BLAINS CREEK 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 244050District 05Field 30321300Hydrogen sulphide field2 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$5.8 M
Nov 2008 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$82 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
211
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 Gas112009-02-18189603
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
CondensateDisposition32 bbl$1,793
GasProduction1,454,636 Mcf$5,827,058
Total$5,828,851

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 31.4018, -96.3558. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.40183, -96.35584 · 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
13,750 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 13,750 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 2008
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-29332098113,750 ftNov 2008

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 (211)

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

211 months

May 202601,988106.413.05$6,055
Apr 202601,63598.932.87$4,692
Mar 202601,72089.753.15$5,417
Feb 202601,88863.503.75$7,081
Jan 202601,47959.138.00$11,829
Dec 202501,93456.664.41$8,535
Nov 202501,72558.593.93$6,773
Oct 202501,81959.383.30$6,012
Sep 202502,23562.743.08$6,877
Aug 202502,08163.933.01$6,274
Jul 202502,09266.743.32$6,935
Jun 202501,68266.483.13$5,263
May 202501,70260.553.23$5,501
Apr 202502,16162.363.54$7,657
Mar 2025152,11167.704.27$10,026
Feb 202501,97570.884.34$8,573
Jan 202502,06674.324.28$8,840
Dec 202402,30668.993.12$7,198
Nov 202402,05869.052.20$4,524
Oct 202402,20171.372.28$5,021
Sep 202402,22069.612.36$5,249
Aug 202402,20275.632.06$4,544
Jul 202402,49279.932.15$5,349
Jun 202402,72578.082.63$7,178
May 202402,11378.812.20$4,645
Apr 202401,96684.451.66$3,262
Mar 202402,37080.301.55$3,662
Feb 202402,38676.091.78$4,256
Jan 202402,73673.023.30$9,022
Dec 202302,17871.262.61$5,686
Nov 202302,03977.892.81$5,725
Oct 202302,32685.443.09$7,181
Sep 202302,70989.042.74$7,409
Aug 202302,39480.522.67$6,399
Jul 202302,63074.852.64$6,948
Jun 202302,17668.962.26$4,914
May 202302,46170.622.23$5,482
Apr 202301,95378.122.24$4,370
Mar 202301,14772.852.39$2,745
Feb 202301,87475.112.47$4,621
Jan 202301,09376.533.39$3,703
Dec 202202,21076.415.73$12,661
Nov 202202,57185.005.65$14,516
Oct 202202,72987.185.86$16,002
Sep 202203,35084.888.16$27,348
Aug 202203,56994.529.13$32,575
Jul 202203,745101.587.54$28,245
Jun 202202,678115.097.98$21,363
May 202203,887109.378.43$32,779
Apr 202203,855104.226.84$26,359
Mar 202202,627108.885.08$13,336
Feb 202203,95891.054.86$19,231
Jan 202203,42281.844.54$15,528
Dec 202103,51271.323.90$13,694
Nov 202103,34677.435.24$17,523
Oct 202103,26879.795.71$18,673
Sep 202102,49069.865.35$13,324
Aug 202101,95566.024.22$8,251
Jul 202102,36070.783.98$9,398
Jun 202102,22069.493.38$7,505
May 202101,80663.483.02$5,450
Apr 2021094060.362.76$2,593
Mar 202101,74861.302.72$4,749
Feb 2021094057.805.55$5,215
Jan 2021075250.412.81$2,113
Dec 202002,47644.642.68$6,624
Nov 202002,48438.772.71$6,723
Oct 202003,13336.972.48$7,765
Sep 202002,93337.091.99$5,840
Aug 202003,26539.982.39$7,787
Jul 202004,51538.371.83$8,240
Jun 202003,81234.901.69$6,443
May 202004,07916.921.81$7,402
Apr 202004,16114.751.80$7,508
Mar 202004,35230.341.86$8,078
Feb 202004,12949.881.98$8,178
Jan 202003,91257.252.09$8,195
Dec 201903,75659.012.30$8,655
Nov 201903,58555.302.75$9,861
Oct 201904,05753.472.42$9,812
Sep 201903,92255.052.66$10,422
Aug 201903,96353.112.30$9,132
Jul 201904,09856.272.46$10,081
Jun 201904,00952.782.49$9,987
May 201903,59858.482.74$9,860
Apr 201903,54762.632.75$9,757
Mar 201903,96156.803.06$12,129
Feb 201903,67350.852.79$10,256
Jan 201903,69546.033.23$11,928
Dec 201803,62746.594.19$15,181
Nov 201803,68852.934.24$15,627
Oct 201803,77361.443.40$12,821
Sep 201803,63259.543.11$11,288
Aug 201803,84859.403.07$11,800
Jul 201804,37665.142.93$12,830
Jun 201804,32660.183.08$13,311
May 201803,61165.382.90$10,475
Apr 201804,10163.842.90$11,896
Mar 201804,37761.222.79$12,198
Feb 201803,83561.782.77$10,608
Jan 201803,59962.874.01$14,430
Dec 201703,53457.272.92$10,325
Nov 201704,18455.423.12$13,047
Oct 201704,35249.292.98$12,985
Sep 201704,02947.523.09$12,439
Aug 201704,24345.373.00$12,748
Jul 201704,44443.873.09$13,720
Jun 201703,89942.493.09$12,037
May 201704,04745.373.26$13,207
Apr 201704,32147.933.21$13,877
Mar 201703,87246.772.98$11,553
Feb 201703,50350.452.95$10,343
Jan 201703,47649.413.42$11,884
Dec 201603,71648.763.72$13,834
Nov 201604,15342.492.64$10,982
Oct 201603,72346.193.09$11,505
Sep 201603,25541.553.10$10,093
Aug 201603,72041.442.92$10,879
Jul 201603,93341.622.92$11,501
Jun 201603,60845.352.69$9,690
May 201604,60042.521.99$9,159
Apr 201603,74736.561.99$7,460
Mar 201604,19333.011.79$7,522
Feb 201604,12826.472.06$8,519
Jan 201604,71427.352.36$11,146
Dec 201504,53932.362.00$9,084
Nov 201503,80338.792.17$8,242
Oct 201504,31443.552.43$10,468
Sep 201503,42742.992.76$9,453
Aug 201504,50340.162.87$12,935
Jul 201505,15148.152.95$15,170
Jun 201504,61856.152.88$13,313
May 201504,68455.212.96$13,843
Apr 201504,31449.822.71$11,676
Mar 201503,72242.892.93$10,923
Feb 201504,96544.662.98$14,777
Jan 201505,31343.433.10$16,474
Dec 201405,99754.693.59$21,537
Nov 201404,63370.464.25$19,699
Oct 201405,57278.303.90$21,736
Sep 201405,17586.164.05$20,935
Aug 201404,84089.394.04$19,530
Jul 201405,31296.564.18$22,202
Jun 201405,38198.164.74$25,489
May 201406,27694.734.73$29,664
Apr 201406,31895.944.81$30,384
Mar 201406,01995.895.06$30,437
Feb 201406,06097.406.19$37,524
Jan 201405,81890.404.86$28,280
Dec 201305,36791.824.35$23,370
Nov 201305,13188.853.74$19,181
Oct 201305,48497.423.78$20,726
Sep 201305,290104.113.72$19,667
Aug 201306,123104.253.52$21,569
Jul 201306,465102.523.72$24,035
Jun 201306,18794.403.93$24,336
May 201305,03294.834.15$20,878
Apr 201305,50493.964.28$23,571
Mar 201306,05493.623.91$23,689
Feb 201305,65991.233.42$19,353
Jan 201307,23991.603.42$24,757
Dec 201207,20486.773.42$24,639
Nov 201207,21086.953.62$26,136
Oct 201207,53989.383.40$25,630
Sep 201207,52194.672.92$21,949
Aug 201207,80792.662.91$22,704
Jul 201208,10085.133.02$24,468
Jun 201208,06679.822.52$20,319
May 201208,01491.612.49$19,941
Apr 201206,437101.652.00$12,853
Mar 201206,661105.052.22$14,801
Feb 201205,844101.102.57$15,020
Jan 201208,03498.092.73$21,966
Dec 201108,80096.873.24$28,510
Nov 201108,69595.723.31$28,792
Oct 201109,00084.983.65$32,837
Sep 201108,95583.623.99$35,693
Aug 201109,85883.404.15$40,904
Jul 201109,88194.144.52$44,635
Jun 201109,87092.904.64$45,796
May 201108,34898.134.40$36,771
Apr 2011010,009105.964.33$43,372
Mar 2011010,71596.364.06$43,474
Feb 201107,78585.644.18$32,541
Jan 2011010,92586.504.59$50,132
Dec 2010011,36485.734.35$49,408
Nov 2010011,47680.843.80$43,555
Oct 2010012,12878.103.51$42,556
Sep 2010012,52872.633.98$49,855
Aug 2010013,56073.684.42$59,927
Jul 2010012,59272.554.74$59,642
Jun 2010014,03970.364.91$68,937
May 2010014,45771.124.24$61,229
Apr 2010015,54481.694.12$64,083
Mar 2010016,74678.394.39$73,493
Feb 2010016,42673.585.44$89,396
Jan 2010019,15874.365.96$114,260
Dec 2009021,12671.445.48$115,850
Nov 2009022,90774.593.75$85,936
Oct 2009026,52372.544.11$109,016
Sep 2009629,86165.543.06$91,910
Aug 2009026,76567.423.22$86,143
Jul 2009022,62961.133.46$78,398
Jun 2009025,82866.163.90$100,600
May 2009030,57054.743.93$120,010
Apr 2009134,65346.773.59$124,364
Mar 2009144,20842.144.06$179,482
Feb 2009950,85332.814.63$235,897
Jan 2009076,21335.865.37$409,340
Dec 2008069,08037.105.98$412,901
Nov 2008031,54755.496.86$216,424

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                1,988 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $6,055

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Month total                                   $6,055

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/244050 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.