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RUBY

Ruby is an oil lease in Jack County, Texas, in the JMG Mag (Miss) field. It stopped producing after December 2023: nothing has been reported for 2 years 8 months since. Best Petroleum Explorations,inc was its last operator.

This lease has stopped

Dec 2023last month with oil or gas

Nothing reported for 2 years 8 months since, through Aug 2026.

Last operator
Best Petroleum Explorations,inc.
County
Jack County
Field
JMG Mag (Miss)
RRC lease
09-31947

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Silent for
2 years 8 months
First report
Jun 2011
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Stopped producing after December 2023

Ruby, 2011–2026

Its whole life in the Railroad Commission’s monthly reports, which start in January 1993; it first reported in June 2011. Royalty owners and their heirs can still be on the county roll after the checks stop.

What its oil and gas sold for each year since June 2011$ a year, at each month's pricessilent
Ruby: what its oil and gas sold for each year, 2011 to 2026Ruby: what its oil and gas sold for each year, 2011 to 2026. The best year was 2011, with $1.8 million sold. It stopped producing after December 2023; nothing since, through August 2026.SILENT2 YR 8 MOBest year 2011 · $1.8MLast production Dec 202320112013201520172019202120232025
Ruby: what its oil and gas sold for each year, 2011 to 2026Ruby: what its oil and gas sold for each year, 2011 to 2026. The best year was 2011, with $1.8 million sold. It stopped producing after December 2023; nothing since, through August 2026.Best year 2011 · $1.8MLast production Dec 202320112015201920232026
  1. First reportJun 2011
  2. Best year2011$1.8 million sold
  3. Last operatorBest Petroleum Explorations,inc.from Jan 2020
  4. Last productionDec 2023
  5. Silent for2 years 8 monthsthrough Aug 2026
Oil sold since June 2011
35,310barrels
Gas sold since June 2011
550,305thousand cubic feet (mcf)
Sold for, in all
$4.9 millionat each month's public prices, 100% of the lease

Source: Texas Railroad Commission production reports since January 1993 (oil and gas sold); EIA prices, through August 2026.

Every year as a table
Ruby: oil and gas sold each year
YearMonthsOil sold, bblGas sold, mcfSold for
2026 *800$0
20251200$0
20241200$0
202312771,030$8,557
2022120989$6,553
2021122091,839$19,316
2020122812,988$17,849
2019126768,454$59,903
20181266111,461$77,996
20171284512,866$80,925
20161262021,428$77,697
20151278628,476$115,435
2014121,66855,263$405,238
2013122,68574,497$538,814
20121211,664211,111$1,711,016
2011715,138119,903$1,840,899

* Part of the year: the records run through August 2026.

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Wells on this lease and around it

Where the state's map puts this lease's 2 wells, and what has been drilled or permitted within about 2 miles of them.
Map of the Ruby lease in Jack County, Texas: its 2 wells ringed, among 158 wells and 0 recent drilling locations in a picture about 7 miles across.
  • This lease2Its wells, ringed on the map: 1 not producing, 1 plugged
  • Drilling locations0Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells37On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing68Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged53The state's wellbore record says plugged

The 2 ringed dots are this lease's wells, each where the Railroad Commission's map puts it. The other dots are wells and drilling permits of the last 24 months on the land around it; the counts are for everything in the picture, which is about 7 miles across. The thin brown lines are the original land surveys; where there is room, a survey carries its abstract number, the number deeds and division orders cite. Sources: Railroad Commission of Texas well layers, drilling permit files and survey lines, base map from USGS The National Map.

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<a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/leases/ruby-09-31947"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/lease-wells/ruby-09-31947.svg" alt="Map of the Ruby lease in Jack County, Texas: its 2 wells ringed, among 158 wells and 0 recent drilling locations in a picture about 7 miles across." width="1000" height="951" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border:0"></a>
<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/leases/ruby-09-31947">Wells on the Ruby lease, Jack County, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Other leases named Ruby

3 leases share this name in district 09. The Railroad Commission gives each gas well its own number and each oil lease another, so one unit often shows up as several of these.

Production by month

The 36 months up to its last report

  • Oil (bars)
  • Gas (line)
The 36 months up to its last reportMonthly oil production and gas for Ruby, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. The 36 months up to its last report.bbl per monthmcf per month0012525037541005125Oct 23Jan 24AprJulOctJan 25AprJulOctJan 26AprJul
The 36 months up to its last reportMonthly oil production and gas for Ruby, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. The 36 months up to its last report.bbl per monthmcf per month0012525037541005125Jan 24JulJan 25JulJan 26Jul

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, through Aug 2026.

Where the gas went

All of the gas went to a transmission line in the 4 months reported

All of the gas went to a transmission line in the 4 months reportedShare of RUBY gas by disposition code each month, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. All of the gas went to a transmission line in the 4 months reported.Share of the lease’s gas by disposition code, per month0%50%100%Oct 23Jan 24AprJulOctJan 25AprJulOctJan 26AprJul
All of the gas went to a transmission line in the 4 months reportedShare of RUBY gas by disposition code each month, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. All of the gas went to a transmission line in the 4 months reported.Share of gas by disposition code0%50%100%Jan 24JulJan 25JulJan 26Jul

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, through Aug 2026.

2 wells on this lease

Wells on RUBY
API numberWellStatusCompleted
42-237-39404Ruby 1PluggedJun 8, 2011
42-237-39586Ruby 2Shut inAug 10, 2012

1 of the 2 wells is marked plugged in the Railroad Commission's wellbore records. 1 is not plugged. A plugged well is closed for good. A well that is not plugged can be put back on production, and its operator still owes the plugging.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission production records and full wellbore file.

Other leases on these wells

The Railroad Commission files the same API numbers under one more lease too: a well keeps its number when it moves into a unit or is recompleted under another lease. A deed older than the unit may name one of them.

  • Ruby, Jack County · 1 shared well

Buyers and gatherers

Companies named on the Form P-4, by product
CompanyProductRoleShare%From
Transoil Marketing, LLCOilGathers100May 1, 2012
Midcoast G & P (North Texas)l.p.Casinghead gasBuys100Oct 1, 2018
Midcoast Gathering (N Tx) L.p.Casinghead gasGathers100Oct 1, 2018

SourceRailroad Commission Form P-4 file, Oct 24, 2026 (source).

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99.60 acres on the newest permit

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    The wells on this lease state different acreage

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Permits for Ruby
API numberWell no.Acreson the permit
42-237-39586299.60
42-237-394041279.90

SourceRailroad Commission drilling permits, Oct 31, 2026 (source 1, source 2).

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Ledger for RUBY
MonthOil producedbblOil soldbblGas producedmcfGas soldmcf, codes 2+3FlaredmcfWTI$/bblHenry Hub$/MMBtu
Aug 202600000$83.90$2.78
Jul 202600000$80.46$2.89
Jun 202600000$84.81$3.15
May 202600000$102.13$2.94
Apr 202600000$100.32$2.77
Mar 202600000$91.38$3.04
Feb 202600000$64.51$3.62
Jan 202600000$60.04$7.72
Dec 202500000$57.97$4.26
Nov 202500000$60.06$3.79
Oct 202500000$60.89$3.19
Sep 202500000$63.96$2.97
Aug 202500000$64.86$2.91
Jul 202500000$68.39$3.20
Jun 202500000$68.17$3.02
May 202500000$62.17$3.12
Apr 202500000$63.54$3.42
Mar 202500000$68.24$4.12
Feb 202500000$71.53$4.19
Jan 202500000$75.74$4.13
Dec 202400000$70.12$3.01
Nov 202400000$69.95$2.12
Oct 202400000$71.99$2.20
Sep 202400000$70.24$2.28
Aug 202400000$76.68$1.99
Jul 202400000$81.80$2.07
Jun 202400000$79.77$2.54
May 202400000$80.02$2.12
Apr 202400000$85.35$1.60
Mar 202400000$81.28$1.49
Feb 202400000$77.25$1.72
Jan 202400000$74.15$3.18
Dec 2023201001000$71.90$2.52
Nov 2023401111110$77.69$2.71
Oct 2023401181180$85.64$2.98
Sep 2023401001000$89.43$2.64

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, through Aug 2026. Prices: EIA, through Oct 2026. Updated Oct 30, 2026.

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OperatorBest Petroleum Explorations,inc.FieldJMG Mag (Miss)CountyJack County

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