VAQUILLAS RANCH

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 99349District 04Field 27963400NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.7 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
CondensateDisposition7,827 bbl$161,269
GasProduction861,590 Mcf$2,563,115
Total$2,724,384

329,451 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 27.7673, -99.0527. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

27.76729, -99.05273 · 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
8,890 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 8,890 ft.

Completions filed
Mar 1988
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4793298038,890 ftMar 1988

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 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
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 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
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 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
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 2013011188.853.74$415
Oct 201375097.423.78$7,307
Sep 2013913104.113.72$9,485
Aug 2013097104.253.52$342
Jul 2013097102.523.72$361
Jun 2013014594.403.93$570
May 2013018394.834.15$759
Apr 2013016093.964.28$685
Mar 201305293.623.91$203
Feb 201362691.233.42$636
Jan 201379291.603.42$956
Dec 201207886.773.42$267
Nov 201206186.953.62$221
Oct 201202289.383.40$75
Sep 2012033794.672.92$984
Aug 2012049392.662.91$1,434
Jul 2012044085.133.02$1,329
Jun 2012059279.822.52$1,491
May 2012056091.612.49$1,393
Apr 20120486101.652.00$970
Mar 20120443105.052.22$984
Feb 20120278101.102.57$715
Jan 2012025798.092.73$703
Dec 2011082996.873.24$2,686
Nov 2011063595.723.31$2,103
Oct 201101,22684.983.65$4,473
Sep 201101,25083.623.99$4,982
Aug 201101,81083.404.15$7,510
Jul 201101,29194.144.52$5,832
Jun 2011284892.904.64$4,120
May 2011074098.134.40$3,260
Apr 20110687105.964.33$2,977
Mar 2011062696.364.06$2,540
Feb 2011656085.644.18$2,855
Jan 2011061686.504.59$2,827
Dec 2010063185.734.35$2,743
Nov 2010060780.843.80$2,304
Oct 2010325678.103.51$1,133
Sep 2010029772.633.98$1,182
Aug 2010037473.684.42$1,653
Jul 2010041472.554.74$1,961
Jun 2010039470.364.91$1,935
May 2010548971.124.24$2,427
Apr 2010057281.694.12$2,358
Mar 2010072578.394.39$3,182
Feb 201021,04273.585.44$5,818
Jan 201001,63574.365.96$9,751
Dec 200901,31671.445.48$7,217
Nov 200901,14074.593.75$4,277
Oct 200901,76872.544.11$7,267
Sep 200911,31665.543.06$4,099
Aug 200901,32867.423.22$4,274
Jul 200901,35661.133.46$4,698
Jun 2009078466.163.90$3,054
May 2009157354.743.93$2,304
Apr 2009059746.773.59$2,142
Mar 2009061642.144.06$2,500
Feb 2009067432.814.63$3,123
Jan 2009066435.865.37$3,566
Dec 200801,14437.105.98$6,838
Nov 200801,59555.496.86$10,942
Oct 200801,72975.246.92$11,968
Sep 200801,501101.767.88$11,824
Aug 200801,510114.228.48$12,809
Jul 200801,579131.0811.39$17,984
Jun 200801,066131.3313.03$13,893
May 200802,035123.1711.57$23,554
Apr 200802,214110.3110.45$23,147
Mar 200801,652101.909.66$15,965
Feb 200801,71692.538.77$15,050
Jan 200801,84490.388.21$15,131
Dec 200702,36888.337.30$17,291
Nov 200701,71391.677.29$12,491
Oct 200701,62782.856.92$11,262
Sep 200701,66775.846.24$10,409
Aug 200701,57669.066.39$10,067
Jul 200702,08870.906.39$13,338
Jun 200702,32962.007.55$17,580
May 200701,34858.747.85$10,577
Apr 200701,94459.617.81$15,173
Mar 200702,01056.927.30$14,677
Feb 200702,27755.108.22$18,708
Jan 200702,68850.306.73$18,082
Dec 200602,49556.656.92$17,262
Nov 200602,54054.207.62$19,348
Oct 200602,70754.906.01$16,279
Sep 200603,07560.085.04$15,489
Aug 200602,16468.717.34$15,884
Jul 200603,13969.376.34$19,910
Jun 200602,80366.286.38$17,894
May 200603,12666.016.42$20,085
Apr 200602,93064.397.36$21,566
Mar 200603,39156.707.08$24,018
Feb 200603,13857.597.75$24,323
Jan 2006233,07360.598.93$28,846
Dec 200504,12454.9413.42$55,325
Nov 2005403,29354.6910.59$37,055
Oct 200503,43458.3413.80$47,375
Sep 200503,17461.4512.08$38,339
Aug 2005153,53061.519.80$35,506
Jul 200503,66655.697.84$28,755
Jun 200553,53652.337.38$26,361
May 200503,72145.226.65$24,749
Apr 200593,42249.207.36$25,630
Mar 200544,52350.377.15$32,563
Feb 200593,79445.226.31$24,354
Jan 200594,21043.166.32$27,005
Dec 200494,35539.866.75$29,760
Nov 200495,61945.286.33$35,978
Oct 200494,72549.706.52$31,231
Sep 2004104,23943.245.28$22,831
Aug 200404,57242.375.55$25,378
Jul 200404,79938.286.08$29,198
Jun 200403,93536.106.43$25,314
May 200406,47537.486.49$42,052
Apr 200405,13334.475.86$30,071
Mar 200407,11034.365.53$39,319
Feb 200404,15332.455.51$22,881
Jan 200423,94632.036.30$24,922
Dec 200304,02830.266.30$25,383
Nov 200304,58028.804.60$21,046
Oct 200303,50128.174.76$16,664
Sep 200302,57026.314.75$12,206
Aug 200303,73129.765.13$19,139
Jul 200302,09329.415.17$10,823
Jun 200304,06828.565.98$24,339
May 200303,73826.595.97$22,326
Apr 200303,09026.675.41$16,709
Mar 200304,17631.146.10$25,457
Feb 200303,65133.487.93$28,937
Jan 200303,22530.315.58$18,002
Dec 200202,07826.914.85$10,086
Nov 200202,02624.664.14$8,381
Oct 200203,08326.464.23$13,038
Sep 2002071427.443.64$2,596
Aug 200201,45925.963.16$4,617
Jul 2002080124.583.06$2,452
Jun 200205,01323.733.34$16,735
May 200204,25124.663.58$15,236
Apr 200234,38523.653.51$15,472
Mar 200205,02822.003.10$15,600
Feb 200204,42318.222.38$10,508
Jan 200205,68817.172.38$13,513
Dec 2001516,25616.932.36$15,655
Nov 2001464,06018.072.41$10,598
Oct 200103,42019.782.53$8,649
Sep 200102,57924.262.25$5,806
Aug 200103,89424.873.05$11,889
Jul 200103,53923.933.20$11,314
Jun 200104,04324.563.82$15,461
May 200103,70225.524.31$15,946
Apr 2001462,81724.685.34$16,165
Mar 200104,34224.545.38$23,345
Feb 200103,63227.755.77$20,946
Jan 200103,03827.478.40$25,515
Dec 2000752,61926.889.12$25,908
Nov 200003,23732.215.66$18,315
Oct 200004,03231.235.15$20,747
Sep 200004,25431.875.19$22,063
Aug 200004,02229.644.54$18,263
Jul 200002,73528.534.09$11,185
Jun 200001,40629.304.40$6,183
May 200003,07927.263.68$11,330
Apr 200003,69424.513.12$11,511
Mar 2000733,98628.422.86$13,474
Feb 2000763,80327.622.73$12,468
Jan 200004,33425.272.48$10,750
Dec 1999764,16724.282.42$11,945
Nov 199903,99323.192.43$9,719
Oct 199904,11120.982.80$11,526
Sep 1999744,28821.752.62$12,839
Aug 199903,86119.262.88$11,103
Jul 199903,11717.892.37$7,395
Jun 199903,11315.942.36$7,353
May 199903,00115.792.32$6,965
Apr 199902,69615.102.21$5,953
Mar 1999563,11512.471.84$6,425
Feb 199903,0289.981.82$5,504
Jan 1999253,16110.381.90$6,265
Dec 1998422,8029.201.77$5,355
Nov 1998672,77010.892.19$6,784
Oct 199802,26612.421.97$4,462
Sep 199803,38412.592.08$7,048
Aug 199803,47711.301.91$6,632
Jul 1998522,02111.742.24$5,132
Jun 199804,78711.242.24$10,710
May 1998525,55712.622.21$12,917
Apr 199804,10613.042.51$10,287
Mar 1998933,43412.802.31$9,121
Feb 1998404,61613.952.30$11,171
Jan 1998255,04914.702.15$11,247
Dec 1997234,56116.322.41$11,372
Nov 1997473,62818.193.09$12,059
Oct 1997255,00219.253.15$16,237
Sep 1997244,70217.742.95$14,320
Aug 1997234,80517.862.55$12,686
Jul 199705,27717.582.25$11,857
Jun 1997504,18417.242.26$10,306
May 199705,04818.972.31$11,653
Apr 1997575,24417.882.08$11,941
Mar 1997395,55218.951.94$11,505
Feb 1997996,70620.492.21$16,821
Jan 1997796,59923.483.54$25,213
Dec 1996835,95523.32$1,936
Nov 1996435,32621.97$945
Oct 1996865,61723.31$2,005
Sep 1996896,45422.22$1,978
Aug 1996557,14920.26$1,114
Jul 19961335,54719.55$2,600
Jun 19961816,04218.73$3,390
May 19962057,26519.43$3,983
Apr 19964036,51821.51$8,669
Mar 19962116,83019.38$4,089
Feb 19962067,77016.98$3,498
Jan 19963767,21017.07$6,418
Dec 19953449,03417.19$5,913
Nov 19952819,69916.00$4,496
Oct 19951168,88915.43$1,790
Sep 199522010,49016.18$3,560
Aug 19951179,31115.92$1,863
Jul 19951237,43515.24$1,875
Jun 19952506,91316.41$4,103
May 19951317,88817.56$2,300
Apr 19952507,91317.73$4,433
Mar 19952918,99416.44$4,784
Feb 19951036,91816.58$1,708
Jan 19951327,58815.92$2,101
Dec 1994227,19815.03$331
Nov 199496,15715.90$143
Oct 1994135,22315.58$203
Sep 1994138,21315.29$199
Aug 1994257,61916.13$403
Jul 1994217,12317.56$369
Jun 1994247,22817.09$410
May 1994216,39215.88$333
Apr 1994367,21714.14$509
Mar 1994288,38412.46$349
Feb 1994275,73012.50$338
Jan 1994144,47812.66$177
Dec 1993174,36012.33$210
Nov 1993162,62214.49$232
Oct 1993394,16715.85$618
Sep 1993286,03315.03$421
Aug 1993345,80115.66$532
Jul 1993475,65615.46$727
Jun 1993776,65416.79$1,293
May 19931256,94317.68$2,210
Apr 19931465,41618.05$2,635
Mar 19932967,08218.14$5,369
Feb 19932496,84917.90$4,457
Jan 19932818,15116.93$4,757

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 2013 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 88.85 =         $0
Gas                  111 Mcf  × $  3.74 =       $415

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $415

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/99349 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.