HOWARD -A-B-E-

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 4273District 09Field 62528001OilCasinghead gasSave
Value, all time
$16.7 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$504 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead gas

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
OilDisposition317,985 bbl$16,671,764
Casinghead gasProduction21 Mcf$0
Total$16,671,764

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 (44)

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 33.9301, -97.6833. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.5 miles. 10 wells have no surveyed location and are left out of it.

33.92952, -97.68356 · centre of 34 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
52.3%
23 of 44 wells
With a plug date
27.3%
12 of 44 wells
Median depth
1,376 ft
21 wells filed one
Completion to plug
12.5 years
median over 6 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
2352.3%
A plug date is filed
1227.3%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1227.3%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
2147.7%

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

0k
2k
4k
6k
8k
10k
12k
15k
20k+

Total depth in feet, 21 of 44 wells. Median 1,376 ft, with the middle half between 1,166 and 1,400 ft; the shallowest is 813 ft and the deepest 2,795 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

20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
00s
10s

Last completion by decade, 13 of 44 wells, Aug 1926 – Oct 2018. 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 1926 – Oct 2018
13 of 44 wells; 31 filed none
Plug dates filed
Jul 1980 – Mar 2021
12 of 44 wells; 32 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 12.5 years across the 6 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 2.7 years and 22.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

44 wells

42-3370378620B1,450 ftMay 2014Yes
42-3378118312,795 ftYes
42-337811841B1,152 ftJun 2013Yes
42-337811851E1,376 ftMar 1992Yes
42-337811862B1,166 ftJul 1980Yes
42-337811937B1,383 ftJul 1980Yes
42-3378120111B826 ftJul 1980Yes
42-33781215A 11Yes
42-33781216A 12Yes
42-33781217A 13Yes
42-33781218A 14Yes
42-33781219B 14Yes
42-33781220B 18Yes
42-33781221B 19Yes
42-33781222B 20Yes
42-33781223B 21Yes
42-337811893E1,398 ft
42-337811904A
42-337811969A
42-3378119810A
42-3378119910B
42-3378120011A
42-3378120312B
42-3378120413A
42-3378120714B
42-3378120815B
42-3378120916B
42-3378121017B
42-3378121118B
42-3378121219B
42-3378121421B
42-337811958B1,387 ftOct 2018
42-3373514815A1,400 ftSep 2013
42-337348784E1,403 ftAug 2012
42-337035513B1,375 ftAug 1993Aug 2015Yes
42-337035525A1,375 ftAug 1993Aug 1995Yes
42-3378120212A1,452 ftJan 1993
42-337041116A829 ftJan 1993Aug 1995Yes
42-337811979B1,375 ftJan 1993Mar 2021Yes
42-337811872E1,181 ftJan 1993Aug 2015Yes
42-3378120614A1,466 ftOct 1992
42-337016338A813 ftSep 1992Aug 1995Yes
42-3378120513B822 ftMar 1991
42-337835063A1,398 ftAug 1926Yes

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 20266400106.413.05$68,102
Apr 2026493098.932.87$48,772
Mar 2026624089.753.15$56,004
Feb 2026639063.503.75$40,577
Jan 2026500059.138.00$29,565
Dec 2025633056.664.41$35,866
Nov 2025655058.593.93$38,376
Oct 2025495059.383.30$29,393
Sep 2025653062.743.08$40,969
Aug 2025487063.933.01$31,134
Jul 2025643066.743.32$42,914
Jun 2025634066.483.13$42,148
May 2025656060.553.23$39,721
Apr 2025572062.363.54$35,670
Mar 2025759067.704.27$51,384
Feb 2025478070.884.34$33,881
Jan 2025651074.324.28$48,382
Dec 2024826068.993.12$56,986
Nov 2024663069.052.20$45,780
Oct 2024493071.372.28$35,185
Sep 2024672069.612.36$46,778
Aug 2024650075.632.06$49,160
Jul 2024654079.932.15$52,274
Jun 2024672078.082.63$52,470
May 2024656078.812.20$51,699
Apr 2024501084.451.66$42,309
Mar 2024665080.301.55$53,400
Feb 2024524076.091.78$39,871
Jan 2024488073.023.30$35,634
Dec 2023494071.262.61$35,202
Nov 2023475077.892.81$36,998
Oct 2023631085.443.09$53,913
Sep 2023613089.042.74$54,582
Aug 2023469080.522.67$37,764
Jul 2023463074.852.64$34,656
Jun 2023461068.962.26$31,791
May 2023622070.622.23$43,926
Apr 2023466078.122.24$36,404
Mar 2023614072.852.39$44,730
Feb 2023618075.112.47$46,418
Jan 2023776076.533.39$59,387
Dec 2022614076.415.73$46,916
Nov 2022768085.005.65$65,280
Oct 2022630087.185.86$54,923
Sep 2022462084.888.16$39,215
Aug 2022612094.529.13$57,846
Jul 20226020101.587.54$61,151
Jun 20227550115.097.98$86,893
May 20226160109.378.43$67,372
Apr 20226180104.226.84$64,408
Mar 20226190108.885.08$67,397
Feb 2022600091.054.86$54,630
Jan 2022776081.844.54$63,508
Dec 2021764071.323.90$54,488
Nov 2021617077.435.24$47,774
Oct 2021603079.795.71$48,113
Sep 2021616069.865.35$43,034
Aug 2021768066.024.22$50,703
Jul 2021638070.783.98$45,158
Jun 2021762069.493.38$52,951
May 2021632063.483.02$40,119
Apr 2021612060.362.76$36,940
Mar 2021774061.302.72$47,446
Feb 2021294057.805.55$16,993
Jan 2021609050.412.81$30,700
Dec 2020621044.642.68$27,721
Nov 2020624038.772.71$24,192
Oct 2020704036.972.48$26,027
Sep 2020776037.091.99$28,782
Aug 2020630039.982.39$25,187
Jul 2020619038.371.83$23,751
Jun 2020464034.901.69$16,194
May 2020305016.921.81$5,161
Apr 2020626014.751.80$9,234
Mar 2020775030.341.86$23,514
Feb 2020922049.881.98$45,989
Jan 2020769057.252.09$44,025
Dec 2019764059.012.30$45,084
Nov 2019767055.302.75$42,415
Oct 2019776053.472.42$41,493
Sep 2019776055.052.66$42,719
Aug 2019922053.112.30$48,967
Jul 2019757056.272.46$42,596
Jun 2019775052.782.49$40,905
May 2019936058.482.74$54,737
Apr 2019784062.632.75$49,102
Mar 2019779056.803.06$44,247
Feb 2019782050.852.79$39,765
Jan 2019949046.033.23$43,682
Dec 2018780046.594.19$36,340
Nov 2018933052.934.24$49,384
Oct 2018621061.443.40$38,154
Sep 2018764059.543.11$45,489
Aug 2018781059.403.07$46,391
Jul 2018761065.142.93$49,572
Jun 2018946060.183.08$56,930
May 2018776065.382.90$50,735
Apr 2018766063.842.90$48,901
Mar 2018934061.222.79$57,179
Feb 2018613061.782.77$37,871
Jan 2018773062.874.01$48,599
Dec 2017782057.272.92$44,785
Nov 2017935055.423.12$51,818
Oct 2017778049.292.98$38,348
Sep 2017780047.523.09$37,066
Aug 2017908045.373.00$41,196
Jul 2017792043.873.09$34,745
Jun 2017913042.493.09$38,793
May 2017776045.373.26$35,207
Apr 2017924047.933.21$44,287
Mar 2017931046.772.98$43,543
Feb 2017777050.452.95$39,200
Jan 2017923049.413.42$45,605
Dec 20161,078048.763.72$52,563
Nov 20161,082042.492.64$45,974
Oct 2016934046.193.09$43,141
Sep 2016925041.553.10$38,434
Aug 2016777041.442.92$32,199
Jul 2016769041.622.92$32,006
Jun 2016790045.352.69$35,827
May 2016624042.521.99$26,532
Apr 2016769036.561.99$28,115
Mar 2016623033.011.79$20,565
Feb 2016770026.472.06$20,382
Jan 2016617027.352.36$16,875
Dec 2015759032.362.00$24,561
Nov 2015765038.792.17$29,674
Oct 2015600043.552.43$26,130
Sep 2015917042.992.76$39,422
Aug 2015760040.162.87$30,522
Jul 2015916048.152.95$44,105
Jun 2015764056.152.88$42,899
May 2015913055.212.96$50,407
Apr 2015756049.822.71$37,664
Mar 2015771042.892.93$33,068
Feb 2015755044.662.98$33,718
Jan 2015907043.433.10$39,391
Dec 2014761054.693.59$41,619
Nov 2014919070.464.25$64,753
Oct 2014769078.303.90$60,213
Sep 2014928086.164.05$79,956
Aug 2014914089.394.04$81,702
Jul 2014926096.564.18$89,415
Jun 2014756098.164.74$74,209
May 2014917094.734.73$86,867
Apr 2014931095.944.81$89,320
Mar 2014912095.895.06$87,452
Feb 2014623097.406.19$60,680
Jan 2014915090.404.86$82,716
Dec 2013923091.824.35$84,750
Nov 2013932088.853.74$82,808
Oct 2013925097.423.78$90,114
Sep 20139180104.113.72$95,573
Aug 20139070104.253.52$94,555
Jul 20139120102.523.72$93,498
Jun 2013929094.403.93$87,698
May 20131,072094.834.15$101,658
Apr 2013771093.964.28$72,443
Mar 20131,071093.623.91$100,267
Feb 2013779091.233.42$71,068
Jan 20131,080091.603.42$98,928
Dec 2012920086.773.42$79,828
Nov 20121,069086.953.62$92,950
Oct 2012780089.383.40$69,716
Sep 2012784094.672.92$74,221
Aug 2012925092.662.91$85,711
Jul 2012781085.133.02$66,487
Jun 2012774079.822.52$61,781
May 2012787091.612.49$72,097
Apr 20126180101.652.00$62,820
Mar 20129260105.052.22$97,276
Feb 20126140101.102.57$62,075
Jan 2012926098.092.73$90,831
Dec 2011763096.873.24$73,912
Nov 2011769095.723.31$73,609
Oct 2011771084.983.65$65,520
Sep 2011764083.623.99$63,886
Aug 2011755083.404.15$62,967
Jul 2011927094.144.52$87,268
Jun 2011772092.904.64$71,719
May 2011759098.134.40$74,481
Apr 20117670105.964.33$81,271
Mar 20111,055096.364.06$101,660
Feb 2011619085.644.18$53,011
Jan 2011768086.504.59$66,432
Dec 2010929085.734.35$79,643
Nov 2010780080.843.80$63,055
Oct 2010924078.103.51$72,164
Sep 2010760072.633.98$55,199
Aug 2010922073.684.42$67,933
Jul 2010925072.554.74$67,109
Jun 2010766070.364.91$53,896
May 2010923071.124.24$65,644
Apr 2010918081.694.12$74,991
Mar 2010761078.394.39$59,655
Feb 2010928073.585.44$68,282
Jan 2010924074.365.96$68,709
Dec 2009767071.445.48$54,794
Nov 2009770074.593.75$57,434
Oct 20091,069072.544.11$77,545
Sep 2009778065.543.06$50,990
Aug 2009920067.423.22$62,026
Jul 2009910061.133.46$55,628
Jun 2009913066.163.90$60,404
May 2009768054.743.93$42,040
Apr 2009920046.773.59$43,028
Mar 2009916042.144.06$38,600
Feb 2009783032.814.63$25,690
Jan 2009962035.865.37$34,497
Dec 2008934037.105.98$34,651
Nov 2008952055.496.86$52,826
Oct 2008947075.246.92$71,252
Sep 20089230101.767.88$93,924
Aug 20087840114.228.48$89,548
Jul 20089370131.0811.39$122,822
Jun 20089370131.3313.03$123,056
May 20089350123.1711.57$115,164
Apr 20089350110.3110.45$103,140
Mar 20081,1120101.909.66$113,313
Feb 2008793092.538.77$73,376
Jan 2008954090.388.21$86,223
Dec 2007936088.337.30$82,677
Nov 20071,114091.677.29$102,120
Oct 2007797082.856.92$66,031
Sep 2007947075.846.24$71,820
Aug 2007956069.066.39$66,021
Jul 2007946070.906.39$67,071
Jun 2007944062.007.55$58,528
May 20071,101058.747.85$64,673
Apr 2007944059.617.81$56,272
Mar 20071,102056.927.30$62,726
Feb 2007946055.108.22$52,125
Jan 2007937050.306.73$47,131
Dec 20061,097056.656.92$62,145
Nov 2006948054.207.62$51,382
Oct 20061,085054.906.01$59,567
Sep 20061,073060.085.04$64,466
Aug 2006935068.717.34$64,244
Jul 2006918069.376.34$63,682
Jun 2006957066.286.38$63,430
May 2006943066.016.42$62,247
Apr 20061,088064.397.36$70,056
Mar 2006946056.707.08$53,638
Feb 2006946057.597.75$54,480
Jan 2006936060.598.93$56,712
Dec 2005933054.9413.42$51,259
Nov 20051,106054.6910.59$60,487
Oct 2005950058.3413.80$55,423
Sep 2005950061.4512.08$58,378
Aug 20051,269061.519.80$78,056
Jul 2005609055.697.84$33,915
Jun 20051,080052.337.38$56,516
May 20051,246045.226.65$56,344
Apr 2005797049.207.36$39,212
Mar 20051,106050.377.15$55,709
Feb 2005779045.226.31$35,226
Jan 20051,084043.166.32$46,785
Dec 2004946039.866.75$37,708
Nov 2004924045.286.33$41,839
Oct 20041,087049.706.52$54,024
Sep 20041,058043.245.28$45,748
Aug 2004920042.375.55$38,980
Jul 20041,102038.286.08$42,185
Jun 20041,104036.106.43$39,854
May 2004942037.486.49$35,306
Apr 20041,115034.475.86$38,434
Mar 20041,080034.365.53$37,109
Feb 2004971032.455.51$31,509
Jan 20041,085032.036.30$34,753
Dec 2003930030.266.30$28,142
Nov 20031,065028.804.60$30,672
Oct 20031,074028.174.76$30,255
Sep 2003914026.314.75$24,047
Aug 2003773029.765.13$23,004
Jul 2003938029.415.17$27,587
Jun 2003952028.565.98$27,189
May 2003933026.595.97$24,808
Apr 2003792026.675.41$21,123
Mar 2003956031.146.10$29,770
Feb 2003794033.487.93$26,583
Jan 2003951030.315.58$28,825
Dec 2002804026.914.85$21,636
Nov 2002896024.664.14$22,095
Oct 20021,104026.464.23$29,212
Sep 2002628027.443.64$17,232
Aug 2002928025.963.16$24,091
Jul 2002920024.583.06$22,614
Jun 2002761023.733.34$18,059
May 2002932024.663.58$22,983
Apr 2002736023.653.51$17,406
Mar 2002634022.003.10$13,948
Feb 2002768018.222.38$13,993
Jan 2002917017.172.38$15,745
Dec 2001868016.932.36$14,695
Nov 2001762018.072.41$13,769
Oct 2001791019.782.53$15,646
Sep 20011,087024.262.25$26,371
Aug 2001631024.873.05$15,693
Jul 2001779023.933.20$18,641
Jun 2001777024.563.82$19,083
May 2001868025.524.31$22,151
Apr 2001619024.685.34$15,277
Mar 2001803024.545.38$19,706
Feb 2001477027.755.77$13,237
Jan 2001813027.478.40$22,333
Dec 2000668026.889.12$17,956
Nov 2000850032.215.66$27,379
Oct 2000866031.235.15$27,045
Sep 2000647031.875.19$20,620
Aug 2000668029.644.54$19,800
Jul 2000696028.534.09$19,857
Jun 2000520029.304.40$15,236
May 2000671027.263.68$18,291
Apr 2000650024.513.12$15,932
Mar 2000684028.422.86$19,439
Feb 2000695027.622.73$19,196
Jan 2000676025.272.48$17,083
Dec 1999697024.282.42$16,923
Nov 1999694023.192.43$16,094
Oct 1999836020.982.80$17,539
Sep 1999680021.752.62$14,790
Aug 1999678019.262.88$13,058
Jul 1999689017.892.37$12,326
Jun 1999966015.942.36$15,398
May 1999501015.792.32$7,911
Apr 1999863015.102.21$13,031
Mar 1999694012.471.84$8,654
Feb 199967409.981.82$6,727
Jan 1999685010.381.90$7,110
Dec 199868609.201.77$6,311
Nov 1998693010.892.19$7,547
Oct 1998860012.421.97$10,681
Sep 1998529012.592.08$6,660
Aug 1998712011.301.91$8,046
Jul 1998680011.742.24$7,983
Jun 1998688011.242.24$7,733
May 1998704012.622.21$8,884
Apr 1998690013.042.51$8,998
Mar 1998717012.802.31$9,178
Feb 1998711013.952.30$9,918
Jan 1998689014.702.15$10,128
Dec 1997697016.322.41$11,375
Nov 1997718018.193.09$13,060
Oct 1997714019.253.15$13,745
Sep 1997827017.742.95$14,671
Aug 1997664017.862.55$11,859
Jul 1997682017.582.25$11,990
Jun 1997707017.242.26$12,189
May 1997895018.972.31$16,978
Apr 1997715017.882.08$12,784
Mar 1997704018.951.94$13,341
Feb 1997890020.492.21$18,236
Jan 1997685023.483.54$16,084
Dec 1996461023.32$10,751
Nov 1996696021.97$15,291
Oct 1996913023.31$21,282
Sep 1996733022.22$16,287
Aug 1996702020.26$14,223
Jul 1996728019.55$14,232
Jun 1996542018.73$10,152
May 1996900019.43$17,487
Apr 1996722021.51$15,530
Mar 1996729019.38$14,128
Feb 1996892016.98$15,146
Jan 1996738017.07$12,598
Dec 1995718017.19$12,342
Nov 1995736016.00$11,776
Oct 1995749015.43$11,557
Sep 1995752016.18$12,167
Aug 1995973015.92$15,490
Jul 1995869015.24$13,244
Jun 1995568016.41$9,321
May 1995755017.56$13,258
Apr 1995573017.73$10,159
Mar 1995935016.44$15,371
Feb 1995570016.58$9,451
Jan 1995771015.92$12,274
Dec 1994759015.03$11,408
Nov 1994570015.90$9,063
Oct 1994941015.58$14,661
Sep 1994552115.29$8,440
Aug 1994743116.13$11,985
Jul 1994737117.56$12,942
Jun 1994742117.09$12,681
May 1994741115.88$11,767
Apr 1994757114.14$10,704
Mar 1994752112.46$9,370
Feb 1994558112.50$6,975
Jan 1994736112.66$9,318
Dec 1993936112.33$11,541
Nov 1993737114.49$10,679
Oct 1993945115.85$14,978
Sep 1993744115.03$11,182
Aug 1993735115.66$11,510
Jul 1993941115.46$14,548
Jun 1993949116.79$15,934
May 1993755117.68$13,348
Apr 1993959118.05$17,310
Mar 1993766118.14$13,895
Feb 1993766117.90$13,711
Jan 1993763116.93$12,918

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                  640 bbl  × $106.41 =    $68,102
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $0

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Month total                                  $68,102

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/4273 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.