NIEHUES UNIT "A"

Operated by STAR PRODUCTION, INC. (P-5 815108) in the STAR LIGHT (BRECKENRIDGE) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 16699District 7CField 85636100OilCasinghead gasSave
Value, all time
$7.6 M
Sep 2008 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$83 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
213
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
OilDisposition110,828 bbl$7,588,868
Casinghead gasProduction197 Mcf$670
Total$7,589,538

Wells on this lease (2)

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 31.5996, -99.9447. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 30.9 miles, so treat it as the lease's centre and not as its location.

31.59958, -99.94468 · 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
50.0%
1 of 2 wells
With a plug date
50.0%
1 of 2 wells
Median depth
3,181 ft
2 wells filed one
Completion to plug
10.7 years
median over 1 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
150.0%
A plug date is filed
150.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
150.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
150.0%

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 2,800 and 3,562 ft, median 3,181 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
May 1982 – Sep 2008
2 of 2 wells
Plug dates filed
Jan 1993
1 of 2 wells; 1 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 10.7 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 10.7 years and 10.7 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

2 wells

42-4513258312,800 ftSep 2008
42-3990252373,562 ftMay 1982Jan 1993Yes

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 (213)

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

213 months

May 20261071106.413.05$11,389
Apr 2026172198.932.87$17,019
Mar 20260189.753.15$3
Feb 2026168163.503.75$10,672
Jan 20260159.138.00$8
Dec 2025181156.664.41$10,260
Nov 20250158.593.93$4
Oct 2025180159.383.30$10,692
Sep 20250162.743.08$3
Aug 2025176163.933.01$11,255
Jul 20250166.743.32$3
Jun 2025177166.483.13$11,770
May 2025194160.553.23$11,750
Apr 20250162.363.54$4
Mar 2025189167.704.27$12,800
Feb 20250170.884.34$4
Jan 2025196174.324.28$14,571
Dec 2024190168.993.12$13,111
Nov 20240169.052.20$2
Oct 2024192171.372.28$13,705
Sep 2024178169.612.36$12,393
Aug 20240175.632.06$2
Jul 2024341179.932.15$27,258
Jun 2024172178.082.63$13,432
May 20240178.812.20$2
Apr 2024178184.451.66$15,034
Mar 2024178180.301.55$14,295
Feb 2024175176.091.78$13,318
Jan 2024176173.023.30$12,855
Dec 20230171.262.61$3
Nov 2023178177.892.81$13,867
Oct 20230185.443.09$3
Sep 20230189.042.74$3
Aug 2023174180.522.67$14,013
Jul 20230174.852.64$3
Jun 2023187168.962.26$12,898
May 20230170.622.23$2
Apr 20230178.122.24$2
Mar 2023180172.852.39$13,115
Feb 20230175.112.47$2
Jan 2023174176.533.39$13,320
Dec 20220176.415.73$6
Nov 2022169185.005.65$14,371
Oct 2022175187.185.86$15,262
Sep 2022146184.888.16$12,401
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 2021175169.493.38$12,164
May 20210163.483.02$3
Apr 2021175160.362.76$10,566
Mar 2021181161.302.72$11,098
Feb 2021180157.805.55$10,410
Jan 2021178150.412.81$8,976
Dec 2020185144.642.68$8,261
Nov 2020179138.772.71$6,943
Oct 20200136.972.48$2
Sep 2020345137.091.99$12,798
Aug 2020180139.982.39$7,199
Jul 2020163138.371.83$6,256
Jun 2020168134.901.69$5,865
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 2020171114.751.80$2,524
Mar 20200130.341.86$2
Feb 2020183149.881.98$9,130
Jan 2020366157.252.09$20,956
Dec 2019183159.012.30$10,801
Nov 2019177155.302.75$9,791
Oct 2019353153.472.42$18,877
Sep 2019176155.052.66$9,691
Aug 2019176153.112.30$9,350
Jul 2019352156.272.46$19,810
Jun 20190152.782.49$2
May 2019175158.482.74$10,237
Apr 2019177162.632.75$11,088
Mar 2019348156.803.06$19,769
Feb 2019179150.852.79$9,105
Jan 2019177146.033.23$8,151
Dec 2018522146.594.19$24,324
Nov 2018261152.934.24$13,819
Oct 2018176161.443.40$10,817
Sep 2018174159.543.11$10,363
Aug 2018162159.403.07$9,626
Jul 2018344165.142.93$22,411
Jun 2018174160.183.08$10,474
May 2018173165.382.90$11,314
Apr 2018347163.842.90$22,155
Mar 2018173161.222.79$10,594
Feb 2018345161.782.77$21,317
Jan 2018171162.874.01$10,755
Dec 2017174157.272.92$9,968
Nov 2017171155.423.12$9,480
Oct 2017349149.292.98$17,205
Sep 2017172147.523.09$8,177
Aug 2017343145.373.00$15,565
Jul 2017338143.873.09$14,831
Jun 2017170142.493.09$7,226
May 2017346145.373.26$15,701
Apr 2017170147.933.21$8,151
Mar 2017345146.772.98$16,139
Feb 2017347150.452.95$17,509
Jan 2017172149.413.42$8,502
Dec 2016337148.763.72$16,436
Nov 2016345142.492.64$14,662
Oct 2016355146.193.09$16,401
Sep 2016334141.553.10$13,881
Aug 2016348141.442.92$14,424
Jul 2016172141.622.92$7,162
Jun 2016341145.352.69$15,467
May 2016345142.521.99$14,671
Apr 2016339136.561.99$12,396
Mar 2016338133.011.79$11,159
Feb 2016343126.472.06$9,081
Jan 2016515127.352.36$14,088
Dec 2015337132.362.00$10,907
Nov 2015334138.792.17$12,958
Oct 2015335143.552.43$14,592
Sep 2015338142.992.76$14,533
Aug 2015454140.162.87$18,236
Jul 2015332148.152.95$15,989
Jun 2015515156.152.88$28,920
May 2015348155.212.96$19,216
Apr 2015342149.822.71$17,041
Mar 2015516142.892.93$22,134
Feb 2015342144.662.98$15,277
Jan 2015520143.433.10$22,587
Dec 2014344154.693.59$18,817
Nov 2014344170.464.25$24,242
Oct 2014514178.303.90$40,250
Sep 2014513186.164.05$44,204
Aug 2014341189.394.04$30,486
Jul 2014512196.564.18$49,443
Jun 2014512198.164.74$50,263
May 2014343194.734.73$32,497
Apr 2014168195.944.81$16,123
Mar 2014341195.895.06$32,704
Feb 2014344197.406.19$33,512
Jan 2014344190.404.86$31,102
Dec 2013348191.824.35$31,958
Nov 2013342188.853.74$30,390
Oct 2013348197.423.78$33,906
Sep 20133481104.113.72$36,234
Aug 20132381104.253.52$24,815
Jul 20133471102.523.72$35,578
Jun 2013514194.403.93$48,526
May 2013516194.834.15$48,936
Apr 2013347193.964.28$32,608
Mar 2013521193.623.91$48,780
Feb 2013522191.233.42$47,625
Jan 2013513191.603.42$46,994
Dec 2012514186.773.42$44,603
Nov 2012691186.953.62$60,086
Oct 2012693189.383.40$61,944
Sep 2012519194.672.92$49,137
Aug 2012511192.662.91$47,352
Jul 2012854185.133.02$72,704
Jun 2012511179.822.52$40,791
May 2012687191.612.49$62,939
Apr 20128611101.652.00$87,523
Mar 20126791105.052.22$71,331
Feb 20126621101.102.57$66,931
Jan 2012690198.092.73$67,685
Dec 2011862196.873.24$83,505
Nov 2011570195.723.31$54,564
Oct 2011857184.983.65$72,832
Sep 2011860183.623.99$71,917
Aug 20111,022183.404.15$85,239
Jul 2011862194.144.52$81,153
Jun 2011855192.904.64$79,434
May 20111,201198.134.40$117,859
Apr 20111721105.964.33$18,229
Mar 20111,040196.364.06$100,218
Feb 2011691185.644.18$59,181
Jan 20111,222186.504.59$105,708
Dec 20101,044185.734.35$89,506
Nov 20101,225180.843.80$99,033
Oct 20101,394178.103.51$108,875
Sep 20101,221172.633.98$88,685
Aug 20101,389173.684.42$102,346
Jul 20101,395172.554.74$101,212
Jun 20101,908170.364.91$134,252
May 20102,231171.124.24$158,673
Apr 20102,269181.694.12$185,359
Mar 20102,630178.394.39$206,170
Feb 20102,452173.585.44$180,424
Jan 20102,448174.365.96$182,039
Dec 20092,815171.445.48$201,109
Nov 20092,807174.593.75$209,378
Oct 20092,099172.544.11$152,266
Sep 20092,418165.543.06$158,479
Aug 20092,754167.423.22$185,678
Jul 20092,394161.133.46$146,349
Jun 20092,580166.163.90$170,697
May 20092,757154.743.93$150,922
Apr 20092,405146.773.59$112,485
Mar 20091,665142.144.06$70,167
Feb 20092,257132.814.63$74,057
Jan 20092,603135.865.37$93,349
Dec 20082,763137.105.98$102,513
Nov 20082,767155.496.86$153,548
Oct 20081,379175.246.92$103,763
Sep 200800101.767.88$0

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                  107 bbl  × $106.41 =    $11,386
Casinghead gas         1 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $3

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Month total                                  $11,389

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. 7C/O/16699 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.