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Operated by MARATHON OIL EF LLC (P-5 525398) in the SUGARKANE (EAGLE FORD) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 278302District 02Field 86950600Hydrogen sulphide field2 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$12.9 M
Apr 2015 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$448 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
134
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, gas

The SUGARKANE (EAGLE FORD) field

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 1,993 leases and 2,259 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2009-12-01
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2017-10-10.

The register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “GAS WELLS”

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 Gas112016-02-16217927
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
CondensateDisposition223,610 bbl$11,005,176
GasProduction663,395 Mcf$1,861,217
Total$12,866,393

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 28.8879, -97.7770. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

28.88793, -97.77703 · 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
13,184 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 13,184 ft.

Completions filed
Jan 2016
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-2553355906H13,184 ftJan 2016——

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 (134)

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

134 months

May 2026555172106.413.05$59,581
Apr 202654118998.932.87$54,064
Mar 202657325489.753.15$52,227
Feb 202644423363.503.75$29,068
Jan 202643651959.138.00$29,932
Dec 202545714556.664.41$26,534
Nov 202549317658.593.93$29,576
Oct 20252363259.383.30$14,119
Sep 20255888762.743.08$37,159
Aug 20256526663.933.01$41,881
Jul 20256219166.743.32$41,747
Jun 20254786666.483.13$31,984
May 2025322660.553.23$2,022
Apr 202548348562.363.54$31,838
Mar 20255791,13567.704.27$44,043
Feb 202550152870.884.34$37,803
Jan 202552943674.324.28$41,181
Dec 202461922668.993.12$43,410
Nov 20245521,14369.052.20$40,628
Oct 202454895771.372.28$41,294
Sep 20245891,07869.612.36$43,549
Aug 202459489375.632.06$46,767
Jul 20243401,39879.932.15$30,177
Jun 20247973,30578.082.63$70,935
May 20241,4665,14678.812.20$126,849
Apr 20241,3814,48284.451.66$124,062
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20241425076.091.78$10,894
Jan 202430788473.023.30$25,332
Dec 2023489071.262.61$34,846
Nov 202336410977.892.81$28,658
Oct 20233667585.443.09$31,503
Sep 20233765689.042.74$33,632
Aug 20234466380.522.67$36,080
Jul 20234687574.852.64$35,228
Jun 20232727,63668.962.26$36,003
May 20231935,25470.622.23$25,332
Apr 202312,73078.122.24$6,187
Mar 20234191,38872.852.39$33,846
Feb 20232651,31775.112.47$23,151
Jan 20234432,67776.533.39$42,972
Dec 20223861,77176.415.73$39,640
Nov 202234832385.005.65$31,404
Oct 20224622,63787.185.86$55,740
Sep 20224342,67384.888.16$58,659
Aug 20224752,58894.529.13$68,518
Jul 20224872,932101.587.54$71,583
Jun 20224662,751115.097.98$75,577
May 20224152,779109.378.43$68,824
Apr 20225323,720104.226.84$80,881
Mar 20226872,328108.885.08$86,618
Feb 20226982,34791.054.86$74,957
Jan 20226832,79781.844.54$68,589
Dec 20218753,08871.323.90$74,445
Nov 20217962,63577.435.24$75,433
Oct 20217322,25179.795.71$71,268
Sep 20217962,13069.865.35$67,006
Aug 202138428466.024.22$26,550
Jul 20213982,10470.783.98$36,549
Jun 20212511,85069.493.38$23,696
May 20212301,23163.483.02$18,315
Apr 20213882,57560.362.76$30,523
Mar 20215383,36861.302.72$42,130
Feb 20214422,32857.805.55$38,463
Jan 20214839850.412.81$24,623
Dec 20205193,63244.642.68$32,885
Nov 20205424,37638.772.71$32,857
Oct 20205504,34636.972.48$31,105
Sep 20207904,45437.091.99$38,169
Aug 20201,2666,65639.982.39$66,490
Jul 20201,2187,02638.371.83$59,558
Jun 20201,0626,30434.901.69$47,720
May 20201,1516,48816.921.81$31,249
Apr 20201,0207,54514.751.80$28,659
Mar 20206985,32630.341.86$31,064
Feb 20206865,10949.881.98$44,337
Jan 20207566,10557.252.09$56,069
Dec 20197275,16759.012.30$54,807
Nov 20196145,18055.302.75$48,203
Oct 20195124,50153.472.42$38,262
Sep 20191,0865,09355.052.66$73,318
Aug 20191,3836,71953.112.30$88,934
Jul 20199474,16556.272.46$63,534
Jun 20191,0384,32052.782.49$65,548
May 20191,1073,81058.482.74$75,178
Apr 20195731,31662.632.75$39,507
Mar 20191118056.803.06$6,550
Feb 20198412,94150.852.79$50,977
Jan 20191,1683,94746.033.23$66,505
Dec 20188541,49046.594.19$46,024
Nov 20186891,80852.934.24$44,130
Oct 201836263761.443.40$24,406
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 201731032945.373.00$15,053
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20178401,66350.452.95$47,288
Jan 20178371,77249.413.42$47,414
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20164721,20442.492.64$23,239
Oct 20161,2473,33046.193.09$67,890
Sep 20163,35811,23841.553.10$174,370
Aug 20164,44814,01441.442.92$225,307
Jul 20163,48111,06741.622.92$177,243
Jun 20163,76010,48245.352.69$198,669
May 20164,91814,71642.521.99$238,414
Apr 20165,01015,94236.561.99$214,907
Mar 20165,65117,64933.011.79$218,202
Feb 20166,15018,63026.472.06$201,236
Jan 20166,41917,96727.352.36$218,040
Dec 20157,85317,43232.362.00$289,012
Nov 20159,01824,23138.792.17$402,325
Oct 201510,20125,57043.552.43$506,301
Sep 201511,87929,61142.992.76$592,358
Aug 201514,16536,39740.162.87$673,416
Jul 201516,24639,74048.152.95$899,282
Jun 201518,27043,59956.152.88$1,151,550
May 201523,25653,04155.212.96$1,440,724
Apr 201511,53036,06049.822.71$672,024

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           555 bbl  × $106.41 =    $59,058
Gas                  172 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $524

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Month total                                  $59,581

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. 02/G/278302 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.