WATKINS GAS UNIT

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

Gas lease lease 245128District 05Field 174275002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$906 k
May 2008 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
217
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 98 leases and 104 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1978-02-13
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and 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 160 acres. The field rule took effect on 2013-05-07.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: ALLOCATION FORMULA REMAINS SUSPENDED.

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 Gas112009-08-31194131
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
CondensateDisposition2,310 bbl$190,165
GasProduction188,934 Mcf$716,290
Total$906,456

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 31.8889, -96.3354. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.88894, -96.33544 · 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
10,087 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 10,087 ft.

Completions filed
Jun 2009
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-34934826110,087 ftJun 2009

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 (217)

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

217 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250874.324.28$34
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240169.052.20$2
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240169.612.36$2
Aug 20240575.632.06$10
Jul 2024026179.932.15$560
Jun 2024037678.082.63$990
May 2024051478.812.20$1,130
Apr 2024034884.451.66$577
Mar 2024054880.301.55$847
Feb 2024049476.091.78$881
Jan 2024055873.023.30$1,840
Dec 2023049171.262.61$1,282
Nov 2023050577.892.81$1,418
Oct 2023054985.443.09$1,695
Sep 2023050589.042.74$1,381
Aug 2023052580.522.67$1,403
Jul 2023034574.852.64$911
Jun 2023074768.962.26$1,687
May 2023018170.622.23$403
Apr 2023047778.122.24$1,067
Mar 2023044472.852.39$1,063
Feb 2023015075.112.47$370
Jan 2023022976.533.39$776
Dec 2022027176.415.73$1,553
Nov 2022059785.005.65$3,371
Oct 2022045987.185.86$2,691
Sep 2022067584.888.16$5,510
Aug 2022067994.529.13$6,197
Jul 20220663101.587.54$5,000
Jun 20220563115.097.98$4,491
May 20220321109.378.43$2,707
Apr 20220100104.226.84$684
Mar 20220147108.885.08$746
Feb 2022059191.054.86$2,872
Jan 2022068681.844.54$3,113
Dec 2021086671.323.90$3,377
Nov 202109277.435.24$482
Oct 2021013779.795.71$783
Sep 202104169.865.35$219
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 202092049.881.98$4,589
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190555.302.75$14
Oct 20190753.472.42$17
Sep 20190555.052.66$13
Aug 2019039553.112.30$910
Jul 2019043356.272.46$1,065
Jun 2019037352.782.49$929
May 2019044058.482.74$1,206
Apr 2019038662.632.75$1,062
Mar 2019043056.803.06$1,317
Feb 2019043250.852.79$1,206
Jan 2019045746.033.23$1,475
Dec 2018048346.594.19$2,022
Nov 2018048652.934.24$2,059
Oct 2018052261.443.40$1,774
Sep 2018053659.543.11$1,666
Aug 2018048859.403.07$1,496
Jul 2018050765.142.93$1,486
Jun 2018051760.183.08$1,591
May 2018053965.382.90$1,564
Apr 2018040163.842.90$1,163
Mar 2018049661.222.79$1,382
Feb 2018047761.782.77$1,319
Jan 2018039862.874.01$1,596
Dec 2017048557.272.92$1,417
Nov 2017038755.423.12$1,207
Oct 2017044149.292.98$1,316
Sep 201704847.523.09$148
Aug 2017032045.373.00$961
Jul 2017032843.873.09$1,013
Jun 2017030742.493.09$948
May 2017031645.373.26$1,031
Apr 2017044247.933.21$1,420
Mar 2017021346.772.98$636
Feb 2017048750.452.95$1,438
Jan 2017043449.413.42$1,484
Dec 2016041348.763.72$1,538
Nov 2016049542.492.64$1,309
Oct 2016051146.193.09$1,579
Sep 2016048241.553.10$1,495
Aug 2016031641.442.92$924
Jul 2016032541.622.92$950
Jun 2016039445.352.69$1,058
May 2016038942.521.99$775
Apr 2016044636.561.99$888
Mar 2016048033.011.79$861
Feb 2016057126.472.06$1,178
Jan 2016035127.352.36$830
Dec 2015022532.362.00$450
Nov 2015012038.792.17$260
Oct 201517843043.552.43$8,795
Sep 2015077742.992.76$2,143
Aug 201503840.162.87$109
Jul 201505648.152.95$165
Jun 201509356.152.88$268
May 201505855.212.96$171
Apr 201509049.822.71$244
Mar 2015017042.892.93$499
Feb 2015046244.662.98$1,375
Jan 2015052443.433.10$1,625
Dec 2014062354.693.59$2,237
Nov 2014022370.464.25$948
Oct 2014023478.303.90$913
Sep 2014028186.164.05$1,137
Aug 2014045189.394.04$1,820
Jul 2014063596.564.18$2,654
Jun 2014062398.164.74$2,951
May 2014067894.734.73$3,205
Apr 2014062695.944.81$3,011
Mar 2014064495.895.06$3,257
Feb 2014019697.406.19$1,214
Jan 2014072690.404.86$3,529
Dec 2013031291.824.35$1,359
Nov 2013027388.853.74$1,021
Oct 201301,82697.423.78$6,901
Sep 201301,653104.113.72$6,145
Aug 201301,503104.253.52$5,294
Jul 20130907102.523.72$3,372
Jun 201301,58494.403.93$6,231
May 201302,97094.834.15$12,323
Apr 20131923,20493.964.28$31,762
Mar 201301,81293.623.91$7,090
Feb 20131853,39391.233.42$28,481
Jan 201303,39991.603.42$11,624
Dec 201203,85886.773.42$13,195
Nov 20121983,86586.953.62$31,227
Oct 201204,25389.383.40$14,459
Sep 20121792,28294.672.92$23,606
Aug 201202,60692.662.91$7,579
Jul 2012044885.133.02$1,353
Jun 2012055079.822.52$1,385
May 201201,26891.612.49$3,155
Apr 201202,136101.652.00$4,265
Mar 201202,650105.052.22$5,889
Feb 20120609101.102.57$1,565
Jan 201201,70398.092.73$4,656
Dec 20111833,98696.873.24$30,641
Nov 201102,95495.723.31$9,782
Oct 20111793,91984.983.65$29,510
Sep 201103,92883.623.99$15,656
Aug 201103,64183.404.15$15,108
Jul 201102,58894.144.52$11,691
Jun 201101,97092.904.64$9,141
May 201103,64098.134.40$16,034
Apr 20111873,994105.964.33$37,122
Mar 201105,16096.364.06$20,936
Feb 201104,01985.644.18$16,799
Jan 201105,11586.504.59$23,472
Dec 20101834,57785.734.35$35,588
Nov 2010044280.843.80$1,678
Oct 201001,34078.103.51$4,702
Sep 201001,62572.633.98$6,467
Aug 201031,86973.684.42$8,481
Jul 201001,64972.554.74$7,810
Jun 201002,01170.364.91$9,875
May 201003,99971.124.24$16,937
Apr 20101764,82881.694.12$34,282
Mar 201005,40678.394.39$23,725
Feb 201022,80173.585.44$15,391
Jan 2010030674.365.96$1,825
Dec 200918781971.445.48$17,850
Nov 200903,99574.593.75$14,987
Oct 200914,40672.544.11$18,182
Sep 20091844,42865.543.06$25,630
Aug 200904,99467.423.22$16,073
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 200912,73466.163.90$10,715
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0

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.

Jan 2025 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 74.32 =         $0
Gas                    8 Mcf  × $  4.28 =        $34

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Month total                                      $34

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/245128 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.