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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 143249District 04Field 932154002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$4.4 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 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 Gas111993-11-16128269
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
CondensateDisposition2,528 bbl$151,219
GasProduction780,360 Mcf$4,276,213
Total$4,427,432

28,545 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 44 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 27.7487, -99.0220. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.74865, -99.02204 · 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
Nov 1992
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-47934420159,200 ftNov 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 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 20183065.142.93$195
Jun 2018057260.183.08$1,760
May 201892,39065.382.90$7,521
Apr 201802,31463.842.90$6,712
Mar 201802,43261.222.79$6,778
Feb 201802,41261.782.77$6,672
Jan 201803,31362.874.01$13,283
Dec 201702,99857.272.92$8,759
Nov 201702,75755.423.12$8,597
Oct 201702,35949.292.98$7,039
Sep 201702,33147.523.09$7,196
Aug 201702,08645.373.00$6,267
Jul 201702,33443.873.09$7,206
Jun 201702,07942.493.09$6,418
May 201701,85045.373.26$6,037
Apr 2017162,17147.933.21$7,739
Mar 201702,41646.772.98$7,209
Feb 201792,43450.452.95$7,641
Jan 2017212,66449.413.42$10,145
Dec 201602,28648.763.72$8,510
Nov 201602,78742.492.64$7,370
Oct 201602,78046.193.09$8,591
Sep 2016152,45641.553.10$8,238
Aug 2016112,75241.442.92$8,504
Jul 201602,45541.622.92$7,179
Jun 2016292,25445.352.69$7,369
May 201602,25842.521.99$4,496
Apr 2016112,31336.561.99$5,007
Mar 201602,31833.011.79$4,159
Feb 201602,37626.472.06$4,903
Jan 201602,15727.352.36$5,100
Dec 201542,44232.362.00$5,017
Nov 2015222,28238.792.17$5,799
Oct 2015232,09543.552.43$6,085
Sep 201501,93542.992.76$5,338
Aug 201501,86840.162.87$5,366
Jul 201502,02848.152.95$5,973
Jun 201531,91456.152.88$5,686
May 2015532,59255.212.96$10,587
Apr 201502,53249.822.71$6,853
Mar 201502,52042.892.93$7,395
Feb 2015112,52444.662.98$8,003
Jan 2015372,31643.433.10$8,788
Dec 201402,85054.693.59$10,235
Nov 201472,10470.464.25$9,439
Oct 201402,58478.303.90$10,080
Sep 2014752,29986.164.05$15,762
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 201402,78696.564.18$11,644
Jun 201402,61298.164.74$12,373
May 201402,77094.734.73$13,093
Apr 201402,73395.944.81$13,143
Mar 201402,68095.895.06$13,552
Feb 201402,45197.406.19$15,177
Jan 201402,67290.404.86$12,988
Dec 201302,63391.824.35$11,465
Nov 201302,57588.853.74$9,626
Oct 201302,72497.423.78$10,295
Sep 201302,849104.113.72$10,592
Aug 201302,473104.253.52$8,711
Jul 201302,821102.523.72$10,488
Jun 201302,80794.403.93$11,041
May 201302,90694.834.15$12,057
Apr 201302,66393.964.28$11,405
Mar 201302,85193.623.91$11,156
Feb 201302,54991.233.42$8,717
Jan 201302,89891.603.42$9,911
Dec 201202,81186.773.42$9,614
Nov 201202,80686.953.62$10,172
Oct 201202,92189.383.40$9,930
Sep 201202,84794.672.92$8,309
Aug 201203,01792.662.91$8,774
Jul 201203,14485.133.02$9,497
Jun 201203,02579.822.52$7,620
May 201203,13891.612.49$7,808
Apr 201202,979101.652.00$5,948
Mar 201203,055105.052.22$6,788
Feb 201202,798101.102.57$7,192
Jan 201203,02998.092.73$8,282
Dec 201103,14996.873.24$10,202
Nov 201102,99595.723.31$9,917
Oct 201103,09084.983.65$11,274
Sep 201103,04783.623.99$12,145
Aug 201102,98683.404.15$12,390
Jul 201103,12494.144.52$14,112
Jun 201102,93792.904.64$13,627
May 201103,08898.134.40$13,602
Apr 201102,979105.964.33$12,909
Mar 201102,90696.364.06$11,791
Feb 201102,50785.644.18$10,479
Jan 201103,29686.504.59$15,125
Dec 201003,49185.734.35$15,178
Nov 201003,61380.843.80$13,713
Oct 201002,87978.103.51$10,102
Sep 201003,50272.633.98$13,936
Aug 2010213,34573.684.42$16,330
Jul 201003,60172.554.74$17,056
Jun 201003,52270.364.91$17,294
May 201003,63171.124.24$15,378
Apr 201003,58681.694.12$14,784
Mar 201093,60478.394.39$16,522
Feb 201003,26173.585.44$17,748
Jan 2010133,60874.365.96$22,485
Dec 200903,50271.445.48$19,204
Nov 200903,56074.593.75$13,355
Oct 2009173,67772.544.11$16,347
Sep 200903,59665.543.06$11,021
Aug 2009163,75667.423.22$13,167
Jul 2009163,78761.133.46$14,098
Jun 200903,73666.163.90$14,552
May 200913,94454.743.93$15,538
Apr 200917,72646.773.59$27,764
Mar 2009234,05442.144.06$17,424
Feb 200913,71732.814.63$17,254
Jan 2009203,81535.865.37$21,208
Dec 200813,51637.105.98$21,053
Nov 2008283,72555.496.86$27,109
Oct 2008313,94275.246.92$29,619
Sep 2008414,030101.767.88$35,917
Aug 200804,696114.228.48$39,836
Jul 200804,524131.0811.39$51,526
Jun 2008484,086131.3313.03$59,555
May 2008514,082123.1711.57$53,528
Apr 2008514,181110.3110.45$49,338
Mar 2008534,233101.909.66$46,309
Feb 2008523,92992.538.77$39,271
Jan 200804,35190.388.21$35,703
Dec 200704,58788.337.30$33,494
Nov 2007514,43891.677.29$37,036
Oct 200704,67782.856.92$32,374
Sep 200704,58275.846.24$28,611
Aug 20071094,74869.066.39$37,857
Jul 20071124,68270.906.39$37,849
Jun 200704,59362.007.55$34,670
May 2007574,76058.747.85$40,696
Apr 200704,61659.617.81$36,029
Mar 2007815,24456.927.30$42,902
Feb 2007154,45355.108.22$37,412
Jan 20071145,13450.306.73$40,270
Dec 2006195,19456.656.92$37,011
Nov 2006105,25054.207.62$40,534
Oct 2006185,68454.906.01$35,171
Sep 2006105,10360.085.04$26,306
Aug 2006205,64968.717.34$42,837
Jul 200695,77269.376.34$37,235
Jun 2006215,57266.286.38$36,963
May 2006236,14266.016.42$40,981
Apr 2006285,99964.397.36$45,958
Mar 2006196,26956.707.08$45,480
Feb 2006345,84357.597.75$47,248
Jan 2006436,32860.598.93$59,135
Dec 2005247,72954.9413.42$105,006
Nov 2005345,87254.6910.59$64,035
Oct 2005416,16358.3413.80$87,415
Sep 2005416,20761.4512.08$77,494
Aug 2005256,57061.519.80$65,903
Jul 2005476,86055.697.84$56,425
Jun 2005196,24852.337.38$47,111
May 2005267,66745.226.65$52,170
Apr 2005277,56049.207.36$56,974
Mar 2005307,85850.377.15$57,734
Feb 2005318,00645.226.31$51,935
Jan 2005429,14443.166.32$59,623
Dec 2004389,17339.866.75$63,442
Nov 2004269,11545.286.33$58,879
Oct 2004429,41449.706.52$63,421
Sep 2004308,85843.245.28$48,102
Aug 2004239,75942.375.55$55,143
Jul 20042110,57038.286.08$65,114
Jun 2004269,80336.106.43$64,002
May 20044612,61337.486.49$83,640
Apr 20041612,75234.475.86$75,259
Mar 2004716,49934.365.53$91,482
Feb 20043015,34732.455.51$85,530
Jan 2004317,71732.036.30$111,707
Dec 20031320,67830.266.30$130,699
Nov 20030028.804.60$0
Oct 20030028.174.76$0
Sep 20030026.314.75$0
Aug 20030029.765.13$0
Jul 20030429.415.17$21
Jun 20030028.565.98$0
May 20030026.595.97$0
Apr 20030026.675.41$0
Mar 200307031.146.10$427
Feb 2003079333.487.93$6,285
Jan 2003023530.315.58$1,312
Dec 200204026.914.85$194
Nov 20020024.664.14$0
Oct 20020026.464.23$0
Sep 20020027.443.64$0
Aug 20020025.963.16$0
Jul 20020024.583.06$0
Jun 20020023.733.34$0
May 20020024.663.58$0
Apr 200201,82923.653.51$6,424
Mar 200232,57022.003.10$8,040
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 19983014.702.15$44
Dec 19971720416.322.41$769
Nov 199782418.193.09$220
Oct 19971217119.253.15$770
Sep 1997231,45017.742.95$4,693
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 199608820.26$0
Jul 1996120619.55$20
Jun 1996264418.73$37
May 1996327319.43$58
Apr 1996454621.51$86
Mar 1996258819.38$39
Feb 1996124916.98$17
Jan 1996256117.07$34
Dec 1995056717.19$0
Nov 1995056516.00$0
Oct 1995068915.43$0
Sep 1995056816.18$0
Aug 1995052615.92$0
Jul 1995051915.24$0
Jun 1995035416.41$0
May 1995068217.56$0
Apr 1995029517.73$0
Mar 1995128316.44$16
Feb 199511,01616.58$17
Jan 1995155115.92$16
Dec 1994148015.03$15
Nov 1994059315.90$0
Oct 1994141615.58$16
Sep 1994154615.29$15
Aug 1994158216.13$16
Jul 199411,33717.56$18
Jun 1994012517.09$0
May 1994140915.88$16
Apr 1994196814.14$14
Mar 1994116512.46$12
Feb 1994272412.50$25
Jan 1994792012.66$89
Dec 1993550212.33$62
Nov 199341,30214.49$58
Oct 199381,40015.85$127
Sep 1993715715.03$105
Aug 199351,02815.66$78
Jul 199362,62415.46$93
Jun 1993041016.79$0
May 1993136417.68$18
Apr 199334718.05$54
Mar 1993795418.14$127
Feb 199381,65117.90$143
Jan 1993191,07116.93$322

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.

Jul 2018 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             3 bbl  × $ 65.14 =       $195
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  2.93 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $195

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/143249 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.