GOUGER, H. E. FEE NCT-4

Operated by VARAS ENERGY OPERATING COMPANY, (P-5 102824) in the HOSTETTER (WILCOX 9,900) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 156685District 01Field 428035812 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$15.4 M
Dec 1995 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
366
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, gas

The Railroad Commission's own record for the field this lease produces from, including the spacing rule that governs how close together its wells may be drilled.

These are facts about the field, not about this lease. The field holds 6 leases and 6 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1968-04-01
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
no field rule filed
From a lease line
no field rule filed

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: AOF-1 AND AOF-2 EFFECTIVE 05/01/96.

Severance-tax incentive filings

Applications the operator filed to have this lease's gas taxed at a reduced state rate. A filing is an application, and this page never calls one a reduction that was granted.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
High Cost Gas111998-04-14137614
NGPA1none

This says nothing about a royalty. A severance tax is charged to the operator. Whether a reduced rate reaches a royalty owner depends on the wording of the lease instrument, which is a private contract this site does not hold.

What this lease produced, and what it was worth

Oil and condensate are valued on the volume the state records as disposed of; gas and casinghead gas on the volume produced. They are different columns of different files, and the difference is not cosmetic.

StreamBasisVolumeValue
CondensateDisposition16,627 bbl$747,700
GasProduction3,977,068 Mcf$14,674,656
Total$15,422,356

498,745 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 13 months, carries no value here. No free Texas wellhead gas price exists before 1997, so those months are left out of the total rather than valued at zero. The total above is therefore a floor, not an estimate.

Wells on this lease (1)

Every wellbore the Railroad Commission records against this lease key, with the depth, the last completion and the plug date exactly as filed. A well with no plug date is not stated to be producing — the state files no such flag.

These wells centre on 28.0778, -98.3869. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

28.07781, -98.38691 · centre of the wells drawn, derived

What these wells add up to

Every figure below is counted over all of this lease's wells, not over the rows listed above. The Railroad Commission files two facts about a well's state — a plug date and a proration-schedule flag — and a well can carry both, so they are published as separate counts and never merged into a status.

On the schedule
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
Median depth
10,920 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
00.0%
A plug date is filed
00.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
00.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
1100.0%

A plug date is the date the Commission recorded the wellbore as sealed with cement and abandoned. It is the only end-of-life fact Texas files. There is no "active" flag on a well, so this page does not print one — a well with no plug date is not stated to be producing.

How deep they were drilled

The one well that filed a depth was drilled to 10,920 ft.

Completions filed
Jan 1996
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-31133053810,920 ftJan 1996

The API number is the state's, prefixed 42 for Texas. A well is matched to this lease by the lease key the Commission files on the wellbore record, so a well that has moved between leases appears under each one it was filed against.

Every month this lease reported (366)

Volume × price = value, one row per cycle. The price columns are the same series published on the prices page — nothing here is modelled.

366 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 202308876.533.39$298
Dec 202206,46976.415.73$37,061
Nov 202203,14685.005.65$17,763
Oct 20221656,08487.185.86$50,060
Sep 202206,41484.888.16$52,362
Aug 202206,64294.529.13$60,623
Jul 202205,947101.587.54$44,853
Jun 202204,337115.097.98$34,597
May 202203,335109.378.43$28,124
Apr 202207,216104.226.84$49,340
Mar 202206,368108.885.08$32,327
Feb 20221205,85691.054.86$39,379
Jan 2022010,54481.844.54$47,845
Dec 2021053471.323.90$2,082
Nov 20211632,42177.435.24$25,300
Oct 202105,93579.795.71$33,912
Sep 202105,38969.865.35$28,836
Aug 202105,81566.024.22$24,543
Jul 202106,31770.783.98$25,155
Jun 20211606,12569.493.38$31,825
May 202106,28263.483.02$18,957
Apr 202105,86460.362.76$16,175
Mar 2021765,82961.302.72$20,496
Feb 202106,12557.805.55$33,981
Jan 2021666,27250.412.81$20,953
Dec 2020685,75944.642.68$18,443
Nov 2020256,80538.772.71$19,387
Oct 2020246,37536.972.48$16,687
Sep 20201936,29337.091.99$19,688
Aug 2020216,50939.982.39$16,364
Jul 2020216,55538.371.83$12,769
Jun 2020446,21934.901.69$12,048
May 2020226,82816.921.81$12,763
Apr 202006,89114.751.80$12,434
Mar 20202006,07130.341.86$17,337
Feb 2020236,23549.881.98$13,497
Jan 2020236,83257.252.09$15,628
Dec 2019796,72459.012.30$20,156
Nov 2019656,71855.302.75$22,074
Oct 201906,95153.472.42$16,811
Sep 201907,77955.052.66$20,671
Aug 201904,64153.112.30$10,695
Jul 20191356,65856.272.46$23,976
Jun 201906,98252.782.49$17,394
May 201905,92158.482.74$16,225
Apr 201906,38862.632.75$17,571
Mar 20191747,21256.803.06$31,967
Feb 201906,91350.852.79$19,303
Jan 201907,14846.033.23$23,075
Dec 201807,36546.594.19$30,826
Nov 20181687,13352.934.24$39,116
Oct 201807,44061.443.40$25,282
Sep 201807,18859.543.11$22,340
Aug 201807,45659.403.07$22,864
Jul 20181667,50565.142.93$32,817
Jun 201807,48860.183.08$23,040
May 201807,63565.382.90$22,148
Apr 2018657,83863.842.90$26,886
Mar 201808,12961.222.79$22,654
Feb 201806,91861.782.77$19,136
Jan 20181227,79162.874.01$38,907
Dec 201708,00857.272.92$23,396
Nov 2017388,03755.423.12$27,168
Oct 20171668,93949.292.98$34,853
Sep 201708,89347.523.09$27,455
Aug 20171747,28645.373.00$29,784
Jul 2017010,11543.873.09$31,228
Jun 20171659,54042.493.09$36,464
May 20171729,31045.373.26$38,186
Apr 2017014,34547.933.21$46,070
Mar 201708,35046.772.98$24,914
Feb 20172345,68450.452.95$28,588
Jan 201707,49749.413.42$25,631
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 201677641.442.92$3,208
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 201604,21045.352.69$11,307
May 201608,09042.521.99$16,108
Apr 2016908,35836.561.99$19,932
Mar 201608,58433.011.79$15,400
Feb 20163579,60426.472.06$29,269
Jan 201606,68827.352.36$15,813
Dec 201501,50532.362.00$3,012
Nov 2015158,09638.792.17$18,129
Oct 20151616,11443.552.43$21,848
Sep 2015716,59642.992.76$21,247
Aug 201508,86940.162.87$25,476
Jul 2015866,74148.152.95$23,994
Jun 2015502,50956.152.88$10,041
May 201516110,02355.212.96$38,511
Apr 2015655,26849.822.71$17,497
Mar 2015696,70042.892.93$22,622
Feb 201509,51544.662.98$28,318
Jan 201502,73043.433.10$8,465
Dec 20141766,25754.693.59$32,097
Nov 201407,32670.464.25$31,149
Oct 201408,20578.303.90$32,007
Sep 201407,56786.164.05$30,612
Aug 2014669,28789.394.04$43,374
Jul 201407,58996.564.18$31,719
Jun 20141546,93298.164.74$47,953
May 20142337,69694.734.73$58,448
Apr 201406,86495.944.81$33,010
Mar 201406,65395.895.06$33,643
Feb 201406,24197.406.19$38,644
Jan 20142367,38690.404.86$57,236
Dec 201307,14491.824.35$31,108
Nov 201305,89388.853.74$22,030
Oct 201308,03297.423.78$30,356
Sep 201308,220104.113.72$30,560
Aug 20139211,383104.253.52$49,689
Jul 20130746102.523.72$2,773
Jun 20131374,49394.403.93$30,606
May 2013667,18794.834.15$36,078
Apr 201306,74193.964.28$28,869
Mar 201307,67593.623.91$30,031
Feb 2013697,68291.233.42$32,567
Jan 20131436,35491.603.42$34,829
Dec 201208,02186.773.42$27,433
Nov 201208,20486.953.62$29,739
Oct 2012747,83289.383.40$33,240
Sep 201208,48394.672.92$24,757
Aug 201224911,60892.662.91$56,830
Jul 201209,13285.133.02$27,586
Jun 2012588,46179.822.52$25,943
May 201207,78791.612.49$19,377
Apr 201208,458101.652.00$16,889
Mar 2012925,855105.052.22$22,675
Feb 201208,062101.102.57$20,721
Jan 201209,99798.092.73$27,333
Dec 201156,65296.873.24$22,035
Nov 201117,83295.723.31$26,030
Oct 201106,80584.983.65$24,828
Sep 201107,29283.623.99$29,064
Aug 2011968,94783.404.15$45,130
Jul 2011010,73094.144.52$48,470
Jun 201105,48492.904.64$25,445
May 2011909,19098.134.40$49,312
Apr 201108,740105.964.33$37,873
Mar 201118,97996.364.06$36,527
Feb 2011010,15685.644.18$42,452
Jan 2011876,42086.504.59$36,985
Dec 201009,23785.734.35$40,160
Nov 201009,89580.843.80$37,555
Oct 201010110,03278.103.51$43,089
Sep 201007,51472.633.98$29,902
Aug 2010010,02173.684.42$44,286
Jul 2010110,12472.554.74$48,025
Jun 201008,81570.364.91$43,285
May 20101247,38671.124.24$40,100
Apr 2010111,77081.694.12$48,606
Mar 201007,27378.394.39$31,919
Feb 201008,44773.585.44$45,972
Jan 20109910,27274.365.96$68,625
Dec 2009010,23071.445.48$56,099
Nov 2009010,30874.593.75$38,670
Oct 20098911,18572.544.11$52,429
Sep 200908,92265.543.06$27,344
Aug 2009110,86067.423.22$35,020
Jul 2009110,77761.133.46$37,398
Jun 20098810,24566.163.90$45,726
May 200909,63954.743.93$37,840
Apr 200909,43346.773.59$33,841
Mar 20099210,41442.144.06$46,147
Feb 200908,76232.814.63$40,594
Jan 2009110,00935.865.37$53,794
Dec 200810110,50637.105.98$66,543
Nov 2008010,86955.496.86$74,565
Oct 200818,62875.246.92$59,798
Sep 2008918,917101.767.88$79,500
Aug 2008010,205114.228.48$86,569
Jul 2008011,595131.0811.39$132,060
Jun 20087410,353131.3313.03$144,645
May 200808,240123.1711.57$95,372
Apr 200809,748110.3110.45$101,914
Mar 2008929,967101.909.66$105,697
Feb 200849,74392.538.77$85,822
Jan 20083010,54890.388.21$89,265
Dec 20072110,32988.337.30$77,277
Nov 20079010,29691.677.29$83,326
Oct 2007010,26382.856.92$71,040
Sep 2007010,21875.846.24$63,803
Aug 2007011,06469.066.39$70,676
Jul 2007959,93970.906.39$70,225
Jun 2007010,58062.007.55$79,863
May 20071610,97458.747.85$87,045
Apr 200711110,38759.617.81$87,689
Mar 20071710,80256.927.30$79,844
Feb 200739,56155.108.22$78,718
Jan 200711411,32350.306.73$81,902
Dec 200688,58856.656.92$59,869
Nov 200610510,84554.207.62$88,303
Oct 20065411,13354.906.01$69,916
Sep 2006210,73660.085.04$54,200
Aug 200610010,91468.717.34$86,979
Jul 2006611,18569.376.34$71,360
Jun 2006510,99666.286.38$70,529
May 20061211,43666.016.42$74,268
Apr 20069711,30364.397.36$89,441
Mar 2006011,11756.707.08$78,741
Feb 200610410,21457.597.75$85,159
Jan 2006012,45960.598.93$111,300
Dec 20058710,52954.9413.42$146,031
Nov 20055610,32454.6910.59$112,377
Oct 2005012,83858.3413.80$177,110
Sep 2005479,77761.4512.08$120,985
Aug 200507,27061.519.80$71,223
Jul 2005011,67255.697.84$91,551
Jun 20056310,32052.337.38$79,469
May 2005011,62945.226.65$77,346
Apr 20056810,41049.207.36$79,968
Mar 2005011,61550.377.15$83,104
Feb 2005010,86345.226.31$68,566
Jan 20058912,32143.166.32$81,737
Dec 200416512,27539.866.75$89,446
Nov 20046111,99445.286.33$78,689
Oct 2004012,90649.706.52$84,084
Sep 2004012,54643.245.28$66,292
Aug 20049113,36242.375.55$78,024
Jul 2004013,01338.286.08$79,173
Jun 200412611,43636.106.43$78,117
May 2004012,57237.486.49$81,650
Apr 20049311,90434.475.86$72,945
Mar 2004012,63834.365.53$69,890
Feb 20049612,33132.455.51$71,054
Jan 2004012,27432.036.30$77,322
Dec 20039712,12430.266.30$79,336
Nov 20039112,83928.804.60$61,618
Oct 2003013,96528.174.76$66,468
Sep 20039312,94026.314.75$63,904
Aug 2003013,67729.765.13$70,159
Jul 20039313,18729.415.17$70,923
Jun 2003013,16328.565.98$78,754
May 20039512,89926.595.97$79,568
Apr 2003014,02526.675.41$75,837
Mar 2003013,91131.146.10$84,802
Feb 2003012,35133.487.93$97,893
Jan 200313314,67730.315.58$85,959
Dec 2002014,88926.914.85$72,268
Nov 200213814,65624.664.14$64,034
Oct 2002015,43426.464.23$65,272
Sep 2002014,99027.443.64$54,492
Aug 200215115,73025.963.16$53,692
Jul 2002014,89824.583.06$45,614
Jun 2002014,31223.733.34$47,777
May 2002014,94024.663.58$53,545
Apr 20029214,89923.653.51$54,506
Mar 2002016,11922.003.10$50,013
Feb 2002013,78218.222.38$32,742
Jan 200212414,59117.172.38$36,793
Dec 2001012,11916.932.36$28,654
Nov 2001018,05818.072.41$43,439
Oct 2001016,67819.782.53$42,177
Sep 2001017,05124.262.25$38,387
Aug 2001015,55824.873.05$47,501
Jul 2001017,07023.933.20$54,574
Jun 2001015,98124.563.82$61,114
May 20019317,31025.524.31$76,933
Apr 2001015,89924.685.34$84,826
Mar 200110417,23724.545.38$95,226
Feb 200115515,97027.755.77$96,402
Jan 2001016,52927.478.40$138,823
Dec 200015017,16926.889.12$160,656
Nov 2000016,84932.215.66$95,332
Oct 2000017,96931.235.15$92,459
Sep 2000016,38531.875.19$84,981
Aug 200015018,51229.644.54$88,504
Jul 2000018,98628.534.09$77,648
Jun 2000018,81629.304.40$82,739
May 2000018,42927.263.68$67,814
Apr 2000018,67724.513.12$58,198
Mar 200027719,81428.422.86$64,535
Feb 2000018,00427.622.73$49,088
Jan 2000019,01925.272.48$47,177
Dec 199928019,82524.282.42$54,849
Nov 199917018,40523.192.43$48,740
Oct 1999020,34420.982.80$57,039
Sep 1999019,34021.752.62$50,649
Aug 199913612,88819.262.88$39,680
Jul 1999020,52317.892.37$48,688
Jun 1999020,28415.942.36$47,913
May 199912820,47615.792.32$49,546
Apr 1999020,70415.102.21$45,715
Mar 199912322,41412.471.84$42,738
Feb 199911718,0969.981.82$34,062
Jan 1999023,12110.381.90$43,929
Dec 1998022,5129.201.77$39,921
Nov 199812322,00110.892.19$49,428
Oct 199812423,46712.421.97$47,752
Sep 199812021,58712.592.08$46,468
Aug 1998023,89411.301.91$45,574
Jul 199812325,73111.742.24$59,011
Jun 199812224,03011.242.24$55,133
May 1998024,62612.622.21$54,333
Apr 199812221,09013.042.51$54,428
Mar 199811924,45612.802.31$58,003
Feb 1998024,75313.952.30$56,910
Jan 199812425,79514.702.15$57,406
Dec 1997021,59716.322.41$52,073
Nov 1997027,35418.193.09$84,476
Oct 199713928,16619.253.15$91,394
Sep 1997028,30217.742.95$83,629
Aug 1997033,78317.862.55$86,307
Jul 199714025,04917.582.25$58,745
Jun 1997025,78317.242.26$58,197
May 199713128,28618.972.31$67,783
Apr 199711528,53517.882.08$61,488
Mar 19978631,52418.951.94$62,759
Feb 19976429,30620.492.21$65,957
Jan 19976933,28223.483.54$119,428
Dec 19967332,52223.32$1,702
Nov 19966532,23821.97$1,428
Oct 19967033,61923.31$1,632
Sep 19969435,20322.22$2,089
Aug 199613338,16420.26$2,695
Jul 19966539,27719.55$1,271
Jun 199613940,39618.73$2,603
May 199615343,89319.43$2,973
Apr 199621044,86321.51$4,517
Mar 199647451,27319.38$9,186
Feb 199639551,27316.98$6,707
Jan 199638837,80617.07$6,623
Dec 1995018,21817.19$0

How to read this page

The arithmetic is one multiplication per stream per month. Here it is, worked, on a real row from the table above.

Jan 2023 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 76.53 =         $0
Gas                   88 Mcf  × $  3.39 =       $298

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $298

The volumes are the state's, unchanged

Every barrel and every Mcf on this page is a number the Railroad Commission of Texas published in its monthly production query. Nothing is modelled, estimated or filled in.

The dollars are a multiplication, not a valuation

Volume × a published monthly price. It is not what the operator was paid: it takes no account of a contract, a differential, a transportation deduction, or the share any one owner holds.

Oil and gas are priced differently

Oil is a Texas realisation — the crude oil first purchase price. Gas is a benchmark, because no free Texas wellhead gas series exists at any date. The prices page publishes the difference rather than correcting it away.

A lease is not a well

The state reports oil on lease and gas on well, and this page is the lease grain. 01/G/156685 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.