BELL GAS UNIT

Operated by HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 386310) in the FREESTONE (CV-BOSSIER CONS.) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 217503District 05Field 32950285Hydrogen sulphide field2 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.5 M
Nov 2005 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$15 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
247
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 960 leases and 960 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2006-02-28
as the register files it
Field class
Gas
the register's own label
Between wells
600 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 2016-11-15.

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: PLATS FOR INDIVIDUAL WELLS IN THE FIELD IF THEY CHOOSE.

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 Gas112006-09-25166716
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
CondensateDisposition5 bbl$348
GasProduction603,395 Mcf$3,504,183
Total$3,504,531

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 31.5605, -96.2904. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.56054, -96.29041 · 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
13,081 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 13,081 ft.

Completions filed
Mar 2006
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-16133037813,081 ftMar 2006

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 (247)

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

247 months

May 20260156106.413.05$475
Apr 2026016698.932.87$476
Mar 2026019089.753.15$598
Feb 2026026763.503.75$1,001
Jan 2026041359.138.00$3,303
Dec 2025044056.664.41$1,942
Nov 2025031458.593.93$1,233
Oct 2025050959.383.30$1,682
Sep 2025044562.743.08$1,369
Aug 2025032963.933.01$992
Jul 2025030366.743.32$1,005
Jun 2025015066.483.13$469
May 2025018860.553.23$608
Apr 2025032162.363.54$1,137
Mar 2025037667.704.27$1,605
Feb 2025070270.884.34$3,047
Jan 202501,87474.324.28$8,018
Dec 202401,75568.993.12$5,478
Nov 202401,52169.052.20$3,344
Oct 202401,00571.372.28$2,293
Sep 2024049569.612.36$1,170
Aug 2024021175.632.06$435
Jul 2024031479.932.15$674
Jun 2024018678.082.63$490
May 2024022178.812.20$486
Apr 2024019884.451.66$329
Mar 2024020080.301.55$309
Feb 2024018976.091.78$337
Jan 2024013773.023.30$452
Dec 2023023071.262.61$600
Nov 2023018477.892.81$517
Oct 2023010185.443.09$312
Sep 2023015989.042.74$435
Aug 2023013680.522.67$364
Jul 2023014474.852.64$380
Jun 2023011868.962.26$267
May 2023013270.622.23$294
Apr 2023020578.122.24$459
Mar 2023014072.852.39$335
Feb 2023012475.112.47$306
Jan 2023019576.533.39$661
Dec 2022021676.415.73$1,237
Nov 2022046785.005.65$2,637
Oct 2022017887.185.86$1,044
Sep 2022013084.888.16$1,061
Aug 2022018894.529.13$1,716
Jul 20220113101.587.54$852
Jun 20220151115.097.98$1,205
May 20220132109.378.43$1,113
Apr 20220136104.226.84$930
Mar 20220162108.885.08$822
Feb 2022014591.054.86$705
Jan 2022015381.844.54$694
Dec 2021019371.323.90$753
Nov 2021021277.435.24$1,110
Oct 2021017279.795.71$983
Sep 2021012269.865.35$653
Aug 2021015066.024.22$633
Jul 202107970.783.98$315
Jun 2021017269.493.38$581
May 2021014363.483.02$432
Apr 2021015260.362.76$419
Mar 2021023961.302.72$649
Feb 2021019857.805.55$1,098
Jan 2021023950.412.81$672
Dec 2020029744.642.68$795
Nov 2020024338.772.71$658
Oct 2020039336.972.48$974
Sep 202001,05237.091.99$2,095
Aug 202001,42039.982.39$3,387
Jul 202001,41938.371.83$2,590
Jun 202001,47434.901.69$2,492
May 202001,02916.921.81$1,867
Apr 202001,04914.751.80$1,893
Mar 202001,30630.341.86$2,424
Feb 202001,39049.881.98$2,753
Jan 202001,44557.252.09$3,027
Dec 201901,27259.012.30$2,931
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 2019042555.052.66$1,129
Aug 2019070353.112.30$1,620
Jul 2019095056.272.46$2,337
Jun 2019077652.782.49$1,933
May 2019095958.482.74$2,628
Apr 2019095862.632.75$2,635
Mar 2019092356.803.06$2,826
Feb 2019074750.852.79$2,086
Jan 2019085746.033.23$2,767
Dec 2018086146.594.19$3,604
Nov 2018086052.934.24$3,644
Oct 2018074961.443.40$2,545
Sep 2018058559.543.11$1,818
Aug 2018042659.403.07$1,306
Jul 2018036265.142.93$1,061
Jun 2018085960.183.08$2,643
May 2018040765.382.90$1,181
Apr 2018022663.842.90$656
Mar 2018044461.222.79$1,237
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 201709457.272.92$275
Nov 2017012155.423.12$377
Oct 2017024849.292.98$740
Sep 2017022247.523.09$685
Aug 2017026545.373.00$796
Jul 201701,22243.873.09$3,773
Jun 201702,30142.493.09$7,104
May 201702,35945.373.26$7,698
Apr 201702,18447.933.21$7,014
Mar 201702,60346.772.98$7,767
Feb 201702,45250.452.95$7,240
Jan 201702,03649.413.42$6,961
Dec 201601,37848.763.72$5,130
Nov 201602,76242.492.64$7,304
Oct 201602,97246.193.09$9,184
Sep 201603,29141.553.10$10,204
Aug 201602,60041.442.92$7,603
Jul 201604,22541.622.92$12,355
Jun 201603,73045.352.69$10,018
May 201601,60942.521.99$3,204
Apr 20160436.561.99$8
Mar 2016011533.011.79$206
Feb 2016058726.472.06$1,211
Jan 2016024027.352.36$567
Dec 201507732.362.00$154
Nov 2015035038.792.17$759
Oct 2015052043.552.43$1,262
Sep 201501,52842.992.76$4,215
Aug 2015095740.162.87$2,749
Jul 201501,79348.152.95$5,281
Jun 2015077556.152.88$2,234
May 2015053855.212.96$1,590
Apr 201501,91049.822.71$5,170
Mar 201502,43942.892.93$7,158
Feb 201502,52944.662.98$7,527
Jan 201502,93443.433.10$9,097
Dec 201403,01354.693.59$10,821
Nov 201402,97670.464.25$12,653
Oct 201403,33778.303.90$13,018
Sep 201403,13186.164.05$12,666
Aug 201403,26889.394.04$13,187
Jul 201403,22796.564.18$13,488
Jun 201403,35698.164.74$15,897
May 201402,28594.734.73$10,800
Apr 201402,23395.944.81$10,739
Mar 201401,45495.895.06$7,353
Feb 2014046197.406.19$2,855
Jan 2014028190.404.86$1,366
Dec 2013031391.824.35$1,363
Nov 2013037488.853.74$1,398
Oct 2013047597.423.78$1,795
Sep 20130526104.113.72$1,956
Aug 20130476104.253.52$1,677
Jul 20130569102.523.72$2,115
Jun 2013063494.403.93$2,494
May 2013096394.834.15$3,996
Apr 201302,34293.964.28$10,030
Mar 201302,53393.623.91$9,911
Feb 201302,34391.233.42$8,013
Jan 201302,62091.603.42$8,960
Dec 201202,74186.773.42$9,375
Nov 201202,67486.953.62$9,693
Oct 201202,45989.383.40$8,360
Sep 201202,54194.672.92$7,416
Aug 201202,81192.662.91$8,175
Jul 201202,78985.133.02$8,425
Jun 201202,69879.822.52$6,796
May 201202,79291.612.49$6,947
Apr 201202,843101.652.00$5,677
Mar 201202,886105.052.22$6,413
Feb 201202,929101.102.57$7,528
Jan 201202,72398.092.73$7,445
Dec 201102,75196.873.24$8,913
Nov 201102,78695.723.31$9,225
Oct 201102,94684.983.65$10,749
Sep 201102,93483.623.99$11,694
Aug 201103,21283.404.15$13,328
Jul 201102,92194.144.52$13,195
Jun 201103,32492.904.64$15,423
May 201103,01198.134.40$13,263
Apr 201102,348105.964.33$10,175
Mar 201103,49996.364.06$14,197
Feb 201103,19185.644.18$13,338
Jan 201103,62986.504.59$16,653
Dec 201003,59385.734.35$15,621
Nov 201003,41280.843.80$12,950
Oct 201003,74478.103.51$13,137
Sep 201003,70672.633.98$14,748
Aug 201004,04773.684.42$17,885
Jul 201003,98272.554.74$18,861
Jun 201004,06670.364.91$19,966
May 201004,14371.124.24$17,547
Apr 201003,62681.694.12$14,949
Mar 201004,13978.394.39$18,165
Feb 201003,46073.585.44$18,831
Jan 201003,83874.365.96$22,890
Dec 200903,44171.445.48$18,870
Nov 200903,81574.593.75$14,312
Oct 200903,34972.544.11$13,765
Sep 200903,65465.543.06$11,199
Aug 200903,12067.423.22$10,042
Jul 200904,01161.133.46$13,896
Jun 200903,85866.163.90$15,027
May 200904,27354.743.93$16,775
Apr 200903,78546.773.59$13,579
Mar 200904,02542.144.06$16,337
Feb 200903,32132.814.63$15,386
Jan 200903,76035.865.37$20,195
Dec 200803,51237.105.98$20,992
Nov 200803,89455.496.86$26,714
Oct 200803,86975.246.92$26,781
Sep 200803,973101.767.88$31,296
Aug 200804,448114.228.48$37,732
Jul 200805,272131.0811.39$60,045
Jun 200805,076131.3313.03$66,154
May 200815,493123.1711.57$63,701
Apr 200804,644110.3110.45$48,552
Mar 200805,736101.909.66$55,433
Feb 200803,14692.538.77$27,592
Jan 200805,38690.388.21$44,196
Dec 200704,59088.337.30$33,516
Nov 200706,82691.677.29$49,773
Oct 200707,22282.856.92$49,991
Sep 200706,56675.846.24$40,999
Aug 200706,16069.066.39$39,350
Jul 200707,66070.906.39$48,932
Jun 200708,30862.007.55$62,713
May 200709,17658.747.85$71,997
Apr 200709,22759.617.81$72,019
Mar 200709,32756.927.30$68,105
Feb 200708,77255.108.22$72,071
Jan 200709,33150.306.73$62,768
Dec 200609,62556.656.92$66,590
Nov 200609,59354.207.62$73,074
Oct 2006012,47854.906.01$75,040
Sep 2006013,10060.085.04$65,987
Aug 2006011,90868.717.34$87,404
Jul 2006012,12869.376.34$76,925
Jun 200605,63266.286.38$35,954
May 200605,56366.016.42$35,742
Apr 200606,05364.397.36$44,553
Mar 2006011,88256.707.08$84,159
Feb 2006012,01957.597.75$93,161
Jan 2006115,17360.598.93$135,606
Dec 2005025,01454.9413.42$335,573
Nov 2005329654.6910.59$3,298

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                  156 Mcf  × $  3.05 =       $475

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Month total                                     $475

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/217503 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.