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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 131897District 04Field 932154002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$413 k
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 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
High Cost Gas111998-11-19139714
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
CondensateDisposition1,525 bbl$49,923
GasProduction74,377 Mcf$363,374
Total$413,297

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, -99.0299. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.74869, -99.02988 · 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
9,500 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 9,500 ft.

Completions filed
Aug 1989
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-47934227119,500 ftAug 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 202021249.881.98$1,051
Jan 20200257.252.09$4
Dec 201905059.012.30$115
Nov 201905355.302.75$146
Oct 201907753.472.42$186
Sep 201903355.052.66$88
Aug 201909953.112.30$228
Jul 2019010856.272.46$266
Jun 201909352.782.49$232
May 201909958.482.74$271
Apr 2019011062.632.75$303
Mar 201907156.803.06$217
Feb 2019010150.852.79$282
Jan 2019011346.033.23$365
Dec 2018011446.594.19$477
Nov 2018012652.934.24$534
Oct 2018015861.443.40$537
Sep 201809559.543.11$295
Aug 201804159.403.07$126
Jul 201808265.142.93$240
Jun 201806460.183.08$197
May 201805465.382.90$157
Apr 2018011063.842.90$319
Mar 20181413261.222.79$1,225
Feb 2018286361.782.77$1,904
Jan 2018013162.874.01$525
Dec 201705957.272.92$172
Nov 2017010355.423.12$321
Oct 2017010849.292.98$322
Sep 201702947.523.09$90
Aug 201706345.373.00$189
Jul 2017013243.873.09$408
Jun 201708642.493.09$266
May 201708145.373.26$264
Apr 2017015247.933.21$488
Mar 201709546.772.98$283
Feb 201708550.452.95$251
Jan 2017015249.413.42$520
Dec 2016013448.763.72$499
Nov 2016016842.492.64$444
Oct 2016012246.193.09$377
Sep 2016013441.553.10$415
Aug 2016014141.442.92$412
Jul 2016014241.622.92$415
Jun 2016016445.352.69$440
May 2016014142.521.99$281
Apr 2016015136.561.99$301
Mar 2016015633.011.79$280
Feb 2016018426.472.06$380
Jan 2016016327.352.36$385
Dec 2015018932.362.00$378
Nov 201508438.792.17$182
Oct 201509843.552.43$238
Sep 201508142.992.76$223
Aug 201507540.162.87$215
Jul 201501748.152.95$50
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
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 20120203101.652.00$405
Mar 20120212105.052.22$471
Feb 20120199101.102.57$511
Jan 2012021798.092.73$593
Dec 2011021496.873.24$693
Nov 2011019895.723.31$656
Oct 2011042484.983.65$1,547
Sep 2011041983.623.99$1,670
Aug 2011022183.404.15$917
Jul 2011023894.144.52$1,075
Jun 2011020192.904.64$933
May 2011021398.134.40$938
Apr 20110207105.964.33$897
Mar 2011021396.364.06$864
Feb 2011017485.644.18$727
Jan 2011018286.504.59$835
Dec 2010018885.734.35$817
Nov 20101818280.843.80$2,146
Oct 2010019678.103.51$688
Sep 2010020272.633.98$804
Aug 20102017473.684.42$2,243
Jul 2010019672.554.74$928
Jun 2010018670.364.91$913
May 2010019471.124.24$822
Apr 2010018181.694.12$746
Mar 20101618578.394.39$2,066
Feb 2010016773.585.44$909
Jan 20101018074.365.96$1,817
Dec 2009017471.445.48$954
Nov 2009017774.593.75$664
Oct 20091219472.544.11$1,668
Sep 2009019165.543.06$585
Aug 20091120567.423.22$1,401
Jul 20091120861.133.46$1,393
Jun 2009020166.163.90$783
May 2009021154.743.93$828
Apr 2009040446.773.59$1,449
Mar 20091720342.144.06$1,540
Feb 2009017932.814.63$829
Jan 20091218735.865.37$1,435
Dec 2008019037.105.98$1,136
Nov 2008919355.496.86$1,823
Oct 2008619475.246.92$1,794
Sep 20083193101.767.88$1,826
Aug 20080202114.228.48$1,714
Jul 20080182131.0811.39$2,073
Jun 20080192131.3313.03$2,502
May 20080203123.1711.57$2,350
Apr 20080195110.3110.45$2,039
Mar 20080178101.909.66$1,720
Feb 2008016692.538.77$1,456
Jan 2008018490.388.21$1,510
Dec 2007018088.337.30$1,314
Nov 2007018791.677.29$1,364
Oct 2007020482.856.92$1,412
Sep 2007021975.846.24$1,367
Aug 2007023769.066.39$1,514
Jul 2007022170.906.39$1,412
Jun 2007021462.007.55$1,615
May 2007020458.747.85$1,601
Apr 2007017859.617.81$1,389
Mar 2007018956.927.30$1,380
Feb 2007017655.108.22$1,446
Jan 2007018950.306.73$1,271
Dec 2006019356.656.92$1,335
Nov 2006019554.207.62$1,485
Oct 2006021254.906.01$1,275
Sep 2006023960.085.04$1,204
Aug 2006024768.717.34$1,813
Jul 2006027069.376.34$1,713
Jun 2006030666.286.38$1,953
May 2006029766.016.42$1,908
Apr 2006028264.397.36$2,076
Mar 2006028156.707.08$1,990
Feb 20061826557.597.75$3,091
Jan 2006529060.598.93$2,894
Dec 2005034254.9413.42$4,588
Nov 2005024354.6910.59$2,573
Oct 2005226458.3413.80$3,759
Sep 2005028061.4512.08$3,382
Aug 2005037361.519.80$3,654
Jul 2005030855.697.84$2,416
Jun 2005030652.337.38$2,259
May 2005032445.226.65$2,155
Apr 2005033249.207.36$2,444
Mar 2005036150.377.15$2,583
Feb 2005028145.226.31$1,774
Jan 2005039443.166.32$2,491
Dec 2004036639.866.75$2,471
Nov 2004101,08345.286.33$7,309
Oct 2004151,56749.706.52$10,955
Sep 2004251,62743.245.28$9,678
Aug 200471,63042.375.55$9,344
Jul 20042875638.286.08$5,671
Jun 20042320836.106.43$2,168
May 2004037537.486.49$2,435
Apr 2004017534.475.86$1,025
Mar 2004131234.365.53$1,760
Feb 20041820532.455.51$1,714
Jan 2004076932.036.30$4,844
Dec 2003079230.266.30$4,991
Nov 2003064728.804.60$2,973
Oct 2003050828.174.76$2,418
Sep 2003046626.314.75$2,213
Aug 2003086929.765.13$4,458
Jul 2003050429.415.17$2,606
Jun 2003066228.565.98$3,961
May 2003086426.595.97$5,160
Apr 200301,09226.675.41$5,905
Mar 2003301,43031.146.10$9,652
Feb 2003151,06333.487.93$8,927
Jan 2003291,81530.315.58$11,010
Dec 2002141,70726.914.85$8,662
Nov 2002422,25624.664.14$10,369
Oct 20021793,33226.464.23$18,828
Sep 20021721,80827.443.64$11,292
Aug 20023133,23925.963.16$18,374
Jul 200204,71324.583.06$14,430
Jun 20023514,17923.733.34$22,280
May 2002104,66224.663.58$16,955
Apr 2002102,97123.653.51$10,672
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 20000032.215.66$0
Oct 20000031.235.15$0
Sep 20000031.875.19$0
Aug 20000029.644.54$0
Jul 20000028.534.09$0
Jun 20000029.304.40$0
May 20000027.263.68$0
Apr 20000024.513.12$0
Mar 20000028.422.86$0
Feb 20000027.622.73$0
Jan 20000025.272.48$0
Dec 19990024.282.42$0
Nov 19990023.192.43$0
Oct 19990020.982.80$0
Sep 19990021.752.62$0
Aug 19990019.262.88$0
Jul 19990017.892.37$0
Jun 19990015.942.36$0
May 19990015.792.32$0
Apr 19990015.102.21$0
Mar 19990012.471.84$0
Feb 1999009.981.82$0
Jan 19990010.381.90$0
Dec 1998009.201.77$0
Nov 19980010.892.19$0
Oct 19980012.421.97$0
Sep 19980012.592.08$0
Aug 19980011.301.91$0
Jul 19980011.742.24$0
Jun 19980011.242.24$0
May 19980012.622.21$0
Apr 19980013.042.51$0
Mar 19980012.802.31$0
Feb 19980013.952.30$0
Jan 19980014.702.15$0
Dec 19970016.322.41$0
Nov 19970018.193.09$0
Oct 19970019.253.15$0
Sep 19970017.742.95$0
Aug 19970017.862.55$0
Jul 19970017.582.25$0
Jun 19970017.242.26$0
May 19970018.972.31$0
Apr 19970017.882.08$0
Mar 19970018.951.94$0
Feb 19970020.492.21$0
Jan 19970023.483.54$0
Dec 19960023.32$0
Nov 19960021.97$0
Oct 19960023.31$0
Sep 19960022.22$0
Aug 19960020.26$0
Jul 19960019.55$0
Jun 19960018.73$0
May 19960019.43$0
Apr 19960021.51$0
Mar 19960019.38$0
Feb 19960016.98$0
Jan 19960017.07$0
Dec 19950017.19$0
Nov 19950016.00$0
Oct 19950015.43$0
Sep 19950016.18$0
Aug 19950015.92$0
Jul 19950015.24$0
Jun 19950016.41$0
May 19950017.56$0
Apr 19950017.73$0
Mar 19950016.44$0
Feb 19950016.58$0
Jan 19950015.92$0
Dec 19940015.03$0
Nov 19940015.90$0
Oct 19940015.58$0
Sep 19940015.29$0
Aug 19940016.13$0
Jul 19940017.56$0
Jun 19940017.09$0
May 19940015.88$0
Apr 19940014.14$0
Mar 19940012.46$0
Feb 19940012.50$0
Jan 19940012.66$0
Dec 19930012.33$0
Nov 19930014.49$0
Oct 19930015.85$0
Sep 19930015.03$0
Aug 19930015.66$0
Jul 19930015.46$0
Jun 19930016.79$0
May 19930017.68$0
Apr 19930018.05$0
Mar 19930018.14$0
Feb 19930017.90$0
Jan 19930016.93$0

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.

Feb 2020 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate            21 bbl  × $ 49.88 =     $1,047
Gas                    2 Mcf  × $  1.98 =         $4

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Month total                                   $1,051

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/131897 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.