VAQUILLAS RANCH

Operated by HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 386310) in the EL GATO (LOBO) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 144515District 04Field 279634002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.5 M
Feb 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$113 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
400
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 19 leases and 19 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1981-09-14
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
933 ft
minimum
From a lease line
467 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2004-05-12.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ACRE UNITS.

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 Gas111993-09-10128275
NGPA2none

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
CondensateDisposition9,488 bbl$155,417
GasProduction2,193,831 Mcf$2,332,002
Total$2,487,419

1,536,786 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 47 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 27.7593, -99.0556. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.75931, -99.05560 · 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
9,075 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 9,075 ft.

Completions filed
Feb 1993
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4793521479,075 ftFeb 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 (400)

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

400 months

May 202602,022106.413.05$6,159
Apr 202602,31798.932.87$6,649
Mar 202602,56889.753.15$8,088
Feb 202602,17763.503.75$8,164
Jan 202602,65459.138.00$21,226
Dec 202502,40256.664.41$10,601
Nov 202502,42758.593.93$9,529
Oct 202502,33159.383.30$7,704
Sep 202501,97562.743.08$6,077
Aug 202502,85963.933.01$8,619
Jul 202504,42466.743.32$14,666
Jun 202501,89166.483.13$5,916
May 202501,76360.553.23$5,699
Apr 202501,53262.363.54$5,428
Mar 202501,36767.704.27$5,835
Feb 202501,33970.884.34$5,812
Jan 202501,32174.324.28$5,652
Dec 202401,25868.993.12$3,927
Nov 2024054869.052.20$1,205
Oct 2024054571.372.28$1,243
Sep 2024092769.612.36$2,192
Aug 2024031075.632.06$640
Jul 2024054479.932.15$1,168
Jun 2024021878.082.63$574
May 2024034778.812.20$763
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 2023018168.962.26$409
May 2023083370.622.23$1,855
Apr 202301,26178.122.24$2,822
Mar 2023025272.852.39$603
Feb 2023026775.112.47$658
Jan 2023033676.533.39$1,138
Dec 2022031776.415.73$1,816
Nov 2022024785.005.65$1,395
Oct 2022062287.185.86$3,647
Sep 2022090084.888.16$7,347
Aug 202201,33894.529.13$12,212
Jul 202201,711101.587.54$12,905
Jun 202201,623115.097.98$12,947
May 202201,254109.378.43$10,575
Apr 202201,008104.226.84$6,892
Mar 202201,013108.885.08$5,142
Feb 202202,26291.054.86$10,991
Jan 202201,55281.844.54$7,042
Dec 202101,38271.323.90$5,389
Nov 202101,96877.435.24$10,306
Oct 202102,48879.795.71$14,216
Sep 202102,66269.865.35$14,244
Aug 202103,41566.024.22$14,413
Jul 202103,07270.783.98$12,233
Jun 202103,15569.493.38$10,666
May 2021123,17663.483.02$10,346
Apr 202193,24060.362.76$9,481
Mar 202103,30961.302.72$8,990
Feb 2021142,86557.805.55$16,704
Jan 202102,61350.412.81$7,343
Dec 2020143,46544.642.68$9,895
Nov 202003,79238.772.71$10,263
Oct 2020284,11136.972.48$11,224
Sep 202004,00937.091.99$7,982
Aug 2020114,38939.982.39$10,908
Jul 202004,66738.371.83$8,518
Jun 202004,67334.901.69$7,899
May 202005,56116.921.81$10,092
Apr 202004,71314.751.80$8,504
Mar 202005,12130.341.86$9,506
Feb 202005,00249.881.98$9,907
Jan 202005,17357.252.09$10,836
Dec 201905,21459.012.30$12,015
Nov 201906,17255.302.75$16,977
Oct 201906,75753.472.42$16,342
Sep 201906,90755.052.66$18,354
Aug 201903,63553.112.30$8,376
Jul 201902,00356.272.46$4,928
Jun 2019079652.782.49$1,983
May 2019039858.482.74$1,091
Apr 2019020262.632.75$556
Mar 2019020556.803.06$628
Feb 2019031750.852.79$885
Jan 2019040346.033.23$1,301
Dec 2018042946.594.19$1,796
Nov 2018042552.934.24$1,801
Oct 2018037561.443.40$1,274
Sep 2018041159.543.11$1,277
Aug 2018053259.403.07$1,631
Jul 2018060965.142.93$1,786
Jun 2018058260.183.08$1,791
May 2018058965.382.90$1,709
Apr 2018063263.842.90$1,833
Mar 2018067561.222.79$1,881
Feb 2018059361.782.77$1,640
Jan 2018059562.874.01$2,386
Dec 2017068057.272.92$1,987
Nov 2017044255.423.12$1,378
Oct 2017050549.292.98$1,507
Sep 2017039747.523.09$1,226
Aug 2017033045.373.00$991
Jul 2017075843.873.09$2,340
Jun 2017057042.493.09$1,760
May 2017070745.373.26$2,307
Apr 2017079447.933.21$2,550
Mar 2017066546.772.98$1,984
Feb 2017060250.452.95$1,777
Jan 2017079349.413.42$2,711
Dec 2016060748.763.72$2,260
Nov 2016081042.492.64$2,142
Oct 2016059446.193.09$1,836
Sep 2016063041.553.10$1,953
Aug 2016067541.442.92$1,974
Jul 2016073341.622.92$2,144
Jun 2016081145.352.69$2,178
May 2016065142.521.99$1,296
Apr 2016068236.561.99$1,358
Mar 2016073333.011.79$1,315
Feb 2016071926.472.06$1,484
Jan 2016060827.352.36$1,438
Dec 2015089632.362.00$1,793
Nov 2015025938.792.17$561
Oct 2015054943.552.43$1,332
Sep 2015067442.992.76$1,859
Aug 2015074340.162.87$2,134
Jul 2015065948.152.95$1,941
Jun 2015066156.152.88$1,906
May 2015073255.212.96$2,163
Apr 2015071949.822.71$1,946
Mar 2015067042.892.93$1,966
Feb 2015063044.662.98$1,875
Jan 2015065643.433.10$2,034
Dec 2014064954.693.59$2,331
Nov 2014059270.464.25$2,517
Oct 2014073278.303.90$2,856
Sep 2014063286.164.05$2,557
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 2014054596.564.18$2,278
Jun 2014061598.164.74$2,913
May 2014070794.734.73$3,342
Apr 2014071795.944.81$3,448
Mar 2014070695.895.06$3,570
Feb 2014052097.406.19$3,220
Jan 2014061890.404.86$3,004
Dec 2013065591.824.35$2,852
Nov 2013065288.853.74$2,437
Oct 2013071897.423.78$2,714
Sep 20130562104.113.72$2,089
Aug 20130570104.253.52$2,008
Jul 20130492102.523.72$1,829
Jun 2013053894.403.93$2,116
May 2013055594.834.15$2,303
Apr 2013062693.964.28$2,681
Mar 2013041493.623.91$1,620
Feb 2013048291.233.42$1,648
Jan 2013057991.603.42$1,980
Dec 2012060086.773.42$2,052
Nov 2012055086.953.62$1,994
Oct 2012050889.383.40$1,727
Sep 2012042994.672.92$1,252
Aug 2012040292.662.91$1,169
Jul 2012050885.133.02$1,535
Jun 2012044679.822.52$1,123
May 2012048691.612.49$1,209
Apr 20120487101.652.00$972
Mar 20120481105.052.22$1,069
Feb 20120483101.102.57$1,241
Jan 2012048898.092.73$1,334
Dec 2011054896.873.24$1,775
Nov 2011056095.723.31$1,854
Oct 2011056784.983.65$2,069
Sep 2011032883.623.99$1,307
Aug 2011030383.404.15$1,257
Jul 2011051594.144.52$2,326
Jun 2011047892.904.64$2,218
May 2011050898.134.40$2,238
Apr 20110512105.964.33$2,219
Mar 2011050596.364.06$2,049
Feb 2011046885.644.18$1,956
Jan 2011054486.504.59$2,496
Dec 2010057485.734.35$2,496
Nov 2010054880.843.80$2,080
Oct 2010059978.103.51$2,102
Sep 2010048572.633.98$1,930
Aug 2010044173.684.42$1,949
Jul 2010051972.554.74$2,458
Jun 2010050570.364.91$2,480
May 2010064571.124.24$2,732
Apr 2010055681.694.12$2,292
Mar 2010063778.394.39$2,796
Feb 2010053473.585.44$2,906
Jan 2010067874.365.96$4,044
Dec 2009058671.445.48$3,213
Nov 2009057574.593.75$2,157
Oct 2009060272.544.11$2,474
Sep 2009052065.543.06$1,594
Aug 2009047467.423.22$1,526
Jul 2009051361.133.46$1,777
Jun 2009055966.163.90$2,177
May 2009064954.743.93$2,548
Apr 2009064346.773.59$2,307
Mar 2009067642.144.06$2,744
Feb 2009070132.814.63$3,248
Jan 2009077935.865.37$4,184
Dec 2008077037.105.98$4,602
Nov 2008072655.496.86$4,981
Oct 2008072575.246.92$5,018
Sep 20080572101.767.88$4,506
Aug 20080514114.228.48$4,360
Jul 20080474131.0811.39$5,399
Jun 20080458131.3313.03$5,969
May 20080512123.1711.57$5,926
Apr 20080625110.3110.45$6,534
Mar 20080624101.909.66$6,030
Feb 2008061392.538.77$5,376
Jan 2008058990.388.21$4,833
Dec 2007070588.337.30$5,148
Nov 2007075291.677.29$5,483
Oct 2007072082.856.92$4,984
Sep 2007071175.846.24$4,440
Aug 2007075569.066.39$4,823
Jul 2007073670.906.39$4,702
Jun 2007072362.007.55$5,458
May 2007075258.747.85$5,900
Apr 2007067659.617.81$5,276
Mar 2007081556.927.30$5,951
Feb 2007074855.108.22$6,146
Jan 2007084050.306.73$5,651
Dec 2006085256.656.92$5,895
Nov 2006074554.207.62$5,675
Oct 2006089354.906.01$5,370
Sep 2006057960.085.04$2,917
Aug 2006068068.717.34$4,991
Jul 2006085069.376.34$5,391
Jun 200601,26366.286.38$8,063
May 2006079466.016.42$5,101
Apr 2006098764.397.36$7,265
Mar 2006082556.707.08$5,843
Feb 2006067557.597.75$5,232
Jan 20062372560.598.93$7,870
Dec 200501,02954.9413.42$13,804
Nov 20052587454.6910.59$10,622
Oct 2005077458.3413.80$10,678
Sep 2005082361.4512.08$9,941
Aug 2005090761.519.80$8,886
Jul 2005097955.697.84$7,679
Jun 200501,01552.337.38$7,492
May 200531,02545.226.65$6,953
Apr 2005098949.207.36$7,280
Mar 200501,16350.377.15$8,321
Feb 200501,29845.226.31$8,193
Jan 200501,40843.166.32$8,902
Dec 200401,48839.866.75$10,046
Nov 200401,42245.286.33$9,002
Oct 200401,41049.706.52$9,186
Sep 200401,45043.245.28$7,662
Aug 200401,50642.375.55$8,359
Jul 200401,34638.286.08$8,189
Jun 200401,67236.106.43$10,756
May 200402,59937.486.49$16,879
Apr 200401,49734.475.86$8,770
Mar 200401,54234.365.53$8,527
Feb 200401,32532.455.51$7,300
Jan 200401,56132.036.30$9,834
Dec 200301,36930.266.30$8,627
Nov 200301,46228.804.60$6,718
Oct 200301,46328.174.76$6,963
Sep 200301,64026.314.75$7,789
Aug 200301,45829.765.13$7,479
Jul 200301,58629.415.17$8,201
Jun 200301,70028.565.98$10,171
May 200301,85826.595.97$11,097
Apr 200301,79126.675.41$9,684
Mar 200302,06131.146.10$12,564
Feb 200301,63733.487.93$12,975
Jan 200302,11030.315.58$11,778
Dec 200201,83226.914.85$8,892
Nov 200202,25024.664.14$9,308
Oct 200202,75326.464.23$11,643
Sep 200201,94227.443.64$7,060
Aug 200201,49125.963.16$4,718
Jul 2002083324.583.06$2,550
Jun 200203,36623.733.34$11,237
May 200203,47924.663.58$12,469
Apr 200203,33723.653.51$11,721
Mar 200203,76022.003.10$11,666
Feb 200204,17218.222.38$9,911
Jan 200204,72617.172.38$11,227
Dec 2001272,88616.932.36$7,281
Nov 2001232,69518.072.41$6,898
Oct 200102,72719.782.53$6,896
Sep 200104,18124.262.25$9,413
Aug 200104,40424.873.05$13,446
Jul 200104,38423.933.20$14,016
Jun 200103,97224.563.82$15,190
May 200102,54925.524.31$10,979
Apr 2001511,82624.685.34$11,001
Mar 200102,78324.545.38$14,963
Feb 200102,24927.755.77$12,970
Jan 200102,72327.478.40$22,870
Dec 2000523,38226.889.12$32,250
Nov 200002,88132.215.66$16,301
Oct 200004,14231.235.15$21,313
Sep 200002,91231.875.19$15,103
Aug 200004,71129.644.54$21,391
Jul 200006,48028.534.09$26,502
Jun 200008,99729.304.40$39,562
May 200005,11427.263.68$18,818
Apr 200004,90924.513.12$15,296
Mar 2000365,44428.422.86$16,592
Feb 2000385,60027.622.73$16,318
Jan 200005,36525.272.48$13,308
Dec 1999384,52424.282.42$11,888
Nov 199904,62923.192.43$11,267
Oct 199905,20420.982.80$14,591
Sep 1999365,07421.752.62$14,071
Aug 199905,70219.262.88$16,397
Jul 199906,03817.892.37$14,324
Jun 199905,99215.942.36$14,154
May 199906,00515.792.32$13,938
Apr 199905,99615.102.21$13,239
Mar 1999266,26912.471.84$11,849
Feb 199905,8239.981.82$10,585
Jan 199986,96410.381.90$13,314
Dec 199886,2299.201.77$11,120
Nov 199872,67710.892.19$5,927
Oct 199802,84512.421.97$5,602
Sep 199804,15612.592.08$8,655
Aug 199856,22511.301.91$11,930
Jul 1998226,04411.742.24$13,780
Jun 1998326,44711.242.24$14,783
May 1998277,06212.622.21$15,922
Apr 199805,88913.042.51$14,754
Mar 1998574,47112.802.31$11,055
Feb 1998306,61813.952.30$15,634
Jan 1998336,65314.702.15$14,821
Dec 1997316,15816.322.41$15,353
Nov 1997624,39918.193.09$14,713
Oct 1997315,44719.253.15$17,754
Sep 1997314,07317.742.95$12,585
Aug 1997313,81317.862.55$10,295
Jul 199704,74217.582.25$10,655
Jun 1997594,15917.242.26$10,405
May 199703,66918.972.31$8,470
Apr 1997614,78317.882.08$11,053
Mar 1997388,55718.951.94$17,313
Feb 1997627,60220.492.21$18,040
Jan 1997438,16823.483.54$29,922
Dec 1996399,61823.32$909
Nov 1996209,94621.97$439
Oct 19963910,92823.31$909
Sep 1996269,23222.22$578
Aug 1996128,37620.26$243
Jul 1996168,61619.55$313
Jun 199638,83518.73$56
May 1996013,46319.43$0
Apr 1996011,24521.51$0
Mar 1996014,26519.38$0
Feb 1996013,85516.98$0
Jan 1996015,46217.07$0
Dec 19952214,32617.19$378
Nov 19954414,31516.00$704
Oct 19953715,90915.43$571
Sep 19956916,40316.18$1,116
Aug 19953120,30315.92$494
Jul 19951720,29815.24$259
Jun 1995420,94116.41$66
May 1995323,10017.56$53
Apr 19951422,98217.73$248
Mar 19954822,81616.44$789
Feb 19954719,66216.58$779
Jan 199522728,78115.92$3,614
Dec 199434526,39715.03$5,185
Nov 199411427,90315.90$1,813
Oct 199422428,55215.58$3,490
Sep 199410813,88515.29$1,651
Aug 199429122,01916.13$4,694
Jul 199423826,58117.56$4,179
Jun 199422736,12417.09$3,879
May 199422741,24115.88$3,605
Apr 199445739,54314.14$6,462
Mar 199435847,62212.46$4,461
Feb 199442130,97012.50$5,263
Jan 199432448,63512.66$4,102
Dec 199352155,90212.33$6,424
Nov 199335760,64514.49$5,173
Oct 199351369,22315.85$8,131
Sep 199333774,39315.03$5,065
Aug 199348082,46315.66$7,517
Jul 199345161,45115.46$6,972
Jun 199340665,05216.79$6,817
May 199354382,15917.68$9,600
Apr 199348494,29118.05$8,736
Mar 199314282,90018.14$2,576
Feb 19935845,15817.90$1,038

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                2,022 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $6,159

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $6,159

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/144515 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.