HELLCAT

Name: HELLCAT lease production and value, Jan 2000 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by OXY USA WTP LP (P-5 630555) in the JARS (ELLENBURGER) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 36184District 08Field 45789190Hydrogen sulphide fieldOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$6.2 M

Jan 2000 – Feb 2020

Value, last 12 filed months

at the published price for each month

Months reported

242

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The JARS (ELLENBURGER) field

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 8 leases and 11 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1998-07-10

as the register files it

Field class

Oil

the register's own label

Between wells

1,320 ft

minimum

From a lease line

467 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 1999-06-01.

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.

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	147,345 bbl	$5,609,245
Casinghead gas	Production	109,919 Mcf	$586,864
Total			$6,196,109

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 31.9753, -102.6686. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.97534, -102.66863 · centre of the wells drawn, derived⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom

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

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

Median depth

9,927 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

19.3 years

median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

1100.0%

A plug date is filed

1100.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

1100.0%

NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.

00.0%

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 9,927 ft.

Completions filed

Jan 2000

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Apr 2019

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 19.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 19.3 years and 19.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-13537783	1	9,927 ft	Jan 2000	Apr 2019	Yes

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 (242)

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

242 months


Feb 2020	0	0	49.88	1.98	$0
Jan 2020	0	0	57.25	2.09	$0
Dec 2019	0	0	59.01	2.30	$0
Nov 2019	0	0	55.30	2.75	$0
Oct 2019	0	0	53.47	2.42	$0
Sep 2019	0	0	55.05	2.66	$0
Aug 2019	0	0	53.11	2.30	$0
Jul 2019	0	0	56.27	2.46	$0
Jun 2019	0	0	52.78	2.49	$0
May 2019	0	0	58.48	2.74	$0
Apr 2019	0	0	62.63	2.75	$0
Mar 2019	0	0	56.80	3.06	$0
Feb 2019	0	0	50.85	2.79	$0
Jan 2019	0	0	46.03	3.23	$0
Dec 2018	0	0	46.59	4.19	$0
Nov 2018	12	0	52.93	4.24	$635
Oct 2018	60	74	61.44	3.40	$3,938
Sep 2018	78	220	59.54	3.11	$5,328
Aug 2018	99	201	59.40	3.07	$6,497
Jul 2018	97	216	65.14	2.93	$6,952
Jun 2018	92	184	60.18	3.08	$6,103
May 2018	64	131	65.38	2.90	$4,564
Apr 2018	72	104	63.84	2.90	$4,898
Mar 2018	45	87	61.22	2.79	$2,997
Feb 2018	3	5	61.78	2.77	$199
Jan 2018	4	0	62.87	4.01	$251
Dec 2017	23	37	57.27	2.92	$1,425
Nov 2017	30	58	55.42	3.12	$1,843
Oct 2017	31	43	49.29	2.98	$1,656
Sep 2017	3	11	47.52	3.09	$177
Aug 2017	35	4	45.37	3.00	$1,600
Jul 2017	50	169	43.87	3.09	$2,715
Jun 2017	32	90	42.49	3.09	$1,638
May 2017	32	0	45.37	3.26	$1,452
Apr 2017	159	321	47.93	3.21	$8,652
Mar 2017	135	347	46.77	2.98	$7,349
Feb 2017	35	100	50.45	2.95	$2,061
Jan 2017	0	0	49.41	3.42	$0
Dec 2016	16	0	48.76	3.72	$780
Nov 2016	48	139	42.49	2.64	$2,407
Oct 2016	23	27	46.19	3.09	$1,146
Sep 2016	44	88	41.55	3.10	$2,101
Aug 2016	43	104	41.44	2.92	$2,086
Jul 2016	97	131	41.62	2.92	$4,420
Jun 2016	202	476	45.35	2.69	$10,439
May 2016	258	541	42.52	1.99	$12,047
Apr 2016	180	406	36.56	1.99	$7,389
Mar 2016	280	301	33.01	1.79	$9,783
Feb 2016	328	707	26.47	2.06	$10,141
Jan 2016	291	579	27.35	2.36	$9,328
Dec 2015	40	58	32.36	2.00	$1,410
Nov 2015	0	0	38.79	2.17	$0
Oct 2015	0	0	43.55	2.43	$0
Sep 2015	0	0	42.99	2.76	$0
Aug 2015	0	0	40.16	2.87	$0
Jul 2015	0	0	48.15	2.95	$0
Jun 2015	2	5	56.15	2.88	$127
May 2015	1	0	55.21	2.96	$55
Apr 2015	8	5	49.82	2.71	$412
Mar 2015	33	56	42.89	2.93	$1,580
Feb 2015	34	75	44.66	2.98	$1,742
Jan 2015	1	2	43.43	3.10	$50
Dec 2014	1	0	54.69	3.59	$55
Nov 2014	10	26	70.46	4.25	$815
Oct 2014	13	0	78.30	3.90	$1,018
Sep 2014	71	506	86.16	4.05	$8,164
Aug 2014	60	367	89.39	4.04	$6,844
Jul 2014	55	155	96.56	4.18	$5,959
Jun 2014	76	193	98.16	4.74	$8,374
May 2014	71	134	94.73	4.73	$7,359
Apr 2014	60	105	95.94	4.81	$6,261
Mar 2014	81	326	95.89	5.06	$9,416
Feb 2014	27	82	97.40	6.19	$3,138
Jan 2014	34	73	90.40	4.86	$3,428
Dec 2013	55	77	91.82	4.35	$5,385
Nov 2013	34	131	88.85	3.74	$3,511
Oct 2013	21	18	97.42	3.78	$2,114
Sep 2013	83	130	104.11	3.72	$9,124
Aug 2013	98	314	104.25	3.52	$11,323
Jul 2013	86	228	102.52	3.72	$9,664
Jun 2013	88	234	94.40	3.93	$9,228
May 2013	117	247	94.83	4.15	$12,120
Apr 2013	120	291	93.96	4.28	$12,521
Mar 2013	129	286	93.62	3.91	$13,196
Feb 2013	102	206	91.23	3.42	$10,010
Jan 2013	65	183	91.60	3.42	$6,580
Dec 2012	74	180	86.77	3.42	$7,037
Nov 2012	54	44	86.95	3.62	$4,855
Oct 2012	73	50	89.38	3.40	$6,695
Sep 2012	128	135	94.67	2.92	$12,512
Aug 2012	183	261	92.66	2.91	$17,716
Jul 2012	341	731	85.13	3.02	$31,238
Jun 2012	363	429	79.82	2.52	$30,055
May 2012	336	239	91.61	2.49	$31,376
Apr 2012	184	109	101.65	2.00	$18,921
Mar 2012	126	301	105.05	2.22	$13,905
Feb 2012	194	248	101.10	2.57	$20,251
Jan 2012	134	85	98.09	2.73	$13,376
Dec 2011	205	184	96.87	3.24	$20,454
Nov 2011	91	329	95.72	3.31	$9,800
Oct 2011	248	476	84.98	3.65	$22,812
Sep 2011	186	422	83.62	3.99	$17,235
Aug 2011	233	406	83.40	4.15	$21,117
Jul 2011	112	345	94.14	4.52	$12,102
Jun 2011	174	269	92.90	4.64	$17,413
May 2011	178	186	98.13	4.40	$18,286
Apr 2011	220	130	105.96	4.33	$23,875
Mar 2011	130	206	96.36	4.06	$13,363
Feb 2011	72	223	85.64	4.18	$7,098
Jan 2011	205	313	86.50	4.59	$19,169
Dec 2010	77	264	85.73	4.35	$7,749
Nov 2010	164	266	80.84	3.80	$14,267
Oct 2010	207	356	78.10	3.51	$17,416
Sep 2010	123	294	72.63	3.98	$10,103
Aug 2010	144	361	73.68	4.42	$12,205
Jul 2010	243	227	72.55	4.74	$18,705
Jun 2010	226	346	70.36	4.91	$17,600
May 2010	147	362	71.12	4.24	$11,988
Apr 2010	229	370	81.69	4.12	$20,232
Mar 2010	316	376	78.39	4.39	$26,421
Feb 2010	117	327	73.58	5.44	$10,389
Jan 2010	152	301	74.36	5.96	$13,098
Dec 2009	221	341	71.44	5.48	$17,658
Nov 2009	229	354	74.59	3.75	$18,409
Oct 2009	175	303	72.54	4.11	$13,940
Sep 2009	71	118	65.54	3.06	$5,015
Aug 2009	238	363	67.42	3.22	$17,214
Jul 2009	249	436	61.13	3.46	$16,732
Jun 2009	259	450	66.16	3.90	$18,888
May 2009	277	472	54.74	3.93	$17,016
Apr 2009	98	153	46.77	3.59	$5,132
Mar 2009	255	155	42.14	4.06	$11,375
Feb 2009	269	172	32.81	4.63	$9,623
Jan 2009	267	373	35.86	5.37	$11,578
Dec 2008	307	448	37.10	5.98	$14,067
Nov 2008	308	312	55.49	6.86	$19,231
Oct 2008	282	392	75.24	6.92	$23,931
Sep 2008	446	457	101.76	7.88	$48,985
Aug 2008	392	525	114.22	8.48	$49,228
Jul 2008	299	340	131.08	11.39	$43,065
Jun 2008	344	406	131.33	13.03	$50,469
May 2008	306	517	123.17	11.57	$43,674
Apr 2008	445	498	110.31	10.45	$54,294
Mar 2008	422	516	101.90	9.66	$47,988
Feb 2008	538	582	92.53	8.77	$54,886
Jan 2008	668	608	90.38	8.21	$65,363
Dec 2007	82	120	88.33	7.30	$8,119
Nov 2007	52	22	91.67	7.29	$4,927
Oct 2007	384	509	82.85	6.92	$35,338
Sep 2007	411	583	75.84	6.24	$34,811
Aug 2007	433	512	69.06	6.39	$33,174
Jul 2007	312	466	70.90	6.39	$25,098
Jun 2007	321	433	62.00	7.55	$23,170
May 2007	408	415	58.74	7.85	$27,222
Apr 2007	394	538	59.61	7.81	$27,686
Mar 2007	508	708	56.92	7.30	$34,085
Feb 2007	504	703	55.10	8.22	$33,546
Jan 2007	578	778	50.30	6.73	$34,307
Dec 2006	400	516	56.65	6.92	$26,230
Nov 2006	410	315	54.20	7.62	$24,622
Oct 2006	452	582	54.90	6.01	$28,315
Sep 2006	606	725	60.08	5.04	$40,060
Aug 2006	625	786	68.71	7.34	$48,713
Jul 2006	611	722	69.37	6.34	$46,965
Jun 2006	635	718	66.28	6.38	$46,671
May 2006	605	588	66.01	6.42	$43,714
Apr 2006	613	552	64.39	7.36	$43,534
Mar 2006	657	681	56.70	7.08	$42,075
Feb 2006	615	591	57.59	7.75	$39,999
Jan 2006	746	780	60.59	8.93	$52,168
Dec 2005	807	748	54.94	13.42	$54,371
Nov 2005	518	564	54.69	10.59	$34,301
Oct 2005	619	617	58.34	13.80	$44,624
Sep 2005	780	685	61.45	12.08	$56,205
Aug 2005	852	821	61.51	9.80	$60,450
Jul 2005	775	791	55.69	7.84	$49,364
Jun 2005	828	809	52.33	7.38	$49,301
May 2005	753	834	45.22	6.65	$39,598
Apr 2005	785	753	49.20	7.36	$44,164
Mar 2005	749	1,366	50.37	7.15	$47,501
Feb 2005	722	682	45.22	6.31	$36,954
Jan 2005	763	687	43.16	6.32	$37,274
Dec 2004	672	642	39.86	6.75	$31,120
Nov 2004	555	536	45.28	6.33	$28,524
Oct 2004	818	654	49.70	6.52	$44,915
Sep 2004	640	627	43.24	5.28	$30,987
Aug 2004	853	798	42.37	5.55	$40,571
Jul 2004	904	865	38.28	6.08	$39,868
Jun 2004	814	800	36.10	6.43	$34,532
May 2004	932	960	37.48	6.49	$41,166
Apr 2004	903	721	34.47	5.86	$35,350
Mar 2004	826	680	34.36	5.53	$32,142
Feb 2004	742	632	32.45	5.51	$27,560
Jan 2004	806	624	32.03	6.30	$29,747
Dec 2003	903	716	30.26	6.30	$31,837
Nov 2003	992	834	28.80	4.60	$32,402
Oct 2003	1,014	924	28.17	4.76	$32,962
Sep 2003	1,044	854	26.31	4.75	$31,524
Aug 2003	932	775	29.76	5.13	$31,712
Jul 2003	1,181	926	29.41	5.17	$39,521
Jun 2003	921	808	28.56	5.98	$31,138
May 2003	1,050	871	26.59	5.97	$33,122
Apr 2003	1,071	861	26.67	5.41	$33,219
Mar 2003	1,286	977	31.14	6.10	$46,002
Feb 2003	1,294	898	33.48	7.93	$50,441
Jan 2003	1,423	840	30.31	5.58	$47,820
Dec 2002	1,453	711	26.91	4.85	$42,551
Nov 2002	1,177	579	24.66	4.14	$31,420
Oct 2002	1,552	802	26.46	4.23	$44,458
Sep 2002	1,450	815	27.44	3.64	$42,751
Aug 2002	1,228	656	25.96	3.16	$33,955
Jul 2002	1,541	796	24.58	3.06	$40,315
Jun 2002	1,519	879	23.73	3.34	$38,980
May 2002	1,418	652	24.66	3.58	$37,305
Apr 2002	1,468	637	23.65	3.51	$36,956
Mar 2002	1,954	922	22.00	3.10	$45,849
Feb 2002	1,992	1,014	18.22	2.38	$38,703
Jan 2002	1,953	1,051	17.17	2.38	$36,030
Dec 2001	2,001	1,086	16.93	2.36	$36,445
Nov 2001	2,132	903	18.07	2.41	$40,697
Oct 2001	1,874	882	19.78	2.53	$39,298
Sep 2001	2,122	963	24.26	2.25	$53,648
Aug 2001	2,580	954	24.87	3.05	$67,077
Jul 2001	2,207	535	23.93	3.20	$54,524
Jun 2001	1,903	1,008	24.56	3.82	$50,592
May 2001	2,508	1,047	25.52	4.31	$68,514
Apr 2001	2,518	865	24.68	5.34	$66,759
Mar 2001	2,760	1,173	24.54	5.38	$74,037
Feb 2001	2,743	1,638	27.75	5.77	$85,565
Jan 2001	3,156	1,379	27.47	8.40	$98,277
Dec 2000	3,516	1,440	26.88	9.12	$107,646
Nov 2000	3,599	1,575	32.21	5.66	$124,835
Oct 2000	3,653	1,495	31.23	5.15	$121,776
Sep 2000	2,864	1,255	31.87	5.19	$97,785
Aug 2000	3,770	2,057	29.64	4.54	$121,083
Jul 2000	3,319	1,539	28.53	4.09	$100,985
Jun 2000	2,931	1,385	29.30	4.40	$91,968
May 2000	3,770	1,493	27.26	3.68	$108,264
Apr 2000	4,530	1,413	24.51	3.12	$115,433
Mar 2000	4,834	1,772	28.42	2.86	$142,450
Feb 2000	1,440	736	27.62	2.73	$41,780
Jan 2000	590	433	25.27	2.48	$15,983

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.

Nov 2018 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                   12 bbl  × $ 52.93 =       $635
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  4.24 =         $0

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                     $635

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. 08/O/36184 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.