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 98908District 04Field 27963400NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$1.9 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
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
CondensateDisposition7,879 bbl$369,273
GasProduction739,873 Mcf$1,534,224
Total$1,903,497

379,596 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 27.7635, -99.0690. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.76346, -99.06895 · 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
9,001 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 9,001 ft.

Completions filed
Feb 1995
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4793308639,001 ftFeb 1995

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 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 20220085.005.65$0
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 20213077.435.24$232
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20213069.865.35$210
Aug 20212066.024.22$132
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 202053039.982.39$2,119
Jul 2020564238.371.83$2,225
Jun 2020593934.901.69$2,125
May 202004416.921.81$80
Apr 2020254314.751.80$446
Mar 2020534530.341.86$1,692
Feb 2020319249.881.98$1,729
Jan 202062057.252.09$3,550
Dec 201904459.012.30$101
Nov 2019773955.302.75$4,365
Oct 201905253.472.42$126
Sep 2019153555.052.66$919
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 201919058.482.74$1,111
Apr 2019303962.632.75$1,986
Mar 2019193656.803.06$1,189
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 201604942.492.64$130
Oct 201601546.193.09$46
Sep 201609141.553.10$282
Aug 2016403341.442.92$1,754
Jul 2016010241.622.92$298
Jun 2016803545.352.69$3,722
May 2016025442.521.99$506
Apr 2016416136.561.99$1,620
Mar 201608033.011.79$144
Feb 20167512226.472.06$2,237
Jan 2016364227.352.36$1,084
Dec 2015314932.362.00$1,101
Nov 201505138.792.17$111
Oct 201502743.552.43$66
Sep 2015014242.992.76$392
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 201506748.152.95$197
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 201506144.662.98$182
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 201407470.464.25$315
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 201303388.853.74$123
Oct 2013011197.423.78$420
Sep 2013074104.113.72$275
Aug 2013052104.253.52$183
Jul 20130102102.523.72$379
Jun 201306894.403.93$267
May 201302794.834.15$112
Apr 201302493.964.28$103
Mar 2013021893.623.91$853
Feb 2013035191.233.42$1,200
Jan 201304991.603.42$168
Dec 201206886.773.42$233
Nov 201203686.953.62$131
Oct 201207189.383.40$241
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 2012030685.133.02$924
Jun 2012046179.822.52$1,161
May 20121231,70591.612.49$15,511
Apr 201201,824101.652.00$3,642
Mar 20121171,765105.052.22$16,213
Feb 20122241,757101.102.57$27,162
Jan 201201,76798.092.73$4,831
Dec 20111991,88596.873.24$25,384
Nov 201101,83395.723.31$6,070
Oct 2011591,93684.983.65$12,077
Sep 201101,93883.623.99$7,724
Aug 201101,71283.404.15$7,104
Jul 201101,92194.144.52$8,678
Jun 201101,77492.904.64$8,231
May 201102,20198.134.40$9,695
Apr 201102,121105.964.33$9,191
Mar 201102,23296.364.06$9,056
Feb 201102,12285.644.18$8,870
Jan 201102,38086.504.59$10,921
Dec 201001,82585.734.35$7,935
Nov 201001,98180.843.80$7,519
Oct 201002,36978.103.51$8,313
Sep 201001,84972.633.98$7,358
Aug 201002,22673.684.42$9,838
Jul 201002,40672.554.74$11,396
Jun 201002,32670.364.91$11,422
May 201002,45271.124.24$10,385
Apr 20102022,37881.694.12$26,305
Mar 20102442,42678.394.39$29,774
Feb 20102052,11073.585.44$26,567
Jan 2010722,38974.365.96$19,602
Dec 2009712,29571.445.48$17,657
Nov 20091082,35074.593.75$16,872
Oct 20091112,43672.544.11$18,065
Sep 2009702,30265.543.06$11,643
Aug 20091072,43967.423.22$15,064
Jul 2009692,24061.133.46$11,978
Jun 20091102,31366.163.90$16,287
May 2009752,35154.743.93$13,335
Apr 20091294,20346.773.59$21,112
Mar 20091141,88642.144.06$12,459
Feb 20091782,14932.814.63$15,797
Jan 20092772,36935.865.37$22,657
Dec 20082582,39737.105.98$23,899
Nov 20082402,30255.496.86$29,110
Oct 20081422,41275.246.92$27,380
Sep 2008502,401101.767.88$24,001
Aug 2008801,884114.228.48$25,120
Jul 200802,375131.0811.39$27,050
Jun 20080638131.3313.03$8,315
May 2008025123.1711.57$289
Apr 2008026110.3110.45$272
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080792.538.77$61
Jan 200806990.388.21$566
Dec 2007038888.337.30$2,833
Nov 2007049791.677.29$3,624
Oct 200701,15082.856.92$7,960
Sep 200701,55575.846.24$9,710
Aug 200701,62969.066.39$10,406
Jul 200701,63970.906.39$10,470
Jun 200701,58162.007.55$11,934
May 200701,58858.747.85$12,460
Apr 200701,40959.617.81$10,998
Mar 2007361,43656.927.30$12,535
Feb 2007131,21755.108.22$10,715
Jan 2007231,41150.306.73$10,648
Dec 2006301,48156.656.92$11,946
Nov 2006151,43254.207.62$11,721
Oct 2006281,53054.906.01$10,738
Sep 2006151,06660.085.04$6,271
Aug 2006311,51068.717.34$13,213
Jul 2006141,43769.376.34$10,086
Jun 2006311,53066.286.38$11,822
May 2006331,42766.016.42$11,347
Apr 2006441,41564.397.36$13,248
Mar 2006291,46056.707.08$11,985
Feb 2006471,38557.597.75$13,442
Jan 2006301,52360.598.93$15,423
Dec 200501,66754.9413.42$22,363
Nov 200501,58454.6910.59$16,772
Oct 200501,53458.3413.80$21,163
Sep 200501,64061.4512.08$19,810
Aug 200501,62461.519.80$15,910
Jul 2005089555.697.84$7,020
Jun 200501,20152.337.38$8,865
May 200501,15145.226.65$7,655
Apr 200501,17549.207.36$8,649
Mar 200501,27850.377.15$9,144
Feb 200501,05145.226.31$6,634
Jan 200501,31343.166.32$8,301
Dec 200401,34239.866.75$9,060
Nov 200401,26345.286.33$7,995
Oct 200401,68749.706.52$10,991
Sep 200401,86143.245.28$9,833
Aug 200401,80242.375.55$10,002
Jul 2004024938.286.08$1,515
Jun 2004046836.106.43$3,011
May 2004049537.486.49$3,215
Apr 2004077334.475.86$4,529
Mar 2004049734.365.53$2,748
Feb 2004018632.455.51$1,025
Jan 20040032.036.30$0
Dec 20030030.266.30$0
Nov 200301,09528.804.60$5,032
Oct 200303,04728.174.76$14,503
Sep 200301,28826.314.75$6,117
Aug 200301,44329.765.13$7,402
Jul 200301,47429.415.17$7,622
Jun 200301,19428.565.98$7,144
May 2003093626.595.97$5,590
Apr 200301,26426.675.41$6,835
Mar 200301,33031.146.10$8,108
Feb 200301,11133.487.93$8,806
Jan 200301,32030.315.58$7,368
Dec 2002098726.914.85$4,791
Nov 2002482624.664.14$3,516
Oct 2002121,17026.464.23$5,266
Sep 20029027.443.64$247
Aug 2002111,15125.963.16$3,928
Jul 2002083924.583.06$2,569
Jun 2002581,54123.733.34$6,521
May 2002501,72024.663.58$7,397
Apr 20024563323.653.51$3,288
Mar 2002201,71822.003.10$5,770
Feb 200241,42218.222.38$3,451
Jan 200201,55417.172.38$3,692
Dec 200101,93816.932.36$4,582
Nov 2001312,11518.072.41$5,648
Oct 2001522,04919.782.53$6,210
Sep 2001402,03524.262.25$5,552
Aug 2001121,64924.873.05$5,333
Jul 200101,59323.933.20$5,093
Jun 200101,67424.563.82$6,402
May 2001821,84925.524.31$10,057
Apr 2001261,88024.685.34$10,672
Mar 200191,86924.545.38$10,269
Feb 2001751,68727.755.77$11,810
Jan 2001112,12027.478.40$18,108
Dec 20003127326.889.12$3,324
Nov 2000621,78332.215.66$12,085
Oct 2000252,89631.235.15$15,682
Sep 2000162,55431.875.19$13,756
Aug 2000202,61529.644.54$12,467
Jul 2000142,48728.534.09$10,571
Jun 200002,07629.304.40$9,129
May 200002,04127.263.68$7,510
Apr 200002,40724.513.12$7,500
Mar 200002,38328.422.86$6,815
Feb 200002,34527.622.73$6,394
Jan 200002,09825.272.48$5,204
Dec 199902,65224.282.42$6,428
Nov 199902,49123.192.43$6,063
Oct 199902,48020.982.80$6,953
Sep 199902,64721.752.62$6,932
Aug 199902,74319.262.88$7,888
Jul 199902,78317.892.37$6,602
Jun 199902,78115.942.36$6,569
May 199902,86415.792.32$6,647
Apr 199902,78315.102.21$6,145
Mar 199902,91812.471.84$5,364
Feb 199902,6399.981.82$4,797
Jan 199903,09910.381.90$5,888
Dec 199803,1269.201.77$5,543
Nov 199802,79710.892.19$6,113
Oct 199803,20212.421.97$6,305
Sep 199803,26312.592.08$6,796
Aug 199803,45311.301.91$6,586
Jul 199803,46411.742.24$7,750
Jun 1998573,34611.242.24$8,127
May 199803,77712.622.21$8,333
Apr 199803,71213.042.51$9,300
Mar 199801,97312.802.31$4,557
Feb 199802,84513.952.30$6,541
Jan 199803,13814.702.15$6,762
Dec 199703,03316.322.41$7,313
Nov 199703,23118.193.09$9,978
Oct 199703,51719.253.15$11,078
Sep 199713,32817.742.95$9,852
Aug 199703,36017.862.55$8,584
Jul 199703,93317.582.25$8,837
Jun 199703,87717.242.26$8,751
May 199704,02518.972.31$9,292
Apr 199703,88817.882.08$8,098
Mar 1997214,01818.951.94$8,189
Feb 1997454,10720.492.21$9,982
Jan 1997734,63823.483.54$18,131
Dec 1996794,94823.32$1,842
Nov 1996444,77521.97$967
Oct 1996735,01223.31$1,702
Sep 1996575,16722.22$1,267
Aug 1996485,45420.26$972
Jul 1996675,01919.55$1,310
Jun 1996414,60418.73$768
May 1996995,36619.43$1,924
Apr 1996895,97621.51$1,914
Mar 19962345,87819.38$4,535
Feb 199607,21816.98$0
Jan 19962006,72517.07$3,414
Dec 1995577,01517.19$980
Nov 199506,40016.00$0
Oct 1995397,89015.43$602
Sep 1995457,55516.18$728
Aug 199508,54415.92$0
Jul 1995669,44215.24$1,006
Jun 199509,40116.41$0
May 1995869,00017.56$1,510
Apr 1995899,27717.73$1,578
Mar 19951519,56116.44$2,482
Feb 199503,92716.58$0
Jan 1995760315.92$111
Dec 199472,95415.03$105
Nov 199483,01215.90$127
Oct 1994128,64615.58$187
Sep 1994147,66315.29$214
Aug 199487,29016.13$129
Jul 199486,21317.56$140
Jun 1994259,16317.09$427
May 19941711,65015.88$270
Apr 19941611,54814.14$226
Mar 1994159,34312.46$187
Feb 19941313,53512.50$163
Jan 199467,83312.66$76
Dec 199329,72812.33$25
Nov 1993211,34714.49$29
Oct 1993311,87215.85$48
Sep 199328,41015.03$30
Aug 1993413,16815.66$63
Jul 199389,83715.46$124
Jun 1993318,44316.79$520
May 1993483,35817.68$849
Apr 19936910,24718.05$1,245
Mar 19934612,17818.14$834
Feb 19936612,98917.90$1,181
Jan 19939914,41216.93$1,676

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 2021 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             3 bbl  × $ 77.43 =       $232
Gas                    0 Mcf  × $  5.24 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $232

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/98908 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.