COVE MCPAC

Operated by BLACK ELK ENERGY OFFSHORE OP LLC (P-5 73161) in the COVE (ME ZONE) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 161720District 03Field 21188333GasSaveExport
Value, all time
$12.8 M
Sep 1996 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
357
no gaps in the span
Streams
1
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 4 leases and 4 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1967-03-10
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1996-09-13.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: AND ADOPTED ALLOCATION FORMULA OF 5% AC & 95% DEL.

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
GasProduction3,914,792 Mcf$12,773,117
Total$12,773,117

Every month this lease reported (357)

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

357 months

May 20260106.413.05$0
Apr 2026098.932.87$0
Mar 2026089.753.15$0
Feb 2026063.503.75$0
Jan 2026059.138.00$0
Dec 2025056.664.41$0
Nov 2025058.593.93$0
Oct 2025059.383.30$0
Sep 2025062.743.08$0
Aug 2025063.933.01$0
Jul 2025066.743.32$0
Jun 2025066.483.13$0
May 2025060.553.23$0
Apr 2025062.363.54$0
Mar 2025067.704.27$0
Feb 2025070.884.34$0
Jan 2025074.324.28$0
Dec 2024068.993.12$0
Nov 2024069.052.20$0
Oct 2024071.372.28$0
Sep 2024069.612.36$0
Aug 2024075.632.06$0
Jul 2024079.932.15$0
Jun 2024078.082.63$0
May 2024078.812.20$0
Apr 2024084.451.66$0
Mar 2024080.301.55$0
Feb 2024076.091.78$0
Jan 2024073.023.30$0
Dec 2023071.262.61$0
Nov 2023077.892.81$0
Oct 2023085.443.09$0
Sep 2023089.042.74$0
Aug 2023080.522.67$0
Jul 2023074.852.64$0
Jun 2023068.962.26$0
May 2023070.622.23$0
Apr 2023078.122.24$0
Mar 2023072.852.39$0
Feb 2023075.112.47$0
Jan 2023076.533.39$0
Dec 2022076.415.73$0
Nov 2022085.005.65$0
Oct 2022087.185.86$0
Sep 2022084.888.16$0
Aug 2022094.529.13$0
Jul 20220101.587.54$0
Jun 20220115.097.98$0
May 20220109.378.43$0
Apr 20220104.226.84$0
Mar 20220108.885.08$0
Feb 2022091.054.86$0
Jan 2022081.844.54$0
Dec 2021071.323.90$0
Nov 2021077.435.24$0
Oct 2021079.795.71$0
Sep 2021069.865.35$0
Aug 2021066.024.22$0
Jul 2021070.783.98$0
Jun 2021069.493.38$0
May 2021063.483.02$0
Apr 2021060.362.76$0
Mar 2021061.302.72$0
Feb 2021057.805.55$0
Jan 2021050.412.81$0
Dec 2020044.642.68$0
Nov 2020038.772.71$0
Oct 2020036.972.48$0
Sep 2020037.091.99$0
Aug 2020039.982.39$0
Jul 2020038.371.83$0
Jun 2020034.901.69$0
May 2020016.921.81$0
Apr 2020014.751.80$0
Mar 2020030.341.86$0
Feb 2020049.881.98$0
Jan 2020057.252.09$0
Dec 2019059.012.30$0
Nov 2019055.302.75$0
Oct 2019053.472.42$0
Sep 2019055.052.66$0
Aug 2019053.112.30$0
Jul 2019056.272.46$0
Jun 2019052.782.49$0
May 2019058.482.74$0
Apr 2019062.632.75$0
Mar 2019056.803.06$0
Feb 2019050.852.79$0
Jan 2019046.033.23$0
Dec 2018046.594.19$0
Nov 2018052.934.24$0
Oct 2018061.443.40$0
Sep 2018059.543.11$0
Aug 2018059.403.07$0
Jul 2018065.142.93$0
Jun 2018060.183.08$0
May 2018065.382.90$0
Apr 2018063.842.90$0
Mar 2018061.222.79$0
Feb 2018061.782.77$0
Jan 2018062.874.01$0
Dec 2017057.272.92$0
Nov 2017055.423.12$0
Oct 2017049.292.98$0
Sep 2017047.523.09$0
Aug 2017045.373.00$0
Jul 2017043.873.09$0
Jun 2017042.493.09$0
May 2017045.373.26$0
Apr 2017047.933.21$0
Mar 2017046.772.98$0
Feb 2017050.452.95$0
Jan 2017049.413.42$0
Dec 2016048.763.72$0
Nov 2016042.492.64$0
Oct 2016046.193.09$0
Sep 2016041.553.10$0
Aug 2016041.442.92$0
Jul 2016041.622.92$0
Jun 2016045.352.69$0
May 2016042.521.99$0
Apr 2016036.561.99$0
Mar 2016033.011.79$0
Feb 2016026.472.06$0
Jan 2016027.352.36$0
Dec 2015032.362.00$0
Nov 2015038.792.17$0
Oct 2015043.552.43$0
Sep 2015042.992.76$0
Aug 2015040.162.87$0
Jul 2015048.152.95$0
Jun 2015056.152.88$0
May 2015055.212.96$0
Apr 2015049.822.71$0
Mar 2015042.892.93$0
Feb 2015044.662.98$0
Jan 2015043.433.10$0
Dec 2014054.693.59$0
Nov 2014070.464.25$0
Oct 2014078.303.90$0
Sep 2014086.164.05$0
Aug 2014089.394.04$0
Jul 2014096.564.18$0
Jun 2014098.164.74$0
May 2014094.734.73$0
Apr 2014095.944.81$0
Mar 2014095.895.06$0
Feb 2014097.406.19$0
Jan 2014090.404.86$0
Dec 2013091.824.35$0
Nov 2013088.853.74$0
Oct 2013097.423.78$0
Sep 20130104.113.72$0
Aug 20130104.253.52$0
Jul 20130102.523.72$0
Jun 2013094.403.93$0
May 2013094.834.15$0
Apr 2013093.964.28$0
Mar 2013093.623.91$0
Feb 2013091.233.42$0
Jan 2013091.603.42$0
Dec 2012086.773.42$0
Nov 2012086.953.62$0
Oct 2012089.383.40$0
Sep 2012094.672.92$0
Aug 2012092.662.91$0
Jul 2012085.133.02$0
Jun 2012079.822.52$0
May 2012091.612.49$0
Apr 20120101.652.00$0
Mar 20120105.052.22$0
Feb 20120101.102.57$0
Jan 2012098.092.73$0
Dec 2011096.873.24$0
Nov 2011095.723.31$0
Oct 2011084.983.65$0
Sep 2011083.623.99$0
Aug 2011083.404.15$0
Jul 2011094.144.52$0
Jun 2011092.904.64$0
May 2011098.134.40$0
Apr 20110105.964.33$0
Mar 2011096.364.06$0
Feb 2011085.644.18$0
Jan 2011086.504.59$0
Dec 2010085.734.35$0
Nov 2010080.843.80$0
Oct 2010078.103.51$0
Sep 2010072.633.98$0
Aug 2010073.684.42$0
Jul 2010072.554.74$0
Jun 2010070.364.91$0
May 2010071.124.24$0
Apr 2010081.694.12$0
Mar 2010078.394.39$0
Feb 2010073.585.44$0
Jan 2010074.365.96$0
Dec 2009071.445.48$0
Nov 20094774.593.75$176
Oct 2009072.544.11$0
Sep 2009065.543.06$0
Aug 2009067.423.22$0
Jul 2009061.133.46$0
Jun 2009066.163.90$0
May 2009054.743.93$0
Apr 2009046.773.59$0
Mar 2009042.144.06$0
Feb 2009032.814.63$0
Jan 2009035.865.37$0
Dec 2008037.105.98$0
Nov 2008055.496.86$0
Oct 2008075.246.92$0
Sep 2008270101.767.88$2,127
Aug 2008900114.228.48$7,635
Jul 2008917131.0811.39$10,444
Jun 2008904131.3313.03$11,782
May 2008895123.1711.57$10,359
Apr 20081,156110.3110.45$12,086
Mar 20080101.909.66$0
Feb 20082,56792.538.77$22,514
Jan 20081,95490.388.21$16,034
Dec 20071,93288.337.30$14,107
Nov 20071,90691.677.29$13,898
Oct 20071,85382.856.92$12,826
Sep 20071,80175.846.24$11,246
Aug 200747969.066.39$3,060
Jul 20071,29770.906.39$8,285
Jun 20072,87462.007.55$21,694
May 200780458.747.85$6,308
Apr 20071,48759.617.81$11,606
Mar 20071,81956.927.30$13,282
Feb 20071,93855.108.22$15,923
Jan 200798350.306.73$6,612
Dec 200676956.656.92$5,320
Nov 20061,26154.207.62$9,606
Oct 20061,27154.906.01$7,644
Sep 20061,26560.085.04$6,372
Aug 20061,50668.717.34$11,054
Jul 20061,58769.376.34$10,066
Jun 20061,47766.286.38$9,429
May 20061,25766.016.42$8,076
Apr 20061,74364.397.36$12,829
Mar 20061,90456.707.08$13,486
Feb 20061,69957.597.75$13,169
Jan 20062,02160.598.93$18,054
Dec 20052,69154.9413.42$36,101
Nov 20052,31954.6910.59$24,555
Oct 20053,02158.3413.80$41,677
Sep 20052,41861.4512.08$29,207
Aug 20052,68261.519.80$26,275
Jul 20052,69355.697.84$21,123
Jun 20052,61852.337.38$19,324
May 20052,68445.226.65$17,852
Apr 20053,64749.207.36$26,844
Mar 20053,04050.377.15$21,751
Feb 20052,44245.226.31$15,414
Jan 20052,64443.166.32$16,716
Dec 20042,69439.866.75$18,187
Nov 20042,60545.286.33$16,491
Oct 20042,70849.706.52$17,643
Sep 20042,64443.245.28$13,971
Aug 20042,73342.375.55$15,170
Jul 20042,61938.286.08$15,934
Jun 20042,90836.106.43$18,707
May 20043,24837.486.49$21,094
Apr 20043,74934.475.86$21,963
Mar 20043,92934.365.53$21,728
Feb 20042,82132.455.51$15,543
Jan 20044,62232.036.30$29,117
Dec 20035,29330.266.30$33,355
Nov 20035,22328.804.60$24,001
Oct 20035,34628.174.76$25,445
Sep 20034,96626.314.75$23,585
Aug 20033,92629.765.13$20,139
Jul 20034,93329.415.17$25,508
Jun 20036,41028.565.98$38,351
May 20039,17726.595.97$54,811
Apr 20038,89126.675.41$48,076
Mar 20038,69331.146.10$52,993
Feb 20038,10833.487.93$64,263
Jan 200310,18530.315.58$56,853
Dec 200210,81026.914.85$52,469
Nov 200212,86224.664.14$53,210
Oct 200217,69626.464.23$74,839
Sep 200217,87127.443.64$64,965
Aug 200223,29625.963.16$73,712
Jul 200226,43924.583.06$80,950
Jun 200228,86123.733.34$96,345
May 200234,46724.663.58$123,530
Apr 200235,17223.653.51$123,535
Mar 200238,46922.003.10$119,359
Feb 200239,88218.222.38$94,747
Jan 200249,52917.172.38$117,665
Dec 200135,55016.932.36$84,054
Nov 200124,91218.072.41$59,926
Oct 200139,17919.782.53$99,079
Sep 200153,31024.262.25$120,018
Aug 200156,40324.873.05$172,207
Jul 200150,93023.933.20$162,827
Jun 200164,02724.563.82$244,849
May 200170,67225.524.31$304,407
Apr 200158,45424.685.34$311,871
Mar 200165,92824.545.38$354,458
Feb 200149,48627.755.77$285,390
Jan 200150,73627.478.40$426,119
Dec 200051,76026.889.12$472,181
Nov 200051,38232.215.66$290,719
Oct 200061,81531.235.15$318,069
Sep 200064,48631.875.19$334,457
Aug 200034,95929.644.54$158,740
Jul 200047,17828.534.09$192,946
Jun 200034,15329.304.40$150,179
May 200057,32027.263.68$210,923
Apr 200055,06624.513.12$171,586
Mar 200053,46728.422.86$152,902
Feb 200046,84327.622.73$127,717
Jan 200051,48225.272.48$127,701
Dec 199956,77224.282.42$137,599
Nov 199958,04923.192.43$141,291
Oct 199957,93120.982.80$162,422
Sep 19997,35621.752.62$19,264
Aug 199930,71919.262.88$88,336
Jul 199958,04417.892.37$137,702
Jun 199959,04115.942.36$139,461
May 199959,50915.792.32$138,122
Apr 199957,81015.102.21$127,647
Mar 199953,19212.471.84$97,784
Feb 199951,3289.981.82$93,304
Jan 199959,41810.381.90$112,891
Dec 199843,2059.201.77$76,616
Nov 199848,68610.892.19$106,414
Oct 199855,52712.421.97$109,344
Sep 199824,33012.592.08$50,670
Aug 199827,68511.301.91$52,805
Jul 199852,42411.742.24$117,287
Jun 199857,12811.242.24$127,811
May 199860,44012.622.21$133,351
Apr 199859,97813.042.51$150,265
Mar 199859,65712.802.31$137,774
Feb 199855,64713.952.30$127,940
Jan 199868,82914.702.15$148,312
Dec 199772,38716.322.41$174,532
Nov 199770,94418.193.09$219,094
Oct 199775,63019.253.15$238,221
Sep 199778,32117.742.95$231,429
Aug 199779,99517.862.55$204,366
Jul 199788,52517.582.25$198,910
Jun 199793,69917.242.26$211,497
May 199792,48418.972.31$213,499
Apr 199790,14117.882.08$187,744
Mar 199794,94918.951.94$184,119
Feb 199780,14920.492.21$176,801
Jan 199712,13823.483.54$42,965
Dec 1996023.32$0
Nov 1996021.97$0
Oct 1996023.31$0
Sep 1996022.22$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.

Nov 2009 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Gas                   47 Mcf  × $  3.75 =       $176

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Month total                                     $176

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. 03/G/161720 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.