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 189450District 05Field 30321300Hydrogen sulphide field2 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$11.0 M
May 2002 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$58 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
289
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 Gas112002-08-16148357
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
CondensateDisposition422 bbl$16,559
GasProduction2,097,308 Mcf$11,024,555
Total$11,041,114

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 31.4499, -96.2443. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.44994, -96.24429 · 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
14,220 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 14,220 ft.

Completions filed
Jul 2014
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-16132277614,220 ftJul 2014

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 (289)

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

289 months

May 202601,090106.413.05$3,320
Apr 2026098698.932.87$2,830
Mar 202601,16789.753.15$3,675
Feb 202601,51963.503.75$5,697
Jan 202601,52159.138.00$12,165
Dec 202501,13656.664.41$5,014
Nov 202501,00958.593.93$3,962
Oct 202501,18759.383.30$3,923
Sep 202501,58462.743.08$4,874
Aug 202501,43163.933.01$4,314
Jul 202501,41866.743.32$4,701
Jun 202501,15466.483.13$3,611
May 202501,04860.553.23$3,387
Apr 2025068762.363.54$2,434
Mar 2025083767.704.27$3,573
Feb 202501,00970.884.34$4,380
Jan 202501,14474.324.28$4,895
Dec 202401,23768.993.12$3,861
Nov 202401,20869.052.20$2,656
Oct 202401,04471.372.28$2,382
Sep 2024075069.612.36$1,773
Aug 2024063275.632.06$1,304
Jul 2024050779.932.15$1,088
Jun 2024061878.082.63$1,628
May 2024085678.812.20$1,882
Apr 202401,66284.451.66$2,758
Mar 202401,02980.301.55$1,590
Feb 202401,00276.091.78$1,787
Jan 202401,15473.023.30$3,806
Dec 202301,32471.262.61$3,457
Nov 202301,30477.892.81$3,661
Oct 202301,20085.443.09$3,705
Sep 202301,22889.042.74$3,359
Aug 202301,08680.522.67$2,903
Jul 2023053874.852.64$1,421
Jun 202301,12768.962.26$2,545
May 202301,21170.622.23$2,697
Apr 202301,17878.122.24$2,636
Mar 202301,16672.852.39$2,790
Feb 202311,08875.112.47$2,758
Jan 202301,08676.533.39$3,679
Dec 202201,25376.415.73$7,179
Nov 202201,17285.005.65$6,617
Oct 202201,58887.185.86$9,312
Sep 202201,12984.888.16$9,217
Aug 202201,32094.529.13$12,048
Jul 202201,108101.587.54$8,357
Jun 202201,277115.097.98$10,187
May 202221,640109.378.43$14,049
Apr 202201,670104.226.84$11,419
Mar 202201,741108.885.08$8,838
Feb 202201,51991.054.86$7,381
Jan 202211,28981.844.54$5,931
Dec 202111,33471.323.90$5,273
Nov 202111,29677.435.24$6,864
Oct 202111,35379.795.71$7,811
Sep 202101,17969.865.35$6,309
Aug 202111,49166.024.22$6,359
Jul 202111,18570.783.98$4,790
Jun 202111,23969.493.38$4,258
May 202111,48263.483.02$4,536
Apr 202101,53660.362.76$4,237
Mar 202111,84161.302.72$5,063
Feb 202131,73557.805.55$9,799
Jan 202112,00350.412.81$5,679
Dec 202011,94044.642.68$5,235
Nov 202011,52538.772.71$4,166
Oct 202011,60236.972.48$4,007
Sep 202011,43837.091.99$2,900
Aug 202011,70539.982.39$4,107
Jul 202082,87838.371.83$5,560
Jun 202042,10234.901.69$3,693
May 202003,88416.921.81$7,048
Apr 202032,01914.751.80$3,687
Mar 202031,42530.341.86$2,736
Feb 202031,83649.881.98$3,786
Jan 202001,96957.252.09$4,125
Dec 201902,36159.012.30$5,441
Nov 201901,92555.302.75$5,295
Oct 201902,12153.472.42$5,130
Sep 201901,89255.052.66$5,028
Aug 201901,22353.112.30$2,818
Jul 201902,02356.272.46$4,977
Jun 201942,41552.782.49$6,227
May 201932,77358.482.74$7,774
Apr 201962,62362.632.75$7,591
Mar 201972,72356.803.06$8,736
Feb 201972,16950.852.79$6,412
Jan 2019192,36746.033.23$8,516
Dec 201822,46046.594.19$10,389
Nov 201822,44452.934.24$10,462
Oct 201822,90661.443.40$9,998
Sep 201822,34759.543.11$7,414
Aug 201812,58459.403.07$7,983
Jul 201832,64465.142.93$7,947
Jun 201842,45960.183.08$7,807
May 201842,53065.382.90$7,601
Apr 201822,52763.842.90$7,458
Mar 201852,62261.222.79$7,613
Feb 201822,39961.782.77$6,759
Jan 201822,65162.874.01$10,754
Dec 201732,47457.272.92$7,400
Nov 201722,97955.423.12$9,400
Oct 201732,85549.292.98$8,666
Sep 201713,31247.523.09$10,273
Aug 201723,31245.373.00$10,041
Jul 201713,57143.873.09$11,069
Jun 201723,47542.493.09$10,813
May 201733,70845.373.26$12,237
Apr 201723,54347.933.21$11,475
Mar 201723,63346.772.98$10,933
Feb 201723,53650.452.95$10,541
Jan 201713,82049.413.42$13,109
Dec 201613,94548.763.72$14,735
Nov 201603,55942.492.64$9,411
Oct 201604,09646.193.09$12,658
Sep 201603,93441.553.10$12,198
Aug 201604,16341.442.92$12,174
Jul 201604,15141.622.92$12,139
Jun 201604,06745.352.69$10,923
May 201604,17142.521.99$8,305
Apr 201604,25636.561.99$8,474
Mar 201604,13833.011.79$7,424
Feb 201604,34326.472.06$8,962
Jan 201604,52627.352.36$10,701
Dec 201504,77532.362.00$9,557
Nov 201504,50738.792.17$9,768
Oct 201504,25043.552.43$10,313
Sep 201504,32242.992.76$11,922
Aug 201503,59640.162.87$10,329
Jul 201504,38848.152.95$12,923
Jun 201504,65756.152.88$13,425
May 201505,28155.212.96$15,608
Apr 201505,21049.822.71$14,101
Mar 201505,43642.892.93$15,953
Feb 201504,93444.662.98$14,685
Jan 201505,52443.433.10$17,128
Dec 201405,77554.693.59$20,740
Nov 201406,04970.464.25$25,719
Oct 201406,13978.303.90$23,948
Sep 201404,83586.164.05$19,560
Aug 201404,44689.394.04$17,940
Jul 2014065896.564.18$2,750
Jun 201405098.164.74$237
May 201401,54694.734.73$7,307
Apr 201404,82995.944.81$23,223
Mar 201404,79095.895.06$24,222
Feb 201404,37697.406.19$27,096
Jan 201404,89190.404.86$23,774
Dec 201304,94991.824.35$21,550
Nov 201305,08488.853.74$19,005
Oct 201305,22197.423.78$19,732
Sep 201305,408104.113.72$20,106
Aug 201305,190104.253.52$18,282
Jul 201305,452102.523.72$20,269
Jun 201305,19294.403.93$20,422
May 201305,23794.834.15$21,729
Apr 201305,21193.964.28$22,317
Mar 201305,14793.623.91$20,140
Feb 201304,04591.233.42$13,834
Jan 201305,64691.603.42$19,309
Dec 201206,23586.773.42$21,325
Nov 201206,23686.953.62$22,605
Oct 201206,55489.383.40$22,282
Sep 201206,37694.672.92$18,608
Aug 201206,79792.662.91$19,767
Jul 201206,50385.133.02$19,644
Jun 201206,66279.822.52$16,782
May 201206,97691.612.49$17,359
Apr 201206,867101.652.00$13,712
Mar 201206,900105.052.22$15,332
Feb 201206,842101.102.57$17,586
Jan 201207,36298.092.73$20,128
Dec 201107,69396.873.24$24,923
Nov 201107,23895.723.31$23,967
Oct 201107,76584.983.65$28,331
Sep 201117,25183.623.99$28,985
Aug 201107,86283.404.15$32,622
Jul 201107,32194.144.52$33,071
Jun 201107,44092.904.64$34,521
May 201107,48598.134.40$32,970
Apr 201117,225105.964.33$31,414
Mar 201103,66296.364.06$14,858
Feb 201106,36985.644.18$26,622
Jan 201106,31986.504.59$28,997
Dec 201005,13985.734.35$22,343
Nov 201004,20780.843.80$15,967
Oct 201003,44578.103.51$12,088
Sep 2010041772.633.98$1,659
Aug 20100373.684.42$13
Jul 201001,85172.554.74$8,767
Jun 201003,82170.364.91$18,763
May 201004,12271.124.24$17,458
Apr 201005,16381.694.12$21,285
Mar 201017,63278.394.39$33,573
Feb 201006,01673.585.44$32,741
Jan 201005,18674.365.96$30,930
Dec 200906,37971.445.48$34,981
Nov 200906,30674.593.75$23,657
Oct 200907,72672.544.11$31,756
Sep 200907,70165.543.06$23,602
Aug 200906,86967.423.22$22,108
Jul 200907,47461.133.46$25,894
Jun 200908,64566.163.90$33,672
May 200907,15954.743.93$28,104
Apr 200905,19746.773.59$18,644
Mar 200906,58542.144.06$26,729
Feb 200906,18432.814.63$28,650
Jan 200916,67335.865.37$35,877
Dec 200807,38437.105.98$44,135
Nov 200806,34555.496.86$43,529
Oct 200807,26975.246.92$50,316
Sep 200807,319101.767.88$57,652
Aug 200808,011114.228.48$67,957
Jul 200806,826131.0811.39$77,744
Jun 200806,773131.3313.03$88,270
May 200807,514123.1711.57$86,969
Apr 200807,923110.3110.45$82,834
Mar 200818,500101.909.66$82,246
Feb 200848,10792.538.77$71,473
Jan 200808,88290.388.21$72,883
Dec 200739,07688.337.30$66,538
Nov 200708,79391.677.29$64,116
Oct 200709,16782.856.92$63,454
Sep 200708,96675.846.24$55,985
Aug 200719,41469.066.39$60,205
Jul 200729,24570.906.39$59,198
Jun 200709,00762.007.55$67,989
May 200709,45558.747.85$74,187
Apr 200709,47059.617.81$73,915
Mar 2007010,12056.927.30$73,896
Feb 200708,81655.108.22$72,432
Jan 2007010,63450.306.73$71,533
Dec 2006010,75056.656.92$74,373
Nov 2006210,57654.207.62$80,671
Oct 2006011,40754.906.01$68,599
Sep 2006011,19660.085.04$56,396
Aug 2006011,68768.717.34$85,782
Jul 2006011,97969.376.34$75,980
Jun 2006011,43266.286.38$72,981
May 2006312,60566.016.42$81,185
Apr 2006110,93264.397.36$80,529
Mar 2006112,21956.707.08$86,603
Feb 2006111,37257.597.75$88,203
Jan 2006412,37760.598.93$110,810
Dec 2005112,64354.9413.42$169,666
Nov 2005213,07654.6910.59$138,563
Oct 2005113,59258.3413.80$187,570
Sep 2005113,23061.4512.08$159,867
Aug 2005113,44061.519.80$131,731
Jul 2005013,64855.697.84$107,050
Jun 2005213,20652.337.38$97,579
May 2005114,56445.226.65$96,913
Apr 2005214,43849.207.36$106,369
Mar 2005019,87450.377.15$142,196
Feb 2005117,84945.226.31$112,707
Jan 2005016,58343.166.32$104,841
Dec 2004317,57039.866.75$118,736
Nov 2004117,25945.286.33$109,302
Oct 2004118,92449.706.52$123,341
Sep 2004018,14643.245.28$95,882
Aug 2004119,79942.375.55$109,940
Jul 2004120,54138.286.08$125,013
Jun 2004016,03036.106.43$103,121
May 2004115,55737.486.49$101,074
Apr 2004315,22934.475.86$89,322
Mar 2004118,56334.365.53$102,690
Feb 2004317,66432.455.51$97,419
Jan 2004620,54732.036.30$129,631
Dec 2003520,26530.266.30$127,854
Nov 2003219,68828.804.60$90,527
Oct 2003322,49428.174.76$107,148
Sep 2003325,08126.314.75$119,198
Aug 2003327,16729.765.13$139,448
Jul 2003129,57629.415.17$152,962
Jun 2003430,96828.565.98$185,395
May 2003333,51326.595.97$200,242
Apr 2003125,33126.675.41$136,998
Mar 2003330,77731.146.10$187,711
Feb 2003126,13633.487.93$207,184
Jan 20031742,55930.315.58$238,081
Dec 2002735,88526.914.85$174,366
Nov 2002832,21524.664.14$133,469
Oct 2002736,20026.464.23$153,279
Sep 2002233,58227.443.64$122,132
Aug 2002649,01625.963.16$155,250
Jul 20022857,92124.583.06$178,028
Jun 20023957,53323.733.34$192,984
May 20027516,37524.663.58$60,538

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                1,090 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $3,320

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Month total                                   $3,320

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/189450 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.