VAQUILLAS RANCH A-4

Name: VAQUILLAS RANCH A-4 lease production and value, Jan 1993 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY (P-5 172232) 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 136613District 04Field 932154002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$398 k

Jan 1993 – Mar 2010

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

207

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The VAQUILLAS RANCH (LOBO CONS.) field

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.

Programme	Filings	With an approval date	Dated	Docket
High Cost Gas	1	1	1991-06-14	123352
NGPA	1	none	—	—

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Condensate	Disposition	732 bbl	$16,354
Gas	Production	198,331 Mcf	$381,755
Total			$398,109

100,252 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 27.5421, -99.0239. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.54208, -99.02386 · centre of the wells drawn, derived⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom

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

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

Median depth

12,150 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

19.3 years

median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

1100.0%

A plug date is filed

1100.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

1100.0%

NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.

00.0%

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 12,150 ft.

Completions filed

Nov 1990

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Mar 2010

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 19.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 19.3 years and 19.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-47933142	14	12,150 ft	Nov 1990	Mar 2010	Yes

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 (207)

Volume × price = value, one row per cycle. The price columns are the same series published on the prices page — nothing here is modelled.

207 months


Mar 2010	0	0	78.39	4.39	$0
Feb 2010	0	0	73.58	5.44	$0
Jan 2010	0	0	74.36	5.96	$0
Dec 2009	0	0	71.44	5.48	$0
Nov 2009	0	0	74.59	3.75	$0
Oct 2009	0	0	72.54	4.11	$0
Sep 2009	0	0	65.54	3.06	$0
Aug 2009	0	0	67.42	3.22	$0
Jul 2009	0	0	61.13	3.46	$0
Jun 2009	0	0	66.16	3.90	$0
May 2009	0	0	54.74	3.93	$0
Apr 2009	0	0	46.77	3.59	$0
Mar 2009	0	0	42.14	4.06	$0
Feb 2009	0	0	32.81	4.63	$0
Jan 2009	0	0	35.86	5.37	$0
Dec 2008	0	0	37.10	5.98	$0
Nov 2008	0	0	55.49	6.86	$0
Oct 2008	0	0	75.24	6.92	$0
Sep 2008	0	0	101.76	7.88	$0
Aug 2008	0	0	114.22	8.48	$0
Jul 2008	0	0	131.08	11.39	$0
Jun 2008	0	0	131.33	13.03	$0
May 2008	0	0	123.17	11.57	$0
Apr 2008	0	0	110.31	10.45	$0
Mar 2008	0	0	101.90	9.66	$0
Feb 2008	0	0	92.53	8.77	$0
Jan 2008	0	109	90.38	8.21	$894
Dec 2007	0	381	88.33	7.30	$2,782
Nov 2007	0	287	91.67	7.29	$2,093
Oct 2007	0	317	82.85	6.92	$2,194
Sep 2007	0	269	75.84	6.24	$1,680
Aug 2007	0	203	69.06	6.39	$1,297
Jul 2007	0	222	70.90	6.39	$1,418
Jun 2007	0	276	62.00	7.55	$2,083
May 2007	0	225	58.74	7.85	$1,765
Apr 2007	0	284	59.61	7.81	$2,217
Mar 2007	0	320	56.92	7.30	$2,337
Feb 2007	0	403	55.10	8.22	$3,311
Jan 2007	0	410	50.30	6.73	$2,758
Dec 2006	0	409	56.65	6.92	$2,830
Nov 2006	0	479	54.20	7.62	$3,649
Oct 2006	0	534	54.90	6.01	$3,211
Sep 2006	0	390	60.08	5.04	$1,965
Aug 2006	0	418	68.71	7.34	$3,068
Jul 2006	0	368	69.37	6.34	$2,334
Jun 2006	0	355	66.28	6.38	$2,266
May 2006	0	197	66.01	6.42	$1,266
Apr 2006	0	441	64.39	7.36	$3,246
Mar 2006	2	409	56.70	7.08	$3,010
Feb 2006	0	309	57.59	7.75	$2,395
Jan 2006	0	293	60.59	8.93	$2,617
Dec 2005	0	576	54.94	13.42	$7,727
Nov 2005	0	447	54.69	10.59	$4,733
Oct 2005	0	552	58.34	13.80	$7,615
Sep 2005	0	416	61.45	12.08	$5,025
Aug 2005	0	275	61.51	9.80	$2,694
Jul 2005	0	366	55.69	7.84	$2,871
Jun 2005	0	394	52.33	7.38	$2,908
May 2005	0	23	45.22	6.65	$153
Apr 2005	0	629	49.20	7.36	$4,630
Mar 2005	0	332	50.37	7.15	$2,375
Feb 2005	0	437	45.22	6.31	$2,758
Jan 2005	0	372	43.16	6.32	$2,352
Dec 2004	0	520	39.86	6.75	$3,511
Nov 2004	0	891	45.28	6.33	$5,640
Oct 2004	0	648	49.70	6.52	$4,222
Sep 2004	0	846	43.24	5.28	$4,470
Aug 2004	0	682	42.37	5.55	$3,786
Jul 2004	0	392	38.28	6.08	$2,385
Jun 2004	0	160	36.10	6.43	$1,029
May 2004	0	621	37.48	6.49	$4,033
Apr 2004	0	804	34.47	5.86	$4,710
Mar 2004	0	666	34.36	5.53	$3,683
Feb 2004	0	437	32.45	5.51	$2,408
Jan 2004	0	776	32.03	6.30	$4,889
Dec 2003	0	574	30.26	6.30	$3,617
Nov 2003	0	478	28.80	4.60	$2,196
Oct 2003	0	562	28.17	4.76	$2,675
Sep 2003	0	868	26.31	4.75	$4,122
Aug 2003	0	474	29.76	5.13	$2,431
Jul 2003	0	594	29.41	5.17	$3,071
Jun 2003	0	544	28.56	5.98	$3,255
May 2003	2	650	26.59	5.97	$3,935
Apr 2003	4	359	26.67	5.41	$2,048
Mar 2003	5	482	31.14	6.10	$3,094
Feb 2003	5	580	33.48	7.93	$4,764
Jan 2003	6	731	30.31	5.58	$4,262
Dec 2002	2	1,191	26.91	4.85	$5,835
Nov 2002	1	807	24.66	4.14	$3,363
Oct 2002	2	580	26.46	4.23	$2,506
Sep 2002	2	538	27.44	3.64	$2,011
Aug 2002	3	446	25.96	3.16	$1,489
Jul 2002	7	1,440	24.58	3.06	$4,581
Jun 2002	6	2,860	23.73	3.34	$9,690
May 2002	2	781	24.66	3.58	$2,848
Apr 2002	5	407	23.65	3.51	$1,548
Mar 2002	11	498	22.00	3.10	$1,787
Feb 2002	2	301	18.22	2.38	$752
Jan 2002	0	514	17.17	2.38	$1,221
Dec 2001	0	559	16.93	2.36	$1,322
Nov 2001	0	510	18.07	2.41	$1,227
Oct 2001	0	630	19.78	2.53	$1,593
Sep 2001	0	693	24.26	2.25	$1,560
Aug 2001	0	788	24.87	3.05	$2,406
Jul 2001	0	1,107	23.93	3.20	$3,539
Jun 2001	0	998	24.56	3.82	$3,817
May 2001	0	1,182	25.52	4.31	$5,091
Apr 2001	0	1,281	24.68	5.34	$6,835
Mar 2001	0	0	24.54	5.38	$0
Feb 2001	0	0	27.75	5.77	$0
Jan 2001	0	0	27.47	8.40	$0
Dec 2000	0	0	26.88	9.12	$0
Nov 2000	0	0	32.21	5.66	$0
Oct 2000	0	0	31.23	5.15	$0
Sep 2000	0	0	31.87	5.19	$0
Aug 2000	0	0	29.64	4.54	$0
Jul 2000	0	0	28.53	4.09	$0
Jun 2000	0	822	29.30	4.40	$3,615
May 2000	0	816	27.26	3.68	$3,003
Apr 2000	0	767	24.51	3.12	$2,390
Mar 2000	0	561	28.42	2.86	$1,604
Feb 2000	0	843	27.62	2.73	$2,298
Jan 2000	0	932	25.27	2.48	$2,312
Dec 1999	0	877	24.28	2.42	$2,126
Nov 1999	0	846	23.19	2.43	$2,059
Oct 1999	0	815	20.98	2.80	$2,285
Sep 1999	0	1,002	21.75	2.62	$2,624
Aug 1999	0	968	19.26	2.88	$2,784
Jul 1999	0	931	17.89	2.37	$2,209
Jun 1999	0	1,037	15.94	2.36	$2,450
May 1999	0	971	15.79	2.32	$2,254
Apr 1999	0	1,023	15.10	2.21	$2,259
Mar 1999	0	932	12.47	1.84	$1,713
Feb 1999	0	764	9.98	1.82	$1,389
Jan 1999	0	954	10.38	1.90	$1,813
Dec 1998	0	1,072	9.20	1.77	$1,901
Nov 1998	0	938	10.89	2.19	$2,050
Oct 1998	0	1,043	12.42	1.97	$2,054
Sep 1998	1	1,217	12.59	2.08	$2,547
Aug 1998	0	1,388	11.30	1.91	$2,647
Jul 1998	0	1,331	11.74	2.24	$2,978
Jun 1998	0	1,119	11.24	2.24	$2,504
May 1998	0	1,544	12.62	2.21	$3,407
Apr 1998	0	1,893	13.04	2.51	$4,743
Mar 1998	0	2,192	12.80	2.31	$5,062
Feb 1998	0	1,595	13.95	2.30	$3,667
Jan 1998	0	1,321	14.70	2.15	$2,846
Dec 1997	0	1,889	16.32	2.41	$4,555
Nov 1997	0	2,040	18.19	3.09	$6,300
Oct 1997	0	1,925	19.25	3.15	$6,063
Sep 1997	0	1,553	17.74	2.95	$4,589
Aug 1997	0	1,739	17.86	2.55	$4,443
Jul 1997	0	1,605	17.58	2.25	$3,606
Jun 1997	0	1,422	17.24	2.26	$3,210
May 1997	0	1,202	18.97	2.31	$2,775
Apr 1997	0	1,475	17.88	2.08	$3,072
Mar 1997	0	1,558	18.95	1.94	$3,021
Feb 1997	0	1,583	20.49	2.21	$3,492
Jan 1997	6	1,997	23.48	3.54	$7,210
Dec 1996	117	1,766	23.32	—	$2,728
Nov 1996	118	1,662	21.97	—	$2,592
Oct 1996	133	2,298	23.31	—	$3,100
Sep 1996	105	2,103	22.22	—	$2,333
Aug 1996	86	1,740	20.26	—	$1,742
Jul 1996	42	1,702	19.55	—	$821
Jun 1996	30	1,648	18.73	—	$562
May 1996	22	2,255	19.43	—	$427
Apr 1996	0	1,345	21.51	—	$0
Mar 1996	0	29	19.38	—	$0
Feb 1996	0	1,368	16.98	—	$0
Jan 1996	0	1,793	17.07	—	$0
Dec 1995	0	1,924	17.19	—	$0
Nov 1995	0	2,180	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	0	1,810	15.43	—	$0
Sep 1995	0	1,857	16.18	—	$0
Aug 1995	0	2,003	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	0	2,046	15.24	—	$0
Jun 1995	0	1,895	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	0	2,015	17.56	—	$0
Apr 1995	0	2,143	17.73	—	$0
Mar 1995	0	1,910	16.44	—	$0
Feb 1995	0	1,856	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	0	2,274	15.92	—	$0
Dec 1994	0	2,490	15.03	—	$0
Nov 1994	0	2,099	15.90	—	$0
Oct 1994	0	2,040	15.58	—	$0
Sep 1994	0	2,133	15.29	—	$0
Aug 1994	0	2,193	16.13	—	$0
Jul 1994	0	2,252	17.56	—	$0
Jun 1994	0	2,230	17.09	—	$0
May 1994	0	2,168	15.88	—	$0
Apr 1994	0	2,301	14.14	—	$0
Mar 1994	0	1,970	12.46	—	$0
Feb 1994	0	2,321	12.50	—	$0
Jan 1994	0	2,377	12.66	—	$0
Dec 1993	0	2,310	12.33	—	$0
Nov 1993	0	2,262	14.49	—	$0
Oct 1993	0	2,579	15.85	—	$0
Sep 1993	0	1,986	15.03	—	$0
Aug 1993	0	2,390	15.66	—	$0
Jul 1993	0	2,199	15.46	—	$0
Jun 1993	0	2,087	16.79	—	$0
May 1993	0	2,476	17.68	—	$0
Apr 1993	1	2,502	18.05	—	$18
Mar 1993	3	2,825	18.14	—	$54
Feb 1993	1	3,546	17.90	—	$18
Jan 1993	0	2,894	16.93	—	$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.

Jan 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 90.38 =         $0
Gas                  109 Mcf  × $  8.21 =       $894

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Month total                                     $894

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/136613 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.