VAQUILLAS RANCH A-3

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

Gas lease lease 131212District 04Field 078002002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$5.1 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
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 164 leases and 164 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1979-07-17
as the register files it
Field class
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: STATEWIDE RULES. NO P-15 & PLAT.

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
High Cost Gas111990-10-15122687
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
CondensateDisposition7,775 bbl$217,187
GasProduction1,688,491 Mcf$4,919,127
Total$5,136,314

681,311 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 27.7328, -99.0784. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.73284, -99.07843 · 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
9,050 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 9,050 ft.

Completions filed
Jul 1989
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4793485167 L9,050 ftJul 1989

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 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 20164027.352.36$109
Dec 201541,29732.362.00$2,725
Nov 201501,28638.792.17$2,787
Oct 201501,27143.552.43$3,084
Sep 201581,58642.992.76$4,719
Aug 201584,27940.162.87$12,613
Jul 201502,22848.152.95$6,562
Jun 201501,07056.152.88$3,085
May 2015121,35155.212.96$4,655
Apr 201501,71949.822.71$4,653
Mar 2015132,10642.892.93$6,738
Feb 2015222,11944.662.98$7,289
Jan 2015223,15043.433.10$10,722
Dec 2014253,43254.693.59$13,693
Nov 2014263,59770.464.25$17,126
Oct 2014204,54378.303.90$19,288
Sep 2014103,47686.164.05$14,924
Aug 201452,33989.394.04$9,885
Jul 201442,32696.564.18$10,108
Jun 201441,98698.164.74$9,800
May 201432,11994.734.73$10,300
Apr 201403,51995.944.81$16,923
Mar 201404,28695.895.06$21,673
Feb 2014067297.406.19$4,161
Jan 201402,23690.404.86$10,869
Dec 201302,66891.824.35$11,618
Nov 201303,80588.853.74$14,224
Oct 201302,42797.423.78$9,173
Sep 201302,063104.113.72$7,670
Aug 201302,270104.253.52$7,996
Jul 201302,874102.523.72$10,685
Jun 201302,97594.403.93$11,702
May 201303,28294.834.15$13,617
Apr 201303,04193.964.28$13,023
Mar 201304,89193.623.91$19,138
Feb 201303,28091.233.42$11,217
Jan 201307,54291.603.42$25,793
Dec 201203,93086.773.42$13,441
Nov 201204,78186.953.62$17,331
Oct 201202,18889.383.40$7,439
Sep 201201,73294.672.92$5,055
Aug 201202,02892.662.91$5,898
Jul 201202,48285.133.02$7,498
Jun 201203,73579.822.52$9,409
May 201206,74391.612.49$16,779
Apr 201204,207101.652.00$8,401
Mar 201205,739105.052.22$12,753
Feb 201203,334101.102.57$8,569
Jan 201203,94798.092.73$10,791
Dec 201101,15796.873.24$3,748
Nov 201104,18195.723.31$13,844
Oct 201106,54084.983.65$23,861
Sep 201105,24083.623.99$20,886
Aug 201104,73483.404.15$19,643
Jul 201106,50294.144.52$29,371
Jun 201103,01092.904.64$13,966
May 201102,78098.134.40$12,245
Apr 201101,531105.964.33$6,634
Mar 201104,11796.364.06$16,704
Feb 201102,92485.644.18$12,222
Jan 201102,80986.504.59$12,890
Dec 201003,58685.734.35$15,591
Nov 201002,68880.843.80$10,202
Oct 201004,36778.103.51$15,323
Sep 201003,98872.633.98$15,870
Aug 201005,18073.684.42$22,892
Jul 201007,47972.554.74$35,424
Jun 201002,58270.364.91$12,679
May 201004,14171.124.24$17,538
Apr 201008,79881.694.12$36,271
Mar 201008,19978.394.39$35,983
Feb 201006,66073.585.44$36,246
Jan 201004,13274.365.96$24,644
Dec 200906,04071.445.48$33,122
Nov 200909,25674.593.75$34,724
Oct 2009011,98572.544.11$49,261
Sep 200904,21765.543.06$12,924
Aug 200902,51267.423.22$8,085
Jul 200902,88061.133.46$9,978
Jun 200901,97166.163.90$7,677
May 2009011,27454.743.93$44,259
Apr 200903,82446.773.59$13,719
Mar 200904,18342.144.06$16,979
Feb 200903,96532.814.63$18,370
Jan 200906,26335.865.37$33,639
Dec 200805,08437.105.98$30,388
Nov 200869,74255.496.86$67,167
Oct 200848,83675.246.92$61,464
Sep 200847,231101.767.88$57,366
Aug 200869,829114.228.48$84,065
Jul 2008364,844131.0811.39$59,889
Jun 20082211,245131.3313.03$149,441
May 20086013,727123.1711.57$166,270
Apr 2008297,580110.3110.45$82,447
Mar 20085703101.909.66$7,303
Feb 2008304,18992.538.77$39,516
Jan 2008237,34990.388.21$62,383
Dec 2007364,33088.337.30$34,797
Nov 2007632,60191.677.29$24,741
Oct 20071146,63982.856.92$55,400
Sep 200786,63175.846.24$42,012
Aug 2007317,64169.066.39$50,951
Jul 2007408,51270.906.39$57,210
Jun 2007258,32962.007.55$64,421
May 200711,96858.747.85$15,500
Apr 200782,06859.617.81$16,618
Mar 200732,65656.927.30$19,565
Feb 200782,94155.108.22$24,604
Jan 2007306,24450.306.73$43,511
Dec 2006188,37156.656.92$58,934
Nov 2006126,52854.207.62$50,377
Oct 2006114,13054.906.01$25,441
Sep 200695,78360.085.04$29,671
Aug 200653,35168.717.34$24,940
Jul 200603,61169.376.34$22,904
Jun 200602,78466.286.38$17,773
May 200602,95166.016.42$18,960
Apr 200622,96564.397.36$21,953
Mar 2006335,17656.707.08$38,532
Feb 2006465,61657.597.75$46,179
Jan 2006429,38060.598.93$86,339
Dec 20051716,94454.9413.42$102,551
Nov 2005806,28254.6910.59$70,892
Oct 2005524,44958.3413.80$64,411
Sep 200501,12861.4512.08$13,625
Aug 200502,05361.519.80$20,113
Jul 200502,17555.697.84$17,060
Jun 200503,01452.337.38$22,246
May 200504,37245.226.65$29,079
Apr 200584,45349.207.36$33,170
Mar 2005948,02050.377.15$62,117
Feb 2005255,32245.226.31$34,723
Jan 2005342,96243.166.32$20,194
Dec 2004335,14339.866.75$36,036
Nov 2004214,37445.286.33$28,640
Oct 200451,23349.706.52$8,282
Sep 2004244,53943.245.28$25,021
Aug 2004185,65142.375.55$32,129
Jul 2004102,34738.286.08$14,662
Jun 2004113,24836.106.43$21,292
May 200462,08537.486.49$13,766
Apr 200472,13334.475.86$12,737
Mar 200492,62234.365.53$14,809
Feb 200482,63532.455.51$14,777
Jan 200492,40832.036.30$15,458
Dec 2003102,24830.266.30$14,469
Nov 200372,52928.804.60$11,823
Oct 200322,58428.174.76$12,355
Sep 2003212,62326.314.75$13,010
Aug 2003182,77129.765.13$14,750
Jul 2003122,80229.415.17$14,842
Jun 200302,04028.565.98$12,205
May 200301,34626.595.97$8,039
Apr 200331,81126.675.41$9,873
Mar 200332,06531.146.10$12,682
Feb 200342,25433.487.93$17,999
Jan 200302,50930.315.58$14,005
Dec 200202,66526.914.85$12,935
Nov 200202,69024.664.14$11,128
Oct 200202,98226.464.23$12,611
Sep 2002152,66827.443.64$10,110
Aug 2002172,73725.963.16$9,102
Jul 2002243,08524.583.06$10,035
Jun 2002142,18023.733.34$7,610
May 200251,19724.663.58$4,413
Apr 2002322,91123.653.51$10,981
Mar 2002302,82122.003.10$9,413
Feb 200203,16418.222.38$7,517
Jan 200272,91517.172.38$7,045
Dec 2001143,30816.932.36$8,058
Nov 2001122,76018.072.41$6,856
Oct 2001152,87819.782.53$7,575
Sep 2001162,70224.262.25$6,471
Aug 2001263,07824.873.05$10,044
Jul 2001362,78523.933.20$9,765
Jun 2001472,49424.563.82$10,692
May 2001442,95725.524.31$13,860
Apr 2001252,95724.685.34$16,394
Mar 2001283,34224.545.38$18,655
Feb 2001386,23127.755.77$36,989
Jan 200107,20027.478.40$60,471
Dec 200006,38926.889.12$58,284
Nov 200004,23032.215.66$23,933
Oct 200006,56431.235.15$33,775
Sep 200006,49031.875.19$33,660
Aug 200006,30929.644.54$28,648
Jul 200006,40028.534.09$26,174
Jun 200006,48229.304.40$28,503
May 200037,20627.263.68$26,598
Apr 2000226,72624.513.12$21,497
Mar 2000226,84928.422.86$20,212
Feb 2000246,26027.622.73$17,731
Jan 2000287,13325.272.48$18,401
Dec 1999257,07824.282.42$17,762
Nov 1999166,37623.192.43$15,890
Oct 1999156,25420.982.80$17,849
Sep 199926,12121.752.62$16,073
Aug 199916,32819.262.88$18,216
Jul 199916,07217.892.37$14,423
Jun 199926,89815.942.36$16,326
May 199916,65515.792.32$15,462
Apr 199916,60115.102.21$14,590
Mar 199926,27312.471.84$11,557
Feb 199926,3319.981.82$11,528
Jan 199937,95010.381.90$15,136
Dec 199836,5949.201.77$11,721
Nov 1998746,31810.892.19$14,615
Oct 199807,03212.421.97$13,847
Sep 199806,51312.592.08$13,564
Aug 199806,70211.301.91$12,783
Jul 199805,49011.742.24$12,283
Jun 1998045511.242.24$1,018
May 1998033112.622.21$730
Apr 199806,02713.042.51$15,100
Mar 199805,03212.802.31$11,621
Feb 199802,42613.952.30$5,578
Jan 199802,77114.702.15$5,971
Dec 1997264,76916.322.41$11,923
Nov 19971593,47918.193.09$13,636
Oct 19971233,38519.253.15$13,030
Sep 19971183,63417.742.95$12,831
Aug 19971233,61117.862.55$11,422
Jul 19971845,15817.582.25$14,824
Jun 19971925,10217.242.26$14,826
May 19972786,39518.972.31$20,037
Apr 19973128,70217.882.08$23,703
Mar 19971955,81218.951.94$14,966
Feb 19972610,50220.492.21$23,699
Jan 19974211,86723.483.54$42,992
Dec 19963110,23723.32$723
Nov 1996216,85521.97$461
Oct 1996309,45223.31$699
Sep 19967911,30922.22$1,755
Aug 19968012,88720.26$1,621
Jul 19967012,02619.55$1,369
Jun 19967412,10918.73$1,386
May 19968012,33819.43$1,554
Apr 19966511,21021.51$1,398
Mar 1996013,42419.38$0
Feb 1996013,45916.98$0
Jan 1996014,19817.07$0
Dec 1995013,72017.19$0
Nov 1995016,83416.00$0
Oct 1995114,69315.43$15
Sep 19951515,83216.18$243
Aug 19951114,39515.92$175
Jul 1995126,64015.24$183
Jun 1995127,14816.41$197
May 19956316,26117.56$1,106
Apr 199573211,38717.73$12,978
Mar 1995314,99616.44$49
Feb 1995417,89016.58$66
Jan 1995413,80215.92$64
Dec 199402,46715.03$0
Nov 199425,89715.90$32
Oct 1994718,93815.58$109
Sep 19941310,86415.29$199
Aug 19949017,81816.13$1,452
Jul 19948619,36717.56$1,510
Jun 19946913,87517.09$1,179
May 199426716,76415.88$4,240
Apr 19947258,93914.14$10,252
Mar 199411616,61712.46$1,445
Feb 199410623,79012.50$1,325
Jan 19943612,70412.66$456
Dec 1993224,78412.33$271
Nov 19936823,49614.49$985
Oct 19935321,51115.85$840
Sep 1993227,79915.03$331
Aug 1993208,10615.66$313
Jul 1993319,19415.46$479
Jun 19935215,21216.79$873
May 19937316,33817.68$1,291
Apr 19939324,39318.05$1,679
Mar 199310027,06618.14$1,814
Feb 199310026,07017.90$1,790
Jan 199310226,20016.93$1,727

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.

Jan 2016 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             4 bbl  × $ 27.35 =       $109
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  2.36 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $109

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/131212 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.