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

Gas lease lease 215099District 04Field 078002002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$8.9 M
Dec 2005 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
246
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 164 leases and 164 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1979-07-17
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 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 2010-11-02.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: STATEWIDE RULES. NO P-15 & PLAT.

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 Gas112006-06-29168982
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
CondensateDisposition4,655 bbl$286,539
GasProduction1,087,350 Mcf$8,609,398
Total$8,895,938

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 27.7538, -99.0542. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.75384, -99.05416 · 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
8,450 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 8,450 ft.

Completions filed
Dec 2005
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-47939322288,450 ftDec 2005

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 (246)

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

246 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
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 20220285.005.65$11
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 202108166.024.22$342
Jul 20210970.783.98$36
Jun 202101269.493.38$41
May 20210563.483.02$15
Apr 20210560.362.76$14
Mar 20210461.302.72$11
Feb 20210257.805.55$11
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 202003844.642.68$102
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200236.972.48$5
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200238.371.83$4
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200314.751.80$5
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200149.881.98$2
Jan 20200457.252.09$8
Dec 201908759.012.30$200
Nov 20190855.302.75$22
Oct 20190953.472.42$22
Sep 201901255.052.66$32
Aug 201901753.112.30$39
Jul 201902856.272.46$69
Jun 201905552.782.49$137
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 201901262.632.75$33
Mar 201905956.803.06$181
Feb 201903350.852.79$92
Jan 201904646.033.23$149
Dec 201804846.594.19$201
Nov 201805652.934.24$237
Oct 201806661.443.40$224
Sep 201804859.543.11$149
Aug 201806159.403.07$187
Jul 201806265.142.93$182
Jun 201803760.183.08$114
May 2018011165.382.90$322
Apr 2018025863.842.90$748
Mar 2018026861.222.79$747
Feb 2018024161.782.77$667
Jan 2018025762.874.01$1,030
Dec 2017023457.272.92$684
Nov 2017027855.423.12$867
Oct 201705149.292.98$152
Sep 201702047.523.09$62
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 201708143.873.09$250
Jun 201703742.493.09$114
May 201705945.373.26$193
Apr 2017017347.933.21$556
Mar 2017020246.772.98$603
Feb 2017018850.452.95$555
Jan 201705849.413.42$198
Dec 201602048.763.72$74
Nov 201601842.492.64$48
Oct 2016017946.193.09$553
Sep 2016025041.553.10$775
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 201601642.521.99$32
Apr 2016015636.561.99$311
Mar 2016018133.011.79$325
Feb 2016017726.472.06$365
Jan 2016016027.352.36$378
Dec 2015018132.362.00$362
Nov 2015017238.792.17$373
Oct 2015011843.552.43$286
Sep 2015011042.992.76$303
Aug 201509340.162.87$267
Jul 2015013448.152.95$395
Jun 2015016056.152.88$461
May 2015017855.212.96$526
Apr 2015015949.822.71$430
Mar 2015015642.892.93$458
Feb 2015010444.662.98$310
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 2014010854.693.59$388
Nov 2014513170.464.25$909
Oct 2014014678.303.90$570
Sep 20141178186.164.05$10,408
Aug 2014017689.394.04$710
Jul 2014016496.564.18$685
Jun 2014016998.164.74$801
May 2014018694.734.73$879
Apr 2014019395.944.81$928
Mar 2014020095.895.06$1,011
Feb 2014016797.406.19$1,034
Jan 2014015890.404.86$768
Dec 2013014091.824.35$610
Nov 2013014288.853.74$531
Oct 2013017297.423.78$650
Sep 20130142104.113.72$528
Aug 20130184104.253.52$648
Jul 20130170102.523.72$632
Jun 2013014194.403.93$555
May 2013010094.834.15$415
Apr 201307093.964.28$300
Mar 2013013493.623.91$524
Feb 201305291.233.42$178
Jan 2013012191.603.42$414
Dec 2012011586.773.42$393
Nov 2012012986.953.62$468
Oct 2012016489.383.40$558
Sep 2012021394.672.92$622
Aug 2012016692.662.91$483
Jul 2012022485.133.02$677
Jun 2012025079.822.52$630
May 2012017991.612.49$445
Apr 20120182101.652.00$363
Mar 20120208105.052.22$462
Feb 20120221101.102.57$568
Jan 2012021898.092.73$596
Dec 2011020596.873.24$664
Nov 2011020995.723.31$692
Oct 2011022184.983.65$806
Sep 2011023183.623.99$921
Aug 2011022383.404.15$925
Jul 2011033494.144.52$1,509
Jun 2011010892.904.64$501
May 2011029998.134.40$1,317
Apr 20110305105.964.33$1,322
Mar 2011028696.364.06$1,160
Feb 2011031285.644.18$1,304
Jan 2011027286.504.59$1,248
Dec 2010027185.734.35$1,178
Nov 2010030780.843.80$1,165
Oct 2010034478.103.51$1,207
Sep 2010036772.633.98$1,460
Aug 2010045673.684.42$2,015
Jul 2010080372.554.74$3,803
Jun 201001,63370.364.91$8,019
May 201001,63671.124.24$6,929
Apr 201001,98681.694.12$8,188
Mar 201002,46978.394.39$10,836
Feb 201002,44673.585.44$13,312
Jan 201002,86174.365.96$17,063
Dec 200902,45171.445.48$13,441
Nov 200901,98874.593.75$7,458
Oct 200901,15372.544.11$4,739
Sep 200901,38865.543.06$4,254
Aug 200901,96767.423.22$6,331
Jul 200902,41961.133.46$8,381
Jun 200902,26366.163.90$8,814
May 200901,60754.743.93$6,309
Apr 200903,85446.773.59$13,826
Mar 20091172,10342.144.06$13,466
Feb 200912,20532.814.63$10,249
Jan 200902,89435.865.37$15,544
Dec 200803,10237.105.98$18,541
Nov 200801,09955.496.86$7,540
Oct 200801,65375.246.92$11,442
Sep 20080969101.767.88$7,633
Aug 200801,652114.228.48$14,014
Jul 200802,211131.0811.39$25,182
Jun 200802,231131.3313.03$29,076
May 200804,367123.1711.57$50,545
Apr 200804,182110.3110.45$43,722
Mar 200804,269101.909.66$41,256
Feb 200804,31392.538.77$37,828
Jan 200804,11390.388.21$33,750
Dec 200705,12388.337.30$37,408
Nov 200706,77691.677.29$49,409
Oct 20071786,01282.856.92$56,362
Sep 200706,87475.846.24$42,922
Aug 200708,66269.066.39$55,332
Jul 200706,81370.906.39$43,521
Jun 200709,27262.007.55$69,989
May 2007011,13858.747.85$87,392
Apr 2007010,83259.617.81$84,546
Mar 2007013,90256.927.30$101,512
Feb 2007014,70555.108.22$120,816
Jan 200718418,42850.306.73$133,218
Dec 2006221,86956.656.92$151,413
Nov 2006025,10654.207.62$191,244
Oct 2006032,01254.906.01$192,514
Sep 200618436,55460.085.04$195,185
Aug 2006044,78168.717.34$328,689
Jul 200619455,48869.376.34$365,405
Jun 200618657,33466.286.38$378,341
May 200655954,21666.016.42$385,237
Apr 200618155,67964.397.36$421,479
Mar 200655291,85456.707.08$681,893
Feb 2006887121,14457.597.75$990,084
Jan 20061,308155,84760.598.93$1,471,483
Dec 20050126,02454.9413.42$1,690,662

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.

Nov 2022 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 85.00 =         $0
Gas                    2 Mcf  × $  5.65 =        $11

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Month total                                      $11

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/215099 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.