EL GATO

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 122844District 04Field 93215400NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$5.0 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$21 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
CondensateDisposition7,495 bbl$235,101
GasProduction1,550,994 Mcf$4,813,018
Total$5,048,119

506,462 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, -99.0445. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.74868, -99.04454 · 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
9,100 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 9,100 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 1986
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-47934407149,100 ftNov 1986

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 202603106.413.05$9
Apr 20260698.932.87$17
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 202601663.503.75$60
Jan 202601259.138.00$96
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 2025010958.593.93$428
Oct 2025061059.383.30$2,016
Sep 2025091162.743.08$2,803
Aug 2025141,36163.933.01$4,998
Jul 202502,27666.743.32$7,545
Jun 202501,06866.483.13$3,341
May 202501,24460.553.23$4,021
Apr 202501,10062.363.54$3,897
Mar 202501,35867.704.27$5,796
Feb 2025089570.884.34$3,885
Jan 20252579874.324.28$5,272
Dec 202401,18568.993.12$3,699
Nov 202401,18169.052.20$2,596
Oct 202401,55471.372.28$3,545
Sep 2024090669.612.36$2,142
Aug 2024069975.632.06$1,442
Jul 202401,29479.932.15$2,778
Jun 202401,35978.082.63$3,580
May 202401,48378.812.20$3,260
Apr 202401,51384.451.66$2,510
Mar 2024090880.301.55$1,403
Feb 2024076976.091.78$1,372
Jan 202401,09973.023.30$3,624
Dec 202301,78071.262.61$4,647
Nov 202302,04177.892.81$5,730
Oct 202302,23785.443.09$6,906
Sep 202301,35689.042.74$3,709
Aug 202302,14780.522.67$5,739
Jul 202302,36474.852.64$6,245
Jun 202302,44668.962.26$5,524
May 202302,40670.622.23$5,359
Apr 202302,68078.122.24$5,997
Mar 202302,31972.852.39$5,550
Feb 202302,57875.112.47$6,357
Jan 202302,96876.533.39$10,055
Dec 202202,57476.415.73$14,747
Nov 202203,08085.005.65$17,390
Oct 202203,56787.185.86$20,916
Sep 202204,45984.888.16$36,402
Aug 202205,25094.529.13$47,918
Jul 202206,348101.587.54$47,877
Jun 202204,251115.097.98$33,911
May 202201,368109.378.43$11,536
Apr 20220316104.226.84$2,161
Mar 20220285108.885.08$1,447
Feb 202209291.054.86$447
Jan 202209081.844.54$408
Dec 202107271.323.90$281
Nov 202109677.435.24$503
Oct 2021010979.795.71$623
Sep 2021015869.865.35$845
Aug 202103966.024.22$165
Jul 202109070.783.98$358
Jun 202109669.493.38$325
May 2021011163.483.02$335
Apr 2021017960.362.76$494
Mar 2021022661.302.72$614
Feb 2021015357.805.55$849
Jan 2021016050.412.81$450
Dec 2020022844.642.68$610
Nov 2020016538.772.71$447
Oct 2020020836.972.48$516
Sep 2020012437.091.99$247
Aug 2020029439.982.39$701
Jul 202008738.371.83$159
Jun 202002634.901.69$44
May 2020022516.921.81$408
Apr 2020027514.751.80$496
Mar 2020030930.341.86$574
Feb 2020025749.881.98$509
Jan 2020030257.252.09$633
Dec 2019027959.012.30$643
Nov 2019042655.302.75$1,172
Oct 2019031153.472.42$752
Sep 2019031455.052.66$834
Aug 2019027453.112.30$631
Jul 2019027656.272.46$679
Jun 2019046252.782.49$1,151
May 201906558.482.74$178
Apr 2019014262.632.75$391
Mar 2019026456.803.06$808
Feb 2019022750.852.79$634
Jan 2019027446.033.23$885
Dec 2018028246.594.19$1,180
Nov 2018030052.934.24$1,271
Oct 2018041061.443.40$1,393
Sep 2018042259.543.11$1,312
Aug 201802859.403.07$86
Jul 2018029565.142.93$865
Jun 2018031960.183.08$982
May 2018039665.382.90$1,149
Apr 2018032163.842.90$931
Mar 2018043161.222.79$1,201
Feb 2018041161.782.77$1,137
Jan 2018045862.874.01$1,836
Dec 2017026857.272.92$783
Nov 2017034255.423.12$1,066
Oct 2017034149.292.98$1,017
Sep 2017033647.523.09$1,037
Aug 2017029445.373.00$883
Jul 2017056843.873.09$1,754
Jun 2017050442.493.09$1,556
May 2017030545.373.26$995
Apr 2017038647.933.21$1,240
Mar 2017028446.772.98$847
Feb 2017058050.452.95$1,713
Jan 20171163749.413.42$2,721
Dec 2016072348.763.72$2,692
Nov 2016111,44642.492.64$4,291
Oct 201601,96246.193.09$6,063
Sep 201601,36141.553.10$4,220
Aug 201602,05241.442.92$6,001
Jul 201602,48441.622.92$7,264
Jun 2016171,86745.352.69$5,785
May 201602,11442.521.99$4,209
Apr 201602,07136.561.99$4,123
Mar 201601,82133.011.79$3,267
Feb 201602,26826.472.06$4,680
Jan 201602,40827.352.36$5,693
Dec 201522,14732.362.00$4,362
Nov 2015142,42438.792.17$5,797
Oct 201502,00343.552.43$4,860
Sep 201512,04542.992.76$5,684
Aug 2015161,97040.162.87$6,301
Jul 201502,47148.152.95$7,277
Jun 201561,59256.152.88$4,926
May 2015382,13555.212.96$8,408
Apr 201502,62249.822.71$7,097
Mar 201502,77742.892.93$8,150
Feb 2015172,84144.662.98$9,215
Jan 2015313,33543.433.10$11,687
Dec 201404,14954.693.59$14,901
Nov 201403,23670.464.25$13,759
Oct 201402,13178.303.90$8,313
Sep 201401,96686.164.05$7,953
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 2014078896.564.18$3,294
Jun 2014077098.164.74$3,647
May 2014079794.734.73$3,767
Apr 2014084195.944.81$4,044
Mar 2014085795.895.06$4,334
Feb 2014078997.406.19$4,885
Jan 201402,17990.404.86$10,592
Dec 2013062391.824.35$2,713
Nov 2013078888.853.74$2,946
Oct 2013083097.423.78$3,137
Sep 201301,556104.113.72$5,785
Aug 201301,317104.253.52$4,639
Jul 201302,205102.523.72$8,198
Jun 201302,55894.403.93$10,062
May 201302,36494.834.15$9,808
Apr 201302,28993.964.28$9,803
Mar 201301,61293.623.91$6,308
Feb 201301,66291.233.42$5,684
Jan 201302,58991.603.42$8,854
Dec 201202,57786.773.42$8,814
Nov 201202,46786.953.62$8,943
Oct 201202,42089.383.40$8,227
Sep 201202,63094.672.92$7,675
Aug 201202,52692.662.91$7,346
Jul 201202,91985.133.02$8,818
Jun 201202,56679.822.52$6,464
May 201202,59491.612.49$6,455
Apr 201202,678101.652.00$5,347
Mar 201202,641105.052.22$5,869
Feb 201202,654101.102.57$6,821
Jan 201202,93198.092.73$8,014
Dec 201101,59196.873.24$5,154
Nov 201102,31295.723.31$7,656
Oct 201102,79984.983.65$10,212
Sep 201102,76783.623.99$11,029
Aug 201102,72383.404.15$11,299
Jul 201102,88994.144.52$13,050
Jun 201102,67792.904.64$12,421
May 201102,96198.134.40$13,043
Apr 201102,663105.964.33$11,540
Mar 201103,09996.364.06$12,574
Feb 201102,59685.644.18$10,851
Jan 201102,60286.504.59$11,940
Dec 201002,71485.734.35$11,800
Nov 201002,93680.843.80$11,143
Oct 201003,15378.103.51$11,064
Sep 201002,66972.633.98$10,621
Aug 201002,78873.684.42$12,321
Jul 201003,09672.554.74$14,664
Jun 201002,92770.364.91$14,373
May 201003,12571.124.24$13,235
Apr 201003,02581.694.12$12,471
Mar 2010143,07978.394.39$14,610
Feb 201002,72973.585.44$14,852
Jan 2010243,14074.365.96$20,512
Dec 200903,02171.445.48$16,566
Nov 200903,02374.593.75$11,341
Oct 2009173,29672.544.11$14,781
Sep 200902,93565.543.06$8,995
Aug 2009163,29267.423.22$11,674
Jul 2009173,23961.133.46$12,261
Jun 200903,29866.163.90$12,846
May 200913,38454.743.93$13,339
Apr 200916,46646.773.59$23,244
Mar 2009253,45742.144.06$15,085
Feb 200913,21232.814.63$14,914
Jan 2009223,50335.865.37$19,604
Dec 200823,63737.105.98$21,813
Nov 2008343,42455.496.86$25,377
Oct 2008373,45675.246.92$26,706
Sep 2008513,560101.767.88$33,232
Aug 200803,969114.228.48$33,669
Jul 200803,683131.0811.39$41,947
Jun 2008623,611131.3313.03$55,203
May 2008653,834123.1711.57$52,382
Apr 2008653,446110.3110.45$43,198
Mar 2008673,231101.909.66$38,052
Feb 2008663,46092.538.77$36,453
Jan 200803,55490.388.21$29,163
Dec 200704,17788.337.30$30,500
Nov 2007623,70891.677.29$32,721
Oct 200703,29382.856.92$22,794
Sep 200703,80475.846.24$23,753
Aug 20071223,99469.066.39$33,939
Jul 20071292,99670.906.39$28,284
Jun 200703,74662.007.55$28,276
May 2007703,76358.747.85$33,637
Apr 200703,39859.617.81$26,522
Mar 20071014,37556.927.30$37,695
Feb 2007154,00455.108.22$33,723
Jan 2007704,01450.306.73$30,523
Dec 2006103,53256.656.92$25,002
Nov 200654,19354.207.62$32,211
Oct 200694,62054.906.01$28,278
Sep 200654,21160.085.04$21,512
Aug 2006114,50468.717.34$33,815
Jul 200654,63669.376.34$29,752
Jun 2006134,48766.286.38$29,506
May 2006154,84066.016.42$32,087
Apr 2006164,51564.397.36$34,263
Mar 2006104,71756.707.08$33,977
Feb 2006174,39857.597.75$35,068
Jan 2006134,74160.598.93$43,141
Dec 200575,28454.9413.42$71,272
Nov 200574,23454.6910.59$45,214
Oct 2005124,50758.3413.80$62,878
Sep 2005104,40961.4512.08$53,871
Aug 200594,61961.519.80$45,805
Jul 2005154,67455.697.84$37,497
Jun 200524,71152.337.38$34,877
May 2005584,93245.226.65$35,426
Apr 2005374,93249.207.36$38,122
Mar 200535,04150.377.15$36,219
Feb 200534,76945.226.31$30,237
Jan 200545,37543.166.32$34,154
Dec 200405,55939.866.75$37,529
Nov 200405,48045.286.33$34,691
Oct 200425,83649.706.52$38,122
Sep 200425,90343.245.28$31,277
Aug 200416,21642.375.55$34,545
Jul 2004316,40038.286.08$40,125
Jun 200426,61636.106.43$42,633
May 2004797,14537.486.49$49,365
Apr 2004357,34234.475.86$44,219
Mar 20041178,97034.365.53$53,625
Feb 200434,23332.455.51$23,420
Jan 2004304,62132.036.30$30,072
Dec 2003444,29330.266.30$28,384
Nov 2003474,89128.804.60$23,829
Oct 200303,65828.174.76$17,411
Sep 2003592,60126.314.75$13,905
Aug 2003393,26829.765.13$17,925
Jul 2003623,49329.415.17$19,885
Jun 2003353,63228.565.98$22,730
May 2003343,94826.595.97$24,484
Apr 2003364,26226.675.41$24,006
Mar 2003634,01031.146.10$26,407
Feb 2003153,80533.487.93$30,660
Jan 2003294,76430.315.58$27,472
Dec 2002123,94526.914.85$19,471
Nov 200273,67524.664.14$15,376
Oct 200276,21626.464.23$26,473
Sep 2002222,19427.443.64$8,579
Aug 2002255,35825.963.16$17,603
Jul 200203,43224.583.06$10,508
Jun 2002693,87023.733.34$14,556
May 2002755,19624.663.58$20,472
Apr 2002683,86623.653.51$15,187
Mar 2002285,09322.003.10$16,418
Feb 2002255,48918.222.38$13,496
Jan 2002135,39517.172.38$13,040
Dec 2001394,77416.932.36$11,948
Nov 200113,82718.072.41$9,224
Oct 200145,33819.782.53$13,578
Sep 200153,79024.262.25$8,654
Aug 2001205,51424.873.05$17,333
Jul 2001335,96623.933.20$19,863
Jun 2001225,66924.563.82$22,219
May 2001295,77425.524.31$25,611
Apr 2001335,46524.685.34$29,972
Mar 2001386,41324.545.38$35,412
Feb 200185,08227.755.77$29,530
Jan 2001264,92027.478.40$42,036
Dec 2000215,53826.889.12$51,085
Nov 2000266,03032.215.66$34,955
Oct 2000135,36631.235.15$28,017
Sep 200095,54231.875.19$29,030
Aug 2000136,52129.644.54$29,996
Jul 2000135,62428.534.09$23,372
Jun 200095,37729.304.40$23,908
May 2000154,63227.263.68$17,454
Apr 2000173,96024.513.12$12,756
Mar 2000234,30028.422.86$12,951
Feb 2000454,14727.622.73$12,550
Jan 2000245,84525.272.48$15,105
Dec 1999244,94824.282.42$12,575
Nov 1999325,47723.192.43$14,073
Oct 1999165,54920.982.80$15,893
Sep 1999294,17721.752.62$11,570
Aug 1999245,34619.262.88$15,835
Jul 1999335,60117.892.37$13,878
Jun 1999305,69515.942.36$13,930
May 1999296,08215.792.32$14,574
Apr 1999196,53315.102.21$14,712
Mar 199936,90512.471.84$12,731
Feb 199936,8729.981.82$12,522
Jan 199938,04310.381.90$15,312
Dec 199868,2179.201.77$14,627
Nov 199876,37810.892.19$14,017
Oct 1998284,82612.421.97$9,851
Sep 1998204,05412.592.08$8,695
Aug 1998372,62911.301.91$5,433
Jul 1998363,93811.742.24$9,233
Jun 1998375,74111.242.24$13,260
May 1998636,19312.622.21$14,459
Apr 1998496,71513.042.51$17,462
Mar 1998814,48012.802.31$11,383
Feb 1998336,41113.952.30$15,200
Jan 1998934,80414.702.15$11,719
Dec 19971095,70116.322.41$15,525
Nov 19971056,56818.193.09$22,194
Oct 1997644,42519.253.15$15,170
Sep 1997665,76817.742.95$18,215
Aug 1997706,19317.862.55$17,072
Jul 19971096,68717.582.25$16,942
Jun 1997946,87417.242.26$17,137
May 1997927,22918.972.31$18,433
Apr 19971147,13117.882.08$16,891
Mar 19971096,85418.951.94$15,356
Feb 1997677,11120.492.21$17,059
Jan 1997477,70623.483.54$28,380
Dec 1996507,58623.32$1,166
Nov 1996297,52221.97$637
Oct 1996477,79823.31$1,096
Sep 1996377,68422.22$822
Aug 1996308,27120.26$608
Jul 1996397,93119.55$762
Jun 1996187,54618.73$337
May 1996357,64619.43$680
Apr 1996247,87321.51$516
Mar 1996278,74619.38$523
Feb 1996288,38616.98$475
Jan 19963810,22617.07$649
Dec 1995559,95317.19$945
Nov 1995487,61616.00$768
Oct 19955510,45315.43$849
Sep 19957210,53216.18$1,165
Aug 19953610,22115.92$573
Jul 19954810,83915.24$732
Jun 19955511,84216.41$903
May 19954111,96517.56$720
Apr 19955610,40617.73$993
Mar 19955410,04216.44$888
Feb 19952310,68516.58$381
Jan 1995248,65115.92$382
Dec 1994165,56615.03$240
Nov 199476,23415.90$111
Oct 1994157,35215.58$234
Sep 1994128,64615.29$183
Aug 19941912,65416.13$306
Jul 19941711,64817.56$299
Jun 19941611,39817.09$273
May 1994219,96915.88$333
Apr 1994299,58314.14$410
Mar 19943312,50612.46$411
Feb 19943110,84712.50$388
Jan 19946312,17012.66$798
Dec 199313415,21912.33$1,652
Nov 19936412,70014.49$927
Oct 199311015,69215.85$1,744
Sep 19936413,03615.03$962
Aug 19936515,36615.66$1,018
Jul 199310010,50315.46$1,546
Jun 19936510,69716.79$1,091
May 199312913,23117.68$2,281
Apr 199313314,19818.05$2,401
Mar 19939215,88718.14$1,669
Feb 199310315,00917.90$1,844
Jan 199315015,93116.93$2,540

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                    3 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $9

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                       $9

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/122844 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.