VELA ESTATE

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

Gas lease lease 114256District 04Field 77973050NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$12.7 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$185 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
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 345 leases and 345 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1995-01-09
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 2010-11-02.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: PERMITTED/DRILLED/COMPLETED ON THE SAME LEASE.

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
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
CondensateDisposition10,186 bbl$591,086
GasProduction3,546,946 Mcf$12,129,416
Total$12,720,502

880,547 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 26.7541, -99.2087. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.75412, -99.20868 · 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
9,400 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 9,400 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1984
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-5053191149,400 ftNov 1984

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 (401)

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

401 months

May 2026273,614106.413.05$13,881
Apr 202603,44498.932.87$9,883
Mar 2026114,05289.753.15$13,749
Feb 2026263,74863.503.75$15,707
Jan 202683,48259.138.00$28,322
Dec 202504,09356.664.41$18,064
Nov 202504,07558.593.93$16,000
Oct 202504,35759.383.30$14,399
Sep 202503,99262.743.08$12,283
Aug 202584,25863.933.01$13,348
Jul 2025104,27966.743.32$14,853
Jun 2025124,27366.483.13$14,167
May 202504,19860.553.23$13,569
Apr 2025122,55662.363.54$9,805
Mar 202503,27767.704.27$13,987
Feb 2025254,74970.884.34$22,387
Jan 2025079574.324.28$3,402
Dec 202402,68468.993.12$8,378
Nov 2024272,81269.052.20$8,046
Oct 2024142,57071.372.28$6,862
Sep 202402,64469.612.36$6,251
Aug 2024142,77475.632.06$6,783
Jul 202402,73979.932.15$5,880
Jun 2024273,13078.082.63$10,353
May 202402,76478.812.20$6,076
Apr 2024142,54884.451.66$5,410
Mar 2024132,23780.301.55$4,500
Feb 202402,41076.091.78$4,299
Jan 2024122,48773.023.30$9,078
Dec 2023122,51071.262.61$7,408
Nov 202302,24177.892.81$6,292
Oct 202302,31485.443.09$7,144
Sep 2023252,18689.042.74$8,205
Aug 202302,20480.522.67$5,891
Jul 202302,31174.852.64$6,105
Jun 2023121,69668.962.26$4,658
May 202302,03770.622.23$4,537
Apr 2023152,16378.122.24$6,012
Mar 202361,93872.852.39$5,075
Feb 202301,86275.112.47$4,591
Jan 202301,98076.533.39$6,708
Dec 202203,12976.415.73$17,926
Nov 202202,90085.005.65$16,374
Oct 202202,73387.185.86$16,026
Sep 202262,78584.888.16$23,245
Aug 202272,08394.529.13$19,674
Jul 202202,097101.587.54$15,816
Jun 202202,587115.097.98$20,637
May 202202,926109.378.43$24,675
Apr 202202,924104.226.84$19,993
Mar 202203,228108.885.08$16,387
Feb 202202,63691.054.86$12,808
Jan 202202,76681.844.54$12,551
Dec 202101,77671.323.90$6,925
Nov 202103,24677.435.24$16,999
Oct 202103,37079.795.71$19,256
Sep 202101,07169.865.35$5,731
Aug 202102,86666.024.22$12,096
Jul 202102,83170.783.98$11,273
Jun 202102,70869.493.38$9,155
May 202102,67063.483.02$8,057
Apr 202102,41560.362.76$6,662
Mar 202102,56361.302.72$6,964
Feb 202102,05457.805.55$11,395
Jan 202102,53550.412.81$7,124
Dec 202002,60544.642.68$6,970
Nov 202002,18038.772.71$5,900
Oct 2020122,19936.972.48$5,894
Sep 202002,51337.091.99$5,003
Aug 202003,55539.982.39$8,479
Jul 202002,72538.371.83$4,973
Jun 202002,11934.901.69$3,582
May 202002,26516.921.81$4,110
Apr 2020123,18614.751.80$5,926
Mar 202003,10430.341.86$5,762
Feb 202093,05049.881.98$6,490
Jan 202003,27457.252.09$6,858
Dec 201902,56559.012.30$5,911
Nov 201903,04855.302.75$8,384
Oct 201903,28253.472.42$7,938
Sep 201973,41055.052.66$9,447
Aug 2019113,55053.112.30$8,765
Jul 201903,51656.272.46$8,650
Jun 201993,50652.782.49$9,209
May 201902,40358.482.74$6,585
Apr 201902,25062.632.75$6,189
Mar 201902,63956.803.06$8,081
Feb 201902,98650.852.79$8,338
Jan 201992,66246.033.23$9,008
Dec 201822,98046.594.19$12,566
Nov 201802,93652.934.24$12,441
Oct 201893,36161.443.40$11,974
Sep 201802,57159.543.11$7,991
Aug 201891,81259.403.07$6,091
Jul 201801,30365.142.93$3,820
Jun 2018142,91660.183.08$9,815
May 2018133,68665.382.90$11,542
Apr 2018283,72463.842.90$12,590
Mar 2018103,37461.222.79$10,015
Feb 201803,30861.782.77$9,150
Jan 2018113,94462.874.01$16,504
Dec 201793,95957.272.92$12,082
Nov 201753,79955.423.12$12,124
Oct 201704,08549.292.98$12,188
Sep 201723,73047.523.09$11,611
Aug 201704,17245.373.00$12,534
Jul 2017334,01643.873.09$13,846
Jun 201703,94142.493.09$12,167
May 201703,70545.373.26$12,091
Apr 201703,97047.933.21$12,750
Mar 201704,37846.772.98$13,063
Feb 201703,17550.452.95$9,375
Jan 2017433,50349.413.42$14,101
Dec 201604,45048.763.72$16,567
Nov 201604,43242.492.64$11,720
Oct 201604,58846.193.09$14,178
Sep 201604,57441.553.10$14,182
Aug 2016274,57641.442.92$14,501
Jul 201603,64241.622.92$10,650
Jun 2016143,19745.352.69$9,222
May 201603,21942.521.99$6,409
Apr 201602,79036.561.99$5,555
Mar 201602,37733.011.79$4,264
Feb 201603,64326.472.06$7,518
Jan 201603,80027.352.36$8,985
Dec 201504,14432.362.00$8,294
Nov 201503,95538.792.17$8,572
Oct 201533,28643.552.43$8,104
Sep 201543,72542.992.76$10,447
Aug 201503,48740.162.87$10,016
Jul 201502,87948.152.95$8,479
Jun 2015372,40256.152.88$9,002
May 2015182,68155.212.96$8,917
Apr 2015561,83049.822.71$7,743
Mar 201513,72042.892.93$10,960
Feb 20151843,80944.662.98$19,554
Jan 2015104,53043.433.10$14,480
Dec 201414,99454.693.59$17,990
Nov 201404,61570.464.25$19,622
Oct 201404,96678.303.90$19,372
Sep 20141943,97086.164.05$32,775
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 201405,10396.564.18$21,329
Jun 201403,99998.164.74$18,943
May 2014954,61794.734.73$30,822
Apr 2014023895.944.81$1,145
Mar 201402,94395.895.06$14,882
Feb 201402,83497.406.19$17,548
Jan 201404,16490.404.86$20,240
Dec 201304,13691.824.35$18,010
Nov 201301,85588.853.74$6,935
Oct 2013833,87897.423.78$22,742
Sep 201304,421104.113.72$16,436
Aug 201303,934104.253.52$13,858
Jul 201305,250102.523.72$19,518
Jun 201335,36694.403.93$21,390
May 20131425,35294.834.15$35,672
Apr 201305,37793.964.28$23,027
Mar 201305,22893.623.91$20,456
Feb 201335,58091.233.42$19,357
Jan 20131206,29291.603.42$32,510
Dec 201206,82386.773.42$23,336
Nov 201216,50186.953.62$23,653
Oct 201206,47289.383.40$22,003
Sep 201205,03594.672.92$14,694
Aug 201207,52692.662.91$21,887
Jul 201204,62285.133.02$13,962
Jun 201202,13379.822.52$5,373
May 201201,52991.612.49$3,805
Apr 201202,025101.652.00$4,044
Mar 201202,426105.052.22$5,391
Feb 201202,696101.102.57$6,929
Jan 20121535,85898.092.73$31,024
Dec 201107,50496.873.24$24,311
Nov 201106,41295.723.31$21,232
Oct 201107,00484.983.65$25,554
Sep 201103,09883.623.99$12,348
Aug 201102,50483.404.15$10,390
Jul 201102,92694.144.52$13,217
Jun 201103,06192.904.64$14,203
May 201103,73598.134.40$16,452
Apr 201103,305105.964.33$14,321
Mar 201105,02596.364.06$20,388
Feb 20111084,51885.644.18$28,134
Jan 201108,63186.504.59$39,606
Dec 20101189,13385.734.35$49,824
Nov 201008,75680.843.80$33,232
Oct 2010010,21178.103.51$35,829
Sep 20101799,24772.633.98$49,799
Aug 2010010,30273.684.42$45,528
Jul 201008,55272.554.74$40,506
Jun 201009,90770.364.91$48,647
May 2010289,57571.124.24$42,544
Apr 201017910,74281.694.12$58,908
Mar 201019,03578.394.39$39,730
Feb 201009,33173.585.44$50,783
Jan 201018110,89574.365.96$78,438
Dec 200909,94771.445.48$54,547
Nov 20092110,94274.593.75$42,615
Oct 200917311,05972.544.11$58,005
Sep 20091011,35865.543.06$35,465
Aug 2009910,36867.423.22$33,976
Jul 200918210,90861.133.46$48,916
Jun 200989,72166.163.90$38,393
May 20091711,79254.743.93$47,223
Apr 200918812,27046.773.59$52,811
Mar 20091719,90942.144.06$81,527
Feb 2009812,50132.814.63$58,180
Jan 200917913,89035.865.37$81,022
Dec 20081113,56837.105.98$81,506
Nov 200816814,29155.496.86$107,364
Oct 20081115,07675.246.92$105,183
Sep 200818815,351101.767.88$140,052
Aug 2008015,938114.228.48$135,202
Jul 20081216,308131.0811.39$187,312
Jun 200810315,987131.3313.03$221,880
May 200818816,113123.1711.57$209,652
Apr 20081015,007110.3110.45$157,999
Mar 200818113,825101.909.66$152,050
Feb 20081015,64392.538.77$138,123
Jan 200817918,69490.388.21$169,576
Dec 20072419,15788.337.30$142,004
Nov 200717119,48691.677.29$157,762
Oct 200719319,49982.856.92$150,962
Sep 2007220,11475.846.24$125,747
Aug 200719821,77269.066.39$152,752
Jul 2007923,00370.906.39$147,580
Jun 200719921,92762.007.55$177,853
May 200716825,32558.747.85$208,575
Apr 200717525,92359.617.81$212,766
Mar 200716224,14756.927.30$185,542
Feb 2007712,62555.108.22$104,113
Jan 200718620,34050.306.73$146,180
Dec 200618120,35756.656.92$151,092
Nov 200618120,38354.207.62$165,077
Oct 20062820,67054.906.01$125,842
Sep 200616122,99160.085.04$125,483
Aug 200612824,47168.717.34$188,410
Jul 200613127,63369.376.34$184,357
Jun 200615628,58966.286.38$192,848
May 200616228,84566.016.42$196,023
Apr 200673,32264.397.36$24,902
Mar 2006396256.707.08$6,984
Feb 200612,57357.597.75$20,001
Jan 200664,10060.598.93$36,990
Dec 20051945,20954.9413.42$80,539
Nov 200524,58354.6910.59$48,636
Oct 200521,41958.3413.80$19,693
Sep 200554,60961.4512.08$55,979
Aug 200513,78161.519.80$37,103
Jul 200541,86955.697.84$14,883
Jun 20050052.337.38$0
May 200522,67045.226.65$17,849
Apr 200543,84949.207.36$28,527
Mar 200523,30850.377.15$23,769
Feb 20051045.226.31$45
Jan 200522,07943.166.32$13,230
Dec 200423,02239.866.75$20,481
Nov 200423,35245.286.33$21,310
Oct 200444,93249.706.52$32,331
Sep 200404,18743.245.28$22,124
Aug 200412,34642.375.55$13,064
Jul 200414,46138.286.08$27,180
Jun 200404,66836.106.43$30,029
May 200405,96137.486.49$38,714
Apr 200415,71934.475.86$33,539
Mar 200404,68234.365.53$25,892
Feb 200415,25432.455.51$28,980
Jan 20041756,08332.036.30$43,926
Dec 200307,24730.266.30$45,668
Nov 200306,65228.804.60$30,567
Oct 200306,77628.174.76$32,251
Sep 200307,67326.314.75$36,442
Aug 200307,35629.765.13$37,734
Jul 200317,06029.415.17$36,536
Jun 200306,78828.565.98$40,612
May 2003897,21326.595.97$45,447
Apr 200307,01126.675.41$37,910
Mar 200307,84231.146.10$47,805
Feb 200305,71033.487.93$45,257
Jan 200307,45530.315.58$41,614
Dec 2002576,70826.914.85$34,093
Nov 200206,69724.664.14$27,705
Oct 2002536,59126.464.23$29,277
Sep 200206,40327.443.64$23,276
Aug 200208,21125.963.16$25,981
Jul 2002546,06124.583.06$19,885
Jun 200206,66323.733.34$22,243
May 200206,93024.663.58$24,837
Apr 200205,87723.653.51$20,642
Mar 200207,23122.003.10$22,436
Feb 200203,71418.222.38$8,823
Jan 2002562,39417.172.38$6,649
Dec 200105,09716.932.36$12,051
Nov 200106,16118.072.41$14,820
Oct 2001556,49019.782.53$17,500
Sep 200101,65524.262.25$3,726
Aug 200104,74624.873.05$14,490
Jul 2001643,41523.933.20$12,450
Jun 200107,70324.563.82$29,458
May 2001697,81325.524.31$35,414
Apr 2001010,44824.685.34$55,743
Mar 20016210,73924.545.38$59,259
Feb 200112410,16027.755.77$62,035
Jan 20016211,38627.478.40$97,331
Dec 20006011,42526.889.12$105,837
Nov 2000011,45732.215.66$64,824
Oct 20005812,57331.235.15$66,506
Sep 20005713,28831.875.19$70,735
Aug 2000013,97029.644.54$63,434
Jul 20006914,60828.534.09$61,712
Jun 2000014,72629.304.40$64,754
May 20006215,21527.263.68$57,678
Apr 20005615,15524.513.12$48,596
Mar 20005616,33028.422.86$48,291
Feb 200010916,65027.622.73$48,407
Jan 20005414,20325.272.48$36,595
Dec 19995814,57924.282.42$36,744
Nov 199912216,68723.192.43$43,445
Oct 199911418,58620.982.80$54,501
Sep 19995717,76821.752.62$47,771
Aug 19995818,71219.262.88$54,925
Jul 199918019,57517.892.37$49,659
Jun 19996618,33315.942.36$44,356
May 19996019,02915.792.32$45,114
Apr 1999116,90215.102.21$37,336
Mar 1999118,75612.471.84$34,492
Feb 1999120,1139.981.82$36,571
Jan 1999221,76910.381.90$41,381
Dec 1998118,1519.201.77$32,197
Nov 1998119,26710.892.19$42,123
Oct 1998120,21212.421.97$39,814
Sep 1998119,47812.592.08$40,578
Aug 1998116,51011.301.91$31,502
Jul 1998321,26511.742.24$47,611
Jun 1998120,29311.242.24$45,412
May 1998121,51012.622.21$47,471
Apr 1998221,22413.042.51$53,199
Mar 1998221,43712.802.31$49,533
Feb 1998115,60813.952.30$35,899
Jan 1998019,22614.702.15$41,428
Dec 1997017,87316.322.41$43,094
Nov 1997017,75918.193.09$54,844
Oct 1997015,92919.253.15$50,173
Sep 1997015,48717.742.95$45,762
Aug 1997015,08817.862.55$38,546
Jul 1997013,54917.582.25$30,444
Jun 1997012,85617.242.26$29,019
May 1997013,64218.972.31$31,493
Apr 1997013,32117.882.08$27,745
Mar 1997013,41118.951.94$26,006
Feb 1997011,83220.492.21$26,100
Jan 1997214,03823.483.54$49,737
Dec 1996328623.32$70
Nov 1996113,25121.97$22
Oct 1996215,74523.31$47
Sep 1996215,24822.22$44
Aug 1996216,38420.26$41
Jul 1996217,39319.55$39
Jun 1996217,60718.73$37
May 1996215,94419.43$39
Apr 1996316,07221.51$65
Mar 1996318,22419.38$58
Feb 1996211,91416.98$34
Jan 1996314,84717.07$51
Dec 1995317,39017.19$52
Nov 1995316,88816.00$48
Oct 1995216,53815.43$31
Sep 1995318,13916.18$49
Aug 1995317,92315.92$48
Jul 1995320,22415.24$46
Jun 1995217,04916.41$33
May 1995418,05117.56$70
Apr 1995216,19617.73$35
Mar 1995519,74616.44$82
Feb 1995318,88516.58$50
Jan 1995416,45215.92$64
Dec 199426,24715.03$30
Nov 1994319,70615.90$48
Oct 1994420,50915.58$62
Sep 1994319,93515.29$46
Aug 1994320,59216.13$48
Jul 1994422,46117.56$70
Jun 1994422,71217.09$68
May 1994522,28815.88$79
Apr 1994421,58114.14$57
Mar 1994724,45912.46$87
Feb 1994422,43312.50$50
Jan 199473,39512.66$89
Dec 19931615,73312.33$197
Nov 19931920,50114.49$275
Oct 19932716,98115.85$428
Sep 19933618,72815.03$541
Aug 19935523,74715.66$861
Jul 19935424,57115.46$835
Jun 19936124,73516.79$1,024
May 19935127,43117.68$902
Apr 19935627,10118.05$1,011
Mar 19934621,44018.14$834
Feb 19936321,39517.90$1,128
Jan 19936325,47016.93$1,067

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            27 bbl  × $106.41 =     $2,873
Gas                3,614 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $11,008

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Month total                                  $13,881

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. 04/G/114256 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.