677
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 2023152070.622.23$10,734
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 2023158072.852.39$11,510
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 2023165076.533.39$12,627
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 2022155085.005.65$13,175
Oct 2022157087.185.86$13,687
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 2022155094.529.13$14,651
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 20221560115.097.98$17,954
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 20221560104.226.84$16,258
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 2022155091.054.86$14,113
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 2021158071.323.90$11,269
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 2021158079.795.71$12,607
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 2021160066.024.22$10,563
Jul 2021158070.783.98$11,183
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 2021157063.483.02$9,966
Apr 2021156060.362.76$9,416
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 2021162057.805.55$9,364
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 2020155044.642.68$6,919
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 2020160036.972.48$5,915
Sep 2020158037.091.99$5,860
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 2020160038.371.83$6,139
Jun 2020147034.901.69$5,130
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 2020154014.751.80$2,272
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 2020170049.881.98$8,480
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 2019157059.012.30$9,265
Nov 2019152055.302.75$8,406
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 2019155055.052.66$8,533
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 2019155056.272.46$8,722
Jun 2019155052.782.49$8,181
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 2019155062.632.75$9,708
Mar 2019151056.803.06$8,577
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 2019159046.033.23$7,319
Dec 2018165046.594.19$7,687
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 2018155061.443.40$9,523
Sep 2018156059.543.11$9,288
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 2018154065.142.93$10,032
Jun 2018161060.183.08$9,689
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 2018156063.842.90$9,959
Mar 2018161061.222.79$9,856
Feb 2018150061.782.77$9,267
Jan 2018156062.874.01$9,808
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 2017155055.423.12$8,590
Oct 2017152049.292.98$7,492
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 2017155045.373.00$7,032
Jul 2017151043.873.09$6,624
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 2017158045.373.26$7,168
Apr 2017157047.933.21$7,525
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 2017163050.452.95$8,223
Jan 2017160049.413.42$7,906
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 2016159042.492.64$6,756
Oct 2016158046.193.09$7,298
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 2016153041.442.92$6,340
Jul 2016153041.622.92$6,368
Jun 2016158045.352.69$7,165
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 2016148036.561.99$5,411
Mar 2016159033.011.79$5,249
Feb 2016160026.472.06$4,235
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 2015160032.362.00$5,178
Nov 2015153038.792.17$5,935
Oct 2015162043.552.43$7,055
Sep 2015161042.992.76$6,921
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 2015154048.152.95$7,415
Jun 2015162056.152.88$9,096
May 2015151055.212.96$8,337
Apr 2015153049.822.71$7,622
Mar 2015150042.892.93$6,434
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 2015152043.433.10$6,601
Dec 2014156054.693.59$8,532
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 2014171078.303.90$13,389
Sep 2014154086.164.05$13,269
Aug 2014158089.394.04$14,124
Jul 2014155096.564.18$14,967
Jun 2014150098.164.74$14,724
May 2014172094.734.73$16,294
Apr 2014153095.944.81$14,679
Mar 2014156095.895.06$14,959
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 2014154090.404.86$13,922
Dec 2013160091.824.35$14,691
Nov 2013154088.853.74$13,683
Oct 2013153097.423.78$14,905
Sep 20131480104.113.72$15,408
Aug 20131610104.253.52$16,784
Jul 20131620102.523.72$16,608
Jun 2013161094.403.93$15,198
May 2013160094.834.15$15,173
Apr 2013159093.964.28$14,940
Mar 2013168093.623.91$15,728
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 2013165091.603.42$15,114
Dec 2012144086.773.42$12,495
Nov 2012162086.953.62$14,086
Oct 2012278089.383.40$24,848
Sep 2012163094.672.92$15,431
Aug 2012159092.662.91$14,733
Jul 2012160085.133.02$13,621
Jun 2012155079.822.52$12,372
May 2012155091.612.49$14,200
Apr 20121620101.652.00$16,467
Mar 20121610105.052.22$16,913
Feb 20121650101.102.57$16,682
Jan 2012160098.092.73$15,694
Dec 2011157096.873.24$15,209
Nov 2011162095.723.31$15,507
Oct 2011320084.983.65$27,194
Sep 2011157083.623.99$13,128
Aug 2011161083.404.15$13,427
Jul 2011157094.144.52$14,780
Jun 2011159092.904.64$14,771
May 2011157098.134.40$15,406
Apr 20113140105.964.33$33,271
Mar 2011162096.364.06$15,610
Feb 2011156085.644.18$13,360
Jan 2011160086.504.59$13,840
Dec 2010159085.734.35$13,631
Nov 2010159080.843.80$12,854
Oct 2010155078.103.51$12,106
Sep 2010155072.633.98$11,258
Aug 2010188073.684.42$13,852
Jul 2010159072.554.74$11,535
Jun 2010155070.364.91$10,906
May 2010313071.124.24$22,261
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 2010152078.394.39$11,915
Feb 2010206073.585.44$15,157
Jan 201093074.365.96$6,915
Dec 2009144071.445.48$10,287
Nov 2009151074.593.75$11,263
Oct 2009148072.544.11$10,736
Sep 2009153065.543.06$10,028
Aug 2009146067.423.22$9,843
Jul 2009147061.133.46$8,986
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 2009149054.743.93$8,156
Apr 2009149046.773.59$6,969
Mar 2009149042.144.06$6,279
Feb 2009147032.814.63$4,823
Jan 2009152035.865.37$5,451
Dec 2008148037.105.98$5,491
Nov 2008157055.496.86$8,712
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 20081580101.767.88$16,078
Aug 20081560114.228.48$17,818
Jul 20081620131.0811.39$21,235
Jun 20081600131.3313.03$21,013
May 20081630123.1711.57$20,077
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 20081490101.909.66$15,183
Feb 2008158092.538.77$14,620
Jan 2008160090.388.21$14,461
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 2007162091.677.29$14,851
Oct 200776082.856.92$6,297
Sep 2007159075.846.24$12,059
Aug 2007154069.066.39$10,635
Jul 2007154070.906.39$10,919
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 2007152058.747.85$8,928
Apr 2007153059.617.81$9,120
Mar 2007153056.927.30$8,709
Feb 20070055.108.22$0
Jan 2007158050.306.73$7,947
Dec 2006159056.656.92$9,007
Nov 2006156054.207.62$8,455
Oct 2006159054.906.01$8,729
Sep 2006163060.085.04$9,793
Aug 2006158068.717.34$10,856
Jul 2006163069.376.34$11,307
Jun 2006156066.286.38$10,340
May 2006160066.016.42$10,562
Apr 2006168064.397.36$10,818
Mar 2006160056.707.08$9,072
Feb 2006160057.597.75$9,214
Jan 2006158060.598.93$9,573
Dec 2005167054.9413.42$9,175
Nov 2005164054.6910.59$8,969
Oct 2005152058.3413.80$8,868
Sep 2005159061.4512.08$9,771
Aug 2005169061.519.80$10,395
Jul 2005160055.697.84$8,910
Jun 2005152052.337.38$7,954
May 2005159045.226.65$7,190
Apr 2005161049.207.36$7,921
Mar 2005161050.377.15$8,110
Feb 2005161045.226.31$7,280
Jan 2005157043.166.32$6,776
Dec 2004163139.866.75$6,504
Nov 2004156145.286.33$7,070
Oct 2004161149.706.52$8,008
Sep 2004155143.245.28$6,707
Aug 2004186142.375.55$7,886
Jul 2004159138.286.08$6,093
Jun 2004162136.106.43$5,855
May 2004206137.486.49$7,727
Apr 2004162134.475.86$5,590
Mar 2004156134.365.53$5,366
Feb 2004261132.455.51$8,475
Jan 2004149132.036.30$4,779
Dec 2003160130.266.30$4,848
Nov 2003161128.804.60$4,641
Oct 2003319128.174.76$8,991
Sep 2003153126.314.75$4,030
Aug 2003159129.765.13$4,737
Jul 2003239129.415.17$7,034
Jun 2003201128.565.98$5,747
May 2003155026.595.97$4,121
Apr 2003154126.675.41$4,113
Mar 2003321031.146.10$9,996
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 2003275030.315.58$8,335
Dec 2002159026.914.85$4,279
Nov 2002155024.664.14$3,822
Oct 2002295026.464.23$7,806
Sep 2002156027.443.64$4,281
Aug 2002304025.963.16$7,892
Jul 2002155024.583.06$3,810
Jun 2002251023.733.34$5,956
May 2002303024.663.58$7,472
Apr 2002147023.653.51$3,477
Mar 2002304022.003.10$6,688
Feb 2002301018.222.38$5,484
Jan 2002302017.172.38$5,185
Dec 2001298016.932.36$5,045
Nov 2001315018.072.41$5,692
Oct 2001300019.782.53$5,934
Sep 2001306024.262.25$7,424
Aug 2001151024.873.05$3,755
Jul 2001296023.933.20$7,083
Jun 2001291024.563.82$7,147
May 2001289025.524.31$7,375
Apr 2001479024.685.34$11,822
Mar 2001295024.545.38$7,239
Feb 2001151027.755.77$4,190
Jan 2001312027.478.40$8,571
Dec 2000311026.889.12$8,360
Nov 2000320032.215.66$10,307
Oct 2000323031.235.15$10,087
Sep 2000323031.875.19$10,294
Aug 2000164029.644.54$4,861
Jul 2000317028.534.09$9,044
Jun 2000317029.304.40$9,288
May 2000486027.263.68$13,248
Apr 2000269024.513.12$6,593
Mar 2000459028.422.86$13,045
Feb 2000318027.622.73$8,783
Jan 2000324025.272.48$8,187
Dec 1999322024.282.42$7,818
Nov 1999482023.192.43$11,178
Oct 1999317020.982.80$6,651
Sep 1999324021.752.62$7,047
Aug 1999499019.262.88$9,611
Jul 1999319017.892.37$5,707
Jun 1999336015.942.36$5,356
May 1999335015.792.32$5,290
Apr 1999333015.102.21$5,028
Mar 1999325012.471.84$4,053
Feb 199933609.981.82$3,353
Jan 1999498010.381.90$5,169
Dec 199832709.201.77$3,008
Nov 1998347010.892.19$3,779
Oct 1998329012.421.97$4,086
Sep 1998499012.592.08$6,282
Aug 1998351011.301.91$3,966
Jul 1998516011.742.24$6,058
Jun 1998514011.242.24$5,777
May 1998338012.622.21$4,266
Apr 1998513013.042.51$6,690
Mar 1998515012.802.31$6,592
Feb 1998523013.952.30$7,296
Jan 1998511014.702.15$7,512
Dec 1997509016.322.41$8,307
Nov 1997481018.193.09$8,749
Oct 1997174019.253.15$3,350
Sep 1997324017.742.95$5,748
Aug 1997176017.862.55$3,143
Jul 1997351017.582.25$6,171
Jun 1997180017.242.26$3,103
May 1997175018.972.31$3,320
Apr 1997255017.882.08$4,559
Mar 1997326018.951.94$6,178
Feb 1997239020.492.21$4,897
Jan 1997320023.483.54$7,514
Dec 1996435023.32$10,144
Nov 1996414021.97$9,096
Oct 1996530023.31$12,354
Sep 19960022.22$0
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 19960019.55$0
Jun 199680018.73$1,498
May 1996173019.43$3,361
Apr 1996154021.51$3,313
Mar 1996150019.38$2,907
Feb 1996158016.98$2,683
Jan 1996111017.07$1,895
Dec 1995182017.19$3,129
Nov 1995260016.00$4,160
Oct 1995252015.43$3,888
Sep 1995170016.18$2,751
Aug 1995181015.92$2,882
Jul 1995173015.24$2,637
Jun 1995184016.41$3,019
May 1995220017.56$3,863
Apr 1995422017.73$7,482
Mar 1995423016.44$6,954
Feb 19950016.58$0
Jan 1995175015.92$2,786
Dec 1994240015.03$3,607
Nov 1994187015.90$2,973
Oct 1994311015.58$4,845
Sep 1994182015.29$2,783
Aug 1994184016.13$2,968
Jul 1994285017.56$5,005
Jun 1994154017.09$2,632
May 1994182015.88$2,890
Apr 1994106014.14$1,499
Mar 1994174012.46$2,168
Feb 1994185012.50$2,313
Jan 199415112.66$190
Dec 1993119112.33$1,467
Nov 199398114.49$1,420
Oct 1993125115.85$1,981
Sep 1993112115.03$1,683
Aug 1993128115.66$2,004
Jul 1993110115.46$1,701
Jun 1993125116.79$2,099
May 1993125117.68$2,210
Apr 1993122118.05$2,202
Mar 1993128118.14$2,322
Feb 1993167117.90$2,989
Jan 1993123116.93$2,082

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                  163 bbl  × $106.41 =    $17,345
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $17,345

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/4177 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.