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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 278306District 02Field 86950600Hydrogen sulphide field2 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$12.2 M
Apr 2015 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$646 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 Gas112016-02-16217929
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
CondensateDisposition196,908 bbl$10,020,887
GasProduction740,478 Mcf$2,188,892
Total$12,209,778

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 28.8910, -97.7740. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

28.89096, -97.77400 · 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
13,231 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 13,231 ft.

Completions filed
Oct 2015
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-2553356310H13,231 ftOct 2015——

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 20264244,114106.413.05$57,648
Apr 20263754,76898.932.87$50,782
Mar 20263857,20589.753.15$57,245
Feb 20264716,34763.503.75$53,712
Jan 20264717,55259.138.00$88,251
Dec 20254407,31256.664.41$57,201
Nov 20256546,35558.593.93$63,270
Oct 20259217,83459.383.30$80,579
Sep 20253433,86262.743.08$33,403
Aug 20253191,88963.933.01$26,089
Jul 20255632,18766.743.32$44,825
Jun 20254041,91466.483.13$32,846
May 2025236960.553.23$1,616
Apr 20253622,25062.363.54$30,546
Mar 20255523,10667.704.27$50,628
Feb 20255202,25670.884.34$46,651
Jan 20254811,80174.324.28$43,454
Dec 20246142,14268.993.12$49,046
Nov 20245633,27869.052.20$46,082
Oct 20245803,48671.372.28$49,348
Sep 20247233,76869.612.36$59,237
Aug 20246253,70975.632.06$54,923
Jul 20246143,53679.932.15$56,667
Jun 20248984,24278.082.63$81,289
May 20241,0854,55378.812.20$95,518
Apr 20243641,93884.451.66$33,955
Mar 20247926480.301.55$6,752
Feb 20246342,33876.091.78$52,411
Jan 20247121,62573.023.30$57,349
Dec 20239703,18971.262.61$77,448
Nov 20238513,80677.892.81$76,970
Oct 20236523,41985.443.09$66,262
Sep 20235803,45089.042.74$61,079
Aug 20235813,92380.522.67$57,268
Jul 20235803,63274.852.64$53,008
Jun 20236143,39168.962.26$50,000
May 20238453,56170.622.23$67,606
Apr 20236262,39778.122.24$54,267
Mar 20235922,60072.852.39$49,349
Feb 20234531,75875.112.47$38,360
Jan 20236772,86976.533.39$61,530
Dec 20225672,02376.415.73$54,914
Nov 20226351,87285.005.65$64,545
Oct 20225742,40087.185.86$64,114
Sep 20227493,32084.888.16$90,679
Aug 20227822,20694.529.13$94,049
Jul 202273101.587.54$734
Jun 2022542115.097.98$6,231
May 20223651,086109.378.43$49,078
Apr 20227043,347104.226.84$96,256
Mar 20228862,304108.885.08$108,164
Feb 20227483,27191.054.86$83,999
Jan 20228713,91181.844.54$89,030
Dec 20214841,49071.323.90$40,329
Nov 20218074,01277.435.24$83,496
Oct 20213981,93779.795.71$42,824
Sep 20216683,69369.865.35$66,427
Aug 20211,0744,18166.024.22$88,552
Jul 20219854,29770.783.98$86,829
Jun 20218353,92269.493.38$71,283
May 20215162,46863.483.02$40,203
Apr 20217243,48360.362.76$53,308
Mar 20211,0474,44961.302.72$76,269
Feb 20217134,06557.805.55$63,764
Jan 20219503,83550.412.81$58,667
Dec 20208213,24244.642.68$45,323
Nov 20201893138.772.71$7,411
Oct 202060714936.972.48$22,810
Sep 20208193,04837.091.99$36,445
Aug 20206924,00039.982.39$37,207
Jul 20206032,69138.371.83$28,049
Jun 20207553,94034.901.69$33,009
May 20208213,64916.921.81$20,513
Apr 20208023,66914.751.80$18,450
Mar 20208023,54730.341.86$30,917
Feb 20209344,62949.881.98$55,756
Jan 20208664,33057.252.09$58,649
Dec 20199884,56159.012.30$68,812
Nov 20198545,76055.302.75$63,070
Oct 20195893,85053.472.42$40,805
Sep 20191,3216,64455.052.66$90,376
Aug 201927871453.112.30$16,410
Jul 2019829056.272.46$4,836
Jun 20191152.782.49$55
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 2019818962.632.75$5,318
Mar 20198273,41856.803.06$57,440
Feb 20198334,01250.852.79$53,560
Jan 20199844,27246.033.23$59,084
Dec 20185972,25646.594.19$37,257
Nov 20186733,09752.934.24$48,745
Oct 20181,0214,67061.443.40$78,599
Sep 20181,0104,89259.543.11$75,340
Aug 201858964859.403.07$36,974
Jul 20188212,63565.142.93$61,205
Jun 20181,1667,18960.183.08$92,290
May 20189405,43965.382.90$77,235
Apr 20181,3348,73063.842.90$110,487
Mar 20181,9329,51261.222.79$144,785
Feb 20181,1879,12261.782.77$98,565
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 201764655.423.12$3,566
Oct 20179340849.292.98$5,801
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 201758864745.373.00$28,621
Jul 20171,2873,74143.873.09$68,010
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20173731,82745.373.26$22,885
Apr 20171,5356,95547.933.21$95,909
Mar 20171,1345,58546.772.98$69,701
Feb 20179984,54550.452.95$63,769
Jan 20171,1854,58549.413.42$74,226
Dec 20161,7556,97548.763.72$111,541
Nov 20162,0107,47942.492.64$105,182
Oct 20162124546.193.09$9,931
Sep 20161,4074,25441.553.10$71,651
Aug 20162,58610,17741.442.92$136,925
Jul 20163,31212,04841.622.92$173,078
Jun 20163,85512,52045.352.69$208,451
May 20164,50215,40242.521.99$222,091
Apr 20164,43514,76036.561.99$191,531
Mar 20165,49316,92833.011.79$211,693
Feb 20165,58117,55926.472.06$183,964
Jan 20166,29419,65927.352.36$218,622
Dec 20155,77317,34932.362.00$221,537
Nov 20157,36722,38138.792.17$334,273
Oct 20156,92920,47743.552.43$351,447
Sep 20157,45621,28242.992.76$379,238
Aug 20158,70224,76940.162.87$420,621
Jul 20159,62127,29748.152.95$543,643
Jun 201510,16128,72256.152.88$653,342
May 201511,92033,68955.212.96$757,669
Apr 201514,09838,60949.822.71$806,860

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           424 bbl  × $106.41 =    $45,118
Gas                4,114 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $12,531

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Month total                                  $57,648

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/278306 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.