VESTAL GAS UNIT NO. 1

Operated by HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 386310) in the FARRAR (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 187684District 05Field 30321300Hydrogen sulphide field2 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$11.9 M
Jan 2002 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$55 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
293
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 478 leases and 478 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1977-03-17
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 2010-11-30.

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: PRORATION PURPOSES.

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 Gas112002-04-30147125
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
CondensateDisposition1,367 bbl$63,922
GasProduction2,286,445 Mcf$11,876,274
Total$11,940,196

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 31.4534, -96.2470. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.45342, -96.24701 · 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
14,500 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 14,500 ft.

Completions filed
Dec 2002
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-16132160414,500 ftDec 2002

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 (293)

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

293 months

May 202601,340106.413.05$4,081
Apr 202601,14198.932.87$3,274
Mar 202601,51889.753.15$4,781
Feb 2026073863.503.75$2,768
Jan 202601,24559.138.00$9,957
Dec 202501,18156.664.41$5,212
Nov 202501,43458.593.93$5,631
Oct 202501,03859.383.30$3,430
Sep 202501,26462.743.08$3,889
Aug 202501,28963.933.01$3,886
Jul 202501,26766.743.32$4,200
Jun 202501,14066.483.13$3,567
May 202501,34360.553.23$4,341
Apr 202501,25762.363.54$4,454
Mar 202501,00467.704.27$4,285
Feb 202501,36670.884.34$5,930
Jan 202501,63974.324.28$7,013
Dec 2024095068.993.12$2,965
Nov 2024093769.052.20$2,060
Oct 202401,08871.372.28$2,482
Sep 202401,01969.612.36$2,409
Aug 202401,09775.632.06$2,264
Jul 202401,10679.932.15$2,374
Jun 202401,53378.082.63$4,038
May 202401,41278.812.20$3,104
Apr 202404,04584.451.66$6,711
Mar 202402,07680.301.55$3,208
Feb 202402,15676.091.78$3,846
Jan 202401,88373.023.30$6,209
Dec 202303,39071.262.61$8,850
Nov 202301,41777.892.81$3,978
Oct 202303,12685.443.09$9,651
Sep 202302,90089.042.74$7,932
Aug 202301,92180.522.67$5,135
Jul 202303,25074.852.64$8,586
Jun 202302,66868.962.26$6,026
May 202302,45370.622.23$5,464
Apr 202302,81578.122.24$6,299
Mar 202303,78772.852.39$9,063
Feb 202301,48875.112.47$3,669
Jan 202303,84676.533.39$13,029
Dec 202203,15876.415.73$18,092
Nov 202202,66985.005.65$15,070
Oct 202202,96287.185.86$17,368
Sep 202202,79984.888.16$22,850
Aug 202203,73794.529.13$34,108
Jul 202202,154101.587.54$16,246
Jun 202202,701115.097.98$21,546
May 202203,722109.378.43$31,388
Apr 202203,661104.226.84$25,032
Mar 202202,752108.885.08$13,970
Feb 202211,17691.054.86$5,805
Jan 2022103,34181.844.54$15,979
Dec 202163,14471.323.90$12,687
Nov 202171,65477.435.24$9,204
Oct 202183,40879.795.71$20,111
Sep 202131,91269.865.35$10,441
Aug 202152,01566.024.22$8,835
Jul 202172,51370.783.98$10,502
Jun 202151,55269.493.38$5,594
May 2021112,69563.483.02$8,831
Apr 2021019460.362.76$535
Mar 202151,69461.302.72$4,909
Feb 2021101,17957.805.55$7,119
Jan 202172,37150.412.81$7,016
Dec 202062,50044.642.68$6,956
Nov 2020380138.772.71$2,284
Oct 202051,61536.972.48$4,188
Sep 202082,08637.091.99$4,450
Aug 202042,26339.982.39$5,557
Jul 2020212,98238.371.83$6,248
Jun 2020161,97634.901.69$3,898
May 202011,98716.921.81$3,623
Apr 2020121,68114.751.80$3,210
Mar 2020212,21730.341.86$4,752
Feb 2020162,10349.881.98$4,963
Jan 202004,09557.252.09$8,578
Dec 201904,50559.012.30$10,381
Nov 201914,39455.302.75$12,142
Oct 201904,68653.472.42$11,333
Sep 201934,69755.052.66$12,646
Aug 201953,91853.112.30$9,294
Jul 201932,55656.272.46$6,457
Jun 201963,89252.782.49$10,012
May 201932,51958.482.74$7,078
Apr 2019125,36962.632.75$15,520
Mar 201983,71856.803.06$11,839
Feb 201962,37650.852.79$6,939
Jan 2019355,05146.033.23$17,917
Dec 2018143,88646.594.19$16,917
Nov 201883,21452.934.24$14,042
Oct 2018145,10561.443.40$18,207
Sep 2018165,15559.543.11$16,974
Aug 201863,38559.403.07$10,737
Jul 2018255,22065.142.93$16,933
Jun 2018203,56560.183.08$12,173
May 2018193,29465.382.90$10,797
Apr 2018185,30463.842.90$16,535
Mar 2018203,81661.222.79$11,859
Feb 201882,83461.782.77$8,333
Jan 201852,35262.874.01$9,744
Dec 2017102,48057.272.92$7,818
Nov 201763,42555.423.12$11,013
Oct 2017104,87449.292.98$15,035
Sep 201754,70647.523.09$14,766
Aug 201744,18845.373.00$12,764
Jul 201733,27743.873.09$10,249
Jun 2017114,57142.493.09$14,579
May 201752,71845.373.26$9,097
Apr 2017153,87847.933.21$13,174
Mar 2017174,66646.772.98$14,717
Feb 2017224,24150.452.95$13,632
Jan 2017113,91549.413.42$13,928
Dec 2016124,98348.763.72$19,136
Nov 201603,20542.492.64$8,475
Oct 201602,14346.193.09$6,622
Sep 201604,60741.553.10$14,285
Aug 201603,30241.442.92$9,656
Jul 201604,43541.622.92$12,969
Jun 201605,54245.352.69$14,885
May 201605,77642.521.99$11,500
Apr 201605,63536.561.99$11,220
Mar 201605,78333.011.79$10,375
Feb 201605,34126.472.06$11,022
Jan 201605,87927.352.36$13,900
Dec 201505,89832.362.00$11,804
Nov 201506,62838.792.17$14,365
Oct 20151222,78743.552.43$12,076
Sep 201505,58942.992.76$15,417
Aug 201506,51940.162.87$18,726
Jul 201506,87448.152.95$20,244
Jun 201503,06856.152.88$8,845
May 201506,09855.212.96$18,022
Apr 201506,57149.822.71$17,785
Mar 201506,89542.892.93$20,235
Feb 201506,56944.662.98$19,551
Jan 201505,40243.433.10$16,750
Dec 201406,35454.693.59$22,820
Nov 201406,37370.464.25$27,097
Oct 201402,97578.303.90$11,605
Sep 201406,36186.164.05$25,733
Aug 201406,94389.394.04$28,016
Jul 201404,14196.564.18$17,308
Jun 201404,17198.164.74$19,758
May 201403,49194.734.73$16,500
Apr 201404,51595.944.81$21,713
Mar 201406,75995.895.06$34,179
Feb 201406,33097.406.19$39,195
Jan 201405,93990.404.86$28,868
Dec 201305,51591.824.35$24,015
Nov 201306,28888.853.74$23,506
Oct 201307,20597.423.78$27,230
Sep 201306,262104.113.72$23,280
Aug 201304,135104.253.52$14,566
Jul 201306,946102.523.72$25,823
Jun 201306,06394.403.93$23,848
May 201305,21094.834.15$21,617
Apr 201304,12193.964.28$17,649
Mar 201306,91993.623.91$27,073
Feb 201306,92091.233.42$23,666
Jan 201307,59291.603.42$25,964
Dec 201206,31786.773.42$21,605
Nov 201205,68286.953.62$20,597
Oct 201204,16589.383.40$14,160
Sep 201204,50894.672.92$13,156
Aug 201205,84192.662.91$16,987
Jul 201204,95885.133.02$14,977
Jun 201205,25279.822.52$13,230
May 201206,73991.612.49$16,769
Apr 201206,907101.652.00$13,792
Mar 201206,776105.052.22$15,057
Feb 201207,285101.102.57$18,724
Jan 201217,14898.092.73$19,641
Dec 201104,54496.873.24$14,721
Nov 201115,19695.723.31$17,301
Oct 201108,13784.983.65$29,688
Sep 201107,84583.623.99$31,269
Aug 201104,88583.404.15$20,269
Jul 201106,43794.144.52$29,077
Jun 201107,16292.904.64$33,231
May 201105,81798.134.40$25,623
Apr 201102,602105.964.33$11,275
Mar 201104,14996.364.06$16,834
Feb 201105,81685.644.18$24,311
Jan 201106,10786.504.59$28,024
Dec 201007,15085.734.35$31,086
Nov 201007,26080.843.80$27,554
Oct 201007,47478.103.51$26,225
Sep 201006,95372.633.98$27,669
Aug 201007,74473.684.42$34,224
Jul 201007,10372.554.74$33,643
Jun 201006,70270.364.91$32,910
May 201008,05571.124.24$34,115
Apr 201007,35981.694.12$30,339
Mar 201008,24678.394.39$36,189
Feb 201026,82973.585.44$37,313
Jan 201027,15374.365.96$42,810
Dec 200908,01271.445.48$43,936
Nov 200907,51474.593.75$28,189
Oct 200908,34372.544.11$34,292
Sep 200908,78965.543.06$26,936
Aug 200907,32167.423.22$23,563
Jul 200908,20261.133.46$28,416
Jun 200907,55866.163.90$29,438
May 200907,95854.743.93$31,241
Apr 200938,12146.773.59$29,274
Mar 200928,48842.144.06$34,537
Feb 200917,79432.814.63$36,142
Jan 200968,73635.865.37$47,136
Dec 200807,77237.105.98$46,454
Nov 200807,27155.496.86$49,882
Oct 200818,80775.246.92$61,037
Sep 200807,984101.767.88$62,891
Aug 200838,955114.228.48$76,308
Jul 200839,263131.0811.39$105,894
Jun 200848,308131.3313.03$108,800
May 2008710,978123.1711.57$127,925
Apr 200847,114110.3110.45$74,817
Mar 2008128,555101.909.66$83,899
Feb 200867,33392.538.77$64,870
Jan 200869,81290.388.21$81,057
Dec 20071610,99888.337.30$81,720
Nov 2007111,76591.677.29$85,879
Oct 200736,80682.856.92$47,360
Sep 2007119,15275.846.24$57,981
Aug 200769,97269.066.39$64,115
Jul 2007111,20970.906.39$71,673
Jun 2007810,40062.007.55$79,000
May 2007011,15858.747.85$87,549
Apr 200708,37959.617.81$65,400
Mar 200709,88456.927.30$72,173
Feb 200708,48655.108.22$69,721
Jan 2007011,55650.306.73$77,735
Dec 2006412,01556.656.92$83,352
Nov 2006112,04454.207.62$91,799
Oct 2006412,84154.906.01$77,443
Sep 2006212,85760.085.04$64,883
Aug 2006113,02468.717.34$95,664
Jul 2006513,31969.376.34$84,826
Jun 2006612,64266.286.38$81,103
May 2006613,56566.016.42$87,551
Apr 20061411,74364.397.36$87,336
Mar 2006412,58356.707.08$89,351
Feb 2006712,00357.597.75$93,440
Jan 2006912,03960.598.93$108,094
Dec 20051312,99954.9413.42$175,101
Nov 2005712,23654.6910.59$129,942
Oct 2005413,36558.3413.80$184,614
Sep 2005412,35761.4512.08$149,506
Aug 2005311,81761.519.80$115,954
Jul 2005513,20355.697.84$103,838
Jun 2005712,70352.337.38$94,128
May 2005314,23845.226.65$94,835
Apr 2005513,35749.207.36$98,560
Mar 2005015,03350.377.15$107,559
Feb 2005414,66145.226.31$92,720
Jan 2005513,66843.166.32$86,628
Dec 2004515,96839.866.75$108,001
Nov 2004115,96145.286.33$101,085
Oct 2004313,43949.706.52$87,706
Sep 2004512,99943.245.28$68,902
Aug 2004717,65742.375.55$98,305
Jul 2004319,08538.286.08$116,231
Jun 2004219,06336.106.43$122,705
May 2004620,45637.486.49$133,078
Apr 2004820,03734.475.86$117,662
Mar 2004321,21734.365.53$117,436
Feb 2004820,82232.455.51$114,981
Jan 20041123,48132.036.30$148,274
Dec 20031824,46330.266.30$154,702
Nov 2003524,88328.804.60$114,485
Oct 20031126,58828.174.76$126,859
Sep 2003828,33726.314.75$134,793
Aug 2003729,73229.765.13$152,725
Jul 2003432,06929.415.17$165,941
Jun 20031335,55528.565.98$213,095
May 2003838,76226.595.97$231,726
Apr 2003927,14926.675.41$147,042
Mar 2003334,30131.146.10$209,194
Feb 20031540,83833.487.93$324,179
Jan 20034235,07930.315.58$197,085
Dec 20022426,54526.914.85$129,489
Nov 20021110,41524.664.14$43,358
Oct 2002315,46226.464.23$65,470
Sep 2002216,00827.443.64$58,247
Aug 2002119,32125.963.16$61,161
Jul 2002420,30624.583.06$62,270
Jun 2002221,31923.733.34$71,215
May 20021130,64624.663.58$110,107
Apr 2002026,28623.653.51$92,325
Mar 20021839,41522.003.10$122,690
Feb 20025239,57418.222.38$94,963
Jan 2002951,99617.172.38$6,373

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                1,340 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $4,081

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Month total                                   $4,081

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/187684 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.