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 157469District 01Field 428035812 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.4 M
Feb 1996 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$61 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
364
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 Gas221998-02-24 – 2001-10-122 dockets
NGPA2none

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
CondensateDisposition10,393 bbl$405,067
GasProduction1,032,811 Mcf$3,029,583
Total$3,434,649

250,590 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 11 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 28.0736, -98.3861. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

28.07357, -98.38607 · 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
13,000 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 13,000 ft.

Completions filed
Feb 1996
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-31132419513,000 ftFeb 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 (364)

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

364 months

May 202601,065106.413.05$3,244
Apr 2026089098.932.87$2,554
Mar 2026080089.753.15$2,520
Feb 2026066963.503.75$2,509
Jan 202601,87159.138.00$14,964
Dec 202502,37256.664.41$10,468
Nov 2025041158.593.93$1,614
Oct 2025010459.383.30$344
Sep 2025051062.743.08$1,569
Aug 202501,16363.933.01$3,506
Jul 202505,06666.743.32$16,795
Jun 2025016666.483.13$519
May 2025060760.553.23$1,962
Apr 2025031062.363.54$1,098
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 2023080680.522.67$2,154
Jul 202301,20474.852.64$3,181
Jun 202301,21468.962.26$2,742
May 202301,09170.622.23$2,430
Apr 2023601,17278.122.24$7,310
Mar 202301,02272.852.39$2,446
Feb 2023030175.112.47$742
Jan 2023025076.533.39$847
Dec 2022027576.415.73$1,576
Nov 2022034285.005.65$1,931
Oct 2022623187.185.86$1,878
Sep 2022030584.888.16$2,490
Aug 2022021694.529.13$1,971
Jul 20220290101.587.54$2,187
Jun 20220169115.097.98$1,348
May 20220208109.378.43$1,754
Apr 20220162104.226.84$1,108
Mar 20220185108.885.08$939
Feb 20221049991.054.86$3,335
Jan 2022031381.844.54$1,420
Dec 2021043371.323.90$1,688
Nov 20212334177.435.24$3,567
Oct 2021043879.795.71$2,503
Sep 2021016669.865.35$888
Aug 2021023966.024.22$1,009
Jul 2021029970.783.98$1,191
Jun 2021829069.493.38$1,536
May 2021032863.483.02$990
Apr 2021032560.362.76$896
Mar 2021539161.302.72$1,369
Feb 2021036757.805.55$2,036
Jan 2021543750.412.81$1,480
Dec 2020543944.642.68$1,398
Nov 2020126838.772.71$764
Oct 2020127536.972.48$719
Sep 2020927937.091.99$889
Aug 2020137639.982.39$937
Jul 2020144438.371.83$849
Jun 2020341834.901.69$811
May 2020143316.921.81$803
Apr 2020045214.751.80$816
Mar 20201544630.341.86$1,283
Feb 2020245749.881.98$1,005
Jan 2020144557.252.09$989
Dec 2019648459.012.30$1,469
Nov 2019550255.302.75$1,657
Oct 2019051453.472.42$1,243
Sep 2019058155.052.66$1,544
Aug 2019047453.112.30$1,092
Jul 20191154256.272.46$1,952
Jun 2019050452.782.49$1,256
May 2019055958.482.74$1,532
Apr 2019053762.632.75$1,477
Mar 20191457656.803.06$2,559
Feb 2019053750.852.79$1,499
Jan 2019055946.033.23$1,805
Dec 2018056946.594.19$2,382
Nov 20181457652.934.24$3,182
Oct 2018060561.443.40$2,056
Sep 2018058659.543.11$1,821
Aug 2018063559.403.07$1,947
Jul 20181463465.142.93$2,771
Jun 2018064460.183.08$1,982
May 2018068265.382.90$1,978
Apr 2018453463.842.90$1,804
Mar 2018054661.222.79$1,522
Feb 2018049861.782.77$1,378
Jan 2018960162.874.01$2,975
Dec 2017061257.272.92$1,788
Nov 2017357855.423.12$1,969
Oct 20172210249.292.98$1,389
Sep 2017013347.523.09$411
Aug 201726445.373.00$283
Jul 201701243.873.09$37
Jun 201714342.493.09$175
May 20171899345.373.26$4,057
Apr 201701,94347.933.21$6,240
Mar 201701,50946.772.98$4,502
Feb 201731050.452.95$1,564
Jan 2017053349.413.42$1,822
Dec 2016051848.763.72$1,928
Nov 2016055542.492.64$1,468
Oct 2016069346.193.09$2,142
Sep 2016061841.553.10$1,916
Aug 2016652941.442.92$1,796
Jul 20161161941.622.92$2,268
Jun 2016056545.352.69$1,517
May 2016067742.521.99$1,348
Apr 2016762736.561.99$1,504
Mar 2016059333.011.79$1,064
Feb 20162872526.472.06$2,237
Jan 2016059927.352.36$1,416
Dec 2015089932.362.00$1,799
Nov 2015281338.792.17$1,840
Oct 20152178743.552.43$2,824
Sep 2015875542.992.76$2,427
Aug 2015070240.162.87$2,016
Jul 2015435248.152.95$1,229
Jun 2015527256.152.88$1,065
May 20151697955.212.96$3,777
Apr 2015131,07349.822.71$3,552
Mar 2015111,09042.892.93$3,671
Feb 2015089544.662.98$2,664
Jan 2015093743.433.10$2,905
Dec 20142072454.693.59$3,694
Nov 201401,06070.464.25$4,507
Oct 201401,09278.303.90$4,260
Sep 201401,17386.164.05$4,745
Aug 2014101,16089.394.04$5,575
Jul 201401,05296.564.18$4,397
Jun 20142297398.164.74$6,769
May 20142684994.734.73$6,476
Apr 2014081795.944.81$3,929
Mar 201401,10195.895.06$5,568
Feb 2014094997.406.19$5,876
Jan 2014341,07490.404.86$8,294
Dec 201301,07791.824.35$4,690
Nov 2013078688.853.74$2,938
Oct 201301,02997.423.78$3,889
Sep 201301,032104.113.72$3,837
Aug 20138930104.253.52$4,110
Jul 20130885102.523.72$3,290
Jun 2013331,08694.403.93$7,387
May 201311,17894.834.15$4,982
Apr 201311,15493.964.28$5,036
Mar 201301,24293.623.91$4,860
Feb 2013101,14591.233.42$4,828
Jan 2013281,26191.603.42$6,877
Dec 201201,29686.773.42$4,433
Nov 201201,26886.953.62$4,596
Oct 2012111,14089.383.40$4,859
Sep 201201,24994.672.92$3,645
Aug 2012331,53092.662.91$7,507
Jul 2012092485.133.02$2,791
Jun 20125774079.822.52$6,414
May 2012085391.612.49$2,123
Apr 20120768101.652.00$1,534
Mar 201288833105.052.22$11,095
Feb 20120503101.102.57$1,293
Jan 2012034398.092.73$938
Dec 2011032496.873.24$1,050
Nov 2011156895.723.31$1,977
Oct 2011091384.983.65$3,331
Sep 201101,55483.623.99$6,194
Aug 2011961,01983.404.15$12,235
Jul 2011096794.144.52$4,368
Jun 201101,18792.904.64$5,508
May 2011911,30198.134.40$14,661
Apr 201101,351105.964.33$5,854
Mar 201111,48496.364.06$6,117
Feb 201101,20385.644.18$5,029
Jan 20111011,56686.504.59$15,923
Dec 201001,76785.734.35$7,682
Nov 201001,16780.843.80$4,429
Oct 20101081,29178.103.51$12,965
Sep 201001,33572.633.98$5,313
Aug 201001,46373.684.42$6,466
Jul 201011,48372.554.74$7,097
Jun 201001,53270.364.91$7,523
May 2010641,28271.124.24$9,981
Apr 201011,47081.694.12$6,142
Mar 201001,74378.394.39$7,649
Feb 201001,62473.585.44$8,838
Jan 2010751,79474.365.96$16,277
Dec 200902,02171.445.48$11,083
Nov 200901,59374.593.75$5,976
Oct 2009891,63872.544.11$13,189
Sep 200901,84365.543.06$5,648
Aug 200912,01667.423.22$6,556
Jul 200912,86461.133.46$9,983
Jun 2009881,33366.163.90$11,014
May 200901,22754.743.93$4,817
Apr 200902,09946.773.59$7,530
Mar 2009911,86942.144.06$11,421
Feb 200901,23632.814.63$5,726
Jan 200911,85635.865.37$10,004
Dec 20081032,11837.105.98$16,481
Nov 200801,51555.496.86$10,393
Oct 2008167275.246.92$4,727
Sep 20081001,223101.767.88$19,810
Aug 200801,155114.228.48$9,798
Jul 200801,025131.0811.39$11,674
Jun 2008941,466131.3313.03$31,451
May 200801,056123.1711.57$12,222
Apr 200801,101110.3110.45$11,511
Mar 20081021,169101.909.66$21,691
Feb 200841,06692.538.77$9,720
Jan 2008251,18590.388.21$11,983
Dec 2007201,28788.337.30$11,164
Nov 20071031,25491.677.29$18,586
Oct 200701,60082.856.92$11,075
Sep 200701,12675.846.24$7,031
Aug 200701,35969.066.39$8,681
Jul 2007901,20570.906.39$14,078
Jun 200701,22762.007.55$9,262
May 2007161,56458.747.85$13,211
Apr 2007871,91459.617.81$20,125
Mar 200781,67956.927.30$12,715
Feb 200731,53255.108.22$12,752
Jan 2007851,97450.306.73$17,554
Dec 2006121,81956.656.92$13,264
Nov 2006672,06154.207.62$19,331
Oct 200611,93954.906.01$11,716
Sep 200621,87960.085.04$9,585
Aug 2006992,07968.717.34$22,062
Jul 200662,09069.376.34$13,673
Jun 200651,96566.286.38$12,876
May 2006132,48266.016.42$16,805
Apr 20061001,85964.397.36$20,122
Mar 200601,71356.707.08$12,133
Feb 2006951,88257.597.75$20,059
Jan 200602,32160.598.93$20,734
Dec 20051011,88454.9413.42$30,824
Nov 20051342,25654.6910.59$31,216
Oct 200502,04558.3413.80$28,212
Sep 20051341,96061.4512.08$31,909
Aug 200502,60661.519.80$25,531
Jul 200502,02655.697.84$15,891
Jun 20051262,21952.337.38$22,972
May 200502,41145.226.65$16,036
Apr 20051362,11549.207.36$22,259
Mar 200502,23050.377.15$15,955
Feb 200502,21545.226.31$13,981
Jan 20051102,38043.166.32$19,794
Dec 20041662,42739.866.75$23,002
Nov 2004402,38445.286.33$16,903
Oct 200402,80049.706.52$18,242
Sep 200402,55243.245.28$13,485
Aug 2004912,52142.375.55$17,849
Jul 200402,64538.286.08$16,093
Jun 20041722,56636.106.43$22,716
May 200402,39637.486.49$15,561
Apr 2004952,60734.475.86$18,548
Mar 200402,64134.365.53$14,605
Feb 2004962,29332.455.51$15,749
Jan 200402,22832.036.30$14,036
Dec 2003972,15230.266.30$16,496
Nov 2003912,48028.804.60$14,017
Oct 200302,51228.174.76$11,956
Sep 2003932,50426.314.75$14,339
Aug 200302,61629.765.13$13,419
Jul 2003922,76429.415.17$16,998
Jun 200302,53928.565.98$15,191
May 2003903,00026.595.97$20,311
Apr 200303,18526.675.41$17,222
Mar 200303,26831.146.10$19,922
Feb 200302,68633.487.93$21,289
Jan 2003573,30430.315.58$20,171
Dec 200204,14926.914.85$20,138
Nov 2002463,86424.664.14$17,120
Oct 200204,06426.464.23$17,187
Sep 200203,79227.443.64$13,785
Aug 2002284,03425.963.16$13,491
Jul 200203,87424.583.06$11,861
Jun 200203,65023.733.34$12,185
May 200203,79324.663.58$13,594
Apr 2002923,85623.653.51$15,719
Mar 200204,14622.003.10$12,864
Feb 200223,34218.222.38$7,976
Jan 20021134,18417.172.38$11,880
Dec 200104,20216.932.36$9,935
Nov 200104,63218.072.41$11,142
Oct 200104,31219.782.53$10,905
Sep 200104,49524.262.25$10,120
Aug 200103,72024.873.05$11,358
Jul 200104,48223.933.20$14,329
Jun 200104,47824.563.82$17,125
May 20011014,77425.524.31$23,141
Apr 200104,31724.685.34$23,033
Mar 2001904,82624.545.38$28,155
Feb 2001394,30427.755.77$25,904
Jan 200106,30827.478.40$52,979
Dec 20001024,77426.889.12$46,293
Nov 200004,63932.215.66$26,247
Oct 200004,98531.235.15$25,650
Sep 200004,57831.875.19$23,744
Aug 20001415,30329.644.54$28,259
Jul 200005,16828.534.09$21,136
Jun 200005,22229.304.40$22,962
May 200005,38127.263.68$19,801
Apr 200005,22924.513.12$16,294
Mar 20001035,57628.422.86$18,873
Feb 200005,11227.622.73$13,938
Jan 200005,56025.272.48$13,792
Dec 1999325,82024.282.42$14,883
Nov 1999285,39723.192.43$13,786
Oct 199905,97620.982.80$16,755
Sep 199905,70521.752.62$14,941
Aug 1999316,49519.262.88$19,274
Jul 199906,21717.892.37$14,749
Jun 199906,08315.942.36$14,369
May 1999486,15315.792.32$15,039
Apr 199906,32315.102.21$13,962
Mar 1999596,87212.471.84$13,369
Feb 1999666,2419.981.82$12,004
Jan 199907,31710.381.90$13,902
Dec 199807,1129.201.77$12,612
Nov 1998617,30710.892.19$16,635
Oct 1998527,75812.421.97$15,923
Sep 1998597,73012.592.08$16,841
Aug 199877,95011.301.91$15,243
Jul 1998618,17711.742.24$19,010
Jun 1998638,43611.242.24$19,582
May 199808,78412.622.21$19,380
Apr 1998598,31913.042.51$21,611
Mar 1998558,02012.802.31$19,226
Feb 199808,56313.952.30$19,687
Jan 1998539,48814.702.15$21,224
Dec 1997010,05116.322.41$24,234
Nov 199709,56318.193.09$29,533
Oct 19974211,07619.253.15$35,696
Sep 1997110,76717.742.95$31,833
Aug 1997212,61017.862.55$32,251
Jul 19974314,99817.582.25$34,456
Jun 199705,92317.242.26$13,369
May 1997499,84318.972.31$23,652
Apr 19975112,73517.882.08$27,436
Mar 199719513,77218.951.94$30,401
Feb 199719413,09120.492.21$32,853
Jan 199720615,26923.483.54$58,885
Dec 199622615,55323.32$5,270
Nov 199619716,27621.97$4,328
Oct 199620018,02523.31$4,662
Sep 199627919,19622.22$6,199
Aug 199638119,84820.26$7,719
Jul 199619421,06119.55$3,793
Jun 199637622,29918.73$7,042
May 199635125,08819.43$6,820
Apr 199631327,36521.51$6,733
Mar 199636737,35019.38$7,112
Feb 199633828,52916.98$5,739

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.

May 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Gas                1,065 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $3,244

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $3,244

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/157469 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.