FIELDS · TEXAS · FIELD 69873450

Payton (Lower Devonian)

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Payton (Lower Devonian) is an RRC field with 3 leases on file reported by 5 operators, in Ward County.

In the 12 months reported through April 2026 it produced 21,125 mcf of gas, down 54% on the year before, from 2 leases reporting volume.

WTG Exploration holds the most, 2 leases and 801,182 mcf of gas lifetime.

Lifetime, the field has reported 988 barrels of oil and 2.2 million mcf of gas, across 1 oil and 2 gas leases.

3: leases on file · 1 oil, 2 gas
2: leases reporting volume
5: operators, all time
2: active wellbores of 2 · 2 operators today
0: bbl oil, 12 months through Apr 2026
21,125: Mcf gas, same 12 months · −54%
988: bbl oil, lifetime · 2.2M Mcf gas

Every well completed in it, searchable →

Reported production by month

Last 12 months 21,125 · prior 12 46,127(-54%)

Operators

BY LIFETIME OIL ON THEIR LEASES · TOP 2

Operator	Leases	Oil, bbl	Gas, Mcf	Last reported
WTG Exploration	2	988	801K	Jul 2026
Diamondback E&P LLC	1	0	1.37M	Jul 2026

All 3 leases in Payton (Lower Devonian), searchable →

Counties

Ward County → 3 leases

Latest completions

BY COMPLETION DATE

Well	Operator	County	Completed	Top perf, ft	Oil, 12 mo	Gas, 12 mo
Brandenburg B #5	WTG Exploration	Ward	Sep 1, 2006	—	0	0
Blair #1-M	Diamondback E&P LLC	Ward	Nov 2, 1997	—	0	0

About this data

Field 69873450 from RRC PDQ lease reports: lifetime totals and lease and operator counts from the field summary; the monthly series summed from every lease report naming the field, cut at the statewide reported-through month, Apr 2026. Counties from the wells completed on each lease. Completions are the wellbores the RRC schedule ties to the field. The formation, Lower Devonian, is read from the field's name. Nothing is estimated.

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