HELMS "B"

Operated by FASKEN OIL AND RANCH, LTD. (P-5 263696) in the YELLOWHOUSE field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 18221District 8AField 99343001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.2 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$80 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 23 leases and 192 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1944-02-09
as the register files it
Field class
Oil
the register's own label
Between wells
1,320 ft
minimum
From a lease line
660 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 44 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: UNITS ARE 44.25 ACRES

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
OilDisposition72,219 bbl$3,239,631
Casinghead gasProduction92 Mcf$112
Total$3,239,743

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 (3)

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 33.7617, -102.4516. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.3 miles.

33.76166, -102.45252 · 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
66.7%
2 of 3 wells
With a plug date
66.7%
2 of 3 wells
Median depth
4,532 ft
3 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
266.7%
A plug date is filed
266.7%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
266.7%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
133.3%

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 4,530 and 4,650 ft, median 4,532 ft, over the 3 wells that filed a depth.

Completions filed
Jun 2009
1 of 3 wells; 2 filed none
Plug dates filed
Jun 1996 – Sep 2005
2 of 3 wells; 1 filed none

3 wells

42-2191002114,532 ftSep 2005Yes
42-2191002224,530 ftJun 1996Yes
42-219362752A4,650 ftJun 2009

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 2026380106.413.05$4,044
Apr 2026121098.932.87$11,971
Mar 2026136089.753.15$12,206
Feb 202662063.503.75$3,937
Jan 202696059.138.00$5,676
Dec 202562056.664.41$3,513
Nov 202552058.593.93$3,047
Oct 2025149059.383.30$8,848
Sep 2025126062.743.08$7,905
Aug 2025139063.933.01$8,886
Jul 202594066.743.32$6,274
Jun 202561066.483.13$4,055
May 2025156060.553.23$9,446
Apr 202541062.363.54$2,557
Mar 2025112067.704.27$7,582
Feb 2025126070.884.34$8,931
Jan 2025133074.324.28$9,885
Dec 2024109068.993.12$7,520
Nov 2024124069.052.20$8,562
Oct 2024110071.372.28$7,851
Sep 2024119069.612.36$8,284
Aug 2024125075.632.06$9,454
Jul 2024133079.932.15$10,631
Jun 2024123078.082.63$9,604
May 2024142078.812.20$11,191
Apr 2024126084.451.66$10,641
Mar 202480080.301.55$6,424
Feb 2024140076.091.78$10,653
Jan 2024180073.023.30$13,144
Dec 202397071.262.61$6,912
Nov 2023135077.892.81$10,515
Oct 2023123085.443.09$10,509
Sep 2023139089.042.74$12,377
Aug 2023132080.522.67$10,629
Jul 202372074.852.64$5,389
Jun 2023171068.962.26$11,792
May 2023121070.622.23$8,545
Apr 202377078.122.24$6,015
Mar 2023203072.852.39$14,789
Feb 2023102075.112.47$7,661
Jan 2023208076.533.39$15,918
Dec 2022149076.415.73$11,385
Nov 2022155085.005.65$13,175
Oct 202290087.185.86$7,846
Sep 2022204084.888.16$17,316
Aug 2022197094.529.13$18,620
Jul 20221850101.587.54$18,792
Jun 20221120115.097.98$12,890
May 20221820109.378.43$19,905
Apr 20222280104.226.84$23,762
Mar 20221120108.885.08$12,195
Feb 2022176091.054.86$16,025
Jan 2022216081.844.54$17,677
Dec 2021235071.323.90$16,760
Nov 2021106077.435.24$8,208
Oct 2021237079.795.71$18,910
Sep 2021183069.865.35$12,784
Aug 2021217066.024.22$14,326
Jul 2021155070.783.98$10,971
Jun 2021220069.493.38$15,288
May 2021186063.483.02$11,807
Apr 2021189060.362.76$11,408
Mar 2021187061.302.72$11,463
Feb 2021178057.805.55$10,288
Jan 2021169050.412.81$8,519
Dec 2020132044.642.68$5,892
Nov 2020232038.772.71$8,995
Oct 2020187036.972.48$6,913
Sep 2020251037.091.99$9,310
Aug 2020186039.982.39$7,436
Jul 2020182038.371.83$6,983
Jun 2020174034.901.69$6,073
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 2020158014.751.80$2,331
Mar 2020225030.341.86$6,827
Feb 2020151049.881.98$7,532
Jan 2020223057.252.09$12,767
Dec 2019155059.012.30$9,147
Nov 2019166055.302.75$9,180
Oct 2019220053.472.42$11,763
Sep 2019202055.052.66$11,120
Aug 2019168053.112.30$8,922
Jul 2019177056.272.46$9,960
Jun 2019219052.782.49$11,559
May 2019173058.482.74$10,117
Apr 2019290062.632.75$18,163
Mar 2019113056.803.06$6,418
Feb 2019163050.852.79$8,289
Jan 2019226046.033.23$10,403
Dec 2018219046.594.19$10,203
Nov 2018227052.934.24$12,015
Oct 2018174061.443.40$10,691
Sep 2018216059.543.11$12,861
Aug 2018173059.403.07$10,276
Jul 2018203065.142.93$13,223
Jun 2018205060.183.08$12,337
May 2018198065.382.90$12,945
Apr 2018142063.842.90$9,065
Mar 2018200061.222.79$12,244
Feb 2018157061.782.77$9,699
Jan 2018217062.874.01$13,643
Dec 2017220057.272.92$12,599
Nov 2017167055.423.12$9,255
Oct 2017156049.292.98$7,689
Sep 2017176047.523.09$8,364
Aug 2017113045.373.00$5,127
Jul 201727043.873.09$1,184
Jun 201745042.493.09$1,912
May 201721045.373.26$953
Apr 201733047.933.21$1,582
Mar 201723046.772.98$1,076
Feb 201738050.452.95$1,917
Jan 201735049.413.42$1,729
Dec 201637048.763.72$1,804
Nov 201638042.492.64$1,615
Oct 201640046.193.09$1,848
Sep 201660041.553.10$2,493
Aug 201654041.442.92$2,238
Jul 201673041.622.92$3,038
Jun 2016192045.352.69$8,707
May 2016210042.521.99$8,929
Apr 2016114036.561.99$4,168
Mar 201686033.011.79$2,839
Feb 2016134026.472.06$3,547
Jan 201659027.352.36$1,614
Dec 2015100032.362.00$3,236
Nov 201538038.792.17$1,474
Oct 2015121043.552.43$5,270
Sep 2015102042.992.76$4,385
Aug 201575040.162.87$3,012
Jul 2015111048.152.95$5,345
Jun 2015147056.152.88$8,254
May 2015109055.212.96$6,018
Apr 2015106049.822.71$5,281
Mar 2015124042.892.93$5,318
Feb 2015123044.662.98$5,493
Jan 2015115043.433.10$4,994
Dec 2014138054.693.59$7,547
Nov 201498070.464.25$6,905
Oct 2014214078.303.90$16,756
Sep 201492086.164.05$7,927
Aug 2014154089.394.04$13,766
Jul 201477096.564.18$7,435
Jun 2014182098.164.74$17,865
May 2014154094.734.73$14,588
Apr 2014142095.944.81$13,623
Mar 2014171095.895.06$16,397
Feb 2014105097.406.19$10,227
Jan 2014103090.404.86$9,311
Dec 201392091.824.35$8,447
Nov 201393088.853.74$8,263
Oct 201369097.423.78$6,722
Sep 2013680104.113.72$7,079
Aug 2013710104.253.52$7,402
Jul 2013800102.523.72$8,202
Jun 201371094.403.93$6,702
May 2013181094.834.15$17,164
Apr 2013110093.964.28$10,336
Mar 2013137093.623.91$12,826
Feb 201377091.233.42$7,025
Jan 2013164091.603.42$15,022
Dec 201277086.773.42$6,681
Nov 2012116086.953.62$10,086
Oct 2012116089.383.40$10,368
Sep 2012120094.672.92$11,360
Aug 2012194092.662.91$17,976
Jul 2012283085.133.02$24,092
Jun 201298079.822.52$7,822
May 2012172091.612.49$15,757
Apr 20121740101.652.00$17,687
Mar 20121680105.052.22$17,648
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 2012343098.092.73$33,645
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 2011165095.723.31$15,794
Oct 2011171084.983.65$14,532
Sep 2011172083.623.99$14,383
Aug 2011165083.404.15$13,761
Jul 2011172094.144.52$16,192
Jun 2011171092.904.64$15,886
May 2011172098.134.40$16,878
Apr 20111690105.964.33$17,907
Mar 2011171096.364.06$16,478
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 2011172086.504.59$14,878
Dec 2010170085.734.35$14,574
Nov 2010173080.843.80$13,985
Oct 2010172078.103.51$13,433
Sep 2010176072.633.98$12,783
Aug 2010173073.684.42$12,747
Jul 2010173072.554.74$12,551
Jun 2010166070.364.91$11,680
May 2010172071.124.24$12,233
Apr 2010170081.694.12$13,887
Mar 2010172078.394.39$13,483
Feb 2010171073.585.44$12,582
Jan 2010173074.365.96$12,864
Dec 2009171071.445.48$12,216
Nov 2009172074.593.75$12,829
Oct 2009172072.544.11$12,477
Sep 2009174065.543.06$11,404
Aug 2009343067.423.22$23,125
Jul 2009169061.133.46$10,331
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 2009176054.743.93$9,634
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 2009170042.144.06$7,164
Feb 2009172032.814.63$5,643
Jan 2009176035.865.37$6,311
Dec 2008163037.105.98$6,047
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 2008171075.246.92$12,866
Sep 20081710101.767.88$17,401
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 20083510131.0811.39$46,009
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 20081730123.1711.57$21,308
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 20081690101.909.66$17,221
Feb 2008170092.538.77$15,730
Jan 2008177090.388.21$15,997
Dec 2007171088.337.30$15,104
Nov 2007172091.677.29$15,767
Oct 20070082.856.92$0
Sep 2007177075.846.24$13,424
Aug 2007174069.066.39$12,016
Jul 2007164070.906.39$11,628
Jun 2007175062.007.55$10,850
May 2007170058.747.85$9,986
Apr 20070059.617.81$0
Mar 2007176056.927.30$10,018
Feb 2007175055.108.22$9,643
Jan 2007176050.306.73$8,853
Dec 2006175056.656.92$9,914
Nov 2006174054.207.62$9,431
Oct 2006166054.906.01$9,113
Sep 20060060.085.04$0
Aug 2006166068.717.34$11,406
Jul 20060069.376.34$0
Jun 2006177066.286.38$11,732
May 2006170066.016.42$11,222
Apr 2006175064.397.36$11,268
Mar 2006168056.707.08$9,526
Feb 2006177057.597.75$10,193
Jan 2006172060.598.93$10,421
Dec 2005177054.9413.42$9,724
Nov 20050054.6910.59$0
Oct 2005175058.3413.80$10,210
Sep 2005174061.4512.08$10,692
Aug 2005174061.519.80$10,703
Jul 2005174055.697.84$9,690
Jun 2005175052.337.38$9,158
May 2005172045.226.65$7,778
Apr 2005173049.207.36$8,512
Mar 2005176050.377.15$8,865
Feb 2005170045.226.31$7,687
Jan 2005176043.166.32$7,596
Dec 2004176039.866.75$7,015
Nov 20040045.286.33$0
Oct 2004177049.706.52$8,797
Sep 2004179043.245.28$7,740
Aug 2004348042.375.55$14,745
Jul 20040038.286.08$0
Jun 2004177036.106.43$6,390
May 2004179037.486.49$6,709
Apr 2004177034.475.86$6,101
Mar 2004178034.365.53$6,116
Feb 2004183032.455.51$5,938
Jan 2004178032.036.30$5,701
Dec 2003181030.266.30$5,477
Nov 2003177028.804.60$5,098
Oct 2003178028.174.76$5,014
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 2003347029.765.13$10,327
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 2003141028.565.98$4,027
May 2003176026.595.97$4,680
Apr 2003178026.675.41$4,747
Mar 2003181031.146.10$5,636
Feb 2003178033.487.93$5,959
Jan 2003182030.315.58$5,516
Dec 2002180026.914.85$4,844
Nov 2002178024.664.14$4,389
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 2002180027.443.64$4,939
Aug 2002176025.963.16$4,569
Jul 2002178024.583.06$4,375
Jun 2002179023.733.34$4,248
May 2002178024.663.58$4,389
Apr 2002174023.653.51$4,115
Mar 2002180022.003.10$3,960
Feb 2002183018.222.38$3,334
Jan 2002180017.172.38$3,091
Dec 2001177016.932.36$2,997
Nov 2001180018.072.41$3,253
Oct 2001167019.782.53$3,303
Sep 2001178024.262.25$4,318
Aug 2001174024.873.05$4,327
Jul 2001178023.933.20$4,260
Jun 2001172024.563.82$4,224
May 2001179025.524.31$4,568
Apr 2001174024.685.34$4,294
Mar 2001175024.545.38$4,295
Feb 2001170027.755.77$4,718
Jan 2001175027.478.40$4,807
Dec 2000182026.889.12$4,892
Nov 2000179032.215.66$5,766
Oct 2000175031.235.15$5,465
Sep 2000177031.875.19$5,641
Aug 2000170129.644.54$5,043
Jul 2000181128.534.09$5,168
Jun 2000358129.304.40$10,494
May 20000127.263.68$4
Apr 2000339124.513.12$8,312
Mar 2000356128.422.86$10,120
Feb 2000186127.622.73$5,140
Jan 2000186125.272.48$4,703
Dec 1999184124.282.42$4,470
Nov 1999159123.192.43$3,690
Oct 1999184120.982.80$3,863
Sep 1999336121.752.62$7,311
Aug 1999139119.262.88$2,680
Jul 1999178117.892.37$3,187
Jun 1999183115.942.36$2,919
May 1999357115.792.32$5,639
Apr 1999184115.102.21$2,781
Mar 1999184112.471.84$2,296
Feb 199917519.981.82$1,748
Jan 1999181110.381.90$1,881
Dec 199834019.201.77$3,130
Nov 1998183110.892.19$1,995
Oct 1998185112.421.97$2,300
Sep 1998180112.592.08$2,268
Aug 1998178111.301.91$2,013
Jul 1998363111.742.24$4,264
Jun 1998174111.242.24$1,958
May 1998332112.622.21$4,192
Apr 1998184113.042.51$2,402
Mar 1998369112.802.31$4,726
Feb 1998187113.952.30$2,611
Jan 1998345114.702.15$5,074
Dec 1997352116.322.41$5,747
Nov 1997173118.193.09$3,150
Oct 1997350119.253.15$6,741
Sep 1997356117.742.95$6,318
Aug 1997179117.862.55$3,199
Jul 1997328117.582.25$5,768
Jun 1997365117.242.26$6,295
May 1997344118.972.31$6,528
Apr 1997343117.882.08$6,135
Mar 1997182118.951.94$3,451
Feb 1997186120.492.21$3,813
Jan 1997367123.483.54$8,621
Dec 1996363123.32$8,465
Nov 1996360121.97$7,909
Oct 1996365123.31$8,508
Sep 1996179122.22$3,977
Aug 19960120.26$0
Jul 1996135119.55$2,639
Jun 19960118.73$0
May 1996184119.43$3,575
Apr 1996338121.51$7,270
Mar 1996368119.38$7,132
Feb 1996560116.98$9,509
Jan 1996347117.07$5,923
Dec 1995377117.19$6,481
Nov 1995186116.00$2,976
Oct 1995357115.43$5,509
Sep 1995174116.18$2,815
Aug 1995175115.92$2,786
Jul 1995358115.24$5,456
Jun 1995487116.41$7,992
May 1995363117.56$6,374
Apr 1995364117.73$6,454
Mar 1995372116.44$6,116
Feb 1995372116.58$6,168
Jan 1995359115.92$5,715
Dec 1994361115.03$5,426
Nov 1994361115.90$5,740
Oct 1994366115.58$5,702
Sep 1994370115.29$5,657
Aug 1994369116.13$5,952
Jul 1994368117.56$6,462
Jun 1994364117.09$6,221
May 1994487115.88$7,734
Apr 1994345114.14$4,878
Mar 1994357112.46$4,448
Feb 1994361112.50$4,513
Jan 1994373112.66$4,722
Dec 1993535112.33$6,597
Nov 1993371114.49$5,376
Oct 1993361115.85$5,722
Sep 1993528115.03$7,936
Aug 1993368115.66$5,763
Jul 1993367115.46$5,674
Jun 1993356116.79$5,977
May 1993366117.68$6,471
Apr 1993365118.05$6,588
Mar 1993371118.14$6,730
Feb 1993363117.90$6,498
Jan 1993369116.93$6,247

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                   38 bbl  × $106.41 =     $4,044
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $4,044

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/18221 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.