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 117933District 04Field 77973050NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$4.6 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$17 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
CondensateDisposition4,565 bbl$134,840
GasProduction2,384,413 Mcf$4,509,508
Total$4,644,349

1,277,875 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 26.7589, -99.2110. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.75890, -99.21096 · 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
9,555 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 9,555 ft.

Completions filed
Apr 2006
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-5053204159,555 ftApr 2006

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 20260362106.413.05$1,103
Apr 2026042798.932.87$1,225
Mar 2026036889.753.15$1,159
Feb 2026039963.503.75$1,496
Jan 2026033059.138.00$2,639
Dec 2025036156.664.41$1,593
Nov 2025048858.593.93$1,916
Oct 2025040259.383.30$1,329
Sep 2025036162.743.08$1,111
Aug 2025049163.933.01$1,480
Jul 2025039166.743.32$1,296
Jun 2025025666.483.13$801
May 2025042660.553.23$1,377
Apr 2025027362.363.54$967
Mar 2025033367.704.27$1,421
Feb 2025025170.884.34$1,090
Jan 2025010874.324.28$462
Dec 2024083268.993.12$2,597
Nov 2024050569.052.20$1,110
Oct 2024076671.372.28$1,748
Sep 2024032469.612.36$766
Aug 2024038375.632.06$790
Jul 2024029479.932.15$631
Jun 2024029478.082.63$774
May 2024028578.812.20$627
Apr 2024031084.451.66$514
Mar 2024036480.301.55$562
Feb 2024018276.091.78$325
Jan 2024015573.023.30$511
Dec 2023013871.262.61$360
Nov 2023015477.892.81$432
Oct 2023015585.443.09$479
Sep 2023013889.042.74$377
Aug 2023010280.522.67$273
Jul 2023014174.852.64$372
Jun 2023015968.962.26$359
May 2023012570.622.23$278
Apr 2023012978.122.24$289
Mar 2023010472.852.39$249
Feb 202306675.112.47$163
Jan 2023019676.533.39$664
Dec 2022033476.415.73$1,914
Nov 2022020785.005.65$1,169
Oct 2022026287.185.86$1,536
Sep 2022023984.888.16$1,951
Aug 2022024494.529.13$2,227
Jul 20220244101.587.54$1,840
Jun 20220498115.097.98$3,973
May 20220523109.378.43$4,410
Apr 20220503104.226.84$3,439
Mar 20220513108.885.08$2,604
Feb 2022042091.054.86$2,041
Jan 2022035481.844.54$1,606
Dec 2021022171.323.90$862
Nov 2021038877.435.24$2,032
Oct 2021047479.795.71$2,708
Sep 2021032969.865.35$1,760
Aug 2021054966.024.22$2,317
Jul 2021055570.783.98$2,210
Jun 2021054469.493.38$1,839
May 2021056663.483.02$1,708
Apr 2021047860.362.76$1,319
Mar 2021056161.302.72$1,524
Feb 2021051057.805.55$2,829
Jan 2021056850.412.81$1,596
Dec 2020060044.642.68$1,605
Nov 2020051938.772.71$1,405
Oct 2020069636.972.48$1,725
Sep 2020055037.091.99$1,095
Aug 2020083439.982.39$1,989
Jul 2020065738.371.83$1,199
Jun 202001,36634.901.69$2,309
May 202001,36216.921.81$2,472
Apr 202001,57714.751.80$2,846
Mar 202001,47430.341.86$2,736
Feb 202061,52049.881.98$3,310
Jan 202001,83157.252.09$3,835
Dec 201901,92259.012.30$4,429
Nov 201901,90955.302.75$5,251
Oct 201901,75553.472.42$4,245
Sep 201901,54555.052.66$4,106
Aug 201901,52453.112.30$3,512
Jul 201902,05856.272.46$5,063
Jun 201962,35852.782.49$6,191
May 201902,31858.482.74$6,352
Apr 201902,18862.632.75$6,019
Mar 201902,34756.803.06$7,187
Feb 201901,92350.852.79$5,369
Jan 201991,30046.033.23$4,611
Dec 201821,12146.594.19$4,785
Nov 201802,22752.934.24$9,436
Oct 201891,93761.443.40$7,135
Sep 201801,92259.543.11$5,974
Aug 201892,20759.403.07$7,303
Jul 201801,80165.142.93$5,280
Jun 2018152,09260.183.08$7,340
May 2018142,30065.382.90$7,587
Apr 2018552,22663.842.90$9,968
Mar 2018182,24661.222.79$7,361
Feb 201802,19061.782.77$6,058
Jan 201862,32362.874.01$9,691
Dec 201732,28457.272.92$6,845
Nov 2017422,48255.423.12$10,067
Oct 201732,54649.292.98$7,744
Sep 201702,59247.523.09$8,002
Aug 201702,63145.373.00$7,905
Jul 201782,58243.873.09$8,322
Jun 2017342,46542.493.09$9,055
May 201702,67045.373.26$8,713
Apr 201702,57247.933.21$8,260
Mar 201702,69746.772.98$8,047
Feb 2017102,43250.452.95$7,685
Jan 2017332,95149.413.42$11,719
Dec 2016202,13948.763.72$8,938
Nov 201603,02142.492.64$7,989
Oct 201603,08646.193.09$9,537
Sep 201603,09141.553.10$9,584
Aug 201603,00141.442.92$8,776
Jul 201602,86441.622.92$8,375
Jun 2016632,73645.352.69$10,205
May 201602,81742.521.99$5,609
Apr 201602,68636.561.99$5,348
Mar 201601,62033.011.79$2,906
Feb 201602,36826.472.06$4,887
Jan 201692,72527.352.36$6,689
Dec 2015192,81432.362.00$6,247
Nov 201502,56438.792.17$5,557
Oct 201562,17043.552.43$5,527
Sep 201581,97942.992.76$5,803
Aug 2015142,38840.162.87$7,422
Jul 201502,50748.152.95$7,383
Jun 2015182,66756.152.88$8,699
May 2015191,31255.212.96$4,927
Apr 2015461,87749.822.71$7,372
Mar 201502,18742.892.93$6,418
Feb 201502,15544.662.98$6,414
Jan 201502,31143.433.10$7,166
Dec 201401,87054.693.59$6,716
Nov 201401,91170.464.25$8,125
Oct 201402,27378.303.90$8,867
Sep 20141052486.164.05$2,981
Aug 201402,80789.394.04$11,327
Jul 201402,48496.564.18$10,382
Jun 201402,75198.164.74$13,031
May 201402,23394.734.73$10,554
Apr 201402,54195.944.81$12,220
Mar 201403,24095.895.06$16,384
Feb 201402,27297.406.19$14,068
Jan 201423,46390.404.86$17,013
Dec 201302,49091.824.35$10,843
Nov 201301,31088.853.74$4,897
Oct 201303,36297.423.78$12,706
Sep 201303,760104.113.72$13,979
Aug 20131342,920104.253.52$24,256
Jul 201302,861102.523.72$10,636
Jun 201304,03694.403.93$15,875
May 201304,13994.834.15$17,173
Apr 201324,32193.964.28$18,693
Mar 201324,25793.623.91$16,844
Feb 201333,75991.233.42$13,129
Jan 201304,25791.603.42$14,559
Dec 201203,94286.773.42$13,482
Nov 201202,85786.953.62$10,357
Oct 201203,69889.383.40$12,572
Sep 201202,97994.672.92$8,694
Aug 201202,54192.662.91$7,390
Jul 201205,78785.133.02$17,481
Jun 201204,50979.822.52$11,358
May 201204,15691.612.49$10,341
Apr 201203,400101.652.00$6,789
Mar 201203,510105.052.22$7,800
Feb 201203,016101.102.57$7,752
Jan 201203,18298.092.73$8,700
Dec 201103,38296.873.24$10,957
Nov 201103,55695.723.31$11,775
Oct 201103,36284.983.65$12,266
Sep 201103,47083.623.99$13,831
Aug 201102,19383.404.15$9,099
Jul 201103,02594.144.52$13,665
Jun 201101,82192.904.64$8,449
May 201101,77398.134.40$7,810
Apr 201101,788105.964.33$7,748
Mar 201101,74296.364.06$7,068
Feb 201101,94885.644.18$8,143
Jan 201102,47986.504.59$11,376
Dec 201002,53385.734.35$11,013
Nov 201002,46480.843.80$9,352
Oct 201002,60878.103.51$9,151
Sep 201002,38372.633.98$9,483
Aug 201002,91473.684.42$12,878
Jul 201002,12172.554.74$10,046
Jun 201002,45370.364.91$12,045
May 201002,22171.124.24$9,406
Apr 201002,17681.694.12$8,971
Mar 201002,20378.394.39$9,668
Feb 201001,80973.585.44$9,845
Jan 201002,04174.365.96$12,173
Dec 200902,00271.445.48$10,978
Nov 200932,22474.593.75$8,567
Oct 200902,15172.544.11$8,841
Sep 200921,75665.543.06$5,513
Aug 200922,01167.423.22$6,607
Jul 200911,19261.133.46$4,191
Jun 200923,09066.163.90$12,168
May 200953,30754.743.93$13,256
Apr 200933,69646.773.59$13,400
Mar 200966,51342.144.06$26,689
Feb 200923,74232.814.63$17,402
Jan 200913,91535.865.37$21,063
Dec 200833,83737.105.98$23,046
Nov 200803,88955.496.86$26,680
Oct 200833,78475.246.92$26,418
Sep 200833,760101.767.88$29,923
Aug 200804,926114.228.48$41,787
Jul 200845,048131.0811.39$58,018
Jun 200824,863131.3313.03$63,640
May 200834,808123.1711.57$56,019
Apr 20081704,560110.3110.45$66,427
Mar 200864,273101.909.66$41,906
Feb 200854,97692.538.77$44,105
Jan 200885,81090.388.21$48,398
Dec 200786,20088.337.30$45,979
Nov 200736,07491.677.29$44,565
Oct 200776,11082.856.92$42,873
Sep 200705,95175.846.24$37,159
Aug 200745,70269.066.39$36,700
Jul 200726,42970.906.39$41,210
Jun 200753,95262.007.55$30,141
May 200702,03958.747.85$15,999
Apr 2007024559.617.81$1,912
Mar 2007011856.927.30$862
Feb 20070855.108.22$66
Jan 20070050.306.73$0
Dec 20061056.656.92$57
Nov 200621,63354.207.62$12,548
Oct 200685,67154.906.01$34,543
Sep 200646,23860.085.04$31,662
Aug 2006787,58468.717.34$61,025
Jul 200609,39869.376.34$59,609
Jun 2006510,27566.286.38$65,926
May 2006012,05866.016.42$77,473
Apr 2006211,39264.397.36$83,979
Mar 20060056.707.08$0
Feb 2006145157.597.75$3,553
Jan 200621,70060.598.93$15,308
Dec 200542,39354.9413.42$32,323
Nov 200512,95954.6910.59$31,386
Oct 200511,71458.3413.80$23,704
Sep 200501,18261.4512.08$14,277
Aug 200511,11461.519.80$10,975
Jul 200501,27155.697.84$9,969
Jun 2005187452.337.38$6,503
May 2005063645.226.65$4,230
Apr 2005160449.207.36$4,495
Mar 2005164550.377.15$4,665
Feb 2005167845.226.31$4,325
Jan 2005179943.166.32$5,095
Dec 2004051739.866.75$3,490
Nov 2004075045.286.33$4,748
Oct 2004062949.706.52$4,098
Sep 2004074643.245.28$3,942
Aug 2004048842.375.55$2,709
Jul 2004065538.286.08$3,985
Jun 2004028136.106.43$1,808
May 2004067737.486.49$4,397
Apr 2004044434.475.86$2,601
Mar 2004049934.365.53$2,760
Feb 2004053132.455.51$2,926
Jan 2004046932.036.30$2,955
Dec 2003035430.266.30$2,231
Nov 2003033428.804.60$1,535
Oct 2003060128.174.76$2,861
Sep 2003063126.314.75$2,997
Aug 2003076829.765.13$3,940
Jul 2003081829.415.17$4,230
Jun 2003087928.565.98$5,259
May 20031289026.595.97$5,635
Apr 2003085526.675.41$4,623
Mar 2003092531.146.10$5,639
Feb 2003062633.487.93$4,962
Jan 2003088430.315.58$4,935
Dec 2002373226.914.85$3,634
Nov 2002076624.664.14$3,169
Oct 2002263326.464.23$2,730
Sep 2002064427.443.64$2,341
Aug 2002066125.963.16$2,092
Jul 2002195024.583.06$2,933
Jun 2002075423.733.34$2,517
May 2002095424.663.58$3,419
Apr 200201,19523.653.51$4,197
Mar 200201,20722.003.10$3,745
Feb 200201,29618.222.38$3,079
Jan 200201,93817.172.38$4,604
Dec 200101,81716.932.36$4,296
Nov 200102,16918.072.41$5,218
Oct 200103,21019.782.53$8,118
Sep 200105,92424.262.25$13,337
Aug 2001011,52624.873.05$35,191
Jul 2001012,72123.933.20$40,670
Jun 2001013,95724.563.82$53,374
May 2001017,06425.524.31$73,500
Apr 2001018,45724.685.34$98,474
Mar 2001011,97224.545.38$64,367
Feb 200108,00727.755.77$46,177
Jan 200108,97327.478.40$75,362
Dec 200009,36626.889.12$85,441
Nov 200009,11132.215.66$51,550
Oct 200008,67131.235.15$44,617
Sep 200007,12231.875.19$36,938
Aug 200006,41829.644.54$29,143
Jul 200006,37928.534.09$26,089
Jun 200007,51429.304.40$33,041
May 200007,03527.263.68$25,887
Apr 200006,95224.513.12$21,662
Mar 200007,85828.422.86$22,472
Feb 200008,03427.622.73$21,905
Jan 200008,74525.272.48$21,692
Dec 199909,09724.282.42$22,049
Nov 1999011,58523.192.43$28,198
Oct 1999015,66620.982.80$43,923
Sep 1999015,51221.752.62$40,624
Aug 1999012,67619.262.88$36,451
Jul 1999010,75817.892.37$25,522
Jun 199904,22315.942.36$9,975
May 199904,95815.792.32$11,508
Apr 199914,81615.102.21$10,649
Mar 199916,78112.471.84$12,478
Feb 199915,8979.981.82$10,729
Jan 199927,46510.381.90$14,204
Dec 199817,9679.201.77$14,137
Nov 1998111,18310.892.19$24,454
Oct 1998112,02512.421.97$23,692
Sep 1998113,97212.592.08$29,111
Aug 1998118,69411.301.91$35,667
Jul 199837,58511.742.24$17,005
Jun 199816,50911.242.24$14,574
May 199815,73612.622.21$12,668
Apr 199828,70513.042.51$21,835
Mar 199825,44712.802.31$12,605
Feb 199825,11713.952.30$11,793
Jan 199823,39514.702.15$7,345
Dec 199715,00316.322.41$12,079
Nov 199727,14218.193.09$22,093
Oct 199716,97719.253.15$21,996
Sep 199716,40517.742.95$18,944
Aug 199707,65917.862.55$19,567
Jul 199708,77917.582.25$19,726
Jun 199707,36117.242.26$16,615
May 199706,89618.972.31$15,919
Apr 199717,52117.882.08$15,682
Mar 199728,64518.951.94$16,802
Feb 1997210,32320.492.21$22,812
Jan 1997212,83623.483.54$45,483
Dec 1996211,85623.32$47
Nov 199619,77521.97$22
Oct 1996210,31923.31$47
Sep 199627,98422.22$44
Aug 199629,68920.26$41
Jul 1996210,78719.55$39
Jun 1996210,96018.73$37
May 1996214,53519.43$39
Apr 1996313,92821.51$65
Mar 1996314,18319.38$58
Feb 199629,73616.98$34
Jan 1996314,56017.07$51
Dec 1995323,66817.19$52
Nov 1995320,36616.00$48
Oct 1995221,57915.43$31
Sep 1995317,94816.18$49
Aug 1995316,16815.92$48
Jul 1995314,50215.24$46
Jun 1995216,45716.41$33
May 1995222,24217.56$35
Apr 1995023,33117.73$0
Mar 1995027,57116.44$0
Feb 1995126,30316.58$17
Jan 1995328,96115.92$48
Dec 199419,37415.03$15
Nov 1994325,11015.90$48
Oct 1994433,51215.58$62
Sep 1994334,03915.29$46
Aug 1994435,19516.13$65
Jul 1994433,25017.56$70
Jun 1994433,71017.09$68
May 1994535,31015.88$79
Apr 1994331,13614.14$42
Mar 1994735,68612.46$87
Feb 1994531,24812.50$63
Jan 19941130,67412.66$139
Dec 19931731,87912.33$210
Nov 19932033,45514.49$290
Oct 19932938,33515.85$460
Sep 199313737,02615.03$2,059
Aug 199339040,86915.66$6,107
Jul 199337944,02615.46$5,859
Jun 199342944,61416.79$7,203
May 199336349,51617.68$6,418
Apr 199339848,91218.05$7,184
Mar 199332450,48918.14$5,877
Feb 199344343,32717.90$7,930
Jan 199344349,77516.93$7,500

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             0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Gas                  362 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $1,103

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $1,103

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/117933 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.