HICKS GAS UNIT

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

Gas lease lease 253414District 05Field 05189550Hydrogen sulphide field2 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$2.3 M
Oct 2009 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$11 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
200
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 868 leases and 868 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2001-02-22
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 2011-03-08.

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: PER DOCKET 05-0268631 EFFECTIVE 03/08/2011, AMENDED RULE 2 TO

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 Gas112009-12-17196184
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
CondensateDisposition1 bbl$43
GasProduction600,618 Mcf$2,345,165
Total$2,345,208

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 31.0559, -96.5559. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.05593, -96.55595 · 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
13,690 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 13,690 ft.

Completions filed
Oct 2009
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-39531640213,690 ftOct 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 (200)

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

200 months

May 20260662106.413.05$2,016
Apr 2026040398.932.87$1,157
Mar 2026043989.753.15$1,383
Feb 2026022163.503.75$829
Jan 202607159.138.00$568
Dec 202507656.664.41$335
Nov 2025017258.593.93$675
Oct 2025013859.383.30$456
Sep 2025017562.743.08$538
Aug 2025018663.933.01$561
Jul 2025026966.743.32$892
Jun 2025054466.483.13$1,702
May 2025054560.553.23$1,762
Apr 2025022362.363.54$790
Mar 2025042767.704.27$1,823
Feb 2025029370.884.34$1,272
Jan 2025012774.324.28$543
Dec 2024017268.993.12$537
Nov 2024012969.052.20$284
Oct 2024015671.372.28$356
Sep 2024014969.612.36$352
Aug 202409375.632.06$192
Jul 2024019279.932.15$412
Jun 2024015278.082.63$400
May 2024031278.812.20$686
Apr 2024013584.451.66$224
Mar 2024047880.301.55$739
Feb 2024017476.091.78$310
Jan 2024011573.023.30$379
Dec 2023032271.262.61$841
Nov 2023025577.892.81$716
Oct 2023074385.443.09$2,294
Sep 202302,42589.042.74$6,632
Aug 202302,28980.522.67$6,118
Jul 202302,06874.852.64$5,463
Jun 202301,74668.962.26$3,943
May 202301,22870.622.23$2,735
Apr 2023084078.122.24$1,880
Mar 2023080972.852.39$1,936
Feb 2023026375.112.47$648
Jan 2023024676.533.39$833
Dec 2022057476.415.73$3,288
Nov 202201,25685.005.65$7,092
Oct 202202,00087.185.86$11,728
Sep 202202,12584.888.16$17,348
Aug 202201,68094.529.13$15,334
Jul 202202,177101.587.54$16,419
Jun 202201,800115.097.98$14,359
May 202201,540109.378.43$12,987
Apr 202201,532104.226.84$10,475
Mar 202201,652108.885.08$8,386
Feb 202201,54391.054.86$7,497
Jan 202201,46781.844.54$6,657
Dec 202101,77271.323.90$6,909
Nov 202101,55377.435.24$8,133
Oct 202101,21779.795.71$6,954
Sep 202101,30069.865.35$6,956
Aug 202101,55966.024.22$6,580
Jul 202101,54570.783.98$6,152
Jun 202101,57769.493.38$5,331
May 202101,75463.483.02$5,293
Apr 202101,61460.362.76$4,452
Mar 202101,16061.302.72$3,152
Feb 202101,08257.805.55$6,003
Jan 202101,26950.412.81$3,566
Dec 202001,39844.642.68$3,740
Nov 202001,29638.772.71$3,508
Oct 202001,54336.972.48$3,824
Sep 202001,17937.091.99$2,347
Aug 202001,81639.982.39$4,331
Jul 202001,35938.371.83$2,480
Jun 2020057934.901.69$979
May 2020085916.921.81$1,559
Apr 202001,30714.751.80$2,358
Mar 202001,79030.341.86$3,323
Feb 202001,66449.881.98$3,296
Jan 202001,73557.252.09$3,634
Dec 201901,92159.012.30$4,427
Nov 201901,85955.302.75$5,114
Oct 201901,77053.472.42$4,281
Sep 201901,58555.052.66$4,212
Aug 201901,63053.112.30$3,756
Jul 201901,69456.272.46$4,167
Jun 201901,61352.782.49$4,018
May 201901,75358.482.74$4,804
Apr 201901,73462.632.75$4,770
Mar 201901,69556.803.06$5,190
Feb 201901,65750.852.79$4,627
Jan 201901,56846.033.23$5,062
Dec 201801,80246.594.19$7,542
Nov 201801,70652.934.24$7,229
Oct 201801,84261.443.40$6,259
Sep 201801,89059.543.11$5,874
Aug 201802,12859.403.07$6,526
Jul 201802,18365.142.93$6,400
Jun 201802,09060.183.08$6,431
May 201802,14165.382.90$6,211
Apr 201802,24663.842.90$6,515
Mar 201801,90761.222.79$5,315
Feb 201801,41461.782.77$3,911
Jan 201801,77262.874.01$7,105
Dec 201701,78557.272.92$5,215
Nov 201701,67955.423.12$5,236
Oct 201701,76649.292.98$5,269
Sep 201701,55047.523.09$4,785
Aug 201701,63245.373.00$4,903
Jul 201701,68643.873.09$5,205
Jun 201701,40142.493.09$4,325
May 201701,26045.373.26$4,112
Apr 201701,35247.933.21$4,342
Mar 201701,08146.772.98$3,225
Feb 201701,51150.452.95$4,461
Jan 201701,94049.413.42$6,632
Dec 201601,95548.763.72$7,278
Nov 201601,92442.492.64$5,088
Oct 201601,26546.193.09$3,909
Sep 201601,41441.553.10$4,384
Aug 201602,12841.442.92$6,223
Jul 201602,23941.622.92$6,548
Jun 201602,40045.352.69$6,446
May 201602,53242.521.99$5,041
Apr 201602,46336.561.99$4,904
Mar 201602,57433.011.79$4,618
Feb 201602,48526.472.06$5,128
Jan 201602,65627.352.36$6,280
Dec 201502,56432.362.00$5,132
Nov 201502,72238.792.17$5,899
Oct 201502,71643.552.43$6,591
Sep 201512,66142.992.76$7,383
Aug 201502,82340.162.87$8,109
Jul 201502,81348.152.95$8,285
Jun 201502,77656.152.88$8,003
May 201502,96255.212.96$8,754
Apr 201502,86049.822.71$7,741
Mar 201503,02142.892.93$8,866
Feb 201502,73644.662.98$8,143
Jan 201503,15743.433.10$9,789
Dec 201403,10754.693.59$11,158
Nov 201403,05170.464.25$12,972
Oct 201403,20378.303.90$12,495
Sep 201403,17986.164.05$12,860
Aug 201403,31589.394.04$13,376
Jul 201403,44396.564.18$14,390
Jun 201403,27898.164.74$15,527
May 201403,45294.734.73$16,316
Apr 201403,11495.944.81$14,976
Mar 201403,33895.895.06$16,880
Feb 201403,18197.406.19$19,697
Jan 201403,51290.404.86$17,071
Dec 201303,72991.824.35$16,238
Nov 201303,76588.853.74$14,075
Oct 201303,92797.423.78$14,842
Sep 201303,892104.113.72$14,469
Aug 201304,060104.253.52$14,302
Jul 201304,199102.523.72$15,611
Jun 201304,00994.403.93$15,769
May 201304,28894.834.15$17,791
Apr 201304,13593.964.28$17,709
Mar 201304,18693.623.91$16,379
Feb 201304,08991.233.42$13,984
Jan 201304,64691.603.42$15,889
Dec 201204,49786.773.42$15,380
Nov 201204,88086.953.62$17,690
Oct 201205,03889.383.40$17,128
Sep 201204,12594.672.92$12,038
Aug 201204,54892.662.91$13,226
Jul 201204,93985.133.02$14,920
Jun 201206,12779.822.52$15,434
May 201201,87991.612.49$4,676
Apr 201202,709101.652.00$5,409
Mar 201204,492105.052.22$9,982
Feb 201205,153101.102.57$13,244
Jan 201205,71298.092.73$15,617
Dec 201105,22696.873.24$16,931
Nov 201105,60395.723.31$18,553
Oct 201106,49084.983.65$23,679
Sep 201106,50083.623.99$25,908
Aug 201106,90183.404.15$28,634
Jul 201106,65094.144.52$30,040
Jun 201106,85492.904.64$31,802
May 201107,86098.134.40$34,622
Apr 201103,854105.964.33$16,700
Mar 201106,12096.364.06$24,831
Feb 201106,65885.644.18$27,830
Jan 201107,35586.504.59$33,750
Dec 201008,65685.734.35$37,634
Nov 201005,22380.843.80$19,823
Oct 201007,94978.103.51$27,892
Sep 201009,92472.633.98$39,492
Aug 2010011,21173.684.42$49,545
Jul 2010011,81072.554.74$55,938
Jun 2010012,21970.364.91$60,000
May 2010013,80571.124.24$58,467
Apr 2010014,43281.694.12$59,499
Mar 2010016,71778.394.39$73,365
Feb 2010017,05673.585.44$92,825
Jan 2010021,13374.365.96$126,039
Dec 2009020,78271.445.48$113,963
Nov 2009013,58674.593.75$50,968
Oct 200902,02372.544.11$8,315

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                  662 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $2,016

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Month total                                   $2,016

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/253414 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.