LEASES · O-3-9856 · OIL · DISTRICT 03
Praesel, Arthur
Ernest Operating Company · Burleson County · Briar Branch (Navarro) field
Praesel, Arthur is an RRC oil lease (O-3-9856) in Burleson County operated by Ernest Operating Company, with one well completed on it.
It has reported 5.91K barrels of oil and 47 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in June 2025 (statewide data runs through April 2026).
It reported 33 barrels of oil in the 12 months through April 2026, down 87% on the year before; the lease peaked at 100 barrels in January 1995.
3 operators have filed production on it, most recently Ernest Operating Company since May 1994.
- 5.91K
- bbl oil, all reported
- 47
- mcf gas incl. casinghead
- 33
- bbl oil, 12 months through Apr 2026
- -87%
- vs the 12 before
- 1
- wells completed on it
- 100
- peak month, bbl (Jan 1995)
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · FIRST JAN 1993 · LAST VOLUME JUN 2025 · STATEWIDE DATA THROUGH APR 2026
Oil by month
Barrels reported on Form PR for the whole lease. The latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive.
12 months through Apr 2026 33 · prior 12 246(-87%)
Gas by month
Gas-well gas plus casinghead gas, mcf. On an oil lease all gas is reported as casinghead. The latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive.
12 months through Apr 2026 0 · prior 12 0
Decline curve
None shown. Petrora fits an Arps curve only when the last ten years of oil reports follow one decline closely enough to project (R² of 0.7 or better over at least a year since the peak). This lease's recent history does not, so a projection would be a guess dressed as a number.
Who reported it
Each run of months one operator filed the production report, oldest first.
- Crescent Exploration CompanyJan 1993 → Feb 1994 · 14 mo
- Keesee, H. K.Mar 1994 → Apr 1994 · 2 mo
- Ernest Operating CompanyMay 1994 → Jul 2026 · 387 mo
Wells on the lease
FROM COMPLETION REPORTS · PRODUCTION ABOVE IS THEIR TOTAL
1
wells completed on the lease
- Producing
- 1
Operates them now
Newest permits
- — #1—
About this data
Monthly oil, gas, and casinghead from the RRC PDQ production dump, which lags the reporting month by two to three months; figures shown through Apr 2026. Wells from completion reports; operator runs from who filed each month's report.
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