FROST

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

Gas lease lease 162561District 05Field 93868100Hydrogen sulphide field2 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$20.2 M
Jan 1997 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$83 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
353
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 1 leases and 1 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1997-04-01
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
no field rule filed
From a lease line
no field rule filed

The register flags this field for hydrogen sulphide. That is a poisonous gas that occurs naturally in some formations. The flag is a property of the field as the Commission records it. It is not a measurement taken at this lease, and it is not a statement that gas is escaping anywhere.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: DOCKET #05-0215620.

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 Gas111997-05-15136467
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
CondensateDisposition12 bbl$358
GasProduction6,502,920 Mcf$20,240,355
Total$20,240,713

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 31.4852, -96.1223. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.48520, -96.12231 · 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
16,000 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 16,000 ft.

Completions filed
Jan 1997
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-16131370216,000 ftJan 1997

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 (353)

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

353 months

May 202601,896106.413.05$5,775
Apr 202601,81798.932.87$5,214
Mar 202601,88189.753.15$5,924
Feb 202601,72063.503.75$6,451
Jan 202601,89959.138.00$15,188
Dec 202501,99456.664.41$8,800
Nov 202501,82858.593.93$7,178
Oct 202501,91459.383.30$6,325
Sep 202501,85662.743.08$5,711
Aug 202502,15263.933.01$6,488
Jul 202501,50866.743.32$4,999
Jun 202501,64666.483.13$5,150
May 202501,98160.553.23$6,403
Apr 202501,84662.363.54$6,541
Mar 202501,96967.704.27$8,404
Feb 202501,64070.884.34$7,119
Jan 202501,93974.324.28$8,296
Dec 202401,90668.993.12$5,949
Nov 202401,87569.052.20$4,122
Oct 202401,88271.372.28$4,294
Sep 202401,92069.612.36$4,540
Aug 202401,96875.632.06$4,061
Jul 202401,97779.932.15$4,244
Jun 202401,89578.082.63$4,991
May 202402,00378.812.20$4,403
Apr 202401,93284.451.66$3,206
Mar 202402,01580.301.55$3,113
Feb 202401,89876.091.78$3,385
Jan 202402,10373.023.30$6,935
Dec 202302,00671.262.61$5,237
Nov 202301,97477.892.81$5,542
Oct 202301,96085.443.09$6,051
Sep 202301,97989.042.74$5,413
Aug 202302,07880.522.67$5,554
Jul 202302,08574.852.64$5,508
Jun 202301,92768.962.26$4,352
May 202302,02470.622.23$4,508
Apr 202302,03678.122.24$4,556
Mar 202302,09372.852.39$5,009
Feb 202301,94275.112.47$4,788
Jan 202302,01676.533.39$6,830
Dec 202201,88276.415.73$10,782
Nov 202201,97085.005.65$11,123
Oct 202201,98987.185.86$11,663
Sep 202201,96884.888.16$16,066
Aug 202202,03694.529.13$18,583
Jul 202202,045101.587.54$15,424
Jun 202201,997115.097.98$15,930
May 202202,055109.378.43$17,330
Apr 202202,067104.226.84$14,133
Mar 202202,140108.885.08$10,864
Feb 202201,96791.054.86$9,557
Jan 202202,08981.844.54$9,479
Dec 202102,11871.323.90$8,258
Nov 202102,07077.435.24$10,840
Oct 202102,16179.795.71$12,348
Sep 202102,10869.865.35$11,280
Aug 202102,21966.024.22$9,365
Jul 202102,21370.783.98$8,812
Jun 202102,14569.493.38$7,251
May 202102,21463.483.02$6,681
Apr 202102,18860.362.76$6,035
Mar 202102,28261.302.72$6,200
Feb 202101,51457.805.55$8,400
Jan 202102,29850.412.81$6,458
Dec 202002,19844.642.68$5,881
Nov 202002,19638.772.71$5,944
Oct 202002,31036.972.48$5,725
Sep 202002,23637.091.99$4,452
Aug 202002,29839.982.39$5,481
Jul 202002,32538.371.83$4,243
Jun 202002,28134.901.69$3,856
May 202002,39616.921.81$4,348
Apr 202002,37014.751.80$4,276
Mar 202002,33130.341.86$4,327
Feb 202001,85349.881.98$3,670
Jan 202002,26457.252.09$4,742
Dec 201902,27759.012.30$5,247
Nov 201902,23055.302.75$6,134
Oct 201902,40953.472.42$5,826
Sep 2019023955.052.66$635
Aug 2019047953.112.30$1,104
Jul 2019066856.272.46$1,643
Jun 201902,09852.782.49$5,227
May 201902,16958.482.74$5,944
Apr 201902,09462.632.75$5,760
Mar 201902,13056.803.06$6,522
Feb 201902,05750.852.79$5,744
Jan 201902,22046.033.23$7,167
Dec 201802,19646.594.19$9,191
Nov 201802,11752.934.24$8,970
Oct 201802,22161.443.40$7,547
Sep 201802,19359.543.11$6,816
Aug 201802,22259.403.07$6,814
Jul 201801,78865.142.93$5,242
Jun 201802,15560.183.08$6,631
May 201802,25165.382.90$6,530
Apr 201802,18063.842.90$6,324
Mar 201802,19561.222.79$6,117
Feb 201802,02261.782.77$5,593
Jan 201802,21662.874.01$8,885
Dec 201702,28657.272.92$6,679
Nov 201702,21155.423.12$6,895
Oct 201702,30149.292.98$6,865
Sep 201702,26447.523.09$6,990
Aug 201702,37345.373.00$7,129
Jul 201702,33243.873.09$7,200
Jun 201702,31542.493.09$7,147
May 201702,41145.373.26$7,868
Apr 201702,52447.933.21$8,106
Mar 201701,97746.772.98$5,899
Feb 201702,20050.452.95$6,496
Jan 201702,48249.413.42$8,485
Dec 201602,52748.763.72$9,408
Nov 201602,03142.492.64$5,371
Oct 201602,24546.193.09$6,938
Sep 201602,04841.553.10$6,350
Aug 201602,29241.442.92$6,703
Jul 201602,48941.622.92$7,279
Jun 201602,41845.352.69$6,494
May 201602,50542.521.99$4,988
Apr 201602,45336.561.99$4,884
Mar 201602,51533.011.79$4,512
Feb 201602,44026.472.06$5,035
Jan 201602,63027.352.36$6,218
Dec 201502,58232.362.00$5,168
Nov 201502,52238.792.17$5,466
Oct 201502,60743.552.43$6,326
Sep 201502,55442.992.76$7,045
Aug 201502,57440.162.87$7,394
Jul 201502,55348.152.95$7,519
Jun 201502,58456.152.88$7,449
May 201502,72155.212.96$8,042
Apr 201502,64849.822.71$7,167
Mar 201502,83842.892.93$8,329
Feb 201502,75744.662.98$8,205
Jan 201502,43443.433.10$7,547
Dec 201402,76254.693.59$9,919
Nov 201402,66570.464.25$11,331
Oct 201402,80978.303.90$10,958
Sep 201402,70686.164.05$10,947
Aug 201402,53589.394.04$10,229
Jul 201402,82696.564.18$11,812
Jun 201402,69398.164.74$12,756
May 201402,77394.734.73$13,107
Apr 201402,69695.944.81$12,965
Mar 201402,76295.895.06$13,967
Feb 201402,59097.406.19$16,037
Jan 201402,83790.404.86$13,790
Dec 201302,74491.824.35$11,949
Nov 201302,71188.853.74$10,134
Oct 201302,81097.423.78$10,620
Sep 201302,740104.113.72$10,187
Aug 201302,854104.253.52$10,054
Jul 201302,864102.523.72$10,648
Jun 201302,81794.403.93$11,080
May 201302,91694.834.15$12,099
Apr 201302,85293.964.28$12,214
Mar 201302,96893.623.91$11,613
Feb 201302,65391.233.42$9,073
Jan 201303,28991.603.42$11,248
Dec 201203,04086.773.42$10,397
Nov 201202,84786.953.62$10,320
Oct 201202,93489.383.40$9,975
Sep 201202,59594.672.92$7,573
Aug 201202,74092.662.91$7,968
Jul 201202,81985.133.02$8,516
Jun 201202,89779.822.52$7,298
May 201202,43491.612.49$6,057
Apr 201202,882101.652.00$5,755
Mar 201202,978105.052.22$6,617
Feb 201202,852101.102.57$7,330
Jan 201202,99698.092.73$8,191
Dec 201101,58196.873.24$5,122
Nov 201102,85295.723.31$9,444
Oct 201102,95484.983.65$10,778
Sep 201102,99383.623.99$11,930
Aug 201103,18483.404.15$13,211
Jul 201103,19794.144.52$14,442
Jun 201103,14292.904.64$14,579
May 201103,30398.134.40$14,549
Apr 201103,293105.964.33$14,269
Mar 201103,49096.364.06$14,160
Feb 201103,14585.644.18$13,146
Jan 201103,41586.504.59$15,671
Dec 201003,28085.734.35$14,261
Nov 201003,25680.843.80$12,358
Oct 201003,40378.103.51$11,941
Sep 201003,29972.633.98$13,128
Aug 201003,54473.684.42$15,662
Jul 201003,55972.554.74$16,857
Jun 201003,54070.364.91$17,383
May 201003,75071.124.24$15,882
Apr 201003,72581.694.12$15,357
Mar 201003,97878.394.39$17,458
Feb 201003,54073.585.44$19,266
Jan 201003,62974.365.96$21,644
Dec 200904,05271.445.48$22,220
Nov 200903,83074.593.75$14,368
Oct 200903,37172.544.11$13,856
Sep 200903,85765.543.06$11,821
Aug 200904,01267.423.22$12,913
Jul 200903,97661.133.46$13,775
Jun 200903,90166.163.90$15,194
May 200904,10754.743.93$16,123
Apr 200903,97946.773.59$14,275
Mar 200904,48742.144.06$18,213
Feb 200904,34332.814.63$20,121
Jan 200903,98635.865.37$21,409
Dec 200804,43337.105.98$26,497
Nov 200804,22355.496.86$28,971
Oct 200804,43475.246.92$30,692
Sep 200804,366101.767.88$34,391
Aug 200804,577114.228.48$38,827
Jul 200804,596131.0811.39$52,346
Jun 200804,330131.3313.03$56,431
May 200804,605123.1711.57$53,300
Apr 200804,544110.3110.45$47,507
Mar 200804,130101.909.66$39,913
Feb 200804,87092.538.77$42,713
Jan 200806,22190.388.21$51,048
Dec 200703,68588.337.30$26,908
Nov 200705,23891.677.29$38,194
Oct 200704,88582.856.92$33,814
Sep 200705,37475.846.24$33,556
Aug 200705,64669.066.39$36,066
Jul 200705,66270.906.39$36,169
Jun 200707,41462.007.55$55,964
May 200706,09558.747.85$47,823
Apr 200707,64559.617.81$59,671
Mar 200705,87756.927.30$42,914
Feb 200706,52055.108.22$53,568
Jan 200707,38050.306.73$49,644
Dec 200608,33556.656.92$57,665
Nov 200607,63454.207.62$58,152
Oct 2006110,77954.906.01$64,878
Sep 200607,49760.085.04$37,764
Aug 200608,29568.717.34$60,885
Jul 200608,62669.376.34$54,713
Jun 200608,03366.286.38$51,282
May 2006011,32866.016.42$72,782
Apr 200608,26964.397.36$60,864
Mar 2006014,98156.707.08$106,109
Feb 2006018,87057.597.75$146,264
Jan 200616,12860.598.93$54,804
Dec 200503,05754.9413.42$41,011
Nov 200507,27954.6910.59$77,073
Oct 200509,73158.3413.80$134,247
Sep 200506,25161.4512.08$75,506
Aug 200506,31561.519.80$61,867
Jul 200506,69355.697.84$52,497
Jun 200506,62252.337.38$48,877
May 200507,30345.226.65$48,573
Apr 200506,49049.207.36$47,770
Mar 200507,80050.377.15$55,808
Feb 200508,51945.226.31$53,771
Jan 2005010,08043.166.32$63,728
Dec 200406,73239.866.75$45,448
Nov 200406,35645.286.33$40,236
Oct 200406,78649.706.52$44,211
Sep 200407,50743.245.28$39,666
Aug 200407,97942.375.55$44,289
Jul 200408,37338.286.08$50,943
Jun 2004010,34236.106.43$66,530
May 200408,22837.486.49$53,437
Apr 200408,02034.475.86$46,985
Mar 200408,92934.365.53$49,379
Feb 200409,34532.455.51$51,487
Jan 200408,78232.036.30$55,323
Dec 200309,74530.266.30$61,409
Nov 200309,62728.804.60$44,238
Oct 2003010,39128.174.76$49,457
Sep 2003010,96526.314.75$52,077
Aug 2003012,49929.765.13$64,116
Jul 2003011,86629.415.17$61,357
Jun 2003012,39628.565.98$74,165
May 2003012,99126.595.97$77,591
Apr 2003015,49826.675.41$83,802
Mar 2003014,82331.146.10$90,362
Feb 2003121,45733.487.93$170,099
Jan 2003016,56430.315.58$92,461
Dec 2002012,54526.914.85$60,890
Nov 2002011,91524.664.14$49,292
Oct 2002012,43126.464.23$52,572
Sep 2002011,36327.443.64$41,307
Aug 2002010,79925.963.16$34,170
Jul 2002012,20624.583.06$37,372
Jun 2002011,08823.733.34$37,014
May 2002015,20624.663.58$54,498
Apr 2002012,87123.653.51$45,207
Mar 2002020,25222.003.10$62,836
Feb 2002019,94318.222.38$47,378
Jan 2002119,57017.172.38$46,509
Dec 2001021,68616.932.36$51,274
Nov 2001021,02218.072.41$50,569
Oct 2001023,28219.782.53$58,877
Sep 2001022,99524.262.25$51,769
Aug 2001025,93924.873.05$79,196
Jul 2001127,67023.933.20$88,487
Jun 2001123,47524.563.82$89,797
May 2001127,78825.524.31$119,717
Apr 2001024,90624.685.34$132,881
Mar 2001130,94624.545.38$166,404
Feb 2001027,68427.755.77$159,656
Jan 2001031,65027.478.40$265,821
Dec 2000030,63026.889.12$279,422
Nov 2000031,29432.215.66$177,061
Oct 2000133,99631.235.15$174,958
Sep 2000034,65431.875.19$179,733
Aug 2000026,48129.644.54$120,244
Jul 2000031,35128.534.09$128,218
Jun 2000036,48929.304.40$160,451
May 2000139,90527.263.68$146,868
Apr 2000039,10524.513.12$121,851
Mar 2000047,60428.422.86$136,136
Feb 2000036,38227.622.73$99,196
Jan 2000045,83925.272.48$113,704
Dec 1999046,82324.282.42$113,486
Nov 1999048,34823.192.43$117,679
Oct 1999055,01220.982.80$154,238
Sep 1999047,79021.752.62$125,155
Aug 1999069,92919.262.88$201,088
Jul 1999049,67117.892.37$117,838
Jun 1999050,35015.942.36$118,932
May 1999054,38215.792.32$126,222
Apr 1999049,52515.102.21$109,354
Mar 1999055,18612.471.84$101,450
Feb 1999051,3829.981.82$93,402
Jan 1999059,55010.381.90$113,142
Dec 1998063,2649.201.77$112,187
Nov 1998065,68410.892.19$143,567
Oct 1998071,99412.421.97$141,771
Sep 1998069,77212.592.08$145,309
Aug 1998083,70011.301.91$159,645
Jul 1998085,06511.742.24$190,313
Jun 19980100,00811.242.24$223,745
May 1998094,89012.622.21$209,360
Apr 19980111,60313.042.51$279,602
Mar 19980124,38012.802.31$287,248
Feb 19980113,57813.952.30$261,131
Jan 19980142,36314.702.15$306,762
Dec 19971165,55116.322.41$399,176
Nov 19971178,47218.193.09$551,186
Oct 19970218,55019.253.15$688,393
Sep 19970261,62917.742.95$773,082
Aug 19970285,05217.862.55$728,234
Jul 19970286,38917.582.25$643,499
Jun 19970271,57317.242.26$612,995
May 19970249,97618.972.31$577,070
Apr 19970333,88117.882.08$695,401
Mar 19970390,38518.951.94$757,011
Feb 1997078,30420.492.21$172,731
Jan 19970023.483.54$0

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                1,896 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $5,775

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $5,775

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. 05/G/162561 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.