MUD CATS UNIT

Operated by HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 386310) in the GIDDINGS (BUDA) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 25856District 03Field 34733600OilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.3 M
Dec 2011 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$39 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
174
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead 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 598 leases and 630 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1977-03-26
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 1997-05-16.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: DESIGNATED AS UFT FIELD PER DOCKET 01-0299858.

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
OilDisposition41,644 bbl$3,274,052
Casinghead gasProduction7,947 Mcf$23,719
Total$3,297,772

Every month this lease reported (174)

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

174 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 202585058.593.93$4,980
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 2025188062.743.08$11,795
Aug 2025165063.933.01$10,548
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 2025176066.483.13$11,700
May 2025203060.553.23$12,292
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 2025281067.704.27$19,024
Feb 2025175070.884.34$12,404
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 2024180068.993.12$12,418
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 2024167071.372.28$11,919
Sep 2024178069.612.36$12,391
Aug 2024173075.632.06$13,084
Jul 20242079.932.15$160
Jun 2024177078.082.63$13,820
May 2024175078.812.20$13,792
Apr 2024186084.451.66$15,708
Mar 20249080.301.55$723
Feb 2024340076.091.78$25,871
Jan 2024336073.023.30$24,535
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 2023177089.042.74$15,760
Aug 2023168080.522.67$13,527
Jul 2023171074.852.64$12,799
Jun 2023178068.962.26$12,275
May 2023351070.622.23$24,788
Apr 2023705078.122.24$55,075
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 2023179076.533.39$13,699
Dec 2022344076.415.73$26,285
Nov 2022700085.005.65$59,500
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 2020167037.091.99$6,194
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 2020177030.341.86$5,370
Feb 2020169049.881.98$8,430
Jan 2020177057.252.09$10,133
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 2019354055.302.75$19,576
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 2019184055.052.66$10,129
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 2019183052.782.49$9,659
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 2019183062.632.75$11,461
Mar 2019339056.803.06$19,255
Feb 2019177050.852.79$9,000
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 2018186046.594.19$8,666
Nov 2018175052.934.24$9,263
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 2018344059.403.07$20,434
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 2018166060.183.08$9,990
May 2018171065.382.90$11,180
Apr 2018351063.842.90$22,408
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20181782761.782.77$11,072
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 2017171257.272.92$9,799
Nov 2017174055.423.12$9,643
Oct 2017177049.292.98$8,724
Sep 2017179047.523.09$8,506
Aug 2017176945.373.00$8,012
Jul 2017176043.873.09$7,721
Jun 2017177042.493.09$7,521
May 2017176245.373.26$7,992
Apr 2017175947.933.21$8,417
Mar 2017172446.772.98$8,056
Feb 20171782550.452.95$9,054
Jan 2017166049.413.42$8,202
Dec 2016180348.763.72$8,788
Nov 2016186242.492.64$7,908
Oct 20161924746.193.09$9,014
Sep 2016173041.553.10$7,188
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 2016185041.622.92$7,700
Jun 2016177045.352.69$8,027
May 2016187042.521.99$7,951
Apr 2016190036.561.99$6,946
Mar 2016182033.011.79$6,008
Feb 2016175026.472.06$4,632
Jan 2016182027.352.36$4,978
Dec 2015169032.362.00$5,469
Nov 2015188038.792.17$7,293
Oct 2015186043.552.43$8,100
Sep 2015188042.992.76$8,082
Aug 2015187040.162.87$7,510
Jul 2015365048.152.95$17,575
Jun 2015201056.152.88$11,286
May 2015531055.212.96$29,317
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 2015185042.892.93$7,935
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 2014192054.693.59$10,500
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 2014190078.303.90$14,877
Sep 2014373086.164.05$32,138
Aug 2014183089.394.04$16,358
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 2014353098.164.74$34,650
May 20140594.734.73$24
Apr 20143301495.944.81$31,728
Mar 2014334495.895.06$32,047
Feb 20140197.406.19$6
Jan 20143343790.404.86$30,373
Dec 20133201091.824.35$29,426
Nov 2013010288.853.74$381
Oct 20133177397.423.78$31,158
Sep 201333244104.113.72$34,728
Aug 201333162104.253.52$34,725
Jul 2013486109102.523.72$50,230
Jun 201384713894.403.93$80,500
May 20133081094.834.15$29,249
Apr 20133254493.964.28$30,725
Mar 20135205693.623.91$48,902
Feb 201317414991.233.42$16,384
Jan 201371741791.603.42$67,103
Dec 201270729586.773.42$62,355
Nov 201252029586.953.62$46,283
Oct 201270334289.383.40$63,997
Sep 201270049394.672.92$67,708
Aug 20121,48573192.662.91$139,726
Jul 20122,9591,76085.133.02$257,216
Jun 20122,8081,25379.822.52$227,291
May 20123,2621,02991.612.49$301,392
Apr 20120102101.652.00$204
Mar 2012354144105.052.22$37,508
Feb 201234990101.102.57$35,515
Jan 20122,484898.092.73$243,677
Dec 20112,191096.873.24$212,242

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 2025 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                   85 bbl  × $ 58.59 =     $4,980
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.93 =         $0

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Month total                                   $4,980

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/O/25856 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.