PAYTON, D. R.

Operated by THREE SPAN OIL & GAS, INC. (P-5 857911) 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 4612District 8AField 68101001Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$22.9 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$410 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
OilDisposition573,155 bbl$22,606,471
Casinghead gasProduction95,868 Mcf$272,997
Total$22,879,468

35,451 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 (12)

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 33.2603, -101.5519. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.7 miles.

33.26026, -101.55163 · 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
41.7%
5 of 12 wells
With a plug date
33.3%
4 of 12 wells
Median depth
4,400 ft
11 wells filed one
Completion to plug
10.8 years
median over 3 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
541.7%
A plug date is filed
433.3%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
433.3%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
758.3%

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

Total depth in feet, 11 of 12 wells. Median 4,400 ft, with the middle half between 4,352 and 4,400 ft; the shallowest is 3,825 ft and the deepest 4,450 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, 10 of 12 wells, Jun 1982 – Jul 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
Jun 1982 – Jul 2023
10 of 12 wells; 2 filed none
Plug dates filed
Aug 1993 – Jun 2015
4 of 12 wells; 8 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 10.8 years across the 3 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 8.8 years and 11.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

12 wells

42-1690129513,825 ftJun 2015Yes
42-169803384 UYes
42-1690129974,359 ftJul 2023
42-16932219134,420 ftJan 1993
42-16932645194,400 ftOct 1992
42-16933040234,450 ftApr 1991
42-16932830204,400 ftJan 1988
42-1690130084,345 ftNov 1986Sep 1993Yes
42-305303466A4,400 ftMay 1985
42-16932072124,400 ftAug 1983
42-1690129654,365 ftOct 1982Aug 1993Yes
42-16901298114,310 ftJun 1982Mar 1994Yes

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 20265120106.413.05$54,482
Apr 2026415098.932.87$41,056
Mar 2026433089.753.15$38,862
Feb 2026496063.503.75$31,496
Jan 2026389059.138.00$23,002
Dec 2025289056.664.41$16,375
Nov 2025521058.593.93$30,525
Oct 2025528059.383.30$31,353
Sep 2025705062.743.08$44,232
Aug 2025692063.933.01$44,240
Jul 2025330066.743.32$22,024
Jun 2025484066.483.13$32,176
May 2025645060.553.23$39,055
Apr 2025460062.363.54$28,686
Mar 2025492067.704.27$33,308
Feb 2025432070.884.34$30,620
Jan 2025458074.324.28$34,039
Dec 2024647068.993.12$44,637
Nov 2024381069.052.20$26,308
Oct 2024527071.372.28$37,612
Sep 2024494069.612.36$34,387
Aug 2024656075.632.06$49,613
Jul 2024591079.932.15$47,239
Jun 2024491078.082.63$38,337
May 2024407078.812.20$32,076
Apr 2024479084.451.66$40,452
Mar 2024411080.301.55$33,003
Feb 2024381076.091.78$28,990
Jan 2024594073.023.30$43,374
Dec 2023280071.262.61$19,953
Nov 2023659077.892.81$51,330
Oct 2023495085.443.09$42,293
Sep 2023506089.042.74$45,054
Aug 2023460080.522.67$37,039
Jul 2023416074.852.64$31,138
Jun 2023871068.962.26$60,064
May 2023268070.622.23$18,926
Apr 2023580078.122.24$45,310
Mar 2023657072.852.39$47,862
Feb 2023467075.112.47$35,076
Jan 2023294076.533.39$22,500
Dec 2022659076.415.73$50,354
Nov 2022476085.005.65$40,460
Oct 2022636087.185.86$55,446
Sep 2022417084.888.16$35,395
Aug 2022268094.529.13$25,331
Jul 20228790101.587.54$89,289
Jun 20223020115.097.98$34,757
May 20224450109.378.43$48,670
Apr 20226670104.226.84$69,515
Mar 20226960108.885.08$75,780
Feb 2022270091.054.86$24,584
Jan 2022829081.844.54$67,845
Dec 2021500071.323.90$35,660
Nov 2021447077.435.24$34,611
Oct 2021498079.795.71$39,735
Sep 2021449069.865.35$31,367
Aug 2021631066.024.22$41,659
Jul 2021628070.783.98$44,450
Jun 2021262069.493.38$18,206
May 2021628063.483.02$39,865
Apr 2021843060.362.76$50,883
Mar 2021565061.302.72$34,635
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 2021641050.412.81$32,313
Dec 2020463044.642.68$20,668
Nov 2020212038.772.71$8,219
Oct 2020593036.972.48$21,923
Sep 2020801037.091.99$29,709
Aug 2020252039.982.39$10,075
Jul 2020757038.371.83$29,046
Jun 2020409034.901.69$14,274
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 2020671014.751.80$9,897
Mar 2020483030.341.86$14,654
Feb 2020454049.881.98$22,646
Jan 20204426857.252.09$25,447
Dec 20194426659.012.30$26,235
Nov 20194425555.302.75$24,594
Oct 20194427753.472.42$23,820
Sep 20194237255.052.66$23,477
Aug 20194426553.112.30$23,624
Jul 20194865556.272.46$27,483
Jun 20195988052.782.49$31,762
May 20196357658.482.74$37,343
Apr 20196107862.632.75$38,419
Mar 20193969056.803.06$22,768
Feb 201936811350.852.79$19,028
Jan 20198547546.033.23$39,552
Dec 20187046246.594.19$33,059
Nov 20181,0356952.934.24$55,075
Oct 2018852161.443.40$5,294
Sep 20181201959.543.11$7,204
Aug 20188136959.403.07$48,504
Jul 20186576565.142.93$42,988
Jun 20184745260.183.08$28,685
May 20186156465.382.90$40,394
Apr 20186925863.842.90$44,346
Mar 20186855561.222.79$42,089
Feb 20187025561.782.77$43,522
Jan 20189126262.874.01$57,586
Dec 20175125057.272.92$29,468
Nov 20176935555.423.12$38,578
Oct 20176865849.292.98$33,986
Sep 20174979047.523.09$23,895
Aug 2017840845.373.00$38,135
Jul 20176944643.873.09$30,588
Jun 20174785342.493.09$20,474
May 20179295745.373.26$42,335
Apr 20175135047.933.21$24,749
Mar 20176775746.772.98$31,833
Feb 20176655850.452.95$33,721
Jan 20176777549.413.42$33,707
Dec 20168686048.763.72$42,547
Nov 20166865742.492.64$29,299
Oct 20167225346.193.09$33,513
Sep 20168287541.553.10$34,636
Aug 20165035041.442.92$20,991
Jul 20167096341.622.92$29,693
Jun 20167047445.352.69$32,125
May 20166889142.521.99$29,435
Apr 20167485036.561.99$27,446
Mar 20168925733.011.79$29,547
Feb 20167797326.472.06$20,771
Jan 20167278627.352.36$20,087
Dec 20157737632.362.00$25,166
Nov 20157246538.792.17$28,225
Oct 201572417243.552.43$31,948
Sep 201576014242.992.76$33,064
Aug 201595312340.162.87$38,626
Jul 201576411648.152.95$37,128
Jun 20158008156.152.88$45,154
May 20159138955.212.96$50,670
Apr 20155047949.822.71$25,323
Mar 201596515842.892.93$41,853
Feb 201574414244.662.98$33,650
Jan 201578112543.433.10$34,306
Dec 20141,02019954.693.59$56,498
Nov 201482317070.464.25$58,711
Oct 20141,06122178.303.90$83,938
Sep 201489925486.164.05$78,485
Aug 201473815489.394.04$66,591
Jul 201486514796.564.18$84,139
Jun 201488018698.164.74$87,262
May 201494516094.734.73$90,276
Apr 201462012295.944.81$60,070
Mar 201498416595.895.06$95,190
Feb 201481915097.406.19$80,699
Jan 201494523490.404.86$86,565
Dec 201397125091.824.35$90,246
Nov 201393224588.853.74$83,724
Oct 20131,04330297.423.78$102,750
Sep 2013857229104.113.72$90,074
Aug 20131,046202104.253.52$109,757
Jul 2013866146102.523.72$89,325
Jun 201398312594.403.93$93,287
May 201397118094.834.15$92,827
Apr 201399127193.964.28$94,275
Mar 201379922393.623.91$75,675
Feb 201395624391.233.42$88,047
Jan 201383720091.603.42$77,353
Dec 201299723786.773.42$87,320
Nov 20121,02419386.953.62$89,736
Oct 201280221089.383.40$72,397
Sep 2012991094.672.92$93,818
Aug 20121,259092.662.91$116,659
Jul 201276028985.133.02$65,572
Jun 20121,27429079.822.52$102,421
May 201286027491.612.49$79,466
Apr 20121,109336101.652.00$113,401
Mar 20121,005287105.052.22$106,213
Feb 2012779211101.102.57$79,299
Jan 20121,00821298.092.73$99,454
Dec 20111,08428296.873.24$105,921
Nov 20111,15727195.723.31$111,645
Oct 201182419084.983.65$70,717
Sep 20111,053883.623.99$88,084
Aug 2011999083.404.15$83,317
Jul 20111,0478894.144.52$98,962
Jun 20111,0031492.904.64$93,244
May 20118228498.134.40$81,033
Apr 20111,474105105.964.33$156,640
Mar 20115918396.364.06$57,286
Feb 20111,1059185.644.18$95,013
Jan 20111,0499286.504.59$91,161
Dec 20101,08416885.734.35$93,662
Nov 20101,13718080.843.80$92,598
Oct 20101,12115578.103.51$88,094
Sep 20101,36515772.633.98$99,765
Aug 201088212373.684.42$65,529
Jul 20101,67517772.554.74$122,360
Jun 201062818870.364.91$45,109
May 201096912271.124.24$69,432
Apr 20101,21513281.694.12$99,798
Mar 20101,01015578.394.39$79,854
Feb 20101,0519373.585.44$77,839
Jan 20107104074.365.96$53,034
Dec 200996513071.445.48$69,652
Nov 20091,26818974.593.75$95,289
Oct 20091,05218172.544.11$77,056
Sep 20091,28814065.543.06$84,845
Aug 20091,22715867.423.22$83,233
Jul 20091,0863561.133.46$66,508
Jun 20091,1592966.163.90$76,792
May 20091,009054.743.93$55,233
Apr 20091,3636446.773.59$63,977
Mar 20091,0964742.144.06$46,376
Feb 20091,1751732.814.63$38,631
Jan 20091,2757535.865.37$46,124
Dec 20081,6006737.105.98$59,760
Nov 20081,229055.496.86$68,197
Oct 20081,752175.246.92$131,827
Sep 20081,5810101.767.88$160,883
Aug 20081,13225114.228.48$129,509
Jul 20081,421239131.0811.39$188,987
Jun 20081,490210131.3313.03$198,419
May 20081,572155123.1711.57$195,417
Apr 20081,125149110.3110.45$125,657
Mar 20081,290154101.909.66$132,939
Feb 20081,09921692.538.77$103,585
Jan 20081,25320890.388.21$114,953
Dec 20071,42323588.337.30$127,410
Nov 20071,19829891.677.29$111,994
Oct 20071,36238382.856.92$115,493
Sep 20071,13943775.846.24$89,110
Aug 20071,35543969.066.39$96,381
Jul 20071,54540070.906.39$112,096
Jun 20071,34133762.007.55$85,686
May 20071,18634358.747.85$72,357
Apr 20071,42744059.617.81$88,498
Mar 20071,37147456.927.30$81,498
Feb 20071,38831355.108.22$79,050
Jan 20071,39135650.306.73$72,362
Dec 20061,57431056.656.92$91,312
Nov 20061,38938954.207.62$78,247
Oct 20061,39552554.906.01$79,743
Sep 20061,62549160.085.04$100,103
Aug 20061,42249668.717.34$101,346
Jul 20061,78663669.376.34$127,929
Jun 20061,48247366.286.38$101,247
May 20061,47052366.016.42$100,395
Apr 20061,67645564.397.36$111,267
Mar 20061,56540156.707.08$91,576
Feb 20061,40137557.597.75$83,590
Jan 20061,61440960.598.93$101,446
Dec 20051,25941554.9413.42$74,737
Nov 20051,82443954.6910.59$104,403
Oct 20051,57435958.3413.80$96,780
Sep 20051,14819061.4512.08$72,840
Aug 20051,4194561.519.80$87,724
Jul 20051,3992755.697.84$78,122
Jun 20051,66216552.337.38$88,190
May 20051,4753045.226.65$66,899
Apr 20051,4619349.207.36$72,566
Mar 20051,4706250.377.15$74,488
Feb 20051,43716345.226.31$66,010
Jan 20051,8803043.166.32$81,330
Dec 20041,4621039.866.75$58,343
Nov 20041,63529245.286.33$75,881
Oct 20041,81328249.706.52$91,943
Sep 20041,51027643.245.28$66,751
Aug 20041,89831442.375.55$82,161
Jul 20041,3316538.286.08$51,346
Jun 20041,32722736.106.43$49,365
May 20041,78621337.486.49$68,323
Apr 20041,49727034.475.86$53,183
Mar 20041,78431434.365.53$63,035
Feb 20041,52128332.455.51$50,916
Jan 20041,41526632.036.30$46,998
Dec 20032,04036230.266.30$64,012
Nov 20031,89038928.804.60$56,220
Oct 20031,72839028.174.76$50,534
Sep 20031,54736926.314.75$42,454
Aug 20031,79038629.765.13$55,250
Jul 20031,68236129.415.17$51,334
Jun 20031,78135228.565.98$52,971
May 20031,70428826.595.97$47,029
Apr 20031,60924226.675.41$44,221
Mar 20032,10527331.146.10$67,214
Feb 20031,6926733.487.93$57,179
Jan 20031,88423030.315.58$58,388
Dec 20021,69123326.914.85$46,636
Nov 20021,55428624.664.14$39,505
Oct 20021,95511826.464.23$52,228
Sep 20021,92132227.443.64$53,883
Aug 20022,00434125.963.16$53,103
Jul 20021,89433624.583.06$47,583
Jun 20022,03136923.733.34$49,427
May 20022,15342124.663.58$54,602
Apr 20022,13138823.653.51$51,761
Mar 20022,20033522.003.10$49,439
Feb 20022,09433018.222.38$38,937
Jan 20022,15630917.172.38$37,753
Dec 20012,0136416.932.36$34,231
Nov 20011,95410518.072.41$35,561
Oct 20012,01621919.782.53$40,430
Sep 20012,03441924.262.25$50,288
Aug 20012,13639324.873.05$54,322
Jul 20012,14035523.933.20$52,345
Jun 20012,03175824.563.82$52,780
May 20012,19633725.524.31$57,493
Apr 20011,70722424.685.34$43,324
Mar 20012,28922824.545.38$57,398
Feb 20012,21223027.755.77$62,709
Jan 20011,82923627.478.40$52,225
Dec 20001,56923326.889.12$44,300
Nov 20001,78317732.215.66$58,432
Oct 20002,06731331.235.15$66,163
Sep 20002,00334331.875.19$65,615
Aug 20002,09335129.644.54$63,630
Jul 20002,25940228.534.09$66,093
Jun 20002,11531229.304.40$63,341
May 20002,20626527.263.68$61,111
Apr 20002,21123124.513.12$54,911
Mar 20002,2917928.422.86$65,336
Feb 20002,0888927.622.73$57,913
Jan 20002,3773625.272.48$60,156
Dec 19992,27510124.282.42$55,482
Nov 19992,14422823.192.43$50,274
Oct 19992,39842020.982.80$51,488
Sep 19992,27433221.752.62$50,329
Aug 19992,35813419.262.88$45,800
Jul 19992,59546217.892.37$47,521
Jun 19992,28937015.942.36$37,361
May 19992,40844415.792.32$39,053
Apr 19992,53939415.102.21$39,209
Mar 19992,08618212.471.84$26,347
Feb 19992,2312279.981.82$22,678
Jan 19992,63539010.381.90$28,092
Dec 19982,5523259.201.77$24,055
Nov 19982,24044110.892.19$25,358
Oct 19982,77251712.421.97$35,446
Sep 19982,71757512.592.08$35,405
Aug 19982,80339311.301.91$32,423
Jul 19982,75159111.742.24$33,619
Jun 19982,48443111.242.24$28,884
May 19982,99741412.622.21$38,736
Apr 19982,73156513.042.51$37,028
Mar 19982,68654012.802.31$35,628
Feb 19982,42954113.952.30$35,128
Jan 19982,59259014.702.15$39,374
Dec 19972,58346816.322.41$43,283
Nov 19972,24550818.193.09$42,405
Oct 19972,49315719.253.15$48,485
Sep 19972,46038917.742.95$44,790
Aug 19972,70035317.862.55$49,124
Jul 19972,55647617.582.25$46,004
Jun 19972,77710317.242.26$48,108
May 19972,66136518.972.31$51,322
Apr 19972,21633417.882.08$40,318
Mar 19972,85161218.951.94$55,213
Feb 19972,61845520.492.21$54,647
Jan 19972,86168723.483.54$69,608
Dec 19963,0511,01323.32$71,149
Nov 19963,09570821.97$67,997
Oct 19963,1607023.31$73,660
Sep 19963,1288322.22$69,504
Aug 19962,92248820.26$59,200
Jul 19963,18760419.55$62,306
Jun 19962,79414818.73$52,332
May 19962,73040419.43$53,044
Apr 19962,97257721.51$63,928
Mar 19963,25346619.38$63,043
Feb 19962,1084916.98$35,794
Jan 19962,67023417.07$45,577
Dec 19952,98229617.19$51,261
Nov 19952,69029616.00$43,040
Oct 19952,88415615.43$44,500
Sep 19952,69738316.18$43,637
Aug 19953,03148015.92$48,254
Jul 19952,83250015.24$43,160
Jun 19952,75047416.41$45,128
May 19952,83740717.56$49,818
Apr 19952,77440617.73$49,183
Mar 19952,49067816.44$40,936
Feb 19952,20160816.58$36,493
Jan 19952,50869415.92$39,927
Dec 19942,74076615.03$41,182
Nov 19942,92971315.90$46,571
Oct 19943,02164615.58$47,067
Sep 19943,05676515.29$46,726
Aug 19943,28263316.13$52,939
Jul 19943,23738517.56$56,842
Jun 19943,23736217.09$55,320
May 19943,58049915.88$56,850
Apr 19943,44063014.14$48,642
Mar 19943,56773412.46$44,445
Feb 19943,23859112.50$40,475
Jan 19943,3811,25012.66$42,803
Dec 19933,3251,13912.33$40,997
Nov 19933,2711,15614.49$47,397
Oct 19933,2681,12315.85$51,798
Sep 19933,2171,16115.03$48,352
Aug 19933,2721,27815.66$51,240
Jul 19933,5441,59415.46$54,790
Jun 19933,4581,46516.79$58,060
May 19933,6071,28017.68$63,772
Apr 19933,6151,09018.05$65,251
Mar 19933,7832,05718.14$68,624
Feb 19933,4061,82217.90$60,967
Jan 19934,0622,09016.93$68,770

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                  512 bbl  × $106.41 =    $54,482
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $0

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Month total                                  $54,482

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/4612 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.