SAND BRANCH GAS UNIT

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 223245District 05Field 30321300Hydrogen sulphide field2 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$4.9 M
Oct 2006 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$44 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
236
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 Gas112008-02-06171629
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
CondensateDisposition82 bbl$5,489
GasProduction816,016 Mcf$4,890,619
Total$4,896,108

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 31.3690, -96.3726. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.36904, -96.37263 · 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
13,637 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 13,637 ft.

Completions filed
Oct 2006
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-29331806113,637 ftOct 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 (236)

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

236 months

May 202601,008106.413.05$3,070
Apr 202601,10898.932.87$3,180
Mar 202601,68289.753.15$5,297
Feb 202601,42063.503.75$5,325
Jan 202601,17559.138.00$9,398
Dec 2025023256.664.41$1,024
Nov 2025071158.593.93$2,792
Oct 2025036459.383.30$1,203
Sep 2025060062.743.08$1,846
Aug 202501,58363.933.01$4,772
Jul 2025089666.743.32$2,970
Jun 202501,07266.483.13$3,354
May 202501,38560.553.23$4,477
Apr 2025044862.363.54$1,587
Mar 2025022567.704.27$960
Feb 2025027970.884.34$1,211
Jan 2025012374.324.28$526
Dec 2024018368.993.12$571
Nov 202406069.052.20$132
Oct 2024015871.372.28$360
Sep 2024019269.612.36$454
Aug 2024023675.632.06$487
Jul 2024023379.932.15$500
Jun 2024028778.082.63$756
May 2024032178.812.20$706
Apr 2024031084.451.66$514
Mar 2024032480.301.55$501
Feb 2024020876.091.78$371
Jan 2024016073.023.30$528
Dec 2023023371.262.61$608
Nov 2023023677.892.81$663
Oct 202301,00485.443.09$3,100
Sep 202301,23189.042.74$3,367
Aug 2023039280.522.67$1,048
Jul 2023026674.852.64$703
Jun 2023027968.962.26$630
May 2023037170.622.23$826
Apr 2023039578.122.24$884
Mar 2023036172.852.39$864
Feb 2023034875.112.47$858
Jan 2023047476.533.39$1,606
Dec 2022052776.415.73$3,019
Nov 2022059785.005.65$3,371
Oct 2022071987.185.86$4,216
Sep 2022080884.888.16$6,596
Aug 2022088994.529.13$8,114
Jul 202201,114101.587.54$8,402
Jun 202201,015115.097.98$8,097
May 20220959109.378.43$8,087
Apr 20220890104.226.84$6,085
Mar 20220621108.885.08$3,152
Feb 2022025791.054.86$1,249
Jan 2022031781.844.54$1,438
Dec 2021034271.323.90$1,334
Nov 2021041177.435.24$2,152
Oct 2021049079.795.71$2,800
Sep 2021048269.865.35$2,579
Aug 2021048566.024.22$2,047
Jul 2021044270.783.98$1,760
Jun 2021037169.493.38$1,254
May 2021053563.483.02$1,614
Apr 2021053860.362.76$1,484
Mar 2021056961.302.72$1,546
Feb 2021028457.805.55$1,576
Jan 2021050250.412.81$1,411
Dec 2020050944.642.68$1,362
Nov 2020044738.772.71$1,210
Oct 2020052136.972.48$1,291
Sep 2020063637.091.99$1,266
Aug 2020064839.982.39$1,546
Jul 2020072238.371.83$1,318
Jun 2020073134.901.69$1,236
May 2020058416.921.81$1,060
Apr 2020065214.751.80$1,176
Mar 2020062830.341.86$1,166
Feb 2020055249.881.98$1,093
Jan 2020063357.252.09$1,326
Dec 2019059659.012.30$1,373
Nov 2019062455.302.75$1,716
Oct 2019067653.472.42$1,635
Sep 2019077755.052.66$2,065
Aug 2019081453.112.30$1,876
Jul 2019077556.272.46$1,907
Jun 2019070252.782.49$1,749
May 2019074858.482.74$2,050
Apr 2019071062.632.75$1,953
Mar 2019073756.803.06$2,257
Feb 2019064050.852.79$1,787
Jan 2019069446.033.23$2,240
Dec 2018071846.594.19$3,005
Nov 2018071452.934.24$3,025
Oct 2018073061.443.40$2,481
Sep 2018073459.543.11$2,281
Aug 2018072959.403.07$2,236
Jul 2018080365.142.93$2,354
Jun 2018074060.183.08$2,277
May 2018080265.382.90$2,326
Apr 2018079863.842.90$2,315
Mar 2018072161.222.79$2,009
Feb 2018058961.782.77$1,629
Jan 2018064362.874.01$2,578
Dec 2017068457.272.92$1,998
Nov 2017069655.423.12$2,170
Oct 2017071149.292.98$2,121
Sep 2017071947.523.09$2,220
Aug 2017076445.373.00$2,295
Jul 2017082143.873.09$2,535
Jun 2017087342.493.09$2,695
May 2017092545.373.26$3,019
Apr 2017087947.933.21$2,823
Mar 2017091146.772.98$2,718
Feb 2017080950.452.95$2,389
Jan 2017087849.413.42$3,002
Dec 2016093148.763.72$3,466
Nov 2016094942.492.64$2,509
Oct 2016096346.193.09$2,976
Sep 201601,00641.553.10$3,119
Aug 201601,05341.442.92$3,079
Jul 201601,02841.622.92$3,006
Jun 201601,02045.352.69$2,740
May 201601,06842.521.99$2,126
Apr 201601,07536.561.99$2,140
Mar 201601,16933.011.79$2,097
Feb 201601,04626.472.06$2,159
Jan 201601,17627.352.36$2,780
Dec 201501,16432.362.00$2,330
Nov 201501,23038.792.17$2,666
Oct 201501,28043.552.43$3,106
Sep 201501,27442.992.76$3,514
Aug 201501,34340.162.87$3,858
Jul 201501,33648.152.95$3,935
Jun 201501,33556.152.88$3,849
May 201501,37955.212.96$4,076
Apr 201501,47649.822.71$3,995
Mar 201501,99342.892.93$5,849
Feb 201501,81244.662.98$5,393
Jan 201502,09843.433.10$6,505
Dec 201401,86054.693.59$6,680
Nov 201401,84070.464.25$7,823
Oct 201401,91178.303.90$7,455
Sep 201401,93486.164.05$7,824
Aug 201401,76289.394.04$7,110
Jul 201401,97996.564.18$8,271
Jun 201402,08998.164.74$9,895
May 201401,91994.734.73$9,070
Apr 201402,26195.944.81$10,873
Mar 201401,88395.895.06$9,522
Feb 201402,11497.406.19$13,090
Jan 201402,21490.404.86$10,762
Dec 201302,35491.824.35$10,250
Nov 201302,48088.853.74$9,271
Oct 201301,91197.423.78$7,222
Sep 201301,976104.113.72$7,346
Aug 201302,660104.253.52$9,370
Jul 201302,938102.523.72$10,923
Jun 201302,12794.403.93$8,366
May 201302,64794.834.15$10,983
Apr 201302,59593.964.28$11,113
Mar 201302,66693.623.91$10,432
Feb 201302,45291.233.42$8,386
Jan 201302,83991.603.42$9,709
Dec 201202,89586.773.42$9,901
Nov 201202,66586.953.62$9,661
Oct 201202,92789.383.40$9,951
Sep 201202,73194.672.92$7,970
Aug 201203,04192.662.91$8,844
Jul 201203,04285.133.02$9,189
Jun 201202,77279.822.52$6,983
May 201203,05391.612.49$7,597
Apr 201202,511101.652.00$5,014
Mar 201202,920105.052.22$6,488
Feb 201202,464101.102.57$6,333
Jan 201202,83898.092.73$7,759
Dec 201102,91596.873.24$9,444
Nov 201102,89095.723.31$9,570
Oct 201103,40184.983.65$12,409
Sep 201102,91383.623.99$11,611
Aug 201103,32683.404.15$13,801
Jul 201103,37294.144.52$15,232
Jun 201103,49792.904.64$16,226
May 201103,54098.134.40$15,593
Apr 201104,147105.964.33$17,970
Mar 201104,89296.364.06$19,849
Feb 201104,28985.644.18$17,928
Jan 201104,61186.504.59$21,159
Dec 201005,08885.734.35$22,121
Nov 201004,77580.843.80$18,123
Oct 201005,53378.103.51$19,415
Sep 201005,82272.633.98$23,168
Aug 201006,13873.684.42$27,126
Jul 201004,10972.554.74$19,462
Jun 201003,52070.364.91$17,285
May 201005,56771.124.24$23,577
Apr 201008,16981.694.12$33,678
Mar 201009,12578.394.39$40,047
Feb 201008,67273.585.44$47,196
Jan 2010010,05174.365.96$59,945
Dec 200908,57871.445.48$47,040
Nov 200907,19974.593.75$27,007
Oct 200907,84372.544.11$32,237
Sep 200903,22065.543.06$9,869
Aug 200903,89367.423.22$12,530
Jul 200902,26461.133.46$7,844
Jun 200903,36966.163.90$13,122
May 200904,08254.743.93$16,025
Apr 200903,04546.773.59$10,924
Mar 200903,40342.144.06$13,813
Feb 200903,45032.814.63$15,984
Jan 200904,21935.865.37$22,660
Dec 200805,43237.105.98$32,468
Nov 200816,78755.496.86$46,617
Oct 200817,80075.246.92$54,067
Sep 200807,908101.767.88$62,292
Aug 200808,314114.228.48$70,528
Jul 200818,368131.0811.39$95,438
Jun 200808,888131.3313.03$115,834
May 200809,493123.1711.57$109,875
Apr 200829,175110.3110.45$96,144
Mar 2008310,402101.909.66$100,831
Feb 2008410,82292.538.77$95,285
Jan 2008212,12090.388.21$99,634
Dec 2007112,56688.337.30$91,845
Nov 2007312,47691.677.29$91,246
Oct 2007014,13182.856.92$97,815
Sep 2007414,36875.846.24$90,019
Aug 2007215,92569.066.39$101,866
Jul 2007717,21770.906.39$110,477
Jun 2007418,99462.007.55$143,623
May 2007025,30558.747.85$198,550
Apr 2007822,20459.617.81$173,784
Mar 2007027,72756.927.30$202,462
Feb 2007628,26255.108.22$232,531
Jan 2007337,32150.306.73$251,204
Dec 2006053,30456.656.92$368,781
Nov 2006639,15654.207.62$298,595
Oct 2006248,26654.906.01$51,028

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                1,008 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $3,070

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $3,070

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/223245 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.