WALTER DESPAIN

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 180287District 04Field 932154002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$11.9 M
Nov 2000 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$95 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
307
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 Gas112001-02-16143169
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
CondensateDisposition2,600 bbl$86,080
GasProduction2,329,230 Mcf$11,809,678
Total$11,895,758

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 27.6204, -98.9647. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.62039, -98.96472 · 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
10,750 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 10,750 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 2000
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-47937594210,750 ftNov 2000

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 (307)

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

307 months

May 20260800106.413.05$2,437
Apr 202602,87598.932.87$8,250
Mar 202601,47689.753.15$4,649
Feb 202602,36663.503.75$8,873
Jan 202602,79859.138.00$22,378
Dec 202501,68356.664.41$7,428
Nov 202501,97258.593.93$7,743
Oct 202502,03259.383.30$6,715
Sep 202501,31162.743.08$4,034
Aug 202501,69963.933.01$5,122
Jul 202503,55566.743.32$11,786
Jun 202501,67966.483.13$5,253
May 202501,52360.553.23$4,923
Apr 202501,87562.363.54$6,643
Mar 202502,48467.704.27$10,603
Feb 202502,97370.884.34$12,905
Jan 202502,01774.324.28$8,630
Dec 202402,72468.993.12$8,503
Nov 202401,78369.052.20$3,920
Oct 202402,47971.372.28$5,656
Sep 202402,64569.612.36$6,254
Aug 202403,00375.632.06$6,197
Jul 202403,06779.932.15$6,584
Jun 202402,76878.082.63$7,291
May 202403,05378.812.20$6,712
Apr 202402,64984.451.66$4,395
Mar 202402,67380.301.55$4,130
Feb 202402,86276.091.78$5,105
Jan 202403,02173.023.30$9,962
Dec 202303,18271.262.61$8,307
Nov 202303,24577.892.81$9,111
Oct 202303,18985.443.09$9,845
Sep 202301,74689.042.74$4,775
Aug 202303,47680.522.67$9,291
Jul 202301,56274.852.64$4,126
Jun 202301,55468.962.26$3,510
May 202302,55670.622.23$5,693
Apr 202302,84078.122.24$6,355
Mar 202302,64472.852.39$6,328
Feb 202302,74675.112.47$6,771
Jan 202302,62176.533.39$8,879
Dec 202202,72476.415.73$15,606
Nov 202202,87985.005.65$16,255
Oct 202202,25687.185.86$13,229
Sep 202202,61384.888.16$21,332
Aug 202202,84394.529.13$25,949
Jul 202202,822101.587.54$21,284
Jun 202202,797115.097.98$22,312
May 202202,754109.378.43$23,225
Apr 202202,865104.226.84$19,590
Mar 202203,133108.885.08$15,904
Feb 202202,74291.054.86$13,323
Jan 202203,06481.844.54$13,903
Dec 202102,43771.323.90$9,502
Nov 202102,02377.435.24$10,594
Oct 202102,96779.795.71$16,953
Sep 202103,09669.865.35$16,566
Aug 202103,18466.024.22$13,438
Jul 202103,45470.783.98$13,754
Jun 202102,83669.493.38$9,587
May 202102,88163.483.02$8,694
Apr 202102,31060.362.76$6,372
Mar 202102,92561.302.72$7,947
Feb 202102,70957.805.55$15,029
Jan 202103,43150.412.81$9,642
Dec 202004,32944.642.68$11,582
Nov 202001,23838.772.71$3,351
Oct 202001,72836.972.48$4,283
Sep 202001,54337.091.99$3,072
Aug 202003,62839.982.39$8,653
Jul 202003,13838.371.83$5,727
Jun 202003,04934.901.69$5,154
May 202003,43016.921.81$6,225
Apr 202003,44814.751.80$6,222
Mar 202003,42930.341.86$6,365
Feb 202002,04549.881.98$4,050
Jan 202002,81857.252.09$5,903
Dec 201901,86859.012.30$4,305
Nov 201903,29055.302.75$9,050
Oct 201903,38653.472.42$8,189
Sep 201903,89655.052.66$10,353
Aug 201902,59753.112.30$5,984
Jul 201901,29756.272.46$3,191
Jun 201903,45152.782.49$8,597
May 201903,87658.482.74$10,621
Apr 201902,84162.632.75$7,815
Mar 201902,81956.803.06$8,632
Feb 201902,28150.852.79$6,369
Jan 2019752,87646.033.23$12,737
Dec 201803,09846.594.19$12,966
Nov 201802,73752.934.24$11,597
Oct 201803,39361.443.40$11,530
Sep 201803,24459.543.11$10,082
Aug 201804,48159.403.07$13,741
Jul 2018017065.142.93$498
Jun 201802,78160.183.08$8,557
May 201803,38965.382.90$9,831
Apr 201803,25263.842.90$9,433
Mar 201803,78361.222.79$10,543
Feb 201803,36461.782.77$9,305
Jan 201803,89162.874.01$15,600
Dec 201704,08457.272.92$11,931
Nov 201703,97155.423.12$12,383
Oct 201704,62249.292.98$13,791
Sep 201703,97447.523.09$12,269
Aug 201704,58445.373.00$13,772
Jul 201702,89243.873.09$8,928
Jun 201702,55542.493.09$7,888
May 201704,03845.373.26$13,178
Apr 201704,27647.933.21$13,733
Mar 201702,91346.772.98$8,691
Feb 2017683,39850.452.95$13,464
Jan 201704,70049.413.42$16,068
Dec 201604,16448.763.72$15,502
Nov 201603,02942.492.64$8,010
Oct 201603,08446.193.09$9,530
Sep 201603,58241.553.10$11,106
Aug 201603,33741.442.92$9,759
Jul 201603,92141.622.92$11,466
Jun 201603,96145.352.69$10,639
May 201605,03642.521.99$10,027
Apr 201602,73936.561.99$5,453
Mar 201605,16533.011.79$9,266
Feb 201603,16426.472.06$6,529
Jan 201603,86027.352.36$9,126
Dec 201504,56332.362.00$9,132
Nov 201504,37338.792.17$9,478
Oct 201503,92043.552.43$9,512
Sep 201504,56642.992.76$12,595
Aug 201504,43040.162.87$12,725
Jul 201504,12848.152.95$12,157
Jun 201503,99656.152.88$11,520
May 201504,39355.212.96$12,983
Apr 201504,42949.822.71$11,987
Mar 201504,48942.892.93$13,174
Feb 201504,14944.662.98$12,348
Jan 201504,98843.433.10$15,466
Dec 201404,93454.693.59$17,720
Nov 201404,40970.464.25$18,746
Oct 201405,17678.303.90$20,191
Sep 201405,08486.164.05$20,567
Aug 201404,28489.394.04$17,286
Jul 201404,50296.564.18$18,817
Jun 201404,14298.164.74$19,620
May 201405,36894.734.73$25,372
Apr 201405,66995.944.81$27,263
Mar 201407,61795.895.06$38,518
Feb 201405,91097.406.19$36,595
Jan 201401,84190.404.86$8,949
Dec 201305,74491.824.35$25,012
Nov 20131314,53788.853.74$28,600
Oct 201302,62997.423.78$9,936
Sep 201302,923104.113.72$10,867
Aug 201303,517104.253.52$12,389
Jul 201303,835102.523.72$14,258
Jun 201302,97194.403.93$11,686
May 201303,36594.834.15$13,962
Apr 201305,64993.964.28$24,192
Mar 201302,67193.623.91$10,451
Feb 201302,89191.233.42$9,887
Jan 201303,51791.603.42$12,028
Dec 201203,22286.773.42$11,020
Nov 201204,36686.953.62$15,827
Oct 201203,68589.383.40$12,528
Sep 201203,43994.672.92$10,036
Aug 201207,00192.662.91$20,360
Jul 201203,38985.133.02$10,237
Jun 201205,55979.822.52$14,003
May 201206,77091.612.49$16,846
Apr 201205,405101.652.00$10,793
Mar 201204,162105.052.22$9,248
Feb 201203,839101.102.57$9,867
Jan 201204,11798.092.73$11,256
Dec 201103,67196.873.24$11,893
Nov 201104,36895.723.31$14,464
Oct 201104,09184.983.65$14,926
Sep 201105,25183.623.99$20,929
Aug 201104,13083.404.15$17,137
Jul 201103,90694.144.52$17,644
Jun 201104,05792.904.64$18,824
May 201104,73098.134.40$20,835
Apr 201103,678105.964.33$15,938
Mar 201104,06896.364.06$16,505
Feb 201104,36385.644.18$18,237
Jan 201105,21586.504.59$23,930
Dec 201006,27585.734.35$27,282
Nov 201007,34580.843.80$27,877
Oct 201006,45878.103.51$22,660
Sep 201005,29372.633.98$21,063
Aug 201006,14573.684.42$27,157
Jul 201006,49872.554.74$30,778
Jun 201002,07970.364.91$10,209
May 201005,83771.124.24$24,721
Apr 201005,56281.694.12$22,930
Mar 201005,31278.394.39$23,313
Feb 201004,33273.585.44$23,576
Jan 201004,27274.365.96$25,479
Dec 200905,79671.445.48$31,784
Nov 200905,44574.593.75$20,427
Oct 200905,14472.544.11$21,143
Sep 200905,69365.543.06$17,448
Aug 200905,90467.423.22$19,002
Jul 200907,43461.133.46$25,755
Jun 200904,84966.163.90$18,887
May 200907,10954.743.93$27,908
Apr 200907,91946.773.59$28,409
Mar 200905,75742.144.06$23,368
Feb 200906,11932.814.63$28,349
Jan 200906,47235.865.37$34,761
Dec 200804,67037.105.98$27,913
Nov 200805,82555.496.86$39,962
Oct 200807,69675.246.92$53,272
Sep 200807,114101.767.88$56,038
Aug 200807,157114.228.48$60,713
Jul 200806,387131.0811.39$72,744
Jun 200805,171131.3313.03$67,392
May 200807,536123.1711.57$87,224
Apr 200804,642110.3110.45$48,531
Mar 200806,850101.909.66$66,199
Feb 200806,63092.538.77$58,149
Jan 200807,31890.388.21$60,050
Dec 200707,14988.337.30$52,202
Nov 200707,61291.677.29$55,504
Oct 2007637,23382.856.92$55,286
Sep 200707,80875.846.24$48,754
Aug 200707,46269.066.39$47,667
Jul 200709,37770.906.39$59,900
Jun 200708,37962.007.55$63,248
May 200706,15058.747.85$48,255
Apr 200707,70759.617.81$60,155
Mar 200708,95156.927.30$65,360
Feb 200708,28655.108.22$68,078
Jan 200707,82150.306.73$52,611
Dec 200608,28656.656.92$57,326
Nov 200608,79254.207.62$66,973
Oct 200607,34154.906.01$44,147
Sep 200609,14760.085.04$46,075
Aug 200607,70668.717.34$56,561
Jul 200608,58269.376.34$54,434
Jun 200607,82866.286.38$49,973
May 2006010,01866.016.42$64,366
Apr 200609,45664.397.36$69,601
Mar 20061209,61556.707.08$74,906
Feb 200609,06057.597.75$70,225
Jan 2006010,46860.598.93$93,514
Dec 2005010,96854.9413.42$147,140
Nov 2005014,26254.6910.59$151,012
Oct 2005044958.3413.80$6,194
Sep 200509761.4512.08$1,172
Aug 200509,86761.519.80$96,665
Jul 2005011,32755.697.84$88,845
Jun 2005013,71652.337.38$101,238
May 200504,85045.226.65$32,258
Apr 2005010,87149.207.36$80,016
Mar 2005013,99250.377.15$100,111
Feb 200504,06745.226.31$25,671
Jan 2005011,73743.166.32$74,204
Dec 2004010,80239.866.75$72,925
Nov 200409,25945.286.33$58,613
Oct 2004012,24249.706.52$79,758
Sep 200409,62943.245.28$50,879
Aug 2004011,97342.375.55$66,458
Jul 200409,37338.286.08$57,027
Jun 200409,63636.106.43$61,989
May 2004010,96237.486.49$71,194
Apr 2004011,43834.475.86$67,009
Mar 2004412,58534.365.53$69,734
Feb 2004010,86532.455.51$59,862
Jan 200416813,07132.036.30$87,724
Dec 200311813,32230.266.30$87,521
Nov 2003012,68228.804.60$58,276
Oct 2003017,19428.174.76$81,837
Sep 2003017,07526.314.75$81,095
Aug 2003014,77329.765.13$75,781
Jul 20030029.415.17$0
Jun 200306,00828.565.98$35,946
May 2003013,68026.595.97$81,706
Apr 20031114,06426.675.41$76,341
Mar 2003014,37831.146.10$87,649
Feb 20031113,86633.487.93$110,269
Jan 20031915,33330.315.58$86,165
Dec 2002017,27826.914.85$83,863
Nov 2002016,87224.664.14$69,799
Oct 20021417,44826.464.23$74,160
Sep 2002018,61527.443.64$67,669
Aug 2002518,60425.963.16$58,996
Jul 2002019,25324.583.06$58,948
Jun 2002019,92023.733.34$66,498
May 20027422,01924.663.58$80,741
Apr 20022023,61323.653.51$83,409
Mar 20022827,89822.003.10$87,176
Feb 20021228,20118.222.38$67,215
Jan 200214224,34117.172.38$60,265
Dec 20014929,10016.932.36$69,634
Nov 20014827,81418.072.41$67,774
Oct 2001030,81619.782.53$77,930
Sep 2001031,22024.262.25$70,286
Aug 200114931,37624.873.05$99,502
Jul 20014635,18923.933.20$113,603
Jun 2001034,46124.563.82$131,784
May 200117843,05725.524.31$190,003
Apr 2001045,08424.685.34$240,538
Mar 200148352,22724.545.38$292,648
Feb 2001054,24927.755.77$312,858
Jan 200119275,97927.478.40$643,404
Dec 2000191118,52826.889.12$1,086,406
Nov 200018133,40132.215.66$194,813

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                  800 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $2,437

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Month total                                   $2,437

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/180287 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.