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

Gas lease lease 118871District 04Field 93215400NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$5.2 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$12 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 909 leases and 909 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1998-02-24
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 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 2010-11-02.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: NO P-15 OR PLAT REQUIRED.

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
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
CondensateDisposition13,410 bbl$409,465
GasProduction1,720,176 Mcf$4,773,697
Total$5,183,162

715,509 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 27.7487, -99.0504. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.74871, -99.05037 · 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
9,200 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 9,200 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1987
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-47934228109,200 ftNov 1987

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 20260206106.413.05$627
Apr 2026018598.932.87$531
Mar 2026022489.753.15$705
Feb 2026020263.503.75$758
Jan 2026022659.138.00$1,808
Dec 2025026456.664.41$1,165
Nov 2025022158.593.93$868
Oct 2025024559.383.30$810
Sep 2025025062.743.08$769
Aug 2025041363.933.01$1,245
Jul 2025057866.743.32$1,916
Jun 2025025466.483.13$795
May 2025029660.553.23$957
Apr 2025030362.363.54$1,074
Mar 2025032067.704.27$1,366
Feb 2025027070.884.34$1,172
Jan 2025030574.324.28$1,305
Dec 2024028268.993.12$880
Nov 2024025969.052.20$569
Oct 2024030971.372.28$705
Sep 2024029969.612.36$707
Aug 2024034275.632.06$706
Jul 2024032679.932.15$700
Jun 2024033978.082.63$893
May 2024038478.812.20$844
Apr 2024034084.451.66$564
Mar 2024041280.301.55$637
Feb 2024033276.091.78$592
Jan 2024025073.023.30$824
Dec 2023025871.262.61$674
Nov 2023020977.892.81$587
Oct 2023050385.443.09$1,553
Sep 2023056689.042.74$1,548
Aug 2023047080.522.67$1,256
Jul 2023040974.852.64$1,081
Jun 2023033068.962.26$745
May 2023019570.622.23$434
Apr 2023023678.122.24$528
Mar 2023013972.852.39$333
Feb 2023031675.112.47$779
Jan 2023072076.533.39$2,439
Dec 2022042376.415.73$2,423
Nov 2022037585.005.65$2,117
Oct 2022027787.185.86$1,624
Sep 2022031984.888.16$2,604
Aug 2022033394.529.13$3,039
Jul 20220336101.587.54$2,534
Jun 20220395115.097.98$3,151
May 20220303109.378.43$2,555
Apr 20220283104.226.84$1,935
Mar 20220255108.885.08$1,294
Feb 2022016191.054.86$782
Jan 2022028081.844.54$1,271
Dec 2021028971.323.90$1,127
Nov 2021027477.435.24$1,435
Oct 2021036679.795.71$2,091
Sep 2021029669.865.35$1,584
Aug 2021016066.024.22$675
Jul 2021026570.783.98$1,055
Jun 2021018669.493.38$629
May 2021021563.483.02$649
Apr 2021031160.362.76$858
Mar 2021033661.302.72$913
Feb 2021028757.805.55$1,592
Jan 2021032750.412.81$919
Dec 2020036244.642.68$969
Nov 2020031438.772.71$850
Oct 2020034536.972.48$855
Sep 2020032937.091.99$655
Aug 2020037539.982.39$894
Jul 2020050738.371.83$925
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 2020034316.921.81$622
Apr 2020017314.751.80$312
Mar 2020017430.341.86$323
Feb 2020016549.881.98$327
Jan 2020017157.252.09$358
Dec 2019022259.012.30$512
Nov 201907155.302.75$195
Oct 2019035053.472.42$846
Sep 2019048455.052.66$1,286
Aug 2019039853.112.30$917
Jul 2019033056.272.46$812
Jun 2019031052.782.49$772
May 2019019858.482.74$543
Apr 2019016862.632.75$462
Mar 2019034656.803.06$1,059
Feb 2019015250.852.79$424
Jan 2019028446.033.23$917
Dec 2018022046.594.19$921
Nov 201809252.934.24$390
Oct 201802661.443.40$88
Sep 201805859.543.11$180
Aug 2018013359.403.07$408
Jul 2018029765.142.93$871
Jun 2018028460.183.08$874
May 2018042065.382.90$1,218
Apr 2018039063.842.90$1,131
Mar 2018039661.222.79$1,104
Feb 2018056661.782.77$1,566
Jan 2018054362.874.01$2,177
Dec 2017060957.272.92$1,779
Nov 2017051155.423.12$1,593
Oct 2017052849.292.98$1,575
Sep 2017063447.523.09$1,957
Aug 2017052445.373.00$1,574
Jul 2017044843.873.09$1,383
Jun 2017057442.493.09$1,772
May 2017041145.373.26$1,341
Apr 2017040847.933.21$1,310
Mar 2017041946.772.98$1,250
Feb 2017036950.452.95$1,090
Jan 2017041349.413.42$1,412
Dec 2016048448.763.72$1,802
Nov 2016019642.492.64$518
Oct 2016017746.193.09$547
Sep 2016034141.553.10$1,057
Aug 2016037741.442.92$1,102
Jul 2016033641.622.92$983
Jun 2016028345.352.69$760
May 2016033242.521.99$661
Apr 2016050736.561.99$1,009
Mar 2016052633.011.79$944
Feb 2016052726.472.06$1,088
Jan 2016052927.352.36$1,251
Dec 2015055032.362.00$1,101
Nov 2015060338.792.17$1,307
Oct 2015058943.552.43$1,429
Sep 2015050742.992.76$1,399
Aug 2015041540.162.87$1,192
Jul 2015053848.152.95$1,584
Jun 2015048556.152.88$1,398
May 20152854255.212.96$3,148
Apr 2015050149.822.71$1,356
Mar 2015055642.892.93$1,632
Feb 2015047944.662.98$1,426
Jan 2015043343.433.10$1,343
Dec 2014031254.693.59$1,121
Nov 2014017870.464.25$757
Oct 2014048378.303.90$1,884
Sep 201469543286.164.05$61,629
Aug 20141177189.394.04$4,094
Jul 20141282396.564.18$4,599
Jun 20143269798.164.74$6,443
May 20142082594.734.73$5,794
Apr 20142572195.944.81$5,866
Mar 2014067295.895.06$3,398
Feb 2014063397.406.19$3,920
Jan 20142074090.404.86$5,405
Dec 2013574391.824.35$3,694
Nov 20131370188.853.74$3,776
Oct 20131061897.423.78$3,310
Sep 20130650104.113.72$2,417
Aug 201310676104.253.52$3,424
Jul 201322623102.523.72$4,572
Jun 2013060894.403.93$2,392
May 2013056794.834.15$2,353
Apr 2013065293.964.28$2,792
Mar 2013063093.623.91$2,465
Feb 2013049691.233.42$1,696
Jan 2013056491.603.42$1,929
Dec 2012063086.773.42$2,155
Nov 2012069086.953.62$2,501
Oct 2012077389.383.40$2,628
Sep 2012071394.672.92$2,081
Aug 2012075592.662.91$2,196
Jul 2012063285.133.02$1,909
Jun 2012079379.822.52$1,998
May 2012052291.612.49$1,299
Apr 20120394101.652.00$787
Mar 20120619105.052.22$1,375
Feb 20120897101.102.57$2,306
Jan 2012068498.092.73$1,870
Dec 2011091196.873.24$2,951
Nov 2011073995.723.31$2,447
Oct 2011087584.983.65$3,192
Sep 201118993083.623.99$19,511
Aug 2011096883.404.15$4,017
Jul 2011089494.144.52$4,038
Jun 2011085492.904.64$3,962
May 2011078698.134.40$3,462
Apr 2011183761105.964.33$22,688
Mar 2011075396.364.06$3,055
Feb 2011076785.644.18$3,206
Jan 2011066786.504.59$3,061
Dec 2010078385.734.35$3,404
Nov 20103970080.843.80$5,809
Oct 2010087778.103.51$3,077
Sep 2010071172.633.98$2,829
Aug 2010201,08673.684.42$6,273
Jul 2010094772.554.74$4,485
Jun 201001,45170.364.91$7,125
May 201001,95271.124.24$8,267
Apr 201001,88381.694.12$7,763
Mar 2010181,27278.394.39$6,993
Feb 201001,20573.585.44$6,558
Jan 20101383574.365.96$5,947
Dec 2009090971.445.48$4,985
Nov 2009087074.593.75$3,264
Oct 2009161,08072.544.11$5,600
Sep 2009098765.543.06$3,025
Aug 2009163,15967.423.22$11,246
Jul 2009162,81461.133.46$10,727
Jun 200903,77466.163.90$14,700
May 200913,52154.743.93$13,877
Apr 200917,35546.773.59$26,433
Mar 2009223,63642.144.06$15,686
Feb 200913,50732.814.63$16,281
Jan 2009193,82335.865.37$21,215
Dec 200813,78337.105.98$22,649
Nov 2008263,58455.496.86$26,030
Oct 2008273,83075.246.92$28,543
Sep 2008354,044101.767.88$35,417
Aug 200804,634114.228.48$39,310
Jul 200804,382131.0811.39$49,908
Jun 2008383,453131.3313.03$49,992
May 2008454,243123.1711.57$54,652
Apr 2008454,375110.3110.45$50,704
Mar 2008443,303101.909.66$36,404
Feb 2008434,57492.538.77$44,095
Jan 200804,79990.388.21$39,379
Dec 200706,29688.337.30$45,973
Nov 2007382,73891.677.29$23,448
Oct 200701,22582.856.92$8,479
Sep 200702,05575.846.24$12,832
Aug 2007711,99569.066.39$17,647
Jul 2007773,22670.906.39$26,067
Jun 200703,80062.007.55$28,684
May 2007402,98958.747.85$25,802
Apr 200703,14459.617.81$24,540
Mar 2007614,70156.927.30$37,799
Feb 200774,07655.108.22$33,874
Jan 200774,99650.306.73$33,959
Dec 2006114,01056.656.92$28,366
Nov 200655,47354.207.62$41,961
Oct 2006106,62854.906.01$40,408
Sep 200656,63060.085.04$33,697
Aug 2006101,37868.717.34$10,802
Jul 200651,58769.376.34$10,413
Jun 2006131,52166.286.38$10,572
May 2006162,48766.016.42$17,035
Apr 2006195,21864.397.36$39,630
Mar 2006125,75956.707.08$41,471
Feb 2006215,18057.597.75$41,360
Jan 2006145,75660.598.93$52,268
Dec 2005126,15954.9413.42$83,285
Nov 2005165,39554.6910.59$57,999
Oct 2005206,04258.3413.80$84,521
Sep 2005176,06761.4512.08$74,328
Aug 2005136,54161.519.80$64,881
Jul 2005206,82555.697.84$54,647
Jun 200556,46752.337.38$47,995
May 2005716,60145.226.65$47,115
Apr 200506,72249.207.36$49,477
Mar 200527,53450.377.15$54,006
Feb 200547,06245.226.31$44,756
Jan 200527,51043.166.32$47,566
Dec 200457,77739.866.75$52,702
Nov 200417,60245.286.33$48,169
Oct 200417,73849.706.52$50,464
Sep 200416,99243.245.28$36,988
Aug 200487,85042.375.55$43,912
Jul 200407,21138.286.08$43,873
Jun 200477,40136.106.43$47,863
May 2004758,06537.486.49$55,190
Apr 2004307,17034.475.86$43,039
Mar 20041177,87834.365.53$47,587
Feb 200436,93032.455.51$38,279
Jan 2004357,85832.036.30$50,624
Dec 2003448,28230.266.30$53,522
Nov 2003477,34428.804.60$35,100
Oct 200306,05828.174.76$28,834
Sep 2003596,25426.314.75$31,255
Aug 2003394,76729.765.13$25,614
Jul 2003627,10729.415.17$38,573
Jun 2003716,87928.565.98$43,185
May 2003676,90026.595.97$42,993
Apr 2003715,85026.675.41$33,526
Mar 2003975,17531.146.10$34,568
Feb 2003155,30433.487.93$42,541
Jan 2003297,03630.315.58$40,154
Dec 2002146,39826.914.85$31,431
Nov 2002185,51224.664.14$23,247
Oct 2002226,30726.464.23$27,255
Sep 2002403,15827.443.64$12,578
Aug 2002969,54125.963.16$32,681
Jul 200201,59424.583.06$4,880
Jun 2002844,18123.733.34$15,951
May 200207,27124.663.58$26,059
Apr 2002745,74823.653.51$21,939
Mar 2002747,36622.003.10$24,483
Feb 2002517,33418.222.38$18,352
Jan 2002197,33817.172.38$17,759
Dec 2001481,55216.932.36$4,482
Nov 200111,18918.072.41$2,878
Oct 200192,71319.782.53$7,039
Sep 2001102,21924.262.25$5,238
Aug 2001495,36524.873.05$17,599
Jul 2001826,52523.933.20$22,823
Jun 2001554,85124.563.82$19,902
May 2001685,41625.524.31$25,064
Apr 2001266,44424.685.34$35,022
Mar 2001277,31724.545.38$40,002
Feb 2001156,18427.755.77$36,080
Jan 2001195,84927.478.40$49,646
Dec 2000325,75726.889.12$53,378
Nov 2000536,27732.215.66$37,222
Oct 2000376,14331.235.15$32,764
Sep 2000235,32231.875.19$28,336
Aug 2000386,92229.644.54$32,557
Jul 2000405,26728.534.09$22,682
Jun 2000317,33729.304.40$33,171
May 2000596,45927.263.68$25,376
Apr 2000896,68624.513.12$23,015
Mar 2000916,99128.422.86$22,579
Feb 20001797,39027.622.73$25,093
Jan 2000945,86125.272.48$16,914
Dec 1999962,66724.282.42$8,795
Nov 19991275,50323.192.43$16,339
Oct 1999616,09120.982.80$18,357
Sep 19991117,03421.752.62$20,835
Aug 1999947,40519.262.88$23,104
Jul 19991318,29217.892.37$22,015
Jun 19991196,32515.942.36$16,837
May 19991156,31615.792.32$16,475
Apr 1999775,12715.102.21$12,483
Mar 1999937,66712.471.84$15,254
Feb 1999756,4149.981.82$12,408
Jan 199958,08410.381.90$15,411
Dec 1998117,4979.201.77$13,396
Nov 1998157,51610.892.19$16,591
Oct 1998728,70212.421.97$18,030
Sep 1998608,35212.592.08$18,149
Aug 19981338,26711.301.91$17,271
Jul 1998969,30111.742.24$21,936
Jun 1998788,15711.242.24$19,126
May 19981178,04912.622.21$19,235
Apr 1998908,17613.042.51$21,657
Mar 19981385,73112.802.31$15,002
Feb 1998516,92313.952.30$16,628
Jan 19981278,64314.702.15$20,491
Dec 19971648,91916.322.41$24,181
Nov 19971679,00818.193.09$30,857
Oct 199711110,35919.253.15$34,766
Sep 199710710,93717.742.95$34,216
Aug 19971089,54317.862.55$26,309
Jul 19971636,14317.582.25$16,668
Jun 199713810,44817.242.26$25,962
May 19971419,87118.972.31$25,462
Apr 199715813,24617.882.08$30,414
Mar 19971365,07618.951.94$12,420
Feb 19971157,42420.492.21$18,733
Jan 19979210,79023.483.54$40,354
Dec 19961188,63323.32$2,752
Nov 1996648,71321.97$1,406
Oct 19961057,85023.31$2,448
Sep 1996799,50322.22$1,755
Aug 19966710,27420.26$1,357
Jul 1996958,96019.55$1,857
Jun 1996699,67718.73$1,292
May 19961338,61619.43$2,584
Apr 19969511,28121.51$2,043
Mar 199610311,16819.38$1,996
Feb 19968711,73716.98$1,477
Jan 199611412,08917.07$1,946
Dec 199517315,61117.19$2,974
Nov 199517614,78816.00$2,816
Oct 199521816,51515.43$3,364
Sep 199528517,04316.18$4,611
Aug 199513814,80415.92$2,197
Jul 19951789,04715.24$2,713
Jun 199518011,12816.41$2,954
May 199513512,14017.56$2,371
Apr 199517510,82217.73$3,103
Mar 199514914,09216.44$2,450
Feb 19954619,15916.58$763
Jan 19951710,07115.92$271
Dec 1994172,56315.03$256
Nov 1994911,20415.90$143
Oct 1994168,91915.58$249
Sep 1994142,17915.29$214
Aug 19942314,25316.13$371
Jul 19942318,78017.56$404
Jun 19941815,48817.09$308
May 19942514,35715.88$397
Apr 19943619,12014.14$509
Mar 1994375,87212.46$461
Feb 19944014,48412.50$500
Jan 19949720,89612.66$1,228
Dec 199313021,24012.33$1,603
Nov 19936015,31914.49$869
Oct 199311123,76115.85$1,759
Sep 19936517,36215.03$977
Aug 19936624,11515.66$1,034
Jul 199310921,62615.46$1,685
Jun 19936623,15816.79$1,108
May 199313630,27717.68$2,404
Apr 199316325,78718.05$2,942
Mar 199313929,65818.14$2,521
Feb 199315524,32417.90$2,775
Jan 199322827,04616.93$3,860

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             0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Gas                  206 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $627

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $627

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/118871 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.