JOHNSTON, CLAY

Operated by VIEJO OIL & GAS, LLC (P-5 885567) in the P. H. D. field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 11897District 8AField 68101001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.1 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$65 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 35 leases and 206 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1944-06-20
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
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 20 acres.

The register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: SWR 48.

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
OilDisposition44,380 bbl$2,099,321
Casinghead gasProduction20 Mcf$0
Total$2,099,321

20 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 20 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 (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 33.3007, -101.5056. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

33.30074, -101.50557 · 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
0.0%
0 of 2 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 2 wells
Median depth
1,100 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
00.0%
A plug date is filed
00.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
00.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
2100.0%

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

The one well that filed a depth was drilled to 1,100 ft.

Completions filed
Apr 1984
1 of 2 wells; 1 filed none

2 wells

42-169011431
42-1698115821,100 ftApr 1984

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 2026570106.413.05$6,065
Apr 202657098.932.87$5,639
Mar 2026109089.753.15$9,783
Feb 202662063.503.75$3,937
Jan 202655059.138.00$3,252
Dec 2025115056.664.41$6,516
Nov 202562058.593.93$3,633
Oct 2025118059.383.30$7,007
Sep 202558062.743.08$3,639
Aug 202553063.933.01$3,388
Jul 2025121066.743.32$8,076
Jun 202561066.483.13$4,055
May 2025121060.553.23$7,327
Apr 202557062.363.54$3,555
Mar 2025115067.704.27$7,786
Feb 202558070.884.34$4,111
Jan 2025103074.324.28$7,655
Dec 202458068.993.12$4,001
Nov 2024117069.052.20$8,079
Oct 202457071.372.28$4,068
Sep 202458069.612.36$4,037
Aug 2024114075.632.06$8,622
Jul 202461079.932.15$4,876
Jun 2024105078.082.63$8,198
May 2024103078.812.20$8,117
Apr 2024110084.451.66$9,290
Mar 202459080.301.55$4,738
Feb 2024118076.091.78$8,979
Jan 202460073.023.30$4,381
Dec 2023123071.262.61$8,765
Nov 202356077.892.81$4,362
Oct 2023120085.443.09$10,253
Sep 202362089.042.74$5,520
Aug 2023112080.522.67$9,018
Jul 202358074.852.64$4,341
Jun 2023118068.962.26$8,137
May 202357070.622.23$4,025
Apr 2023119078.122.24$9,296
Mar 202364072.852.39$4,662
Feb 2023120075.112.47$9,013
Jan 202357076.533.39$4,362
Dec 2022103076.415.73$7,870
Nov 2022111085.005.65$9,435
Oct 2022116087.185.86$10,113
Sep 2022117084.888.16$9,931
Aug 202261094.529.13$5,766
Jul 20221090101.587.54$11,072
Jun 20221190115.097.98$13,696
May 20221000109.378.43$10,937
Apr 20221160104.226.84$12,090
Mar 20221520108.885.08$16,550
Feb 2022104091.054.86$9,469
Jan 2022111081.844.54$9,084
Dec 2021111071.323.90$7,917
Nov 2021110077.435.24$8,517
Oct 2021159079.795.71$12,687
Sep 2021113069.865.35$7,894
Aug 202155066.024.22$3,631
Jul 2021110070.783.98$7,786
Jun 202155069.493.38$3,822
May 2021103063.483.02$6,538
Apr 202153060.362.76$3,199
Mar 202155061.302.72$3,372
Feb 2021111057.805.55$6,416
Jan 202163050.412.81$3,176
Dec 202055044.642.68$2,455
Nov 202054038.772.71$2,094
Oct 202055036.972.48$2,033
Sep 2020113037.091.99$4,191
Aug 202054039.982.39$2,159
Jul 2020117038.371.83$4,489
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 202060030.341.86$1,820
Feb 202056049.881.98$2,793
Jan 2020116057.252.09$6,641
Dec 201959059.012.30$3,482
Nov 201959055.302.75$3,263
Oct 2019114053.472.42$6,096
Sep 201961055.052.66$3,358
Aug 201958053.112.30$3,080
Jul 201956056.272.46$3,151
Jun 2019121052.782.49$6,386
May 201955058.482.74$3,216
Apr 201957062.632.75$3,570
Mar 2019113056.803.06$6,418
Feb 201955050.852.79$2,797
Jan 201958046.033.23$2,670
Dec 201858046.594.19$2,702
Nov 2018102052.934.24$5,399
Oct 201855061.443.40$3,379
Sep 201857059.543.11$3,394
Aug 2018107059.403.07$6,356
Jul 201857065.142.93$3,713
Jun 201859060.183.08$3,551
May 2018105065.382.90$6,865
Apr 201857063.842.90$3,639
Mar 2018119061.222.79$7,285
Feb 201856061.782.77$3,460
Jan 201857062.874.01$3,584
Dec 2017107057.272.92$6,128
Nov 201755055.423.12$3,048
Oct 201760049.292.98$2,957
Sep 201759047.523.09$2,804
Aug 2017117045.373.00$5,308
Jul 201758043.873.09$2,544
Jun 2017121042.493.09$5,141
May 201759045.373.26$2,677
Apr 201752047.933.21$2,492
Mar 2017116046.772.98$5,425
Feb 201758050.452.95$2,926
Jan 201759049.413.42$2,915
Dec 2016114048.763.72$5,559
Nov 201661042.492.64$2,592
Oct 201658046.193.09$2,679
Sep 2016117041.553.10$4,861
Aug 201659041.442.92$2,445
Jul 2016119041.622.92$4,953
Jun 201659045.352.69$2,676
May 201661042.521.99$2,594
Apr 2016117036.561.99$4,278
Mar 201657033.011.79$1,882
Feb 2016111026.472.06$2,938
Jan 201663027.352.36$1,723
Dec 201562032.362.00$2,006
Nov 2015119038.792.17$4,616
Oct 201558043.552.43$2,526
Sep 201557042.992.76$2,450
Aug 201558040.162.87$2,329
Jul 2015119048.152.95$5,730
Jun 201560056.152.88$3,369
May 2015116055.212.96$6,404
Apr 201559049.822.71$2,939
Mar 201561042.892.93$2,616
Feb 2015125044.662.98$5,583
Jan 201561043.433.10$2,649
Dec 201458054.693.59$3,172
Nov 2014119070.464.25$8,385
Oct 201459078.303.90$4,620
Sep 201460086.164.05$5,170
Aug 2014113089.394.04$10,101
Jul 201459096.564.18$5,697
Jun 2014126098.164.74$12,368
May 201456094.734.73$5,305
Apr 2014117095.944.81$11,225
Mar 201462095.895.06$5,945
Feb 201458097.406.19$5,649
Jan 2014114090.404.86$10,306
Dec 201363091.824.35$5,785
Nov 2013123088.853.74$10,929
Oct 201356097.423.78$5,456
Sep 20131180104.113.72$12,285
Aug 2013610104.253.52$6,359
Jul 2013610102.523.72$6,254
Jun 2013116094.403.93$10,950
May 201359094.834.15$5,595
Apr 2013117093.964.28$10,993
Mar 201361093.623.91$5,711
Feb 2013124091.233.42$11,313
Jan 201357091.603.42$5,221
Dec 2012119086.773.42$10,326
Nov 201256086.953.62$4,869
Oct 2012119089.383.40$10,636
Sep 201261094.672.92$5,775
Aug 2012115092.662.91$10,656
Jul 2012114085.133.02$9,705
Jun 201261079.822.52$4,869
May 201260091.612.49$5,497
Apr 20121150101.652.00$11,690
Mar 2012590105.052.22$6,198
Feb 20121190101.102.57$12,031
Jan 2012120098.092.73$11,771
Dec 201162096.873.24$6,006
Nov 201162095.723.31$5,935
Oct 2011118084.983.65$10,028
Sep 201161083.623.99$5,101
Aug 2011118083.404.15$9,841
Jul 2011124094.144.52$11,673
Jun 201163092.904.64$5,853
May 2011117098.134.40$11,481
Apr 2011600105.964.33$6,358
Mar 2011121096.364.06$11,660
Feb 201159085.644.18$5,053
Jan 2011121086.504.59$10,467
Dec 201060085.734.35$5,144
Nov 2010126080.843.80$10,186
Oct 201059078.103.51$4,608
Sep 2010121072.633.98$8,788
Aug 2010122073.684.42$8,989
Jul 201058072.554.74$4,208
Jun 2010117070.364.91$8,232
May 2010118071.124.24$8,392
Apr 201060081.694.12$4,901
Mar 2010121078.394.39$9,485
Feb 2010119073.585.44$8,756
Jan 2010116074.365.96$8,626
Dec 2009113071.445.48$8,073
Nov 200960074.593.75$4,475
Oct 2009122072.544.11$8,850
Sep 2009120065.543.06$7,865
Aug 2009116067.423.22$7,821
Jul 2009119061.133.46$7,274
Jun 2009114066.163.90$7,542
May 2009177054.743.93$9,689
Apr 2009119046.773.59$5,566
Mar 2009121042.144.06$5,099
Feb 2009119032.814.63$3,904
Jan 2009118035.865.37$4,231
Dec 2008116037.105.98$4,304
Nov 2008172055.496.86$9,544
Oct 2008175075.246.92$13,167
Sep 20081770101.767.88$18,012
Aug 20081750114.228.48$19,989
Jul 20081800131.0811.39$23,594
Jun 20081150131.3313.03$15,103
May 20081160123.1711.57$14,288
Apr 20081180110.3110.45$13,017
Mar 2008600101.909.66$6,114
Feb 2008119092.538.77$11,011
Jan 2008120090.388.21$10,846
Dec 200759088.337.30$5,211
Nov 2007115091.677.29$10,542
Oct 200752082.856.92$4,308
Sep 200758075.846.24$4,399
Aug 2007118069.066.39$8,149
Jul 2007119070.906.39$8,437
Jun 200760062.007.55$3,720
May 2007117058.747.85$6,873
Apr 2007116059.617.81$6,915
Mar 2007121056.927.30$6,887
Feb 200758055.108.22$3,196
Jan 2007117050.306.73$5,885
Dec 200663056.656.92$3,569
Nov 2006122054.207.62$6,612
Oct 200658054.906.01$3,184
Sep 2006119060.085.04$7,150
Aug 2006118068.717.34$8,108
Jul 2006118069.376.34$8,186
Jun 200659066.286.38$3,911
May 2006112066.016.42$7,393
Apr 2006116064.397.36$7,469
Mar 2006114056.707.08$6,464
Feb 200658057.597.75$3,340
Jan 2006117060.598.93$7,089
Dec 2005117054.9413.42$6,428
Nov 2005115054.6910.59$6,289
Oct 200555058.3413.80$3,209
Sep 2005116061.4512.08$7,128
Aug 200558061.519.80$3,568
Jul 2005118055.697.84$6,571
Jun 2005116052.337.38$6,070
May 200597045.226.65$4,386
Apr 2005115049.207.36$5,658
Mar 2005122050.377.15$6,145
Feb 2005118045.226.31$5,336
Jan 200561043.166.32$2,633
Dec 2004121039.866.75$4,823
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 2004117049.706.52$5,815
Sep 200457043.245.28$2,465
Aug 2004170042.375.55$7,203
Jul 200457038.286.08$2,182
Jun 2004114036.106.43$4,115
May 2004117037.486.49$4,385
Apr 2004117034.475.86$4,033
Mar 2004118034.365.53$4,054
Feb 200460032.455.51$1,947
Jan 2004120032.036.30$3,844
Dec 2003113030.266.30$3,419
Nov 200359028.804.60$1,699
Oct 2003119028.174.76$3,352
Sep 2003118026.314.75$3,105
Aug 2003118029.765.13$3,512
Jul 2003118029.415.17$3,470
Jun 200351028.565.98$1,457
May 2003116026.595.97$3,084
Apr 2003113026.675.41$3,014
Mar 2003117031.146.10$3,643
Feb 2003115033.487.93$3,850
Jan 2003118030.315.58$3,577
Dec 2002117026.914.85$3,148
Nov 2002114024.664.14$2,811
Oct 2002120026.464.23$3,175
Sep 200258027.443.64$1,592
Aug 2002117025.963.16$3,037
Jul 2002114024.583.06$2,802
Jun 2002104023.733.34$2,468
May 2002164024.663.58$4,044
Apr 2002120023.653.51$2,838
Mar 2002109022.003.10$2,398
Feb 2002214018.222.38$3,899
Jan 2002226017.172.38$3,880
Dec 2001224016.932.36$3,792
Nov 2001223018.072.41$4,030
Oct 2001226019.782.53$4,470
Sep 2001230024.262.25$5,580
Aug 2001222024.873.05$5,521
Jul 2001231023.933.20$5,528
Jun 2001218024.563.82$5,354
May 2001346025.524.31$8,830
Apr 2001225024.685.34$5,553
Mar 2001225024.545.38$5,522
Feb 2001228027.755.77$6,327
Jan 2001231027.478.40$6,346
Dec 2000116026.889.12$3,118
Nov 2000228032.215.66$7,344
Oct 2000350031.235.15$10,931
Sep 2000231031.875.19$7,362
Aug 2000229029.644.54$6,788
Jul 2000233028.534.09$6,647
Jun 2000233029.304.40$6,827
May 2000349027.263.68$9,514
Apr 2000231024.513.12$5,662
Mar 2000237028.422.86$6,736
Feb 2000236027.622.73$6,518
Jan 2000232025.272.48$5,863
Dec 1999236024.282.42$5,730
Nov 1999123023.192.43$2,852
Oct 1999233020.982.80$4,888
Sep 1999233021.752.62$5,068
Aug 1999351019.262.88$6,760
Jul 1999119017.892.37$2,129
Jun 1999112015.942.36$1,785
May 1999183015.792.32$2,890
Apr 1999121015.102.21$1,827
Mar 1999122012.471.84$1,521
Feb 199912209.981.82$1,218
Jan 1999121010.381.90$1,256
Dec 199817409.201.77$1,601
Nov 1998121010.892.19$1,318
Oct 1998182012.421.97$2,260
Sep 1998121012.592.08$1,523
Aug 1998113011.301.91$1,277
Jul 1998174011.742.24$2,043
Jun 1998120011.242.24$1,349
May 1998178012.622.21$2,246
Apr 1998120013.042.51$1,565
Mar 1998182012.802.31$2,330
Feb 1998117013.952.30$1,632
Jan 1998118014.702.15$1,735
Dec 1997181016.322.41$2,954
Nov 1997119018.193.09$2,165
Oct 1997180019.253.15$3,465
Sep 1997119017.742.95$2,111
Aug 1997181017.862.55$3,233
Jul 1997120017.582.25$2,110
Jun 1997181017.242.26$3,120
May 1997181018.972.31$3,434
Apr 199760017.882.08$1,073
Mar 1997121018.951.94$2,293
Feb 199761020.492.21$1,250
Jan 1997114023.483.54$2,677
Dec 1996121023.32$2,822
Nov 1996121021.97$2,658
Oct 1996120023.31$2,797
Sep 1996121022.22$2,689
Aug 199660020.26$1,216
Jul 1996118019.55$2,307
Jun 1996120018.73$2,248
May 1996119019.43$2,312
Apr 1996121021.51$2,603
Mar 1996121019.38$2,345
Feb 1996120016.98$2,038
Jan 1996122017.07$2,083
Dec 1995121017.19$2,080
Nov 1995119016.00$1,904
Oct 1995113015.43$1,744
Sep 1995121016.18$1,958
Aug 1995118015.92$1,879
Jul 1995120015.24$1,829
Jun 1995121016.41$1,986
May 1995120017.56$2,107
Apr 1995120017.73$2,128
Mar 1995121016.44$1,989
Feb 1995122016.58$2,023
Jan 1995120015.92$1,910
Dec 1994122015.03$1,834
Nov 1994181015.90$2,878
Oct 1994120015.58$1,870
Sep 1994120015.29$1,835
Aug 1994119116.13$1,919
Jul 1994120117.56$2,107
Jun 1994119117.09$2,034
May 1994111115.88$1,763
Apr 1994120114.14$1,697
Mar 1994118112.46$1,470
Feb 1994119112.50$1,488
Jan 1994122112.66$1,545
Dec 1993122112.33$1,504
Nov 1993120114.49$1,739
Oct 1993234115.85$3,709
Sep 1993238115.03$3,577
Aug 1993120115.66$1,879
Jul 1993120115.46$1,855
Jun 1993121116.79$2,032
May 1993122117.68$2,157
Apr 1993121118.05$2,184
Mar 1993180118.14$3,265
Feb 1993120117.90$2,148
Jan 1993120116.93$2,032

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                   57 bbl  × $106.41 =     $6,065
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $6,065

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. 8A/O/11897 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.