VAQUILLAS RANCH A4

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 168576District 04Field 932154002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$15.6 M
Apr 1998 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$407 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
338
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 Gas111998-07-30139002
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
CondensateDisposition3,174 bbl$216,276
GasProduction4,236,139 Mcf$15,382,957
Total$15,599,233

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 27.5324, -99.0216. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.53243, -99.02165 · 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
12,250 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 12,250 ft.

Completions filed
Apr 1998
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4793680915112,250 ftApr 1998

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 (338)

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

338 months

May 202606,972106.413.05$21,236
Apr 202607,06198.932.87$20,263
Mar 202607,75289.753.15$24,414
Feb 202607,47063.503.75$28,015
Jan 202609,03059.138.00$72,221
Dec 202509,62156.664.41$42,461
Nov 202509,81258.593.93$38,526
Oct 2025010,34859.383.30$34,198
Sep 2025011,05462.743.08$34,012
Aug 2025013,39063.933.01$40,368
Jul 2025015,61466.743.32$51,764
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
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 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170147.523.09$3
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170143.873.09$3
Jun 20176142.493.09$258
May 201768745.373.26$556
Apr 2017123,99347.933.21$13,399
Mar 2017174,67046.772.98$14,729
Feb 2017184,19150.452.95$13,282
Jan 201794,92949.413.42$17,296
Dec 2016194,85848.763.72$19,012
Nov 2016264,89042.492.64$14,036
Oct 2016105,17746.193.09$16,460
Sep 201684,74841.553.10$15,054
Aug 201635,57141.442.92$16,416
Jul 201685,59941.622.92$16,706
Jun 2016165,86345.352.69$16,473
May 201646,51442.521.99$13,140
Apr 201668,76836.561.99$17,677
Mar 201605,57833.011.79$10,007
Feb 201615,63426.472.06$11,653
Jan 201615,99827.352.36$14,209
Dec 201505,35032.362.00$10,708
Nov 201505,20638.792.17$11,283
Oct 201535,55843.552.43$13,618
Sep 201505,10942.992.76$14,093
Aug 201535,81440.162.87$16,821
Jul 201546,29148.152.95$18,720
Jun 201506,29256.152.88$18,139
May 201516,78155.212.96$20,096
Apr 201506,35949.822.71$17,211
Mar 201506,62342.892.93$19,437
Feb 201506,22444.662.98$18,524
Jan 201516,69143.433.10$20,790
Dec 201406,97354.693.59$25,043
Nov 201436,89570.464.25$29,528
Oct 201436,77678.303.90$26,668
Sep 201436,65086.164.05$27,161
Aug 201406,79589.394.04$27,419
Jul 201406,75296.564.18$28,221
Jun 201406,30898.164.74$29,880
May 201406,75494.734.73$31,923
Apr 201406,36995.944.81$30,629
Mar 201406,82195.895.06$34,492
Feb 201406,39897.406.19$39,616
Jan 201407,13390.404.86$34,672
Dec 201307,18591.824.35$31,287
Nov 201306,40488.853.74$23,940
Oct 201307,14797.423.78$27,011
Sep 201306,880104.113.72$25,578
Aug 201307,005104.253.52$24,676
Jul 201306,970102.523.72$25,913
Jun 201306,55094.403.93$25,764
May 201306,89094.834.15$28,587
Apr 201306,98893.964.28$29,927
Mar 201307,05793.623.91$27,613
Feb 201306,43691.233.42$22,011
Jan 201307,11991.603.42$24,346
Dec 201207,15186.773.42$24,458
Nov 201207,04286.953.62$25,527
Oct 201205,68989.383.40$19,341
Sep 201205,67294.672.92$16,553
Aug 201205,91992.662.91$17,213
Jul 201205,10685.133.02$15,424
Jun 201204,27979.822.52$10,779
May 2012264,68491.612.49$14,037
Apr 2012375,613101.652.00$14,969
Mar 2012505,917105.052.22$18,401
Feb 2012785,247101.102.57$21,372
Jan 2012705,95498.092.73$23,145
Dec 2011275,81296.873.24$21,445
Nov 2011285,99795.723.31$22,538
Oct 2011625,80084.983.65$26,430
Sep 20111045,86883.623.99$32,085
Aug 2011276,07683.404.15$27,463
Jul 2011496,00894.144.52$31,752
Jun 2011575,59392.904.64$31,246
May 2011616,65398.134.40$35,291
Apr 2011295,553105.964.33$27,136
Mar 2011567,07196.364.06$34,086
Feb 2011456,90185.644.18$32,700
Jan 2011568,49886.504.59$43,839
Dec 201008,64885.734.35$37,599
Nov 2010838,52480.843.80$39,061
Oct 2010687,66078.103.51$32,189
Sep 2010327,88372.633.98$33,694
Aug 2010608,27373.684.42$40,982
Jul 2010766,91072.554.74$38,243
Jun 2010526,08170.364.91$33,519
May 2010416,54871.124.24$30,648
Apr 20101307,97581.694.12$43,498
Mar 20101987,99278.394.39$50,595
Feb 2010647,29473.585.44$44,406
Jan 2010638,79874.365.96$57,157
Dec 200909,04771.445.48$49,611
Nov 20091228,20274.593.75$39,870
Oct 2009388,61472.544.11$38,162
Sep 2009548,06565.543.06$28,256
Aug 200908,01167.423.22$25,783
Jul 2009258,12161.133.46$29,663
Jun 2009507,94066.163.90$34,234
May 2009398,32154.743.93$34,801
Apr 2009308,14346.773.59$30,616
Mar 200907,82142.144.06$31,745
Feb 200907,35232.814.63$34,062
Jan 200908,37335.865.37$44,971
Dec 200808,28337.105.98$49,509
Nov 200807,99055.496.86$54,814
Oct 2008248,59875.246.92$61,321
Sep 2008258,524101.767.88$69,688
Aug 200888,724114.228.48$74,920
Jul 2008278,794131.0811.39$103,698
Jun 200888,289131.3313.03$109,078
May 2008198,502123.1711.57$100,745
Apr 2008218,085110.3110.45$86,844
Mar 200808,793101.909.66$84,976
Feb 200808,16292.538.77$71,585
Jan 200808,99890.388.21$73,835
Dec 200709,66188.337.30$70,544
Nov 200709,15491.677.29$66,748
Oct 200709,18282.856.92$63,558
Sep 200709,52375.846.24$59,463
Aug 200706,15369.066.39$39,305
Jul 200708,82070.906.39$56,342
Jun 200708,99862.007.55$67,921
May 200708,31858.747.85$65,265
Apr 200708,63159.617.81$67,367
Mar 200708,55256.927.30$62,446
Feb 200708,14755.108.22$66,936
Jan 200708,78450.306.73$59,089
Dec 200608,61556.656.92$59,602
Nov 200609,34454.207.62$71,178
Oct 200608,78054.906.01$52,801
Sep 200608,43460.085.04$42,484
Aug 200609,15268.717.34$67,175
Jul 200609,30069.376.34$58,988
Jun 200608,90866.286.38$56,868
May 200609,35366.016.42$60,093
Apr 200617,66364.397.36$56,468
Mar 2006118,81056.707.08$63,024
Feb 200647,75557.597.75$60,340
Jan 20061110,33360.598.93$92,974
Dec 200577,70554.9413.42$103,750
Nov 200578,48554.6910.59$90,225
Oct 200589,82958.3413.80$136,065
Sep 200508,34861.4512.08$100,835
Aug 200509,05061.519.80$88,661
Jul 2005010,36855.697.84$81,323
Jun 200508,72552.337.38$64,400
May 200509,70945.226.65$64,576
Apr 200539,35449.207.36$68,998
Mar 2005610,27150.377.15$73,790
Feb 200578,05045.226.31$51,128
Jan 200559,49143.166.32$60,220
Dec 2004811,40139.866.75$77,288
Nov 200459,90145.286.33$62,904
Oct 2004110,04449.706.52$65,487
Sep 2004011,02143.245.28$58,234
Aug 200409,69742.375.55$53,825
Jul 2004011,16038.286.08$67,899
Jun 200409,62336.106.43$61,905
May 2004011,47037.486.49$74,493
Apr 200409,08334.475.86$53,212
Mar 2004012,24334.365.53$67,706
Feb 200409,75932.455.51$53,768
Jan 2004013,66432.036.30$86,078
Dec 2003016,33830.266.30$102,956
Nov 2003010,03728.804.60$46,122
Oct 2003014,20028.174.76$67,587
Sep 2003111,95726.314.75$56,814
Aug 2003114,59129.765.13$74,878
Jul 2003113,66729.415.17$70,699
Jun 2003114,79328.565.98$88,534
May 2003212,72926.595.97$76,079
Apr 2003113,79026.675.41$74,593
Mar 2003115,29131.146.10$93,246
Feb 2003114,06633.487.93$111,519
Jan 2003216,45630.315.58$91,919
Dec 2002114,29426.914.85$69,407
Nov 2002114,54024.664.14$60,176
Oct 2002212,85626.464.23$54,422
Sep 2002013,85027.443.64$50,348
Aug 2002012,51325.963.16$39,593
Jul 2002015,15524.583.06$46,401
Jun 2002016,76723.733.34$55,972
May 2002017,54524.663.58$62,881
Apr 2002017,20423.653.51$60,426
Mar 2002017,95122.003.10$55,697
Feb 2002016,24518.222.38$38,593
Jan 2002016,90617.172.38$40,163
Dec 2001219,31016.932.36$45,690
Nov 2001718,95618.072.41$45,726
Oct 2001719,69719.782.53$49,950
Sep 2001517,84524.262.25$40,296
Aug 2001519,89224.873.05$60,858
Jul 2001421,03523.933.20$67,346
Jun 2001620,09224.563.82$76,982
May 20011023,58925.524.31$101,861
Apr 2001425,28924.685.34$135,024
Mar 2001015,32024.545.38$82,367
Feb 2001025,18427.755.77$145,238
Jan 2001016,64227.478.40$139,772
Dec 2000022,49926.889.12$205,247
Nov 2000022,49932.215.66$127,299
Oct 2000025,46131.235.15$131,010
Sep 2000021,34531.875.19$110,706
Aug 2000028,56629.644.54$129,711
Jul 2000020,85628.534.09$85,296
Jun 2000026,41729.304.40$116,162
May 20001729,04127.263.68$107,327
Apr 200010929,64124.513.12$95,033
Mar 200010232,37928.422.86$95,495
Feb 200012129,76127.622.73$84,485
Jan 200014335,74725.272.48$92,284
Dec 199912334,45624.282.42$86,498
Nov 1999038,15223.192.43$92,862
Oct 1999039,45720.982.80$110,626
Sep 1999036,95421.752.62$96,777
Aug 1999041,83919.262.88$120,312
Jul 1999043,29617.892.37$102,714
Jun 1999048,49315.942.36$114,545
May 1999058,03715.792.32$134,705
Apr 1999064,61415.102.21$142,671
Mar 1999073,52812.471.84$135,169
Feb 1999069,4219.981.82$126,193
Jan 1999080,89610.381.90$153,698
Dec 1998077,1549.201.77$136,819
Nov 1998086,89810.892.19$189,935
Oct 1998098,78812.421.97$194,534
Sep 19980104,76112.592.08$218,177
Aug 19980120,66611.301.91$230,152
Jul 19980150,52111.742.24$336,756
Jun 19980152,20811.242.24$340,530
May 19980301,79712.622.21$665,867
Apr 19980277,38913.042.51$694,951

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                6,972 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $21,236

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Month total                                  $21,236

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/168576 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.