EL GATO "A"

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

Operated by MARWELL PETROLEUM LTD PARTNRSHIP (P-5 531085) in the BELLE JEFFERS, EAST (LOBO) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 142248District 04Field 069291002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$2.6 M

Jan 1993 – Apr 2009

Value, last 12 filed months

$68 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

196

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The BELLE JEFFERS, EAST (LOBO) 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 8 leases and 8 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1991-01-01

as the register files it

Field class

Gas

the register's own label

Between wells

—

no field rule filed

From a lease line

—

no field rule filed

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “ALLOCATION FORMULA EFFECTIVE 11/01/92.”

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	1992-10-20	125690
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	16,626 bbl	$301,835
Gas	Production	3,177,776 Mcf	$2,278,654
Total			$2,580,489

2,587,915 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 27.7797, -99.0732. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.77972, -99.07320 · 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

8,425 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

16.4 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 8,425 ft.

Completions filed

Aug 1992

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Jan 2009

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 16.4 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 16.4 years and 16.4 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-47935494	6	8,425 ft	Aug 1992	Jan 2009	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 (196)

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

196 months


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	714	114.22	8.48	$6,057
Jul 2008	0	1,276	131.08	11.39	$14,533
Jun 2008	0	1,832	131.33	13.03	$23,876
May 2008	0	2,062	123.17	11.57	$23,866
Apr 2008	256	2,753	110.31	10.45	$57,022
Mar 2008	0	521	101.90	9.66	$5,035
Feb 2008	0	2,402	92.53	8.77	$21,067
Jan 2008	0	2,569	90.38	8.21	$21,081
Dec 2007	0	2,542	88.33	7.30	$18,562
Nov 2007	0	2,298	91.67	7.29	$16,756
Oct 2007	0	2,345	82.85	6.92	$16,232
Sep 2007	0	19	75.84	6.24	$119
Aug 2007	0	1,130	69.06	6.39	$7,218
Jul 2007	0	1,603	70.90	6.39	$10,240
Jun 2007	0	1,648	62.00	7.55	$12,440
May 2007	0	2,224	58.74	7.85	$17,450
Apr 2007	60	992	59.61	7.81	$11,319
Mar 2007	0	337	56.92	7.30	$2,461
Feb 2007	0	847	55.10	8.22	$6,959
Jan 2007	0	1,732	50.30	6.73	$11,651
Dec 2006	0	1,041	56.65	6.92	$7,202
Nov 2006	0	1,481	54.20	7.62	$11,281
Oct 2006	0	2,629	54.90	6.01	$15,810
Sep 2006	0	3,292	60.08	5.04	$16,582
Aug 2006	0	3,720	68.71	7.34	$27,305
Jul 2006	0	2,726	69.37	6.34	$17,290
Jun 2006	0	450	66.28	6.38	$2,873
May 2006	0	671	66.01	6.42	$4,311
Apr 2006	0	1,162	64.39	7.36	$8,553
Mar 2006	0	2,371	56.70	7.08	$16,794
Feb 2006	0	2,316	57.59	7.75	$17,952
Jan 2006	0	1,688	60.59	8.93	$15,079
Dec 2005	0	665	54.94	13.42	$8,921
Nov 2005	0	500	54.69	10.59	$5,294
Oct 2005	0	2,139	58.34	13.80	$29,509
Sep 2005	0	1,914	61.45	12.08	$23,119
Aug 2005	0	2,782	61.51	9.80	$27,255
Jul 2005	0	2,198	55.69	7.84	$17,240
Jun 2005	0	1,290	52.33	7.38	$9,522
May 2005	0	3,038	45.22	6.65	$20,206
Apr 2005	30	2,410	49.20	7.36	$19,215
Mar 2005	0	3,084	50.37	7.15	$22,066
Feb 2005	0	3,135	45.22	6.31	$19,788
Jan 2005	0	2,480	43.16	6.32	$15,679
Dec 2004	0	2,658	39.86	6.75	$17,944
Nov 2004	0	1,753	45.28	6.33	$11,097
Oct 2004	0	1,560	49.70	6.52	$10,164
Sep 2004	0	800	43.24	5.28	$4,227
Aug 2004	0	2,452	42.37	5.55	$13,610
Jul 2004	0	2,042	38.28	6.08	$12,424
Jun 2004	0	2,646	36.10	6.43	$17,022
May 2004	0	2,355	37.48	6.49	$15,295
Apr 2004	0	3,562	34.47	5.86	$20,868
Mar 2004	0	2,812	34.36	5.53	$15,551
Feb 2004	0	3,118	32.45	5.51	$17,179
Jan 2004	0	3,217	32.03	6.30	$20,266
Dec 2003	0	4,118	30.26	6.30	$25,950
Nov 2003	0	2,001	28.80	4.60	$9,195
Oct 2003	0	2,547	28.17	4.76	$12,123
Sep 2003	0	1,782	26.31	4.75	$8,463
Aug 2003	0	2,323	29.76	5.13	$11,916
Jul 2003	0	4,342	29.41	5.17	$22,452
Jun 2003	0	2,921	28.56	5.98	$17,476
May 2003	0	2,705	26.59	5.97	$16,156
Apr 2003	0	3,364	26.67	5.41	$18,190
Mar 2003	0	3,294	31.14	6.10	$20,080
Feb 2003	0	3,514	33.48	7.93	$27,852
Jan 2003	0	5,215	30.31	5.58	$29,110
Dec 2002	0	3,285	26.91	4.85	$15,945
Nov 2002	0	4,125	24.66	4.14	$17,065
Oct 2002	0	5,519	26.46	4.23	$23,341
Sep 2002	0	4,032	27.44	3.64	$14,657
Aug 2002	0	4,773	25.96	3.16	$15,103
Jul 2002	0	4,591	24.58	3.06	$14,057
Jun 2002	0	3,968	23.73	3.34	$13,246
May 2002	0	4,391	24.66	3.58	$15,737
Apr 2002	0	1,793	23.65	3.51	$6,298
Mar 2002	0	2,225	22.00	3.10	$6,904
Feb 2002	0	1,102	18.22	2.38	$2,618
Jan 2002	0	1,807	17.17	2.38	$4,293
Dec 2001	0	2,201	16.93	2.36	$5,204
Nov 2001	0	2,082	18.07	2.41	$5,008
Oct 2001	0	2,725	19.78	2.53	$6,891
Sep 2001	0	3,213	24.26	2.25	$7,233
Aug 2001	0	2,399	24.87	3.05	$7,325
Jul 2001	0	2,416	23.93	3.20	$7,724
Jun 2001	0	2,564	24.56	3.82	$9,805
May 2001	0	2,219	25.52	4.31	$9,558
Apr 2001	0	2,742	24.68	5.34	$14,629
Mar 2001	0	3,608	24.54	5.38	$19,398
Feb 2001	183	3,273	27.75	5.77	$23,954
Jan 2001	0	2,993	27.47	8.40	$25,137
Dec 2000	0	2,425	26.88	9.12	$22,122
Nov 2000	0	2,838	32.21	5.66	$16,057
Oct 2000	0	3,229	31.23	5.15	$16,615
Sep 2000	0	3,491	31.87	5.19	$18,106
Aug 2000	0	3,785	29.64	4.54	$17,187
Jul 2000	0	4,162	28.53	4.09	$17,022
Jun 2000	0	4,023	29.30	4.40	$17,690
May 2000	0	3,940	27.26	3.68	$14,498
Apr 2000	0	3,868	24.51	3.12	$12,053
Mar 2000	0	3,522	28.42	2.86	$10,072
Feb 2000	0	4,119	27.62	2.73	$11,230
Jan 2000	0	4,223	25.27	2.48	$10,475
Dec 1999	0	5,401	24.28	2.42	$13,091
Nov 1999	0	3,662	23.19	2.43	$8,913
Oct 1999	0	4,482	20.98	2.80	$12,566
Sep 1999	0	5,877	21.75	2.62	$15,391
Aug 1999	0	4,879	19.26	2.88	$14,030
Jul 1999	181	5,530	17.89	2.37	$16,357
Jun 1999	0	7,823	15.94	2.36	$18,479
May 1999	0	6,953	15.79	2.32	$16,138
Apr 1999	0	6,710	15.10	2.21	$14,816
Mar 1999	0	7,431	12.47	1.84	$13,661
Feb 1999	0	6,767	9.98	1.82	$12,301
Jan 1999	181	7,973	10.38	1.90	$17,027
Dec 1998	0	8,653	9.20	1.77	$15,345
Nov 1998	0	8,378	10.89	2.19	$18,312
Oct 1998	0	9,044	12.42	1.97	$17,810
Sep 1998	0	9,002	12.59	2.08	$18,748
Aug 1998	0	10,218	11.30	1.91	$19,489
Jul 1998	0	8,123	11.74	2.24	$18,173
Jun 1998	0	10,044	11.24	2.24	$22,471
May 1998	187	8,315	12.62	2.21	$20,706
Apr 1998	0	9,601	13.04	2.51	$24,054
Mar 1998	0	9,759	12.80	2.31	$22,538
Feb 1998	0	10,121	13.95	2.30	$23,269
Jan 1998	0	10,040	14.70	2.15	$21,634
Dec 1997	192	10,773	16.32	2.41	$29,108
Nov 1997	0	9,662	18.19	3.09	$29,839
Oct 1997	0	11,752	19.25	3.15	$37,017
Sep 1997	0	11,766	17.74	2.95	$34,767
Aug 1997	181	12,129	17.86	2.55	$34,219
Jul 1997	189	11,197	17.58	2.25	$28,482
Jun 1997	0	13,665	17.24	2.26	$30,845
May 1997	1	13,959	18.97	2.31	$32,243
Apr 1997	0	9,125	17.88	2.08	$19,005
Mar 1997	0	11,570	18.95	1.94	$22,436
Feb 1997	0	10,898	20.49	2.21	$24,040
Jan 1997	2	12,779	23.48	3.54	$45,281
Dec 1996	1	12,361	23.32	—	$23
Nov 1996	200	10,575	21.97	—	$4,394
Oct 1996	2	14,102	23.31	—	$47
Sep 1996	193	16,603	22.22	—	$4,288
Aug 1996	1	19,578	20.26	—	$20
Jul 1996	1	18,688	19.55	—	$20
Jun 1996	193	19,538	18.73	—	$3,615
May 1996	0	20,023	19.43	—	$0
Apr 1996	197	18,737	21.51	—	$4,237
Mar 1996	1	20,409	19.38	—	$19
Feb 1996	190	20,991	16.98	—	$3,226
Jan 1996	184	22,855	17.07	—	$3,141
Dec 1995	1	21,366	17.19	—	$17
Nov 1995	191	21,400	16.00	—	$3,056
Oct 1995	195	24,069	15.43	—	$3,009
Sep 1995	188	24,781	16.18	—	$3,042
Aug 1995	187	27,260	15.92	—	$2,977
Jul 1995	1	28,827	15.24	—	$15
Jun 1995	182	30,185	16.41	—	$2,987
May 1995	200	31,445	17.56	—	$3,512
Apr 1995	198	32,264	17.73	—	$3,511
Mar 1995	194	36,385	16.44	—	$3,189
Feb 1995	184	32,678	16.58	—	$3,051
Jan 1995	188	37,650	15.92	—	$2,993
Dec 1994	192	42,977	15.03	—	$2,886
Nov 1994	368	44,596	15.90	—	$5,851
Oct 1994	185	49,128	15.58	—	$2,882
Sep 1994	375	51,428	15.29	—	$5,734
Aug 1994	189	55,334	16.13	—	$3,049
Jul 1994	370	57,426	17.56	—	$6,497
Jun 1994	182	56,984	17.09	—	$3,110
May 1994	387	50,610	15.88	—	$6,146
Apr 1994	190	52,299	14.14	—	$2,687
Mar 1994	360	61,112	12.46	—	$4,486
Feb 1994	377	60,776	12.50	—	$4,713
Jan 1994	380	71,289	12.66	—	$4,811
Dec 1993	388	68,769	12.33	—	$4,784
Nov 1993	566	73,635	14.49	—	$8,201
Oct 1993	380	85,513	15.85	—	$6,023
Sep 1993	380	89,401	15.03	—	$5,711
Aug 1993	764	94,852	15.66	—	$11,964
Jul 1993	554	104,875	15.46	—	$8,565
Jun 1993	570	114,603	16.79	—	$9,570
May 1993	736	130,839	17.68	—	$13,012
Apr 1993	937	139,813	18.05	—	$16,913
Mar 1993	950	151,163	18.14	—	$17,233
Feb 1993	967	148,936	17.90	—	$17,309
Jan 1993	1,164	168,787	16.93	—	$19,707

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.

Aug 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $114.22 =         $0
Gas                  714 Mcf  × $  8.48 =     $6,057

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Month total                                   $6,057

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/142248 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.