DORCUS

Operated by FIREBIRD ENERGY II LLC (P-5 101413) in the SPRABERRY (TREND AREA) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 17713District 7CField 85279200OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$46.3 M
Sep 2011 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$857 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
177
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 7,461 leases and 22,481 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1904-12-31
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2016-03-08.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: AREA) 85279200.

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
OilDisposition501,142 bbl$33,244,593
Casinghead gasProduction4,022,918 Mcf$13,089,075
Total$46,333,668

Wells on this lease (11)

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 31.4896, -102.1596. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.0 miles.

31.48860, -102.15840 · 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
18.2%
2 of 11 wells
With a plug date
18.2%
2 of 11 wells
Median depth
11,135 ft
11 wells filed one
Completion to plug
5.8 years
median over 2 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
218.2%
A plug date is filed
218.2%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
218.2%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
981.8%

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, 11 of 11 wells. Median 11,135 ft, with the middle half between 11,075 and 11,169 ft; the shallowest is 9,436 ft and the deepest 11,190 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, 11 of 11 wells, Sep 2011 – May 2023. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Sep 2011 – May 2023
11 of 11 wells
Plug dates filed
Aug 2022
2 of 11 wells; 9 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 5.8 years across the 2 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 3.5 years and 7.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

11 wells

42-46137795111,190 ftMay 2023
42-46138299611,130 ftMay 2023
42-46137850411,175 ftApr 2023
42-461379671111,126 ftApr 2023
42-46137990311,163 ftMar 2023
42-46138192811,023 ftFeb 2023
42-46138191511,190 ftMay 2021Aug 2022Yes
42-4613966528H9,436 ftMar 2015
42-461385101011,155 ftSep 2013
42-461377961511,135 ftJun 2012Aug 2022Yes
42-46137529210,428 ftSep 2011

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 (177)

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

177 months

May 202683311,382106.413.05$123,307
Apr 20267629,74098.932.87$103,336
Mar 202681710,80289.753.15$107,346
Feb 20261948,81063.503.75$45,359
Jan 2026634059.138.00$37,488
Dec 20255426,95056.664.41$61,383
Nov 20255847,59858.593.93$64,050
Oct 20257537,73159.383.30$70,263
Sep 20257265,26062.743.08$61,734
Aug 2025203063.933.01$12,978
Jul 20258425,60866.743.32$74,787
Jun 20251,1456,01166.483.13$94,926
May 20251,392060.553.23$84,286
Apr 20251,2816,28862.363.54$102,162
Mar 20251,2587,10967.704.27$115,510
Feb 20257075,03770.884.34$71,977
Jan 20251,3376,64574.324.28$127,798
Dec 20241,2196,22368.993.12$103,523
Nov 20241,2686,93869.052.20$102,808
Oct 20241,2535,79071.372.28$102,636
Sep 20248873,93669.612.36$71,050
Aug 20249004,89075.632.06$78,158
Jul 20248987,02079.932.15$86,846
Jun 20241,4215,21578.082.63$124,688
May 202435384578.812.20$29,678
Apr 20241,0474,62384.451.66$96,090
Mar 20241,1147,66980.301.55$101,304
Feb 20241,7737,53776.091.78$148,351
Jan 20242,3178,64873.023.30$197,706
Dec 20234,2166,97871.262.61$318,650
Nov 20231,33986377.892.81$106,718
Oct 20231,0921,19785.443.09$96,996
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20235074.852.64$374
Jun 202334068.962.26$2,345
May 202372829870.622.23$52,075
Apr 20233801278.122.24$29,712
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20235832575.112.47$43,851
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 202207276.415.73$412
Nov 2022046085.005.65$2,597
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20228152,23184.888.16$87,390
Aug 20223714,64894.529.13$77,490
Jul 20221,3947,491101.587.54$198,100
Jun 20228757,881115.097.98$163,572
May 20227405,033109.378.43$123,377
Apr 202252012,801104.226.84$141,723
Mar 20221,27422,882108.885.08$254,871
Feb 20221,25020,60391.054.86$213,919
Jan 20221,51722,60681.844.54$226,730
Dec 20211,45623,38871.323.90$195,035
Nov 20211,45823,16777.435.24$234,215
Oct 20211,28522,47179.795.71$230,927
Sep 202190320,15569.865.35$170,931
Aug 20211,18023,77866.024.22$178,261
Jul 20211,30424,56470.783.98$190,113
Jun 20211,03723,43869.493.38$151,296
May 20211,29524,66263.483.02$156,628
Apr 20211,45926,62060.362.76$161,494
Mar 20211,99128,00861.302.72$198,144
Feb 202192820,98657.805.55$170,068
Jan 20211,77326,11150.412.81$162,756
Dec 20201,86627,34044.642.68$156,445
Nov 20201,26226,92038.772.71$121,789
Oct 20201,82527,91136.972.48$136,646
Sep 20201,83427,43337.091.99$122,643
Aug 20201,99130,56339.982.39$152,496
Jul 20201,39526,71138.371.83$102,277
Jun 20201,83928,96134.901.69$113,134
May 2020015,72116.921.81$28,530
Apr 20201,68628,68914.751.80$76,634
Mar 20201,85330,64630.341.86$113,106
Feb 20201,86228,26449.881.98$148,858
Jan 20201,88029,68957.252.09$169,821
Dec 20192,22330,93859.012.30$202,472
Nov 20192,23231,87855.302.75$211,116
Oct 20192,17232,82453.472.42$195,523
Sep 20191,82227,96855.052.66$174,620
Aug 20192,17431,73853.112.30$188,597
Jul 20191,80930,79256.272.46$177,543
Jun 20191,82130,29652.782.49$171,586
May 20191,82830,67958.482.74$190,972
Apr 20192,16928,80662.632.75$215,081
Mar 20191,85132,83256.803.06$205,672
Feb 20192,22930,56950.852.79$198,700
Jan 20192,59234,04946.033.23$229,226
Dec 20183,00935,21446.594.19$287,575
Nov 20182,60034,61652.934.24$284,294
Oct 20182,57730,40261.443.40$261,639
Sep 20182,50234,32459.543.11$255,648
Aug 20182,15536,24359.403.07$239,148
Jul 20182,54436,16265.142.93$271,739
Jun 20182,30835,07160.183.08$246,806
May 20183,27537,38565.382.90$322,566
Apr 20182,90136,69063.842.90$291,630
Mar 20183,05938,17661.222.79$293,662
Feb 20183,28934,33661.782.77$298,172
Jan 20184,34722,96162.874.01$365,354
Dec 20172,89027,51157.272.92$245,884
Nov 20173,64136,20755.423.12$314,691
Oct 20173,66638,36449.292.98$295,163
Sep 20172,90534,56647.523.09$244,761
Aug 20173,58832,22645.373.00$259,607
Jul 20173,71638,97943.873.09$283,360
Jun 20173,42034,97242.493.09$253,284
May 20173,86336,30445.373.26$293,739
Apr 20173,50729,76747.933.21$263,690
Mar 20174,42433,57246.772.98$307,079
Feb 20173,73828,25950.452.95$272,020
Jan 20173,77531,79349.413.42$295,217
Dec 20163,61032,07748.763.72$295,441
Nov 20164,28629,44342.492.64$259,970
Oct 20163,94732,92146.193.09$284,046
Sep 20164,26634,13541.553.10$283,092
Aug 20163,91735,59241.442.92$266,404
Jul 20163,83536,28741.622.92$265,728
Jun 20163,86937,37645.352.69$275,845
May 20164,92638,97042.521.99$287,044
Apr 20164,93238,35636.561.99$256,682
Mar 20164,53038,54033.011.79$218,676
Feb 20165,22338,27426.472.06$217,236
Jan 20165,99641,61027.352.36$262,372
Dec 20156,03438,31132.362.00$271,936
Nov 20155,49035,54738.792.17$289,999
Oct 20155,76738,89843.552.43$345,542
Sep 20155,68339,79742.992.76$354,089
Aug 20155,79840,87240.162.87$350,252
Jul 20158,01544,84048.152.95$517,980
Jun 20158,75046,05056.152.88$624,068
May 201512,70155,77755.212.96$866,068
Apr 201517,66841,97449.822.71$993,825
Mar 20155,51418,89342.892.93$291,941
Feb 20152,86721,86444.662.98$193,112
Jan 20153,24021,37043.433.10$206,974
Dec 20142,80125,63254.693.59$245,240
Nov 20143,10127,85670.464.25$336,936
Oct 20144,21929,87278.303.90$446,877
Sep 20143,19725,27886.164.05$377,714
Aug 20142,49626,27889.394.04$329,152
Jul 20143,94833,49696.564.18$521,219
Jun 20143,50534,71898.164.74$508,506
May 20142,79629,64494.734.73$404,979
Apr 20143,92536,11695.944.81$550,251
Mar 20144,56740,11095.895.06$640,758
Feb 20143,15236,63797.406.19$533,861
Jan 20144,81639,96690.404.86$629,630
Dec 20136,25041,73391.824.35$755,601
Nov 20134,48137,91188.853.74$539,859
Oct 20136,10146,04997.423.78$768,395
Sep 20136,05133,270104.113.72$753,659
Aug 20133,86128,545104.253.52$503,062
Jul 20134,75138,169102.523.72$628,975
Jun 20134,93031,35294.403.93$588,712
May 20134,93832,78094.834.15$604,277
Apr 20135,36531,47993.964.28$638,907
Mar 20135,68831,93693.623.91$657,472
Feb 20136,35625,84291.233.42$668,235
Jan 20137,29835,79391.603.42$790,906
Dec 20127,12835,15586.773.42$738,732
Nov 20128,77640,56886.953.62$910,131
Oct 201212,16946,03389.383.40$1,244,163
Sep 201211,05039,81594.672.92$1,162,300
Aug 20127,43626,23492.662.91$765,312
Jul 20126,72221,23585.133.02$636,391
Jun 20123,8919,72379.822.52$335,072
May 20122,1014,96791.612.49$204,832
Apr 20126963,109101.652.00$76,956
Mar 20126993,269105.052.22$80,694
Feb 20121,1024,092101.102.57$121,930
Jan 20121,4374,33398.092.73$152,802
Dec 20111,0763,53296.873.24$115,675
Nov 20113,8258,32195.723.31$393,682
Oct 2011124584.983.65$979
Sep 20110083.623.99$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                  833 bbl  × $106.41 =    $88,640
Casinghead gas    11,382 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $34,668

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Month total                                 $123,307

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/17713 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.