HUGH D. WHITAKER GAS UNIT II

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

Gas lease lease 257018District 05Field 06476300Hydrogen sulphide field2 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$6.0 M
May 2010 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$127 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
193
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 385 leases and 385 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
2004-02-24
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 2010-12-14.

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: DESIGNATED AS UFT FIELD PER DOCKET 01-0299858

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 Gas112010-09-21199604
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
CondensateDisposition12 bbl$958
GasProduction1,673,903 Mcf$6,035,846
Total$6,036,804

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 31.4670, -96.2202. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.46699, -96.22021 · 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
14,350 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 14,350 ft.

Completions filed
May 2010
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-16134429814,350 ftMay 2010

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 (193)

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

193 months

May 202603,366106.413.05$10,252
Apr 202602,94998.932.87$8,463
Mar 202602,95389.753.15$9,300
Feb 202602,42263.503.75$9,083
Jan 202602,55259.138.00$20,411
Dec 202502,75456.664.41$12,154
Nov 202502,88358.593.93$11,320
Oct 202503,14059.383.30$10,377
Sep 202502,83462.743.08$8,720
Aug 202502,63663.933.01$7,947
Jul 202502,87266.743.32$9,521
Jun 202503,00866.483.13$9,411
May 202502,49360.553.23$8,058
Apr 202502,52762.363.54$8,953
Mar 202502,73767.704.27$11,682
Feb 202502,56870.884.34$11,147
Jan 202503,08474.324.28$13,195
Dec 202402,23168.993.12$6,964
Nov 202402,52569.052.20$5,551
Oct 202402,94571.372.28$6,719
Sep 202402,53669.612.36$5,996
Aug 202402,40875.632.06$4,969
Jul 202402,96979.932.15$6,373
Jun 202402,38878.082.63$6,290
May 202402,77578.812.20$6,101
Apr 202402,59584.451.66$4,306
Mar 202402,60680.301.55$4,027
Feb 202402,92276.091.78$5,212
Jan 202403,86273.023.30$12,736
Dec 202303,65871.262.61$9,550
Nov 202303,71077.892.81$10,416
Oct 202303,89985.443.09$12,037
Sep 202303,90689.042.74$10,683
Aug 202303,85680.522.67$10,307
Jul 202303,95374.852.64$10,443
Jun 202303,80368.962.26$8,589
May 202304,22370.622.23$9,406
Apr 202304,01078.122.24$8,973
Mar 202303,97472.852.39$9,510
Feb 202303,73175.112.47$9,199
Jan 202304,66476.533.39$15,800
Dec 202203,78376.415.73$21,673
Nov 202204,33685.005.65$24,482
Oct 202204,37287.185.86$25,636
Sep 202204,30984.888.16$35,177
Aug 202204,71294.529.13$43,007
Jul 202204,858101.587.54$36,639
Jun 202204,631115.097.98$36,942
May 202204,460109.378.43$37,611
Apr 202204,281104.226.84$29,272
Mar 202204,765108.885.08$24,189
Feb 202204,51391.054.86$21,928
Jan 202203,96081.844.54$17,969
Dec 202104,18771.323.90$16,326
Nov 202103,96577.435.24$20,764
Oct 202105,77979.795.71$33,020
Sep 202105,20069.865.35$27,825
Aug 202105,39166.024.22$22,753
Jul 202105,54170.783.98$22,065
Jun 202105,50969.493.38$18,624
May 202105,68763.483.02$17,161
Apr 202106,00260.362.76$16,556
Mar 202106,44761.302.72$17,516
Feb 202104,58457.805.55$25,432
Jan 202106,30750.412.81$17,724
Dec 202006,32444.642.68$16,920
Nov 202006,14438.772.71$16,629
Oct 202006,45236.972.48$15,991
Sep 202006,26137.091.99$12,466
Aug 202006,40639.982.39$15,279
Jul 202006,89838.371.83$12,590
Jun 202006,65534.901.69$11,249
May 202007,24316.921.81$13,144
Apr 202007,38014.751.80$13,316
Mar 202008,35130.341.86$15,501
Feb 202005,39549.881.98$10,686
Jan 202008,01557.252.09$16,789
Dec 201904,71659.012.30$10,867
Nov 201903,65555.302.75$10,054
Oct 201903,67653.472.42$8,891
Sep 201904,63255.052.66$12,309
Aug 201903,89053.112.30$8,964
Jul 201904,85756.272.46$11,949
Jun 201905,04552.782.49$12,568
May 201905,49958.482.74$15,069
Apr 201904,71962.632.75$12,981
Mar 201903,98456.803.06$12,199
Feb 201903,23350.852.79$9,027
Jan 201903,51746.033.23$11,354
Dec 201803,69146.594.19$15,448
Nov 201804,19252.934.24$17,763
Oct 201804,27961.443.40$14,540
Sep 201804,93759.543.11$15,344
Aug 201804,14259.403.07$12,702
Jul 201804,48965.142.93$13,161
Jun 201805,61860.183.08$17,286
May 201805,99365.382.90$17,384
Apr 201805,68563.842.90$16,491
Mar 201805,97561.222.79$16,651
Feb 201805,58461.782.77$15,446
Jan 201806,20562.874.01$24,878
Dec 201706,08257.272.92$17,769
Nov 201705,90255.423.12$18,405
Oct 201706,09549.292.98$18,186
Sep 201706,31747.523.09$19,502
Aug 201706,58345.373.00$19,778
Jul 201706,54443.873.09$20,203
Jun 201706,28742.493.09$19,410
May 201706,73045.373.26$21,963
Apr 201706,64947.933.21$21,354
Mar 201707,05646.772.98$21,053
Feb 201706,37650.452.95$18,826
Jan 201706,79549.413.42$23,231
Dec 201607,14648.763.72$26,603
Nov 201607,22142.492.64$19,095
Oct 201607,27346.193.09$22,475
Sep 201607,18841.553.10$22,287
Aug 201607,56641.442.92$22,126
Jul 201607,62541.622.92$22,298
Jun 201607,52445.352.69$20,208
May 201607,68042.521.99$15,291
Apr 201607,44336.561.99$14,819
Mar 201607,83933.011.79$14,063
Feb 201607,37426.472.06$15,217
Jan 201608,01327.352.36$18,946
Dec 201508,06032.362.00$16,131
Nov 201508,00838.792.17$17,356
Oct 201507,79143.552.43$18,905
Sep 201508,22442.992.76$22,685
Aug 201508,52840.162.87$24,497
Jul 201508,02448.152.95$23,631
Jun 201508,54156.152.88$24,623
May 201509,04055.212.96$26,717
Apr 201507,96649.822.71$21,561
Mar 201509,07242.892.93$26,624
Feb 201508,29544.662.98$24,688
Jan 201507,63143.433.10$23,661
Dec 201409,55354.693.59$34,308
Nov 201409,17170.464.25$38,994
Oct 201407,56878.303.90$29,522
Sep 201409,68886.164.05$39,192
Aug 2014010,04089.394.04$40,513
Jul 2014010,19296.564.18$42,598
Jun 201409,78598.164.74$46,350
May 2014010,69094.734.73$50,527
Apr 2014010,18195.944.81$48,962
Mar 2014010,59895.895.06$53,592
Feb 2014010,13397.406.19$62,744
Jan 2014011,24090.404.86$54,634
Dec 2013010,92691.824.35$47,577
Nov 2013011,11788.853.74$41,558
Oct 2013011,89197.423.78$44,940
Sep 2013011,572104.113.72$43,022
Aug 2013012,546104.253.52$44,195
Jul 2013012,850102.523.72$47,773
Jun 2013012,67694.403.93$49,860
May 2013013,39794.834.15$55,585
Apr 2013013,17393.964.28$56,415
Mar 2013014,20293.623.91$55,571
Feb 2013011,72191.233.42$40,085
Jan 2013013,44491.603.42$45,977
Dec 2012013,72486.773.42$46,938
Nov 2012014,04086.953.62$50,894
Oct 2012014,99989.383.40$50,992
Sep 2012015,55694.672.92$45,399
Aug 2012014,38892.662.91$41,843
Jul 2012014,28285.133.02$43,143
Jun 2012015,27579.822.52$38,478
May 2012016,10891.612.49$40,082
Apr 2012015,991101.652.00$31,931
Mar 2012017,393105.052.22$38,649
Feb 2012016,713101.102.57$42,956
Jan 2012018,66198.092.73$51,021
Dec 2011019,34896.873.24$62,682
Nov 2011019,47495.723.31$64,484
Oct 2011020,95284.983.65$76,444
Sep 2011221,18483.623.99$84,602
Aug 2011023,30783.404.15$96,708
Jul 2011024,69294.144.52$111,540
Jun 2011125,72192.904.64$119,435
May 2011025,63698.134.40$112,922
Apr 2011018,426105.964.33$79,845
Mar 2011120,32696.364.06$82,566
Feb 2011019,13185.644.18$79,967
Jan 2011122,45586.504.59$103,128
Dec 2010024,27085.734.35$105,520
Nov 2010025,31680.843.80$96,083
Oct 2010028,40978.103.51$99,684
Sep 2010131,58672.633.98$125,768
Aug 2010629,79773.684.42$132,126
Jul 2010035,90472.554.74$170,059
Jun 2010048,62670.364.91$238,773
May 2010028,12871.124.24$119,128

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                3,366 Mcf  × $  3.05 =    $10,252

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Month total                                  $10,252

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/257018 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.