FIELDS · 17915312 · DISTRICT 03
Chocolate Bayou ( Frio Upper)
Brazoria 20
Chocolate Bayou ( Frio Upper) is an RRC field with 24 leases on file reported by 19 operators, in Brazoria County.
In the 12 months reported through April 2026 it produced 12,161 barrels of oil, down 47% on the year before, from 6 leases reporting volume.
Elliott Oil & Gas Oper Co holds the most, 9 leases and 559,207 barrels lifetime.
Lifetime, the field has reported 1.4 million barrels of oil and 3.3 million mcf of gas, across 17 oil and 7 gas leases.
- 24
- leases on file · 17 oil, 7 gas
- 19
- operators, all time
- 12.2K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported -47%
- 9.72K
- mcf gas, last 12 reported +85%
- 6
- leases reporting volume
- 1.44M
- bbl oil, lifetime · 3.28M mcf
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Oil by month
TEN YEARS · EVERY LEASE IN THE FIELD
Barrels reported on Form PR across the field's leases. The latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive.
Last 12 months 12,161 · prior 12 23,150(-47%)
Gas by month
TEN YEARS · EVERY LEASE IN THE FIELD
Gas-well gas plus casinghead, mcf, across the field's leases. The latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive.
Last 12 months 9,718 · prior 12 5,243(+85%)
Leases reporting volume
How many of the field's leases reported any oil or gas each month: the field's active footprint.
Latest month 2 · a year earlier 5(-60%)
Operators
BY LIFETIME OIL ON THEIR LEASES · TOP 10
| Operator | Leases | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Last reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott Oil & Gas Oper Co | 9 | 559K | 489K | Jul 2026 |
| White Marlin Oper Co, LLC | 3 | 413K | 2.16M | Jul 2026 |
| Atlas Oper LLC | 3 | 385K | 284K | Jul 2026 |
| Sandalwood Expl, L.P | 1 | 56K | 86.3K | Aug 2015 |
| Howard Expl, Inc | 2 | 23K | 83.5K | Mar 2015 |
| Dune Oper Co | 2 | 0 | 61.4K | Jun 2012 |
| XOG Res, LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 | Feb 2021 |
| Elliott Oil & Gas Co | 1 | 0 | 502K | Apr 1999 |
| Phillips Petro Co | 1 | 0 | 12.9K | Feb 1995 |
| Ultra Oil & Gas, Inc | 1 | 0 | 22.5K | Jul 1993 |
All 24 leases in Chocolate Bayou ( Frio Upper), searchable →
Counties
- Brazoria County → 20 leases
About this data
Field 17915312 from RRC PDQ lease reports: lifetime totals and lease and operator counts from the field summary; the monthly series summed nightly from every lease report naming the field, cut at the statewide reported-through month. Counties from the wells completed on each lease.
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