VIOLETA RANCH

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

Gas lease lease 257496District 04Field 398181752 tax incentive programmesGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$6.0 M
Jul 2010 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$2 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
191
no gaps in the span
Streams
1
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 66 leases and 66 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1999-06-29
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 2012-04-10.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: SPACING AND ALLOCATION FORMULA REMAINS SUSPENDED.

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 Gas112010-10-15199848
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
GasProduction1,602,898 Mcf$6,048,364
Total$6,048,364

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 27.0265, -99.0098. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.02648, -99.00984 · 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
14,434 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 14,434 ft.

Completions filed
Jul 2010
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-50536509314,434 ftJul 2010

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 (191)

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

191 months

May 2026193106.413.05$588
Apr 2026098.932.87$0
Mar 2026089.753.15$0
Feb 20268563.503.75$319
Jan 20262559.138.00$200
Dec 20253356.664.41$146
Nov 20251858.593.93$71
Oct 20251659.383.30$53
Sep 2025962.743.08$28
Aug 20251463.933.01$42
Jul 20251266.743.32$40
Jun 20252966.483.13$91
May 20254860.553.23$155
Apr 20257962.363.54$280
Mar 20254167.704.27$175
Feb 20255070.884.34$217
Jan 20256474.324.28$274
Dec 20245668.993.12$175
Nov 202438169.052.20$838
Oct 202450371.372.28$1,148
Sep 202448569.612.36$1,147
Aug 202452675.632.06$1,085
Jul 202457779.932.15$1,239
Jun 202456978.082.63$1,499
May 202435578.812.20$780
Apr 202472084.451.66$1,195
Mar 202479880.301.55$1,233
Feb 202476276.091.78$1,359
Jan 202480573.023.30$2,655
Dec 202357771.262.61$1,506
Nov 202368477.892.81$1,920
Oct 202377585.443.09$2,393
Sep 202369489.042.74$1,898
Aug 202374580.522.67$1,991
Jul 202368574.852.64$1,810
Jun 202374568.962.26$1,683
May 202383270.622.23$1,853
Apr 202379978.122.24$1,788
Mar 202387372.852.39$2,089
Feb 202379475.112.47$1,958
Jan 202384576.533.39$2,863
Dec 202294076.415.73$5,385
Nov 202257285.005.65$3,230
Oct 202269187.185.86$4,052
Sep 202273584.888.16$6,000
Aug 202243494.529.13$3,961
Jul 2022432101.587.54$3,258
Jun 2022791115.097.98$6,310
May 2022861109.378.43$7,261
Apr 2022865104.226.84$5,915
Mar 2022900108.885.08$4,569
Feb 202286191.054.86$4,183
Jan 202295281.844.54$4,320
Dec 20211,13071.323.90$4,406
Nov 20211,26377.435.24$6,614
Oct 20211,11579.795.71$6,371
Sep 20211,21269.865.35$6,485
Aug 20211,23866.024.22$5,225
Jul 20211,23870.783.98$4,930
Jun 20211,52669.493.38$5,159
May 20211,05663.483.02$3,187
Apr 2021960.362.76$25
Mar 202122761.302.72$617
Feb 202166557.805.55$3,689
Jan 20211,28150.412.81$3,600
Dec 202021944.642.68$586
Nov 2020038.772.71$0
Oct 202052136.972.48$1,291
Sep 20208237.091.99$163
Aug 202012439.982.39$296
Jul 202050438.371.83$920
Jun 202050434.901.69$852
May 202047316.921.81$858
Apr 20201,00814.751.80$1,819
Mar 202076830.341.86$1,426
Feb 202018649.881.98$368
Jan 202083357.252.09$1,745
Dec 20191,33659.012.30$3,079
Nov 20191,39955.302.75$3,848
Oct 20191,57453.472.42$3,807
Sep 20191,08355.052.66$2,878
Aug 20191,25853.112.30$2,899
Jul 20191,56456.272.46$3,848
Jun 20191,64552.782.49$4,098
May 20191,83358.482.74$5,023
Apr 20191,87662.632.75$5,160
Mar 20191,92656.803.06$5,898
Feb 20191,78550.852.79$4,984
Jan 201984946.033.23$2,741
Dec 20181446.594.19$59
Nov 20184452.934.24$186
Oct 201819461.443.40$659
Sep 20181,26259.543.11$3,922
Aug 20181,49659.403.07$4,588
Jul 20181,89065.142.93$5,541
Jun 20182,00660.183.08$6,172
May 20181,40765.382.90$4,081
Apr 20181,50763.842.90$4,372
Mar 20182,15861.222.79$6,014
Feb 20181,76861.782.77$4,891
Jan 20181,66962.874.01$6,692
Dec 20172,23157.272.92$6,518
Nov 20172,29255.423.12$7,147
Oct 20172,19949.292.98$6,561
Sep 20172,27847.523.09$7,033
Aug 20172,42545.373.00$7,286
Jul 20172,53543.873.09$7,826
Jun 20171,44742.493.09$4,467
May 20171,26645.373.26$4,131
Apr 20171,04047.933.21$3,340
Mar 20172,01146.772.98$6,000
Feb 20171,96750.452.95$5,808
Jan 20172,49749.413.42$8,537
Dec 20162,67248.763.72$9,947
Nov 20162,61442.492.64$6,912
Oct 20162,95346.193.09$9,126
Sep 20162,91741.553.10$9,045
Aug 20163,08541.442.92$9,022
Jul 20161,56341.622.92$4,571
Jun 201627445.352.69$736
May 2016042.521.99$0
Apr 201628736.561.99$571
Mar 201631733.011.79$569
Feb 201636826.472.06$759
Jan 201645927.352.36$1,085
Dec 201527832.362.00$556
Nov 201563638.792.17$1,378
Oct 20152,52343.552.43$6,122
Sep 20151,88142.992.76$5,189
Aug 20152,82140.162.87$8,103
Jul 20152,68348.152.95$7,902
Jun 20152,99356.152.88$8,628
May 20153,54455.212.96$10,474
Apr 20153,67649.822.71$9,949
Mar 20153,70642.892.93$10,876
Feb 20154,91044.662.98$14,613
Jan 20152,69043.433.10$8,341
Dec 2014054.693.59$0
Nov 2014070.464.25$0
Oct 2014078.303.90$0
Sep 2014086.164.05$0
Aug 20141189.394.04$44
Jul 2014096.564.18$0
Jun 2014098.164.74$0
May 2014794.734.73$33
Apr 20142495.944.81$115
Mar 2014095.895.06$0
Feb 2014097.406.19$0
Jan 2014090.404.86$0
Dec 2013091.824.35$0
Nov 2013488.853.74$15
Oct 201329997.423.78$1,130
Sep 20134,961104.113.72$18,444
Aug 201318,456104.253.52$65,013
Jul 201319,600102.523.72$72,868
Jun 201319,28394.403.93$75,848
May 201322,06794.834.15$91,558
Apr 201319,05493.964.28$81,600
Mar 20139,87593.623.91$38,640
Feb 201310,22691.233.42$34,972
Jan 201311,29991.603.42$38,642
Dec 201212,06286.773.42$41,254
Nov 201212,46786.953.62$45,192
Oct 201213,50989.383.40$45,926
Sep 201217,48894.672.92$51,037
Aug 201229,42392.662.91$85,567
Jul 201220,38585.133.02$61,579
Jun 201226,06679.822.52$65,661
May 201227,54991.612.49$68,551
Apr 201226,520101.652.00$52,955
Mar 201230,900105.052.22$68,662
Feb 201233,006101.102.57$84,833
Jan 201237,13998.092.73$101,541
Dec 201127,45096.873.24$88,931
Nov 201127,71895.723.31$91,782
Oct 201131,53784.983.65$115,064
Sep 201127,53683.623.99$109,753
Aug 201133,30983.404.15$138,210
Jul 201135,57094.144.52$160,678
Jun 201136,85892.904.64$171,017
May 201142,10398.134.40$185,456
Apr 201146,672105.964.33$202,243
Mar 201153,78496.364.06$218,220
Feb 201148,50785.644.18$202,758
Jan 201159,34486.504.59$272,317
Dec 201066,97985.734.35$291,208
Nov 201073,40880.843.80$278,608
Oct 201089,89078.103.51$315,414
Sep 2010105,46172.633.98$419,679
Aug 2010141,13973.684.42$623,744
Jul 201083,85572.554.74$397,178

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
Gas                  193 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $588

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Month total                                     $588

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/257496 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.