BENAVIDES, BELA R. "B"

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

Gas lease lease 159486District 04Field 43593500NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$4.9 M
May 1996 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$30 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
361
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 122 leases and 122 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1976-08-26
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 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 1992-10-19.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ALLOCATION FORMULA ADMINISTRATIVELY SUSPENDED EFFECTIVE 8/1/94.

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
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
CondensateDisposition99 bbl$2,870
GasProduction1,610,842 Mcf$4,932,378
Total$4,935,249

340,689 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 7 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 27.1371, -99.2801. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.13712, -99.28010 · 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
10,105 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 10,105 ft.

Completions filed
Jun 1996
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-505333851610,105 ftJun 1996

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 (361)

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

361 months

May 20260868106.413.05$2,644
Apr 2026081098.932.87$2,324
Mar 2026088989.753.15$2,800
Feb 2026013163.503.75$491
Jan 2026045459.138.00$3,631
Dec 2025049456.664.41$2,180
Nov 2025066758.593.93$2,619
Oct 2025075759.383.30$2,502
Sep 2025076062.743.08$2,338
Aug 2025075663.933.01$2,279
Jul 2025087766.743.32$2,907
Jun 202501,09166.483.13$3,413
May 202501,15560.553.23$3,733
Apr 202501,14762.363.54$4,064
Mar 2025050267.704.27$2,143
Feb 2025099170.884.34$4,302
Jan 202511,29274.324.28$5,602
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 2024028069.052.20$616
Oct 2024020671.372.28$470
Sep 2024032869.612.36$776
Aug 2024076775.632.06$1,583
Jul 2024090879.932.15$1,949
Jun 2024025678.082.63$674
May 2024029378.812.20$644
Apr 2024062584.451.66$1,037
Mar 2024072480.301.55$1,119
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 2023057271.262.61$1,493
Nov 2023042177.892.81$1,182
Oct 202301,02485.443.09$3,161
Sep 2023096989.042.74$2,650
Aug 202301,02880.522.67$2,748
Jul 202301,01374.852.64$2,676
Jun 2023098468.962.26$2,222
May 202301,06070.622.23$2,361
Apr 202301,10878.122.24$2,479
Mar 2023068872.852.39$1,646
Feb 2023097875.112.47$2,411
Jan 2023097576.533.39$3,303
Dec 202201,12876.415.73$6,462
Nov 2022069685.005.65$3,930
Oct 202201,02187.185.86$5,987
Sep 202201,11784.888.16$9,119
Aug 202201,20294.529.13$10,971
Jul 202201,084101.587.54$8,176
Jun 202201,282115.097.98$10,227
May 202201,521109.378.43$12,827
Apr 202201,453104.226.84$9,935
Mar 20220919108.885.08$4,665
Feb 2022094691.054.86$4,596
Jan 202201,60781.844.54$7,292
Dec 2021021871.323.90$850
Nov 202108677.435.24$450
Oct 2021038279.795.71$2,183
Sep 2021070969.865.35$3,794
Aug 2021078666.024.22$3,317
Jul 202101,67770.783.98$6,678
Jun 202102,05769.493.38$6,954
May 202102,32463.483.02$7,013
Apr 202102,03960.362.76$5,624
Mar 202101,18661.302.72$3,222
Feb 202101,22557.805.55$6,796
Jan 202101,29250.412.81$3,631
Dec 2020070044.642.68$1,873
Nov 2020065238.772.71$1,765
Oct 202001,10336.972.48$2,734
Sep 2020052737.091.99$1,049
Aug 202001,31139.982.39$3,127
Jul 2020082538.371.83$1,506
Jun 202001,32634.901.69$2,241
May 202001,33216.921.81$2,417
Apr 202001,15114.751.80$2,077
Mar 202001,03730.341.86$1,925
Feb 202001,12249.881.98$2,222
Jan 202001,31357.252.09$2,750
Dec 201901,24059.012.30$2,857
Nov 201901,43155.302.75$3,936
Oct 201901,28353.472.42$3,103
Sep 201901,49655.052.66$3,975
Aug 201901,41853.112.30$3,268
Jul 201901,65456.272.46$4,069
Jun 201901,01852.782.49$2,536
May 201901,57358.482.74$4,311
Apr 201901,51362.632.75$4,162
Mar 201901,48856.803.06$4,556
Feb 201901,21550.852.79$3,393
Jan 201901,19246.033.23$3,848
Dec 201801,21246.594.19$5,073
Nov 201801,34952.934.24$5,716
Oct 201801,37861.443.40$4,683
Sep 201801,54259.543.11$4,793
Aug 201801,63159.403.07$5,002
Jul 201801,61565.142.93$4,735
Jun 201801,48660.183.08$4,572
May 201801,49065.382.90$4,322
Apr 201801,64763.842.90$4,778
Mar 201801,70261.222.79$4,743
Feb 201801,52261.782.77$4,210
Jan 201801,63762.874.01$6,563
Dec 201701,65957.272.92$4,847
Nov 201701,69155.423.12$5,273
Oct 201701,78849.292.98$5,335
Sep 201701,64547.523.09$5,079
Aug 201701,78545.373.00$5,363
Jul 201701,82843.873.09$5,644
Jun 201701,67442.493.09$5,168
May 201701,40545.373.26$4,585
Apr 201701,57547.933.21$5,058
Mar 201701,79546.772.98$5,356
Feb 201701,85350.452.95$5,471
Jan 201702,14949.413.42$7,347
Dec 201601,92448.763.72$7,163
Nov 201601,57142.492.64$4,154
Oct 201601,93946.193.09$5,992
Sep 201601,82841.553.10$5,668
Aug 201601,70341.442.92$4,980
Jul 201601,82441.622.92$5,334
Jun 201601,58245.352.69$4,249
May 201601,79442.521.99$3,572
Apr 201601,79536.561.99$3,574
Mar 201601,96733.011.79$3,529
Feb 201601,87226.472.06$3,863
Jan 201601,88827.352.36$4,464
Dec 201501,90532.362.00$3,813
Nov 201501,79638.792.17$3,893
Oct 201502,25343.552.43$5,467
Sep 201502,21542.992.76$6,110
Aug 201502,03940.162.87$5,857
Jul 201501,79848.152.95$5,295
Jun 201502,11556.152.88$6,097
May 201502,41755.212.96$7,143
Apr 201501,85449.822.71$5,018
Mar 201502,13542.892.93$6,266
Feb 201502,00344.662.98$5,961
Jan 201501,96843.433.10$6,102
Dec 201402,11654.693.59$7,599
Nov 201401,97170.464.25$8,380
Oct 201402,16978.303.90$8,461
Sep 201401,72786.164.05$6,986
Aug 201402,09889.394.04$8,466
Jul 201402,56296.564.18$10,708
Jun 201402,11798.164.74$10,028
May 201401,95294.734.73$9,226
Apr 201401,76795.944.81$8,498
Mar 201401,80895.895.06$9,143
Feb 201401,46997.406.19$9,096
Jan 201401,82990.404.86$8,890
Dec 201301,91691.824.35$8,343
Nov 201301,86488.853.74$6,968
Oct 201301,83497.423.78$6,931
Sep 201301,804104.113.72$6,707
Aug 201301,929104.253.52$6,795
Jul 201302,035102.523.72$7,566
Jun 201301,80894.403.93$7,112
May 201302,03994.834.15$8,460
Apr 201301,88893.964.28$8,086
Mar 201302,20693.623.91$8,632
Feb 201301,90891.233.42$6,525
Jan 201302,15091.603.42$7,353
Dec 201202,18486.773.42$7,470
Nov 201201,90386.953.62$6,898
Oct 201202,26889.383.40$7,710
Sep 201202,40694.672.92$7,022
Aug 201202,31692.662.91$6,735
Jul 201202,25085.133.02$6,797
Jun 201202,34079.822.52$5,895
May 201202,41891.612.49$6,017
Apr 201202,168101.652.00$4,329
Mar 201202,238105.052.22$4,973
Feb 201201,965101.102.57$5,051
Jan 201201,94898.092.73$5,326
Dec 201101,70596.873.24$5,524
Nov 201101,75495.723.31$5,808
Oct 201102,06684.983.65$7,538
Sep 201101,92983.623.99$7,689
Aug 201101,56183.404.15$6,477
Jul 201101,94594.144.52$8,786
Jun 201102,39492.904.64$11,108
May 201102,61398.134.40$11,510
Apr 201102,267105.964.33$9,824
Mar 201102,81896.364.06$11,434
Feb 201102,50385.644.18$10,462
Jan 201102,87386.504.59$13,184
Dec 201002,04785.734.35$8,900
Nov 201002,49580.843.80$9,469
Oct 201002,48178.103.51$8,706
Sep 201002,35972.633.98$9,388
Aug 201002,78173.684.42$12,290
Jul 201002,89572.554.74$13,712
Jun 201002,19570.364.91$10,778
May 201002,62971.124.24$11,134
Apr 201002,46381.694.12$10,154
Mar 201002,60878.394.39$11,446
Feb 201002,36573.585.44$12,871
Jan 201002,63474.365.96$15,709
Dec 200902,50971.445.48$13,759
Nov 200902,84974.593.75$10,688
Oct 200902,74372.544.11$11,274
Sep 200902,66165.543.06$8,155
Aug 200902,71567.423.22$8,738
Jul 200902,67261.133.46$9,257
Jun 200902,54466.163.90$9,909
May 200902,81954.743.93$11,067
Apr 200902,63146.773.59$9,439
Mar 200902,63442.144.06$10,691
Feb 200902,33832.814.63$10,832
Jan 200902,76535.865.37$14,851
Dec 200802,50537.105.98$14,973
Nov 200802,78255.496.86$19,086
Oct 200803,04775.246.92$21,091
Sep 200803,049101.767.88$24,017
Aug 200803,301114.228.48$28,002
Jul 200802,988131.0811.39$34,032
Jun 200803,025131.3313.03$39,424
May 200802,773123.1711.57$32,096
Apr 200803,418110.3110.45$35,735
Mar 200802,445101.909.66$23,629
Feb 200802,58592.538.77$22,672
Jan 200802,93490.388.21$24,076
Dec 200703,12888.337.30$22,841
Nov 200703,21791.677.29$23,457
Oct 200702,35182.856.92$16,274
Sep 200702,54675.846.24$15,898
Aug 200702,24069.066.39$14,309
Jul 200702,84870.906.39$18,193
Jun 200702,97362.007.55$22,442
May 200703,07158.747.85$24,096
Apr 200703,38059.617.81$26,382
Mar 200703,66056.927.30$26,725
Feb 200702,12755.108.22$17,475
Jan 200703,05050.306.73$20,517
Dec 200603,61556.656.92$25,010
Nov 200603,22354.207.62$24,551
Oct 200603,43154.906.01$20,633
Sep 200603,28860.085.04$16,562
Aug 200603,47468.717.34$25,499
Jul 200603,21669.376.34$20,398
Jun 200603,15266.286.38$20,122
May 200603,97166.016.42$25,514
Apr 200603,99964.397.36$29,435
Mar 200603,52456.707.08$24,960
Feb 200602,35557.597.75$18,254
Jan 200604,44860.598.93$39,735
Dec 200503,96154.9413.42$53,138
Nov 200502,15854.6910.59$22,850
Oct 200501,91258.3413.80$26,377
Sep 200501,99461.4512.08$24,086
Aug 200503,46061.519.80$33,897
Jul 200503,67055.697.84$28,786
Jun 200503,84452.337.38$28,373
May 200503,81045.226.65$25,341
Apr 200504,13149.207.36$30,406
Mar 200504,22150.377.15$30,201
Feb 200503,96345.226.31$25,014
Jan 200504,33143.166.32$27,381
Dec 200403,78339.866.75$25,539
Nov 200403,79045.286.33$23,992
Oct 200404,02549.706.52$26,223
Sep 200404,04043.245.28$21,347
Aug 200404,10042.375.55$22,758
Jul 200403,70038.286.08$22,511
Jun 200404,34736.106.43$27,964
May 200404,17437.486.49$27,108
Apr 200404,23634.475.86$24,816
Mar 200404,64634.365.53$25,693
Feb 200403,74132.455.51$20,611
Jan 200403,22832.036.30$20,335
Dec 200304,54130.266.30$28,616
Nov 200304,04028.804.60$18,564
Oct 200304,29428.174.76$20,438
Sep 200304,51526.314.75$21,443
Aug 200304,27629.765.13$21,935
Jul 200304,76229.415.17$24,624
Jun 200304,33528.565.98$25,936
May 200304,62826.595.97$27,642
Apr 200304,28026.675.41$23,143
Mar 200304,49931.146.10$27,426
Feb 200304,47733.487.93$35,484
Jan 200304,48330.315.58$25,024
Dec 200204,41626.914.85$21,434
Nov 200203,96924.664.14$16,420
Oct 200204,30326.464.23$18,198
Sep 200204,31027.443.64$15,668
Aug 200204,24025.963.16$13,416
Jul 200204,31324.583.06$13,205
Jun 200204,19423.733.34$14,001
May 200204,69224.663.58$16,816
Apr 200205,09623.653.51$17,899
Mar 200205,75522.003.10$17,856
Feb 200204,04818.222.38$9,617
Jan 200204,91917.172.38$11,686
Dec 200104,00616.932.36$9,472
Nov 200104,70618.072.41$11,320
Oct 200105,11119.782.53$12,925
Sep 200104,84324.262.25$10,903
Aug 200105,64824.873.05$17,244
Jul 200105,73823.933.20$18,345
Jun 200106,69524.563.82$25,603
May 200107,59225.524.31$32,701
Apr 200104,85824.685.34$25,919
Mar 200102,47424.545.38$13,301
Feb 200106,03527.755.77$34,804
Jan 200104,84027.478.40$40,650
Dec 200006,75526.889.12$61,622
Nov 200004,92632.215.66$27,871
Oct 200006,09031.235.15$31,336
Sep 200004,05031.875.19$21,005
Aug 200007,02229.644.54$31,885
Jul 2000986,01528.534.09$27,396
Jun 200004,71929.304.40$20,751
May 200006,98527.263.68$25,703
Apr 200006,45124.513.12$20,101
Mar 200008,29328.422.86$23,716
Feb 200006,83127.622.73$18,625
Jan 200008,69925.272.48$21,578
Dec 199908,55124.282.42$20,725
Nov 1999013,97423.192.43$34,013
Oct 199908,70920.982.80$24,418
Sep 199907,37921.752.62$19,324
Aug 199906,41119.262.88$18,435
Jul 199909,32417.892.37$22,120
Jun 199909,21315.942.36$21,762
May 1999010,28815.792.32$23,879
Apr 199909,56015.102.21$21,109
Mar 199908,25512.471.84$15,175
Feb 199909,4979.981.82$17,264
Jan 1999011,46710.381.90$21,787
Dec 1998013,0279.201.77$23,101
Nov 1998010,79810.892.19$23,601
Oct 199805,24912.421.97$10,336
Sep 199808,56012.592.08$17,827
Aug 1998011,12611.301.91$21,221
Jul 1998012,45111.742.24$27,856
Jun 1998012,83511.242.24$28,715
May 1998014,20812.622.21$31,348
Apr 1998010,72413.042.51$26,867
Mar 1998013,67512.802.31$31,582
Feb 1998012,21713.952.30$28,088
Jan 1998015,37014.702.15$33,119
Dec 1997014,64416.322.41$35,308
Nov 1997016,58918.193.09$51,231
Oct 1997013,47019.253.15$42,428
Sep 1997015,79217.742.95$46,663
Aug 1997018,06717.862.55$46,156
Jul 1997017,54217.582.25$39,416
Jun 1997018,97117.242.26$42,821
May 1997020,68018.972.31$47,740
Apr 1997021,83317.882.08$45,473
Mar 1997025,06818.951.94$48,610
Feb 1997024,88120.492.21$54,885
Jan 1997029,97923.483.54$106,117
Dec 1996032,64423.32$0
Nov 1996035,33121.97$0
Oct 1996039,49923.31$0
Sep 1996046,32622.22$0
Aug 1996056,38720.26$0
Jul 1996071,24719.55$0
Jun 1996059,25518.73$0
May 19960019.43$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                  868 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $2,644

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $2,644

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/159486 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.