OLD ZAPATA DEEP GAS UNIT

Operated by VARAS ENERGY OPERATING COMPANY, (P-5 102824) in the UREBENO, SOUTH (WILCOX 7000) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 144340District 04Field 927685802 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.2 M
Mar 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$10 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
399
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 26 leases and 26 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1984-11-20
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 1992-06-30.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ALLOC.FORM. SUSP. ADMIN. EFF 6-1-93.

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 Gas111993-06-12126939
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
CondensateDisposition5,747 bbl$153,526
GasProduction436,014 Mcf$1,094,218
Total$1,247,744

170,985 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 46 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 26.8961, -99.3087. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

26.89607, -99.30872 · 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
9,250 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 9,250 ft.

Completions filed
Mar 1993
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-5053294939,250 ftMar 1993

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 (399)

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

399 months

May 20260266106.413.05$810
Apr 2026033898.932.87$970
Mar 2026026089.753.15$819
Feb 2026013163.503.75$491
Jan 2026020259.138.00$1,616
Dec 20251022256.664.41$1,546
Nov 2025014058.593.93$550
Oct 2025021459.383.30$707
Sep 2025019462.743.08$597
Aug 2025021163.933.01$636
Jul 2025015066.743.32$497
Jun 2025013066.483.13$407
May 2025013960.553.23$449
Apr 2025018062.363.54$638
Mar 2025027567.704.27$1,174
Feb 2025015270.884.34$660
Jan 2025018774.324.28$800
Dec 2024018768.993.12$584
Nov 2024030569.052.20$671
Oct 2024015671.372.28$356
Sep 2024018569.612.36$437
Aug 2024020375.632.06$419
Jul 2024021779.932.15$466
Jun 2024019878.082.63$522
May 2024026178.812.20$574
Apr 2024044984.451.66$745
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 202309571.262.61$248
Nov 2023021077.892.81$590
Oct 20231122585.443.09$1,634
Sep 2023027989.042.74$763
Aug 2023029080.522.67$775
Jul 2023027674.852.64$729
Jun 2023025668.962.26$578
May 2023623770.622.23$952
Apr 2023022978.122.24$512
Mar 2023024772.852.39$591
Feb 2023024275.112.47$597
Jan 2023028376.533.39$959
Dec 2022029176.415.73$1,667
Nov 2022024085.005.65$1,355
Oct 2022425387.185.86$1,832
Sep 2022026884.888.16$2,188
Aug 2022028994.529.13$2,638
Jul 20220249101.587.54$1,878
Jun 20220269115.097.98$2,146
May 202214289109.378.43$3,968
Apr 20220273104.226.84$1,867
Mar 20220246108.885.08$1,249
Feb 2022024691.054.86$1,195
Jan 2022026181.844.54$1,184
Dec 2021824371.323.90$1,518
Nov 2021024377.435.24$1,273
Oct 2021026879.795.71$1,531
Sep 2021027969.865.35$1,493
Aug 2021030566.024.22$1,287
Jul 2021729270.783.98$1,658
Jun 2021030969.493.38$1,045
May 2021023063.483.02$694
Apr 2021029460.362.76$811
Mar 2021029861.302.72$810
Feb 2021723157.805.55$1,686
Jan 2021016250.412.81$455
Dec 2020033844.642.68$904
Nov 2020028038.772.71$758
Oct 2020832836.972.48$1,109
Sep 2020024437.091.99$486
Aug 2020028139.982.39$670
Jul 2020033238.371.83$606
Jun 2020035634.901.69$602
May 2020044916.921.81$815
Apr 202007814.751.80$141
Mar 2020419530.341.86$483
Feb 2020030549.881.98$604
Jan 2020033157.252.09$693
Dec 2019033959.012.30$781
Nov 2019734155.302.75$1,325
Oct 2019034553.472.42$834
Sep 2019037055.052.66$983
Aug 2019037553.112.30$864
Jul 2019041656.272.46$1,023
Jun 2019842952.782.49$1,491
May 2019049858.482.74$1,365
Apr 2019043962.632.75$1,208
Mar 2019947056.803.06$1,950
Feb 2019040450.852.79$1,128
Jan 2019742746.033.23$1,701
Dec 2018043646.594.19$1,825
Nov 2018038752.934.24$1,640
Oct 2018535961.443.40$1,527
Sep 2018044159.543.11$1,371
Aug 2018041659.403.07$1,276
Jul 20181245365.142.93$2,110
Jun 2018044460.183.08$1,366
May 2018942165.382.90$1,810
Apr 2018039963.842.90$1,157
Mar 2018543961.222.79$1,530
Feb 2018039461.782.77$1,090
Jan 2018039962.874.01$1,600
Dec 2017440957.272.92$1,424
Nov 2017340555.423.12$1,429
Oct 2017047949.292.98$1,429
Sep 20171344647.523.09$1,995
Aug 2017044645.373.00$1,340
Jul 2017545743.873.09$1,630
Jun 2017043842.493.09$1,352
May 2017037745.373.26$1,230
Apr 20171948147.933.21$2,455
Mar 2017049046.772.98$1,462
Feb 2017045050.452.95$1,329
Jan 20171443649.413.42$2,182
Dec 2016038948.763.72$1,448
Nov 2016030642.492.64$809
Oct 20162236546.193.09$2,144
Sep 2016033441.553.10$1,036
Aug 2016037141.442.92$1,085
Jul 2016038641.622.92$1,129
Jun 2016040845.352.69$1,096
May 2016039242.521.99$780
Apr 2016040136.561.99$798
Mar 20161838233.011.79$1,279
Feb 2016037726.472.06$778
Jan 2016039827.352.36$941
Dec 20151044232.362.00$1,208
Nov 2015038838.792.17$841
Oct 2015048543.552.43$1,177
Sep 2015056342.992.76$1,553
Aug 2015052740.162.87$1,514
Jul 2015049848.152.95$1,467
Jun 2015048056.152.88$1,384
May 2015045855.212.96$1,354
Apr 20151241249.822.71$1,713
Mar 2015047042.892.93$1,379
Feb 2015044144.662.98$1,313
Jan 2015047843.433.10$1,482
Dec 2014043754.693.59$1,569
Nov 2014041670.464.25$1,769
Oct 2014046578.303.90$1,814
Sep 2014047586.164.05$1,922
Aug 2014051389.394.04$2,070
Jul 2014050196.564.18$2,094
Jun 20141448498.164.74$3,667
May 2014049194.734.73$2,321
Apr 2014044295.944.81$2,126
Mar 2014044095.895.06$2,225
Feb 2014040597.406.19$2,508
Jan 2014849990.404.86$3,149
Dec 2013053891.824.35$2,343
Nov 2013043088.853.74$1,607
Oct 2013054697.423.78$2,064
Sep 20130645104.113.72$2,398
Aug 20130196104.253.52$690
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20135327894.403.93$6,097
May 2013041094.834.15$1,701
Apr 2013045993.964.28$1,966
Mar 2013045393.623.91$1,773
Feb 2013040891.233.42$1,395
Jan 2013047891.603.42$1,635
Dec 20123647986.773.42$4,762
Nov 2012052586.953.62$1,903
Oct 2012056589.383.40$1,921
Sep 20123356194.672.92$4,761
Aug 2012064192.662.91$1,864
Jul 2012064185.133.02$1,936
Jun 2012064279.822.52$1,617
May 2012061591.612.49$1,530
Apr 20120596101.652.00$1,190
Mar 20120654105.052.22$1,453
Feb 20120650101.102.57$1,671
Jan 2012067898.092.73$1,854
Dec 2011070596.873.24$2,284
Nov 2011065695.723.31$2,172
Oct 2011068684.983.65$2,503
Sep 2011071583.623.99$2,850
Aug 2011075083.404.15$3,112
Jul 2011071194.144.52$3,212
Jun 201101,08792.904.64$5,044
May 201101,65798.134.40$7,299
Apr 201101,096105.964.33$4,749
Mar 201101,28796.364.06$5,222
Feb 201101,23685.644.18$5,166
Jan 201111,33986.504.59$6,231
Dec 201001,10385.734.35$4,796
Nov 201001,21580.843.80$4,611
Oct 201021,16278.103.51$4,234
Sep 201021,03172.633.98$4,248
Aug 201001,07973.684.42$4,768
Jul 2010096472.554.74$4,566
Jun 20101462470.364.91$4,049
May 2010061371.124.24$2,596
Apr 201001,57581.694.12$6,493
Mar 201001,46478.394.39$6,425
Feb 201001,33373.585.44$7,255
Jan 201001,07474.365.96$6,405
Dec 2009551,18571.445.48$10,427
Nov 200901,29674.593.75$4,862
Oct 2009095772.544.11$3,934
Sep 2009080565.543.06$2,467
Aug 2009045767.423.22$1,471
Jul 2009049061.133.46$1,698
Jun 20095071066.163.90$6,073
May 2009077954.743.93$3,058
Apr 20095869346.773.59$5,199
Mar 20094676342.144.06$5,035
Feb 2009076532.814.63$3,544
Jan 2009074235.865.37$3,985
Dec 20086259837.105.98$5,875
Nov 2008065355.496.86$4,480
Oct 20087158375.246.92$9,378
Sep 20080636101.767.88$5,010
Aug 20080705114.228.48$5,981
Jul 200865588131.0811.39$15,217
Jun 20080943131.3313.03$12,290
May 2008100713123.1711.57$20,569
Apr 20080632110.3110.45$6,607
Mar 20080560101.909.66$5,412
Feb 2008054192.538.77$4,745
Jan 20084856690.388.21$8,983
Dec 20074559488.337.30$8,312
Nov 2007063791.677.29$4,645
Oct 2007061582.856.92$4,257
Sep 2007062475.846.24$3,896
Aug 2007068169.066.39$4,350
Jul 2007062770.906.39$4,005
Jun 2007064662.007.55$4,876
May 2007083558.747.85$6,552
Apr 2007071359.617.81$5,565
Mar 2007071456.927.30$5,214
Feb 2007055755.108.22$4,576
Jan 2007059350.306.73$3,989
Dec 2006072656.656.92$5,023
Nov 2006070154.207.62$5,340
Oct 2006077654.906.01$4,667
Sep 2006068560.085.04$3,450
Aug 2006072968.717.34$5,351
Jul 2006073569.376.34$4,662
Jun 2006080866.286.38$5,158
May 2006078466.016.42$5,037
Apr 2006079264.397.36$5,830
Mar 2006080056.707.08$5,666
Feb 2006074457.597.75$5,767
Jan 2006077160.598.93$6,888
Dec 2005079454.9413.42$10,652
Nov 2005073254.6910.59$7,751
Oct 2005083958.3413.80$11,575
Sep 2005066361.4512.08$8,008
Aug 2005074561.519.80$7,299
Jul 2005085055.697.84$6,667
Jun 2005085152.337.38$6,281
May 2005088145.226.65$5,860
Apr 2005085749.207.36$6,308
Mar 2005082750.377.15$5,917
Feb 2005079445.226.31$5,012
Jan 2005092343.166.32$5,835
Dec 2004083339.866.75$5,624
Nov 2004084345.286.33$5,337
Oct 2004096949.706.52$6,313
Sep 2004077043.245.28$4,069
Aug 2004097342.375.55$5,401
Jul 2004079938.286.08$4,861
Jun 2004075236.106.43$4,838
May 2004075437.486.49$4,897
Apr 2004037334.475.86$2,185
Mar 2004091934.365.53$5,082
Feb 2004082932.455.51$4,567
Jan 2004094432.036.30$5,947
Dec 2003099430.266.30$6,264
Nov 2003085228.804.60$3,915
Oct 2003394328.174.76$4,573
Sep 2003092626.314.75$4,398
Aug 2003731,02329.765.13$7,420
Jul 2003671,13429.415.17$7,834
Jun 200301,11028.565.98$6,641
May 2003681,15426.595.97$8,701
Apr 200301,14426.675.41$6,186
Mar 20031381,07031.146.10$10,820
Feb 200301,01033.487.93$8,005
Jan 2003401,22630.315.58$8,056
Dec 200201,13126.914.85$5,490
Nov 200201,05924.664.14$4,381
Oct 200201,15226.464.23$4,872
Sep 200201,20727.443.64$4,388
Aug 200201,07925.963.16$3,414
Jul 200201,16824.583.06$3,576
Jun 200201,12023.733.34$3,739
May 200201,29624.663.58$4,645
Apr 200201,24223.653.51$4,362
Mar 200201,26522.003.10$3,925
Feb 200201,06918.222.38$2,540
Jan 200201,37417.172.38$3,264
Dec 200101,30516.932.36$3,086
Nov 200101,27318.072.41$3,062
Oct 200101,37419.782.53$3,475
Sep 200101,28724.262.25$2,897
Aug 200101,37024.873.05$4,183
Jul 200101,34323.933.20$4,294
Jun 200101,25224.563.82$4,788
May 200101,37625.524.31$5,927
Apr 200101,35424.685.34$7,224
Mar 200101,35524.545.38$7,285
Feb 200101,12827.755.77$6,505
Jan 200101,18027.478.40$9,911
Dec 200001,22926.889.12$11,212
Nov 200001,23132.215.66$6,965
Oct 200001,02831.235.15$5,290
Sep 200001,04531.875.19$5,420
Aug 200001,17529.644.54$5,335
Jul 200001,20528.534.09$4,928
Jun 2000099429.304.40$4,371
May 200001,37127.263.68$5,045
Apr 2000068624.513.12$2,138
Mar 200001,11228.422.86$3,180
Feb 2000083527.622.73$2,277
Jan 200001,11225.272.48$2,758
Dec 199901,47624.282.42$3,577
Nov 1999079523.192.43$1,935
Oct 1999086120.982.80$2,414
Sep 1999098721.752.62$2,585
Aug 199901,24519.262.88$3,580
Jul 199901,45317.892.37$3,447
Jun 199901,79715.942.36$4,245
May 199902,90315.792.32$6,738
Apr 199902,48215.102.21$5,480
Mar 199902,27612.471.84$4,184
Feb 19992461,6869.981.82$5,520
Jan 19991801,98310.381.90$5,636
Dec 19981792,1099.201.77$5,387
Nov 19983521,67010.892.19$7,483
Oct 19981811,86912.421.97$5,928
Sep 19981792,00212.592.08$6,423
Aug 19981572,43911.301.91$6,426
Jul 199802,34111.742.24$5,237
Jun 199802,36811.242.24$5,298
May 199802,16012.622.21$4,766
Apr 199802,06213.042.51$5,166
Mar 199802,23012.802.31$5,150
Feb 19981001,88313.952.30$5,724
Jan 19983622,25614.702.15$10,183
Dec 19971832,16716.322.41$8,211
Nov 19973613,04018.193.09$15,955
Oct 199702,88019.253.15$9,071
Sep 19973431,46417.742.95$10,411
Aug 199703,02217.862.55$7,720
Jul 199701,40317.582.25$3,152
Jun 199701,96917.242.26$4,444
May 19971762,17918.972.31$8,369
Apr 19971181,06817.882.08$4,334
Mar 199701,50218.951.94$2,913
Feb 1997481,68520.492.21$4,700
Jan 1997201,79823.483.54$6,834
Dec 199601,99823.32$0
Nov 199602,21021.97$0
Oct 199602,05923.31$0
Sep 199601,42222.22$0
Aug 199601,60120.26$0
Jul 199601,85919.55$0
Jun 199602,03418.73$0
May 199602,16319.43$0
Apr 199602,04521.51$0
Mar 199602,32819.38$0
Feb 199601,82416.98$0
Jan 1996472,12817.07$802
Dec 1995732,17917.19$1,255
Nov 1995772,22916.00$1,232
Oct 1995712,13015.43$1,096
Sep 199501,75616.18$0
Aug 1995822,30515.92$1,305
Jul 199502,24715.24$0
Jun 199502,42116.41$0
May 1995822,10117.56$1,440
Apr 1995812,39817.73$1,436
Mar 199592,53216.44$148
Feb 1995772,58516.58$1,277
Jan 1995822,75915.92$1,305
Dec 1994792,84715.03$1,187
Nov 1994813,32715.90$1,288
Oct 19941812,15615.58$2,820
Sep 199401,29715.29$0
Aug 1994873,50716.13$1,403
Jul 199433,66217.56$53
Jun 199403,61717.09$0
May 199454,35915.88$79
Apr 199452,82914.14$71
Mar 199494,39812.46$112
Feb 199444,38112.50$50
Jan 199464,52112.66$76
Dec 199324,62412.33$25
Nov 199315,90214.49$14
Oct 199324,26915.85$32
Sep 199326,75715.03$30
Aug 199317,60715.66$16
Jul 199307,54915.46$0
Jun 199309,28016.79$0
May 1993012,93317.68$0
Apr 1993010,26818.05$0
Mar 199309,58218.14$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.

May 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Gas                  266 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $810

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $810

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/144340 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.