LEASES · O-8-31480 · OIL · DISTRICT 7B

Richards

Reporting

Privateer Energy LLC · Taylor County · View, E. (Fry) field

Richards is an RRC oil lease (O-8-31480) in Taylor County operated by Privateer Energy LLC, with one well completed on it.

It has reported 8.06K barrels of oil and 11.6K mcf of gas since March 2014, last reporting volume in April 2026 (statewide data runs through April 2026).

The last 12 reported months total 248 barrels of oil, up 24% on the year before; the lease peaked at 473 barrels in April 2014.

5 operators have filed production on it, most recently Privateer Energy LLC since October 2023.

8.06K
bbl oil, all reported
11.6K
mcf gas incl. casinghead
248
bbl oil, last 12 reported
+24%
vs the 12 before
1
wells completed on it
473
peak month, bbl (Apr 2014)

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · FIRST MAR 2014 · LAST VOLUME APR 2026 · 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.

Last 12 months 248 · prior 12 200(+24%)

0501002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

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.

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

012017201820192020202120222023202420252026

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.

  1. Vista Exploration, LLCMar 2014 → May 2017 · 39 mo
  2. VX Operating, LLCJun 2017 → Aug 2017 · 3 mo
  3. Burnt Rock Energy, LLCSep 2017 → Nov 2021 · 51 mo
  4. Fiesta Energy LLCDec 2021 → Sep 2023 · 22 mo
  5. Privateer Energy LLCOct 2023 → Jul 2026 · 34 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

All 1 wells, searchable →

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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