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Operated by NICHOLS OIL CO. (P-5 610375) in the ARCHER COUNTY REGULAR field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 573District 09Field 03446001OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.0 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$74 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 2,166 leases and 11,249 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1911-12-31
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
OilDisposition46,912 bbl$2,011,574
Casinghead gasProduction156 Mcf$480
Total$2,012,053

48 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 (35)

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 33.8252, -98.7295. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.6 miles. 2 wells have no surveyed location and are left out of it.

33.82336, -98.73047 · centre of 33 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%
14 of 35 wells
With a plug date
40.0%
14 of 35 wells
Median depth
687 ft
19 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1440.0%
A plug date is filed
1440.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
1440.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
2160.0%

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

Total depth in feet, 19 of 35 wells. Median 687 ft, with the middle half between 672 and 1,495 ft; the shallowest is 654 ft and the deepest 1,844 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 35 wells, May 1952 – May 2022. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
May 1952 – May 2022
6 of 35 wells; 29 filed none
Plug dates filed
Aug 1997 – Oct 2023
14 of 35 wells; 21 filed none

35 wells

42-0091207316660 ftOct 2018Yes
42-0091207922654 ftOct 2018Yes
42-0091208023674 ftAug 1997Yes
42-0091208124687 ftAug 1997Yes
42-0091208326681 ftAug 1997Yes
42-0098218614Nov 2006Yes
42-0098218917670 ftNov 2006Yes
42-0098219018675 ftOct 2023Yes
42-0098219121655 ftMar 2019Yes
42-0098219525686 ftOct 2023Yes
42-0098220131660 ftMar 2019Yes
42-00982205341,493 ftMar 2023Yes
42-00982207401,583 ftMar 2019Yes
42-00982208411,590 ftMar 2023Yes
42-009821791
42-009821805
42-009821816
42-0098218210
42-0098218311
42-0098218412
42-0098218513
42-0098218715
42-0098219727
42-0098219828
42-0098219929
42-0098220030
42-0098220332
42-0098220433
42-0098220638
42-0094161853700 ftMay 2022
42-00943092581,844 ftApr 2017
42-00941156521,835 ftNov 1997
42-0094115551700 ftOct 1997
42-0094101650700 ftMar 1996
42-0091208831W1,497 ftMay 1952

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 20261660106.413.05$17,664
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 2026165089.753.15$14,809
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 2025168056.664.41$9,519
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 2025164062.743.08$10,289
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 2025162066.743.32$10,812
Jun 2025163066.483.13$10,836
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 2025166067.704.27$11,238
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 2025167074.324.28$12,411
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 2024152069.052.20$10,496
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 2024167069.612.36$11,625
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 2024166079.932.15$13,268
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 2024163078.812.20$12,846
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 2024166080.301.55$13,330
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 2024163073.023.30$11,902
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 2023166077.892.81$12,930
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 2023146080.522.67$11,756
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 2023163068.962.26$11,240
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 2023164078.122.24$12,812
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 2023169075.112.47$12,694
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 2022160076.415.73$12,226
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 2022167087.185.86$14,559
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 2022163094.529.13$15,407
Jul 20221600101.587.54$16,253
Jun 20221670115.097.98$19,220
May 20221690109.378.43$18,484
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 20221670108.885.08$18,183
Feb 2022165091.054.86$15,023
Jan 2022169081.844.54$13,831
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 2021168077.435.24$13,008
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 2021164069.865.35$11,457
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 2021169070.783.98$11,962
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 2021168063.483.02$10,665
Apr 2021168060.362.76$10,140
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 2021169057.805.55$9,768
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 2020169044.642.68$7,544
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 2020165036.972.48$6,100
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 2020167039.982.39$6,677
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 2020168034.901.69$5,863
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 2020168014.751.80$2,478
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 2020159049.881.98$7,931
Jan 2020165057.252.09$9,446
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 2019167055.302.75$9,235
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 2019167055.052.66$9,193
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 2019165052.782.49$8,709
May 2019162058.482.74$9,474
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 2019160056.803.06$9,088
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 2018162046.594.19$7,548
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 2018153059.543.11$9,110
Aug 2018158059.403.07$9,385
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 2018155060.183.08$9,328
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 2018166061.222.79$10,163
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 2017168055.423.12$9,311
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 201791047.523.09$4,324
Aug 2017162045.373.00$7,350
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 2017104042.493.09$4,419
May 2017166045.373.26$7,531
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 2017157046.772.98$7,343
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 201689042.492.64$3,782
Oct 2016157046.193.09$7,252
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 2016155041.442.92$6,423
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 2016156045.352.69$7,075
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 2016156036.561.99$5,703
Mar 2016163033.011.79$5,381
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 2016167027.352.36$4,567
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 2015163038.792.17$6,323
Oct 2015161043.552.43$7,012
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 2015159040.162.87$6,385
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 2015166049.822.71$8,270
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 2015167043.433.10$7,253
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 2014167070.464.25$11,767
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 2014165086.164.05$14,216
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 2014168096.564.18$16,222
Jun 2014151098.164.74$14,822
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 2014168095.944.81$16,118
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 2014165097.406.19$16,071
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 2013168091.824.35$15,426
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 2013165097.423.78$16,074
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 20131600104.253.52$16,680
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 2013165094.403.93$15,576
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 2013170093.964.28$15,973
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 2013174091.603.42$15,938
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 2012170086.953.62$14,782
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 2012168094.672.92$15,905
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 2012166085.133.02$14,132
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 20121690105.052.22$17,753
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 2012165098.092.73$16,185
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 2011170084.983.65$14,447
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 2011163083.404.15$13,594
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 2011170092.904.64$15,793
May 2011168098.134.40$16,486
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 2011168096.364.06$16,188
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 2011170086.504.59$14,705
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 2010166080.843.80$13,419
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 2010167073.684.42$12,305
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 2010166070.364.91$11,680
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 2010168081.694.12$13,724
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 2010162074.365.96$12,046
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 2009168074.593.75$12,531
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 2009169065.543.06$11,076
Aug 2009165067.423.22$11,124
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 2009156054.743.93$8,539
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 2009163042.144.06$6,869
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 2009173035.865.37$6,204
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 2008176055.496.86$9,766
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 20081780101.767.88$18,113
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 20081730131.3313.03$22,720
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 20081720110.3110.45$18,973
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 2008159090.388.21$14,370
Dec 2007173088.337.30$15,281
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 2007158182.856.92$13,097
Sep 2007169175.846.24$12,823
Aug 20070069.066.39$0
Jul 2007174170.906.39$12,343
Jun 20070062.007.55$0
May 2007173158.747.85$10,170
Apr 2007178159.617.81$10,618
Mar 20070056.927.30$0
Feb 2007175155.108.22$9,651
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20060056.656.92$0
Nov 2006172154.207.62$9,330
Oct 20060054.906.01$0
Sep 2006173160.085.04$10,399
Aug 20060068.717.34$0
Jul 2006159169.376.34$11,036
Jun 2006173166.286.38$11,473
May 2006172166.016.42$11,360
Apr 20060064.397.36$0
Mar 2006172156.707.08$9,759
Feb 2006170157.597.75$9,798
Jan 20060060.598.93$0
Dec 2005166154.9413.42$9,133
Nov 2005167154.6910.59$9,144
Oct 20050058.3413.80$0
Sep 2005165161.4512.08$10,151
Aug 2005167161.519.80$10,282
Jul 20050055.697.84$0
Jun 2005172152.337.38$9,008
May 20050045.226.65$0
Apr 2005173149.207.36$8,519
Mar 2005175150.377.15$8,822
Feb 2005173145.226.31$7,829
Jan 20050043.166.32$0
Dec 2004173139.866.75$6,903
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 2004177149.706.52$8,803
Sep 20040043.245.28$0
Aug 2004173142.375.55$7,336
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 2004173136.106.43$6,252
May 2004165137.486.49$6,191
Apr 20040034.475.86$0
Mar 2004177134.365.53$6,087
Feb 2004176132.455.51$5,717
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 2003173130.266.30$5,241
Nov 2003172128.804.60$4,958
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 2003180126.314.75$4,741
Aug 2003173129.765.13$5,154
Jul 2003175129.415.17$5,152
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 2003175126.595.97$4,659
Apr 2003176126.675.41$4,699
Mar 2003185131.146.10$5,767
Feb 20030033.487.93$0
Jan 2003175130.315.58$5,310
Dec 2002176126.914.85$4,741
Nov 2002346124.664.14$8,537
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 2002175127.443.64$4,806
Aug 2002174125.963.16$4,520
Jul 2002166124.583.06$4,083
Jun 2002175123.733.34$4,156
May 2002178124.663.58$4,393
Apr 2002176123.653.51$4,166
Mar 2002168122.003.10$3,699
Feb 2002176118.222.38$3,209
Jan 2002180117.172.38$3,093
Dec 2001313116.932.36$5,301
Nov 20010118.072.41$2
Oct 2001187119.782.53$3,701
Sep 2001131124.262.25$3,180
Aug 2001184124.873.05$4,579
Jul 2001182123.933.20$4,358
Jun 2001308124.563.82$7,568
May 2001182125.524.31$4,649
Apr 2001190124.685.34$4,695
Mar 20010124.545.38$5
Feb 2001169127.755.77$4,696
Jan 2001333127.478.40$9,156
Dec 20000126.889.12$9
Nov 2000183132.215.66$5,900
Oct 2000187131.235.15$5,845
Sep 2000189131.875.19$6,029
Aug 2000185129.644.54$5,488
Jul 2000184128.534.09$5,254
Jun 2000190129.304.40$5,571
May 2000186127.263.68$5,074
Apr 2000187124.513.12$4,586
Mar 2000173128.422.86$4,920
Feb 20000127.622.73$3
Jan 2000183125.272.48$4,627
Dec 1999147124.282.42$3,572
Nov 1999182123.192.43$4,223
Oct 1999184120.982.80$3,863
Sep 1999178121.752.62$3,874
Aug 1999186119.262.88$3,585
Jul 1999352117.892.37$6,300
Jun 1999185115.942.36$2,951
May 1999187115.792.32$2,955
Apr 1999188115.102.21$2,841
Mar 1999188112.471.84$2,346
Feb 199918919.981.82$1,888
Jan 1999190110.381.90$1,974
Dec 199817919.201.77$1,649
Nov 19980110.892.19$2
Oct 1998189112.421.97$2,349
Sep 1998185112.592.08$2,331
Aug 1998186111.301.91$2,104
Jul 1998184111.742.24$2,162
Jun 1998189111.242.24$2,127
May 1998184112.622.21$2,324
Apr 1998183113.042.51$2,389
Mar 1998187112.802.31$2,396
Feb 1998188113.952.30$2,625
Jan 19980114.702.15$2
Dec 1997176116.322.41$2,875
Nov 19970118.193.09$3
Oct 1997189119.253.15$3,641
Sep 19970117.742.95$3
Aug 1997165117.862.55$2,949
Jul 19970117.582.25$2
Jun 1997187117.242.26$3,226
May 1997183118.972.31$3,474
Apr 1997184117.882.08$3,292
Mar 1997182118.951.94$3,451
Feb 1997350120.492.21$7,174
Jan 1997187123.483.54$4,394
Dec 1996377123.32$8,792
Nov 1996187121.97$4,108
Oct 1996189123.31$4,406
Sep 1996367122.22$8,155
Aug 1996186120.26$3,768
Jul 1996369119.55$7,214
Jun 1996185118.73$3,465
May 1996360119.43$6,995
Apr 1996368121.51$7,916
Mar 1996182119.38$3,527
Feb 1996184116.98$3,124
Jan 1996188117.07$3,209
Dec 1995186117.19$3,197
Nov 1995317116.00$5,072
Oct 1995190115.43$2,932
Sep 1995187116.18$3,026
Aug 1995185115.92$2,945
Jul 1995172115.24$2,621
Jun 1995368116.41$6,039
May 1995182117.56$3,196
Apr 1995184117.73$3,262
Mar 1995188116.44$3,091
Feb 1995174116.58$2,885
Jan 1995192115.92$3,057
Dec 1994186115.03$2,796
Nov 1994183115.90$2,910
Oct 1994187115.58$2,913
Sep 1994410115.29$6,269
Aug 1994182116.13$2,936
Jul 1994182117.56$3,196
Jun 1994184117.09$3,145
May 1994183115.88$2,906
Apr 1994182114.14$2,573
Mar 1994182112.46$2,268
Feb 1994187112.50$2,338
Jan 1994186112.66$2,355
Dec 1993354112.33$4,365
Nov 1993184114.49$2,666
Oct 1993178115.85$2,821
Sep 1993185115.03$2,781
Aug 1993184115.66$2,881
Jul 1993181115.46$2,798
Jun 1993178116.79$2,989
May 1993184117.68$3,253
Apr 1993181118.05$3,267
Mar 1993188118.14$3,410
Feb 1993181117.90$3,240
Jan 1993361116.93$6,112

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                  166 bbl  × $106.41 =    $17,664
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                  $17,664

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/573 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.