EL GATO

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

Operated by CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. (P-5 147715) 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 144362District 04Field 069291002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$442 k

Jan 1993 – Jul 2006

Value, last 12 filed months

$936

at the published price for each month

Months reported

163

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	1993-09-10	128273
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	16,221 bbl	$260,804
Gas	Production	2,212,166 Mcf	$180,988
Total			$441,792

2,162,172 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 27.7750, -99.0679. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.77503, -99.06795 · 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

0.0%

0 of 1 wells

Median depth

8,700 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

1100.0%

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.

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 8,700 ft.

Completions filed

Nov 2005

1 of 1 wells

1 well


42-47935702	23	8,700 ft	Nov 2005	—	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 (163)

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

163 months


Jul 2006	0	0	69.37	6.34	$0
Jun 2006	0	0	66.28	6.38	$0
May 2006	0	0	66.01	6.42	$0
Apr 2006	0	0	64.39	7.36	$0
Mar 2006	0	0	56.70	7.08	$0
Feb 2006	11	0	57.59	7.75	$633
Jan 2006	5	0	60.59	8.93	$303
Dec 2005	0	0	54.94	13.42	$0
Nov 2005	0	0	54.69	10.59	$0
Oct 2005	0	0	58.34	13.80	$0
Sep 2005	0	0	61.45	12.08	$0
Aug 2005	0	0	61.51	9.80	$0
Jul 2005	0	0	55.69	7.84	$0
Jun 2005	49	106	52.33	7.38	$3,347
May 2005	0	162	45.22	6.65	$1,077
Apr 2005	0	249	49.20	7.36	$1,833
Mar 2005	0	273	50.37	7.15	$1,953
Feb 2005	0	225	45.22	6.31	$1,420
Jan 2005	0	304	43.16	6.32	$1,922
Dec 2004	0	324	39.86	6.75	$2,187
Nov 2004	0	254	45.28	6.33	$1,608
Oct 2004	0	357	49.70	6.52	$2,326
Sep 2004	0	282	43.24	5.28	$1,490
Aug 2004	0	362	42.37	5.55	$2,009
Jul 2004	0	352	38.28	6.08	$2,142
Jun 2004	0	407	36.10	6.43	$2,618
May 2004	0	390	37.48	6.49	$2,533
Apr 2004	4	531	34.47	5.86	$3,249
Mar 2004	0	348	34.36	5.53	$1,924
Feb 2004	4	394	32.45	5.51	$2,301
Jan 2004	11	626	32.03	6.30	$4,296
Dec 2003	0	341	30.26	6.30	$2,149
Nov 2003	0	330	28.80	4.60	$1,516
Oct 2003	0	316	28.17	4.76	$1,504
Sep 2003	0	236	26.31	4.75	$1,121
Aug 2003	0	272	29.76	5.13	$1,395
Jul 2003	0	296	29.41	5.17	$1,531
Jun 2003	0	285	28.56	5.98	$1,705
May 2003	0	367	26.59	5.97	$2,192
Apr 2003	0	353	26.67	5.41	$1,909
Mar 2003	0	318	31.14	6.10	$1,939
Feb 2003	0	239	33.48	7.93	$1,894
Jan 2003	0	210	30.31	5.58	$1,172
Dec 2002	0	178	26.91	4.85	$864
Nov 2002	0	224	24.66	4.14	$927
Oct 2002	0	356	26.46	4.23	$1,506
Sep 2002	0	175	27.44	3.64	$636
Aug 2002	0	173	25.96	3.16	$547
Jul 2002	0	299	24.58	3.06	$915
Jun 2002	0	420	23.73	3.34	$1,402
May 2002	0	540	24.66	3.58	$1,935
Apr 2002	0	633	23.65	3.51	$2,223
Mar 2002	0	554	22.00	3.10	$1,719
Feb 2002	0	380	18.22	2.38	$903
Jan 2002	0	596	17.17	2.38	$1,416
Dec 2001	0	836	16.93	2.36	$1,977
Nov 2001	0	1,069	18.07	2.41	$2,572
Oct 2001	0	948	19.78	2.53	$2,397
Sep 2001	0	939	24.26	2.25	$2,114
Aug 2001	0	766	24.87	3.05	$2,339
Jul 2001	0	685	23.93	3.20	$2,190
Jun 2001	0	570	24.56	3.82	$2,180
May 2001	0	571	25.52	4.31	$2,459
Apr 2001	0	591	24.68	5.34	$3,153
Mar 2001	0	604	24.54	5.38	$3,247
Feb 2001	0	553	27.75	5.77	$3,189
Jan 2001	0	571	27.47	8.40	$4,796
Dec 2000	0	653	26.88	9.12	$5,957
Nov 2000	0	627	32.21	5.66	$3,548
Oct 2000	0	462	31.23	5.15	$2,377
Sep 2000	0	529	31.87	5.19	$2,744
Aug 2000	0	89	29.64	4.54	$404
Jul 2000	0	248	28.53	4.09	$1,014
Jun 2000	0	522	29.30	4.40	$2,295
May 2000	0	572	27.26	3.68	$2,105
Apr 2000	0	527	24.51	3.12	$1,642
Mar 2000	0	611	28.42	2.86	$1,747
Feb 2000	0	531	27.62	2.73	$1,448
Jan 2000	0	519	25.27	2.48	$1,287
Dec 1999	0	480	24.28	2.42	$1,163
Nov 1999	0	990	23.19	2.43	$2,410
Oct 1999	0	514	20.98	2.80	$1,441
Sep 1999	0	212	21.75	2.62	$555
Aug 1999	0	260	19.26	2.88	$748
Jul 1999	0	126	17.89	2.37	$299
Jun 1999	0	249	15.94	2.36	$588
May 1999	0	621	15.79	2.32	$1,441
Apr 1999	2	511	15.10	2.21	$1,159
Mar 1999	5	566	12.47	1.84	$1,103
Feb 1999	9	648	9.98	1.82	$1,268
Jan 1999	23	364	10.38	1.90	$930
Dec 1998	29	824	9.20	1.77	$1,728
Nov 1998	18	732	10.89	2.19	$1,796
Oct 1998	23	646	12.42	1.97	$1,558
Sep 1998	17	771	12.59	2.08	$1,820
Aug 1998	35	850	11.30	1.91	$2,017
Jul 1998	26	969	11.74	2.24	$2,473
Jun 1998	0	823	11.24	2.24	$1,841
May 1998	0	471	12.62	2.21	$1,039
Apr 1998	0	462	13.04	2.51	$1,157
Mar 1998	0	354	12.80	2.31	$818
Feb 1998	0	590	13.95	2.30	$1,356
Jan 1998	0	843	14.70	2.15	$1,816
Dec 1997	0	902	16.32	2.41	$2,175
Nov 1997	0	555	18.19	3.09	$1,714
Oct 1997	0	651	19.25	3.15	$2,051
Sep 1997	0	591	17.74	2.95	$1,746
Aug 1997	0	524	17.86	2.55	$1,339
Jul 1997	0	688	17.58	2.25	$1,546
Jun 1997	0	355	17.24	2.26	$801
May 1997	0	645	18.97	2.31	$1,489
Apr 1997	0	496	17.88	2.08	$1,033
Mar 1997	0	677	18.95	1.94	$1,313
Feb 1997	7	661	20.49	2.21	$1,602
Jan 1997	18	743	23.48	3.54	$3,053
Dec 1996	20	770	23.32	—	$466
Nov 1996	11	683	21.97	—	$242
Oct 1996	18	711	23.31	—	$420
Sep 1996	14	692	22.22	—	$311
Aug 1996	12	990	20.26	—	$243
Jul 1996	16	1,309	19.55	—	$313
Jun 1996	8	1,343	18.73	—	$150
May 1996	13	362	19.43	—	$253
Apr 1996	28	10,277	21.51	—	$602
Mar 1996	33	11,238	19.38	—	$640
Feb 1996	43	11,149	16.98	—	$730
Jan 1996	132	12,719	17.07	—	$2,253
Dec 1995	121	12,525	17.19	—	$2,080
Nov 1995	0	16,031	16.00	—	$0
Oct 1995	173	14,793	15.43	—	$2,669
Sep 1995	166	17,883	16.18	—	$2,686
Aug 1995	0	19,239	15.92	—	$0
Jul 1995	143	24,137	15.24	—	$2,179
Jun 1995	0	21,969	16.41	—	$0
May 1995	122	22,988	17.56	—	$2,142
Apr 1995	124	24,326	17.73	—	$2,199
Mar 1995	203	29,770	16.44	—	$3,337
Feb 1995	0	27,277	16.58	—	$0
Jan 1995	395	27,549	15.92	—	$6,288
Dec 1994	270	33,724	15.03	—	$4,058
Nov 1994	267	31,964	15.90	—	$4,245
Oct 1994	403	28,502	15.58	—	$6,279
Sep 1994	514	33,405	15.29	—	$7,859
Aug 1994	243	35,885	16.13	—	$3,920
Jul 1994	257	41,231	17.56	—	$4,513
Jun 1994	790	44,340	17.09	—	$13,501
May 1994	523	46,772	15.88	—	$8,305
Apr 1994	564	49,228	14.14	—	$7,975
Mar 1994	540	55,545	12.46	—	$6,728
Feb 1994	516	60,646	12.50	—	$6,450
Jan 1994	449	63,276	12.66	—	$5,684
Dec 1993	583	76,079	12.33	—	$7,188
Nov 1993	570	73,749	14.49	—	$8,259
Oct 1993	796	100,023	15.85	—	$12,617
Sep 1993	563	107,002	15.03	—	$8,462
Aug 1993	803	115,832	15.66	—	$12,575
Jul 1993	823	124,869	15.46	—	$12,724
Jun 1993	790	140,296	16.79	—	$13,264
May 1993	1,213	188,761	17.68	—	$21,446
Apr 1993	1,469	204,870	18.05	—	$26,515
Mar 1993	811	94,797	18.14	—	$14,712
Feb 1993	243	54,254	17.90	—	$4,350
Jan 1993	130	46,392	16.93	—	$2,201

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 2006 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate            11 bbl  × $ 57.59 =       $633
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  7.75 =         $0

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Month total                                     $633

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/144362 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.