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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 147704District 04Field 932154002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$6.1 M
Jan 1994 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$89 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
389
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 Gas221996-06-25 – 2001-11-082 dockets
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
CondensateDisposition28,129 bbl$490,343
GasProduction2,541,198 Mcf$5,589,005
Total$6,079,349

1,203,216 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 36 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 27.7526, -99.0254. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.75262, -99.02540 · 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
9,300 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 9,300 ft.

Completions filed
Jan 1994
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-47935643229,300 ftJan 1994

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 (389)

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

389 months

May 202601,460106.413.05$4,447
Apr 202601,63798.932.87$4,698
Mar 202601,92589.753.15$6,063
Feb 202601,74263.503.75$6,533
Jan 202601,89159.138.00$15,124
Dec 202501,83056.664.41$8,076
Nov 202501,69658.593.93$6,659
Oct 202501,55459.383.30$5,136
Sep 202501,58562.743.08$4,877
Aug 202502,86663.933.01$8,640
Jul 202503,74366.743.32$12,409
Jun 202501,91466.483.13$5,988
May 202502,52360.553.23$8,155
Apr 202501,65162.363.54$5,850
Mar 202501,80467.704.27$7,700
Feb 202501,44970.884.34$6,290
Jan 202501,70174.324.28$7,278
Dec 202401,55168.993.12$4,841
Nov 202401,83169.052.20$4,025
Oct 202402,05771.372.28$4,693
Sep 202401,71269.612.36$4,048
Aug 202402,14875.632.06$4,433
Jul 202402,07379.932.15$4,450
Jun 202401,19678.082.63$3,150
May 202401,28078.812.20$2,814
Apr 202401,25984.451.66$2,089
Mar 202402,11580.301.55$3,268
Feb 202402,20076.091.78$3,924
Jan 202403,04173.023.30$10,028
Dec 202301,30571.262.61$3,407
Nov 202301,14677.892.81$3,217
Oct 202301,19085.443.09$3,674
Sep 202301,03689.042.74$2,834
Aug 202301,26480.522.67$3,379
Jul 202301,38674.852.64$3,662
Jun 202301,18368.962.26$2,672
May 202301,03670.622.23$2,308
Apr 202301,36378.122.24$3,050
Mar 202301,15172.852.39$2,755
Feb 202301,14775.112.47$2,828
Jan 2023096376.533.39$3,262
Dec 202201,10576.415.73$6,331
Nov 202201,22285.005.65$6,900
Oct 2022095587.185.86$5,600
Sep 202201,09584.888.16$8,939
Aug 202201,33794.529.13$12,203
Jul 202201,628101.587.54$12,279
Jun 20220944115.097.98$7,530
May 202201,542109.378.43$13,004
Apr 202201,318104.226.84$9,012
Mar 20220830108.885.08$4,213
Feb 202201,70391.054.86$8,275
Jan 202201,90781.844.54$8,653
Dec 202101,89071.323.90$7,369
Nov 2021099877.435.24$5,226
Oct 202101,65179.795.71$9,434
Sep 202101,50569.865.35$8,053
Aug 2021024366.024.22$1,026
Jul 202101,90270.783.98$7,574
Jun 202101,94569.493.38$6,575
May 202101,94163.483.02$5,857
Apr 202101,89960.362.76$5,238
Mar 202102,08661.302.72$5,668
Feb 202101,72457.805.55$9,565
Jan 202101,31450.412.81$3,693
Dec 202001,77444.642.68$4,746
Nov 202001,91138.772.71$5,172
Oct 202001,69636.972.48$4,203
Sep 202001,86537.091.99$3,713
Aug 202001,70339.982.39$4,062
Jul 202002,10138.371.83$3,835
Jun 202002,21834.901.69$3,749
May 202002,41316.921.81$4,379
Apr 202002,02014.751.80$3,645
Mar 202002,18430.341.86$4,054
Feb 2020211,95049.881.98$4,910
Jan 202002,18657.252.09$4,579
Dec 201902,12259.012.30$4,890
Nov 201902,61855.302.75$7,201
Oct 201903,05653.472.42$7,391
Sep 201902,37655.052.66$6,314
Aug 201902,71753.112.30$6,261
Jul 201902,15256.272.46$5,294
Jun 201904352.782.49$107
May 2019084358.482.74$2,310
Apr 201901,77162.632.75$4,871
Mar 201902,21056.803.06$6,767
Feb 201901,39350.852.79$3,890
Jan 201902,11546.033.23$6,828
Dec 201802,31546.594.19$9,689
Nov 201801,94152.934.24$8,224
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 2018013759.543.11$426
Aug 201801,08759.403.07$3,333
Jul 2018101,60465.142.93$5,354
Jun 201802,26860.183.08$6,978
May 2018322,99565.382.90$10,780
Apr 201802,61363.842.90$7,580
Mar 201803,56061.222.79$9,921
Feb 201803,19461.782.77$8,835
Jan 201803,79162.874.01$15,199
Dec 201703,06757.272.92$8,960
Nov 201702,68355.423.12$8,367
Oct 201702,91949.292.98$8,709
Sep 201702,96447.523.09$9,151
Aug 201702,91945.373.00$8,770
Jul 201703,92643.873.09$12,121
Jun 2017051842.493.09$1,599
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20176050.452.95$303
Jan 201713349.413.42$653
Dec 201604648.763.72$171
Nov 2016032642.492.64$862
Oct 201602,74546.193.09$8,483
Sep 2016173,25341.553.10$10,793
Aug 2016123,79841.442.92$11,604
Jul 201604,59141.622.92$13,426
Jun 2016243,05545.352.69$9,294
May 201602,68342.521.99$5,342
Apr 201652,53336.561.99$5,226
Mar 201602,63933.011.79$4,734
Feb 2016272,86626.472.06$6,629
Jan 201602,87127.352.36$6,788
Dec 201502,74132.362.00$5,486
Nov 201502,72538.792.17$5,906
Oct 201502,07343.552.43$5,030
Sep 201502,12142.992.76$5,851
Aug 201502,14440.162.87$6,159
Jul 201502,86648.152.95$8,441
Jun 201522,36656.152.88$6,933
May 2015342,69655.212.96$9,845
Apr 201503,14049.822.71$8,499
Mar 201503,04542.892.93$8,936
Feb 201563,27144.662.98$10,003
Jan 2015222,91643.433.10$9,997
Dec 201403,60354.693.59$12,940
Nov 201402,76470.464.25$11,752
Oct 201403,46178.303.90$13,501
Sep 201403,02586.164.05$12,237
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 201402,71796.564.18$11,356
Jun 201403,07598.164.74$14,566
May 201402,21194.734.73$10,450
Apr 2014072995.944.81$3,506
Mar 201401,83895.895.06$9,294
Feb 201402,45597.406.19$15,201
Jan 201402,70590.404.86$13,148
Dec 201302,88991.824.35$12,580
Nov 201301,67888.853.74$6,273
Oct 201302,44497.423.78$9,237
Sep 201302,986104.113.72$11,101
Aug 201302,384104.253.52$8,398
Jul 201302,549102.523.72$9,477
Jun 201303,28394.403.93$12,913
May 201303,09894.834.15$12,854
Apr 201303,78593.964.28$16,210
Mar 201302,77593.623.91$10,858
Feb 201303,17091.233.42$10,841
Jan 201303,62491.603.42$12,394
Dec 201202,83586.773.42$9,696
Nov 201202,84486.953.62$10,309
Oct 201203,24789.383.40$11,039
Sep 201203,72294.672.92$10,862
Aug 201203,88092.662.91$11,284
Jul 201204,70385.133.02$14,207
Jun 201204,01079.822.52$10,101
May 201203,64391.612.49$9,065
Apr 201204,422101.652.00$8,830
Mar 201203,580105.052.22$7,955
Feb 201202,775101.102.57$7,132
Jan 201202,42298.092.73$6,622
Dec 201103,07296.873.24$9,952
Nov 201102,82895.723.31$9,364
Oct 201103,61384.983.65$13,182
Sep 201103,48983.623.99$13,906
Aug 201102,75583.404.15$11,431
Jul 201104,21294.144.52$19,027
Jun 201104,68892.904.64$21,752
May 201104,68398.134.40$20,628
Apr 201103,215105.964.33$13,932
Mar 201103,58896.364.06$14,558
Feb 201102,49985.644.18$10,446
Jan 201106,08686.504.59$27,927
Dec 201006,59785.734.35$28,682
Nov 2010105,34080.843.80$21,075
Oct 201004,75978.103.51$16,699
Sep 201001,17372.633.98$4,668
Aug 201093,59073.684.42$16,529
Jul 201004,88772.554.74$23,147
Jun 201005,67270.364.91$27,852
May 201005,11571.124.24$21,663
Apr 201004,96381.694.12$20,461
Mar 2010123,47278.394.39$16,178
Feb 201004,69173.585.44$25,530
Jan 2010195,44674.365.96$33,893
Dec 200904,36071.445.48$23,909
Nov 200904,01674.593.75$15,066
Oct 2009173,57872.544.11$15,940
Sep 200904,24765.543.06$13,016
Aug 2009165,17367.423.22$17,728
Jul 2009155,16961.133.46$18,825
Jun 200905,07466.163.90$19,763
May 200905,00254.743.93$19,637
Apr 200909,74646.773.59$34,964
Mar 2009184,85342.144.06$20,457
Feb 200903,81732.814.63$17,684
Jan 2009114,14835.865.37$22,673
Dec 200804,81137.105.98$28,756
Nov 200893,98055.496.86$27,804
Oct 200863,36775.246.92$23,758
Sep 200833,583101.767.88$28,529
Aug 200803,042114.228.48$25,805
Jul 200803,244131.0811.39$36,947
Jun 200803,113131.3313.03$40,571
May 200804,620123.1711.57$53,473
Apr 200803,485110.3110.45$36,435
Mar 200803,184101.909.66$30,770
Feb 200802,85992.538.77$25,075
Jan 200803,12690.388.21$25,651
Dec 200702,21088.337.30$16,137
Nov 200702,81591.677.29$20,526
Oct 200702,94482.856.92$20,378
Sep 200703,85575.846.24$24,071
Aug 200704,66269.066.39$29,781
Jul 200702,92470.906.39$18,678
Jun 200702,99362.007.55$22,593
May 200702,18258.747.85$17,121
Apr 200701,59959.617.81$12,481
Mar 200713,68956.927.30$26,994
Feb 2007103,13455.108.22$26,300
Jan 200783,71050.306.73$25,359
Dec 2006143,73956.656.92$26,661
Nov 200674,56554.207.62$35,153
Oct 2006134,89754.906.01$30,163
Sep 200673,96460.085.04$20,388
Aug 2006154,65668.717.34$35,205
Jul 200674,95069.376.34$31,882
Jun 2006174,60466.286.38$30,518
May 2006184,95566.016.42$33,024
Apr 2006213,34564.397.36$25,973
Mar 2006135,00956.707.08$36,215
Feb 2006234,24957.597.75$34,259
Jan 2006174,29360.598.93$39,381
Dec 200585,12854.9413.42$69,234
Nov 200584,32854.6910.59$46,264
Oct 2005114,27258.3413.80$59,577
Sep 2005154,24461.4512.08$52,185
Aug 200584,67461.519.80$46,283
Jul 2005124,44455.697.84$35,525
Jun 200504,59152.337.38$33,886
May 200504,36145.226.65$29,006
Apr 200524,16149.207.36$30,725
Mar 200504,55950.377.15$32,619
Feb 200534,35645.226.31$27,630
Jan 200505,32843.166.32$33,685
Dec 200403,83539.866.75$25,890
Nov 200413,89945.286.33$24,728
Oct 200402,93149.706.52$19,096
Sep 200405,09343.245.28$26,911
Aug 200415,85842.375.55$32,558
Jul 200406,28338.286.08$38,227
Jun 200446,16636.106.43$39,810
May 200404,37437.486.49$28,407
Apr 200435,93634.475.86$34,879
Mar 200405,63434.365.53$31,157
Feb 200444,37332.455.51$24,223
Jan 200407,47232.036.30$47,071
Dec 200307,07030.266.30$44,553
Nov 200305,86828.804.60$26,964
Oct 200305,15628.174.76$24,541
Sep 200305,60126.314.75$26,601
Aug 200305,46829.765.13$28,049
Jul 200304,87429.415.17$25,203
Jun 2003355,51828.565.98$34,014
May 2003344,88426.595.97$30,075
Apr 2003365,40026.675.41$30,159
Mar 2003635,28431.146.10$34,173
Feb 2003153,51833.487.93$28,385
Jan 2003294,65430.315.58$26,858
Dec 2002204,82526.914.85$23,958
Nov 2002586,59324.664.14$28,705
Oct 200256,50826.464.23$27,655
Sep 200232,70927.443.64$9,930
Aug 2002126,02625.963.16$19,379
Jul 200203,99324.583.06$12,226
Jun 2002485,19123.733.34$18,468
May 20021264,69624.663.58$19,938
Apr 20021134,64923.653.51$19,001
Mar 2002506,12522.003.10$20,104
Feb 2002394,36818.222.38$11,088
Jan 2002203,29517.172.38$8,171
Dec 2001653,23316.932.36$8,745
Nov 200143,31618.072.41$8,049
Oct 200163,61819.782.53$9,268
Sep 200163,33424.262.25$7,651
Aug 2001324,01624.873.05$13,057
Jul 2001554,95323.933.20$17,151
Jun 2001304,80024.563.82$19,093
May 2001734,97525.524.31$23,292
Apr 2001655,14624.685.34$29,060
Mar 2001675,45924.545.38$30,994
Feb 2001384,96727.755.77$29,700
Jan 2001474,89127.478.40$42,369
Dec 2000395,21026.889.12$48,577
Nov 2000515,95632.215.66$35,342
Oct 2000805,46531.235.15$30,619
Sep 2000525,72031.875.19$31,324
Aug 2000765,75429.644.54$28,380
Jul 2000765,94428.534.09$26,478
Jun 2000545,96029.304.40$27,790
May 2000766,49927.263.68$25,986
Apr 2000676,18524.513.12$20,915
Mar 2000686,58128.422.86$20,753
Feb 20001346,06927.622.73$20,248
Jan 2000716,36025.272.48$17,570
Dec 1999726,17524.282.42$16,715
Nov 1999957,18223.192.43$19,684
Oct 1999467,76520.982.80$22,736
Sep 1999848,03221.752.62$22,862
Aug 1999623,05319.262.88$9,973
Jul 1999704,69317.892.37$12,386
Jun 1999897,61215.942.36$19,399
May 1999874,13715.792.32$10,976
Apr 1999607,36215.102.21$17,162
Mar 1999306,34412.471.84$12,036
Feb 1999316,6219.981.82$12,345
Jan 1999228,27710.381.90$15,954
Dec 1998287,8899.201.77$14,247
Nov 1998166,99810.892.19$15,470
Oct 1998236,90312.421.97$13,879
Sep 1998177,88512.592.08$16,635
Aug 1998479,87411.301.91$19,364
Jul 1998539,51011.742.24$21,899
Jun 199817210,84611.242.24$26,199
May 199822011,35212.622.21$27,823
Apr 19986212,56613.042.51$32,290
Mar 19988610,30012.802.31$24,888
Feb 19982073813.952.30$1,976
Jan 1998707,95314.702.15$18,166
Dec 199710010,87116.322.41$27,843
Nov 19971057,54918.193.09$25,223
Oct 19977710,25219.253.15$33,774
Sep 19977810,63017.742.95$32,794
Aug 19978010,70017.862.55$28,765
Jul 199711911,50117.582.25$27,934
Jun 199710212,03017.242.26$28,913
May 199710113,51818.972.31$33,122
Apr 199712615,21117.882.08$33,934
Mar 199712410,91018.951.94$23,506
Feb 19979310,63120.492.21$25,356
Jan 19979114,08523.483.54$51,993
Dec 199610313,13623.32$2,402
Nov 19966910,63721.97$1,516
Oct 199628713,80023.31$6,690
Sep 199624014,40022.22$5,333
Aug 199620114,63320.26$4,072
Jul 199627615,17919.55$5,396
Jun 199615013,88518.73$2,810
May 199629316,60619.43$5,693
Apr 199620618,60121.51$4,431
Mar 199623118,97519.38$4,477
Feb 199624921,06316.98$4,228
Jan 199631818,52417.07$5,428
Dec 199544419,12317.19$7,632
Nov 199534420,10816.00$5,504
Oct 199527422,95515.43$4,228
Sep 199536421,68016.18$5,890
Aug 199518424,67715.92$2,929
Jul 199531224,75015.24$4,755
Jun 199549326,29516.41$8,090
May 199537424,38617.56$6,567
Apr 199552427,48517.73$9,291
Mar 199553430,45316.44$8,779
Feb 199524427,31216.58$4,046
Jan 199593929,57515.92$14,949
Dec 19941,04833,14515.03$15,751
Nov 199451636,19715.90$8,204
Oct 199493242,01815.58$14,521
Sep 199477250,84915.29$11,804
Aug 19941,18751,81816.13$19,146
Jul 19941,11161,04617.56$19,509
Jun 199499267,33617.09$16,953
May 19941,24966,13115.88$19,834
Apr 19941,75479,16914.14$24,802
Mar 19941,94788,29712.46$24,260
Feb 19941,65070,30812.50$20,625
Jan 19941,87568,66412.66$23,738

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                1,460 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $4,447

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $4,447

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/147704 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.