MORTON, J. V.

Operated by HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 386310) in the LEVELLAND field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 18078District 8AField 53411001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$7.1 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$222 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 568 leases and 7,034 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1945-01-17
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
880 ft
minimum
From a lease line
440 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 21.25 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: ASSOCIATED GAS FIELD LEVELLAND (SAN ANDRES)

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
OilDisposition167,747 bbl$6,785,055
Casinghead gasProduction90,832 Mcf$325,631
Total$7,110,686

16,477 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 46 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 33.6155, -102.3866. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.1 miles.

33.61556, -102.38662 · 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
4,881 ft
2 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

Between 4,872 and 4,890 ft, median 4,881 ft, over the 2 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Aug 1992 – Aug 2015
2 of 2 wells

2 wells

42-21935048C 54,890 ftAug 2015
42-2191008244,872 ftAug 1992

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 202627348106.413.05$29,196
Apr 20263878398.932.87$38,524
Mar 20264258889.753.15$38,421
Feb 20263968163.503.75$25,450
Jan 20263357759.138.00$20,424
Dec 20253628756.664.41$20,895
Nov 202543111058.593.93$25,684
Oct 20251564259.383.30$9,402
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20251066.743.32$67
Jun 20252024866.483.13$13,579
May 20253698660.553.23$22,621
Apr 202538711362.363.54$24,534
Mar 202532310267.704.27$22,302
Feb 20251059570.884.34$7,855
Jan 20251488674.324.28$11,367
Dec 20241419968.993.12$10,037
Nov 2024649569.052.20$4,628
Oct 202411410871.372.28$8,383
Sep 202412410769.612.36$8,885
Aug 20242109975.632.06$16,087
Jul 20241259279.932.15$10,189
Jun 2024864578.082.63$6,833
May 20241209078.812.20$9,655
Apr 20241639484.451.66$13,921
Mar 2024927780.301.55$7,507
Feb 20241489876.091.78$11,436
Jan 202416010073.023.30$12,013
Dec 20231629771.262.61$11,797
Nov 202317110077.892.81$13,600
Oct 202319010285.443.09$16,549
Sep 20231529189.042.74$13,783
Aug 20231569180.522.67$12,804
Jul 20231609074.852.64$12,214
Jun 202315833768.962.26$11,657
May 202316045870.622.23$12,319
Apr 202315035678.122.24$12,515
Mar 202315232072.852.39$11,839
Feb 202312333175.112.47$10,055
Jan 202313130876.533.39$11,069
Dec 202213128576.415.73$11,643
Nov 202213022685.005.65$12,326
Oct 202216115087.185.86$14,916
Sep 202246315384.888.16$40,548
Aug 2022010694.529.13$967
Jul 202223137101.587.54$3,370
Jun 2022117107115.097.98$14,319
May 202218378109.378.43$20,672
Apr 2022135127104.226.84$14,938
Mar 2022169120108.885.08$19,010
Feb 20221358691.054.86$12,710
Jan 20223632181.844.54$29,803
Dec 20211636871.323.90$11,890
Nov 202114612677.435.24$11,965
Oct 202117711979.795.71$14,803
Sep 202113414369.865.35$10,126
Aug 20217612566.024.22$5,545
Jul 2021959370.783.98$7,094
Jun 20211615769.493.38$11,381
May 202115412663.483.02$10,156
Apr 202115110660.362.76$9,407
Mar 20211449561.302.72$9,085
Feb 202113010557.805.55$8,097
Jan 20211598950.412.81$8,265
Dec 20201406944.642.68$6,434
Nov 20201469938.772.71$5,928
Oct 20201249136.972.48$4,810
Sep 202017011937.091.99$6,542
Aug 202020910739.982.39$8,611
Jul 202019611738.371.83$7,734
Jun 20201695834.901.69$5,996
May 20201588416.921.81$2,826
Apr 20201649814.751.80$2,596
Mar 20201749730.341.86$5,459
Feb 20201868949.881.98$9,454
Jan 20201274657.252.09$7,367
Dec 20191697659.012.30$10,148
Nov 20191717155.302.75$9,652
Oct 20191829553.472.42$9,961
Sep 20191538655.052.66$8,651
Aug 20191708153.112.30$9,215
Jul 20191893956.272.46$10,731
Jun 20191778952.782.49$9,564
May 20192279758.482.74$13,541
Apr 20191738662.632.75$11,072
Mar 201977711556.803.06$44,486
Feb 201968011350.852.79$34,894
Jan 201987111946.033.23$40,476
Dec 201887511946.594.19$41,264
Nov 2018557052.934.24$29,482
Oct 20181887961.443.40$11,819
Sep 20181739559.543.11$10,596
Aug 201816210659.403.07$9,948
Jul 201824411265.142.93$16,223
Jun 20182039260.183.08$12,500
May 201816510065.382.90$11,078
Apr 20182929963.842.90$18,928
Mar 201826311361.222.79$16,416
Feb 20182328261.782.77$14,560
Jan 20182597062.874.01$16,564
Dec 20172588757.272.92$15,030
Nov 201727411255.423.12$15,534
Oct 201719910949.292.98$10,134
Sep 20171158947.523.09$5,740
Aug 201717211545.373.00$8,149
Jul 201715515043.873.09$7,263
Jun 201716597642.493.09$10,024
May 201718514745.373.26$8,873
Apr 201719511347.933.21$9,709
Mar 2017765846.772.98$3,728
Feb 201716110650.452.95$8,435
Jan 201719411149.413.42$9,965
Dec 201620814548.763.72$10,682
Nov 201622818442.492.64$10,174
Oct 201620518846.193.09$10,050
Sep 201620619541.553.10$9,164
Aug 20162075741.442.92$8,745
Jul 20162036341.622.92$8,633
Jun 20162207245.352.69$10,170
May 201622714242.521.99$9,935
Apr 201618745536.561.99$7,743
Mar 201620363033.011.79$7,831
Feb 20164011,27526.472.06$13,246
Jan 201622490627.352.36$8,269
Dec 201523785632.362.00$9,383
Nov 201522485838.792.17$10,549
Oct 20159089843.552.43$6,099
Sep 201536685142.992.76$18,082
Aug 201524890040.162.87$12,545
Jul 201520970448.152.95$12,137
Jun 20151,25872956.152.88$72,738
May 201523868855.212.96$15,173
Apr 201522351249.822.71$12,496
Mar 201524753042.892.93$12,149
Feb 201519926944.662.98$9,688
Jan 201520716543.433.10$9,502
Dec 201420713354.693.59$11,798
Nov 201424516270.464.25$17,952
Oct 201425221978.303.90$20,586
Sep 201424219686.164.05$21,644
Aug 201420616189.394.04$19,064
Jul 201423518496.564.18$23,461
Jun 201422621398.164.74$23,193
May 201427025594.734.73$26,782
Apr 201425023495.944.81$25,110
Mar 201426917995.895.06$26,700
Feb 201421517997.406.19$22,049
Jan 201440710590.404.86$37,303
Dec 201338819791.824.35$36,484
Nov 201325720388.853.74$23,593
Oct 201326132097.423.78$26,636
Sep 2013251210104.113.72$26,912
Aug 2013256320104.253.52$27,815
Jul 2013263298102.523.72$28,071
Jun 201326829694.403.93$26,463
May 201328627194.834.15$28,246
Apr 201310922593.964.28$11,205
Mar 201336626893.623.91$35,314
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 2013645191.603.42$6,037
Dec 20122592286.773.42$22,549
Nov 2012268586.953.62$23,321
Oct 201232211989.383.40$29,185
Sep 201227922094.672.92$27,055
Aug 201229729792.662.91$28,384
Jul 201229619785.133.02$25,794
Jun 20122939679.822.52$23,629
May 201230322591.612.49$28,318
Apr 2012271243101.652.00$28,032
Mar 2012277271105.052.22$29,701
Feb 2012270288101.102.57$28,037
Jan 201232030698.092.73$32,225
Dec 201129923096.873.24$29,709
Nov 201130723595.723.31$30,164
Oct 201136723484.983.65$32,041
Sep 201136029283.623.99$31,267
Aug 201129428283.404.15$25,690
Jul 20112821,17394.144.52$31,846
Jun 201125739392.904.64$25,699
May 201128019298.134.40$28,322
Apr 2011385229105.964.33$41,787
Mar 201161336396.364.06$60,541
Feb 201130333685.644.18$27,353
Jan 201138734886.504.59$35,072
Dec 201032232785.734.35$29,027
Nov 201032531680.843.80$27,472
Oct 201034134178.103.51$27,829
Sep 201034230472.633.98$26,049
Aug 201027225273.684.42$21,155
Jul 201020924472.554.74$16,319
Jun 201028725170.364.91$21,426
May 201033929771.124.24$25,368
Apr 201030728681.694.12$26,258
Mar 201031727878.394.39$26,070
Feb 201028120373.585.44$21,781
Jan 201023420974.365.96$18,647
Dec 200928128971.445.48$21,659
Nov 200933034074.593.75$25,890
Oct 200934931872.544.11$26,624
Sep 200929023765.543.06$19,733
Aug 200934424367.423.22$23,975
Jul 200934923961.133.46$22,162
Jun 200939130066.163.90$27,037
May 200944737954.743.93$25,957
Apr 200931526746.773.59$15,690
Mar 200933931442.144.06$15,560
Feb 200927424432.814.63$10,120
Jan 200936023735.865.37$14,183
Dec 200839029537.105.98$16,232
Nov 200846029855.496.86$27,570
Oct 200842322575.246.92$33,384
Sep 2008435261101.767.88$46,322
Aug 2008371267114.228.48$44,641
Jul 2008366254131.0811.39$50,868
Jun 2008383249131.3313.03$53,545
May 2008402284123.1711.57$52,801
Apr 2008409227110.3110.45$47,490
Mar 2008517228101.909.66$54,886
Feb 200845624892.538.77$44,369
Jan 200838149290.388.21$38,472
Dec 200731514088.337.30$28,846
Nov 200740020991.677.29$38,192
Oct 200737825882.856.92$33,103
Sep 200738225575.846.24$30,563
Aug 200741626669.066.39$30,428
Jul 200740129170.906.39$30,290
Jun 200737027462.007.55$25,008
May 200737520058.747.85$23,597
Apr 200739019959.617.81$24,801
Mar 200754429456.927.30$33,111
Feb 200747124455.108.22$27,957
Jan 200746228650.306.73$25,162
Dec 200651723556.656.92$30,914
Nov 200650021754.207.62$28,753
Oct 200654925454.906.01$31,668
Sep 200645024860.085.04$28,285
Aug 200641926168.717.34$30,705
Jul 200649028769.376.34$35,812
Jun 200647328066.286.38$33,138
May 200654531366.016.42$37,986
Apr 200646522564.397.36$31,597
Mar 200639524456.707.08$24,125
Feb 200641426957.597.75$25,927
Jan 200650825060.598.93$33,013
Dec 200541721454.9413.42$25,781
Nov 200544424754.6910.59$26,898
Oct 200535218558.3413.80$23,088
Sep 200543134361.4512.08$30,628
Aug 200540424661.519.80$27,260
Jul 200543428255.697.84$26,381
Jun 200528326052.337.38$16,728
May 200527927945.226.65$14,472
Apr 200524329349.207.36$14,112
Mar 200532777850.377.15$22,037
Feb 200534830045.226.31$17,630
Jan 200530428243.166.32$14,904
Dec 200434527739.866.75$15,622
Nov 200443231545.286.33$21,555
Oct 200441239349.706.52$23,037
Sep 200429834243.245.28$14,693
Aug 200429434342.375.55$14,361
Jul 200428034238.286.08$12,799
Jun 200426837136.106.43$12,061
May 200433844537.486.49$15,558
Apr 200445133634.475.86$17,514
Mar 200440125334.365.53$15,177
Feb 20044984332.455.51$16,397
Jan 20044415332.036.30$14,459
Dec 200351634430.266.30$17,782
Nov 200348735928.804.60$15,675
Oct 200343732028.174.76$13,833
Sep 200335128626.314.75$10,593
Aug 200330030629.765.13$10,498
Jul 200325126729.415.17$8,763
Jun 200336828828.565.98$12,233
May 200348125326.595.97$14,301
Apr 200345024126.675.41$13,305
Mar 200359025631.146.10$19,933
Feb 200358921733.487.93$21,440
Jan 200340520330.315.58$13,409
Dec 20021114626.914.85$3,210
Nov 20022489624.664.14$6,513
Oct 200229711726.464.23$8,353
Sep 20024099327.443.64$11,561
Aug 200230913125.963.16$8,436
Jul 200238619024.583.06$10,070
Jun 200237117723.733.34$9,395
May 2002364024.663.58$8,976
Apr 2002343123.653.51$8,115
Mar 2002362122.003.10$7,967
Feb 2002367118.222.38$6,689
Jan 2002345117.172.38$5,926
Dec 2001320116.932.36$5,420
Nov 2001332018.072.41$5,999
Oct 200132913219.782.53$6,841
Sep 200127912224.262.25$7,043
Aug 2001403024.873.05$10,023
Jul 2001169023.933.20$4,044
Jun 200130823024.563.82$8,444
May 200128314825.524.31$7,860
Apr 20013154824.685.34$8,030
Mar 200140614524.545.38$10,743
Feb 20012839827.755.77$8,418
Jan 200139711427.478.40$11,863
Dec 200042712726.889.12$12,636
Nov 200062219432.215.66$21,132
Oct 200070318531.235.15$22,907
Sep 200060119131.875.19$20,144
Aug 200066417929.644.54$20,494
Jul 200061019128.534.09$18,184
Jun 200045513829.304.40$13,938
May 200054124427.263.68$15,646
Apr 200066125624.513.12$16,999
Mar 200083724928.422.86$24,500
Feb 200061812227.622.73$17,402
Jan 200067825125.272.48$17,756
Dec 199973924624.282.42$18,539
Nov 199956126723.192.43$13,659
Oct 199963029820.982.80$14,053
Sep 19991724721.752.62$3,864
Aug 199963926819.262.88$13,078
Jul 199972622317.892.37$13,517
Jun 199995024215.942.36$15,715
May 199988712415.792.32$14,294
Apr 199970320115.102.21$11,059
Mar 199967420512.471.84$8,782
Feb 19995581429.981.82$5,827
Jan 19991,01418810.381.90$10,883
Dec 19981,0132169.201.77$9,703
Nov 199875119110.892.19$8,596
Oct 199883724112.421.97$10,870
Sep 199885924012.592.08$11,315
Aug 199894319911.301.91$11,035
Jul 199879123211.742.24$9,805
Jun 199875628211.242.24$9,128
May 199867620212.622.21$8,977
Apr 199867819713.042.51$9,335
Mar 199876722712.802.31$10,342
Feb 199864216813.952.30$9,342
Jan 199878618214.702.15$11,946
Dec 199775018616.322.41$12,688
Nov 199782116818.193.09$15,453
Oct 199756713919.253.15$11,353
Sep 19971,4308017.742.95$25,605
Aug 199743317417.862.55$8,178
Jul 199752217917.582.25$9,579
Jun 199753216017.242.26$9,533
May 199755921918.972.31$11,110
Apr 199761420317.882.08$11,401
Mar 19979278418.951.94$17,730
Feb 1997817020.492.21$16,740
Jan 1997896523.483.54$21,056
Dec 19961,13810023.32$26,538
Nov 1996954021.97$20,959
Oct 19961,014023.31$23,636
Sep 19969483322.22$21,065
Aug 19968573320.26$17,363
Jul 19961,06922419.55$20,899
Jun 199699319318.73$18,599
May 199687524619.43$17,001
Apr 199688321321.51$18,993
Mar 199689022919.38$17,248
Feb 199693230316.98$15,825
Jan 19961,11725017.07$19,067
Dec 19951,05818717.19$18,187
Nov 199593521516.00$14,960
Oct 199596135415.43$14,828
Sep 199597237616.18$15,727
Aug 199599143015.92$15,777
Jul 199598435515.24$14,996
Jun 199595546916.41$15,672
May 199598750517.56$17,332
Apr 199596957817.73$17,180
Mar 19951,01556216.44$16,687
Feb 199596854516.58$16,049
Jan 19951,03945215.92$16,541
Dec 19941,24952515.03$18,772
Nov 199491455715.90$14,533
Oct 19941,05951815.58$16,499
Sep 199493050415.29$14,220
Aug 199480858716.13$13,033
Jul 199498945017.56$17,367
Jun 199496960117.09$16,560
May 199495141915.88$15,102
Apr 199498839914.14$13,970
Mar 19941,05444812.46$13,133
Feb 199496231212.50$12,025
Jan 199496635512.66$12,230
Dec 19931,03221012.33$12,725
Nov 19931,00129914.49$14,504
Oct 19931,06731715.85$16,912
Sep 19931,04841215.03$15,751
Aug 19931,03439415.66$16,192
Jul 199393151015.46$14,393
Jun 199381334516.79$13,650
May 199371931917.68$12,712
Apr 199355325118.05$9,982
Mar 199373926818.14$13,405
Feb 199378736117.90$14,087
Jan 199376826416.93$13,002

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                  273 bbl  × $106.41 =    $29,050
Casinghead gas        48 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $146

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Month total                                  $29,196

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/18078 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.