LEASES · O-9-15489 · OIL · DISTRICT 7C
Dorcus
ReportingSM Energy Company · Upton County and Midland · Spraberry (Trend Area) field
Dorcus is an RRC oil lease (O-9-15489) in Upton County operated by SM Energy Company, with 53 wells completed on it.
It has reported 3.88M barrels of oil and 15.2M mcf of gas since November 2003, last reporting volume in April 2026 (statewide data runs through April 2026).
The last 12 reported months total 12.7K barrels of oil, down 51% on the year before; the lease peaked at 74.1K barrels in July 2016.
3 operators have filed production on it, most recently SM Energy Company since July 2010.
- 3.88M
- bbl oil, all reported
- 15.2M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead
- 12.7K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported
- -51%
- vs the 12 before
- 53
- wells completed on it
- 74.1K
- peak month, bbl (Jul 2016)
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · FIRST NOV 2003 · 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 12,693 · prior 12 25,775(-51%)
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 132,267 · prior 12 193,145(-32%)
Decline curve
A MODEL FITTED TO THE REPORTS, NOT A REPORT
An Arps hyperbolic curve fitted to the 118 reporting months of oil since the peak in Jul 2016. The dashed line below is that curve, drawn over the months it was fitted to and then 24 months past the last report; where it parts from the columns is where the model stops describing the lease. It describes the trend of past reports. It does not know about recompletions, shut-ins, or new wells, and it is shown only when the lease reported within the last year and the curve explains most of the history.
- 35%
- first-year decline from the peak (nominal Di 44%)
- 0.1
- b factor (hyperbolic)
- 0.84
- fit R²
- 56.1K
- bbl remaining on the curve, to 1 per month
Oil, barrels reported months since the peak, with the fitted curve and its projection
Last 12 months 12,693 · prior 12 25,775(-51%)
Fitted hyperbolic curve from the Jul 2016 peak, dashed 24 months past the last report
| Projected month | Oct 2026 | Apr 2027 | Oct 2027 | Apr 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the curve, bbl per month | 1,121 | 963 | 830 | 716 |
Quoting a projected figure as if it were reported would be wrong; the reported figures are the ones in the charts and the table view. How production is reported →
Who reported it
Each run of months one operator filed the production report, oldest first.
- Henry Petroleum LPNov 2003 → Nov 2006 · 37 mo
- St. Mary Land & Exploration Co.Dec 2006 → Jun 2010 · 43 mo
- SM Energy CompanyJul 2010 → Jul 2026 · 193 mo
Wells on the lease
FROM COMPLETION REPORTS · PRODUCTION ABOVE IS THEIR TOTAL
53
wells completed on the lease
- Shut IN
- 28
- Plugged
- 15
- Producing
- 8
- NO Type on File
- 2
Operates them now
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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