VILES, W. W.

Operated by DARA OPERATING COMPANY, LLC (P-5 102104) in the WICHITA COUNTY REGULAR field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 5388District 09Field 97155001OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$5.9 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$138 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 1,994 leases and 19,278 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1910-12-31
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
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
OilDisposition126,340 bbl$5,867,211
Casinghead gasProduction19 Mcf$0
Total$5,867,211

19 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 19 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 (29)

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 34.0605, -98.6561. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.1 miles. 1 well has no surveyed location and is left out of it.

34.06192, -98.65666 · centre of 28 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
27.6%
8 of 29 wells
With a plug date
27.6%
8 of 29 wells
Median depth
1,700 ft
29 wells filed one
Completion to plug
19.0 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
827.6%
A plug date is filed
827.6%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
827.6%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
2172.4%

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, 29 of 29 wells. Median 1,700 ft, with the middle half between 1,651 and 1,750 ft; the shallowest is 1,420 ft and the deepest 1,850 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, 23 of 29 wells, Feb 1985 – May 2025. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Feb 1985 – May 2025
23 of 29 wells; 6 filed none
Plug dates filed
Sep 1982 – Dec 2022
8 of 29 wells; 21 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 19.0 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 13.9 years and 24.2 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

29 wells

42-4852076533T1,600 ftSep 1982Yes
42-48520767321,555 ftMay 1984Yes
42-48583809191,558 ftOct 1982Yes
42-48583810201,584 ftSep 1982Yes
42-48583811241,675 ftSep 1982Yes
42-48583815341,675 ftSep 1982Yes
42-4854153236 A1,750 ftMay 2025
42-485448671591,739 ftMay 2010
42-485439681571,700 ftFeb 2006
42-48543231156 A1,750 ftJul 1996
42-48542991142 A1,750 ftOct 1994
42-48542992141 A1,750 ftOct 1994
42-48583808161,595 ftSep 1993Dec 2022Yes
42-48542806134 A1,670 ftJun 1993
42-4854186891 A1,750 ftJun 1989
42-4854159438 A1,700 ftOct 1988
42-4854175973 A1,750 ftSep 1988
42-4854159539 A1,700 ftDec 1987
42-4854153333 A1,700 ftNov 1987
42-4854146616 A1,750 ftAug 1987
42-4854146515 A1,750 ftAug 1987
42-4854143912 A1,750 ftAug 1987
42-4854143314 A1,750 ftAug 1987
42-4854144013 A1,750 ftAug 1987
42-485402861L1,704 ftJul 1986
42-485406495L1,648 ftSep 1985
42-485405834L1,850 ftSep 1985Jun 1994Yes
42-485405573L1,651 ftJul 1985
42-48501162301,420 ftFeb 1985

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 2026338063.503.75$21,463
Jan 2026174059.138.00$10,289
Dec 2025170056.664.41$9,632
Nov 2025169058.593.93$9,902
Oct 2025342059.383.30$20,308
Sep 2025167062.743.08$10,478
Aug 2025168063.933.01$10,740
Jul 2025316066.743.32$21,090
Jun 2025358066.483.13$23,800
May 2025170060.553.23$10,294
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 2025167067.704.27$11,306
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 2025172074.324.28$12,783
Dec 2024162068.993.12$11,176
Nov 2024170069.052.20$11,739
Oct 2024171071.372.28$12,204
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 2024169075.632.06$12,781
Jul 2024170079.932.15$13,588
Jun 2024157078.082.63$12,259
May 2024173078.812.20$13,634
Apr 2024171084.451.66$14,441
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 2024172076.091.78$13,087
Jan 2024172073.023.30$12,559
Dec 2023168071.262.61$11,972
Nov 2023164077.892.81$12,774
Oct 2023183085.443.09$15,636
Sep 2023160089.042.74$14,246
Aug 2023319080.522.67$25,686
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 2023329068.962.26$22,688
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 2023167078.122.24$13,046
Mar 2023156072.852.39$11,365
Feb 2023164075.112.47$12,318
Jan 2023334076.533.39$25,561
Dec 2022169076.415.73$12,913
Nov 2022164085.005.65$13,940
Oct 2022164087.185.86$14,298
Sep 2022327084.888.16$27,756
Aug 2022166094.529.13$15,690
Jul 20221660101.587.54$16,862
Jun 20221700115.097.98$19,565
May 20223310109.378.43$36,201
Apr 20221700104.226.84$17,717
Mar 20221710108.885.08$18,618
Feb 2022165091.054.86$15,023
Jan 2022174081.844.54$14,240
Dec 2021169071.323.90$12,053
Nov 2021342077.435.24$26,481
Oct 2021170079.795.71$13,564
Sep 2021162069.865.35$11,317
Aug 2021171066.024.22$11,289
Jul 2021338070.783.98$23,924
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 2021169063.483.02$10,728
Apr 2021166060.362.76$10,020
Mar 2021173061.302.72$10,605
Feb 2021171057.805.55$9,884
Jan 2021172050.412.81$8,671
Dec 2020337044.642.68$15,044
Nov 2020168038.772.71$6,513
Oct 2020170036.972.48$6,285
Sep 2020168037.091.99$6,231
Aug 2020337039.982.39$13,473
Jul 2020165038.371.83$6,331
Jun 2020336034.901.69$11,726
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 2020345014.751.80$5,089
Mar 2020171030.341.86$5,188
Feb 2020337049.881.98$16,810
Jan 2020171057.252.09$9,790
Dec 2019174059.012.30$10,268
Nov 2019163055.302.75$9,014
Oct 2019340053.472.42$18,180
Sep 2019167055.052.66$9,193
Aug 2019164053.112.30$8,710
Jul 2019334056.272.46$18,794
Jun 2019166052.782.49$8,761
May 2019328058.482.74$19,181
Apr 2019344062.632.75$21,545
Mar 2019168056.803.06$9,542
Feb 2019173050.852.79$8,797
Jan 2019354046.033.23$16,295
Dec 2018341046.594.19$15,887
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 2018360061.443.40$22,118
Sep 2018335059.543.11$19,946
Aug 2018350059.403.07$20,790
Jul 2018174065.142.93$11,334
Jun 2018334060.183.08$20,100
May 2018166065.382.90$10,853
Apr 2018172063.842.90$10,980
Mar 2018341061.222.79$20,876
Feb 2018174061.782.77$10,750
Jan 2018171062.874.01$10,751
Dec 2017173057.272.92$9,908
Nov 2017174055.423.12$9,643
Oct 2017170049.292.98$8,379
Sep 2017174047.523.09$8,268
Aug 2017169045.373.00$7,668
Jul 2017170043.873.09$7,458
Jun 2017170042.493.09$7,223
May 2017169045.373.26$7,668
Apr 2017172047.933.21$8,244
Mar 2017170046.772.98$7,951
Feb 2017170050.452.95$8,577
Jan 2017170049.413.42$8,400
Dec 2016172048.763.72$8,387
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 2016169046.193.09$7,806
Sep 2016169041.553.10$7,022
Aug 2016164041.442.92$6,796
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 2016341045.352.69$15,464
May 2016167042.521.99$7,101
Apr 2016169036.561.99$6,179
Mar 2016332033.011.79$10,959
Feb 2016166026.472.06$4,394
Jan 2016169027.352.36$4,622
Dec 2015169032.362.00$5,469
Nov 2015168038.792.17$6,517
Oct 2015169043.552.43$7,360
Sep 2015334042.992.76$14,359
Aug 2015169040.162.87$6,787
Jul 2015167048.152.95$8,041
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 2015341049.822.71$16,989
Mar 2015170042.892.93$7,291
Feb 2015170044.662.98$7,592
Jan 2015171043.433.10$7,427
Dec 2014174054.693.59$9,516
Nov 2014169070.464.25$11,908
Oct 2014331078.303.90$25,917
Sep 2014171086.164.05$14,733
Aug 2014163089.394.04$14,571
Jul 2014164096.564.18$15,836
Jun 2014173098.164.74$16,982
May 2014340094.734.73$32,208
Apr 2014178095.944.81$17,077
Mar 2014173095.895.06$16,589
Feb 2014168097.406.19$16,363
Jan 2014174090.404.86$15,730
Dec 2013356091.824.35$32,688
Nov 2013172088.853.74$15,282
Oct 2013344097.423.78$33,512
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 20133430104.253.52$35,758
Jul 20131740102.523.72$17,838
Jun 2013170094.403.93$16,048
May 2013342094.834.15$32,432
Apr 2013173093.964.28$16,255
Mar 2013333093.623.91$31,175
Feb 2013162091.233.42$14,779
Jan 2013172091.603.42$15,755
Dec 2012343086.773.42$29,762
Nov 2012345086.953.62$29,998
Oct 2012169089.383.40$15,105
Sep 2012342094.672.92$32,377
Aug 2012337092.662.91$31,226
Jul 2012345085.133.02$29,370
Jun 2012511079.822.52$40,788
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 20123570101.652.00$36,289
Mar 20121890105.052.22$19,854
Feb 20121870101.102.57$18,906
Jan 2012182098.092.73$17,852
Dec 2011188096.873.24$18,212
Nov 2011170095.723.31$16,272
Oct 2011185084.983.65$15,721
Sep 2011179083.623.99$14,968
Aug 2011361083.404.15$30,107
Jul 2011186094.144.52$17,510
Jun 2011181092.904.64$16,815
May 2011365098.134.40$35,817
Apr 20111820105.964.33$19,285
Mar 2011362096.364.06$34,882
Feb 2011187085.644.18$16,015
Jan 2011365086.504.59$31,573
Dec 2010374085.734.35$32,063
Nov 2010380080.843.80$30,719
Oct 2010370078.103.51$28,897
Sep 2010368072.633.98$26,728
Aug 2010370073.684.42$27,262
Jul 2010373072.554.74$27,061
Jun 2010550070.364.91$38,698
May 2010187071.124.24$13,299
Apr 2010187081.694.12$15,276
Mar 2010187078.394.39$14,659
Feb 2010381073.585.44$28,034
Jan 2010378074.365.96$28,108
Dec 2009368071.445.48$26,290
Nov 2009377074.593.75$28,120
Oct 2009375072.544.11$27,203
Sep 2009560065.543.06$36,702
Aug 2009556067.423.22$37,486
Jul 2009743061.133.46$45,420
Jun 2009744066.163.90$49,223
May 2009934054.743.93$51,127
Apr 2009371046.773.59$17,352
Mar 2009361042.144.06$15,213
Feb 2009554032.814.63$18,177
Jan 2009361035.865.37$12,945
Dec 2008377037.105.98$13,987
Nov 2008370055.496.86$20,531
Oct 2008371075.246.92$27,914
Sep 20085510101.767.88$56,070
Aug 20083720114.228.48$42,490
Jul 20085250131.0811.39$68,817
Jun 20083630131.3313.03$47,673
May 20083640123.1711.57$44,834
Apr 20085500110.3110.45$60,671
Mar 20083690101.909.66$37,601
Feb 2008377092.538.77$34,884
Jan 2008384090.388.21$34,706
Dec 2007382088.337.30$33,742
Nov 2007188091.677.29$17,234
Oct 2007381082.856.92$31,566
Sep 2007542075.846.24$41,105
Aug 2007372069.066.39$25,690
Jul 2007559070.906.39$39,633
Jun 2007564062.007.55$34,968
May 2007561058.747.85$32,953
Apr 2007376059.617.81$22,413
Mar 2007558056.927.30$31,761
Feb 2007378055.108.22$20,828
Jan 2007572050.306.73$28,772
Dec 2006578056.656.92$32,744
Nov 2006383054.207.62$20,759
Oct 2006379054.906.01$20,807
Sep 2006349060.085.04$20,968
Aug 2006551068.717.34$37,859
Jul 2006367069.376.34$25,459
Jun 2006561066.286.38$37,183
May 2006563066.016.42$37,164
Apr 2006752064.397.36$48,421
Mar 2006745056.707.08$42,242
Feb 2006183057.597.75$10,539
Jan 2006374060.598.93$22,661
Dec 2005382054.9413.42$20,987
Nov 2005190054.6910.59$10,391
Oct 2005375058.3413.80$21,878
Sep 2005184061.4512.08$11,307
Aug 2005186061.519.80$11,441
Jul 2005376055.697.84$20,939
Jun 2005181052.337.38$9,472
May 2005188045.226.65$8,501
Apr 2005382049.207.36$18,794
Mar 2005568050.377.15$28,610
Feb 2005194045.226.31$8,773
Jan 2005369043.166.32$15,926
Dec 2004369039.866.75$14,708
Nov 2004375045.286.33$16,980
Oct 2004376049.706.52$18,687
Sep 2004556043.245.28$24,041
Aug 2004365042.375.55$15,465
Jul 2004531038.286.08$20,327
Jun 2004549036.106.43$19,819
May 2004645037.486.49$24,175
Apr 2004727034.475.86$25,060
Mar 2004739034.365.53$25,392
Feb 2004764032.455.51$24,792
Jan 2004575032.036.30$18,417
Dec 2003751030.266.30$22,725
Nov 2003684028.804.60$19,699
Oct 2003819028.174.76$23,071
Sep 2003677026.314.75$17,812
Aug 2003733029.765.13$21,814
Jul 2003319029.415.17$9,382
Jun 2003182028.565.98$5,198
May 2003183026.595.97$4,866
Apr 2003177026.675.41$4,721
Mar 20030031.146.10$0
Feb 2003174033.487.93$5,826
Jan 2003180030.315.58$5,456
Dec 2002190026.914.85$5,113
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 2002171026.464.23$4,525
Sep 2002188027.443.64$5,159
Aug 2002177025.963.16$4,595
Jul 2002178024.583.06$4,375
Jun 20020023.733.34$0
May 2002182024.663.58$4,488
Apr 2002188023.653.51$4,446
Mar 2002173022.003.10$3,806
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 2002174017.172.38$2,988
Dec 2001171016.932.36$2,895
Nov 2001188018.072.41$3,397
Oct 2001190019.782.53$3,758
Sep 2001178024.262.25$4,318
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 20010023.933.20$0
Jun 2001134024.563.82$3,291
May 2001184025.524.31$4,696
Apr 2001165024.685.34$4,072
Mar 20010024.545.38$0
Feb 2001134027.755.77$3,719
Jan 2001189027.478.40$5,192
Dec 2000190026.889.12$5,107
Nov 2000188032.215.66$6,055
Oct 20000031.235.15$0
Sep 2000181031.875.19$5,768
Aug 2000188029.644.54$5,572
Jul 2000181028.534.09$5,164
Jun 2000186029.304.40$5,450
May 2000371027.263.68$10,113
Apr 20000024.513.12$0
Mar 2000371028.422.86$10,544
Feb 2000188027.622.73$5,193
Jan 2000187025.272.48$4,725
Dec 19990024.282.42$0
Nov 1999373023.192.43$8,650
Oct 1999190020.982.80$3,986
Sep 1999183021.752.62$3,980
Aug 1999187019.262.88$3,602
Jul 1999179017.892.37$3,202
Jun 1999348015.942.36$5,547
May 1999184015.792.32$2,905
Apr 1999181015.102.21$2,733
Mar 1999187012.471.84$2,332
Feb 199934209.981.82$3,413
Jan 1999188010.381.90$1,951
Dec 199819009.201.77$1,748
Nov 1998192010.892.19$2,091
Oct 1998182012.421.97$2,260
Sep 1998378012.592.08$4,759
Aug 1998180011.301.91$2,034
Jul 1998182011.742.24$2,137
Jun 1998350011.242.24$3,934
May 1998188012.622.21$2,373
Apr 1998362013.042.51$4,720
Mar 1998189012.802.31$2,419
Feb 1998369013.952.30$5,148
Jan 1998189014.702.15$2,778
Dec 1997386016.322.41$6,300
Nov 1997181018.193.09$3,292
Oct 1997370019.253.15$7,123
Sep 1997184017.742.95$3,264
Aug 1997375017.862.55$6,698
Jul 1997187017.582.25$3,287
Jun 1997377017.242.26$6,499
May 1997383018.972.31$7,266
Apr 1997381017.882.08$6,812
Mar 1997194018.951.94$3,676
Feb 1997379020.492.21$7,766
Jan 1997375023.483.54$8,805
Dec 1996370023.32$8,628
Nov 1996384021.97$8,436
Oct 1996382023.31$8,904
Sep 1996514022.22$11,421
Aug 1996378020.26$7,658
Jul 1996368019.55$7,194
Jun 1996371018.73$6,949
May 1996347019.43$6,742
Apr 1996525021.51$11,293
Mar 1996383019.38$7,423
Feb 1996385016.98$6,537
Jan 1996567017.07$9,679
Dec 1995921017.19$15,832
Nov 1995909016.00$14,544
Oct 1995375015.43$5,786
Sep 1995501016.18$8,106
Aug 1995550015.92$8,756
Jul 1995357015.24$5,441
Jun 1995517016.41$8,484
May 1995689017.56$12,099
Apr 1995543017.73$9,627
Mar 1995915016.44$15,043
Feb 1995969016.58$16,066
Jan 19951,743015.92$27,749
Dec 19941,158015.03$17,405
Nov 19941,875015.90$29,813
Oct 19942,201015.58$34,292
Sep 1994536015.29$8,195
Aug 1994559016.13$9,017
Jul 1994375117.56$6,585
Jun 1994553117.09$9,451
May 1994757115.88$12,021
Apr 1994575114.14$8,131
Mar 1994764112.46$9,519
Feb 1994385112.50$4,813
Jan 1994775112.66$9,812
Dec 1993568112.33$7,003
Nov 1993667114.49$9,665
Oct 1993744115.85$11,792
Sep 1993903115.03$13,572
Aug 1993939115.66$14,705
Jul 19931,202115.46$18,583
Jun 1993739116.79$12,408
May 1993567117.68$10,025
Apr 1993557118.05$10,054
Mar 1993565118.14$10,249
Feb 1993560117.90$10,024
Jan 1993564116.93$9,549

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.

Feb 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  338 bbl  × $ 63.50 =    $21,463
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.75 =         $0

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Month total                                  $21,463

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/5388 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.