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 95605District 04Field 27963400NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$5.4 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$60 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
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
CondensateDisposition3,472 bbl$88,956
GasProduction1,797,979 Mcf$5,295,825
Total$5,384,781

557,249 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 27.7533, -99.0652. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.75331, -99.06521 · 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
9,000 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 9,000 ft.

Completions filed
Feb 1989
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4793305449,000 ftFeb 1989

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 202601,144106.413.05$3,484
Apr 202601,40898.932.87$4,041
Mar 202601,46789.753.15$4,620
Feb 202601,29963.503.75$4,872
Jan 202601,60759.138.00$12,853
Dec 202501,31856.664.41$5,817
Nov 202501,72558.593.93$6,773
Oct 202501,32859.383.30$4,389
Sep 2025049562.743.08$1,523
Aug 2025078563.933.01$2,367
Jul 202502,19766.743.32$7,283
Jun 2025073066.483.13$2,284
May 202501,10460.553.23$3,568
Apr 202501,18362.363.54$4,192
Mar 202501,27067.704.27$5,421
Feb 202501,13870.884.34$4,940
Jan 202501,01974.324.28$4,360
Dec 202401,13068.993.12$3,527
Nov 202401,08369.052.20$2,381
Oct 202401,36771.372.28$3,119
Sep 202401,24069.612.36$2,932
Aug 202401,29175.632.06$2,664
Jul 202401,43279.932.15$3,074
Jun 202401,27778.082.63$3,364
May 202401,58078.812.20$3,474
Apr 202401,29184.451.66$2,142
Mar 202401,40280.301.55$2,166
Feb 202401,42576.091.78$2,542
Jan 202401,32073.023.30$4,353
Dec 202301,43371.262.61$3,741
Nov 202301,48077.892.81$4,155
Oct 202301,83685.443.09$5,668
Sep 202301,50689.042.74$4,119
Aug 202301,84480.522.67$4,929
Jul 202301,49774.852.64$3,955
Jun 202302,07668.962.26$4,689
May 2023086270.622.23$1,920
Apr 202301,33378.122.24$2,983
Mar 202301,39372.852.39$3,334
Feb 202301,46275.112.47$3,605
Jan 202301,46976.533.39$4,977
Dec 202201,17176.415.73$6,709
Nov 202201,46785.005.65$8,283
Oct 202201,54887.185.86$9,077
Sep 202201,49384.888.16$12,188
Aug 202201,61194.529.13$14,704
Jul 202201,743101.587.54$13,146
Jun 202201,754115.097.98$13,992
May 202201,687109.378.43$14,227
Apr 202201,070104.226.84$7,316
Mar 202201,590108.885.08$8,071
Feb 202201,48091.054.86$7,191
Jan 202201,76481.844.54$8,004
Dec 202101,77471.323.90$6,917
Nov 202101,74077.435.24$9,112
Oct 202101,60179.795.71$9,148
Sep 202101,65669.865.35$8,861
Aug 202101,73266.024.22$7,310
Jul 202101,67670.783.98$6,674
Jun 202101,62169.493.38$5,480
May 202101,96463.483.02$5,927
Apr 202101,63860.362.76$4,518
Mar 202101,66461.302.72$4,521
Feb 202101,57757.805.55$8,749
Jan 202101,53350.412.81$4,308
Dec 202001,68144.642.68$4,497
Nov 202001,79438.772.71$4,856
Oct 202001,80736.972.48$4,479
Sep 202001,75337.091.99$3,490
Aug 202001,88039.982.39$4,484
Jul 202001,89738.371.83$3,462
Jun 202001,86134.901.69$3,146
May 202002,68016.921.81$4,864
Apr 202001,93614.751.80$3,493
Mar 202001,84730.341.86$3,428
Feb 202001,83649.881.98$3,637
Jan 202002,09657.252.09$4,391
Dec 2019095359.012.30$2,196
Nov 2019083955.302.75$2,308
Oct 201901,68053.472.42$4,063
Sep 2019097155.052.66$2,580
Aug 201901,77553.112.30$4,090
Jul 201902,32656.272.46$5,722
Jun 201902,46352.782.49$6,136
May 201902,37358.482.74$6,503
Apr 201903,03062.632.75$8,335
Mar 201904,02656.803.06$12,328
Feb 201903,08350.852.79$8,608
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 201803246.594.19$134
Nov 2018046952.934.24$1,987
Oct 201801,43161.443.40$4,863
Sep 201801,29859.543.11$4,034
Aug 201801,48959.403.07$4,566
Jul 2018098265.142.93$2,879
Jun 201801,70960.183.08$5,258
May 201801,55165.382.90$4,499
Apr 201801,68363.842.90$4,882
Mar 201801,91161.222.79$5,326
Feb 201801,76761.782.77$4,888
Jan 201801,00762.874.01$4,037
Dec 201701,87457.272.92$5,475
Nov 201701,63855.423.12$5,108
Oct 201701,73649.292.98$5,180
Sep 201701,68947.523.09$5,214
Aug 201701,44045.373.00$4,326
Jul 201702,02843.873.09$6,261
Jun 201702,07642.493.09$6,409
May 201701,03045.373.26$3,361
Apr 201701,86747.933.21$5,996
Mar 201701,73246.772.98$5,168
Feb 201701,86550.452.95$5,507
Jan 201702,19549.413.42$7,504
Dec 201602,27948.763.72$8,484
Nov 201601,92442.492.64$5,088
Oct 201602,03646.193.09$6,292
Sep 201601,94741.553.10$6,037
Aug 201601,48241.442.92$4,334
Jul 201602,60441.622.92$7,615
Jun 201602,14745.352.69$5,766
May 201602,50142.521.99$4,980
Apr 201602,38436.561.99$4,747
Mar 201602,13233.011.79$3,825
Feb 201601,94726.472.06$4,018
Jan 201602,45027.352.36$5,793
Dec 201502,71132.362.00$5,426
Nov 201502,52238.792.17$5,466
Oct 201502,32443.552.43$5,639
Sep 201501,91642.992.76$5,285
Aug 201501,57740.162.87$4,530
Jul 201501,95148.152.95$5,746
Jun 201501,91756.152.88$5,526
May 201502,59855.212.96$7,678
Apr 201502,73849.822.71$7,411
Mar 201502,72542.892.93$7,997
Feb 201502,57144.662.98$7,652
Jan 201502,98543.433.10$9,255
Dec 201403,70054.693.59$13,288
Nov 201403,06170.464.25$13,015
Oct 201402,40978.303.90$9,397
Sep 201401,68186.164.05$6,800
Aug 201402,32189.394.04$9,366
Jul 201402,15696.564.18$9,011
Jun 201401,37698.164.74$6,518
May 2014074894.734.73$3,535
Apr 2014089095.944.81$4,280
Mar 201402,72695.895.06$13,785
Feb 201402,83297.406.19$17,536
Jan 201403,06190.404.86$14,879
Dec 201303,13591.824.35$13,651
Nov 201302,30588.853.74$8,617
Oct 201302,31597.423.78$8,749
Sep 201302,611104.113.72$9,707
Aug 201302,341104.253.52$8,246
Jul 201302,209102.523.72$8,212
Jun 201302,56994.403.93$10,105
May 201302,40094.834.15$9,958
Apr 201302,57593.964.28$11,028
Mar 201302,52693.623.91$9,884
Feb 201303,20291.233.42$10,951
Jan 201303,22091.603.42$11,012
Dec 201202,79886.773.42$9,570
Nov 201202,89386.953.62$10,487
Oct 201202,78189.383.40$9,455
Sep 201202,58394.672.92$7,538
Aug 201202,47092.662.91$7,183
Jul 201203,28585.133.02$9,923
Jun 201202,51779.822.52$6,340
May 201202,55991.612.49$6,368
Apr 201202,749101.652.00$5,489
Mar 201202,651105.052.22$5,891
Feb 201202,631101.102.57$6,762
Jan 201202,57698.092.73$7,043
Dec 201101,92196.873.24$6,224
Nov 201101,14295.723.31$3,781
Oct 201102,74784.983.65$10,023
Sep 201102,60583.623.99$10,383
Aug 201102,43383.404.15$10,095
Jul 201102,89394.144.52$13,068
Jun 201103,26192.904.64$15,131
May 201102,84298.134.40$12,519
Apr 201103,145105.964.33$13,628
Mar 201102,44096.364.06$9,900
Feb 201102,54385.644.18$10,630
Jan 201102,86986.504.59$13,165
Dec 201003,08085.734.35$13,391
Nov 2010223,16480.843.80$13,787
Oct 201003,45478.103.51$12,120
Sep 201002,07772.633.98$8,265
Aug 2010202,18473.684.42$11,125
Jul 201002,79272.554.74$13,224
Jun 201002,74270.364.91$13,464
May 201003,06771.124.24$12,989
Apr 201003,51181.694.12$14,475
Mar 2010181,57478.394.39$8,319
Feb 201002,11273.585.44$11,494
Jan 2010153,16574.365.96$19,992
Dec 200903,19771.445.48$17,532
Nov 200903,30374.593.75$12,391
Oct 2009153,33572.544.11$14,796
Sep 200903,42165.543.06$10,485
Aug 2009143,17967.423.22$11,175
Jul 2009143,10161.133.46$11,599
Jun 200903,55966.163.90$13,862
May 200902,79054.743.93$10,953
Apr 200906,55346.773.59$23,509
Mar 2009173,54342.144.06$15,097
Feb 200903,13032.814.63$14,501
Jan 2009113,52135.865.37$19,306
Dec 200803,49837.105.98$20,908
Nov 200893,53355.496.86$24,737
Oct 200863,33275.246.92$23,515
Sep 200833,862101.767.88$30,727
Aug 200803,848114.228.48$32,643
Jul 200803,379131.0811.39$38,485
Jun 200803,017131.3313.03$39,319
May 200803,407123.1711.57$39,434
Apr 200803,799110.3110.45$39,718
Mar 200803,356101.909.66$32,433
Feb 200803,43692.538.77$30,136
Jan 200804,00890.388.21$32,889
Dec 200704,05388.337.30$29,595
Nov 200703,48091.677.29$25,375
Oct 200703,61282.856.92$25,002
Sep 200703,09175.846.24$19,301
Aug 200703,42369.066.39$21,866
Jul 200703,09470.906.39$19,764
Jun 200702,96562.007.55$22,381
May 200703,65258.747.85$28,655
Apr 200703,40359.617.81$26,561
Mar 200704,18656.927.30$30,566
Feb 200703,22155.108.22$26,464
Jan 200704,02150.306.73$27,049
Dec 200604,07056.656.92$28,158
Nov 200604,06854.207.62$30,988
Oct 200604,30354.906.01$25,877
Sep 200604,51260.085.04$22,728
Aug 200603,90468.717.34$28,655
Jul 200604,20369.376.34$26,659
Jun 200604,58666.286.38$29,276
May 200604,44366.016.42$28,546
Apr 200634,25764.397.36$31,527
Mar 200604,44056.707.08$31,448
Feb 2006154,08357.597.75$32,512
Jan 200654,45360.598.93$40,083
Dec 200504,81354.9413.42$64,568
Nov 200544,25354.6910.59$45,251
Oct 200524,38858.3413.80$60,652
Sep 200524,21261.4512.08$51,000
Aug 200514,23861.519.80$41,581
Jul 200524,42555.697.84$34,819
Jun 200524,38052.337.38$32,434
May 20051274,59945.226.65$36,332
Apr 200504,59549.207.36$33,821
Mar 200504,68150.377.15$33,492
Feb 200504,60245.226.31$29,047
Jan 200504,81943.166.32$30,467
Dec 200404,94539.866.75$33,384
Nov 200424,48845.286.33$28,501
Oct 2004194,58249.706.52$30,796
Sep 200434,55943.245.28$24,219
Aug 200414,86142.375.55$27,024
Jul 200414,88438.286.08$29,753
Jun 200404,91236.106.43$31,599
May 2004745,08937.486.49$35,824
Apr 2004335,03634.475.86$30,641
Mar 20041175,03534.365.53$31,864
Feb 200403,77232.455.51$20,782
Jan 2004294,97932.036.30$32,295
Dec 2003456,00130.266.30$39,178
Nov 2003474,96928.804.60$24,187
Oct 200305,30528.174.76$25,250
Sep 2003595,02126.314.75$25,399
Aug 2003395,27629.765.13$28,225
Jul 2003624,80629.415.17$26,674
Jun 2003354,17928.565.98$26,002
May 2003345,21326.595.97$32,040
Apr 2003365,28426.675.41$29,532
Mar 2003635,53731.146.10$35,716
Feb 2003154,48033.487.93$36,010
Jan 2003294,71830.315.58$27,215
Dec 2002174,64826.914.85$23,018
Nov 2002436,13524.664.14$26,441
Oct 2002335,90326.464.23$25,838
Sep 2002482,76427.443.64$11,365
Aug 2002416,80425.963.16$22,593
Jul 200204,35024.583.06$13,319
Jun 200207,09123.733.34$23,671
May 200204,63524.663.58$16,612
Apr 2002204,81123.653.51$17,371
Mar 2002215,67422.003.10$18,067
Feb 2002175,40618.222.38$13,153
Jan 200296,15117.172.38$14,767
Dec 2001275,33216.932.36$13,064
Nov 200135,40718.072.41$13,061
Oct 2001105,88419.782.53$15,078
Sep 2001105,53324.262.25$12,699
Aug 2001155,97224.873.05$18,607
Jul 2001226,60823.933.20$21,653
Jun 2001157,36524.563.82$28,533
May 2001326,33725.524.31$28,112
Apr 2001266,49224.685.34$35,279
Mar 2001287,00124.545.38$38,328
Feb 2001236,52127.755.77$38,245
Jan 2001206,37027.478.40$54,050
Dec 2000197,23426.889.12$66,503
Nov 2000277,03832.215.66$40,691
Oct 2000276,86931.235.15$36,188
Sep 2000177,29331.875.19$38,367
Aug 2000256,74429.644.54$31,364
Jul 2000256,28428.534.09$26,413
Jun 2000186,78829.304.40$30,376
May 2000245,82927.263.68$22,104
Apr 2000226,69724.513.12$21,407
Mar 2000235,33928.422.86$15,922
Feb 2000454,94827.622.73$14,734
Jan 2000248,39525.272.48$21,430
Dec 1999247,17524.282.42$17,973
Nov 1999327,72923.192.43$19,554
Oct 1999166,87520.982.80$19,611
Sep 1999296,18121.752.62$16,818
Aug 1999247,19419.262.88$21,149
Jul 1999336,92617.892.37$17,021
Jun 1999305,71315.942.36$13,973
May 1999307,69215.792.32$18,327
Apr 1999246,75815.102.21$15,284
Mar 1999347,81612.471.84$14,792
Feb 1999347,7049.981.82$14,344
Jan 1999308,82710.381.90$17,082
Dec 19985410,2279.201.77$18,633
Nov 1998289,17610.892.19$20,361
Oct 199886,65212.421.97$13,199
Sep 199848,59412.592.08$17,948
Aug 1998366,69611.301.91$13,178
Jul 1998758,21611.742.24$19,262
Jun 1998248,14911.242.24$18,501
May 1998417,19412.622.21$16,390
Apr 1998307,97613.042.51$20,374
Mar 1998405,33912.802.31$12,842
Feb 1998117,89313.952.30$18,300
Jan 1998218,32414.702.15$18,245
Dec 1997248,76116.322.41$21,515
Nov 1997248,48518.193.09$26,640
Oct 1997169,01419.253.15$28,700
Sep 1997158,38917.742.95$25,055
Aug 1997168,02617.862.55$20,790
Jul 1997248,77217.582.25$20,132
Jun 1997208,42517.242.26$19,362
May 1997208,91618.972.31$20,962
Apr 1997258,46517.882.08$18,078
Mar 1997259,74018.951.94$19,361
Feb 1997188,49420.492.21$19,106
Jan 1997189,12023.483.54$32,705
Dec 1996209,47623.32$466
Nov 1996118,64021.97$242
Oct 19961810,26123.31$420
Sep 1996149,55422.22$311
Aug 19961210,42720.26$243
Jul 19961611,41819.55$313
Jun 1996911,99218.73$169
May 19961914,05219.43$369
Apr 19961712,46421.51$366
Mar 1996408,86519.38$775
Feb 1996010,01416.98$0
Jan 1996346,56717.07$580
Dec 1995109,75217.19$172
Nov 1995011,34616.00$0
Oct 1995012,63715.43$0
Sep 1995010,12916.18$0
Aug 1995011,40815.92$0
Jul 19951611,52415.24$244
Jun 1995012,75716.41$0
May 19951612,45617.56$281
Apr 19952012,92717.73$355
Mar 19952510,06616.44$411
Feb 1995011,03716.58$0
Jan 19951010,44515.92$159
Dec 1994611,32715.03$90
Nov 1994612,03015.90$95
Oct 199499,63015.58$140
Sep 19941211,49015.29$183
Aug 1994610,09716.13$97
Jul 1994611,99117.56$105
Jun 19941811,83117.09$308
May 19941212,72815.88$191
Apr 19941210,22614.14$170
Mar 19941213,14212.46$150
Feb 19941310,71912.50$163
Jan 19941912,06712.66$241
Dec 19931113,17212.33$136
Nov 19931113,62514.49$159
Oct 19931313,88615.85$206
Sep 1993912,94015.03$135
Aug 19931213,59515.66$188
Jul 19931111,82815.46$170
Jun 1993915,69316.79$151
May 19931510,61017.68$265
Apr 19932512,60218.05$451
Mar 19932513,46518.14$454
Feb 19933714,50817.90$662
Jan 19935313,83316.93$897

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                1,144 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $3,484

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Month total                                   $3,484

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/95605 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.