EL GATO

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

Gas lease lease 89678District 04Field 27963400NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$8.2 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$6 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
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 19 leases and 19 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1981-09-14
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
933 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 2004-05-12.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ACRE UNITS.

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
NGPA2none

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
CondensateDisposition25,543 bbl$1,687,730
GasProduction2,119,689 Mcf$6,533,578
Total$8,221,308

711,954 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 27.7684, -99.0607. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.76840, -99.06071 · 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
9,102 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 9,102 ft.

Completions filed
Jun 1980
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4793269319,102 ftJun 1980

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 (401)

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

401 months

May 2026091106.413.05$277
Apr 2026014698.932.87$419
Mar 2026015989.753.15$501
Feb 2026012163.503.75$454
Jan 2026010859.138.00$864
Dec 2025011556.664.41$508
Nov 202509358.593.93$365
Oct 2025013159.383.30$433
Sep 2025012062.743.08$369
Aug 2025021763.933.01$654
Jul 2025028366.743.32$938
Jun 2025013566.483.13$422
May 2025014360.553.23$462
Apr 2025013662.363.54$482
Mar 2025012167.704.27$516
Feb 2025010670.884.34$460
Jan 2025011374.324.28$483
Dec 2024010168.993.12$315
Nov 2024010169.052.20$222
Oct 2024014671.372.28$333
Sep 2024013269.612.36$312
Aug 2024014275.632.06$293
Jul 2024013279.932.15$283
Jun 2024012378.082.63$324
May 2024014378.812.20$314
Apr 2024012484.451.66$206
Mar 2024010980.301.55$168
Feb 2024010676.091.78$189
Jan 202409873.023.30$323
Dec 2023010871.262.61$282
Nov 2023012077.892.81$337
Oct 2023014585.443.09$448
Sep 2023010289.042.74$279
Aug 2023011380.522.67$302
Jul 202302674.852.64$69
Jun 202302568.962.26$56
May 202307870.622.23$174
Apr 2023011378.122.24$253
Mar 202308872.852.39$211
Feb 202306475.112.47$158
Jan 202304176.533.39$139
Dec 202203176.415.73$178
Nov 202207385.005.65$412
Oct 2022010787.185.86$627
Sep 202205184.888.16$416
Aug 202206494.529.13$584
Jul 20220130101.587.54$980
Jun 20220152115.097.98$1,213
May 20220120109.378.43$1,012
Apr 2022089104.226.84$609
Mar 2022095108.885.08$482
Feb 202205791.054.86$277
Jan 202204981.844.54$222
Dec 202104371.323.90$168
Nov 202108177.435.24$424
Oct 202104379.795.71$246
Sep 202103969.865.35$209
Aug 202105966.024.22$249
Jul 202101870.783.98$72
Jun 202101669.493.38$54
May 202101463.483.02$42
Apr 202107960.362.76$218
Mar 202107761.302.72$209
Feb 202107457.805.55$411
Jan 202106550.412.81$183
Dec 202005344.642.68$142
Nov 202009038.772.71$244
Oct 202009736.972.48$240
Sep 202008737.091.99$173
Aug 202007139.982.39$169
Jul 202008238.371.83$150
Jun 202007934.901.69$134
May 20200616.921.81$11
Apr 202003614.751.80$65
Mar 202004130.341.86$76
Feb 202001749.881.98$34
Jan 20200757.252.09$15
Dec 201901359.012.30$30
Nov 201902255.302.75$61
Oct 201902653.472.42$63
Sep 201905455.052.66$143
Aug 201905253.112.30$120
Jul 201909356.272.46$229
Jun 2019011752.782.49$291
May 2019013158.482.74$359
Apr 201909362.632.75$256
Mar 201903756.803.06$113
Feb 2019010950.852.79$304
Jan 2019010946.033.23$352
Dec 2018012146.594.19$506
Nov 2018011852.934.24$500
Oct 2018021761.443.40$737
Sep 2018016659.543.11$516
Aug 2018017459.403.07$534
Jul 201804065.142.93$117
Jun 201807560.183.08$231
May 201809065.382.90$261
Apr 2018010263.842.90$296
Mar 2018025261.222.79$702
Feb 2018011961.782.77$329
Jan 2018024462.874.01$978
Dec 2017016357.272.92$476
Nov 2017013055.423.12$405
Oct 2017015649.292.98$465
Sep 2017030447.523.09$939
Aug 2017010945.373.00$327
Jul 2017071443.873.09$2,204
Jun 201701,37242.493.09$4,236
May 201701,98545.373.26$6,478
Apr 2017023647.933.21$758
Mar 2017027346.772.98$815
Feb 2017025850.452.95$762
Jan 2017029449.413.42$1,005
Dec 2016029548.763.72$1,098
Nov 2016029442.492.64$777
Oct 2016030246.193.09$933
Sep 2016027541.553.10$853
Aug 2016051341.442.92$1,500
Jul 201602,08241.622.92$6,088
Jun 201602,08545.352.69$5,600
May 201602,03442.521.99$4,050
Apr 201601,99636.561.99$3,974
Mar 201602,10033.011.79$3,767
Feb 201602,31826.472.06$4,783
Jan 201602,16727.352.36$5,124
Dec 201502,44732.362.00$4,897
Nov 201502,78938.792.17$6,045
Oct 201502,58443.552.43$6,270
Sep 201502,02442.992.76$5,583
Aug 201501,50440.162.87$4,320
Jul 201501,88048.152.95$5,537
Jun 201501,78056.152.88$5,131
May 201502,44955.212.96$7,238
Apr 201502,31149.822.71$6,255
Mar 201502,68842.892.93$7,889
Feb 2015273,20244.662.98$10,736
Jan 2015963,43043.433.10$14,804
Dec 201417629554.693.59$10,685
Nov 201415432970.464.25$12,250
Oct 201401,05578.303.90$4,116
Sep 201434398586.164.05$33,538
Aug 20141721,02189.394.04$19,495
Jul 20141713,35096.564.18$30,513
Jun 20141674,90598.164.74$39,627
May 20141227794.734.73$2,446
Apr 20141711,24695.944.81$22,398
Mar 20141711,34095.895.06$23,173
Feb 201401,52597.406.19$9,443
Jan 20141891,62390.404.86$24,975
Dec 20131773,03191.824.35$29,451
Nov 20131843,32788.853.74$28,786
Oct 20131722,26097.423.78$25,298
Sep 201301,492104.113.72$5,547
Aug 20131781,685104.253.52$24,492
Jul 20131723,311102.523.72$29,943
Jun 201301,16094.403.93$4,563
May 201301,51794.834.15$6,294
Apr 201302,36093.964.28$10,107
Mar 20131803,07893.623.91$28,895
Feb 20131831,24691.233.42$20,956
Jan 20131642,74691.603.42$24,413
Dec 20121703,32786.773.42$26,130
Nov 20121832,44386.953.62$24,768
Oct 20123492,61489.383.40$40,080
Sep 201202,89694.672.92$8,452
Aug 20121682,98292.662.91$24,239
Jul 20123633,29285.133.02$40,847
Jun 201202,97779.822.52$7,499
May 20121942,85991.612.49$24,886
Apr 201202,810101.652.00$5,611
Mar 2012213,057105.052.22$8,999
Feb 2012632,775101.102.57$13,502
Jan 201203,03798.092.73$8,303
Dec 20111052,59396.873.24$18,572
Nov 201103,23895.723.31$10,722
Oct 2011683,04284.983.65$16,878
Sep 2011893,16883.623.99$20,069
Aug 20111793,02083.404.15$27,460
Jul 20113622,86794.144.52$47,030
Jun 20113623,11392.904.64$48,074
May 20115443,41398.134.40$68,416
Apr 201103,514105.964.33$15,227
Mar 20115443,59696.364.06$67,010
Feb 20111782,54685.644.18$25,886
Jan 20111852,00186.504.59$25,185
Dec 20101832,30385.734.35$25,701
Nov 20102614,00680.843.80$36,303
Oct 2010743,16578.103.51$16,885
Sep 2010612,31472.633.98$13,639
Aug 20101783,26773.684.42$27,553
Jul 2010603,32172.554.74$20,083
Jun 20101193,36970.364.91$24,916
May 20101783,43571.124.24$27,207
Apr 2010233,38281.694.12$15,822
Mar 201003,48678.394.39$15,299
Feb 2010673,20273.585.44$22,356
Jan 2010713,54974.365.96$26,446
Dec 2009713,60471.445.48$24,836
Nov 20091083,63874.593.75$21,704
Oct 20091113,64772.544.11$23,042
Sep 2009693,61665.543.06$15,604
Aug 20091053,67867.423.22$18,917
Jul 2009683,77961.133.46$17,249
Jun 20091043,80366.163.90$21,693
May 2009684,09554.743.93$19,798
Apr 2009977,19546.773.59$30,349
Mar 2009484,02842.144.06$18,372
Feb 200903,57932.814.63$16,582
Jan 200904,16835.865.37$22,386
Dec 200804,15337.105.98$24,823
Nov 200804,06355.496.86$27,874
Oct 200804,00875.246.92$27,743
Sep 20082374,091101.767.88$56,342
Aug 20081254,125114.228.48$49,270
Jul 20083676,296131.0811.39$119,814
Jun 20083606,633131.3313.03$133,724
May 20083518,659123.1711.57$143,454
Apr 20087298,428110.3110.45$168,530
Mar 200807,085101.909.66$68,470
Feb 20085387,57592.538.77$116,218
Jan 20083518,70390.388.21$103,138
Dec 20077418,05088.337.30$124,233
Nov 20075437,13291.677.29$101,781
Oct 20073716,50082.856.92$75,730
Sep 20073747,80575.846.24$77,100
Aug 20073638,84669.066.39$81,577
Jul 20075466,69570.906.39$81,479
Jun 20073637,35662.007.55$78,032
May 20075578,50358.747.85$99,435
Apr 20073636,96059.617.81$75,963
Mar 20073177,35656.927.30$71,757
Feb 2007866,86455.108.22$61,133
Jan 2007236,19050.306.73$42,796
Dec 200607,52356.656.92$52,047
Nov 200606,45054.207.62$49,133
Oct 200607,58654.906.01$45,621
Sep 200607,18660.085.04$36,197
Aug 200607,63668.717.34$56,048
Jul 200607,37769.376.34$46,791
Jun 200607,69666.286.38$49,130
May 200608,97666.016.42$57,671
Apr 200605,09864.397.36$37,524
Mar 200604,54956.707.08$32,220
Feb 2006514,27157.597.75$36,042
Jan 200654,33060.598.93$38,984
Dec 200575,40354.9413.42$72,868
Nov 200577,08954.6910.59$75,444
Oct 2005134,16158.3413.80$58,163
Sep 2005105,34061.4512.08$65,116
Aug 200574,91861.519.80$48,611
Jul 2005156,17355.697.84$49,254
Jun 2005126,25052.337.38$46,759
May 2005826,33645.226.65$45,850
Apr 2005655,93849.207.36$46,905
Mar 2005166,50950.377.15$47,377
Feb 200577,02745.226.31$44,670
Jan 200577,32543.166.32$46,612
Dec 2004147,31839.866.75$49,962
Nov 200467,00645.286.33$44,623
Oct 2004117,95049.706.52$52,342
Sep 2004196,98143.245.28$37,708
Aug 200437,90642.375.55$44,011
Jul 2004307,92138.286.08$49,341
Jun 200477,47136.106.43$48,314
May 2004527,83437.486.49$52,828
Apr 2004787,34034.475.86$45,690
Mar 20042927,52034.365.53$51,620
Feb 200486,96232.455.51$38,618
Jan 2004728,19932.036.30$53,957
Dec 20031008,70930.266.30$57,907
Nov 2003999,65228.804.60$47,204
Oct 2003010,12528.174.76$48,191
Sep 20031187,93826.314.75$40,805
Aug 2003785,58729.765.13$30,981
Jul 20031248,06629.415.17$45,355
Jun 2003718,35928.565.98$52,039
May 2003676,82226.595.97$42,527
Apr 2003716,38026.675.41$36,392
Mar 20031568,39431.146.10$56,028
Feb 2003466,52233.487.93$53,233
Jan 2003888,44430.315.58$49,802
Dec 2002417,79026.914.85$38,914
Nov 2002538,38224.664.14$35,983
Oct 2002159,54626.464.23$40,768
Sep 2002146,78127.443.64$25,034
Aug 200249,32325.963.16$29,603
Jul 2002247,51724.583.06$23,605
Jun 200248,97523.733.34$30,056
May 200208,95424.663.58$32,091
Apr 2002258,50623.653.51$30,467
Mar 2002269,03322.003.10$28,599
Feb 2002178,36518.222.38$20,182
Jan 200299,60617.172.38$22,975
Dec 2001277,78616.932.36$18,866
Nov 200198,42418.072.41$20,427
Oct 2001137,20519.782.53$18,478
Sep 2001106,97824.262.25$15,952
Aug 2001156,72124.873.05$20,893
Jul 2001227,46023.933.20$24,377
Jun 2001157,22924.563.82$28,013
May 2001327,56625.524.31$33,406
Apr 2001266,55224.685.34$35,599
Mar 2001297,82924.545.38$42,804
Feb 2001306,93127.755.77$40,804
Jan 2001218,06527.478.40$68,313
Dec 2000217,80326.889.12$71,747
Nov 2000328,82832.215.66$50,980
Oct 2000266,96331.235.15$36,640
Sep 2000177,56831.875.19$39,793
Aug 2000258,18229.644.54$37,893
Jul 2000258,10528.534.09$33,861
Jun 2000188,31929.304.40$37,108
May 2000258,23327.263.68$30,977
Apr 2000227,83824.513.12$24,962
Mar 2000238,50228.422.86$24,967
Feb 2000457,81827.622.73$22,559
Jan 2000248,38225.272.48$21,398
Dec 1999248,59624.282.42$21,417
Nov 1999327,95723.192.43$20,109
Oct 1999168,23520.982.80$23,424
Sep 1999297,76221.752.62$20,958
Aug 1999248,40519.262.88$24,632
Jul 1999338,70417.892.37$21,239
Jun 1999318,63415.942.36$20,889
May 1999318,70915.792.32$20,703
Apr 1999258,53715.102.21$19,228
Mar 1999319,45212.471.84$17,762
Feb 1999258,6869.981.82$16,039
Jan 199929,65110.381.90$18,357
Dec 199839,6369.201.77$17,115
Nov 199829,23910.892.19$20,216
Oct 1998310,13712.421.97$19,999
Sep 199839,61212.592.08$20,056
Aug 19982110,68111.301.91$20,610
Jul 1998339,81411.742.24$22,344
Jun 1998679,78411.242.24$22,643
May 19984210,43212.622.21$23,547
Apr 19983410,05013.042.51$25,622
Mar 1998597,20012.802.31$17,383
Feb 1998289,17113.952.30$21,476
Jan 1998839,97914.702.15$22,723
Dec 19979410,54116.322.41$26,949
Nov 19979510,03018.193.09$32,703
Oct 19976012,15219.253.15$39,432
Sep 19975511,15217.742.95$33,929
Aug 19975910,54417.862.55$27,991
Jul 19977912,07817.582.25$28,527
Jun 19974611,01817.242.26$25,663
May 19973411,18318.972.31$26,461
Apr 19974711,72317.882.08$25,257
Mar 19975712,22518.951.94$24,786
Feb 19978511,79120.492.21$27,751
Jan 199723412,34123.483.54$49,178
Dec 199632013,36323.32$7,462
Nov 199617712,27121.97$3,889
Oct 199629112,70323.31$6,783
Sep 199622612,63922.22$5,022
Aug 199619113,80820.26$3,870
Jul 199626012,69919.55$5,083
Jun 199614112,33518.73$2,641
May 199627613,93119.43$5,363
Apr 199619513,27521.51$4,194
Mar 199621813,77119.38$4,225
Feb 199623411,40416.98$3,973
Jan 199627512,40117.07$4,694
Dec 199510411,98717.19$1,788
Nov 1995413,05116.00$64
Oct 19953315,27715.43$509
Sep 19953513,33416.18$566
Aug 1995813,47915.92$127
Jul 19953313,45515.24$503
Jun 1995813,87916.41$131
May 19952715,77617.56$474
Apr 19952915,50517.73$514
Mar 19953917,21616.44$641
Feb 19951015,48616.58$166
Jan 19952314,42815.92$366
Dec 19941512,86615.03$225
Nov 19941013,91115.90$159
Oct 1994715,40115.58$109
Sep 19942617,50715.29$398
Aug 19942413,71516.13$387
Jul 19942216,10017.56$386
Jun 19944018,20617.09$684
May 19942718,02315.88$429
Apr 19944116,07514.14$580
Mar 19943415,70512.46$424
Feb 19943614,02712.50$450
Jan 19943614,36412.66$456
Dec 19933419,28612.33$419
Nov 19933715,59414.49$536
Oct 19933817,31615.85$602
Sep 19933716,89315.03$556
Aug 19932916,29515.66$454
Jul 19932817,30315.46$433
Jun 19933317,03316.79$554
May 19936813,12317.68$1,202
Apr 19935915,76018.05$1,065
Mar 19933915,59818.14$707
Feb 19936116,52317.90$1,092
Jan 19936617,85716.93$1,117

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                   91 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $277

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Month total                                     $277

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/89678 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.