EL GATO

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

Gas lease lease 127677District 04Field 27963400NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.2 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$458
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 19 leases and 19 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1981-09-14
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 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2004-05-12.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ACRE UNITS.

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
CondensateDisposition7,146 bbl$140,245
GasProduction1,454,819 Mcf$2,057,932
Total$2,198,177

1,036,491 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 27.7532, -99.0580. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.75320, -99.05796 · 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
Sep 1992
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-47934644189,200 ftSep 1992

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 202602106.413.05$6
Apr 202602298.932.87$63
Mar 20260489.753.15$13
Feb 20260963.503.75$34
Jan 20260959.138.00$72
Dec 20250456.664.41$18
Nov 20250558.593.93$20
Oct 20250859.383.30$26
Sep 202501062.743.08$31
Aug 202501563.933.01$45
Jul 202502866.743.32$93
Jun 202501266.483.13$38
May 20250660.553.23$19
Apr 20250762.363.54$25
Mar 20250567.704.27$21
Feb 20250770.884.34$30
Jan 202501174.324.28$47
Dec 20240968.993.12$28
Nov 20240969.052.20$20
Oct 202401571.372.28$34
Sep 2024010569.612.36$248
Aug 2024013475.632.06$277
Jul 202404579.932.15$97
Jun 202408278.082.63$216
May 2024020178.812.20$442
Apr 202408984.451.66$148
Mar 202402980.301.55$45
Feb 20240676.091.78$11
Jan 20240273.023.30$7
Dec 202301571.262.61$39
Nov 202306377.892.81$177
Oct 2023016185.443.09$497
Sep 202305889.042.74$159
Aug 2023013880.522.67$369
Jul 2023016074.852.64$423
Jun 2023018668.962.26$420
May 202304270.622.23$94
Apr 202301878.122.24$40
Mar 20230372.852.39$7
Feb 20230775.112.47$17
Jan 20230276.533.39$7
Dec 202205076.415.73$286
Nov 2022015185.005.65$853
Oct 202204087.185.86$235
Sep 202203584.888.16$286
Aug 2022018594.529.13$1,689
Jul 20220165101.587.54$1,244
Jun 20220127115.097.98$1,013
May 20220180109.378.43$1,518
Apr 20220206104.226.84$1,409
Mar 20220206108.885.08$1,046
Feb 2022018791.054.86$909
Jan 2022020081.844.54$908
Dec 2021018571.323.90$721
Nov 2021017177.435.24$896
Oct 2021017579.795.71$1,000
Sep 2021015969.865.35$851
Aug 2021016666.024.22$701
Jul 2021019970.783.98$792
Jun 2021017569.493.38$592
May 2021017463.483.02$525
Apr 2021018160.362.76$499
Mar 2021018161.302.72$492
Feb 2021016457.805.55$910
Jan 2021010150.412.81$284
Dec 202007744.642.68$206
Nov 2020013438.772.71$363
Oct 202001436.972.48$35
Sep 202005437.091.99$108
Aug 20200639.982.39$14
Jul 2020016838.371.83$307
Jun 2020023134.901.69$390
May 202003616.921.81$65
Apr 2020028414.751.80$512
Mar 202004530.341.86$84
Feb 202005149.881.98$101
Jan 202004657.252.09$96
Dec 201904559.012.30$104
Nov 201902555.302.75$69
Oct 20190953.472.42$22
Sep 201901455.052.66$37
Aug 201902653.112.30$60
Jul 201901556.272.46$37
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 201907158.482.74$195
Apr 201904562.632.75$124
Mar 201903556.803.06$107
Feb 201908750.852.79$243
Jan 201908146.033.23$261
Dec 201807346.594.19$306
Nov 201806752.934.24$284
Oct 201808161.443.40$275
Sep 201805359.543.11$165
Aug 201807959.403.07$242
Jul 201804465.142.93$129
Jun 201804260.183.08$129
May 201801565.382.90$44
Apr 201802463.842.90$70
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 201802161.782.77$58
Jan 2018013762.874.01$549
Dec 2017013557.272.92$394
Nov 201706055.423.12$187
Oct 201709849.292.98$292
Sep 201709147.523.09$281
Aug 201705445.373.00$162
Jul 201707943.873.09$244
Jun 2017012042.493.09$370
May 2017012745.373.26$414
Apr 201709247.933.21$295
Mar 2017011046.772.98$328
Feb 2017012350.452.95$363
Jan 2017011349.413.42$386
Dec 2016014448.763.72$536
Nov 2016019242.492.64$508
Oct 2016011246.193.09$346
Sep 2016011941.553.10$369
Aug 2016020641.442.92$602
Jul 2016024641.622.92$719
Jun 2016014645.352.69$392
May 2016012142.521.99$241
Apr 2016013336.561.99$265
Mar 2016012233.011.79$219
Feb 2016011326.472.06$233
Jan 2016016227.352.36$383
Dec 2015017132.362.00$342
Nov 2015010938.792.17$236
Oct 201504943.552.43$119
Sep 201504142.992.76$113
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150648.152.95$18
Jun 201502056.152.88$58
May 201508255.212.96$242
Apr 20150349.822.71$8
Mar 20150842.892.93$23
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 201402354.693.59$83
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 20120436101.652.00$871
Mar 2012084105.052.22$187
Feb 20120239101.102.57$614
Jan 2012029598.092.73$807
Dec 2011056396.873.24$1,824
Nov 2011046595.723.31$1,540
Oct 201101,44584.983.65$5,272
Sep 201101,53283.623.99$6,106
Aug 201101,08683.404.15$4,506
Jul 201102,33394.144.52$10,539
Jun 201101,69592.904.64$7,865
May 2011096398.134.40$4,242
Apr 20110361105.964.33$1,564
Mar 2011055696.364.06$2,256
Feb 2011071485.644.18$2,985
Jan 2011028586.504.59$1,308
Dec 2010032285.734.35$1,400
Nov 2010040980.843.80$1,552
Oct 2010034578.103.51$1,211
Sep 2010054072.633.98$2,149
Aug 201001,20373.684.42$5,316
Jul 2010012372.554.74$583
Jun 201001,42070.364.91$6,973
May 201001,97171.124.24$8,348
Apr 201002,75081.694.12$11,337
Mar 201001,19878.394.39$5,258
Feb 2010013873.585.44$751
Jan 2010421274.365.96$1,562
Dec 2009027671.445.48$1,514
Nov 200908174.593.75$304
Oct 200981772.544.11$650
Sep 2009071265.543.06$2,182
Aug 2009142,75667.423.22$9,814
Jul 2009123,45461.133.46$12,700
Jun 2009055766.163.90$2,170
May 200902,22254.743.93$8,723
Apr 200916,52946.773.59$23,470
Mar 2009182,06642.144.06$9,144
Feb 2009032332.814.63$1,496
Jan 20091252235.865.37$3,234
Dec 2008043237.105.98$2,582
Nov 20081171055.496.86$5,481
Oct 2008853575.246.92$4,305
Sep 2008748101.767.88$1,090
Aug 20080727114.228.48$6,167
Jul 200802,703131.0811.39$30,786
Jun 200841,541131.3313.03$20,609
May 200862,808123.1711.57$33,240
Apr 200862,700110.3110.45$28,890
Mar 200852,155101.909.66$21,336
Feb 200852,35592.538.77$21,117
Jan 200801,55590.388.21$12,760
Dec 200702,09388.337.30$15,283
Nov 2007497091.677.29$7,440
Oct 2007036382.856.92$2,513
Sep 200701,69575.846.24$10,584
Aug 2007102,31769.066.39$15,491
Jul 2007111,90870.906.39$12,968
Jun 200702,35062.007.55$17,739
May 200751,90758.747.85$15,257
Apr 200701,56359.617.81$12,200
Mar 200782,49856.927.30$18,696
Feb 200722,07455.108.22$17,150
Jan 2007152,37850.306.73$16,751
Dec 200602,75556.656.92$19,060
Nov 200602,79454.207.62$21,283
Oct 200603,03854.906.01$18,270
Sep 200602,66160.085.04$13,404
Aug 200603,36068.717.34$24,662
Jul 200602,40269.376.34$15,235
Jun 200602,86966.286.38$18,315
May 200603,32266.016.42$21,344
Apr 200602,95964.397.36$21,780
Mar 200602,37256.707.08$16,801
Feb 2006181,86957.597.75$15,523
Jan 200652,88060.598.93$26,031
Dec 200552,15754.9413.42$29,212
Nov 200552,40554.6910.59$25,739
Oct 200562,86158.3413.80$39,820
Sep 200582,87961.4512.08$35,267
Aug 200553,21161.519.80$31,765
Jul 200572,49055.697.84$19,920
Jun 200522,09752.337.38$15,583
May 200501,82845.226.65$12,158
Apr 200508649.207.36$633
Mar 200522,69750.377.15$19,397
Feb 200521,26545.226.31$8,075
Jan 200523,36343.166.32$21,348
Dec 200463,61739.866.75$24,658
Nov 200413,33045.286.33$21,126
Oct 200403,11449.706.52$20,288
Sep 200403,26743.245.28$17,263
Aug 200413,83942.375.55$21,351
Jul 200404,32738.286.08$26,326
Jun 200403,93936.106.43$25,340
May 200404,02637.486.49$26,147
Apr 200433,68034.475.86$21,663
Mar 200405,47834.365.53$30,294
Feb 200443,48232.455.51$19,314
Jan 200403,76432.036.30$23,712
Dec 200303,01830.266.30$19,018
Nov 200302,03928.804.60$9,370
Oct 200302,33328.174.76$11,104
Sep 2003076926.314.75$3,652
Aug 200301,52429.765.13$7,818
Jul 200302,52729.415.17$13,067
Jun 200302,27328.565.98$13,599
May 200302,83726.595.97$16,944
Apr 200303,21826.675.41$17,401
Mar 200303,68031.146.10$22,433
Feb 200302,55833.487.93$20,274
Jan 200303,14630.315.58$17,561
Dec 200221,85626.914.85$9,062
Nov 2002121,17624.664.14$5,161
Oct 200201,50526.464.23$6,365
Sep 2002058227.443.64$2,116
Aug 2002759825.963.16$2,074
Jul 2002060924.583.06$1,865
Jun 2002292,21823.733.34$8,092
May 2002251,65124.663.58$6,534
Apr 2002232,66823.653.51$9,915
Mar 2002103,72022.003.10$11,762
Feb 2002283,68218.222.38$9,257
Jan 2002176,14717.172.38$14,895
Dec 2001523,15816.932.36$8,347
Nov 20012612,15418.072.41$9,898
Oct 20011412,25519.782.53$8,492
Sep 200102,12524.262.25$4,784
Aug 2001252,59824.873.05$8,554
Jul 2001452,38923.933.20$8,715
Jun 2001301,99924.563.82$8,381
May 2001362,51325.524.31$11,743
Apr 2001432,31424.685.34$13,407
Mar 2001512,75724.545.38$16,074
Feb 200182,79327.755.77$16,329
Jan 2001343,06127.478.40$26,643
Dec 20002986226.889.12$8,643
Nov 2000361,23732.215.66$8,159
Oct 2000472,29431.235.15$13,272
Sep 2000321,97331.875.19$11,253
Aug 2000472,89829.644.54$14,552
Jul 2000462,27728.534.09$10,625
Jun 2000302,57929.304.40$12,220
May 2000412,17127.263.68$9,106
Apr 2000362,03224.513.12$7,214
Mar 2000443,32328.422.86$10,753
Feb 2000893,10127.622.73$10,913
Jan 2000472,77525.272.48$8,071
Dec 1999482,43324.282.42$7,062
Nov 1999622,62323.192.43$7,822
Oct 1999282,69720.982.80$8,149
Sep 1999462,05921.752.62$6,393
Aug 1999422,70319.262.88$8,582
Jul 1999492,25517.892.37$6,226
Jun 1999582,24715.942.36$6,232
May 1999542,06515.792.32$5,646
Apr 1999292,17015.102.21$5,229
Mar 199971,99112.471.84$3,747
Feb 1999151,9789.981.82$3,745
Jan 1999413,06510.381.90$6,249
Dec 1998423,1759.201.77$6,017
Nov 199891,85710.892.19$4,157
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 19983012.592.08$38
Aug 19983162011.301.91$1,533
Jul 1998411,74411.742.24$4,383
Jun 1998371,57211.242.24$3,933
May 1998631,72312.622.21$4,597
Apr 1998552,07713.042.51$5,921
Mar 1998561,78812.802.31$4,846
Feb 1998152,77813.952.30$6,596
Jan 1998183,35214.702.15$7,487
Dec 1997212,99216.322.41$7,557
Nov 1997233,62418.193.09$11,610
Oct 1997154,16019.253.15$13,392
Sep 1997144,06217.742.95$12,251
Aug 1997143,82517.862.55$10,022
Jul 1997244,86117.582.25$11,344
Jun 1997205,14117.242.26$11,949
May 1997205,34218.972.31$12,711
Apr 1997244,71717.882.08$10,254
Mar 1997234,75118.951.94$9,649
Feb 1997184,55320.492.21$10,412
Jan 1997186,01923.483.54$21,728
Dec 1996186,22823.32$420
Nov 1996104,99921.97$220
Oct 1996187,00523.31$420
Sep 1996122,87522.22$267
Aug 1996113,88120.26$223
Jul 1996163,74419.55$313
Jun 199694,33518.73$169
May 1996205,43119.43$389
Apr 1996186,86721.51$387
Mar 1996476,58319.38$911
Feb 199605,59316.98$0
Jan 1996515,49117.07$871
Dec 1995385,98117.19$653
Nov 199506,54716.00$0
Oct 1995658,00315.43$1,003
Sep 1995697,90116.18$1,116
Aug 199509,27415.92$0
Jul 1995816,59315.24$1,234
Jun 199506,11216.41$0
May 19958913,42717.56$1,563
Apr 1995819,85617.73$1,436
Mar 199511210,62616.44$1,841
Feb 199507,84716.58$0
Jan 1995627,35515.92$987
Dec 1994467,86215.03$691
Nov 19945110,17615.90$811
Oct 1994816,23015.58$1,262
Sep 199411613,49615.29$1,774
Aug 19945615,54116.13$903
Jul 19945520,10017.56$966
Jun 199415516,67117.09$2,649
May 199411024,18415.88$1,747
Apr 199410115,49214.14$1,428
Mar 19949317,93012.46$1,159
Feb 199410017,96912.50$1,250
Jan 199411426,10412.66$1,443
Dec 19938128,27812.33$999
Nov 19937926,18614.49$1,145
Oct 199312834,12615.85$2,029
Sep 19939035,23115.03$1,353
Aug 199312543,30915.66$1,958
Jul 199311850,97215.46$1,824
Jun 199314259,15916.79$2,384
May 199322576,40017.68$3,978
Apr 199330164,75918.05$5,433
Mar 199324583,59818.14$4,444
Feb 199337285,09717.90$6,659
Jan 199359195,06716.93$10,006

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                    2 Mcf  × $  3.05 =         $6

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                       $6

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/127677 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.