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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 119681District 04Field 93215400NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$5.3 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$90 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
CondensateDisposition8,506 bbl$174,550
GasProduction1,766,692 Mcf$5,108,655
Total$5,283,205

545,524 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, -99.0585. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.74871, -99.05851 · 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
9,198 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 9,198 ft.

Completions filed
Dec 1985
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-47934276129,198 ftDec 1985

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 202601,896106.413.05$5,775
Apr 202601,84798.932.87$5,300
Mar 202601,95889.753.15$6,167
Feb 202601,69363.503.75$6,349
Jan 202602,01959.138.00$16,148
Dec 202501,74256.664.41$7,688
Nov 202501,80158.593.93$7,072
Oct 202501,60559.383.30$5,304
Sep 202501,51562.743.08$4,662
Aug 202502,74763.933.01$8,282
Jul 202503,70066.743.32$12,266
Jun 202501,68366.483.13$5,266
May 202501,90860.553.23$6,167
Apr 202501,69162.363.54$5,991
Mar 202501,80667.704.27$7,709
Feb 202501,63470.884.34$7,093
Jan 202501,92974.324.28$8,254
Dec 202401,83068.993.12$5,712
Nov 2024211,84869.052.20$5,513
Oct 202402,01671.372.28$4,599
Sep 202401,85369.612.36$4,381
Aug 202401,87575.632.06$3,869
Jul 202402,01479.932.15$4,323
Jun 202401,99478.082.63$5,252
May 202402,08878.812.20$4,590
Apr 202401,77284.451.66$2,940
Mar 202402,01680.301.55$3,115
Feb 202401,90676.091.78$3,400
Jan 202402,10673.023.30$6,945
Dec 202301,96771.262.61$5,135
Nov 202302,06677.892.81$5,800
Oct 202302,24185.443.09$6,919
Sep 202301,85089.042.74$5,060
Aug 202302,06380.522.67$5,514
Jul 202302,12174.852.64$5,603
Jun 202302,10968.962.26$4,763
May 202302,00270.622.23$4,459
Apr 202302,07578.122.24$4,643
Mar 202302,02672.852.39$4,849
Feb 202301,83675.112.47$4,527
Jan 202302,05776.533.39$6,969
Dec 202201,96676.415.73$11,263
Nov 202201,99485.005.65$11,259
Oct 202202,13887.185.86$12,537
Sep 202202,18484.888.16$17,829
Aug 202202,12594.529.13$19,395
Jul 202202,332101.587.54$17,588
Jun 202202,233115.097.98$17,813
May 202202,368109.378.43$19,969
Apr 202202,293104.226.84$15,679
Mar 202202,350108.885.08$11,930
Feb 202201,99091.054.86$9,669
Jan 202202,32581.844.54$10,550
Dec 202102,35771.323.90$9,190
Nov 2021142,26077.435.24$12,919
Oct 202102,39679.795.71$13,690
Sep 2021142,34469.865.35$13,521
Aug 202102,47166.024.22$10,429
Jul 202102,63070.783.98$10,473
Jun 202102,39769.493.38$8,103
May 202102,47763.483.02$7,475
Apr 202102,40260.362.76$6,626
Mar 202102,48161.302.72$6,741
Feb 2021292,27657.805.55$14,303
Jan 202102,25850.412.81$6,346
Dec 2020292,46644.642.68$7,892
Nov 202002,58238.772.71$6,988
Oct 202002,70836.972.48$6,712
Sep 202002,78737.091.99$5,549
Aug 202002,94339.982.39$7,019
Jul 202002,98238.371.83$5,443
Jun 202003,03334.901.69$5,127
May 202004,96116.921.81$9,003
Apr 202001,39514.751.80$2,517
Mar 202001,89030.341.86$3,508
Feb 202002,12349.881.98$4,205
Jan 202002,18457.252.09$4,575
Dec 201901,53759.012.30$3,542
Nov 201902,57855.302.75$7,091
Oct 201901,97553.472.42$4,777
Sep 201901,94155.052.66$5,158
Aug 201901,91853.112.30$4,420
Jul 201902,67856.272.46$6,588
Jun 201902,84252.782.49$7,080
May 201902,62758.482.74$7,199
Apr 201902,63262.632.75$7,240
Mar 201902,89256.803.06$8,856
Feb 201902,64050.852.79$7,371
Jan 201903,07246.033.23$9,917
Dec 201803,16846.594.19$13,259
Nov 201803,23452.934.24$13,703
Oct 201803,16161.443.40$10,741
Sep 201803,49359.543.11$10,856
Aug 201803,97459.403.07$12,187
Jul 201803,44865.142.93$10,109
Jun 201802,76760.183.08$8,514
May 201801,11665.382.90$3,237
Apr 201801,09163.842.90$3,165
Mar 201801,49461.222.79$4,164
Feb 201801,58161.782.77$4,373
Jan 201801,49162.874.01$5,978
Dec 201701,33357.272.92$3,894
Nov 201701,01455.423.12$3,162
Oct 201701,23449.292.98$3,682
Sep 201701,77147.523.09$5,468
Aug 201701,92945.373.00$5,795
Jul 201741,29043.873.09$4,158
Jun 2017092442.493.09$2,853
May 20171575445.373.26$3,141
Apr 201701,82147.933.21$5,848
Mar 201701,25546.772.98$3,745
Feb 201701,75150.452.95$5,170
Jan 2017112,54349.413.42$9,238
Dec 201602,18748.763.72$8,142
Nov 2016102,84042.492.64$7,935
Oct 201602,76746.193.09$8,551
Sep 201603,13141.553.10$9,708
Aug 201603,22541.442.92$9,431
Jul 201603,68741.622.92$10,782
Jun 201603,37045.352.69$9,051
May 201603,38042.521.99$6,730
Apr 201603,32736.561.99$6,624
Mar 201603,16033.011.79$5,669
Feb 201603,24526.472.06$6,696
Jan 201603,63027.352.36$8,583
Dec 201503,78632.362.00$7,577
Nov 2015163,90038.792.17$9,073
Oct 2015683,70043.552.43$11,940
Sep 201503,46842.992.76$9,566
Aug 201503,98840.162.87$11,455
Jul 201502,14048.152.95$6,302
Jun 2015023056.152.88$663
May 201501,09955.212.96$3,248
Apr 201501,03649.822.71$2,804
Mar 2015065342.892.93$1,916
Feb 2015064944.662.98$1,932
Jan 201504243.433.10$130
Dec 2014081254.693.59$2,916
Nov 2014040370.464.25$1,713
Oct 2014039878.303.90$1,553
Sep 2014025286.164.05$1,019
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 2014056496.564.18$2,357
Jun 2014060698.164.74$2,871
May 2014060694.734.73$2,864
Apr 2014074495.944.81$3,578
Mar 2014075495.895.06$3,813
Feb 2014054297.406.19$3,356
Jan 2014065690.404.86$3,189
Dec 2013066991.824.35$2,913
Nov 2013067088.853.74$2,505
Oct 2013056197.423.78$2,120
Sep 20130423104.113.72$1,573
Aug 20130247104.253.52$870
Jul 20130601102.523.72$2,234
Jun 2013059994.403.93$2,356
May 2013040894.834.15$1,693
Apr 2013044293.964.28$1,893
Mar 2013035593.623.91$1,389
Feb 2013020091.233.42$684
Jan 2013013391.603.42$455
Dec 2012054886.773.42$1,874
Nov 2012058886.953.62$2,131
Oct 2012074589.383.40$2,533
Sep 2012068194.672.92$1,987
Aug 2012085592.662.91$2,486
Jul 2012074285.133.02$2,241
Jun 201201,16479.822.52$2,932
May 201201,18091.612.49$2,936
Apr 201201,573101.652.00$3,141
Mar 201202,447105.052.22$5,437
Feb 20120389101.102.57$1,000
Jan 201202,01398.092.73$5,504
Dec 201102,10896.873.24$6,829
Nov 201101,98895.723.31$6,583
Oct 201103,14284.983.65$11,464
Sep 201103,24983.623.99$12,950
Aug 201102,95883.404.15$12,274
Jul 201103,22994.144.52$14,586
Jun 201103,31092.904.64$15,358
May 201103,48298.134.40$15,338
Apr 201103,167105.964.33$13,724
Mar 201103,02296.364.06$12,261
Feb 201102,90385.644.18$12,134
Jan 201103,71686.504.59$17,052
Dec 201003,82785.734.35$16,639
Nov 2010193,30580.843.80$14,080
Oct 201003,28578.103.51$11,527
Sep 201002,44672.633.98$9,734
Aug 2010202,09273.684.42$10,719
Jul 201003,17072.554.74$15,015
Jun 201003,44470.364.91$16,911
May 201003,50371.124.24$14,836
Apr 201003,32781.694.12$13,716
Mar 2010183,61478.394.39$17,272
Feb 201003,29473.585.44$17,927
Jan 2010143,19774.365.96$20,108
Dec 200903,43171.445.48$18,815
Nov 200903,67374.593.75$13,779
Oct 2009163,19072.544.11$14,272
Sep 200903,27965.543.06$10,049
Aug 2009153,58167.423.22$12,537
Jul 2009143,17661.133.46$11,859
Jun 200903,37366.163.90$13,138
May 200903,71654.743.93$14,588
Apr 200905,64046.773.59$20,234
Mar 2009183,32842.144.06$14,267
Feb 200913,14532.814.63$14,604
Jan 2009132,69735.865.37$14,952
Dec 200813,58537.105.98$21,465
Nov 2008123,25555.496.86$22,996
Oct 2008103,61875.246.92$25,796
Sep 200893,483101.767.88$28,352
Aug 200803,803114.228.48$32,261
Jul 200803,728131.0811.39$42,460
Jun 200883,922131.3313.03$52,165
May 200874,415123.1711.57$51,963
Apr 200862,434110.3110.45$26,109
Mar 200883,357101.909.66$33,257
Feb 200883,38292.538.77$30,402
Jan 200803,65990.388.21$30,025
Dec 200703,70788.337.30$27,068
Nov 200763,85391.677.29$28,645
Oct 200704,07782.856.92$28,221
Sep 200703,44975.846.24$21,536
Aug 2007123,90369.066.39$25,761
Jul 2007123,38370.906.39$22,461
Jun 200702,41062.007.55$18,192
May 200774,02358.747.85$31,977
Apr 200701,51859.617.81$11,848
Mar 2007113,58656.927.30$26,811
Feb 200713,53755.108.22$29,115
Jan 200734,03650.306.73$27,300
Dec 200644,06456.656.92$28,343
Nov 200624,55254.207.62$34,783
Oct 200635,39954.906.01$32,633
Sep 200613,97460.085.04$20,078
Aug 200631,01168.717.34$7,627
Jul 200622,74969.376.34$17,575
Jun 200673,15166.286.38$20,580
May 2006103,65966.016.42$24,169
Apr 200673,08164.397.36$23,128
Mar 200632,90256.707.08$20,725
Feb 200683,01157.597.75$23,799
Jan 200673,34960.598.93$30,342
Dec 200554,32254.9413.42$58,256
Nov 200593,70854.6910.59$39,754
Oct 200564,23558.3413.80$58,775
Sep 200564,00761.4512.08$48,769
Aug 200564,19761.519.80$41,486
Jul 200573,90855.697.84$31,043
Jun 200573,58952.337.38$26,857
May 2005154,01845.226.65$27,403
Apr 200554,69049.207.36$34,767
Mar 2005133,54750.377.15$26,033
Feb 2005253,09645.226.31$20,672
Jan 2005221,79643.166.32$12,304
Dec 20041758539.866.75$4,627
Nov 20041270445.286.33$5,000
Oct 20040049.706.52$0
Sep 2004203,44843.245.28$19,084
Aug 20044910,80542.375.55$62,051
Jul 2004639,66938.286.08$61,240
Jun 20042412,06836.106.43$78,500
May 20042014,12937.486.49$92,512
Apr 2004515,63634.475.86$91,775
Mar 2004116,77634.365.53$92,808
Feb 2004418,04632.455.51$99,556
Jan 2004312,53432.036.30$79,056
Dec 200303,97230.266.30$25,030
Nov 200306,30228.804.60$28,959
Oct 200305,14128.174.76$24,469
Sep 200306,01326.314.75$28,558
Aug 200306,68229.765.13$34,277
Jul 200302,32229.415.17$12,007
Jun 200306,04228.565.98$36,149
May 200307,60726.595.97$45,434
Apr 2003088226.675.41$4,769
Mar 200304,24531.146.10$25,878
Feb 200305,17633.487.93$41,024
Jan 200308,20830.315.58$45,817
Dec 200213,45826.914.85$16,811
Nov 2002117,09024.664.14$29,602
Oct 200226,25326.464.23$26,498
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 20020023.733.34$0
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 20020023.653.51$0
Mar 20020022.003.10$0
Feb 20020018.222.38$0
Jan 20020017.172.38$0
Dec 20010016.932.36$0
Nov 20010018.072.41$0
Oct 20010019.782.53$0
Sep 20010024.262.25$0
Aug 20010024.873.05$0
Jul 20010023.933.20$0
Jun 20010024.563.82$0
May 20010025.524.31$0
Apr 20010024.685.34$0
Mar 20010024.545.38$0
Feb 20010027.755.77$0
Jan 20010027.478.40$0
Dec 20000026.889.12$0
Nov 20009032.215.66$290
Oct 20001237431.235.15$2,299
Sep 2000134,56731.875.19$24,101
Aug 2000247,16629.644.54$33,250
Jul 2000256,78628.534.09$28,466
Jun 2000188,53629.304.40$38,062
May 2000258,32527.263.68$31,315
Apr 2000228,11124.513.12$25,813
Mar 2000238,68828.422.86$25,499
Feb 2000458,93327.622.73$25,599
Jan 2000248,46925.272.48$21,614
Dec 1999248,61724.282.42$21,468
Nov 1999328,79423.192.43$22,147
Oct 1999168,82820.982.80$25,087
Sep 1999308,38921.752.62$22,622
Aug 1999248,62419.262.88$25,261
Jul 1999349,28017.892.37$22,624
Jun 1999339,05315.942.36$21,910
May 1999369,15415.792.32$21,815
Apr 1999398,87515.102.21$20,185
Mar 19991018,90912.471.84$17,637
Feb 1999978,8279.981.82$17,014
Jan 1999799,95910.381.90$19,742
Dec 1998739,3109.201.77$17,181
Nov 1998417,32210.892.19$16,450
Oct 19984510,37512.421.97$20,989
Sep 199829,48612.592.08$19,781
Aug 1998159,21211.301.91$17,740
Jul 1998298,46211.742.24$19,272
Jun 1998269,25011.242.24$20,987
May 1998419,92712.622.21$22,420
Apr 19983010,51513.042.51$26,735
Mar 1998455,61112.802.31$13,534
Feb 1998187,90513.952.30$18,426
Jan 1998479,53214.702.15$21,230
Dec 19975511,02016.322.41$27,468
Nov 1997559,63418.193.09$30,753
Oct 19973612,18719.253.15$39,080
Sep 19973310,10517.742.95$30,444
Aug 1997338,58317.862.55$22,517
Jul 1997579,85317.582.25$23,141
Jun 1997489,66617.242.26$22,646
May 19974810,80618.972.31$25,856
Apr 1997629,83217.882.08$21,586
Mar 19976010,61718.951.94$21,725
Feb 19974811,07020.492.21$25,403
Jan 19975510,50123.483.54$38,462
Dec 19966611,92123.32$1,539
Nov 19963710,24521.97$813
Oct 1996629,99623.31$1,445
Sep 1996478,77222.22$1,044
Aug 1996389,72920.26$770
Jul 19964712,16119.55$919
Jun 1996189,38718.73$337
May 1996348,48419.43$661
Apr 19963210,36121.51$688
Mar 1996709,58519.38$1,357
Feb 19968410,21116.98$1,426
Jan 199610212,12017.07$1,741
Dec 199513413,05717.19$2,303
Nov 19956111,89916.00$976
Oct 19952813,04915.43$432
Sep 19954014,20116.18$647
Aug 19952411,29815.92$382
Jul 199510011,96815.24$1,524
Jun 199520310,68516.41$3,331
May 199515615,22117.56$2,739
Apr 199523116,19517.73$4,096
Mar 199526112,68116.44$4,291
Feb 199517714,70716.58$2,935
Jan 199521310,65415.92$3,391
Dec 199417413,43415.03$2,615
Nov 1994878,73115.90$1,383
Oct 199413812,52415.58$2,150
Sep 19941172,70615.29$1,789
Aug 199423215,78316.13$3,742
Jul 199421512,75117.56$3,775
Jun 199418615,28117.09$3,179
May 19942066,03815.88$3,271
Apr 199432614,24814.14$4,610
Mar 19943758,89612.46$4,673
Feb 19942919,45912.50$3,638
Jan 199412312,33612.66$1,557
Dec 199313513,58712.33$1,665
Nov 19936615,89514.49$956
Oct 199311113,12115.85$1,759
Sep 19936512,51415.03$977
Aug 19936612,88015.66$1,034
Jul 199310812,77215.46$1,670
Jun 1993659,87816.79$1,091
May 19931245,37117.68$2,192
Apr 199310910,58518.05$1,967
Mar 1993505,36918.14$907
Feb 1993719,28317.90$1,271
Jan 19939913,49516.93$1,676

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                1,896 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $5,775

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $5,775

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/119681 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.